John Lauritsen
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 These dosages are well above the minimums recommended by establishment nutritionists, but they are still perfectly safe. vitamins c and A (from beta carotene) are important for the immune system. Vitamin E is beneficial as an anti-oxidant and a detoxifier. Vitamin B complex is especially important for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.
Some alternate nutritionists have recommended that "PWAs" take enormous "megadoses" of some vitamins, in particular, vitamin C. They have recommended daily doses of 30, 40, or 50 grams of vitamin C per day. |
Velma J. Keith and Monteen Gordon
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| Multiple vitamin, infection fighting vitamins c, A, E, Pantothenic acid - for mega-therapy.
12. Comfrey tincture, capsules, or leaves.
13. Mineral water - antiseptic, sores in mouth, mix with poultice, remedies, etc.
14. Castor oil, olive oil - remedies.
15. Eucalyptus oil - for steaming.
16. Apple cider vinegar - baths, remedies
17. Salt, shortening, turpentine - for remedies
18. Dry mustard - mustard plasters
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the Editors of PREVENTION
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 Milowe also suggests that you help your herbal remedies by supplementing with antioxidants such as vitamins c and E, since cholesterol is even more harmful when it's oxidized. And, he says, you should eat more fish, flaxseed, and nuts. Not only can they substitute for meat, they also supply omega-3 fatty acids, which help protect blood vessel walls from the bad things that too much cholesterol does. "It's really a matter of getting back to basics," Dr. Milowe says. "Try to eat pure, simple, whole foods like fruits, nuts, seeds, and especially vegetables. |
Nicola Reavley
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 In a study published in 1992, researchers at Harvard Medical School examined the link between dietary intake of vitamins c and E, carotene, and riboflavin and cataract extraction in over 50,000 women taking part in the Nurses Health Study. The results showed that the risk of cataract was 45 per cent lower among women who used vitamin C supplements for ten or more years.57
Further results from this study reported in 1997 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also suggests that vitamin C supplements taken for long periods can reduce the development of cataracts. |
| Research published in 1997 suggests that taking the antioxidant vitamins c and E before a meal may help to prevent this damage. The study which was carried out at the University of Maryland School of Medicine involved 13 women and seven men with normal blood cholesterol levels. Once a week for three weeks, the subjects ate either a high fat meal, a low fat meal, a high fat meal after taking 1000 mg of vitamin C and 800 IU of vitamin E, or a low fat meal after taking the antioxidants. |
Gary Null
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 Supplements and/or injections of vitamins c and B12, plus tablets of vitamins such as A, C, E, B6, and B12, and minerals to stimulate the immune system.
» Oral supplementation of hydrochloric acid where needed to correct overly alkaline blood caused by digestive difficulties.
Dr. Wheeler's visit to the clinic had a special fringe benefit in that he found a new wife as well as renewed health. But while only one patient could marry the director of the clinic, thousands of others have regained their health and have come home with a regimen that has kept them cancer-free over the ensuing years. |
| For instance, vitamin D is important for strong and healthy bones because it regulates the absorption of calcium from the stomach into the bloodstream, which carries it to bone tissue. vitamins c and A are important for the maintenance and repair of collagen, the gluelike substance that holds the tissues together and is essential for joint and muscle stability. Vitamin E and B-complex vitamins are important for bone growth. |
Nicola Reavley
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| Particular attention was paid to the foods the participants usually ate and the levels in their blood of the antioxidant vitamins c, E and beta carotene. The researchers following up the subjects from nine to 12 years later found that among people who ate lots of dark green and orange vegetables, there were fewer deaths from heart disease and other causes. The results showed that a daily intake of more than 400 mg and higher blood levels of vitamin C were linked to reduced risk of death from heart disease. |
| Beta carotene may be dependent on other antioxidants, such as vitamins c and E to exert protective effects. An individual's total dietary intake of antioxidants may therefore need to be considered when assessing protection by beta carotene.
Further analyses of results from the ATBC trial support the suggestion that smoking and alcohol consumption may contribute to the adverse effects of beta carotene. The adverse effects appeared stronger in men who drank alcohol and in those who smoked 20 cigarettes a day than in those who smoked less. |
Ruth Winter, M.S.
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 The berries contain isocitric and malic acids, sugars, pectin, monoglycoside of cyani-din, and vitamins c and A. The leaves and bark are said to lower fever; they are astringent and stop bleeding. The leaves are used in "organic" bath products to soothe and refresh the skin. No known toxicity. See Malic Acid. BLACK COHOSH • Cimicifuga. Snakeroot. Bugbane. Used in astringents, it is a perennial herb with a flower that is supposedly distasteful to insects. Grown from Canada to North Carolina and Kansas. It has a reputation for curing snakebite. It is used in ginger ale flavoring. |
Nicola Reavley
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| Other antioxidants, such as vitamins c and E may help to exert protective effects against this damage. In smokers, dietary vitamin C supplementation should accompany beta carotene supplementation.45 (See page 55 for more information.)
Vitamin C
Vitamin C supplements may have a part to play in cancer prevention.
Stomach cancer
Vitamin C supplements may be useful in helping to prevent stomach cancer. In a 1996 study, researchers gave 32 patients 500 mg of vitamin C twice daily for two weeks. |
Jean Carper
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 However, at the same time, just by accident, Newmark's group also discovered that two plant phenols, caffeic and ferulic acid, also "were superb in blocking nitrosamines—in fact, far better than anything else, even vitamins c and E."
Following up on that, Dr. Hans Stich, at the University of British Columbia, discovered that not only pure caffeic and ferulic acids, but also the ordinary beverages tea and coffee, rich in the polyphenols, inhibited the conversion to the carcinogenic nitrosamines in the intestinal tract of both animals and humans. Furthermore, Dr. |
Mark Hyman, M.D.
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 C, E, and beta-carotene with added zinc reduced the risk of developing advanced macular degeneration (damage to and deterioration of the retina, leading to vision loss and blindness) by 25 percent.
Supplemental folic acid and vitamin B6 have been repeatedly shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, and stroke, probably by virtue of their effects in lowering homocysteine. There are many more examples of research studies showing that supplemental nutrients can prevent, reverse, or slow many diseases. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 In addition, a proper diet, especially one that includes natural antioxidants such as beta-carotene and vitamins c and E, can ease or prevent many eye problems. Eat yellow, orange, or dark-green vegetables daily to ensure an adequate supply of these nutrients.
BAGS BENEATH THE EYES
In the course of aging, the skin and the muscles underlying it can lose tone and sag. If fluids accumulate beneath the flaccid skin, bags beneath the eyes become noticeable. Possible causes of bags underneath the eyes include sleep deprivation, allergies, aging, and excessive consumption of salt or alcohol. |
Ruth Winter, M.S.
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| Exposures to oxygen and to rays of the sun are among the conditions that can produce free radicals, and vitamins c and E are being promoted in sunscreens.
The Wrinkling Sun
Sunscreens and sunblockers can arguably be classified as "antiaging" cosmetics. There is overwhelming scientific evidence that the sun can damage the skin, causing premature wrinkling and actinic (solar) keratoses. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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 When animals are fed antioxidant-deficient diets, they develop a condition similar to SLE; supplementation with antioxidants such as vitamins c (p. 341) and E (p. 344), beta-carotene (p. 268), and selenium (p. 331) has helped animals with existing SLE.27 It remains unclear whether antioxidant supplementation would have a positive effect on people with SLE.
Some preliminary evidence suggests that vitamin E (p. 344) might help people with DLE. Two doctors reported good to excellent results by giving 800-2,000 IU of vitamin E per day to eight people with DLE. |
| A possible role for vitamins c and E in cataract prevention. Am J Clin Nutr 1991; 53: 346S-51S.
16. Hankinson SE, Stampfer MJ, Seddon JM, et al. Nutrient intake and cataract extraction in women: a prospective study. BMJ 1992; 305: 335-39.
17. Jacques PR Taylor A, Hankinson SE, et al. Long-term vitamin C supplement use and prevalence of early age-related lens opacities. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 66: 911-16.
18. Rouhiainen P, Rouhiainen H, Salonen JT. Association between low plasma vitamin E concentration and progression of early cortical lens opacities. Am J Epidemiol 1996; 144: 496-500.
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| Immune function in aged women is improved by ingestion of vitamins c and E. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1998; 76: 373-80.
78. Pike J, Chandra RK. Effect of vitamin and trace element supplementation on immune indices in healthy elderly. Int J Vitam Nutr Res 1995; 65: 117-21.
79. Chandra RK. Effect of vitamin and trace-element supplementation on immune responses and infection in elderly subjects. Lancet 1992; 340: 1124-27.
80. Chavance M, Herbeth B, Lemoine A, et al. Does multivitamin supplementation prevent infections in healthy elderly subjects? A controlled trial. |
| Effects of antioxidant vitamins c, E, and beta-carotene on immune functions in MRL/lpr mice and rats. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 669: 390-92.
28. Ayres S Jr, Mihan R. Is vitamin E involved in the autoimmune mechanism? Cutis 1978; 21: 321-25.
29. Ayres S Jr, Mihan R. Lupus erythematosus and vitamin E: an effective and nontoxic therapy. Cutis 1979; 23: 49-54.
30. Yell JA, Burge S, Wojnarowska F. Vitamin E and discoid lupus erythematosus. Lupus 1992; 1: 303-5.
31. Newbold PC. Beta-carotene in the treatment of discoid lupus erythematosus. Br ] Dermatol 1976; 95: 100-1.
32. Dubois EL, Patterson C. |
Paul Pitchford
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 Excessive tissue copper can result from copper water pipes, copper IUDs, or copper cooking ware; according to Pfeiffer, contraceptive pills and deficiencies of vitamins c or B3 alter body chemistry and cause copper to be retained. Those whose drinking water comes through copper pipes should switch to a pure natural water or purified, remineralized water (see "Purified Water as Cleansing Agent," page 87). |
Ruth Winter, M.S.
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| A seaweed containing high concentrations of vitamins c, E, K, Bi_ and B2 as well as carotenes, flavinoids, and fatty acids. Used in "natural cosmetics."
HIRUDINEA EXTRACT • Obtained from leeches. Used in emollients.
HISTAMINE <> A chemical released by mast cells and considered responsible for much of the swelling and itching characteristics of hay fever and other allergies. HISTIDINE • A basic essential amino acid (see) used as a nutrient. It is a building block of protein and used in cosmetic creams. HO LEAF OIL • See Fo-Ti. HO SHOU WU • See Fo-Ti.
HOLLY • Ilex Aquifolium Extract. |
Schuyler W. Lininger, Jr. DC
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| A possible role for vitamins c and E in cataract prevention. Am J Clin Nutr 1991; 53: 346S-51S.
21. Seddon JM, Christen WG, Manson JE, et al. The use of vitamin supplements and the risk of cataract among U.S. male physicians. Am J Public Health 1994; 84: 788-92.
22. Leske MC, Chylack LT Jr, He Q, et al. Antioxidant vitamins and nuclear opacities. The Longitudinal Study of Cataract. Ophthalmology 1998; 105: 831-36.
23. Teikari JM, Virtamo J, Rautalahti M, et al. Long-term supplementation with alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene and age-related cataract. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1997; 75: 634-40. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
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 Birth-control pills are known to increase the adverse effects of cigarette smoking and to decrease numerous nutrient levels, including those of vitamins c, B6, and B12, folic acid, riboflavin, and zinc.11
Nutritional Considerations
Numerous nutritional factors have been implicated in the development of cervical dysplasia, cancer of the cervix, and other cancers of similar cell types to the cervix (such as the skin, cheek cavity, pharynx, esophagus, colon, rectum, or lung). |
James A. Howenstine, MD
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 For prostate cancer management, stay on a low fat diet, eat tomato products often, take a multivitamin, vitamins c, E and selenium.
If I developed prostrate cancer I would take flax oil and cottage cheese.
Chemotherapy And Radiation Therapy For Malignancies
Chemotherapy injures the bone marrow, which is the source of our immune cells. Remission occurs in only 7% of cases and prolonged survival in only 15%. The results of chemotherapy have to be considered dismal. Radiation is also injurious to the bone marrow.
What should you do if you have cancer? |
Patricia Hausman & Judith Benn Hurley
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 To these he adds the potential benefits of vitamins c and E. Like carotene, these two vitamins have antioxidant properties now believed to help in preventing formation of cancer-causing substances. Dr. Greenwald points to nutrients, but at doses in the 250- to 1,000-milligram range, problems are extremely rare.
Vitamin £ Most of us also tolerate vitamin E very well, especially at doses up to 400 international units daily. Some people experience digestive upset at higher doses, but again, this occurs only rarely.
Selenium. |
Nicola Reavley
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| This is probably due to oxidative stress caused by an accumulation of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (blood fats). vitamins c and E prevented this decrease in artery lining function.35
A recent US study looked at the effect of either 2 g of vitamin C or a placebo on patients with coronary artery disease. In such patients the arteries leading to the heart are unable to open when the heart requires increased blood flow. Those patients given the vitamin C experienced expansion in their arteries while those given the placebo experienced no effect. |
Ralph Golan, M.D.
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 Phenylalanine, an essential amino acid, is metabolized, with the help of vitamins c and B-6, into a brain neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) that is partially responsible for mood, clarity of thought, and alertness. It also helps stimulate the release of growth hormone from the pituitary gland. |
Prevention Magazine
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 The flavonoids in grape juice are among the most powerful antioxidants around—maybe even better than vitamins c or E, says John D. Folts, Ph.D., professor of medicine and director of the coronary thrombosis laboratory at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison. In your body, they help prevent low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol from oxidizing—the process that enables cholesterol to stick to your artery walls and create blockages.
Keeping LDL cholesterol in check is a good start against heart disease. |
| Since carrots, tomatoes, and fruits are all important sources of beta-carotene and vitamins c and E, the researchers speculate that it's the antioxidant and immune-stimulating effects of these foods that may make the difference.
Healing Oils
For a long time, researchers have suspected that eating certain types of fish can help ease psoriasis. A British study, for example, found that people with psoriasis who ate 6 ounces of fish such as salmon, mackerel, and herring a day had a 15 percent improvement in symptoms in just six weeks. |
| As do vitamins c and E and other antioxidants, beta-carotene helps protect the body from harmful oxygen molecules known as free radicals, says Dexter L. Morris, M.D., Ph.D., vice chairman and associate professor in the department of emergency medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill. Eating sweet potatoes and other foods rich in beta-carotene helps neutralize these molecules before they damage various parts of the body, such as the blood vessels or certain parts of the eye.
In a study of almost 1,900 men, Dr. |
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