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"Beans are rich sources of antioxidants, fiber, trace minerals, and phytoestrogens, and they should be a regular part of your diet. Phytosterols You've probably never heard of them, but phytosterols are plant compounds that can improve estrogen metabolism, lower cholesterol absorption from your food, and lower cholesterol production in your liver. I use them a lot in my practice in lieu of Lipitor or other lipid-lowering medications and if women are having breast tenderness." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Whole foods contain antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, and fiber as well as the nutrients needed for our cells to detox and metabolize. Unfortunately, much of what we are eating or being advised to eat is high in the wrong kinds of fats, high-fructose corn syrup, additives, preservatives, dyes, and empty calories. So let's look at fats—which seem to be in everyone's favorite foods. Fats and Heart Disease Fats taste great, but some fats are good and others are bad." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "We live in a world that is high in stress, and we eat foods that are high in fat and processed in such a way that removes many of the beneficial vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants. Our sleep is often disturbed or just plain too short. Symptoms hold the key to knowing which hormones are out of whack. By heeding and addressing our symptoms, we can feel and look much better. Being overweight, wrinkled, tired, and depressed is not normal. If you can't sleep, don't just take a sleeping pill and mask the underlying cause—check your hormone levels." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"However, the balance can be restored by greater numbers of the "friendly" bacteria that feed on fiber and crowd out the "unfriendly" bacteria. With a balance of the "friendly" bacteria in the large intestine, a higher amount of inactivated estrogen metabolites leave the body through the large intestine, preventing their reactivation and movement back through the body.52 Endometriosis is a complex disease with a variety of interconnecting influences." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Once, the capillary walls are saturated with the protein or collagen fiber, the basal membranes of the arteries start doing the same. This eventually, leads to a hardening of the arteries, which is the subject matter of chapter 9 of my book, Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation. 1 Now the body must face an even greater challenge. The thick walls of the capillaries (and possibly, the arteries) have become a holdup for the nutrient supply to the cells." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "Packed With Layers ' of Protein fiber (Collagen) Normal Uptake of Metabolic Waste by Lymph Vessel Cancer Cells Non-congested 'W^s Basal or Basement _i_r . - ... - - , . Jv- i -. Illustration 1: Cancer and Heart Disease Share the Same Cause In addition to congesting the blood vessel walls, another complicating factor comes into play." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"These often forgotten foods are rich in good essential fatty acids, healthy protein, and fiber. They contain phytosterols, compounds that inhibit the body's ability to absorb dietary cholesterol. 8. Garlic. Smelly but oh so healthy. Behind the odor are powerful healing compounds with scientifically proven benefits for CVD. Allicin is one, a compound that helps raise HDL; lower LDL, homocysteine, and blood pressure; and decrease platelet stickiness. 9. Soy. Soy products tend to help lower LDL, promote HDL, and lower blood pressure. 10. Weight loss." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Some recommended hot whole grain cereals are non-instant oatmeal, Roman Meal, Steel Cut Oats, Wheatena, Ralston High fiber and Quaker Multigrain. 6) Animal Products As you move through this program the goal is to limit animal products to ten percent of caloric intake or less. On the days when you do include animal products in your menu, try to keep the serving size less than five ounces. Phase One of this book permits more animal products than I generally recommend. It still is a large reduction in animal product intake for most people and an important first step." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"A Unifying Theoretical Approach to Healing Diabetes In summary, there is a degenerative metabolic process that arises from a diet high in sugar, cooked animal fat, and trans-fatty acids, and low-in fiber, combined with a lifestyle of stress, lack of exercise, and general toxicity that interfaces with and activates the diabetes-producing genes in both Type-1 and Type-2. We need a theory that includes these genetic realities. Genes play a more predominant role in Type-2. Diabetes affects the metabolism on many levels of fat metabolism, protein metabolism, and glucose carbohydrate metabolism." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "In summary, factors that may contribute to insulin resistance and thus to diabetes include: high-fat diet; low-protein diet; deficiencies of the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids; a diet high in simple carbohydrates; high-glycemic meals filled with refined sugar and starches; stress; low fiber intake; deficiencies of the minerals calcium, magnesium, chromium, vanadium, potassium, and zinc; deficiency of carotenoids; low intake of vegetables; lack of exercise; watching television; and nicotine." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Alpha lipoic acid is specifically good for improving insulin resistance (sensitivity). fiber creates an improved insulin resistance. Saturated fats make the insulin resistance worse. Vegetables decrease fasting insulin. Vitamin A-rich foods decrease insulin resistance. Stress also plays a role at the insulin resistance level. Acute stress seems to be clearly associated with severe, although reversible, insulin resistance.126 We should pay attention to stress, and the treatment of stress." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "The diet that historically has been best for health and prevention of Type-2 diabetes really is one that is high-complex-carbohydrate, non-animal-fat, and moderately low-plant-fat (15-20 percent); low-glycemic and low-insulin; and high in fiber. In World War II, Professor H. P. Himsworth noted that when food shortages removed the white flour, white sugar, and excessive meat protein and fats from the typical British diet, the death rate from diabetes fell 50 percent. Studies have shown that Seventh-Day Adventist men who ate meat six or more days a week had 3." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"I'm adding more barley extract and soluble oat fiber to my diet as well, and I'm hoping I can really bring my glucose levels down to optimal levels." Six months later, her fasting glucose levels were often close to 100 mg/dL, and her total cholesterol also dropped below 200. A small percentage of people are hypersensitive to barley, especially those with celiac disease. If you have celiac disease or are sensitive to wheat, rye, or other grains that contain gluten, use barley and barley extract cautiously. Carnitine Carnitine is a derivative of the amino acids lysine and methionine." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Erkkila AT, Lichtenstein AH. fiber and cardiovascular disease risk: How strong is the evidence? / Cardiovasc Nurs 2006 Jan-Feb; 21(l):3-8. Fatty fish consumption and ischemic heart disease mortality in older adults: The cardiovascular heart study. Presented at the American Heart Association's 41st annual conference on cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention. AHA 2001. Finot PA, Magnenat E. Metabolic transit of early and advanced Maillard products. Prog Food Nutr Sci 1981; 5 (1 -6): 193-207. Foster-Powell K et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Kids usually don't like to drink green juice or eat lots of fiber. However, one of the most powerful of all detoxification measures can be relatively easy to apply. This measure is the administration of glutathione. Of all the therapies that help kids recover from autism and the other 4-A disorders, giving glutathione stands out as among the most potent. The importance of glutathione has been demonstrated in research performed by my colleague Jill James, PhD." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Concentrated oat beta-glucan, a fermentable fiber, lowers serum cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic adults in a randomized controlled trial. Nutr J 2007 Mar 26; 6:6. Rajasekar P, Anuradha CV. L-carnitine inhibits protein glycation in vitro and in vivo: Evidence for a role in diabetic management. Acta Diabetol 2007 Jul; 44(2):83-90. Rashid I et al. Carnosine and its constituents inhibit glycation of low-density lipoproteins that promotes foam cell formation in vitro. FEBSLett2007 Mar 6; 581(5):1067-70. Rizos I." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Because toxins are being actively eliminated during this phase, through the bowels and also the urinary tract, it's important to keep the bowels and urinary tract functioning strongly, by drinking plenty of fluids, eating fiber, and avoiding dehydration or constipation. It can also help to eat certain unique, detoxifying foods during this phase, because particular foods also help conjugate toxins. These include foods with sulfated phytochemicals, such as garlic and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Total Fat 12g 18% Saturated Fat 3g 15% Trans Fat 3g Cholesterol 30g 10% Sodium 470mg 20% Total Carbohydrate 31 g 10% Dietary fiber Og 0% Sugars 5g Protien 5g Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C 2% Calcium 20% Iron 4% • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"You can get a better cleansing effect from high fiber fruits, vegetables, and whole grains or rice than you get from so-called fiber-enriched processed foods. Refined carbohydrates lacking in fiber create havoc with your arteries and health. The more food is processed, the less fiber it contains. Fats Although we think of fats as being exclusive to the animal world, we also get fats from plants. Fats are stored energy. There's more energy packed into a gram of fat than there is in a gram of either carbohydrate or protein." - Hank Trisler, Fell's Official Know-It-All Guide No Bull Selling: Your Absolute, Quintessential, All You Wanted to Know, Complete Guide (Fell's Official Know-It-All Guides) (Get the book.)

"Bamboo, cork, natural fiber carpets, carpets made from partially or fully recyclable materials, reclaimed or rediscovered wood, and natural linoleum are among the many flooring materials now available to you. Refer to page 257 of the resources section at the end of the book for an extensive list of safe, attractive flooring options. Lighting. Practical, energy-efficient alternatives to standard light bulbs, called compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), are now widely available in a variety of sizes and shapes." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "You can also mix in some rolled dry oats for added texture and fiber. • Smoothies: We love smoothies at my house, and not just for breakfast. We combine organic frozen berries with soymilk, agave, ground flaxseed, and a banana. The results are always delicious. • Tofu "cheese" salad: Cut up organic tofu mozzarella-style, in chunks, and combine with fresh tomatoes and Greek olives. • Pita breadsticks: Cut spelt-bread pita into strips, brush them with olive oil, then sprinkle salt, pepper, and soy parmesan on top. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until crispy and crunchy." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Most green vegetables, even though their calories come primarily from starch, are still so low in starch, and so high in fiber, that they don't trigger blood sugar spikes, followed by drops. Grains often contribute to hypoglycemia, because they are high in starch, and are quickly digested. Hypoglycemic kids usually need to limit grains to only about two to three servings per day, or even less, and they should almost always be served as side dishes. When eaten as side dishes, with other slower-digested foods-high in proteins, fats, and oils-the grain foods are digested more slowly." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Then the FDA prevented cereal manufacturers from stating that fiber was useful in preventing these cancers. Other experts contended that the case for fiber is overstated. Now there are new findings that there are different types of fiber and not all fibers are equal. The problem is that we get conflicting, technical, constantly changing recommendations from a host of experts. One day the government gives us Minimum Daily Requirements (MDRs). The next day we are told to forget that and concentrate on Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs)." - Ross Pelton, Mind Food and Smart Pills (Get the book.)

"Vegetable, fruit, and cereal fiber intake and risk of coronary heart disease among men. JAMA 1996 Feb 14; 275(6):447-51. Salas-Salvado J et al. Components of the Mediterranean-type food pattern and serum inflammatory markers among patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007 Apr 18. Stark AH, Madar Z. Olive oil as a functional food: Epidemiology and nutritional approaches. Nutr Rev 2002 Jun; 60(6):170-76. Sugano M. Characteristics of fats in Japanese diets and current recommendations. Lipids 1996 Mar; 31 Suppl:S283-86. Tapsell LC et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"However, many people who may think they eat a "high" fiber diet may actually not be eating enough fiber to have a significant impact on calcium absorption. The high amount of processed foods in our diets has greatly decreased our fiber intake. If this is a concern for you, avoid eat- ing high fiber foods at the same time as calcium-containing foods or supplements. Vitamin D Deficiency Among elderly individuals who experience hip fractures, 10 to 20% have impaired bone mineralization due to vitamin D deficiency. 800 IU of vitamin D is recommended daily." - Beth M. Ley, How to Fight Osteoporosis & Win: The Miracle of Microscrystalline Hydroxapitite (McHc) (Get the book.)

"Chronic constipation may be caused by a lack of fiber, minerals, or beneficial bacteria. It can also be caused by an infection in the bowels. It can actually be any one of these things, or a combination of all of them. Constipation hampers the body's ability to absorb some of the vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that it needs. So I'll reiterate, it is vital to stay regular using natural remedies. Ground Flax Seeds. It would be great if we ate enough fruits and vegetables to give us the amount of fiber we need. Often this is not the case, and supplementing with fiber becomes a necessity." - Pat Sullivan, Wellness Piece by Piece: How a Successful Entrepreneur Discovered the Pieces to His Chronic Health Puzzle (Get the book.)

"Maybe the fiber (or some other component) in a carrot protects the antioxidant molecule from destruction by stomach acids early in the digestive process. Or it could be we isolated the wrong antioxidant. Beta is just one of a whole slew of carotenes found in common vegetables; maybe we focused on the wrong one. Or maybe beta-carotene works as an antioxidant only in concert with some other plant chemical or process; under other circumstances it may behave as a pro-oxidant." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"I imagined the low-slung canoe surging from wave to wave, bellying fiber sail straining overhead, the crew sleeping in the hulls. By the steering oar, an aged pilot stands, feet apart, swaying easily with the swell, observing the passage of the constellations. Generations of navigators like him learned the zeniths of stars, the sequences of rise and set, the subtle signs of swells reflecting off island cliffs out of sight over the horizon. With unassuming confidence, they navigated over empty seas with the simplest of tools and a profound knowledge of their surroundings." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.) "Cotton soon became a staple of coastal society, used for fishing nets and lines and as a substitute for textiles made of cactus and grass fiber. Coastal communities discovered that cotton could be grown successfully in low-lying warm environments, and they developed a lucrative trade in fabric with the mountain highlands. This may have been why they opened up large areas of desert valley land to irrigation when many families and neighboring villages joined together to develop small-scale water control works. By 1800 B.C." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"They are a high-fiber food; ounce for ounce, they contain more food fiber than dry beans. The fiber in prunes, together with its oxalic acid, stimulates the colon. To relieve constipation, prunes are most effective simmered in water until plump rather than eaten dried. Prunes are an excellent source of vitamin A and are a B-complex vitamin source. They are also an excellent source of iron (nonheme or vegetable quality), providing more than a third as much iron as an equal serving of liver. Prune fiber lowers blood cholesterol. Prunes reduce pitta and kapha." - Rebecca Wood, The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

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