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"Born in india, she'd grown up since the age of two in the prairie town of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and had graduated from the excellent Indiana University School of Medicine. She described herself to me as "a normal Hoosier, nothing special," but her work at Pfeiffer was cutting-edge. She had already done a superb job of correcting some of the root causes of Priya's asthma, with nutritional therapy and supplementation. Priya had never required hospitalization, nor even a trip to the emergency room, as do so many children with asthma." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Malhotra, of Bombay, india, studied the incidence of coronary heart disease amongst more than a million male Indian railway employees. He found the highest rate of heart disease (135 per 100,000 employees) occurred in Madras in southern india, whilst the lowest rate (20 per 100,000) occurred in Punjab in northern india. Compared to Punjab, fat intake was far lower in CHD-prone Madras, and came primarily from polyunsaturated-rich vegetable sources." - Anthony Colpo, The Great Cholesterol Con: Why Everything You've been Told About Cholesterol, Diet and Heart Disease is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Tulsi is the name for Sacred or Holy Basil in india and translates to "incomparable one." Native to india, Tulsi has been revered for over 5,000 years, and as Yash Rai in his book Tulsi says, "The Hindu scriptures enjoin us to look upon Tulsi not as a mere plant, but as the divine representative of the God Vishnu or of Lord Krishna." In other texts Tulsi is described as a consort of Krishna, leading to the name "Mother of the Universe." Because of the divine nature of Sacred Basil, the plant itself is worshipped both in the morning and at night by leaving a lamp burning at its base." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"In india, Cargill has sought to take over the market with hybrid seeds which don't produce seeds when crops are grown. Indian farmers cannot maintain their self-sufficiency because they cannot produce seeds for the next year's crop. This makes them dependent on Cargill, which means working for Cargill under slave-labor conditions or starving. Farmers have occasionally gone to battle with Cargill, as in 1993 when they destroyed a Cargill seed plant being built in Karnataka Province, india." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"Burkitt in Africa, Robert McCarrison in india, Samuel Hutton among the Eskimos in Labrador, the anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka among Native Americans, and the dentist Weston A. Price among a dozen different groups all over the world (including Peruvian Indians, Australian Aborigines, and Swiss mountaineers) sent back much the same news." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Ministry of Health, Government of india, New Delhi-110001. Physicians Desk Reference (PDR). 1991. Standard of Asian Herbal Medicine, Vol 1.1993. Jakarta. Information regarding the active life span of the herb after collection, called veeryakaalaavadhi, has been incorporated in Vanoshadhi Nidarshikaa, Ramsushil Singh, but the same has not been quoted. It is not that easy to predict shelf-life of a herb. Apart from protection against physical and chemical changes, the preservation against the insects or mould attack is also important." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.) "It is an apex body in india, fully devoted to research with regard to functions, coordination, development and promotion of Ayurveda and Siddha systems of medicine. The research activities of the Council include clinical, drug, literary and family welfare research. As a result of these, the Council is successful in the development of various drugs and formulations such as Ayush-64 for malaria, Ayush-56 for epilepsy, Ayush-82 for diabetes mellitus, 777 oil for psoriasis, Poonimiali Chendooram for leucoderma and Pippalyaadi Yoga as an oral contraceptive." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"Ng and his colleagues suggested that these alleged protective effects can be seen on a societal level, as epidemiological research16 has shown that the prevalence of AD among India's elderly is nearly four times less than levels in the United States. Although this discrepancy could be ascribed to different diagnostic screening methods in india or other environmental, social, or genetic factors, the findings are nevertheless intriguing. Readers should not, however, view curcumin as a panacea." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) has been used for thousands of years in Ayurveda, the traditional medicine system of india. It has been nicknamed "Indian ginseng" because like Asian ginseng, China's king of herbs, it's used for helping increase vitality, energy, endurance, and stamina, promote longevity, and strengthen the immune system (although it is not related to ginseng botanically). Today herbalists often recommend it for people with high blood pressure, insomnia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and impotence associated with anxiety or exhaustion." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"CHAPTER 6 In the Mood Mitch KrucofF was returning home from india in 1994 with almost every idea he'd held about the practice of medicine turned on its head. KrucofF, a cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center, and his nurse practitioner, Suzanne Crater, had been invited to inspect the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medicine, a hospital in Puttaparthi, at the end of its first year of operation. The hospital was the pet project of the Indian guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who wanted to make available the services of a modern Western hospital to the poor and needy, entirely free of charge." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Similar results were seen in Australia, Britain, Canada, Sri Lanka, Greece, Malta, Spain, Hungary, and india. India is an interesting anomaly in this story, in that it has been leading the fight against fluoridation for a long time. Why? Because naturally high fluoride water levels in that country have created ongoing health problems in many Indian communities. In a thirty-year study of over 400,000 children, Dr. Teito and his team found that as fluoride levels in the water increased, tooth decay also increased. So what can account for the steep drop in tooth decay in this country?" - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"Rather scarce in South india. Classical and common names Ayurvedic: Dhaataki, Dhaatri, Kunjaraa, Taamra-pushpi (Charaka). Siddha: Velakkai. English: Fire-Flame Bush, Shiranjitea. Classical use Charaka and Sushruta used sweetened decoction of flowers for fever, haemothermia, persistent dysentery; included Dhaataki in conception-promoting group of herbs. Figure 1 Woodfordia fruticosa [ZANDU] Powder of Dhaataki flowers, mixed with honey, was prescribed for leucorrhoea (Vrindamaadhava)." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"Vast numbers of potential research subjects, cheaper costs, and the fact that the patient population is "treatment naive"—they are largely unexposed to drugs, which makes the evaluation of the effect of a given drag easier. India's other advantages include English-speaking medical personnel, lots of hospitals (700,000 specialty beds), and medical colleges (221). But of all these, cost savings is the big one. Forty percent of the costs of developing a drug come from clinical trials, and india can conduct them for about a third less." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Ahalya Hejmadi, a scientist from india (trained in the United States), joined our ongoing conversations about this line of research. Later that same year, Keiko Otake, a scientist from Japan (trained in Japan), arrived as well. Each independently decided to test our hypothesis in her own home country.22 Their results were strikingly similar to ours. Whether in the city of Pune, in the state of Maharashtra within india, the cities of Kobe or Nishinomiya in Japan, or in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States, positivity made people see more overlap between themselves and their best friends." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "I'm particularly excited about these cross-cultural data because india and Japan differ from the United States in deep ways. Scientists have identified these cultures as ones that, relative to the United States, foster more-connected and more-interdependent views of self. Compared with North Americans, most people in india and Japan already see more overlap between themselves and closely connected others. Could positivity boost perceptions of self-other overlap even when self-other overlap is the cultural norm? Yes, it could." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "Whether in the city of Pune, in the state of Maharashtra within india, the cities of Kobe or Nishinomiya in Japan, or in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States, positivity made people see more overlap between themselves and their best friends. I'm particularly excited about these cross-cultural data because india and Japan differ from the United States in deep ways. Scientists have identified these cultures as ones that, relative to the United States, foster more-connected and more-interdependent views of self." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"Habitat An aquatic plant cultivated for its fruits in tanks, lakes, ponds throughout the greater part of india. Classical and common names Ayurvedic: Shrngaataka, Shrngamuula, Trikota (Charaka); Jalphala, Trikonaphala, Paaniyaphala, Jalkanda, trikona, Trika. Unani: Singhaaraa. Siddha: Singara. English: Water Chestnut. Parts used Shelled fruit; dried kernel flour. Dose Powder 5-10 g." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"East Indian Cows are sacred to the Hindu people, and vegetarianism is much more common in india than anywhere else in the world. So the East Indian diet is similar to Asian diets and relies on rice and vegetables as key elements. Unfortunately, like Chinese-American food, Indian-American interpretations often have increased fat, added to satisfy American palates. The taste most often associated with Indian food is curry, but there are many others often used in unusual combinations." - David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., What Color is Your Diet? (Get the book.)

"We landed in New Delhi, and one of our first stops was to visit the All india Institute of Medical Sciences, considered the most prestigious Western-style medical school in india. I presented our preliminary research findings there—and found myself in the curious position of being an American lecturing to a very skeptical audience of several hundred Indian doctors about the value of ancient yoga techniques! Most of these Indian physicians viewed yoga as their "illegitimate stepchild," and instead embraced Western medicine to the exclusion of their own heritage and traditions." - Dean Ornish, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"Lemons are thought to have originated in either China or india some 2,500 years ago. Though their migration is uncertain, many believe that Arab traders introduced the lemon throughout the Mediterranean. Spain served as the lemon's gateway from Palestine in the eleventh century. From the Iberian Peninsula the fruit traveled throughout Europe. Lemons were introduced to North Africa at around this same time. Christopher Columbus brought lemons to the Americas on his second voyage to the New World in 1493." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "The main countries that produce Ceylon cinnamon are india, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and Brazil. Chinese cinnamon (cassia) is mainly grown in China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Why Should I Eat Cinnamon? Cinnamon is a source of manganese, iron, calcium, and fiber and contains cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl acetate, and cinnamyl alcohol, substances that work as antioxidants in the body. Cinnamaldehyde reduces stickiness of platelets. Home Remedies The Chinese have believed that consuming cinnamon will improve your complexion and give you a youthful appearance." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Fennel seed is widely used in india as an after-dinner breath freshener and also to help in digestion. Fennel has also been used as a diuretic, to stimulate lactation, and to help with yellow jaundice, gout, and occasional cramps. Chinese medicine prescribes fennel for gastroenteritis, hernia, indigestion, and abdominal pain, to resolve phlegm, and to stimulate milk production. Throw Me a Lifesaver! COLIC: About forty percent of infants who received fennel seed oil showed relief of colic symptoms, as compared to only fourteen percent in the placebo group." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"A similar recent survey in india found the rule of thumb to be four times a day. About 8% of responders were prize pickers, probing their nasal passages more than twenty times a day. And, a whopping 17% confessed to having a nose-picking problem. Not only can our noses smell, they can sometimes be smelly. If your nose gives off a foul odor, you might not notice it, but others certainly will. An offensive odor emanating from your nose can signal ozena, a SIGN OF THE TIMES chronic disease in which the nasal structure becomes atrophied. ("Ozena" comes from the Greek word for "stench."" - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"This was the only time I have been invited to a conference on smell, and part of the reason must have been that from the vantage point of india a published paper is a published paper, and the gossip as to who's in and who's out does not reach that far. Be that as it may, the meeting was great fun. I was hugely impressed with the quality of the young Indian scientists and I got a chance to show my stuff to specialists from all over the world. By the time I gave my lecture, everyone expected the fur to fly, and they were not disappointed." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.)

"India tried to auction xfcssf off his world-record long nails to the highest bidder. Each nail was more than 3 feet long, and his longest was 4.8 feet! According to reports, they were thick, uneven, and looked like bumpy antlers or poorly crafted walking sticks. How he held a camera is unknown. number of serious, even life-threatening conditions, including cirrhois of the liver and inflammatory howel disease. (See Chapter 8.) They can also signal that your body isn't getting enough oxygen (cyanosis). In this case, the nails, as well as the skin, will probably take on a bluish tone." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"In india, the broom is a woman's symbol of power. Being struck by a jhadoo (broom) is the ultimate insult," explained Champi Devi Shukla. "By delivering jhadoos to Dow, we're telling the company to clean up its mess in Bhopal." Two decades after a chemical plant meltdown sent 27 tons of toxic gas into their sleeping city, the women of Bhopal, india, are leading the fight to bring justice to their people and to remind the world about the worst face of the chemical revolution. " - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"We landed in New Delhi, and one of our first stops was to visit the All india Institute of Medical Sciences, considered the most prestigious Western-style medical school in india. I presented our preliminary research findings there—and found myself in the curious position of being an American lecturing to a very skeptical audience of several hundred Indian doctors about the value of ancient yoga techniques! Most of these Indian physicians viewed yoga as their "illegitimate stepchild," and instead embraced Western medicine to the exclusion of their own heritage and traditions." - Dean Ornish, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"By 1617, John Woodall, a surgeon for the British East india Company, published a cure for scurvy—lemon juice. James Lind was another British surgeon. He wrote Treatise on the Scurvy in 1753. James Lind gave some sailors two oranges and one lemon each day, while other sailors received cider, vinegar, or other possible scurvy cures. This may have been the first scientific nutrition experiment in the history of science. He proved that fresh citrus fruit prevented and cured scurvy. By 1795, limes were standard supplements on British ships and scurvy was no longer a problem." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"In addition, there is a belief in Ayurvedic medicine (an ancient system of health care native to india) that a cup of hot water with lemon juice in it tones and purifies the liver. Water also impacts how your body metabolizes fat. One of the functions of the liver is to convert stored fat to energy; another is to support kidney function. According to Maia Appleby author of "Why Drinking Water Really Is the Key to Weight Loss": If the kidneys are water-deprived, the liver has to do their work along with its own, lowering its total productivity." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Nevertheless, musk ambrette is still used in india, among other places, and I have a sample before me from Maschmeijer (India), one of the best manufacturers. It looks like large lumps of slightly yellow sugar and smells sensationally sweet-powdery in dilution.* A healthy profit motive has driven the manufacture of synthetic musks from its inception. Waves of novel musk classes have followed each other, each improving on some perceived or real defects of the previous ones. In this they resemble sleeping pills." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.)

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