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"Some animal experiments have tested the fat-prostate cancer hypothesis. For example, a high-fat diet increased prostate cancer incidence and shortened the latency period in Lobund Wistar rats treated with exogenous testosterone to induce the tumors [139]. Conversely, prostate tumor growth rate was reduced by a fat-free diet in Dunning rats [140] or by lowering dietary fat intake in athymic nude mice injected with LNCaP cells (a human prostate cancer cell line) [141, 142]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"ALZHEIMER'S: Researchers discovered in animal experiments that eating brown rice reduced learning and memory deficits brought about by beta-amyloid protein, considered to be one of the leading contributors to Alzheimer's dementia. Tips on Using Brown Rice SELECTION AND STORAGE: • Long grain rice produces light, dry grains that separate easily. • Short grain rice produces almost-round grains that have higher starch content than either the long or medium grain varieties, and that stick together when cooked. • Medium grain rice has size and texture characteristics between short and long." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"In four large studies, the risk of hip and nonspinal fractures was considerably reduced among patients taking statins. animal experiments have demonstrated that statins increase bone formation in rodents, suggesting the drugs may be useful in the treatment of osteoporosis. • Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients may benefit. MS is an autoimmune disorder that destroys myelin, the fatty sheath around nerve cells. In animal studies, statins reversed paralysis in mice with MS and prevented a relapse of the disease. It's not known exactly how statins work in this regard." - 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.) "It keeps platelets from sticking. In animal experiments, EPL has generated actual reversal of atherosclerotic plaque. In humans, a lessening of CVD manifestations was documented with long-term treatment: less angina and less claudication. Provisional clinical results suggest a possible decrease in the size of atherosclerotic plaque. More than a thousand articles and abstracts have been published documenting EPL's efficacy." - 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.)

"Numerous caffeinated beverages, including coffee, soft drinks, black and green tea, and even decaffeinated coffee, contain tannins, and some contain even more tannins than regular coffee. In animal experiments, tannins have reduced fertility in mice and hens.20,21 Increasingly, environmental pollution and exposure to heavy metals, pesticides, estrogen-like substances, and other chemicals are implicated in cases of infertility in men and women. Depending on the specific exposure, duration, and load, different aspects of fertility can be affected." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"A lot of the evidence supporting the use of prebiotics to improve bone health comes from animal experiments. In the studies, prebiotics increase the availability of calcium, magnesium, zinc, and iron, all of which are minerals needed for healthy bones. Human trials have confirmed that prebiotics improve your body's ability to absorb bone-building nutrients. Since prebiotics are best known for their ability to support the growth of probiotics, we may associate the bone-healthy effects of prebiotics with probiotics." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Many studies (in vitro, animal experiments, microbiological studies, clinical trials) have looked at the ability of probiotics to help fight bad microbes that cause urinary tract infections. Most of the studies have produced encouraging findings. Lactobacillus rhamnosus and I. reuteri seem to be the most effective at preventing urinary tract infections among the studied species of Lactobacilli. Most studies used oral supplementation; however, vaginal insertion may also offer positive effects. A study noted that vaginal insertion of probiotic suppositories containing L. rhamnosus or L." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Invert sugar Pectins COMPOUNDS: BLACK CURRANT SEEDS Fatty oil (30%) with high gamma linolenic acid content Monosaccharides: invert sugar EFFECTS: BLACK CURRANT FRUIT AND SEEDS The extract of the drug that contains anthocyane has a hypotensive and spasmolytic effect in animal experiments. In addition, an antimicrobial and xanthine-oxidase and lipo-peroxidase inhibiting effect has been proved. indications and usage BLACK CURRANT LEAVES Unproven Uses: Black Currant leaves are used internally to increase micturition." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Moreover, this solid epidemiological investigation was matched with an elegant set of animal experiments duplicating the same cancer link, some of the earliest laboratory work ever done in the field of chemical carcinogenesis.44 The Swansea alderman succumbed to his disease before the investigation was complete, and he was long dead by 1 January 1920, the year that Great Britain added skin cancer from coal tar to an official list of diseases that must be reported to the governmental factory health inspector." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"A significant anti-edematous effect was exhibited in animal experiments. Its nature as a bitter substance makes its administration both as a choleretic and for stimulating the secretion of gastric juices appear plausible. indications and usage BITTER CANDYTUFT SEEDS Unproven Uses: In folk medicine, the drug is used for digestive problems Homeopathic Uses: Homeopathic uses include cardiac arrhythmia and insufficiency. BITTER CANDYTUFT HERB Unproven Uses: Folk medicine usage includes digestion problems." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"In fact in one experiment, when antioxidants were combined with excitotoxin-blocking agents, protection was even greater.315 animal experiments, in which the powerful antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid was given several hours before stroke was induced, demonstrate that damage is dramatically reduced. But, the secret with alpha-lipoic acid is that it has to be given before the stroke. This is because alpha-lipoic acid itself is not an antioxidant, but once in the tissues it is quickly converted into the form, DHLA (dehydrolipoic acid), that is a very powerful and versatile antioxidant." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"We know from animal experiments that those deprived of touch and love right after birth tend to consume alcohol later on when offered, versus those loved animals who refuse it. We are still those primates, but with a cortex added on; we've put on a thinking cap—permanently. If monkeys can be neurotic without words, so can we. If they can be addicted, so can we. Because these monkeys were deprived of love early on, they later felt the need to comfort their pain and did so with alcohol. The basic pain and physiology of two primates, humans and monkeys, are pretty much the same." - Dr. Arthur Janov, Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health (Get the book.)

"It has also been shown to inhibit inflammation6 and improve memory in animal experiments.7 Taken together, these actions may support the traditional reputation of ashwagandha as a tonic or adaptogen8—an herb with multiple, nonspecific actions that counteract the effects of stress and generally promote wellness. How much is usually taken? Some experts recommend 3—6 grams of the dried root, taken each day in capsule or tea form.9 To prepare a tea, M— VA teaspoons (3—6 grams) of ashwagandha root are boiled for 15 minutes and cooled; 3 cups (750 ml) may be drunk daily." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Of particular importance are parts of the limbic system known as the amygdala and hypothalamus, both of which contain many glutamate receptors. animal experiments where injury was caused to those parts of the brain demonstrate that intense, purposeful attacks of rage could be elicited using glutamate. Mice with these lesions could be made to attack cats. Cardiovascular Disease It has been discovered recently that the nerve bundles and neurons in the heart contain an abundant supply of glutamate receptors." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"Journal Applied Toxicology 23: 285-88, 2003] animal experiments that have found parabens to be dangerous have employed such unusually high doses of paraben never duplicated in human experience, that one wonders if these experiments have any application to human health. The estrogen-like activity of paraben is many "orders of magnitude less than estrogen" and is provided in doses far less than are other estrogen-like molecules in the diet (example: soy). Researchers conclude "// is biologically implausible that parabens could increase the risk of any estrogen-caused disease." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "However, animal experiments do indicate other forms of vitamin E, called tocotrienols, have potent anti-cancer effects that would be expected to reduce the risk for breast cancer. [Journal Nutritional Biochemistry 13:2-20, 2002] In a 6-year study of adults over age 55 with diabetes or blood vessel disease, the incidence of cancer fell from 12.3% to 11.6% among users of 400 IU natural-source vitamin E. [Journal American Medical Assn 293: 1338-47, 2005] Still, not a knock-out punch against cancer, but millions would avoid a cancer diagnosis by taking a vitamin E pill." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"It is a component of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that is necessary to thinking and memory. animal experiments have shown that prenatal choline supplements improve the brain function of offspring. Choline is also part of phosphatidylcholine, a type of fat needed by brain cells. Lecithin, a supplement derived from soybeans, is about one-fourth phosphatidylcholine. The best form of lecithin is in granules, which have a slight nutty flavor and can be sprinkled on cereal or simply chewed by the tablespoonful. Lecithin capsules contain much smaller amounts of phosphatidylcholine." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"The decision to terminate the development of VX-745 was based upon adverse central nervous system reactions in animal experiments. Wall Street is hyping a drug that may never get to market. Even very small side effect rates can doom a drug that would be so widely used. Could other p38 blockers face the same fate? Did nature beat the drug companies? In the meantime, a review of the medical literature reveals that nature may have beaten the pharmaceutical companies to a p38 blocker." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Needless to say, animal experiments take time; Maltoni's experiments had not been set up following the news of the Louisville cases. In fact, the results of the animal studies showing that vinyl chloride causes angiosarcoma had been in the hopper for months, but earlier dissemination of the findings had been actively blocked by chemical manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"Recent animal experiments led by Michael Meaney, a professor of medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, reported by Emma Ross revealed that the way a mother cares for her baby can determine how stressed out the child will be as an adult; her nurturing can permanently change the way the infant's genes operate.4 Meaney set out to test whether baby rats who are licked more turn out differently from those who are licked and groomed less, and, if so, why." - Dr. Arthur Janov, Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health (Get the book.)

"For now, it is best to emphasize again that all drugs carry risks and with human research, unlike animal experiments, the variables are so many that we often arrive at very contradictory conclusions. When this occurs, we need to emphasize that if good alternatives are available (and they are in the case of depression), it is wise to avoid the drug. Dental Cavities There have been published reports of patients with excessive dental cavities related to antidepressant use for many years." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.) "Because of these facts scientists and governments throughout the world demand animal experiments be performed before experimental studies using humans are allowed.3 amount of the drugs in the monkey's blood. The results were dramatic. The monkeys receiving the placebo had no ill effects. The monkeys receiving either of the antipsychotics experienced brain shrinkage of approximately 20%!2 Humans tend to stay on these drugs much longer than just 17-27 months. Most are told they will need these drugs the rest of their lives." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"A cartoon featured Hermann Goring receiving the Nazi one-armed salute from rabbits and dogs, presumably acknowledging his efforts on their behalf to ban animal experiments. This same government that protected animals excluded Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Catholics and socialists from such protections, deeming them nonhuman and subjecting them to industrial-scale depravities and barbaric experiments." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "Many animal experiments followed in which we varied the doses, number of administrations of the same dose etc., in order to attempt to find a proper method of treatment during the course of the lymphoma growth . . . Among these results was the interesting fact that the very first mouse treated turned out to give the best result. We never achieved an eighty day prolongation of life in any other animal. The best we did was some forty day prolongation which, of course, we now know is highly effective." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "While drugs are still created based on animal experiments, the appraisal of commercial chemicals is littered with endless debates about mechanisms and appropriate models. In a sense we have come full circle. In the 1930s, the world's leading cancer experts, using experimental information, detailed observations on highly exposed workers, and some public health statistics, identified many important causes of cancer in industry, nutrition and behavior. For the past seventy-five years, that evidence has been stretched, reviewed, revised, culled, pulled about and put back together again." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.) "In the view of many health experts in the first half of the twentieth century, animal experiments showing that tars from tobacco smoke produced tumors, as well as autopsies on lung cancer victims who had been tobacco smokers, yielded black-and-white proof of the dangers of tobacco. The tobacco industry was able to count on those who argued, then as now, that when it comes to understanding how humans respond to a given toxicant, the only definite proof arises when researchers can amass sufficient numbers of ill and dead people." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"Death by asphyxiation following the intake of large quantities of protoanemonine-forming plants has been observed in animal experiments. dosage Mode of Administration: The herb is used as an extract in homeopathic dilutions. literature Bonora A et al., PH 26:2277. 1987. Didry N, Dubreiil L, Pinkas M. Microbiological properties of protoanemonin isolated from Ranunculus bulbosus. Phytother Res. 7(l):21-24. 1993. Didry N, Dubreiil L, Pinkas M. New procedure for direct bioautographic TLC assay as applied to a tincture of Ranunculus bulbosus. J Ethnopharmacol. 29:283-290. 1990." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"This antioxidant has been sold in Europe for decades as a prescription drug for the treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related nerve pain and numbness. In animal experiments, researchers found that alpha-lipoic acid reduced appetite, sped up metabolism (that is, the ability to burn calories), and promoted weight loss. It works at least in part by suppressing an enzyme that stimulates appetite and hunger. Try 100 mg a few minutes before each meal. • R-lipoic acid." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"To illustrate, Dr Hans Selye used death rates to quantify stress in animal experiments. If it killed as many as 10% of those animals involved, then stress was considered to have been very severe. Yet more than 90% of the prisoners in Europe's concentration camps were killed and up to 50% of soldiers captured and held prisoner in Japanese POW camps also died. The effects of this stress-malnutrition combination did not end upon release. Its subsequent impacts were obvious on the aging process.8" - Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD, Feel Better, Live Longer with Vitamin B-3 (Get the book.)

"A number of animal experiments demonstrate that the newborns that had their eyes bandaged during the critical period for developing vision became blind. Two Harvard scientists, Torsten Wiesel and David Hubel, in a now classic experiment, bandaged the eyes of kittens right after birth. When the bandages were later removed, the kittens were blind. Although their eyes worked, their brains had lost the ability to process visual information because they lacked this input during the critical period." - Dr. Arthur Janov, Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health (Get the book.)

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