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"Simple, nonprocessed foods, often found in rural societies are associated with positive ecology of friendly bacteria in our intestines. These friendly bacteria include immunomodulating and fiber-fermenting lactic acid bacteria," Greg said. "Stressors of this healthy ecological system," he continued, "such as surgery, certain medications, and consumption of meats and processed foods disrupt a natural balance and shift from friendly to unfriendly bacteria." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"Yogurt is, quite simply, milk that via the work of friendly bacteria has had its naturally occurring lactose, or milk sugar, turned into lactic acid. The work of this transformation is done by those friendly bacteria—the "live active cultures." The health benefits of nonfat or low-fat yogurt, our dairy SuperFood, are considerable." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Some foods are particularly liver friendly. Turmeric, the spice that makes so much of Indian food yellow, contains natural anti-inflammatory cur-cuminoids, has anticancer activity, and is one of the best liver-friendly spices. Put it on everything. Wheatgrass juice and all the other "green drinks" that are high in chlorophyll are excellent. Coconut oil contains lauric acid, a well known antimicrobial and antiviral fatty acid." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"T-cells that judge and decide whether the evidence is friendly or dangerous ?B-cells that police your body and make antibodies ?D-cells that present evidence and decide on tolerance or attack When vitamin D suppresses D-cell maturation during immune system development, it's playing a key role in creating tolerance and friendly recognition of self. During your adulthood, D beefs up your ability to ward off infections by enhancing your production of antimicrobial proteins (especially in D-cells). Vitamin D acts as your immune system's noise filter." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Friendly Bacteria People often think it is necessary to cook foods in order to destroy harmful bacteria, not realizing they are also destroying the necessary "friendly" bacteria that our intestines need for balance. A lack of good bacteria can result in yeast infections, intestinal disorders and other symptoms associated with weakened bodily defenses. Eating cooked food, especially cooked meat and dairy, causes putrefactive bacteria to proliferate and eventually dominate and replace the natural population of beneficial intestinal flora." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Your diet can either foster the growth of friendly bacteria or feed the proliferation of unfriendly bacteria that will lead to inflammation and perhaps produce cancer-causing substances. Diet seems to influence your risk of bowel cancer more than your risk of other cancers. In 1980, Dr. Cedric Garland of the University of California at San Diego reported his observations that a lack of UV exposure may make a person more likely to develop colon cancer. This was based on an analysis of death rates from colon cancer that showed the highest mortality in states with the lowest solar radiation." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Parents would come in: 'My child has a fever, has an earache, give me an antibiotic,' and most doctors gave them antibiotics, which knocked out some enemy germs, but also knocked out friendly germs, disturbing the normal balance of bacteria in the intestinal tract. This leads to the overgrowths of a number of unfriendly organisms, including not only the common yeast, but other bad bacteria. "This also creates what is called a leaky gut, so these children absorb food allergens that they would not ordinarily absorb. Food allergens are clearly related to ADHD." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"If you need to reintroduce the friendly intestinal flora for any reason, then you are better off taking a good quality capsule containing those friendly bacteria; you do not need a whole bunch of mucus-forming, diabetes-promoting, addictive proteins to come into the body together with the friendly bacteria. So, you may well still be asking, from where are we going to get our calcium? Well, from the food that we as humans were designed to eat— fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"Use a probiotic, that is, living friendly bacteria such as acidophilus, bifidobacteria, or lactobacillus. This is particularly important if you have been on antibiotics. Take probiotics with or without food, but keep them away from bowel-cleansing herbs, as these herbs could kill off the friendly bacteria you are trying to nurture. • Flax meal (ground flaxseeds) is especially good for constipation and helps improve estrogen metabolism. One to two tablespoons daily is the recommended dose. Take more (two to four tablespoons) if you are constipated." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Stressors of this healthy ecological system," he continued, "such as surgery, certain medications, and consumption of meats and processed foods disrupt a natural balance and shift from friendly to unfriendly bacteria. This shift results in increased risk for diseases of urban or 'sophisticated' societies, such as inflammatory bowel disease, colon "To be healthy enough to embrace my great-great-grandchild is bliss," says Kamada. cancer, and more." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"What this means is that coenzyme Qiq is "endothelial cell friendly" to the lining of small vessels and serves as a gatekeeper protector. It is interesting to note that in the year 2005 the most common cause of high blood pressure is a complex relationship of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome often referred to as Syndrome X. Future research may show that coenzyme Qiq can help to neutralize this poorly understood "Syndrome X," which is the major cause of vascular dysfunction, vasoconstriction and eventually high blood pressure, and even type 2 diabetes." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Mishpacha (guest support groups): Two times each week guests share their ongoing experiences with our friendly staff. ?Bi-weekly nutritional Q&A sessions: In these sessions you can ask questions about nutrition, diet, live foods and making the live foods lifestyle work for you. ?Evening spiritual programs (Check website for frequency) ?Agni Hotra: Sunset Ceremony for Healing the Planet ?Satsang: This is a special time to gain support by asking questions that pertain to your spiritual life. ?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"D-cells that present evidence and decide on tolerance or attack When vitamin D suppresses D-cell maturation during immune system development, it's playing a key role in creating tolerance and friendly recognition of self. During your adulthood, D beefs up your ability to ward off infections by enhancing your production of antimicrobial proteins (especially in D-cells). Vitamin D acts as your immune system's noise filter. It filters out the steady stream of low-volume noises in familiar patterns and brands that as background noise." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Thus, MyPyramid combines the dietary guidelines and the DRIs into a single tool that is both scientifically based and consumer friendly." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"I parked next to a large sign that said, fill your prescriptions at your friendly hy-vee. Inside, I walked down the liquor aisle to get to the pharmacy, where employees had laid out free copies of a glossy magazine. The publication was filled with pharmaceutical ads, including one from Sanofi that said I could try Ambien, the pill so tightly controlled by the DEA, for free. Late that afternoon, I watched the national news on NBC." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"After you're born, microorganisms teach your immune system what's friendly and what's threatening with regard to viruses, bacteria, and fungi. The bugs in your gut also stimulate the production of a whole host of hormones that affect growth and development. "Bugs" means bacteria and some fungus (but not viruses). Your relationship with the bacteria in your intestines influences everything from height and weight to heart, kidney, and lung capacity. How you interact with these bacteria and what bacteria actually grow determine whether you develop inflammatory bowel disease." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Hurley is a big, friendly man in his early fifties, with thinning blond hair and a round face. He is grinning and waving his arms as he recounts a time, nine years ago, when as a father of four children, he cheated on his wife. His marriage broke up, he said, and he became depressed and lost his self-esteem. At the urging of his brother-in-law, he went to a psychologist in Iowa City, who diagnosed him, at age forty-two, with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"In addition, a good probiotic supplement will also assist with keeping the intestinal ecology in the proper balance. friendly intestinal bacteria (also known as flora or probiotics, which literally means "for life"), can help your body destroy bad bacteria and keep a fine balance in your digestive tract that will further help you absorb the nutrients you need so your natural detoxification systems continue to run smoothly. Again, I'll be giving you more direction about probiotics in Chapter 6." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The pilot decides to attempt an emergency landing at the nearest friendly airport. When he checks with the rest of his crew, though, he discovers that they've lost their landing gear in the attack. Suddenly, the pilot finds himself in a good news-bad news situation: The good news is that it looks like he'll be able to land by skidding the belly of his plane onto the runway; the bad news is that in doing so, the observation bubble will be crushed under the weight of the plane and his friend will die." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"It's pretty easy to swap out your old products for natural, environmentally friendly ones that can do the same job. It's also important to read labels, even though all ingredients are not always listed. If those that are listed are unknown to you and difficult to pronounce, chances are they are potentially toxic chemicals that are best avoided. Cleaning products may lie at the top of the list for concentrations of toxicity in your home, but if you don't use them every day, then it may be more relevant to start looking in your bathroom, bedroom, main rooms, and home office first." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Look inside a physician's waiting room to see how friendly he or she is with the industry. Are there sales brochures for drugs displayed on the tables? Are there sharply dressed sales representatives bringing lunch for the doctor's entire staff? Are the clocks and tissue boxes displaying ads for medications? If you like your physician but can see that the drug companies have his ear, tell him it worries you. Before taking any drug, ask yourself and your doctor whether you really need it. Are there ways you could solve your problem without taking medication?" - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Beginning in this manner sets the tone and establishes a certain rapport; the plant knows your intentions are friendly. We start by observing the aerial view of the plant's surroundings. What are the specifics of this plant's habitat and who are its neighbors? By learning a plant's companions, when you see the same kind of community in other locations you will have an idea of which plants may be growing there. Perhaps this plant likes to grow in full sun. Solar energy is active, warming, stimulating, and drying and carries that masculine energy of outward movement." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"And you only need a few basic supplies to maximize the efficacy of these environmentally friendly cleaners. First off, I recommend that you buy a microfiber mop, some washable microfiber cloths, and a microfiber duster. Microfiber is excellent at cleaning up messes, and because it's washable, you don't have to keep replacing your rags and mops every few months. If you do use paper towels, make sure that you buy only products that have been whitened without chlorine bleach, to guard against dioxin contamination. Green Forest (www.greenforest-products.com) and Seventh Generation (www." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"She was a beautiful child, with friendly eyes and dark, shoulder-length hair. But her real charm came from the inside-she was just a good kid, and it shined right through. Liza said that the only drug Alisa was on at this time was Risperdal, which seemed to be helping. They had tried several of the other standard ADHD meds-Ritalin, Concerta, and Tenex-but those three were disasters, she said. That made sense to me." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Nontoxic, environmentally friendly household cleaners are now available in most health food stores as well as many mass market stores (see Resource Directory, page 265, for leads).These can still be a little pricier than regular toxic cleaners, but your health is worth it. If you feel the need to keep a few regular, chemical-laden cleaning products, store them in airtight containers and keep them in the toolshed or garage." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Social scientists have found that gifts as small as a cup of coffee can change the behavior of the recipient in ways that he or she does not even realize. The friendly giving of a penlight or key chain imbues a person with a sense of indebtedness. Whether he or she is conscious of it or not, the recipient feels the need to return the favor. Most doctors believe a gift can't sway their judgment, that they are somehow different from everyone else. Study after study has shown they are wrong." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"For a healthy bowel, avoid overusing antibiotics, and if you do use them, replace friendly bacteria with probiotics. Consider bowel cleansing with herbs and/or testing for overgrowth of bacteria and yeast if your bowels are not moving regularly. Follow a diet high in antioxidants so that quinones won't form from 4-OH estrone. Consider rotating antioxidants throughout the year (discussed in chapter 4). Monitor hormone metabolites with a twenty-four-hour urine test each year." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Recent surveys reveal that a significant number of consumers prefer crunchy peaches bred to have a hard, cargo-truck friendly exterior. Most of us have never tasted a good peach, let alone a downy pastel orb bursting with sweet nectar when plucked right from the tree. As Marshall McLuhan pointed out, we've become so removed from reality that we're starting to prefer artificiality. Part of the reason we think fake is fine is the narrow selection. Turgid peaches aren't even sold in supermarkets, mainly because they can't be shipped." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Ways to Truly Help Your Large Intestine The Healthy Bowel: friendly Bacteria Once you've eliminated the ICV as a factor, there are two primary ways to increase the health of the large intestine: one is to increase the biological activities of the friendly bacteria and the second is to remove the layers of fecal matter build-up. Let's discuss the biological option first. You've heard the term antibiotics. Let me introduce you to the term probiotics. A probiotic is a microbe that protects its host and prevents disease." - John K. Pollard, The Digestive Awareness Diet: You Are HOW You Eat (Get the book.)

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