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"GRAPES/RAISINS {Vinisvinifera) The grape cure has always fascinated me, as I crave grapes with an overwhelming passion whenever I'm ill. Consuming nothing but grapes for several weeks is said to put primary tumors into remission and prevent recurrences. grapes supply an abundance of anti-cancer trace minerals, selenium, antioxidants, and acids such as ellagic acid. Dried grapes (raisins) are rich in tannins and caffeic acid. They're antimutagenic and particularly good at preventing breast cancers that arise with age. GREENS Dark leafy greens (e.g." - Susun S. Weed, Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way (Get the book.)

"Noble rot is a specific fungus—Botrytis cinerea—a grayish mold that looks like ash on the grapes and is found on certain grapes. It is famous at the Chateau Yquem, which produces some of the finest sauternes in the world. When the winegrowers see the fungus forming, they carefully watch the grapes and pick them at just the moment when there is enough rot to produce a fine wine, but not enough to destroy it. The fungus is, of course, a parasite—like a leech on a dog or a lobbyist in Congress. But the rot it engenders does not make the grape go bad; instead, it concentrates the sweetness." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"In the morning, he correctly guessed my code word of "grapes" (from a list of 100 labeled objects, ten of fruit, one of a cluster of red grapes) and noted my lack of lucid awareness. He also noted details of my living room, which he had never seen in waking life. However, our collective desire for a platinum-quality mutual lucid dream meeting never materialized in these attempts. At times, we came close, with remarkable telepathic hits or one-person-lucid mutual dreams." - Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (Get the book.)

"There, too, the process of corruption brings the grapes to a majestic and honorable conclusion. As they mature, they store up sugar, an oenologist explained to us. They also collect what they call a "noble rot"—a type of decay that begins the process of fermentation and turns grape juice into wine. Noble rot is a specific fungus—Botrytis cinerea—a grayish mold that looks like ash on the grapes and is found on certain grapes. It is famous at the Chateau Yquem, which produces some of the finest sauternes in the world." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"Resveratrol is a natural fungicide produced by grapes and is primarily found in their skins. Because resveratrol is produced in much higher quantities in grapes that are organically grown, organic red grapes may be a good option if you don't want to drink wine. Wine grapes are crushed with the seeds and cluster stems as part of the wine. Grape seeds are also rich sources of the heart-protecting flavonoids, found especially in red wines like pinot noir. While grapes are seasonal, wine can be enjoyed year around." - J. Robert Hatherill, Eat To Beat Cancer: A Research Scientist Explains How You and Your Family Can Avoid Up to 90% of All Cancers (Get the book.)

"Organic grapes and mochi: To add sweetness, pour some agave nectar on top of the little mochi puffs and organic grapes. • Organic hot chocolate: Heat up organic soymilk for two minutes, add Ahllaska hot chocolate mix or several squares of organic dark chocolate and serve it to your child in the same mug every time. You can pair the hot chocolate with organic enchiladas or some other yummy leftover. Basic Biscuits Our chef at the Imus Ranch, Arlena Teitelbaum, makes delicious homemade biscuits. For more on Arlene's recipes visit www.NourishSantaFe .com)." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Noble rot is a specific fungus—Botrytis cinerea—a grayish mold that looks like ash on the grapes and is found on certain grapes. It is famous at the Chateau Yquem, which produces some of the finest sauternes in the world. When the winegrowers see the fungus forming, they carefully watch the grapes and pick them at just the moment when there is enough rot to produce a fine wine, but not enough to destroy it. The fungus is, of course, a parasite—like a leech on a dog or a lobbyist in Congress. But the rot it engenders does not make the grape go bad; instead, it concentrates the sweetness." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"The region's Cannonau grapes endured the harsh Sardinian sun by producing more red pigment to protect from the ultraviolet rays. These grapes traditionally were allowed to macerate longer than in any other part of the island during winemaking. The result was a red wine with two to three times the level of artery-scrubbing flavo-noids than other wines. Goat's milk and mastic oil may be Sardinia's other two longevity elixirs." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The technique of fermenting sugar, releasing energy that can be used for living and growing, and leaving behind a less-energy rich acid, has proved popular among bacteria to this day; the lactic acid that turns milk sour is the residue of bacteria that gorged on the milk sugat called lactose; so is the alcohol that bacteria leave after eating the fructose in grapes. However, the sugars available from inorganic carbon molecules are a use-it-and-lose-it resource, one that declines precipitously wherever it is used for food." - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.) "The Mediterranean's rwo-season climate—cool and rainy from October to April, hot and dry from May to September—dictated the presence, throughout the region, of the same three core crops: wheat (and some barley), grapes, and olives. The Hellenic and Mycenaean peoples who were the first civilizations to engage in Mediterranean commerce cultivated all three, but they resided on such poor cropland that they learned, early on, how to trade two legs of the agricultural tripod, in the form of high-value-per-acre commodities like wine and olive oil, for grain, largely from Egypt.1?" - William Rosen, Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire (Get the book.)

"Rockefeller and Theodore Roosevelt) paid a small fortune to be subjected to such "scientific" practices as hourly yogurt enemas (to undo the damage that protein supposedly wreaked on the colon); electrical stimulation and "massive vibration" of the abdomen; diets consisting of nothing but grapes (ten to fourteen pounds of them a day); and at every meal, "Fletcherizing," the practice of chewing each bite of food approximately one hundred times. (Often to the rousing accompaniment of special chewing songs." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) "A century ago, the typical Iowa farm raised more than a dozen different plant and animal species: cattle, chickens, corn, hogs, apples, hay, oats, potatoes, cherries, wheat, plums, grapes, and pears. Now it raises only two: corn and soybeans. This simplification of the agricultural landscape leads directly to the simplification of the diet, which is now to a remarkable extent dominated by—big surprise—corn and soybeans." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Grape fasting— consuming only grapes and grape juice for days and weeks at a time—is a fairly popular therapeutic tool in the natural healing fields. Many anecdotal positive experiences have been described by those grape fasters, but, as with any kind of fasting, there is not very much research to demonstrate its value. Nor do grapes maintain a balanced diet. Grapes are fairly high in fruit sugar, fructose, and are mainly carbohydrate foods. They contain no fat and minimum protein but a good amount of fiber. grapes have about 100 calories per cup." - Elson M. Haas, M.D., Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine (Get the book.)

"An Apple a Day o apples, onions, red wine, teas, deeply colored berries and grapes have in common? They all contain flavonoids which help to reduce the buildup of cholesterol and plaque in the arteries. Adding these foods and drinks to your diet may prevent arterial damage or stop the buildup you already have from progressing. CLOGGED ARTERIES, HIGH CHOLESTEROL ?How a High-Fat Food Might Help If you don't eat avocados because they're so high in fat, it's time to rethink that." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Fresh and Light Tacos* 1 cup red grapes (25) 8. Thanksgiving Open-Faced Sandwich* Medium SuperFoodsRx side salad* or All Season Fruit Salad* 9. Roasted Vegetable Pita* Modern Ambrosia* 10. Greek Salad Roll Ups* Tuscan Bean Soup* Alternate to soup: V3 cup black beans and whole apple. 11. Tofu "Eggless" Salad* Sandwich 2 sliced whole grain bread, 1 sliced tomato, romaine lettuce All Season Fruit Salad* or Modern Ambrosia* 12. Poached Salmon in Spinach Tortilla Wrap* Great Northern Bean Dip* 20 carrot and celery sticks Alternate to veggies and dip: All Season Fruit Salad* 13." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Captains would coolly fold loose sails or munch grapes as shots fell around them." While munching grapes on deck may have exposed these officers to physical danger, this sign of courage was protecting them from scurvy. Because of our modern high-tech diet, the symptoms of scurvy are still alive and well. Several doctors have documented cases in the United States among men ranging in age from 35 to 61 who suffered painful edema on the legs, red spots on their arms, abdomen, and legs, as well as large purple dis-colorations on the lower limbs." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"A word of caution is in order, however: it is preferable to limit your fruit consumption to three pieces a day (or, for berries and grapes, three servings, each about the size of a modest handful). It is also best to avoid drinking pure fruit juices. Fruit—and juice, especially—carries a high sugar content, and consuming too much of it rapidly raises the blood sugar. The body compensates to the sugar high with a surge of insulin from the pancreas—and the insulin, in turn, stimulates the liver to manufacture more cholesterol.1 It may also elevate triglyceride levels." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"Fox and the grapes, The" One of Aesop's fables. A fox tries many times to pluck some grapes that dangle invitingly over his head, but he cannot reach them. As he slinks away in disgust, he says, "Those grapes are probably sour anyway." J*- "Sour grapes" refers to things that people decide are not worth having only after they find they cannot have them. Furies In classical mythology, hideous female monsters who relentlessly pursued evildoers. Cerberus (suR-buh-ruhs) In classical mythology, the thtee-headed dog who guarded the entrance to Hades." - E. D. Hirsch, Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Get the book.)

"A handful of grapes or of sweet grape tomatoes becomes just as much of a treat as a cookie once was. Pizza without cheese or whole-grain bread topped with fresh, sliced peaches may well become among your very favorite things to eat. As my husband already has stressed, it is attention to details that makes this program so powerful. But some general principles underlie the details, and it is important to understand them." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"Nonalcoholic ingredients in the red wine may in fact be responsible for this benefit, including antioxidants and flavo-noids, namely the antioxidants in red grapes that prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. Alcohol ingestion, however, harbors potential dangers that may outweigh its alleged benefits. In my opinion, daily ingestion of alcohol cannot be responsibly recommended to women. Well-documented evidence indicates that alcohol may increase serum estradiol by 300 percent in postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Remember that each of the 14 SuperFoods has sidekicks (page 3) so you're not limited to these specific foods, just one from say, the beans group which could include garbanzo beans or kidney beans, or say, the blueberry group which could include grapes, strawberries, cherries, etc." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"If you have to choose only some organic foods, seek organic foods at your grocery store or health food store that have the skin that is thin or permeable, such as grapes or strawberries because they are more easily permeated by the pesticides. However, you cannot wash away all of the pesticides that is in a fruit that has been sprayed. Once it is contaminated, it stays that way. It is wise to try to consume only organic foods if you can. If you cannot buy fresh fruits and vegetables, you can use flash frozen vegetables. They have more nutrients and fewer additives than canned goods." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Nutrient Notables Per serving: calories 225, carbohydrate 17g, fiber 3g, protein 22g, fat 8g, cholesterol 37mg, sodium 164mg, calcium 370mg Curried Turkey Salad on Watercress Makes 2 servings Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: None 6 to 8 ounces cooked turkey breast, julienned 72 cup celery, chopped 74 cup red onion, chopped 72 cup red seedless grapes 72 cup walnuts, chopped % cup plain nonfat yogurt 1 teaspoon ground curry powder 2 bunches watercress, washed and trimmed In a medium bowl, mix the turkey, celery, red onion, walnuts, grapes, yogurt, and curry powder together." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Antioxidant cosmeceutical ingredients include vitamins such as B-5 (and its synthetic derivative panthenol), C, E, and nicotinamide; lycopene; polyphenols such as coffeeberry in coffee plant fruit and resveratrol in grapes; genistein, the isoflavone in soy milk and fermented soy; EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate); pycnogenol, an extract of French marine pine bark; grape seed extract; and DMAE, found in cold-water fish, particularly salmon. 6. Tyrosinase Inhibitors." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"V* cup red grapes, quartered 2 cans tuna or chicken, drained 'A cup celery, chopped coarse 'A cup red onion, chopped coarse 2 teaspoons honey I teaspoon fresh lemon juice 'A teaspoon toasted sesame oil (optional) 'A teaspoon dry mustard powder 6 whole wheat tortillas I teaspoon dill, chopped fine % cup canola oil mayonnaise 'A teaspoon black pepper directions: Combine all ingredients and mix well. Spread some of the salad in a whole wheat tortilla. Garnish with lettuce and tomato, hold together with a toothpick, and serve. break it down . . . Calories: 190; Total fat: 4." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Darker beans like black beans are as rich in antioxidant compounds called antho-cyanins as grapes and cranberries. In fact, four out of the twenty top antioxidant-containing foods are beans. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that people consume three cups of beans per week. Unfortunately, the average American only meets one-third of that recommendation! Home Remedies Beans have long been a remedy for constipation as they are rich in fiber that promotes laxation. Throw Me a Lifesaver!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Wild blueberries are one of just three berries native to North America; the others are cranberries and Concord grapes. A Serving of Food Lore... Native Americans have gathered blueberries from the woods and bogs for generations and were the first to make preserves from blueberries, and to use blueberry juice to dye clothing. Colonists learned to dry blueberries from the Wampanoag Indians. Blueberry juice became an important staple for Civil War soldiers to protect themselves against scurvy. Why Should I Eat Blueberries?" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "They are actually dried grapes and are often found in scones. What's the Story? Currants are related to gooseberries and are not smaller versions of raisins. The English word "currant" has been used for this fruit only since 1550, taken from the fruit's resemblance to the dried currants of Greece, which, in fact, are raisins made from a small seedless grape. The main varieties available are: red, black, white, green, and pink. Red and black are the most common type and are used for culinary purposes." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

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