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"Anyway, complex carbohydrates or good carbohydrates, such as green vegetables, are very useful. Eat all of the fresh green vegetables you can get your hands on - spinach, celery, cabbage, asparagus, you name it. And eat corn bread. The second big secret weapon in nutrition when someone wants to fight drugs and chemicals is the green vegetable, particularly the bitter green vegetables and corn bread. Again, the point is to only select organic vegetables. Otherwise, a person will be exposed to pesticides and other toxins that will not help him. He is, in a way, still close to drugs." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"Low-GI foods, such as mature beans and green vegetables, elicit less of a glycemic response than high-GI foods, such as potatoes and ready-to-eat cereals. Independent of weight loss, diets composed of low-GI foods increase insulin sensitivity [145, 146] and decrease total serum cholesterol [146] and LDL-C [145] in people with type 2 diabetes. LDL-C decreased 6% more in subjects following a low-GI diet compared to a high-GI diet [145]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Whether or not blood tests show low levels of magnesium, a dietary history that reveals a diet low in leafy green vegetables and fruits still suggests a deficiency. Magnesium May Keep the Doctor Away I can't overemphasize the importance of taking supplemental magnesium. I believe we should all be taking at least 400 mg per day, regardless of our dietary intake, as a sound health insurance policy. The only contraindications to magnesium therapy that I know are kidney failure or kidney insufficiency." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"The other form of vitamin K, vitamin Kl, or phylloquinone, is found in any green vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli and spinach, and makes up about 90% of the vitamin K in a typical Western diet. Vitamin K2 is the form that offers you the greatest health benefits. Probiotics convert vitamin Kl in the intestines into the more biologically active form called vitamin K2. As such, if you have probiotics in your intestines which ensure that vitamin Kl is converted into vitamin K2, you may reduce your risk of developing lung cancer." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Green vegetables such as spinach are good sources of magnesium, because the center of the chlorophyll molecule (which gives green vegetables their color) contains magnesium. Some legumes (beans and peas), nuts and seeds, and whole, unrefined grains are also good sources of magnesium. Dose: Take 500-600 mg daily; the most common form found in supplements is magnesium oxide (that's what milk of magnesia is made from). It may give you loose stools; if so, switch to a form such as magnesium glycinate or citrate which is bound or chelated (pronounced kee-lated) to an amino acid." - Hyla Cass, Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"That study reported that people who ate more of the following had lower incidences of cancer: raw and fresh vegetables, leafy green vegetables, Cruciferae, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, and raw and fresh fruit (including tomatoes and citrus fruit).2 Vegetables and legumes can also substitute for meats that can be high in saturated fat and calories and also contain substances that can promote diseases like cancer." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"In fact, green stools may be a perfectly healthy and benign sign that you've been eating a lot of green vegetables, which are rich in chlorophyll (the green pigment in plants). Or they might mean you've been pigging out on lime Jell-O or too many green bagels and cupcakes on St. Patrick's Day. SIGN OF THE TIMES Before modern plumbing, people often sat on wooden stools to defecate.The euphemism for defecating was "going to stool." By the 16th century, the word stool had become synonymous with feces." - 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.)

"Another study extolled the benefits of a vegetarian diet by finding that women who suffered from fibroids were more likely to have high consumption of red meat and ham and have low consumption of fruits and green vegetables.24 Whole grains such as brown rice, oats, buckwheat, millet, and rye are excellent sources of B vitamins. Whole grains also help the body to excrete estrogens through the bowel. The role of whole-grain fiber in lowering estrogen levels was first reported in 1982." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Mediterranean diet, or green vegetables, or less meat, or more carbohydrate, or less saturated fats, or whatever promises the fountain of youth ?easily gain credibility. To test the inference with a randomized controlled trial seeking differential effects on clinically important outcomes in a well population is prohibitive. It's daunting to test a pharmaceutical where you can administer pills that contain either the active agents or a placebo. Can you imagine controlling the diets of half the sample for decades, waiting to see how many die? Even modern epidemiology has no such hubris." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Ensure proper nutrition: organic low-fat dairy, soy foods, adequate calcium and vitamin D, whole grains, dark leafy green vegetables, nuts, seeds, healthy oils, and fish. • Avoid being underweight. • Minimize caffeine intake. • Reduce animal protein. • Avoid falls and injuries. • Get regular annual health checks; laboratory testing and bone-density testing may be appropriate. • Consider hormone replacement therapy (bio-identical hormones or conventional hormones) if you have several risk factors. • Take nutritional supplements for bone health." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Leafy green vegetables, root vegetables, veggies that are red, green, purple, orange, and yellow and everything in between. • All legumes—beans, peas, and lentils of all varieties. • All whole grains and products, such as bread and pasta, that are made from them—as long as they do not contain added fats. • All fruits. It works." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"Other reasonably good food sources of calcium include small fish (anchovies, herrings, sardines), nuts, and some green vegetables (broccoli). However, it is quite difficult to attain calcium adequacy with these foods alone without also consuming dairy products. For example, it may require 6 cups of broccoli to provide as much calcium as would be consumed in a single 8-oz glass of milk. For many individuals, a calcium supplement offers the most convenient approach to reaching target levels of calcium intake. Many calcium salts are available on an over-the-counter basis." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "There is compelling evidence to justify support for a randomized prospective clinical trial to test the effect of consuming major food sources of magnesium, such as whole grains, nuts, and leafy green vegetables, on the development of type 2 diabetes in a high-risk population [116]. In the most recent Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for magnesium, the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) value for magnesium for women over 50 years of age is 320 mg/day and 420 mg/day for men in the same age group [115]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Foods that contain folate include beans, leafy green vegetables, citrus fruits, beets, wheat germ, and meat. Up to 90 percent of folic acid can be destroyed by many kinds of processing, including cooking, so a raw salad made from dark greens is a good way to go. In addition, most multivitamins have at least 400 meg of folic acid, though Fd like to see more in everyone's diet. Don't forget that B vitamins work best when they work together. Folic acid is, after all, a B vitamin and it needs its partners—B12 and B6— to effectively carry out its functions." - 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.)

"Lutein, an antioxidant found in avocados, oranges, and most leafy green vegetables, appears to protect against colon cancer, especially tumors in the large intestine and in people who developed tumors when they were young, according to a recent University of Utah School of Medicine study. Even after the researchers adjusted for dietary fiber (which otherwise might contribute to the results of the study), more lutein was associated with less colon cancer." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Increasing intake of cruciferous and leafy green vegetables, taking a quality calcium supplement, and consuming two to three cups of Flor-Essence herbal tea daily for detoxification purposes may prevent colon cancer. Also, be sure to exercise, supplement with quality probiotics, and ensure regular bowel movements. Fortunately, Flor-Essence contains several herbs, including slippery elm, that help support the health of the colon, including regular bowel movemerits." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Magnesium The American Diabetes Association reports that 25 percent of diabetics are magnesium deficient (although other figures place this much higher), and that supplementing with this mineral can improve blood sugar control. green vegetables such as spinach are good sources of magnesium, because the center of the chlorophyll molecule (which gives green vegetables their color) contains magnesium. Some legumes (beans and peas), nuts and seeds, and whole, unrefined grains are also good sources of magnesium." - Hyla Cass, Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Calcium-rich foods (leafy green vegetables, oranges, bread). • Fatty acids are essential for healthy membranes, hormones, and nerves. Load up on walnuts, pumpkin seeds, soybeans, linseed oil, rapeseed oil, and flax oil. • Olive oil, sunflower seeds, almonds, corn, sesame seeds, safflower oil, and extra virgin olive oil are a source for linoleic acid. • Garlic can lower blood pressure enough to reduce the risk of a stroke, coronary disease, and blood clots." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"A recent retrospective study of over 500 women with endometriosis concluded that there was a significant decrease in risk of developing endometriosis with a greater consumption of green vegetables and fresh fruit, and an increase in risk was associated with high intake of beef and other red meat.55 Foods high in fiber are associated with optimal transit time in the intestines and an optimal balance of friendly microorganisms within the large intestine.56 These microorganisms, better known as gut flora, crowd out the other types of flora that play a role in metabolizing estrogen." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Consume a double-portion serving of steamed green vegetables (at least 12 ounces a day). Vegetables such as asparagus, artichokes, kale, collards, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, string beans, baby bok choy, and others should be eaten every day. You can also do this by adding these greens to a soup. 4. Eat Vi cup to one cup of beans daily in a vegetable soup, on your salad, as an ingredient to a main dish or in a dip. 5. Eat at least one ounce of raw seeds or nuts daily, preferably in one of the delicious salad dressings or dips you can find within this book. Try to use more seeds and less nuts." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.) "Low-starch, low-calorie vegetables that are not green eggplant mushrooms spaghetti squash garlic onions tomatoes hearts of palm colorful peppers waterchestnuts If you are someone who needs to lose weight, the secret is to eat more of the raw vegetables, green vegetables and low-starch, low-calorie vegetables above. The more of these high-nutrient, low-calorie foods you eat, the easier it will be to lose weight." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Its highest concentration is in leafy green vegetables, nuts, whole grains, unpolished rice, and wheat germ. Generally high-magnesium foods include apples, apricots, avocados, beet tops, berries, black walnuts, Brazil nuts, cabbage, coconuts, comfrey leaves, figs, dulse, endive, greens, spinach, rye, walnuts, watercress, and yellow corn. Dosage: 400 mg/day. Also, diabetics should take at least 50 mg of vitamin B-6 per day, as the level of intracellular magnesium is dependent on vitamin B-6 intake. Without B-6, it is difficult for magnesium to readily enter the cell." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Spirulina, blue-green algae, chlorella, hemp seeds, olives, durian, all sprouts (including sprouted grains and beans), bee pollen, green vegetables (especially spinach, watercress, arugula, kale, broccoli, brussel sprouts, collard greens, and parsley), powdered grasses, and green super-food powders are examples of relatively high-protein live foods. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY IN FOODS Animals concentrate plant foods to form their tissues." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Vitamin Kl, or phylloquinone, is found in any green vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli and spinach, and makes up about 90% of the vitamin K found in a typical Western diet. Vitamin K2 is the more biologically active form and is called menaquinones. Certain probiotics are capable of converting vitamin Kl into vitamin K2. Probiotics convert vitamin Kl in the intestines into vitamin K2. Vitamin K2 is found in egg yolk, butter and fermented soy foods; it makes up about 10% of the vitamin K consumed in a typical Western diet. Why do you need vitamin K2?" - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Too few green vegetables and fruits Studying your answers to the food survey will spotlight your own problem areas. Consider the following example of a typical American eating pattern, and you can see how the dietary flaws cause trouble. In this typical American menu, acid reigns. DIETARY ACID-BASE EXAMPLE: THE TYPICAL AMERICAN DIET Acid Foods Cereal H ? ? ? ? ? Total 1 x 8 = 8 Bread 0 ? ? ? Total 3 x 2 = 6 Pasta S ? ? ? ? ? Total 1 x 7 = 7 Meat/Fish a ? ? ? ? Total 2 x 9 = 18 Beans ? ? ? ? ? ? Total x 4 = Nuts ? ? ? ? ? ?" - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"In China, consumption of both animal foods (including meat, eggs, and fish) and green vegetables was significantly correlated with a lower death rate from cervical cancer.20 One study among white women showed that risk of cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer was not affected by increased consumption of vegetables, yellow-orange vegetables, fruits, or legumes.21 Nonetheless, there is enough evidence to support a diet rich in beneficial vegetables. Phytoestrogens may also play a role in lowering premalignancies of the cervix." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"It is named after the Latin "folium," meaning "leaf," because it is abundant in leafy, green vegetables. Folic acid, when taken by pregnant women, has been proven to help prevent certain birth defects. Folinic acid is metabolized differently than ordinary folic acid; and it is important for autistic children to take it in its exact form, instead of just taking folic acid. Also, some kids don't tolerate folic acid well. The important contribution that folinic acid makes in the methyla-tion process is to help produce methyl-B-12, or methylcobalamin. It helps attach methyls to cobalamine." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "These techniques include eating more green vegetables, eating less high-fat meat, eating less sugar, and sometimes taking potassium citrate supplements. Because alkalinity promotes detoxification, most of the common herbal detoxification formulas, such as green juice, are alkalinizing. It can be a challenge for parents, of course, to help administer some of these measures. 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." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Some of them, such as celery, peppers, or cabbage, just don't have enough starch in them to cause many problems. 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." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

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