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"In a series of follow-up experiments, Willis placed guinea pigs on a low vitamin C diet. guinea pigs, like humans, cannot make vitamin C. The animals all developed arterial disease, which subsequently reversed when Willis added vitamin C back to their chow. He postulated that vitamin C deficiency was a critical factor in atherosclerosis." - 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.)

"The book Raw Energy describes this study on page 37. 16. guinea pigs Developed Several Disease Conditions on Cooked Diet Swiss researcher O. Stiner put some guinea pigs on their usual diet, but cooked. The animals quickly developed anemia, scurvy, goiter, dental cavities and/or degeneration of the salivary glands. When 10 cc of pasteurized milk was added to the diet, the animals developed arthritis as well. The book Nature's First Law refers to this study, as do several web sites. It is also reviewed in Raw Energy, page 37. 17. Dr." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"In a series of follow-up experiments, Willis placed guinea pigs on a low vitamin C diet. guinea pigs, like humans, cannot make vitamin C. The animals all developed arterial disease, which subsequently reversed when Willis added vitamin C back to their chow. He postulated that vitamin C deficiency was a critical factor in atherosclerosis." - 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.)

"In this study, vitamin C supplements were given to forty-six guinea pigs (which, you may remember, are like us in that they're one of the few species that don't make their own vitamin C). The researchers found that a connection between high-dose vitamin C supplementation and the development of bony spurs in their knee joints. (The "high-dose" vitamin C given to the guinea pigs was the equivalent of about 1,500 to 2,500 mg in humans.) This led to much bad publicity about vitamin C and osteoarthritis. But the issue is far from settled." - 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.)

"When the guinea pigs all died, Cade decided to dilute the urine to reduce the toxic uric acid content, and try again. Reckoning (mistakenly) that adding the element lithium would aid in dissolving the uric acid, he tested lithium itself on the guinea pigs. guinea pigs are known for their dramatic startle reaction when placed on their backs, but Cade's lithium-treated guinea pigs were remarkably placid. Acting on a hunch, Cade decided to try lithium therapy on his patients, including ten with mania, six with schizophrenia, and three diagnosed with psychotic depression." - Andrew L. Stoll, The Omega-3 Connection: The Groundbreaking Anti-depression Diet and Brain Program (Get the book.)

"Cancerous guinea pigs experienced recovery rates of over 99 percent. Lingzhi can be found for sale in many Asian markets as well as Western health shops. Extracts of "lingzhi," which may also be called "reishi" are also available. 48 Licorice root powder is a powerful curative herb for both cancer and diabetes. It is more effective than chemotherapy drugs in destroying cancer cells, yet without injuring or destroying healthy cells. Rosemary Sage Schizandra berry Shiitake or Maitake mushrooms Tumeric Andreas Moritz kidney tea (www.presentmoment.com) Andreas Moritz liver tea (www." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Zimmer's research sparked a flurry of research on humans, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, and even turkeys, all with similar results. D-ribose administration significantly improved energy recovery in ischemic, hypoxic, or cardiomyopathic hearts and skeletal muscle, and it improved functional performance of the tissue. In addition, studies with several common heart drugs—those used even today—showed that D-ribose administration did not negatively affect (and in many cases helped) the action of the drug on the heart." - 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.) "Mammals—with the exception of bats, guinea pigs, and, most notably, human beings—make vitamin C in the liver. Humans must obtain it through diet—from foods such as fruits and vegetables—or through supplementation. Vitamin C deficiency leads to weakness, poor immunity, internal hemorrhage, and an unraveling of the connective tissue that binds the nuts and bolts of the body. Outright deficiency is called scurvy." - 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.)

"A flurry of research continued on humans, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, and even turkeys, all with similar results. Ribose administration significantly improved energy recovery in ischemic, hypoxic, or cardiomyopathic hearts and muscles, and improved functional performance of the tissue. In addition, studies with several common heart drugs—those used even today—showed that ribose administration did not negatively affect (and in many cases helped) the action of the drug on the heart." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"In these studies, lenses were used to induce specific adaptations of animals' (chickens' and Guinea pigs') refractive state. The result was that the eyes adapted themselves toward myopia, using negative lenses that were causing hyperopic defocus and axial elongation of the eyeball. This "adaptation effect" is the unfortunate result of using the improper optical correction. Let me repeat: Myopia, when corrected with negative lenses, results in myopia worsening." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.) "The studies in monkeys, chickens, and guinea pigs show an adaptation of the visual system—active emmetropization to the visual environment—in response to lens-driven refractive errors. The effect of applying an external negative lens produced a net negative change in focal status of the eye. The effect of applying an external positive lens produced a net positive change in focal status of the eye. This is because of the eye's ability to change its length proportional to the applied plus or minus lens, that is, the dynamic and innate emmetropization process." - David De Angelis, The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness (Get the book.)

"By the turn of the twenty-first century, monks had become the favorite guinea pigs of the neuroscience laboratory. Scientists from Princeton, Harvard, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California-Davis followed Benson's lead by wiring up monks to state-of-the-art monitoring equipment and studying the effects of intensive, advanced meditation. Entire conferences were held on meditation and the brain.3 It was not the practice itself that fascinated these scientists, but its effect on the human body, particularly the brain, and the possibilities this suggested." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.) "He did not even want to kill members of the usual experimental population, like rats or guinea pigs. The one obvious candidate was brine shrimp. Their only purpose, as far as he could tell, was to become fodder for tropical fish. Brine shrimp were already destined for the slaughterhouse. Only the most ardent antivivisectionist could object. Backster and Henson rigged up a gadget that would randomly select one of six possible moments when a small cup containing the brine shrimp would invert and tip its contents into a pot of continuously boiling water." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"In other words, they made good guinea pigs. In 2004 the university boasted it had 136 scientists managing clinical trials for the industry. It was involved in so many drug trials that it had negotiated standard written contracts with more than a dozen companies to save time. But there were problems. Drug companies were asking for waivers from the university's requirement that the results be published soon after the trial was completed. Without this rule, there was a risk the public would never learn about a study that found a medicine had dangerous side effects or did not work as expected." - 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.)

"It was discovered when it was accidentally found that injections of lithium into guinea pigs immediately made them inactive and even flaccid.10 Numerous studies of normal volunteers have confirmed that lithium knocks people out of touch with their feelings, puts a dark glass between them and other people, and reduces their motivation to do anything. In the process it leaves many people with memory dysfunction and other cognitive deficits.11 The FDA has also approved a group of antiepileptic drugs specifically to treat "bipolar" disorder, especially the long-term suppression of mania." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Some children have asthmatic reactions to horses, mice, rabbits or guinea pigs also. DIET As mentioned above, there is evidence that babies at risk of developing asthma are benefited by being breastfed for at least six months. You should also be careful when introducing solid foods into the diet. Dairy foods of all kinds are often allergic triggers, and wheat-based foods affect some people. Oranges, strawberries, eggs, nuts ... the list goes on. However, you can't—and should not attempt to—eliminate every potential allergen from your child's diet." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"The few animals that cannot synthesize vitamin C in their bodies include apes, humans, guinea pigs, one type of bird, one type of bat, and one type of fish. All other animals synthesize vitamin C in a four-step process. The first step in synthesizing vitamin C starts with glucuronate, which is made from blood sugar (glucose), as seen in Figure 2-1. In the second step, glucuronate is converted to L-gluconate. The third step changes the L-gluconate to L-gulono-gamma-lactone. It is interesting to note that humans can perform these three initial steps to synthesize vitamin C." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"An earlier study showed that the exact same amount of vitamin C protected guinea pigs against surgically induced osteoarthritis. (Remember that free radicals can and do damage collagen and connective tissue, and the antioxidant activity of vitamin C helps protect against this damage all the while helping collagen synthesis.) And a paper published in Arthritis and Rheumatism that looked at 640 human participants from the Framingham Osteoarthritis Cohort Study found a threefold reduction in the risk of osteoarthritis progression for those with higher intakes of vitamin C." - 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.) "In a study at the University of Michigan, researchers blasted unfortunate guinea pigs with rock concert-level noise for five hours, resulting in a hearing loss of up to 50 db. But the piggies that had been given NAC prior to the experiment had only minimal hearing loss. NAC is also one powerful antioxidant. Which makes sense because loud noises produce damaging molecules called free radicals in the ear, and antioxidants help fight the damage from free radicals, NAC (as well as other antioxidants) could conceivably be useful in preventing, minimizing, or slowing hearing loss." - 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.)

"But we are living human guinea pigs, and our children are the most sensitive. Why else would we be seeing epidemics of autism, mood disorders, and ADHD in children over the last thirty years? Household and Environmental Toxins In our everyday life we are exposed to and absorb many toxic chemicals into our bodies, especially VOCs, or volatile organic compounds.43 These toxins seep out of our furniture made with formaldehyde and our sofas made with fire retardants and are in many regular household cleaning products." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"That's a weird feature we share with other higher primates (monkeys and apes), guinea pigs, the red-vented bulbul, and fruit-eating bats. Every other species in the world makes its own vitamin C. One theory is that since vitamin C is found in fruits and vegetables, and since fruits that are safe to eat are often sweet, nature in her wisdom gave us a sweet tooth so we would seek out the very foods without which we would die. And make no mistake—without vitamin C we'd all be dead as doorknobs. Without vitamin C you can't form new collagen, the main protein in connective tissue." - 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.)

"But that is exactly what British researchers found in experiments with guinea pigs.162 They gave the guinea pigs citric acid to make them cough, then gave them theobromine purified from cocoa. The theobromine overcame the induced cough. An experiment in humans confirmed that theobromine is also effective against coughs in people. The question is, how much chocolate does it take, and in what form? Unfortunately, we do not have an answer to that extremely practical issue. The researchers used theobromine alone, which is not available to the rest of us. But all of us have access to chocolate." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"An Indian medical journal complains that the country is becoming "the greatest source of human guinea pigs for the global drug industry."51 GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Novartis all run trials there. Why? 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)." - Charles Barber, Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation (Get the book.)

"Lipschutz demonstrated that progesterone administered to guinea pigs prevented formation of tumors that had been induced by estrogen.48 In 1946, A. Goodman reported six cases of clinically diagnosed uterine fibroids that regressed after using progesterone therapy.49 Dr. John Lee proposes that because uterine fibroids are a result of estrogen stimulation and what he calls estrogen dominance, progesterone is the solution. He asserts that estrogen dominance is a much greater problem than is recognized by conventional medicine. " - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Duncan's guinea pigs? "I guess it's OK," says Michelle. "Besides getting up early and being all sweaty and gross, I'm more awake during the day. I mean, I was cranky all the time last year." Beyond improving her mood, it will turn out, Michelle is also doing much better with her reading. And so are her Zero Hour classmates: at the end of the semester, they'll show a 17 percent improvement in reading and comprehension, compared with a 10.7 percent improvement among the other literacy students who opted to sleep in and take standard phys ed." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Studies conducted on guinea pigs have found that chemicals in artichokes can stop disturbances in the GI tract. The chemicals halt the intestines from spastic movement. Human studies have also found that artichoke leaf extract can significantly reduce the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and dyspepsia (pain in the mid-abdominal area). Tips on Using Artichokes selection and storage: • When selecting artichokes you want to pick ones that feel heavy, have tightly packed leaves, and are dark green in color." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Tell them you're learning the latest techniques in mind-body medicine and want to use them as "guinea pigs." Sense their energy patterns and venture to ask, for example, "Is your left knee bothering you?" Failure is as informative as success in the early stages of practicing these skills, so don't be shy. Practice on strangers without their even knowing it. When I first started, I practiced wherever I went. I would be in a mall, and as I passed shoppers, I would scan them energetically (keeping my observations to myself, of course). The practice is what's important." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Stiner put some guinea pigs on their usual diet, but cooked. The animals quickly developed anemia, scurvy, goiter, dental cavities and/or degeneration of the salivary glands. When 10 cc of pasteurized milk was added to the diet, the animals developed arthritis as well. The book Nature's First Law refers to this study, as do several web sites. It is also reviewed in Raw Energy, page 37. 17. Dr. John Douglass: Hypertension and Obesity Reduced on Raw Diet Dr." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.) "He and his wife decided to be the guinea pigs. Both followed the raw version of the same diet for three periods: 120 days in winter, 32 days in summer and 81 days in spring. Mrs. Kuratsune was breastfeeding a baby during this time. Both continued to do their usual work. Remarkably, they both continued to enjoy good health. Mrs. Kuratsune even found that breastfeeding was less of a strain than before eating this raw diet. Next, they both switched to the same prisoner diet in cooked form. They became as hungry and diseased as the prisoners of war." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Without either manufacturers or the FDA evaluating the safety and toxicity of the ingredients in these products, consumers who buy cosmeceuticals quite literally become guinea pigs in a vast uncontrolled experiment where the only benchmark to measure safety will be how many people suffer health consequences from using the products —a standard for measuring cause and effect that is so flawed as to be useless, since cosmeceutical users simultaneously absorb chemicals from many other personal care products and cosmetics." - 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.)

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