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"Hard-working food scientists have found so many inexpensive ways to improve or disguise the color, flavor, "bite characteristics," "mouth feel" and aftertaste of soy protein-based products that soy is now an ingredient in nearly every food sold at supermarkets and health food stores. (See Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 11." - Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, The Whole Soy Story: The dark side of America's favorite health food (Get the book.)

"Whole stevia leaf can be bought at health food stores or by mail order, or you can grow your own. Grind the whole leaf into a powder and add to food and teas for a sweet taste. You can also buy water-extracted stevia in liquid form from your local health food store in the supplements section. Avoid alcohol-extracted and refined forms of stevia. Unrefined stevia is dark green in color." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The unsalted canned beans that are available in health food stores or the health food section of your supermarket are preferable. If using salted canned beans, rinse them before using. Dried legumes and beans are a very economical, high-nutrient food. If you are on a food budget, use lots of dried beans in your cooking and also sprout whole beans and grains for some of your vegetable needs. You can soak the whole beans in water overnight in a jar and rinse and drain the water out for the next few days, until you have the sprouts to use." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"You can find a body brush in health food stores and even most conventional drugstores. Brushing the skin stimulates circulation and helps to open pores to eliminate toxins. You can massage and brush toddlers, too, as long as you're extremely gentle. For babies, a little massage before bathtime serves a similar purpose. • Sea salt baths are wonderful detoxifiers. You can buy solar sea salt rocks in health food stores. Brenda Brock's Farmaesthetics (www.farmaesthetics.com) and Susan Ciminelli (www.susanciminelli." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Vegetarians often buy it in the bulk bin section of health food stores and use it in place of ground beef in chili, spaghetti sauce, tacos, sloppy joes and other strongly spiced recipes. In 1973, Business Week indicated that "TVP got its first big boost when the USDA approved its use in the national school lunch program in 1971. By the end of 1972 total demand had grown to about 55 million pounds a year with ground beef as the largest single market."18 TSP is produced by forcing defatted soy flour through a machine with a spiral, tapered screw called an extruder." - Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, The Whole Soy Story: The dark side of America's favorite health food (Get the book.) "Clinicians are recommending both products to prevent and reverse dementia, improve cognitive function, increase human growth hormone (hGH) release, and to treat brain disorders such as damage SOY, SOY EVERYWHERE, DROPS OF SLUDGE TO EAT Try to find a chocolate bar, ice cream or other readymade food at the supermarket or health food store that doesn't contain small amounts of soy lecithin. That's the challenge for people who are allergic to soy. Lecithin isn't supposed to contain any of the soybean's allergenic protein, but there's always the chance that a bit might remain." - Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, The Whole Soy Story: The dark side of America's favorite health food (Get the book.)

"Three such studies have been conducted, all from the UK: the health food Shoppers Study, the Oxford Vegetarian Study and the EPIC-Oxford Study. The health food Shoppers Study, involving almost 10,000 health food store patrons in England, found a similar all-cause death rate among vegetarians and omnivores after seventeen years (6). The Oxford Vegetarian Study compared over 6,800 vegetarians and non-vegetarians and found a twenty percent reduction in overall mortality among the former after twelve years(7)." - Anthony Colpo, The Great Cholesterol Con: Why Everything You've been Told About Cholesterol, Diet and Heart Disease is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Watch Yourself in a health food Store Health food stores and co-ops, while generally carrying more organic foods, also carry a lot of junk food masquerading as health food. Just because it says organic does not mean you can indiscriminately eat that food in any amount. Many packaged or canned organic foods are fortified with natural cane sugar or some other sugar to get sweet-addicted consumers to buy them. Look at the label and look at the amount of sugar in the product. Don't buy products with added sugar. Then, possibly, the organic industry will quit making them." - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"People who prepare soybeans from scratch usually buy the dried beans sold in the bulk bins at health food stores. The basic flavor of plain, boiled or baked, soybeans is, well, "beany" with a "greasy mouthfeel."24 Soybeans have a stronger taste and higher fat content than other beans—definitely not to everyone's liking. The one thing most people agree on is that mature dried soybeans must be thoroughly cooked and never, ever eaten raw. Even when soaked overnight, soybeans generally require at least two hours of pressure cooking or seven to nine hours boiling on a stove top." - Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, The Whole Soy Story: The dark side of America's favorite health food (Get the book.)

"Right away, Elizabeth stopped shopping just at Cub Foods, and for the first time in her life was going to health food stores, and being, like, a granola-mom-everything but the Birkenstocks. It felt weird. Then she told her doctor about it, and instead of him treating her like the long-suffering, good-Republican mom, as he usually did, he started treating her like The Crazy Mom. It didn't matter. Kyle was getting better! It was hard to tell, because the changes were so subtle and slow, but Elizabeth's binder proved it." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "This attachment, not incidentally, is also strongly reinforced by the aggressive marketing campaigns of the dairy industry, which generally portray milk as our society's most wholesome and harmless health food. These ads make it much harder for kids to realize that milk can be bad for them, and the ads also make it harder for parents, themselves, to actually recognize the potential for harm that dairy products hold. Milk also often causes problems because of IgE allergies." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Nut milk is somewhat less commercially available than goat's milk, soy milk, and rice milk, but various brands can be found at many health food stores. Nut milk is creamy and satisfying, but it does not taste as much like cow's milk as does goat's, soy, or rice milk. Oat milk is generally thick and rich. It does contain gluten, and is not appropriate for the GF/CF diet, but is acceptable for people who are reactive to milk, but not to gluten. Soy ice cream is usually delicious." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"For healthier alternatives for your baby, natural and organic products are available at many major food stores and mass merchandisers, as well as health food stores. But be careful: 1,4 dioxane does not need to be listed among a product's ingredients (because it is a byproduct of manufacturing, not an additive) and it may be present even in some so-called "natural" products made by major retailers. For more information on these issues, see the Environmental Working Group's coverage (www.safecosmetics.org/newsroom/press.cfmPpressReleaseID-21)." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "You can buy solar sea salt rocks in health food stores. Brenda Brock's Farmaesthetics (www.farmaesthetics.com) and Susan Ciminelli (www.susanciminelli.com) both make wonderful solar sea salts, with sprigs of lavender and other healing, relaxing essential oils added. • Apple cider vinegar baths (see opposite) are both detoxifying and extremely relaxing. • When bathing babies, toddlers, and young children, always keep the doors and windows of the bathroom wide open. You don't want your kids breathing in the chlorine vapors from the steam." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"You will spend most of your time in the produce, health food, and frozen foods sections. The supermarket can be filled with temptation at the beginning of your health transformation, so try to avoid certain aisles. The center aisles of most stores contain the most heavily processed foods, so consider them non-existent. What you don't see can't tempt you! Reading Food Labels The most important point about food labels is that you should avoid foods that have labels." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.) "Be sure to read the ingredients even when purchasing foods from a health food store or when the rest of the packaging is trying to convince you the food is healthy." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Raw, unprocessed coconut oil smells fragrant like fresh coconuts, while most commercial coconut oils, including the brands commonly found in health food stores, are often deodorized and heat-processed, and therefore are not recommended. Cold-pressed coconut oil is available from the Health Store on the Tree of Life website. The saturated fats in coconut oil are medium-chain fats (triglycerides, or MCTs) and therefore unlike most other sources of saturated fats (long-chain triglycerides), which are stored in the body as fat reserves." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"If after looking into the potency, formula and survivability of a probiotic supplement you are still unsure, you can ask your health food retailer about the manufacturer's track record and commitment to quality. Websites are also a great resource for additional information. All manufacturers in Canada, the United States and many other countries must list a contact telephone number. Feel free to contact a manufacturer and ask them about these five factors to help you choose the probiotic supplement that is best for you. To Eat or Swallow?" - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"You can also buy water-extracted stevia in liquid form from your local health food store in the supplements section. Avoid alcohol-extracted and refined forms of stevia. Unrefined stevia is dark green in color. GOJI BERRIES Clinical analysis shows that this unusual berry is a powerful antioxidant that contains eighteen kinds of amino acids (six times higher than bee pollen), more beta-carotene than carrots, and five hundred times the amount of vitamin C by weight than oranges. It is loaded with vitamins B-l, B-2, B-6, and E." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"At your local health food store, you were advised to take digestive V. enzymes and aloe vera juice for constipation. It was helpful, but the strange bubbling sensation was still there. In the store, they had a Homeopa th who told you to try four pellets ofKa li carbonicum 30 CH per week until you saw a change. After a few months, your left-sided pain was completely gone and the bubbling was better. What a relief! No more thoughts of bugs! Dyspepsia is also known as indigestion, li is an older term that is not used frequently." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"The nuts and seeds obtained from health food stores or conventional markets are susceptible to rancidity, as they may have been stored on the shelf, possibly for long periods of time. Ideally nuts and seeds should be stored in the freezer or refrigerator to prevent the oils from going rancid. If this is not possible, store them in a cool, dark, dry place. Be especially careful with high-oil-content nuts and seeds like Brazil nuts, macadamias, and pine/pignoli nuts. If they look yellow, it is likely that they are rancid." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Explosion of use of CoQ10 in health food industry. 1992 CoQ10 placed on formulary at Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester, Connecticut. 1996 9th international conference on CoQ10 in Ancona, Italy. Scientists and physicians report on a variety of medical conditions improved by CoQi0 administration. Blood levels of at least 2.5 ug/ml and preferably higher required for most medical purposes. 1996-1997 Gel-Tec, a division of Tishcon, Corp., under the leadership of Raj Chopra, develops the "Biosolv" process, allowing for greater bioavailability of supplemental CoQ10 in the body." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "BACKGROUND AND STUDIES OF COENZYME Q10 Anyone can purchase any number of brands of coenzyme Qi0 in health food stores today. Unfortunately, without massive physician education supported by pharmaceutical representation, coenzyme Qi0 will likely remain controversial. Coenzyme Qi0 will finally receive the respect it deserves when the weight of the evidence is so overwhelming that the broad medical community can no longer disregard it." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "In the 1990s, coenzyme Q10 became a top-selling supplement in health food stores when consumers, reading about its healing potential for so many medical problems, began buying it for themselves. Today, the Internet is crowded with coenzyme Qio wholesalers and those who just want a billboard on which to place their latest coenzyme Qi0 success stories. As of today, there are well over 100 observational, epidemiological, and population studies on coenzyme Qio, and research continues at a fevered pace." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "Let's look at the two of the most common carnitines that you'll find in a health food store, the fumarates and the tartrate. L-Carnitine Fumarate ( Specific form as manufactured by Sigma-tau, S.p.A., U.S. patent #4,602,039), one of the carnitine salts manufactured by BIOSINT S.p.A., appears to be absorbed slightly Muscle Acyl & Total Carnitine 800 A m Pre ?Post A-10% A 37% A-32% Placebo 1 gram GPLC 3 gram GPLC Muscle carnitine has been shown to decrease with intense aerobic training. ?" - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"It's a derivative from the wild Mexican yam and is available in health food stores. It's also useful for menopausal symptoms. It is applied topically to the skin on fatty areas of the body, where it can be easily absorbed." Dr. Cass uses the example of another woman to further illustrate how hormonal imbalance can be corrected naturally. "Not long ago, a 48-year-old woman came in to see me complaining that her life 'just wasn't working.' She was a very successful professional. She had a great marriage. Her children were grown and in college and they were doing well." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Use any assortment of chopped or shredded raw vegetables. health food stores often have sprouted lentils and beans, which are nice additions to any salad. You can also easily sprout grains and seeds yourself. Try adding new things to your salad like frozen peas and corn, very finely chopped onion, canned beans, snow pea pods, leftover cooked potato or sweet potato, leftover steamed vegetables, and fresh or dried fruits. The most critical mistake to avoid in salads is adding too many calories from oil or too much salt from a commercial salad dressing." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"You can grind flaxseeds in a coffee grinder or simply buy flax meal, available in most health food stores. A 2004 study published in the Clinical Journal of Nutrition showed that when women ate a muffin with 25 grams of flax meal daily (a little less than one ounce) they had an improved ratio of 2-OH to 16-OH estrogen metabolites. I recommend that women who are on hormone support, or have a history of breast cancer or a strong family history of breast cancer, use one to two tablespoons of ground flaxseeds per day for lignan benefits." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Search in your market or local health food store for gluten-free breads, corn tortillas, and "flours" for crepes. Try the soy breads and rice wrappers found in the refrigerator section of your local markets. Following are ideas for sandwiches and quick lunches. Corn Tortilla Snacks Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the tortillas into 6 pieces each. Place the tortilla wedges onto an oiled baking sheet and heat in the oven for 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot with Guacamole (see page 64, or store-bought) and/or Salsa (see page 67, or store-bought)." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

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