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"I get out to go exploring, and go into a nearby store that looks like it sells health foods. I check to see if I dream by testing to see if I can put my hand through a window without breaking it—and find that I can. Now fully lucid, I remember my task to contact D. B. and call out his name: "D- B?! D- B?!" a few times. I feel close to waking up, when the same man shows up from a previous attempt I'd made to contact D. B. in a lucid dream [five days earlier]—middle sized, nondescript, balding. He looks sort of like an assistant coach or hospital aide. I call out "D- B?!" one more time." - Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (Get the book.)

"The following chart shows how pervasive soy is in our so-called health foods. The 40-gram level of IGF-1-creating soy protein from the study, as you will see in the chart, is easy to achieve. EATING PROCESSED SOY EASILY ADDS 40 GRAMS OF HARMFUL PROTEIN CONCENTRATE TO YOUR DIET ITEM SERVING GRAMS OF PROTEIN Desserts and Snacks: Cliff?Builder's Bar 1 bar 20 Cliff?Bar (Oatmeal, Raisin Walnut) 1 bar 10 Revival Soy Bars?1 bar 17 Atkins Nutrition Bars?1 bar 21 ZonePerfect Nutrition Bars?1 bar 15 Revival Soy Shakes?Splenda?1 shake 20 Meats: Morningstar Farms?Sausage Patties 1 patty 10 Boca?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Over-the-Counter Progesterone Creams You can purchase bio-identical progesterone creams in most health foods stores. The good news is that these creams are available; the bad news is that some products are better than others. The reason for this discrepancy: there is no regulatory body that oversees the production or standardization of product manufacturing for so-called "natural" products. What this means to the average consumer is that there is great variation among the many OTC progesterone creams on the market today." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Organic and Other Natural Foods Many people believe that organic, natural, and health foods are all about eating only vegetarian foods, such as tofu and bean sprouts. Nothing could be further from the truth. Natural foods are usually simpler, less-complicated foods and meals. health foods are any food that's healthy, in contrast to blatantly unhealthy foods. None of this means that natural foods have to taste bad. To the contrary, any good cook relies more on herbs and spices and less on salt and pepper to make a delicious meal." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Growing up, she had owned a health-food store in the small town of Pomp-ton Lakes, New Jersey, which had offered an array of health foods and supplements decades before health-food stores became part of mainstream America. She had been well known in their community for her vast knowledge about how a healthy diet and dietary supplements can affect overall wellness. Over the years she had often chastised her son for focusing only on pharmaceutical drugs when treating patients. " - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"I detest the term 'health foods' because it's so misleading. I think 'plain foods' is a better term. I ask parents, who are now in their 30s and 40s, to think back about how their grandparents ate two generations ago. In many instances it wasn't ideal, but it was vastly superior to the way people eat today. They ate mostly plain, unadulterated food. "So the prime emphasis on diet is the avoidance of chemicals. I attended a meeting in Dallas one time where Dr. Wlliam Rea was the speaker. He is certainly one of the most highly respected men today in the field of environmental medicine. Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The reader also learns about the potential dangers of medical diagnosis and treatment, as well as the reasons vitamin supplements, "health foods," low-fat products, "wholesome" breakfast cereals, diet foods, and diet programs may have contributed to the current health crisis rather than helped to resolve it. The book includes a complete program of health care, which is primarily based on the ancient medical system of Ayurveda and the vast amount of experience Andreas Moritz has gained in the field of health restoration during the past thirty years." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"And I'll continue to frequent a local health foods store called Body and Soul, which carries delicious freshly squeezed organic juices as well as other stapes and specialty items. More and more stores are responding to consumer demands, especially at the local level. There's a lot to be said for community-based stores where the employees treat you like a friend and the manager is willing to try a new product just because a customer's asked for it. Without our patronage, these stores will disappear." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"O > Raw Organic Milk * Raw, certified organic milk—unpasteurized and unhomogenized—is one of the true health foods on the planet. It's a wonderful source of protein and calcium, the fat in it is perfectly acceptable, and it tastes absolutely delicious. Raw milk is loaded with nutrients, including beneficial bacteria such as ~» Lactobacillus acidophilus. Because it isn't subjected to the high heat of pasteurization, those good bacteria—along with wonderful beneficial enzymes— aren't destroyed. And according to Dr. Joe Mercola, raw milk is the finest source of calcium available." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"These are hardly health foods! The idea is to replace refined white sugar with a smaller amount of syrup or juice. They're so flavorful you won't notice you're using less. Stevia is an intensely sweet derivative of an herb from Paraguay. It is sold as a dietary supplement (its use as a commercial food additive has not yet been approved). Sucralose (Splenda) is a calorie-free sweetener made from cane sugar to which chlorine has been chemically added, greatly increasing the sweetness of the final product." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"By the way, it's interesting that of the fifteen experts I surveyed for their "top ten favorite health foods" (sixteen if you include me!), not a single one chose soy. Edamame (green soybeans) As you might have guessed by a cursory glance through this book, I'm not a huge fan of soy (to read why so few soy foods are included in this book, see page 166). One soy food I do like well enough to ^^^^^ include it in the top 150 foods is edamame. Edamame is the Japanese word for green vegetable soybeans." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Even if real whole grains were added to these super foods feeding our nation at breakfast time, this certainly wouldn't turn them into health foods. Consider what's in a cup of Trix, for example. The nearly iridescent colors of the popular cereal show that it is saturated with artificial coloring agents. To keep it fresh, it has to have preservatives which "preserve" (prevent) it from being digested properly. Trix also contains plenty of trans fatty acids (as found in canola and rice bran oil) that clog up the cell membranes and damage blood vessels." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Natural foods are usually simpler, less-complicated foods and meals. health foods are any food that's healthy, in contrast to blatantly unhealthy foods. None of this means that natural foods have to taste bad. To the contrary, any good cook relies more on herbs and spices and less on salt and pepper to make a delicious meal. People's taste buds have been numbed by the tastes and textures of processed foods. Natural foods—which are really high-quality foods—have wonderful flavors. Organic foods are grown without pesticides and with soil-preserving agricultural methods." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"So what is it about oatmeal that makes it go to the head of the list for everyone's favorite health foods? Let's start with fiber. Oats are simply a great source of fiber and contain a nice mix of both essential kinds (55 percent soluble and 45 percent insoluble). But the soluble fiber in oats, known as beta-glucan, is really responsible for giving oatmeal its high nutritional accolades. Oatmeal Turbocharges Your Immune System Beta-glucan is actually a type of polysaccharide (a long string of glucose molecules)." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"You will find high fructose corn syrup even in health foods so read the ingredients. Avoid processed foods loaded with chemicals to "preserve freshness." Do your best to eat organic, unprocessed foods. Eat salads at dinner before your main course or as your main course. If you take the time to make a good salad with ingredients that really add flavor, you can enjoy it while reducing your hunger level before you get to your main course, which results in eating less." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"At this time we were eating all the health foods around; I was off coke (the soda version) and white bread, and into bran in a big way (I used to take tablespoons of the stuff and stir it into a glass of milk and force myself to drink this tasteless, coarse gunge), and despite all these radical precautions, we still managed to catch every flu, whether of the local or imported variety, and my youngest daughter had the proverbial glazed donut face constantly." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.) "More health foods, more vitamins? No! By changing our lifestyle, by spending less time in the kitchen and more time with one another. I must add here that I definitely do not know everything there is to know about the human body and nutrition (even after close to thirty years of researching natural health and nutrition), and I've yet to encounter anyone else who does." - Mary-Ann Shearer, Perfect Health the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"Even in the United States, after the FDA sent out a warning letter in 2000, a number of health foods companies nervously stopped adding agave nectar to their products." Experts such as Bianchi also question how agave nectar could be derived from the Mexican plant since, "for some dozen years, there's been a worldwide shortage of blue agave and hardly enough to meet the demand for mescal or tequila alcohol beverages, which also come from agave. "The bottom line is this: I advise against using agave. I'm really suspicious and concerned about its safety and constitution," Bianchi charges. " - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) "I'm really very angry with the health food industry for putting 'organic cane juice' in so many products and calling them 'health foods,' " Dr. Fuchs says. "It causes the same stimulating effect on insulin as refined sugars even if it does contain tiny amounts of trace minerals." Hnw Can I Squash My Sugar Cravings? and Other Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) It seems that everyone who embarks upon a program to kick sweeteners asks many of the same questions." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Tl 70 CO The point here is this: Wonderful, amazing health foods like eggs (with their yolks) and coconut have been absent from the American diet, for no other reason than that people—including doctors—simply don't really understand the full story when it comes to fat. The human body needs fat. We can't exist without it. It's incorporated into our cell membranes. It's used as an energy source. It cushions and protects our organs. It makes certain critical vitamins—like vitamins A and D—available to us." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Should we fear "health foods?" Arch Intern Med; 159(13):1502. 1999 Gestetner B, Phytochemistry 10:2221. 1974 Gray AM & Flatt PR. Pancreatic and extra-pancreatic effects of the traditional anti-diabetic plant, Medicago sativa (lucerne). Br J Nutr; 78(2):325-334. 1997 Herbert V & Kasdan TS. Alfalfa, vitamin E, and autoimmune disorders. Am J Clin Nutr; 60:639-640. 1994 Jacobs LR. Relationship between dietary fiber and cancer: Metabolic, physiologic, and cellular mechanisms. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med; 183(3):299-310. 1986 Larher F et al., Plant Sci Lett 29(2/3):315. 1983 Light TD & Light JA." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"When I told him that I thought the Smart Spots might mislead consumers into thinking junk foods were health foods, he accused me of being cynical and said I misunderstood the situation. PepsiCo, he said, does not claim that Smart Spots identify foods as healthy; the spots just mark the better choices. The spot, he said, means that PepsiCo considers Gatorade to be a better choice because it has about half the calories and sugars of a regular Pepsi." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "Most soy milks and cultured soy nondairy products in North America are Certified Organic non-GM and, therefore, consistent with their marketing as health foods. But how the soy industry convinced the FDA that soy proteins—more than proteins from any other vegetable —lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease is an example of even more sophisticated marketing at work. The idea that eating soy might prevent heart disease or any other condition is based on wonderfully reductive logic: • Asians have low rates of heart disease (or menopausal or other health problems). • Asians eat soybeans." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "Along with smaller sections containing such things as sauces, condiments, juices, cooking oils, baking supplies, health foods, canned fish, fruit, and vegetables, entire aisles are devoted to sodas, to snack foods, to cookies and candy, and to breakfast cereals (mostly sugared). Foods in the center aisles are highly profitable. And why not? They are made with the cheapest ingredients, advertised with the biggest budgets, and manufactured by some of the largest food corporations in the world." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "Ignore "Net Carbs" for the moment; I deal with them in connection with health foods (Chapter 37). For now, pay attention to the calories. Regular Oreo cookies have 160 calories per serving; a serving is three cookies. Kraft may have replaced sugars with artificial sweeteners, but cookies still have calories. What feat of food technology did Kraft perform to reduce the calories to 100 per serving? None, as it happens. They simply changed the serving size to two cookies, instead of three. Eat these cookies instead of the classic Oreos and you save 3 calories each." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"Instead, hot fudge and steak are the new health foods. Perhaps the most amazing thing about this "science fiction" is that it may be coming true. Scientists have found evidence that chocolate contains a number of compounds that can keep blood platelets from forming clots that may lead to heart attacks. Some people find it hard to accept that chocolate could have health benefits. Yet the evidence keeps accumulating. Researchers have found that dark chocolate lowers blood pressure and helps improve the response to insulin." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"Now there's a town for you," said El-Talabani, of Sunrise health foods. "But I like where we are in Illinois." We were climbing higher. It was hotter and hotter in the van. The rain was falling, and we were all crowded together. And I was chasing some supposedly miracle herbal formula. Lewis was talking about his latest soul-to-soul sales experience. "You know, recently, a very high-level executive from a large natural supermarket chain took me into one of their markets," Lewis said. " - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Obviously, it's much cheaper to avoid paying for the drugs at all, and that's why health foods, superfoods, exercise, and nutritional supplements are a bargain when it comes to promoting health and preventing disease. Fraudulent clinical trials and lying with statistics Dangerous drugs would never be approved for public consumption without some kind of rock-solid science backing their safety and efficacy, would they? After all, it's all about "evidence-based medicine," right? It is if you don't believe in good science." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Gymnesyl, VitaNet health foods www.vitanetonline.com (800) 877-8702 Huereque Cactus, Herbs of Mexico www.herbsofmexico.com (323) 261-2521 Chromium, The Vitamin Shoppe www.vitaminshoppe.com (800) 223-1216 Oral Chelation & Longevity Plus Formula www.extendedhealth.com (800) 300-6712 Protein Powder, RiSoTriene www.risotriene.org (866) 361-5758 33. DIARRHEA For more information go to Find A Cure at www.naturalcures.com. Digestive enzymes, Univase wvw.rockyfork.net (800) 630-4534 Probiotic, Saccharomyces boulardi www.allergyrearchgroup." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"This is why some people who switch to natural health foods can still have digestive problems (sometimes even worse) than before the dietary change. If you don't chew your food, the rest of the tube is going to be coping with this initial mistake. For many people, this could be basically the only problem they have. When they start chewing their meals completely, the rest of their digestive symptoms start melting away. Their bodies were simply fighting itself because it couldn't cope with swallowing boulders." - John K. Pollard, The Digestive Awareness Diet: You Are HOW You Eat (Get the book.)

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