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"What puzzled him most was a fundamental paradox: cognitive processing had very precise locations in the brain, but within these locations, the processing itself seemed to be determined by, as Lashley had put it, 'masses of excitations . . . without regard to particular nerve cells'.? It was true that parts of the brain performed specific functions, but the actual processing of the information seemed to be carried out by something more basic than particular neurons - certainly something that was not particular to any group of cells." - Lynne Mctaggart, The Field - The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe (Get the book.)

"The complaint of fuzzy brain, while fairly common in CFS patients, usually expresses itself only in subtle ways, but neu-ropsych testing showed problems in doing at least one set of tasks: those that require both mental processing and a physical, motor response. (As an example of this, we might ask a patient to look at a series of numbers on a computer—the processing part of the test—and press a button to indicate whether the newest number is the same as the one that appeared two numbers before (the "motor" part)." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Aside from the clear effect thyroid has on mood, it is also clear that low thyroid affects cognitive function, memory, and other indicators of slowed mental processing,15 and that treating the thyroid improves all areas of mental functioning, including mood, mental processing, memory, and general cognitive function." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"In the days before antibacterial and food processing, humans ate lots of foods that contained microbes. Some of these microbes were unhealthy; modern processing techniques that limit our exposure to these harmful microbes are beneficial to our health. However, some of the bacteria and yeasts we used to eat in our foods were good for us. Sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, kvass, miso, beer, wine and tamari are all foods that are made with the help of bacteria and yeast. The most common source in your diet of probiotics is likely yogurt and cheese." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"According to some estimates, the difference in the processing speeds of our conscious and subconscious minds is on the order of many magnitudes. Cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., for example, describes the conscious mind as operating with the computer-processing power at about 40 bits of information per second, while the subconscious processes information at 20 million bits per second." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"Aside from the clear effect thyroid has on mood, it is also clear that low thyroid affects cognitive function, memory, and other indicators of slowed mental processing,15 and that treating the thyroid improves all areas of mental functioning, including mood, mental processing, memory, and general cognitive function." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"The effect on cognitive performance was measured as the difference between the two groups in the three-year change in performance for memory, sensorimotor speed, complex speed, information processing speed, and word fluency. After three years, researchers noted that the changes in memory, sensorimotor speed, and information processing were significantly better in the folic acid group than in the placebo group." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"In an ironic sense, food processing might be defined thus: taking a food from nature, removing everything natural from it, then adding preservatives, dyes, bleaches, flavors, emulsifiers, and stabilizers to make it taste, look, feel, and smell like what it was originally supposed to be, but no longer is. The resemblance is there, but little else remains. Those of us who grew up in the wake of the 1950s food-processing revolution probably know exactly what a non-wholefood diet is like." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "The FDA devotes several hundred inspectors and laboratory personnel to this activity nationwide, and state and local governments also inspect food processing plants with varying frequencies and under varying standards, attempting to ensure that product ingredients are safe and free of chemical impurities. But inspectors can't be everywhere all the time." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"But heat and processing can destroy the MSM content, leaving us with suboptimal levels. In fact, borderline deficiency of MSM is common among Americans. MSM can reduce pain. It's an effective natural analgesic and anti-inflammatory. It blocks the transmission of impulses in nerve fibers that carry pain signals, and it decreases pain by changing collagen linkages, which reduces scar tissue. Studies in laboratory animals showed less degenerative change of knee joints in those whose diet included MSM." - 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 we hear phrases such as "food manufacturing" or "food processing," few of us have a visual picture of what that really means or how many chemicals, preservatives, and additives work their way into the foods we eat as they're processed and packaged on manufacturing assembly lines. "Processed food" basically means any food that you can buy in a can, jar, packet, or bottle that has been produced in some kind of factory as part of a bulk manufacturing process. Most processed foods would quickly spoil if kept on a shelf for very long." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Over time, areas of the brain that have to do with sensory processing became thicker in the meditators, and these physical changes profoundly changed the day-today modulation of the meditators' heart rates and breathing. Researchers have found that redirecting our thoughts through meditation literally rewires the brain and drastically decreases the level of stress hormones and chemical secretions that can be so damaging to our bodies when we encounter stressful situations or ideas throughout the day." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"And if the information related to a distressing or traumatic experience isn't fully processed by the brain's central processing mechanism, the initial perceptions, emotions, and distorted thoughts will be "undigested"—they'll be stored exactly as they were first experienced at the time of the event, and you may well relive them every time a memory is triggered. So let's take, for example, a rape victim." - 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.) "Don't confuse that with "made from active cultures" because there may have been some living bacteria in the mix at one time, but heat and processing often kills them, so you want a product that actually contains active cultures, not just one that had them long ago. (And by the way, the only thing "frozen yogurt" has in common with real yogurt that contains probiotics is that they're both white.) I'm also a big fan of kefir (fermented milk), goat's milk yogurt, and Greek-style yogurt. And I'm not a big fan of the no-fat kind, which contains more sugar than the regular varieties." - 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.)

"Lead can take the place of calcium in brain cells, but the brain cells are no longer capable of processing messages from nerve cells. Children who are exposed to lead are more likely to have lower intelligence quotients and to develop learning disabilities and behavioral problems than normal children. If women are exposed to lead during pregnancy, especially if they are calcium-deficient, their children may have abnormal neurological development. Lead exposure in adults can increase the risk of kidney damage and high blood pressure. Lead can also be incorporated into bones." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"The researchers speculate that processing destroys the beneficial omega-3 oils present in raw and cooked fish. Eat your sushi, especially salmon, herring, and tuna. A Sure Thing? There have been a number of epidemiologic population studies to determine the influence of fish consumption on cancer risk and mortality. Unfortunately, the results have been mixed and contradictory. These results are in stark contrast to the consistently favorable results of laboratory experiments on cell/tissue specimens and animal species." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"During food processing, this balance gets reversed. Processed foods contain less potassium and excess sodium. An apple starts with only one milligram of sodium. The same weight of apple pie has 266 mg of sodium, as seen in Figure 8-3. One teaspoon of salt weighs about five grams, and contains 2000 mg sodium (40 percent sodium). The maximum safe amount of sodium per day is set at 2400 mg sodium, just over a teaspoon of salt. Few people stay below the safe level. Sodium (a cation, Na+) and chloride (an anion, CI") are the most abundant ions in the fluids outside of cells (extracellular fluid)." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"They have significant control over many food markets, including grain products, the meat and hog industry, and the processing of food. In essence, they control virtually every phase of food production and processing in multiple food markets. Cargill operates in at least sixty-six countries and wields great power over food availability in most lesser-developed countries. Cargill makes most of its money trading food for profit. They buy food in one world market and sell it in another world market, often undermining the local economy of farmers." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"It's believed that this dual attention phenomena helps facilitate information processing and helps the trauma survivor integrate the elements of the experience in order to deal with them. While the various theories that have been proposed to explain why EMDR works are dense and laden with terminology from neurobiology, a simple version is that humans have what's called an orienting response hardwired into our brains. We pay attention to what moves: It served us well from an evolutionary perspective, else our caveman ancestors would not have recognized danger in the woods." - 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.)

"Aloe vera contains polysaccharides known as acemannans, but many aloe vera products go through so much processing their acemannan content is destroyed. The aloe vera used in RM-10 is non-heated, non-pastureized, and non-preserved to deliver the most active acemannans to the body. When properly harvested and processed, cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa), from Peru, provides special alkaloids which are extremely potent immune balancers. To help the body obtain the most benefit from these healing ingredients, Rubin predigested, or fermented, them using a process that had previously helped heal him." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Niacin is also subject to losses during processing and storage, as seen in Figure 1-10. The RDA for niacin is 16 mg for men and 14 mg for women. For the nicotinic acid form of niacin, the upper limit to avoid flushing is 35 mg per day. Niacin used in supplements and as food fortification is usually in the form of nicotinamide (niacinamide), which has no flushing effect. Nicotinic acid (niacin) is also available as a supplement, but should be kept to small doses to avoid flushing." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"By drinking their mothers' milk and processing it with their four stomachs, calves double their body weight in only forty-seven days and usually live very short lives. It's no wonder that our bodies treat milk like an alien substance. In most people, dairy intolerance and gluten sensitivity cause mild discomfort. The effects on kids with ADD/ADHD are worse and simply not worth it. Their bodies may react to these allergens and stop the absorption of nutrients. These foods can also cause intestinal inflammation and alter mood and behavior." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"But when asked to tell a story about the person in pain, higher brain areas were activated, shifting from emotionally disturbed to intellectually processing brain functions. The organization Compassionate Friends is dedicated to helping families deal with the death of a child. It offers a safe place for people to talk about the lives and deaths of their children and their parental grief, something society at large doesn't want to hear about. When we had the opportunity to speak with a chapter chairwoman, she told us, "I know firsthand how storytelling helps diminish grief." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.) "These dangerously high levels of glucocorticoids can block and even damage the area in the brain responsible for intellectually processing memories. Stories allow us to process stressful experiences and memories in a way that reduces the harmful effects of stress. Instead of continually being the person experiencing the event, we simply become the teller of the story, shifting our brain from painful experiencing to higher brain functions of rationality and creativity. This is the same beneficial effect some forms of meditation teach us in "becoming the observer to our distress." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"The researchers of the NIH diet study suggested that meat contains a number of carcinogenic compounds, including some that are formed during cooking or processing (e.g. heterocyclic amines, nitrosamines). They also noted that meat contains other potential carcinogens, including heme iron (the type of iron found in meat), nitrates and nitrites, saturated fat, antibiotics, hormones, and salts." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Premiums will diminish if claims are reduced or if their processing is more efficient. In that case, the size of the enterprise and the power of its administrators will diminish as well, usually dragging down their compensation and the profits paid to stockholders. There is a moral hazard in the drive to maintain the size, scope, and profitability of the insurance enterprise." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Soil depletion, food processing, chemical additives, pesticide residues, toxic emissions, stress, emotional trauma and the overuse of drugs all increase our need for additional micro-nutrients to ensure a healthy life. This need for added nutrients is much greater today than it was in past generations. Today's crops tend to be grown on mineral-depleted soils using artificial fertilisers, then manufactured with an eye towards appearance and processed to have a long shelf-life. During manufacture, many foods are refined to such a degree that most of their nutritional value is lost." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "The food processing industry has contributed to the increase in asthma in today's society, as well as to other diseases of our time like diverticulitis, gall stones, heart disease, varicose veins, diabetes and constipation, among many others. There is also evidence that hyperactivity in children is related to their diet. If you don't know exactly what is causing your asthma but suspect it is caused by a food, start a food diary. List everything you eat. When you have an attack look at the diary and see if you can link any particular food to previous asthma attacks." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"If your level is too high, that means your body is not processing glucose efficiently and is putting you at risk for diabetes. If the test is positive, you should take it as a serious wake-up call to change your diet and exercise. Remember, even a 10% decrease in weight can have dramatic positive effects." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"In addition to the processing of metabolic waste by the liver and kidneys, the body utilizes several other modes of elimination such as the lymphatic system, bowels, lungs, skin, and the mucus membranes of the nose, throat, ears, and eyes. The main portal for the removal of wastes, however, is via bowel movements through the colon. When the colon becomes overburdened with excess wastes, it becomes congested, and the body resorts to using additional channels to eliminate toxins as long as it has sufficient energy to do this." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

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