NaturalPedia > Physiology > Stimulates

Quotes about Stimulates from the world's top natural health / natural living authors

 Email this page to a friend   |  Click here for FREE email alerts

page 1 of 27 | Next ->

"The hormones that may be affected include ACHT, which stimulates hormone production by the adrenal glands; an antidiuretic hormone, which acts on the kidneys to decrease water loss in the urine and thus reduces urine volume; TSH, which is the hormone that stimulates the thyroid; the growth hormone, prolactin, which stimulates female breast development; melanocyte, which helps control the function of male and female sex organs; and oxytocin, which stimulates contraction of the uterus during childbirth and milk release from the breasts." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Supports the growth and function of the uterus, specifically creating the lining of the uterus to prepare it for pregnancy. • stimulates cell growth. During these same years, progesterone does the following: • Maintains the uterus and prepares it for pregnancy during the reproductive years. • Promotes the survival of an ovum (egg) once it is fertilized. • stimulates bone building that can prevent or treat osteoporosis. • Acts as a natural diuretic to prevent bloating. In women and men, progesterone also does the following: • Serves as a natural antidepressant." - 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.)

"It stimulates the brain; it stimulates the immune system; it stimulates the muscles to promote more lean muscle mass and less fat; it stimulates the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone; it even stimulates the pancreas to produce more insulin. Before we get overstimulated here, let's slow down and look at details. DHEA Linked to increasing or Preserving Muscle Mass Many of the antiaging effects of DHEA are linked to its ability to increase or preserve muscle mass. On the simplest level, it reduces "middle-age spread" by cutting back the body fat and promoting lean muscle mass." - James F. Balch, M.D., The Super Anti-Oxidants: Why They Will Change the Face of Healthcare in the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Artichoke: stimulates the flow of bile from the liver and gallbladder ?Cruciferous veggies such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts: high sulfur content needed for liver detoxification, shown to speed excretion of cancerous substances from the body ?Raw garlic: its high sulfur content stimulates production of glutathione for liver detoxification; also has been shown to stop the duplication of cancer cells ?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"It stimulates the brain; it stimulates the immune system; it stimulates the muscles to promote more lean muscle mass and less fat; it stimulates the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone; it even stimulates the pancreas to produce more insulin. Before we get overstimulated here, let's slow down and look at details. DHEA Linked to increasing or Preserving Muscle Mass Many of the antiaging effects of DHEA are linked to its ability to increase or preserve muscle mass. On the simplest level, it reduces "middle-age spread" by cutting back the body fat and promoting lean muscle mass." - James F. Balch, M.D., The Super Anti-Oxidants: Why They Will Change the Face of Healthcare in the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Just as with women, estradiol stimulates cell growth' in men too and is potentially cancerous. This is one of the main factors involved in the dramatically increased incidence of prostrate cancer. In other words, any man over 30 years old would be well advised to supplement with a natural progesterone cream. 'Estradiol stimulates the BCL2 gene, which is the gene responsible for stopping cell death. What at first glance sounds like a positive, is, upon closer inspection, not." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"It stimulates the brain; it stimulates the immune system; it stimulates the muscles to promote more lean muscle mass and less fat; it stimulates the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone; it even stimulates the pancreas to produce more insulin. Before we get overstimulated here, let's slow down and look at details. DHEA Linked to increasing or Preserving Muscle Mass Many of the antiaging effects of DHEA are linked to its ability to increase or preserve muscle mass. On the simplest level, it reduces "middle-age spread" by cutting back the body fat and promoting lean muscle mass." - James F. Balch, M.D., The Super Anti-Oxidants: Why They Will Change the Face of Healthcare in the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"The toxic irritant stimulates the adrenal glands, and to some extent, the body's many cells, to release the stress hormones adrenaline and Cortisol into the bloodstream. The resulting sudden surge in energy is commonly referred to as "the fight or flight response." If consumption of stimulants continues on a regular basis, however, this natural defense response of the body becomes overused and ineffective." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "The production of growth hormones, which stimulates growth in children and helps to maintain healthy muscle and connective tissue in adults, depends on proper sleeping cycles. Sleep triggers growth hormone production. Peak secretion occurs around 11 p.m., provided you go to sleep before 10 p.m. This short period coincides with dreamless sleep, often referred to as "beauty sleep." It is during this period of the sleep cycle that the body cleanses itself and does its main repair and rejuvenation work. If you are sleep-deprived, growth hormone production drops dramatically." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.) "The Bicarbonate Maple Syrup Treatment Although sugar intake strongly stimulates cancer cell growth, the combination of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and maple syrup has the exact opposite effect; it makes it actually very difficult for cancer cells to function and survive. Cancer cells can only operate in an acidic and oxygen- deprived environment. Since they are anaerobic by nature, they cannot use oxygen to metabolize glucose (sugar) and produce energy, but, instead, they have to ferment it." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"For the patient, the diagnosis itself may provide hope that stimulates a healing effect. Or, as in the case of a cancer diagnosis, it might provide a death sentence. Whatever the effect, "belief and meaning are at the center of the thetapeutic encounter."15 Perhaps the best way to think about placebos is that they are ritualized healing, in which an object with symbol meaning initiates a complex set of effects, be they physiological, neurological, or immunological. Those symbols may be behaviors or spoken words, or even written words." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"For example, in some cancers, the ras gene (an oncogene) mutates, and produces a protein that stimulates cells to divide prematurely. It is important to understand that genes do not mutate because they become "bored" with being "normal" or because they want to become malignant. Rather, they are left with no other choice but to mutate, which allows them to survive a hostile, toxic "tumor milieu" that has been created by factors other than genetic ones." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"This hormone stimulates contraction of the gallbladder to release bile. So, vitamin C works in two ways to eliminate excess cholesterol. Deficiency of Vitamin C Deficiency of vitamin C is apparent in many body systems. Blood vessels are dependent on vitamin C to maintain their collagen. Bleeding gums and small hemorrhages under the skin can be signs of developing vitamin C deficiency. With severe deficiency, the muscles deteriorate, including the heart muscle. Wounds fail to heal and teeth become loosened because collagen cannot be formed. Infections are common." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Chondroitin stimulates the production of proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid and inhibits proteolytic enzymes, which destroy cartilage. Glucosamine and chondroitin are often combined and sold in health-food stores. One placebo-controlled study in older males with osteoarthritis of the knee showed no difference in pain ratings between patients treated with glucosamine and those treated with placebo.34 Glucosamine was also associated with more side effects, including loose stools, nausea, heartburn, and headache." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"It is, after all, a picturesque term that stimulates the imagination; it has a rich history; therefore it is the expression that we use in this paper. According to one historian of science, thought experiments are arguments, not experiments, that "posit hypothetical or counterfactual states of affairs" and "invoke particulars irrelevant to the generality of the conclusion."3 In Einstein's famous examples, there is not and cannot be a train traveling at nearly the speed of light, nor can there be an elevator falling at that rate. These thought experiments began with "counterfac-tuality." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"Sweet stimulates our appetites the most. This makes perfect sense. Breast milk is sweet. In nature, sweet foods are scarce and include excellent sources of quick energy, such as ripe fruits and wild honey. Few toxic substances in nature taste sweet, so there are many good reasons for us to be born with a sweet tooth (or gums, as the case may be!). Salt also stimulates appetite. Although humans aren't born with a predilection for salty food, we readily acquire it. The same ?appears to be true for the savory quality of protein sources such as meat and cheese." - David L. Katz, Catherine S. Katz, Dr. David Katz's Flavor-Full Diet: Use Your Tastebuds to Lose Pounds and Inches with this Scientifically Proven Plan (Get the book.)

"Another gynecologist promoted estrogens as "an energizer, tranquilizer and antidepressant that stimulates mental capacity, memory, and concentration, restores the zest for living, and gives a youthful appearance." Yet another wrote that without estrogen "a women comes as close as she can to being a man." They "live in a world of intersex. Having outlived their ovaries, they have outlived their usefulness as human beings." What an amazing collection of health claims, none backed by research, but all surrounded by a large dose of misogyny!" - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"The Chinese believe that a life force, chi or qi, flows through the body and that acupuncture stimulates this energy at particular points on the body. The flow of chi is believed to be unblocked, decreased or increased by the needles. There are 14 meridians flowing vertically through the body, passing through the major organs—spleen, kidneys, stomach, liver, bladder, lungs, heart and so on—and the meridians are named after a particular organ. However, points along the meridians are used to treat disorders other than those affecting the named organ." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Laser acupuncture sends a beam of light from a laser tube down on to an acupuncture point, and the light stimulates the point in the same way a needle would. The only visible sign is the red beam radiated from the helium and neon gases, 'heating' the acupuncture point. The beam is held in position for a minimum of 10 seconds and a maximum of two minutes, depending on the amount of tissue to be penetrated and the power applied. Infra-red lasers (which do not have any visible light beam, but work in the same way) are also used." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Your lungs become hungry for air, which stimulates the automatic impulse to breathe in. Simple, isn't it? So the emphasis should be on breathing out long and slow and letting breathing in happen naturally. Breathing out long and slow produces a relaxation response. Try it. Notice how your shoulders droop, your head drops towards your chest. You just let go. This wonderful state is the level of relaxation all asthmatics should strive for so that it becomes their normal way of life." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"In response to an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase, testosterone converts in the body to a nasty little compound called DHT— dihydrotestosterone—which stimulates the sebaceous glands to produce even higher levels of sebum. (DHT is also partially responsible for male pattern baldness and for benign prostate hyperplasia.) Point is, it's not the friend of anyone with acne. To complicate things further, a high glycemic (high-sugar) diet accelerates the conversion of testosterone to DHT. (See the Paleo Diet for acne, page 203.) Enter saw palmetto." - 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.)

"Clonidine stimulates the norepinephrine alpha-2 receptor, which has the effect of decreasing norepinephrine ("adrenaline") function in the brain. Gabapentin, which is used for the treatment of epilepsy, acts on the GABA neurotransmitter system in the brain. All three of these types of medications have been shown to reduce hot flashes. SSRIs and gabapentin are discussed in Chapter 15, the chapter on antidepressants. Clonidine was discussed in Chapter 5, the chapter on antihypertensives." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "You can get all the vitamin D you need by taking a walk in the sunshine, especially in winter, since sunlight stimulates natural formation of vitamin D. However, if you want to take vitamin D there is no risk. VITAMIN E Vitamin E was shown in the laboratory to have "antioxidant" effects that should be good for a number of things from heart disease to dementia. But trials for vitamin E have not shown that it prevents heart disease or cancer." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "Chondroitin stimulates the production of proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid and inhibits proteolytic enzymes, which destroy cartilage. Chondroitin and glucosamine are often given in combination for osteoarthritis. Most of the earlier studies of glucosamine and chondroitin were performed by manufacturers and were not well controlled." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Any supplement that comes in mega-doses stimulates the body and creates an imbalance in the system. The body has to work hard to eliminate the excess, and in the process, further depletes its supply of other essential nutrients. A person might ask, "How can that be? When I take certain vitamins in larger doses I feel better." That may be true; the good feeling comes from stimulation, just like when people who drink coffee are stimulated by the caffeine. You feel better because the body has increased metabolism in order to eliminate the supplement, which in that form and quantity, is toxic." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"It tells the liver to convert excess sugar into fat for long-term energy storage. þIt stimulates cells to grow. Insulin gets us in trouble with its second function. The only thing that would make our early ancestors' insulin levels rise rapidly was a ton of fruit sugar, unlike leaves, tubers, nuts, or meat. Their genetic autopilots would correctly assume that eating lots of fruit meant it was late summer or early fall, and release of insulin would signal their liver to turn sugar into fat so they could make it through the winter." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

page 1 of 27 | Next ->

FAIR USE NOTICE: The research quoted here is provided under the protection of Fair Use provisions and published by the 501(c)3 non-profit Consumer Wellness Center for the purposes of public comment and education. Authors / publishers may submit books for consideration of inclusion here.

TERMS OF USE: Read full terms of use. Citations of text from NaturalPedia must include: 1) Full credit to the original author and book title. 2) Secondary credit to the Natural News Naturalpedia as a research resource and a link to www.NaturalPedia.com

This unique compilation of research is copyright (c) 2008, 2009 by the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center.

ABOUT THE CREATOR OF NATURALPEDIA: Mike Adams, the creator of NaturalPedia, is the editor of NaturalNews.com, the internet's top natural health news site, creator of the Honest Food Guide (www.HonestFoodGuide.org), a free downloadable consumer food guide based on natural health principles, author of Grocery Warning, The 7 Laws of Nutrition, Natural Health Solutions, and many other books available at www.TruthPublishing.com, creator of the earth-friendly EcoLEDs company (www.EcoLEDs.com) that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting products, founder of Arial Software (www.ArialSoftware.com), a permission e-mail technology company, creator of the CounterThink Cartoon series (www.NaturalNews.com/index-cartoons.html) and author of over 1,500 articles, interviews, special reports and reference guides available at www.NaturalNews.com. Adams' personal philosophy and health statistics are available at www.HealthRanger.org.