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ABSCESSES: DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS

June 29, 2011, 11:04 am     Comments Closed
At the Toronto clinic an excellent system has been worked out and, on departure from the clinic, the patient is given post-treatment dietary recommendations to ensure optimum benefit from the colonic treatment. These recommendations are as follows:
Don’t Eat
Red meats
Fried foods or oils
Salads and raw vegetables
Eat
All fruit (papaya, mango and pineapple are best for
enzymes) Cooked grains Steamed vegetables Soups Juices Sprouts
Chicken or fish (unless vegetarian)
N.B. After twenty-four hours raw vegetables and uncooked oils may be taken.
To promote elimination and digestion
Carrot, spinach, beet, or watermelon juices
Toxin-absorbing foods
Beets, watermelon, apples (or apple sauce), red grape juice
Vitamins E and C should also be used for colonic conditions. Vitamin E acts as an anti-oxidant and Nature’s Best has selected the most potent and biologically active form of natural vitamin E to use in their supplements. Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) is the most powerful vitamin in the body’s anti-oxidant defence system. It is the prime agent that stops fatty acids from reacting with oxygen to form harmful toxins known as lipid peroxides. Vitamin E is necessary for the health of the reproductive system, the integrity of red blood cells and for the functioning of the white blood cells of the immune system.
Vitamin C is the ‘goes everywhere, does everything’ nutrient. If you choose to take a single vitamin supplement, vitamin C would be a prime candidate, as it is involved in so many different parts of the body, from the immune system to the connective tissue that literally holds us together. Vitamin C is not manufactured in the body, so to maintain health we must acquire adequate vitamin C supplies from our diet.
More vitamin C is required when we are in demanding situations since it is involved in the production of adrenaline, our ‘fight or flight’ hormone; it is itself consumed, acting as an anti-oxidant, and it is vital for tissue and bone growth and repair. Its effect on specific parts of the protective immune system include the modulation of the action of white blood cells, a fact that has excited researchers such as Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. It may even be linked to the natural production of Interferon.
We depend on vitamin C to produce collagen, the structural protein that holds our cells together and is an integral part of skin, tendons, bone cartilages, and the other connective tissues that package our muscles and organs. Vitamin C is important for healthy bones and, in particular, for healthy teeth and gums, as it combines with minerals such as calcium and phosphorus.
Iron, the red blood cell mineral, is better absorbed in the presence of vitamin C, while the proper functioning of other nutrients, such as selenium and vitamins A and E, also depends on adequate vitamin C. It also supports vitamin E in its role of protecting fatty acids from harmful oxidation.
Although we need a regular and dependable intake of vitamin C in food, it is highly vulnerable to heat and light and can be almost entirely lost if food is incorrectly stored or cooked. It is an interesting fact that gorillas, who, like us, lost’ the ability to manufacture vitamin C during evolution, take in upwards of three grammes of vitamin C each day.
Unlike us, they still live surrounded by plentiful supplies of vitamin C-rich fresh vegetation and fruit, and they eat it raw.
The single most important source of vitamin C in the British diet is the potato. When potatoes are chipped and fried, a lot of vitamin C is lost. In addition, it is thought that our vitamin C requirements fluctuate, not only according to biochemical individuality, but also because of what is going on in our lives. At particular times our needs increase. Being water soluble, vitamin C is quickly transported through the body and excreted, mainly in urine, and therefore regular replenishing is advisable.
People who use drugs, such as aspirin, antibiotics and the contraceptive pill, quite wisely often choose to take vitamin C supplements, as do regular alcohol drinkers and smokers. Other groups who may benefit from a supplement are athletes in training, the elderly and pregnant, and breastfeeding women.
Recognising its importance as a nutrient, Nature’s Best produce twenty-two different vitamin C supplements in order to cater for differences in individual requirements and Nature’s Best were the pioneers of the easy-to-use powder form of sodium- or calcium-buffered version of vitamin C and the development of vitamin C in crystals, powder, time-release tablets, and capsules has made them UK leaders in vitamin C technology. They have also introduced a fat soluble form to widen its anti-oxidant capabilities.
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COMMON SKIN DISEASES: PSORIASIS

March 12, 2011, 10:16 am     No Comments »

The cause of psoriasis has not yet been determined. Many theories have been proposed relating the condition to the diet, to infection, to glandular disturbances, or constitutional disorders, but not one has yet been established. Psoriasis begins with flat, symmetrical reddish-brown spots or plaques on the skin, covered with silvery-white scales. Usually the condition is dry, without blisters or exudation. The spots are seen usually around the elbows, on the scalp, on the lower part of the back, and the upper chest. About four per cent of all the cases of skin diseases that come to doctors’ offices are psoriasis.
Psoriasis is a chronic condition and once established tends to get better and worse and to disappear entirely for a while. For this reason innumerable techniques have been announced as cures, only to be followed by subsequent disappointment when the condition recurred.
Many patients with psoriasis do well when put on a meatless diet. Some improve when treated with the appropriate sex gland extracts. Instances have been reported of psoriasis clearing up when treated by ultraviolet light, thiamin and other vitamins. Drugs taken internally, particularly derivatives of arsenic, have been reported helpful. Most recent in the treatment is the use of ACTH, the adrenal cortex tropic hormone, derived from the pituitary gland. This substance causes profound changes in the actions of various cells of the body and may act in that way to disturb the basic mechanism responsible for psoriasis.
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VITAMINS FOR HEALTHY SKIN

February 26, 2011, 10:15 am     No Comments »

What you look like on the outside depends a lot on what you do for yourself on the inside. And as far as your skin is concerned, vitamins and proper nutrition are essential.
To look your best, make sure you’re getting 55 to 65 g. of protein a day. Drink eight glasses of water daily [herbal teas can count for a few of them], and keep your milk and yoghurt consumption restricted to the nonfat variety. Keep away from chocolate, nuts, dried fruits, fried foods, cola drinks, coffee, alcohol, cigarettes, and excessive salt. Also, do not use sugar. Small amounts of honey or blackstrap molasses will sweeten just as well and you’ll look better for it.
A good start toward healthy, glowing skin is a daily protein drink. It can be taken in place of any meal, but it makes an especially good breakfast.

Protein Drink
6 oz. raw nonfat milk
1 tbsp. nutritional yeast powder [lots of В vitamins]
3 tbsp, acidophilus [promotes friendly bacteria]
1 tbsp. granulated lecithin [breaks down bumps or cholesterol under the skin]
2 tbsp. protein powder
1/2-1 tbsp. blackstrap molasses or honey
Carob powder, bananas, strawberries, or any fresh fruit for flavouring
Mix in blender. [Add 3-4 ice cubes, if desired.]

Supplements
Multiple-vitamin and mineral complex – 1 daily
Take after any meal. Important for skin tone and nerve health.
В complex, 100 mg. [time release] – 1 daily Take after any meal. B2 [riboflavin] and B6 [pyridoxine] reduce facial oiliness and blackhead formation.
Vitamin A [dry form], 25,000 IU – 2 daily for 6 days a week. Take 1 after breakfast and 1 after dinner. Maintains soft, smooth, disease-free skin. Builds resistance to infections.
Rose hips vitamin C, 500 mg. with bioflavonoids – 4 daily Take 1 after each meal and at bedtime. Aids in preventing the spread of acne. Promotes healing of wounds, bruising, and scar tissue. Helps to prevent breakage of capillaries on face.
Vitamin E, 400 IU [dry form] – 3 daily. Take 1 after each meal. Improves circulation in tiny face capillaries. Aids in healing by replacing cells on the skin’s outer layer. Works with vitamin С in making skin less susceptible to acne. Use vitamin-E oil externally on skin for healing burns, abrasions, and scar tissue.
Multiple chelated minerals – 6 daily Take 2 tablets after each meal [or 3 in a.m. and p.m.] Helps maintain the acid-alkaline balance of the blood necessary for a clear complexion. Calcium is for soft, smooth skin tissue; copper for skin colour; iron to improve pale skin; potassium for dry skin and acne; zinc for external and internal wound healing.
Choline and inositol, 1,000 mg. – 4 tablets daily. Take 2 after breakfast and dinner. [Lecithin granules, 2 tbsp. daily, can be substituted for choline and inositol tabs.] Helps emulsify cholesterol [fatty deposits or bumps under the skin]. Purifies the kidneys which aids the skin.
Acidophilus – 6 tbsp. daily Take 2 tbsp. or 6 capsules after each meal. Helps fight skin eruptions caused by unfriendly bacteria in the system.
Chlorophyll – 3 tsp. or 9 tablets daily Take 1 tsp. or 3 tablets after each meal. Reduces hazard of bacterial contamination. Possesses antibiotic action. An excellent aid to wound healing, after washing thoroughly with a soap substitute made from the comfrey plant.
If the face is badly blemished, extra zinc is advised. Take six tablets daily, two after each meal. Aids in growth and repair of injured tissues.

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