Mike Adams
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 Edema / Bloating / Water retention / fluid retention
We've all felt bloated at some point in our lives. Edema, which is the medical term for fluid retention, can make you feel overweight even if you are not. Our bodies retain water for a number of reasons—from eating too much sodium, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), or heart and kidney disease. The latter causes for fluid retention are rare, however, so usually feeling less bloated is as easy as making a few dietary changes.
Interestingly, one of the best ways to cure edema is to drink more fluids. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 It occurred to me that the place to look for immune abnormalities might be the fluid that bathes the brain—spinal fluid—rather than blood. To evaluate that idea, I conducted a study in which I collected spinal fluid from patients with CFS, as well as from healthy comparison subjects.
The spinal tap—also known as a lumbar puncture—sounds scary to many people, but research has shown that most people find it less uncomfortable than getting an injection in the buttocks. |
Erich Grotewold
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 Rapidly growing cells in embryonic or tumor tissues, which have less fluid membranes with lower cholesterol/phosphatidylcholine ratios and a higher degree of phosphatidylcholine unsaturation, exhibit increased susceptibility to rigidifying flavonols like quercetin (Tsuchiya et al, 2002). The antiaggregatory and disaggregatory effects of flavonoids on human blood platelets also appear to be a function of altered membrane fluidity (Furusawa et al, 2003). In contrast to quercetin, tannins have been shown to increase membrane fluidity (Labieniec and Gabryelak, 2003). |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 Isoflavones have been found in most body fluids—urine, plasma, feces, prostatic fluid, semen, bile, saliva, breast milk, breast aspirate and cyst fluid. Isoflavones can cross the blood-brain barrier in rats and pass through the placenta to the fetus.15 This property of isoflavones is of great interest to pharmaceutical companies and a
ESTIMATED ISOFLAVONE CONTENT OF COMMON FOODS Isoflavone intake in Asia ranges from 3 mg per person per day (China) to a high of 28 (Japan). |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Some people prefer dry enemas to their wet counterparts simply because they aren't as messy. Less fluid going into the bowels means less fluid coming out of the bowels.
Enemas can be useful for occasionally treating an acute case of constipation. Their effectiveness, however, is somewhat limited and depends largely on the type of solution used in them. Because enemas are only able to loosen waste sitting at the last part of the bowels, they don't provide a long-term solution for preventing constipation or for removing intestinal toxins. |
Pam Montgomery
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 As I became aware of the leaf in the water, I again felt as fluid as the leaf and realized how stuck I had become in a negative thought pattern about money and how it was binding up my energy. A few days later I received an unexpected check in the mail thanks to the help of Jewelweed. Now I carry Jewelweed with me as a constant reminder to stay fluid and appreciate the abundance in life.
On another occasion while in California I sat with Rosemary, a plant I know on one level but had never had the opportunity to be with when blooming. |
Mike Adams
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| Edema, which is the medical term for fluid retention, can make you feel overweight even if you are not. Our bodies retain water for a number of reasons—from eating too much sodium, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), or heart and kidney disease. The latter causes for fluid retention are rare, however, so usually feeling less bloated is as easy as making a few dietary changes.
Interestingly, one of the best ways to cure edema is to drink more fluids. When you are dehydrated, your body retains the water that it does have and bloating sets in. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Osmotic Laxatives cause excess fluids to be drawn into the intestines in a slow process that can take up to a few days to increase the stool's fluid bulk. Basically, osmotics turn the stool into diarrhea so it's easier to pass. This type of laxative can also cause severe dehydration and electrolyte depletion from water loss, as well as cramping and bloating due to gas buildup during the initial waiting period. |
Mike Adams
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| It's neither fun nor healthy to stand by a water cooler and drink several glasses of water in a row, so the ideal way to increase your fluid intake is to drink fluids throughout the day.
Easy ways to beat edema and dehydration by drinking more fluids each day:
«•* Flavor your water with lemon juice.
<•* Drink herbal tea by itself or try mixing herbal tea with unsweetened fruit juice for a refreshing, low-calorie drink.
<** Drink sparkling water flavored with unsweetened fruit juice.
(*~ Carry a water bottle with you wherever you go. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 These calcium salts sometimes diffuse into the cartilage and the joint fluid, where they can cause inflammation.
A person can have both gout and pseudogout. Gout can affect men at any time after adolescence, but pseudogout typically hits after age fifty, in both men and women, when vitamin D levels often fall lower. Symptoms are pain, stiffness, and swelling in the knees, shoulders, wrists, fingers, feet, hips, and/or spine.
Because joint cartilage is like a sponge, it swells and becomes slimy and rubbery when it's wet with joint fluid. This lubricates your joints for movement. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Less fluid going into the bowels means less fluid coming out of the bowels.
Enemas can be useful for occasionally treating an acute case of constipation. Their effectiveness, however, is somewhat limited and depends largely on the type of solution used in them. Because enemas are only able to loosen waste sitting at the last part of the bowels, they don't provide a long-term solution for preventing constipation or for removing intestinal toxins.
Many people are also uneasy with the idea of inserting something into their anus. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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| A similar disease, pseudogout ("false gout"), is another form of arthritis, but this one stems from calcium crystals in the cartilage and joint fluid. Vitamin D deficiency, metabolic acid-base imbalance, and high PTH levels, among other metabolic problems, mobilize calcium from the bone beneath the cartilage in an effort to raise calcium levels. These calcium salts sometimes diffuse into the cartilage and the joint fluid, where they can cause inflammation.
A person can have both gout and pseudogout. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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| Isoflavones have been found in most body fluids—urine, plasma, feces, prostatic fluid, semen, bile, saliva, breast milk, breast aspirate and cyst fluid. Isoflavones can cross the blood-brain barrier in rats and pass through the placenta to the fetus.15 This property of isoflavones is of great interest to pharmaceutical companies and a
ESTIMATED ISOFLAVONE CONTENT OF COMMON FOODS Isoflavone intake in Asia ranges from 3 mg per person per day (China) to a high of 28 (Japan). |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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| If your blood has a high uric acid level, it's high in joint fluid as well and in the cartilage that has soaked it up. Similarly, if high PTH levels are making you lose calcium from the bone below the cartilage, the cartilage will soak up the released calcium and phosphate.
When uric acid and/or calcium salts crystallize, they do so in the cartilage as well as in the joint fluid, which makes the cartilage stiff and brittle. This cartilage won't function normally. Gout and pseudogout actually speed up the breakdown of cartilage in osteoarthritis. |
KC Craichy
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 It takes approximately eight fluid ounces of fluid to replace each pound of body weight lost.
Exercise regularly and eat a nutrient-dense diet. (See Golden Key #3—Exercise.)
Recommended Beverage Alternatives to Water
Although there are various fluids that can raise our "hydration status," we still need to be aware of the purity, structure, and function of the liquids we put in our bodies. Here are three good alternatives:
DISCOVER TEAS—ORGANIC GREEN, WHITE, BLACK, AND HERBAL TEAS
Mighty Leaf Teas in silk bags. Many of these teas are organic and caffeine-free. See www.mightyleaf.com. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Kidney specialists feel that the "eight glasses" rule is an overestimate and that an average-size adult with healthy kidneys in a temperate climate needs no more than one liter of fluid. And it is true that no one really knows where the "eight glasses a day" rule came from, and that there isn't a lot of science to back up what we nutritionists are saying when we encourage people to drink, drink, drink. These experts also argue that we can get the fluids we need from other sources besides water.
I say, "phooey." You wouldn't wash your clothes in soda, would you? |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 Worse is when you wash down your high-sodium food with high-sodium fluids like soda, which makes your body retain more fluid. Your body only needs approximately 500 mg of sodium per day, yet the average person in the U.S. ingests ten times that amount. Most diets are low in sodium, and that leads to an immediate weight loss from water weight. This is why almost any diet will feel like it works in the first few weeks. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 The glomeruli are sieve-like structures in the kidney that process blood and filter out waste products, fluid, and various other substances. When glycotoxins damage kidney cells, the glomeruli lose their ability to filter the blood properly, allowing toxins, excess fluid, and other products to build up in the body. A glomerular filtration rate greater than 90 milliliters per minute indicates normal function; 60 to 90 indicates a mild decrease in function; 30 to 59, moderate; 15 to 29, severe. Less than 15 is a diagnosis of kidney failure. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 As we get older, sphincters in women weaken and men have prostate enlargements, so it's important to avoid having too much fluid before you go to sleep. Avoid types of fluid during the day that cause a tendency to urinate, like caffeine, which is not only in coffee, but most soft drinks. If you do go to the bathroom and have difficulty falling back to sleep, use some of the relaxation techniques."
Dr. James Pearl, who is a member of the Sleep Panel at the Presbyterian St. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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| So I send the fluid for routine tests, for tests looking for markers suggestive of MS, and for PCR testing looking for herpes viruses. If the fluid is positive, I send the patient to an expert in infectious diseases for treatment.
The Workup for Irritable Bowel
Just as your doctor will order a series of tests looking for the causes of chronic fatigue or pain, he or she will also order tests if you've been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Over the years our pattern of fluid consumption has shifted. Today, too many of us are drinking fluids that are high in calories like sodas and juices. Indeed, research has shown that adults today are drinking about 20 ounces more caloric beverages a day14. In fact, caloric beverages now make up 21 percent15 of our total calorie intake and sodas and fruit drinks alone account for 43 percent16 of our total added sugars in the diet (18 of those 42 teaspoons of sugar we eat daily!). That adds up to a tremendous number of calories in a year. And unfortunately most of us don't count those calories. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
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 Blood itself is transcendental, with complex and myriad meanings—including religious ones— beyond its function as a body fluid. "The shedding of blood is inevitably meaningful in and of itself." In addition, surgical procedures usually have a compelling rational explanation, which drug treatments often do not. The logic of arthroscopic surgery ("we will clean up that messy joint") is much more sensible and understandable, "especially for people in a culture rich in machines and tools," than is the complex but obscure logic of many drugs. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Cells maintain a fluid balance where about two thirds of the water in the body is inside the cells and one third of the water is outside the cells.
Mineral salts, such as sodium chloride (NaCl) dissolve in water. Sodium chloride breaks apart into positively charged sodium ions and negatively charged chloride ions. Water itself has slightly different charges on the different atoms making up the water molecule (H20), as shown in Figure 7-6. |
Bill Sardi
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 J Theoretical Biology 196: 237-50, 1999] The fluid in the surrounding area of the tumor is more acidic, 6.5 to 6.8 pH. [Novartis Found Symposium 240: 46-62, 2001; Molecular Medicine Today 61: 15-19, 2000] Metastasis, the spread of tumors, appears to be accelerated when the lactic acid levels surrounding tumors are elevated. [Cancer Research 21: 4757-59, 1995]
In other words, those who espouse the alkaline cure for cancer simply haven't fully investigated the scientific literature and don't have a proper understanding of tumor dynamics.
All this makes sense. |
| Since HA thickens lymph fluid, oral HA supplements may worsen lymphedema.
Does hyaluronic acid promote or accelerate the spread of cancer?
While repetitious, the subject of whether HA promotes the spread of cancer must be re-addressed because of continued concerns expressed by many cancer patients and their families. Internet search engines for hyaluronic acid (HA) have spread poorly founded opinions that hyaluronic acid supplements promote cancer. Because this misinformation alarms so many people, it will be dealt with at length here. |
| Normally, lab mice, after injection of tumor cells, will develop an accumulation of fluid in their belly and appear puffed up (a condition called ascites). Not this mouse. He withstood the assault by tumor cells. Two million cancer cells were injected - still no tumors. Then two hundred million cancer cells were injected - same result.
Eventually mice were bred from this original "super mouse" and they repeatedly resisted a great number of cancer cells, a thousand or even a million times the lethal dose. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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 Water retention happens because incompletely digested molecules or peptides from the food you're sensitive to enter the bloodstream and are perceived as invaders by the immune system, which then mounts a full-fledged Pac-Man-like attack, releasing histamine and flooding the area with extra fluid. (This extra fluid can be up to 10 to 15 pounds in some people—it's not really fat, but it sure feels like it, and it can easily make the difference between you being able to wear your "skinny clothes" and having to wear your "fat jeans." |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Burnett also was a booster for the use of zinc chloride in other applications, including as a disinfectant fluid and as a preservative for anatomic specimens. When he retired from the navy, he set up his own patent manufacturing company.32
Burnettizing came to be more popular in the United States than in Britain.33 In the States, Burnettizing's binding capacity was increased through an American technique known as the Wellhouseprocess. Separately, the French promoted a related, but chemically distinct, wood treatment using copper sulfate. |
| Either hypertrophy of the stomach or contraction of the esophagus calls for a sweeter mix: cow's milk, six fluid ounces; sugar, two dtachms; and carbon disulfide, one scruple. poor conditions in the rubber trade
As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the working conditions for those in the cold vulcanization trade continued to be appalling, not only in France, but elsewhere as well. |
| An 1859 phatma-copoeia cautioned, "This fluid is extremely volatile, and hence has been suggested as an anesthetic agent. But thus far, experiments with it have not shown any superiority over other and safer liquids."38
Carbon disulfide was used for still other therapeutic purposes, as the same pharmacopoeia advises. For rheumatism, for example, one could combine carbon disulfide with ethanol and ingest four to six drops, every two hours. |
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