Carlo Petrini
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 The same is true of thinning out in the vineyard (the technique of eliminating some bunches of grapes to concentrate the sugars in the remaining ones and thereby improve the quality of the grapes at the expense of quantity): this could be seen as an attempt to alter the productive season by external intervention. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Natural Prescription for Varicose Veins
Horse chestnut (standardized for escin):
600 mg
High-fiber diet (and/or fiber supplements):
35-50 g fiber
Grape seed extract: 100 mg, three times daily, or Pycnogenol capsules (use as directed)
Vitamin C with bioflavonoids:
1,000-3,000 mg
Vitamin E: 400-800 IU
Coenzyme Q10: 50-150 mg
Plenty of berries, cherries, grapes, and tea
Exercise: Especially walking, jogging, stair climbing, hiking, and bike riding
Note: All dosages are daily dosages and in pill or capsule form unless otherwise noted. |
Bill Sardi
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 However, the consumption of grapes, which also provides resveratrol, significantly reduces the risk for breast cancer. [European Journal Cancer Prevention 14: 139-42, 2005]
Plant estrogens (phytoestrogens) ana breast cancer
Most women are warned away from plant estrogens as soon as they are diagnosed with breast cancer. This is because plant estrogens (called phytoestrogens) may interfere with Tamoxifen, the most often-used drug for breast cancer. [Cancer Research 65: 879-86, 2005] This is understandable, since Tamoxifen is an anti-estrogen and phytoestrogens are mild estrogens. |
| Source: Current Medical Chemistry 11: 1451-60, 2004
Today we possess a plethora of mechanistic insights into how dietary constituents such as resveratrol (from red grapes), epigallocatechin gallate (from tea) and curcumin (from turmeric) can interfere with oncogenic events germane to differentiation, death and survival. Andreas Gescher and William P. |
| Wine: an extract from grapes ... 435 Red wine pills ... 436
Preserving red wine molecules in pills... 436 Cruciferous vegetables and cancer ... 437 Artemisia ... 439 Tea and cancer... 440
Drawbacks of green tea ... 443
How to make green tea capsules work for you ... 443
Other teas... 444 Curcumin for cancer... 444 Medicinal mushrooms... 445
Profits or cures? ... 446
Dietary mushrooms and cancer... 446
Mushroom extracts sometimes disappoint... 447 AHCC... 447 Beta glucan extracts... 447 Aloe and cancer... 448 Chaparral and cancer... 449 Ginkgo biloba ... 450 The phytoestrogens... |
| Clinical Immunology 109: 53-63, 2003] Dietary supplements such as curcumin from turmeric, N-acetyl cysteine from sulfur and resveratrol from red grapes, have the same biological action and could potentially inhibit the Papilloma virus. [Biochem Pharmacology 68: 1255-67, 2004]
The first long-term prospective study involving women at high-risk for infection by the Herpes Papilloma Virus found folic acid significantly reduces the risk of cervical cancer. [Cancer Research 64: 8788-93, 2004]
This should be sufficient evidence for women to supplement with folic acid throughout life. |
| The most remarkable of all chemopreventive agents is resveratrol, a molecule concentrated in red wine and also derived from dietary sources such as mulberries, peanuts and grapes. Resveratrol is receiving great attention because of its widespread chemical action. [Mutation Research 523: 145-50, 2003]
Here is what researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical Science Center had to say about resveratrol and chemoprevention:
"Conventional therapeutic and surgical approaches have not been able to control the incidence of most of the cancer types. |
| Small molecules like allicin from garlic, resveratrol from grapes, quercetin from onions, hy-droxytyrosol from olives, influence so many genes they are being heralded as the drugs of the future.
Many people falsely believe that to concede that alternative cancer therapies are ineffective gives tacit credence to often despised toxic conventional treatments. Advocates of alternative cancer therapies are going to have to let go of their favorite remedies in favor of the new generation of anticancer molecules that are being revealed in scientific studies almost on a daily basis. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Research has identified a substance in grapes called resveratol that keeps cells from turning cancerous and inhibits the spread of cells that are malignant already. Most other natural foods contain similar or even more powerful cancer-fighting substances.
Women don't need to rely on mammography to feel safeguarded against breast cancer, especially since it is highly unreliable as a diagnostic tool. A series of liver, kidney and colon cleanses are often enough to prevent, stop and regress any type of cancer. |
| Kiwi, sweet
Lemons
Limes
Quince, sweet
Strawberries, sweet
Bananas Berries Cherries Persimmon
Avoid
Grapefruit grapes, green Papaya Plums, sour
Oranges, sour Peaches
Pineapples, sour Rhubarb
Note: Pitta types are very sensitive to unripe, sour and chemically-treated fruits, which can cause fermentation-related diarrhea and gas. |
| To have the benefits advocated for red wine and more, it is better to drink the fresh juice of purple grapes. Plant foods contain about 4,000 flavonoids. Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy circulatory system, while alcohol is not. Although the flavonoids contained in red wine may have some beneficial effects on the blood, the alcohol that goes with it, after initially thinning the blood due the alcohol's diuretic effects, makes it thicker than it was before. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| This might sound difficult, but when you think about it, it really only takes about 2 minutes to peel and enjoy a banana or eat an apple or a bunch of grapes.
The fruits in the following chart have been specially chosen to assist you in the cleansing process. It is best to keep a little variety in the fruits you eat throughout the day and the week. If the fruits I recommend are not in season or you have a difficult time finding them, you can use apples or bananas (which are typically available year round) as a replacement. |
Andreas Moritz
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| These same flavonoids are also found in apples, grapes, broccoli, onions, berries, and dozens of other foods, some of which the subjects of the study most likely consumed besides the chocolate. Of course, the study was sponsored by a chocolate producer, Mars candy company, which was so generous to also supply the chocolates for the "study." If the study has any real value, why didn't the researchers announce that flavonoids, as found in most plant foods, such as broccoli and fruits, grape juice and, yes, also chocolate, are beneficial for your arteries? |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Choose 1 of the following: grapefruit, white grapes, pineapple,
- oranges, or watermelon. If these are not in season substitute with z apples or bananas.
3. After Breakfast and before your Mid-Morning Snack, consume " another 20 ounces of the Intestinal Cleanser drink. h 4. Repeat the following Affirmation 9 times: / Am Clean and Healthy.
5. Take 3 capsules of Latero-Flora™ or another high quality Probiotic £ supplement.
MID-MORNING SNACK (halfway between breakfast and lunch)
1. Eat as much fruit as you can until you are full. Only eat 1 type of fruit!
2. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Foods richest in these substances include berries (blueberries and blackberries) as well as cherries, grapes, and tea. Add these foods to your diet and take a supplement of grape seed extract, which is rich in these compounds.
4. Vitamin C. Vitamin C in combination with a bioflavonoid called hesperidin has been used in research (often with butcher's broom) with good effect. It helps promote better circulation and strengthens the walls of the veins. Lack of these nutrients has also been shown in research to increase pain in the limbs and fragility in the capillaries. |
| Finally, resveratrol has made news for the 1/1 last decade or so as one of the key "antiaging" compounds in red wine and grapes. "It lowers blood pressure, blood fats, and glucose," Houston says, "and it relaxes the vascular smooth muscles."
And just in case you were living on another planet for the last few decades—stop smoking. Immediately. Do it now. No excuses.
(For more information about the full hypertension reduction program of supplements and lifestyle changes, visit www.hypertensioninstitute.com. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 In one recent study of seven hundred children between the ages of seven and eighteen living on the island of Crete, those who consumed a diet rich in fish; fruits such as red grapes, oranges, and apples; fresh vegetables twice a day; olive oil; and nuts three times a week were significantly less likely to suffer from allergic responses, including allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, and skin allergies.
CHOOSING ORGANIC FOODS
As you shop for healthy foods, buy organic. One recent study brings home how genetically vulnerable some of us may be to the damaging effects of exposure to pesticides. |
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.
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 A handful of grapes or of sweet grape tomatoes becomes just as much of a treat as a cookie once was. Pizza without cheese or whole-grain bread topped with fresh, sliced peaches may well become among your very favorite things to eat.
As my husband already has stressed, it is attention to details that makes this program so powerful. But some general principles underlie the details, and it is important to understand them. |
| A word of caution is in order, however: it is preferable to limit your fruit consumption to three pieces a day (or, for berries and grapes, three servings, each about the size of a modest handful). It is also best to avoid drinking pure fruit juices. Fruit—and juice, especially—carries a high sugar content, and consuming too much of it rapidly raises the blood sugar. The body compensates to the sugar high with a surge of insulin from the pancreas—and the insulin, in turn, stimulates the liver to manufacture more cholesterol.1 It may also elevate triglyceride levels. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
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 Captains would coolly fold loose sails or munch grapes as shots fell around them." While munching grapes on deck may have exposed these officers to physical danger, this sign of courage was protecting them from scurvy.
Because of our modern high-tech diet, the symptoms of scurvy are still alive and well. Several doctors have documented cases in the United States among men ranging in age from 35 to 61 who suffered painful edema on the legs, red spots on their arms, abdomen, and legs, as well as large purple dis-colorations on the lower limbs. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 Prunes are dried plums like raisins are dried grapes. Four of the most common varieties are French, Imperial, Italian, and Greengage. In recent years, the term "dried plums" has been used by industry on packaging in place of prunes, which carries some stigma among the last few generations of Americans. It takes 3 pounds of fresh plums to produce one pound of dried plums.
A Serving of Food Lore...
The idea to preserve the fresh fruit by drying in the sun probably began in the Caspian Sea region. In California in the mid-nineteenth century, Louis Pellier planted plum tree cuttings from France. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| These items include fruits such as peaches, apples, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, grapes, and vegetables such as sweet bell peppers, celery, carrots, and spinach. Of course, if these items are grown organically, they will be okay.
• If you are able, grow your own food using organic growing methods. This is the best way to ensure you are not exposing yourself or your family to pesticides.
• Avoid chemical based mosquito repellents or pesticides in your house or yard. Visit www.organicpesticides.com for natural alternatives. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 If you're lucky enough to have fresh blueberries available in your market or blueberry sidekicks such as strawberries, purple grapes, raspberries, or cherries then you should stock up on these treats. You'll be enjoying them for breakfast and in various recipes. Remember that frozen berries—be sure they have no added sugar—are excellent substitutes for fresh.
"The foods are easy to find and easy to prepare. I like preparing the snacks ahead of time, that way I take the time to measure (portion control has been one of the reasons I have gained weight) and I fix several at a time. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Many brands of apple juice contain the silkworm gene, and grapes can contain a virus gene. Trout, salmon, catfish, bass and even shrimp, are also genetically "enriched."
Multinational corporations are rapidly changing our food and nobody seems to be able to stop them. They're not accountable to anyone since they do not have to label their foods, and the government (at least in the U.S.) does not require them to do any safety testing.
8. Soy—A Miracle Food or Health Threat?
Soy products have made it into the food industry big time. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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 Chemically speaking, it's not difficult to guess why grapes might have evolved to offload water at the onset of a freeze—the less water in the grape, the fewer ice crystals there are to damage the delicate membranes of the fruit.
How about the sharp increase in sugar concentration? That makes sense too. Ice crystals are only made of pure water—but the temperature at which they start to form depends on what else is suspended in the fluid where the water is found. Anything dissolved in water interferes with its ability to form the hexagonal latticework of solid ice crystals. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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| They are actually dried grapes and are often found in scones.
What's the Story?
Currants are related to gooseberries and are not smaller versions of raisins. The English word "currant" has been used for this fruit only since 1550, taken from the fruit's resemblance to the dried currants of Greece, which, in fact, are raisins made from a small seedless grape. The main varieties available are: red, black, white, green, and pink. Red and black are the most common type and are used for culinary purposes. |
Marshall Editions
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 Other good sources of fructose are apples, cherries, and grapes. You can also try eating an umeboshi plum—these have long been reputed to cure hangovers. They are available at Asian markets and health food stores.
Supplements: B-complex vitamins may be helpful in restoring energy after a night of heavy drinking. Take a high potency B-100 before drinking, before bedtime, and again the next day if you are hungover. Vitamin C helps relieve hangover symptoms and boosts the immune system. Take 1,000 mg before drinking, and 1,000 mg after. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 Paradoxically, muscadine grapes from the southeast United States also have a ton of resveratrol (several times more than wine).
Since fat combustion is several times as efficient at producing ATP than burning glucose, the same amount of energy can be created with much lower levels of free radicals. Fewer free radicals mean lower levels of free-radical damage, particularly to the mitochondria. |
| Many fruits and vegetables—specifically red grapes, cranberries, tomatoes, onions, and tomato juice-contain powerful antioxidants called flavonoids and carotenoids. Found in colorful foods, flavonoids and carotenoids are vitamin-like nonessential substances that seem to decrease inflammation by handcuffing those damaging oxygen free radicals and stimulating your body to take them out of your system through urine.
þ Garlic. While it is still being debated, we believe a clove a day can help thin your blood and lower your blood pressure. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 But if weight, diabetes, or any other condition that requires paying attention to your blood sugar is an issue, you might not want to munch mindlessly on large bowls of grapes and bananas.
The ancient Greek aphorism "Know thyself was inscribed in golden letters at the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. It's as true now as it was then. Some people are more sensitive to sugar than others. That's just how it is. To quote Shakespeare, "To thine own self be true"—it's the key to making good choices in food as well as good choices in life. |
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