Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
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 The most important flavonoid compound in chocolate appears to be quercetin, known to have not only antioxidant but also anti-inflammatory activity.
It must be kept in mind, however, that the human body is basically an ambulatory colony of trillions of benevolent bacteria of many species, and their complex activity in metabolism and absorption of specific compounds is just becoming known to medical science. |
Melody Petersen
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 The doctor may add hyperactivity to the attention deficit diagnosis if the child often fidgets or squirms in his or her seat, runs or climbs in situations where such activity is inappropriate, has difficulty playing quietly, or is often "on the go."
Ten years ago, most children diagnosed with a mental illness were said to have an attention deficit disorder. |
Richard Bartlett
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 Performing an activity we had done thousands of times previously, I lightly tapped on the top of his head at a specific acupuncture point. My intent for this activity was to "tell" the brain to put this information on display. I imagine this to be like projecting the image of a three-dimensional hologram into the space in front of you. In the special rule set that I made up for this procedure, the act of tapping instructs the brain to hold the desired information at the forefront of one's consciousness so that it might be preferentially seen and acted upon. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 When beta-glucans bind to immune system cells like natural killer (NK) cells, T-cells, and macrophages, the activity of these cells is increased. No one is quite sure why, but Roundtree speculates that the beta-glucans "trick" immune system cells into thinking they're under attack (mushrooms are, after all, fungus, and maybe the cells think the harmless little critters are dangerous. Who knows? Point is, the immune system is stimulated by them). |
| While glucosinolates themselves typically have low anticancer activity, sulforaphane has plenty! Sulforaphane was first identified in broccoli sprouts by scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. It's one of a class of chemicals in plants called isothiocyanates and is a potent antioxidant and stimulator of natural detoxifying enzymes in the body.
How Does Cauliflower Fight Cancer?
Here's how it works: Within minutes of being eaten, sulforaphane enters the bloodstream and turbocharges the body's antioxidant defense systems. |
| The phenolics in prunes have high antioxidant activity. The two types of phy-tonutrients (nutrients from plants) found in plums and prunes, neochlorogenic acid and chlorogenic acid, are effective antioxidants, particularly effective against a very destructive free radical called the superoxide anion radical, which can really wreak havoc on the cells in your body.
Prunes Boast More Antioxidants Than Any Other Fruit
The damage-preventing substances in prunes have been shown to help prevent damage to fats. |
| It also exhibits significant anti-inflammatory activity, which is why quercetin is one of my favorite supplements for allergies and asthma. Ellagic acid is a naturally occurring phenolic known to be both anticarcinogenic and antimutagenic.
Also found in red raspberries, ellagic acid has been shown in animal research and in laboratory models to inhibit the growth of tumors caused by certain carcinogens. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 No plants (except green tea) have been studied by themselves in relationship to the human papillomavirus and cervical dysplasia that I am aware of, although many plants are known both to act as immune modulators and to be antiviral in their activity.
This concept of immune support is an important part of preventive medicine as well as in reversing and preventing the progression of cervical dysplasia. Since up to 80 percent of the
U.S. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Your genes view pain avoidance as one of the three cardinal rules of survival and will try to get you to stop a painful activity. Consistently ignore these warnings and the second tier of killer genes activates to get rid of you and your genes.
On the other hand, weight lifting, followed by a hunk of high-quality calories rich in micronutrients, is another story. My daily pushups and squats, followed by a small breakfast, imitate our early ancestors' behavior. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| Vitamin A deficiency impairs enzyme activity and hormone production in the ovaries of animals,4 and serum levels of vitamin A have been found to be lower in women with menorrhagia than in healthy women.5 In the latter study, vitamin A was used as a treatment in 40 women who had diagnosed menorrhagia as a result of a diverse array of causes. In the group who received 60,000 IU of vitamin A for 35 days, menstruation returned to normal in 23 women (57.5 percent) for a period of at least three months. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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| Limit our activity, feed us a diet based largely on grain products, and we fatten up. Once again, your genes are just responding to the information you're giving them.
Back to lettuce. In contrast, the average apple contains 100 calories, much of it in the form of fructose. You would have to consume three bags of romaine to get the same number of calories as in an apple. Your genes always direct you to foods that supply the most calories for the least energy expenditure. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| Uterine stimulants or emmenagogues increase tone or muscular activity and serve to initiate the onset of menses and stimulate reproductive function. Most important are the herbs that cause shedding of the endometrium and stimulate normal menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
• Squaw vine/partridgeberry {Mitchella repens)
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• Chaste tree (Vitex agnus castus)
• Pennyroyal* [Mentha pulegium)
• Mugwort {Artemisia vulgaris)
• Water pepper (Polygonum hydropiper)
Water Pepper.50 In a medical journal of 1846, Dr. |
Dr. Jonathan Prousky, BPHE, BSc, ND, FRSH
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 There was increased activity of the central noradrenergic system in most of the patients in the treatment group who experienced panic attacks.
In a similar study, 43 subjects having PD or agoraphobia with panic attacks were administered infusions of sodium lactate.^ Thirty-one of the subjects panicked in response to the infusions, whereas none of the 20 subjects in the control group had any panic attacks. It was concluded that the lactate-induced panic attacks were associated with heightened central noradrenergic activity and hyperventilation. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 Every cell is the center of a whirlwind of activity, doing everything that is necessary to keep you alive. Science writer Bill Bryson eloquently makes our point:
If you could visit a cell you wouldn't like it. Blown up to the scale at which atoms were about the size of peas, a cell itself would be a sphere roughly half a mile across, and supported by a complex framework of girders called the cytoskeleton. Within it, millions upon millions of objects—some the size of basketballs, others the size of cars—would whiz around like bullets. |
| Your body has to know what to do, when to do it, how much to do, and where the activity should take place, and it has to carry out millions of actions with breathtaking accuracy in milliseconds. So your body and body-field are interdependent, like two sides of a coin. Both aspects of your body—its biochemistry and its bioenergetics—mutually contribute to its homeostasis.
Illness often is referred to as the loss of homeostasis, because your body loses its ability to work properly, compromising your normal, vibrant state of health and well-being. |
| Yet this same cellular activity gives rise, at least in part, to your body-field, which in turn directs and organizes the information that drives your biochemistry. It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg paradox, only in this case it is a quantum-level case of how the real and virtual are both necessary for all life processes. On the one hand, real chemical processes drive physiology, giving rise to the bioenergetic reality of the body-field, but on the other hand, the body-field is responsible for directing the information that maintains that biochemistry. |
| The second world is that of the quantum scalar wave intetactions that are taking place all ovet the univetse as a spontaneous activity of matter. This unseen but real quantum world affects what happens in the directly observed macroscopic world. In the scalar-wave world, matter has a 'knowledge' of the state of other pieces of matter. Without that, no chemical reactions could take place—ever! |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| A spontaneous or natural menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation following the loss of ovarian activity and is strictly defined as the point after 12 consecutive months of no menses following the final menstrual period. The average age of menopause has been estimated to be between 50 and 52. In the Massachusetts Women's Health Study, the largest and most comprehensive study of middle-aged women, the median age for menopause was 51.3 years. |
Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
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| It must be kept in mind, however, that the human body is basically an ambulatory colony of trillions of benevolent bacteria of many species, and their complex activity in metabolism and absorption of specific compounds is just becoming known to medical science. Another complication is that we mortals take into our digestive systems all kinds of other foods, before, during, and after consuming chocolate, so that these variables should be taken into consideration. And of course, as we have said above, from the chemical point of view, by itself chocolate is an incredibly complex substance. |
Michael J. Panzner
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 Because most of those who would benefit from swapping costly mortgages for cheaper ones had done so when rates were falling, this borrowing activity smacked of desperation.
The most ominous development was the widespread unraveling of the real estate market, which had become an economic lifeline for many Americans. In the blink of an eye, media outlets around the country, which only months earlier had heralded a long-term property boom, suddenly turned cautious and reported all sorts of bad news. |
| Some optimists mistakenly viewed continued refinancing activity as a positive for the economy, believing that it would bolster consumer demand, as it had done since 2001. When interest rates trended lower, many homeowners swapped expensive fixed mortgages for lower-rate loans featuring smaller payments, helping to free up extra spending power every month.
Millions also borrowed more than they needed to cover balances outstanding on existing mortgages. |
| The tradeoff was that by early 2006, the United States was "more dependent on housing than it [had] been in a half-century," the Washington Post reported, with activity in the real estate sector accounting for "nearly three-quarters of the nation's job growth" since the 2001 recession. During that five-year period, consumers had borrowed an estimated $2.5 trillion in equity from their homes and had spent as much as half of it on other goods and services, from vacations and dining out to cars and college tuitions, according to analysts. |
| Unlike the exchange-traded markets, where regulators closely monitor activity, the over-the-counter market has remained fairly opaque and thus hard to quantify in the aggregate. While partly due to the customization of deals, the opacity is also a direct result of the industry's light regulation.
That derivatives are global by nature, involving institutions from many countries with varying or even minimal regulatory regimes, tends to reinforce their obscurity. |
| Successive rounds of this activity create a virtual circle of money supply growth, otherwise known as the multiplier effect.
In the United States, the minimum reserve requirement (MRR) is 10 percent for demand deposits such as checking accounts. Once an account is credited with $1 million, the financial institution involved can turn around, take the $900,000 above
MRR, and put the money to work as it sees fit. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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| If your activity decreases, Hal would assume that you're injured and immediately reduce the amount of food your muscles receive by making your muscles less able to take up glucose, a condition known as insulin resistance. (As you will learn in Chapter 2, insulin carries glucose, or blood sugar, to the cells, where your body can use it for energy. Excess glucose is converted to fat and stored for future use.)
A case in point: Athletes prescribed bed rest for 48 hours become insulin resistant.14 Why would this happen? To reduce the utilization of fuel by the main consumers, the muscles. Wow! |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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 Moderate physical activity, such as walking, lowers triglyceride concentrations by an average of 10 mg/dl, and more strenuous activity can have greater effects.3 You will also benefit by avoiding alcohol. Alcohol appears to raise triglycerides slightly, so when you avoid it, triglycerides slide back down.4,5
INTERACTION BETWEEN VEGETABLES AND PRESCRIPTION BLOOD THINNERS
Warfarin (Coumadin) is a blood thinner prescribed to prevent heart attacks, strokes, blood clots in the legs, and other problems. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 Effect of lactulose on the composition and metabolic activity of the human fecal flora. Microb. Ecol. Health Dis. 5, 43-50.
132. Gibson, G. R., Beatty, E. R., Wang, X., and Cummings, J. H. (1995). Selective stimulation of bifidobacteria in the human colon by oligofructose and insulin. Gastroenterology 108, 975-982.
133. Ito, M., and Kimura, M. (1993). Influence of lactose on faecal microflora in lactose maldigesters. Microb. Ecol. Health Dis. 6, 73-76.
134. Gibson, G. R., and Wang, X. (1994). Regulatory effects of bifidobacteria on the growth of other colonic bacteria. J. Appl. Bacteriol. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| It's reasonable to think that might be helpful for nonsmokers as well, since reducing the activity of an enzyme that activates cancer-causing chemicals is a good thing no matter where the chemicals come from! And speaking of cancer, grapefruits—depending on the species and harvest time—contain substances called limonoids, which inhibit the development of cancer in laboratory animals and in human breast cancer cells and reduce cholesterol. |
| And in another study, published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, a compound in onions inhibited the activity of the cells (osteoclasts) that break down bones. The popular drug Fosamax works in a similar way, but onions have no side effects, unless you count the need to have a breath mint before kissing someone!
Onions belong to the allium family, which also includes leeks, garlic, and shallots. They contain a whole pharmacy of compounds with health benefits, including thiosulfinates, sulfides, sulfoxides, and other smelly sulfur compounds. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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| Because my activity level, food consumption, and "pain" all conspired to inform my genes that I wasn't a very successful animal, which you'll recall activates killer genes, as does taking more than your fair share of food.
Numerous studies on animals and humans confirm these results.18,20,25,29"34 As we leave this chapter, it's important to remember two things: First, despite my jokes to the contrary, your genes have no malicious intent. Rather, they're part of a complex communications system, or autopilot, that runs your cellular functioning and body. |
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