Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Full-spectrum light therapy. Exposure to natural sunlight and other forms of full-spectrum light is effective in relieving a number of disorders, including depression, hyperactivity, hypertension, insomnia, migraines, and premenstrual syndrome. Sunlight has long been used to treat babies with jaundice. full-spectrum light, as well as bright white light, is effective in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Common symptoms of SAD, which is also called the "winter blues," are depression, fatigue, overeating, and lowered libido.
• Photodynamic light therapy. |
Jack Challem
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 One is to buy a bright full-spectrum lamp or light box (which mimics the full light spectrum of natural daylight) and spend at least fifteen minutes early in the morning reading or working in front of the light. For example, I read my newspapers under a full-spectrum lamp immediately after waking up, and I feel that doing so helps to sharpen my mind.
Another option is to take melatonin supplements, which are sold without a prescription at most health food stores and pharmacies. You'll have to experiment with the dosage—too little won't help and too much may leave you feeling drowsy. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 Additionally, you may consider using a light box; these specially designed devices use full-spectrum fluorescent lights to simulate early-morning sunlight. Light boxes typically cost $100 to $450 and are widely available in various sizes and styles, from wall units to desk lamps to visors. They usually come in values of 5,000 to 10,000 lux. |
| Numerous studies show that light therapy with natural or full-spectrum lights drastically reduces the symptoms of SAD. Spending 1 hour outside in the morning light can eliminate SAD in 50% of patients.70 Of course, this isn't always an option, so light box therapy may be useful (see "Light Therapy," page 114). Studies have shown that the efficacy of light box therapy on SAD may vary according to time of day. In one study, for instance, 10,000-lux light therapy for 30 minutes in the morning was 69% effective in reversing SAD, while evening exposure was up to 80% effective. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
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 The reason either organ is able to take in full-spectrum cosmic energy may be because the interface between the vortexes of the heart and solar plexus chakras creates open spaces in the subtle body system, allowing cosmic energy to be stepped down while remaining in its full-spectrum state.
Vrittis
The vrittis are transpersonal bioenergetic mechanisms of the chakras through which the mind expresses itself as thoughts, tendencies, and desires. They represent the activity of the mind. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| In one study, night-shift workers who were not exposed to sunlight or full-spectrum light between 600 and 900 lux experienced lower melatonin levels and took longer to fall asleep than those who were exposed to bright light.15 Interestingly, 90% of blind people frequently suffer from insomnia, probably due to their inability to receive light signals.16
Conversely, exposure to light at night—even for 5 minutes—is detrimental to melatonin production.17 In one study, six men exposed to bright artificial light (greater than 3,000 lux) from sunset to 2 a.m. |
| This lack of exposure to bright sunlight or its artificial cousin, full-spectrum light, is a major contributor to disrupted circadian rhythms and resulting reduced melatonin levels. Lack of regular exercise, structural imbalances, and chronic stress are also common factors. So, too, is a poor diet, often marked by overconsumption of stimulants such as alcohol, caffeine, spicy foods, and sugar. Over-the-counter medications can also play a role. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Now that effort has come to harvest, and full-spectrum camu camu powder is available to consumers across North America and in selected other countries. Details are provided in the special report at: http://www.newstarget.com/Report_Camu_Camu_0.html
Camu Camu is native to the Amazon rainforest and has been used as natural medicine by indigenous populations there for thousands of years. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's almost entirely processed salt, and even the products that claim to be made from "sea salt" are actually using a white, processed sea salt (not a full-spectrum brown or pink salt like you might find with Celtic Sea Salt, which is truly natural).
Grocery product makers are also adding various chemical additives to their "all natural" products, hiding them under innocent-sounding ingredients that don't raise red flags with consumers. Monosodium glutamate (MSG), for example, is a neurotoxic substance classified as an excitotoxin. |
Andreas Moritz
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 It is not clear from the study whether the increased risk of developing stomach ulcers and stomach cancer also applies to the consumption of unprocessed full-spectrum sea salt, versus refined, bleached table salt. If you suffer from a stomach ulcer, try reducing your salt intake, especially if you are a Pitta type (see details about body types in Chapters 5 and 6).
Defying a Hopeless Prognosis
Jenny was only 25 years old when she came to me with progressive Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the alimentary tract. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| This is an excellent method for maximum impact," she says, "because the body receives the same effect as natural sunlight in the morning. You wake up quicker and with less morning shock."
Additionally, you may consider using a light box; these specially designed devices use full-spectrum fluorescent lights to simulate early-morning sunlight. Light boxes typically cost $100 to $450 and are widely available in various sizes and styles, from wall units to desk lamps to visors. They usually come in values of 5,000 to 10,000 lux. |
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Like coenzyme Q10 and D-ribose, L-carnitine can safely and effectively be taken in combination with beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, nitrates, and ACE inhibitors, for a more full-spectrum approach to symptom relief.
So, for anyone with angina, it's possible to theorize that myocardial stores of carnitine may be diminished due to chronic, episodic bouts of ischemia. The supplemental use of L-carnitine by the anginal patient may also delay the shift from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism, preserving cardiac energy and enhancing heart function. |
Jack Challem
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| For example, I read my newspapers under a full-spectrum lamp immediately after waking up, and I feel that doing so helps to sharpen my mind.
Another option is to take melatonin supplements, which are sold without a prescription at most health food stores and pharmacies. You'll have to experiment with the dosage—too little won't help and too much may leave you feeling drowsy. Start with a low dose, such as 250 to 500 meg (0.25 to 0.5 mg), about one to two hours before you go to bed. |
Marshall Editions
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 TIP: USE A LIGHT BOX
If you cannot manage to take a vacation somewhere warm during the winter, invest in a full-spectrum light box that can be used at home and at work.
HERBALISM
See Depression (p. 839) for more details about St. John's wort and other herbs that may be helpful in treating SAD.
St. John's wort: St. John's wort can be useful for treating seasonal affective disorder. It seems to be most effective for mild-to-moderate depression rather than more severe cases. St. John's wort can be taken in many forms. |
| Take 2 capsules or tablets of a full-spectrum enzyme product with each meal.
Herbs: Take two 380-mg de-glycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) tablets three or four times a day between meals to bring relief and heal any damage to the mucus lining of the stomach. DGL is a safer form of licorice than other types. Aloe vera juice can also be soothing. Take Vi-% cup of aloe vera juice three times a day between meals. Make sure it contains 98% aloe vera and no aloin or aloe-emodin. Slippery elm serves as a demulcent to soothe the digestive lining of the stomach. |
KC Craichy
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 MEGA-3S WITH VITAMIN E
This is where antioxidants, such as full-spectrum Vitamin E and the essential mineral selenium (which is a vital mineral cofactor for the cancer-fighting enzyme glutathione peroxidase, which prevents your cell membranes from oxidizing and becoming rancid) can be of tremendous help, since they can scavenge and quench these free radicals before they can do significant harm to the body. Omega-3 fish oils (EPA and DHA) combined with natural, full-spectrum Vitamin E (i.e. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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Transition Nutrition also offers new gift baskets containing Royal Himalayan Salt -- a full-spectrum salt that's loaded with trace minerals and nutritional elements that simply don't exist in processed table salt. I use their salt every single day in my Juice Feasting smoothies (see http://www.newstarget.com/022368.html to learn more).
In all, there are seven different gift baskets available right now. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Now, this is a natural full-spectrum salt found in nature. This wasn't generated in a chemical factory. It's not a processed salt. It is a mined salt. It's actually mined out of the earth, out of the mountain range in the Himalayas.
I also want to mention that this salt is a full-spectrum salt, so instead of just getting sodium and chloride, you're getting a full spectrum of trace minerals and macro minerals, as well. Remember that table salt you might be consuming, or the sodium found in processed foods, is just sodium chloride. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Ascorbic acid is not the same thing as full-spectrum vitamin C. Get your vitamin C from nutritional supplements or superfoods made from plants. Good sources are rose hips and Pure Camu -- a product from the Amazon Herb Company that's made from camu camu berries (the highest natural source of vitamin C in the world). (See http://amazondreams.amazonherb.net/Pure_Camu_Solo.aspx )
The Amazon Herb Company also makes a high-grade Camu C Serum product that's excellent for wound care. It's positioned as a high-end skin care product, but many people use it directly on wounds to speed healing. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Camu Camu berries -- the highest natural source of full-spectrum vitamin C.
Vitamin E is another powerful antioxidant that reduces the effects of sun exposure on the skin. When combined with vitamin A, vitamin E is especially effective at preventing certain skin cancers. Vitamin E also reduces the appearance of wrinkles, and, when applied topically, soothes dry or rough skin. Food sources of vitamin E include wheat germ oil, sunflower seeds, safflower and sunflower oils, almonds, spinach, peaches, prunes, tomatoes, cabbage, asparagus, and avocados. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Conventional medical researchers almost never test plant medicine using full-spectrum nutrients. Why? Because they don't understand the concept of nutritional synergy.
The bottom line? Only fools believe research about nutrition that comes from the American Medical Association or its journal. Conventional medical researchers declaring that vitamins are worthless is about as credible as Bush Administration climatologists claiming there's no such thing as global warming.
With the publication of this research, the distortion of health reality is now complete. |
| It is curious that no researcher from the world of conventional medicine will ever test the natural, full-spectrum vitamins, nutrients and phytochemicals that appear in nature. You know why? Because they would discover a universe of natural medicine that makes patented prescription drugs obsolete.
A second way to fake a vitamin meta-data study is to simply cherry-pick the results you want to include in your meta-data analysis. This is a routine trick used by dishonest researchers who have an agenda of discrediting nutritional supplements. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 You can also consider installing full-spectrum lighting in places where you spend the most time in your home. These lights can be purchased at home improvement and hardware stores.
EAT ORGANIC WHENEVER POSSIBLE
"Organically grown" food is grown and processed using no synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. But this doesn't mean that "organic" equates with "100 pure" as we'd like to think. Pesticides derived from natural sources (e.g., biological pesticides) may be used in producing organically grown food. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Incoming photons also create body heat, and our external "aura;" rid jaundice in newborns, increase cattle body weight 10-15% without increased food consumption, and treat black lung disease (half-hour daily bathing under full-spectrum light). Replacing fluorescent lights (56-68 C.R.I.) with shielded full-spectrum light therapy (91-96 C.R.I. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| Inadequate exposure to full-spectrum light and sunlight is a major contributor to upsetting the body's clock, but so is shift work and traveling across time zones. Poor diet, heavy use of stimulants, lack of exercise, and unmanaged stress can also upset natural sleep patterns. An often overlooked cause of circadian rhythm disruptions is extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs), may diminish the pineal gland's ability to produce melatonin. Electrical power lines, appliances, computers and electronic devices, and commercial airplanes all generate EMFs. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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| Exposure to natural sunlight and other forms of full-spectrum light is effective in relieving a number of disorders, including depression, hyperactivity, hypertension, insomnia, migraines, and premenstrual syndrome. Sunlight has long been used to treat babies with jaundice. full-spectrum light, as well as bright white light, is effective in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Common symptoms of SAD, which is also called the "winter blues," are depression, fatigue, overeating, and lowered libido.
• Photodynamic light therapy. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Avoid processed hospital junk food and eat fresh, healthy foods that are rich in natural plant fats, full-spectrum nutrients and trace minerals. (Buy organic.) Olive oil is excellent for easing inflammation following surgery.
Stay positive and relaxed, and let nature run its course. Remember: Your body is a self-healing system. It knows how to repair itself. All you have to do is give it the proper nutrition, relaxation and good circulation.
Also worth noting
Silica helps heal skin, ligaments, tendons and other tissues. Get a high-grade liquid form of silica from www.Eidon. |
KC Craichy
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| While high dose fish oil (equivalent to a piece of fish) has extraordinary health benefits, it is extremely susceptible to oxidation/lipid peroxidation within the body unless therapeutic doses of fat soluble antioxidants (tocotrienols and full-spectrum Vitamin E) are taken along with the fish oil. Most commercially available fish oils contain miniscule amounts of Vitamin E, which addresses the issue of shelf life, but has no protective effect within the body. Purified antioxidant protected fish oils appear to be the only wise choice. |
| Other well-known antioxidants are Vitamin A, Vitamin C, full-spectrum Vitamin E, including tocotrienols and tocopherols, along with zinc, selenium, manganese, alpha lipoic acid, N-acetyl cysteine, and glutathione.
Clearly, through the work of Packer, Levine, and others, we are discovering just how incredibly pervasive the benefits of antioxidants are. The benefits include bolstering immune and detoxification systems, regulating genes, keeping the brain healthy, retarding and controlling the aging process.
The Top Antioxidant Foods
1. Small red bean (dried)
2. Pinto bean
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| Instead, supplement with a purified fish oil together with fat-soluble antioxidants, such as a full-spectrum Vitamin E (including "mixed tocotrienols and mixed tocopherols"). (See Golden Key #2— Healthy Fats/Fish Oil.)
Myth #2—Farm-Raised Fish Is the Answer.
Testing shows that unsafe mercury levels and other pollutants routinely contaminate commercial farm-raised fish, and they are also fed health-destroying pollutants. These fish are also virtually devoid of the vital omega-3 essential fatty acids EPA and DHA. |
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