Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 However, independent studies have indicated that grape seed oil is actually the grape product with the lowest concentration of OPCs. I don't recommend grape seed oil in any case. According to natural-foods expert Rebecca Wood, the toxins of a plant (like the toxins in an animal) are concentrated in its fat, and a plant's fatty acids are concentrated in its seeds. Until someone makes an organic, unrefined grape seed oil free of the chemicals most commercial grapes are grown with, buying grape seed oil isn't advised. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you eat a bowl of grapes, you're consuming not only the grape skin, grape fiber, grape sugars, the phytochemicals, and the phytonutrients, you're also consuming water in the grape, and that water has the vibration of a grape. There's a whole new universe to explore here of what I call vibrational nutrition, or the homeopathy of plants.
Modern science hasn't even scratched the surface on this. There could be a whole new school of vibrational nutrition that looks at the different characteristics and vibrations of different plants as they come out of the garden. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| I don't recommend grape seed oil in any case. According to natural-foods expert Rebecca Wood, the toxins of a plant (like the toxins in an animal) are concentrated in its fat, and a plant's fatty acids are concentrated in its seeds. Until someone makes an organic, unrefined grape seed oil free of the chemicals most commercial grapes are grown with, buying grape seed oil isn't advised.
Unfortunately, the Environmental Working Group, a consumer advocate and protection nonprofit research organization, put imported grapes on its 2003 list of twelve foods most contaminated with pesticides. |
| A number of grape seed oil vendors have claimed that grape seed oil is high in OPCs (proan-thocyanadins). However, independent studies have indicated that grape seed oil is actually the grape product with the lowest concentration of OPCs. I don't recommend grape seed oil in any case. According to natural-foods expert Rebecca Wood, the toxins of a plant (like the toxins in an animal) are concentrated in its fat, and a plant's fatty acids are concentrated in its seeds. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Seedless grapes are not natural, and they remove the very part of the grape that contains powerful cardiovascular medicine. Have you ever heard of the nutritional supplement called grape seed extract? Guess where it comes from? ... grape seeds, of course. It's some of the best cardiovascular medicine known to modern science, far more potent than any prescription drug, yet with zero negative side effects. Yet food companies have removed it from the food supply and promoted "seedless grapes" as a benefit to consumers! |
Barnet Meltzer, M.D.
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 Grape seed extract is rich in flavonoids and so, like other berries, grapes help to protect against the hardening of the arteries. grape seed extract is also used to treat hemorrhoids, varicose veins, and phlebitis.
Grapes and grape juice have commonly been prescribed to cure viral infections, and for years nutritionists have recommended that patients go on an all-grape diet for seven to 10 days in order to thoroughly cleanse the blood and bowels.
Nutrient Value: Like other berries, grapes are high in flavonoids, potassium, trace minerals, and vitamin A. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Guess where it comes from? ... grape seeds, of course. It's some of the best cardiovascular medicine known to modern science, far more potent than any prescription drug, yet with zero negative side effects. Yet food companies have removed it from the food supply and promoted "seedless grapes" as a benefit to consumers! (Of course, grape skins also contain powerful medicine called resveratrol, but grape seeds contain different medicines called proanthocyanidins and PCOs, which you can read about at the Physician's Desk Reference). |
David Wolfe
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 They have the sugar and the fat (the grape seed). Add that to the grape leaves (green-leaves), which come with the grape plant, and we could live on the grape plant alone for quite some time. I did actually eat primarily grape plants (leaf, fruit and seed) for a week once while camping after a horse ate my food.
Watermelon is one of the top foods on the planet. If you chew up some of the seeds for fat (which I have found to be quite an aphrodisiac), and take in the natural melon sugar, you again have a close to balanced picture. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Until someone makes an organic, unrefined grape seed oil free of the chemicals most commercial grapes are grown with, buying grape seed oil isn't advised.
Unfortunately, the Environmental Working Group, a consumer advocate and protection nonprofit research organization, put imported grapes on its 2003 list of twelve foods most contaminated with pesticides. The organization suggests you buy organic. I agree.
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Guavas are fragrant, delicious tropical fruits that many Americans know only because they're frequently used in jellies. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 You get the health benefits of wine-lower LDL, more antioxidants—if the skin of the grape touches the seeds for at least three weeks. But in many of today's wines, that time is less than a week. Another factor: The smaller the grape and the more seeds it has, and the cooler the climate it grows in, the better. Knotweed (a Japanese plant) has forty times more resveratrol per pound than grapes do, and it grows everywhere (and makes a great apple pie). Paradoxically, muscadine grapes from the southeast United States also have a ton of resveratrol (several times more than wine). |
David Wolfe
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| Add that to the grape leaves (green-leaves), which come with the grape plant, and we could live on the grape plant alone for quite some time. I did actually eat primarily grape plants (leaf, fruit and seed) for a week once while camping after a horse ate my food.
Watermelon is one of the top foods on the planet. If you chew up some of the seeds for fat (which I have found to be quite an aphrodisiac), and take in the natural melon sugar, you again have a close to balanced picture. Add in the green rind or green-leafy vegetables of some kind and you can go quite some time on those alone. |
Erich Grotewold
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Barnet Meltzer, M.D.
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| Grapes and grape juice have commonly been prescribed to cure viral infections, and for years nutritionists have recommended that patients go on an all-grape diet for seven to 10 days in order to thoroughly cleanse the blood and bowels.
Nutrient Value: Like other berries, grapes are high in flavonoids, potassium, trace minerals, and vitamin A.
Selection and Care: Grapes do not ripen after harvesting. Shake clusters well to dislodge damaged berries. Look for fruit that is colorful, firm, and wrinkle-free. For sweetness, I recommend Thompson seedless green grapes. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Have you ever heard of the nutritional supplement called grape seed extract? Guess where it comes from? ... grape seeds, of course. It's some of the best cardiovascular medicine known to modern science, far more potent than any prescription drug, yet with zero negative side effects. Yet food companies have removed it from the food supply and promoted "seedless grapes" as a benefit to consumers! |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Flavonoids, grape seed extract, and Pycnogenol. Plant compounds called flavonoids, proanthocyanidins, and antho-cyanidins are all helpful in the treatment of varicose veins. All seem to help strengthen the delicate walls of the veins and capillaries. 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. |
David Wolfe
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| Add that to the grape leaves (green-leaves), which come with the grape plant, and we could live on the grape plant alone for quite some time. I did actually eat primarily grape plants (leaf, fruit and seed) for a week once while camping after a horse ate my food.
Watermelon is one of the top foods on the planet. If you chew up some of the seeds for fat (which I have found to be quite an aphrodisiac), and take in the natural melon sugar, you again have a close to balanced picture. Add in the green rind or green-leafy vegetables of some kind and you can go quite some time on those alone. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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| YOU Tip: Go grape. The polyphenols in Concord grape juice stimulate endothelial cells (the cells that line blood vessels) to release NO, which not only helps protect against cardiovascular disease but helps maintain healthy blood vessels and adequate blood pressure. Only juices with high levels of polyphenols have the beneficial effect, and that depends on the type of grape used and how it's processed.
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| Another factor: The smaller the grape and the more seeds it has, and the cooler the climate it grows in, the better. Knotweed (a Japanese plant) has forty times more resveratrol per pound than grapes do, and it grows everywhere (and makes a great apple pie). 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. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Grape Seed Extract
Description: grape seed extract is, as the name implies, the extract of grape seeds. This supplement contains a class of flavonoids known as proanthocyanidins. grape seed is mainly used as an antioxidant and to improve the stability of collagen and elastin, two substances that are important for healthy skin, joints, ligaments, tendons, and blood vessels. It is also used to improve microcirculation throughout the body.
Indications: Antioxidant support Bruising
Macular degeneration
Retinopathy
Varicose veins Precautions: No side effects have been reported. |
Mary G. Enig
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 Grapeseed Oil
Grapeseed oil from the seed of the grape (Vitis vinifera), a by-product of the wine industry, is not widely used in the U.S. The oil is pressed and solvent extracted from dried grape seeds. The amount that can be retrieved from the seeds ranges from about 6 to 20 percent depending on the variety of grapes. The oil is a greenish color.
The fatty acid composition of grapeseed oil is not unlike most high linoleic oils, and typically is 7 percent palmitic acid, 4 percent stearic acid, 16 percent oleic acid, 72 percent linoleic acid, and 1 percent alpha-linolenic acid. |
David Wolfe
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| Add that to the grape leaves (green-leaves), which come with the grape plant, and we could live on the grape plant alone for quite some time. I did actually eat primarily grape plants (leaf, fruit and seed) for a week once while camping after a horse ate my food.
Watermelon is one of the top foods on the planet. If you chew up some of the seeds for fat (which I have found to be quite an aphrodisiac), and take in the natural melon sugar, you again have a close to balanced picture. Add in the green rind or green-leafy vegetables of some kind and you can go quite some time on those alone. |
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. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 These commercially prepared extracts of grape seeds and pine bark, or PCO extracts, possess potent antioxidant activity that is far stronger than even vitamin E or vitamin C. In animal studies, PCO extracts have been shown to prevent damage to the arterial lining, lower blood cholesterol levels, and shrink cholesterol deposits in the arteries.316- 317 Human studies have confirmed these findings in smokers,318 and a combination of 100 mg grape seed extract and 200 meg chromium two times daily was found to significantly decrease total and LDL cholesterol up to 20 percent. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Of course, grape skins also contain powerful medicine called resveratrol, but grape seeds contain different medicines called proanthocyanidins and PCOs, which you can read about at the Physician's Desk Reference).
What's at risk: the future of human life on planet Earth
In this cartoon, the farmer character is fretting over something the entire human race is going to suddenly realize one day: Playing God with seeds and the food supply for the purpose of extracting maximum corporate profits is to plae the very future of humankind at extreme risk. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Other Names: Berberry, Pipperidge, Jaundice Berry, Sow Berry, Mountain grape, Oregon Grape
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS: BERBERIDIS FRUCTUS
Isoquinoline alkaloids (at the most, traces) Anthocyans Chlorogenic acid Malic acid, acetic acid
EFFECTS: BERBERIDIS FRUCTUS
Source of Vitamin C. In various metabolic processes, Vitamin C increases immune system activity, stimulates iron absorption, and prevents scurvy. There is a mild diuretic effect due to the acid content. |
Ray D. Strand
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 Red wine and grape juice have a product called polyphenols, for example, which have been shown to decrease the formation of oxidized LDL cholesterol. They also help protect the integrity of the endothelium.10
Grape-seed extract is believed to be the best bioflavanoid antioxidant in helping prevent chronic inflammatory disease.11
Nutritional Medicine; True Prevention
Research scientists are discovering that the root cause of heart disease is inflammation resulting from oxidative stress. |
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