Dr. Sharon Moalem
See book keywords and concepts |  European Americans are more likely to die of cancer and heart disease than Latino, Asian, or native americans. American Latinos are more likely to die of diabetes, liver disease, and infectious disease than non-Latinos. And native americans have higher rates of tuberculosis, pneumonia, and influenza. It seems like new examples crop up every month in the scientific literature. The most recent study discovered that African Americans who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day are far more likely to develop lung cancer than whites with the exact same habit. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  Native Americans had it right when they laughed at the white man who said, "We'll trade you these beads for Manhattan Island." The native americans thought, "Nobody owns Manhattan Island, nobody owns the land, nobody owns the planet. If you want to give us these beads in order to think you own a piece of land, go for it." They didn't know the white man was serious. White man said, "Okay, now we're going to build a fence and defend ourselves against you all the way to the other coast. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
See book keywords and concepts |  Obesity is more common among Hispanics and native americans of both sexes and more common among African American women than among European Americans. High blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease are more prevalent in native americans, African Americans, and Latinos than in European Americans. Ethnicities with high skin melanin are at greater risk, and women and children are the fastest-growing sectors of these populations at risk.
United States Obesity Incidence Map 2005
| 15%-19% | 20%-24% §| 25%-29% fj >30%
Annual obesity maps of U.S. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts |  Another fermented beverage made from agave was called pulque, made by native americans for use in religious ceremonies. Agave nectar has become increasingly popular as an alternative sweetener to sugar in the United States.
Where Is Agave Grown?
The agave plant is native to arid and tropical regions from the southern United States to northern South America, and throughout the Caribbean. The agave has long been cultivated in hilly regions of Mexico.
Why Should I Eat Agave?
Agave syrup (or nectar) is about ninety percent fructose, a form of natural sugar found in fruit. | | Pumpkins were a mainstay in Native American culture and in fact, the entire pumpkin was used not only for food, but native americans would also make mats and other products from the shell. The first pumpkin pie was made by early settlers by filling a hollowed-out pumpkin shell with honey, milk, and spices and then baking it.
Where Are Pumpkins Grown?
The biggest producers of pumpkins include the United States, India, China, and Mexico. The "Pumpkin Capital of the World" is in Morton, Illinois, where Libby's pumpkin processing plant is located. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  They were used by native americans to treat sores, and in the 1970s Russian physicians had success using the leaf buds in a clinical trial to treat bedsores and postoperative abscesses. The leaf buds also can be used in poultices or compresses in the treatment of arthritis, rheumatism, burns, eczema, and psoriasis.
Edible Uses
The dried inner bark, which is best if collected in the spring, can be ground into a powder and used as a flour; it is often used in combination with other flours. The catkins, though bitter, can be consumed raw or cooked. | | Also Known As
English: Indian paint, red pucoon, red root, sanguinaria, sweet slumber, tetterwort Finnish: lumikki French: sang dragon Swedish: blodort
Part Used
Rhizome
Physiological Effects
Alterative, anesthetic, antibacterial, cathartic, diuretic, emetic, escharotic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, odontalgic, sedative, stimulant, tonic
Medicinal Uses
Bloodroot was widely used by native americans to treat, among other things, cancer, skin ailments, and snakebite. It was listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia from 1925 to 1965. |
J. Douglas Bremner
See book keywords and concepts |  Echinacea is a plant native to North America that has been used by native americans for centuries to treat infections. At $300 million in annual U.S. sales, echinacea is the most popular herbal remedy for the treatment of colds and other upper respiratory tract infections. In animal studies it has been shown to increase immunologic activity; yet, despite all the promotion of its preventative properties, echinacea has not been shown to be useful in the prevention of colds. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts | | Blueberries
(Vaccinium angustifolium [wild] & Vaccinium corymbosum [cultivated])
HAVING THE "BLUES" Did you know . . . native americans believed that blueberries had magical powers and told stories of how the Great Spirit sent "star berries" to feed children during times of famine?
What 5 the Story?
Blueberries belong to a group of flowering plants. The species are native to North America and eastern Asia. The two major types available in the United States are wild blueberries (lowbush) and cultivated blueberries (highbush). |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | Other Uses
When harvested, bloodroot exudes an orange-red sap that was traditionally used as a ceremonial body paint by native americans. A red dye is made from the rhizome. In magical traditions, the root is carried to attract love.
Constituents
Isoquinoline, alkaloids (sanguinarine, berberine, whelidonine, chelerythrine)
Energetic Correspondences
• Flavor: bitter
• Temperature: hot
• Moisture: dry
• Polarity: yang
• Planet: Mars
• Element: fire
Contraindications
Bloodroot is best used under the guidance of a qualified health-care practitioner. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts | | One of the origin tales of the pecan pie recounts that pecan pie was created by a French person who settled in New Orleans, and was introduced to the nut by native americans.
Where Are Pecans Grown?
Eighty percent of the world's pecans comes from the United States, with Georgia leading the nation in production. Other states that grow pecans include Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, California, and Kansas. Pecans are also grown in Mexico, Australia, Israel, Peru, and South Africa.
Why Should I Eat Pecans? |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  Native Americans of the Southwest used yucca as shampoo, to treat wounds and sores, as well as symptoms of arthritis and rheumatism. Yucca root extract has no known unpleasant or harmful side effects. It is a rich source of vitamin A and B complex. It has a high content of calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, manganese and copper. It is best to buy the liquid Yucca extract, without alcohol, from "Herb Farm" or other sources found on the Internet. Yucca capsules are being absorbed poorly by the body. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
See book keywords and concepts |  When Pacific Islanders, native americans, and Aleuts are exposed to the Western diet, they convert immediately. So do baboons, bears in Yellowstone Park, our dogs and cats, rats and monkeys, and other animals. By now, you understand that it's your genes, your programming, that make you want this stuff. But if it's so bad for you, why would your genes want you to eat it?
Let me say it one more time: because it's good for them\ Your body grows faster and becomes stronger; females produce babies at a younger age and have more of them. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | Also Known As
English: black bush, chaparro, creosote bush, dwarf evergreen oak, greasewood Spanish: gobernadora, goma de Sonora, hediondilla ("little stinker")
Parts Used
Leaf, stem
Physiological Effects
Alterative, antiarthritic, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiparasitic, antiseptic, antitumor, antiviral, bitter, depurative, diuretic, emetic (in large doses), expectorant, laxative, lymphatic cleanser, tonic
Medicinal Uses
Many native americans considered chaparral to be a cure-all. | | Lobelia was both chewed and smoked by native americans. The alkaloid lobeline mimics the effects of nicotine, and thus this herb can be helpful for people wanting to give up tobacco. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
See book keywords and concepts |  LYON'S LESSONS LEARNED FROM WORKING IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES
Back in the mid 1980s I had a chance to gain some firsthand experience working with native americans as a resident physician at one of the largest "Indian" hospitals in the U.S. Public Health System in Oklahoma. Over the three years of my residency, I spent many months and uncountable 100-plus-hour workweeks serving the people of the surrounding Native communities. |
David R. Montgomery
See book keywords and concepts |  Between forty million and one hundred million people lived in the Americas when Columbus "discovered" the New World—some four million to ten million called North America home. native americans along the East Coast practiced active landscape management but not sedentary agriculture. Early colonists described a patchwork of small clearings and the natives' habit of moving their fields every few years, much like early Europeans or Amazonians. |
J. Douglas Bremner
See book keywords and concepts | | ECHINACEA
Echinacea is the name of a plant native to North America that has been used by native americans for centuries to treat infections. Echinacea is used now for the treatment of colds and other upper-respiratory-tract infections. Echinacea has been shown in animal studies to increase immunologic activity. Results of randomized, double-blind trials, however, have not shown echinacea to be useful in the prevention of upper respiratory tract infections. Echinacea and infection are reviewed in more detail in Chapter 10. |
Michael Pollan
See book keywords and concepts |  What we did not know before O'Dea took her Aborigines back to the bush (and since she did, a series of comparable experiments have produced similar results in native americans and native Hawaiians) was that some of the most deleterious effects of the Western diet could be so quickly reversed. It appears that, at least to an extent, we can rewind the tape of the nutrition transition and undo some of its damage. The implications for our own health are potentially significant. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | These sounds resembled chants by native americans, Tibetan monks, Vedic pundits (Sanskrit), and languages from other star systems (not known on planet Earth). Within two weeks, I was able to bring forth sounds that would instantly remove emotional blocks and resistance or aversion to certain situations and people, foods, chemicals, thought forms, beliefs, etc. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  That it has a medicinal effect is not in question; native americans used it for a wide variety of conditions, including menopausal symptoms. It's been used for pain and inflammation in Korean folk medicine. And the German Commission E has approved it for premenstrual discomfort. It's one of the best-selling herbs in the United States and a popular and accepted therapy in Europe.
A 2006 study in Obstetrics and Gynecolog)' reported that a combination of St. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
See book keywords and concepts |  In a four-year study of Choctaw native americans in southeastern Oklahoma, researchers found a higher than average occurrence of scleroderma. Although genetics in the closely related Choctaw population was likely a contributing factor, relatives who moved away did not have as high a rate of scleroderma. Other high rates of scleroderma include those being investigated in Woodstock, in southwestern Ontario, and that of a small rural area in the province of Rome, Italy. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  For example, using saw palmetto for the prostate was taught by native americans to colonists along the eastern coasts of Georgia and South Carolina 2 to 3 centuries ago, and it was probably known to local native americans for centuries before then. But it's just now being "confirmed," so (along with Pygeum africanum, Urtica dioica, and other items), we've added it to the essential fatty acids and zinc written about in 1979.
The same applies to calcium-oxalate kidney-stone prevention. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
See book keywords and concepts | | Before being popularized by the medical establishment in America during the 1 9th century, American Wormseed was frequently used by native americans to support digestive health. Wormseed is also said to have properties for removing intestinal irritants that cause spasms within the colon wall. Wormseed contains up to 90% ascaridol—an ingredient found to be useful for discouraging parasites.
Other Effective Remedies
Organic Oregano Oil
The subject of numerous academic studies, Oregano Oil contains multiple ingredients that are toxic to harmful microorganisms. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
See book keywords and concepts | | Native Americans. Cherry trees adorned French gardens in Midwestern settlements.
Where Are Cherries Grown?
Sweet cherries are grown throughout Europe and North America. Spain, Switzerland, France, Italy, Russia, and Germany are big producers in Europe. Sour cherries are grown in the United States, Russia, Germany, and Eastern Europe. Germany tops the world in cherry production, followed by the United States. In the United States, sweet cherries are grown in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and California. Sour cherries are grown in Michigan, New York, and Wisconsin.
Why Should I Eat Cherries? |
Michael Pollan
See book keywords and concepts | | Burkitt in Africa, Robert McCarrison in India, Samuel Hutton among the Eskimos in Labrador, the anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka among native americans, and the dentist Weston A. Price among a dozen different groups all over the world (including Peruvian Indians, Australian Aborigines, and Swiss mountaineers) sent back much the same news. |
David R. Montgomery
See book keywords and concepts | | By the time of Lyell's visit the formerly clear branch also flowed muddy after native americans were driven out and the land was cleared for agriculture.
The toll of contemporary agricultural methods on soil and society was no secret. The report of the commissioner of patents for 1849 attempted to tally up the cost to the country. |
Gabriel Cousens
See book keywords and concepts |  A much greater percentage of the uneducated and lower classes develop diabetes, and more specifically, a great many native americans, African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics suffer from it.
We only have to go back a little bit in history to see that this pandemic is relatively new. We have been on the planet for perhaps 3.2 million years. The Pima Indians had only one single documented case of diabetes by 1920. Their cousins the Tarahumaras, who have stuck with a natural diet, have only 6 percent incidence of diabetes, while their genetic relatives the Pimas have up to 51 percent incidence. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  In truth, he and his men were butchers who committed numerous atrocities against the native americans (see The People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn). U.S. history is largely a collection of politically convenient lies, and the story of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison is just one of many such distortions. Read the timeline of the history of the incandescent light bulb here: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllight2.htm
Unfortunately, very little has changed about the light bulb since the turn of the 20th century. |
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