Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS
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NO
1994 Finnish study
Over 200 epidemiology studies show
29,000 smokers fruits & veg lower risk beta 5-8 yrs
11 studies show beta protective
1996 CARET study against lung ca
18,000 smoker/asbestos
8+ studies show beta reverses
30 mg beta 25,000 A premalignant lesions
NO BENEFIT
3 studies show beta improves
1995 Phys Health Study human cancer outcome
22,000 MDs
4 animal studies show beta cures ca
50 mg beta 12 yr
As sole nutrient, AOX can be PROX
RECOMMENDATIONS: Eat a diet rich in green & orange fruits & veg.
Take beta, mixed carot, other AOX. Don't smoke. |
Bill Sardi
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 Rethinking beta carotene
Just how could beta carotene, even in high doses, pose an increased risk for lung cancer among smokers when tobacco destroys beta carotene in blood plasma? Some researchers began to ponder if the widely reported risk was real.
The infamous beta carotene study relied upon smokers to accurately report on the number of cigarettes smoked per day. Previous studies show that there is a poor correlation between the reported number and true number of cigarettes smoked. |
Leslie Taylor, ND
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 Clavillia's main chemicals include alanine, alpha-amyrins, arabinose, beta amyrins, betalamic acid, betanin, brassicasterol, beta-sitosterols, 2-carbosyara-binitol, campesterol, daucosterol, d-glucan, dopamine, hexacosan-l-ol, indica-xanthin, isobetanin, 6-methoxyboeravinone C, methylabronisoflavone, mirabilis
BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES AND CLINICAL RESEARCH
Lab studies seem to suggest that the roots of clavillia provide the best action against fungi and Candida. |
Patrick Holford
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 So, to indicate the equivalent effect of a certain amount of beta carotene compared with vitamin A (retinol) beta-carotene is reported in IUs. This means that 10 IU of beta-carotene has more or less the same antioxidant effect of 10 IU of vitamin A. Not everybody converts beta-carotene to vitamin A with the same efficiency. Also, beta-carotene does not have the associated toxicity in excess. Therefore, it's best to both eat and supplement both. To work out your total equivalent vitamin A from supplements add up both the IU for vitamin A and beta-carotene in your supplements. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 These results notwithstanding, the potential risks of long-acting beta agonists have long been known. A long-acting beta-agonist drug marketed in New Zealand that was associated with an increase in asthma-related deaths was pulled from the market there in 1976. A recent meta-analysis (for which data from all published studies are combined) of trials from the past twenty years that involved a total of 33,826 asthma patients treated with long-acting beta agonists showed that all drugs in this class are dangerous. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 In the 1970s it was believed that Premarin consisted of only 10 estrogens—17 beta-estradiol, 17 beta dihy-droequilin, 17 beta dihydroequilenin, 17 alpha dihydroequilin, 17 alpha estradiol, estrone, equi-lin, 17 alpha dihydroequilenin, delta 8-9 dehy-droestrone sulfate, and equilenin. Since then, advancements in technology have revealed that the original 10 estrogens make up less than 40 percent of the hormonal content of Premarin. Using modern analytical techniques, today over 200 individual components have been identified, including androgens and progestins. |
Frederic Vagnini, M.D. and Barry Fox, Ph.D.
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 They're called beta-blockers because they do their job at special areas in the body called beta receptors.
Here's one way to understand what beta-blockers do: Suppose some crazed jockeys jump onto the backs of a pack of horses and start whipping the animals over and over, forcing them to run much too fast for much too long. Sooner or later, the horses will simply keel over and die.
Now imagine the beta-blockers as nice, relaxed cowboys who ride those horses at a slow to medium (but steady) pace. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Dosage: Take 1 teaspoonful daily or as directed by a health-care practitioner. beta Glucan
Description: beta glucan refers to a type of polysaccharide that is extracted from the cell walls of medicinal mushrooms, oats, barley, and baker's yeast. The structure and the activity of various beta glucans differ, depending on the source.
Indications: Blood sugar balance High cholesterol Immune support
Precautions: Immune-enhancing beta glucan products should be avoided by people who are on immunosuppressant medications.
Dosage: Dosage recommendations vary greatly, depending on the product. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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| In the 1970s it was believed that Premarin consisted of only 10 estrogens—17 beta-estradiol, 17 beta dihy-droequilin, 17 beta dihydroequilenin, 17 alpha dihydroequilin, 17 alpha estradiol, estrone, equi-lin, 17 alpha dihydroequilenin, delta 8-9 dehy-droestrone sulfate, and equilenin. Since then, advancements in technology have revealed that the original 10 estrogens make up less than 40 percent of the hormonal content of Premarin. Using modern analytical techniques, today over 200 individual components have been identified, including androgens and progestins. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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| The structure and the activity of various beta glucans differ, depending on the source.
Indications: Blood sugar balance High cholesterol Immune support
Precautions: Immune-enhancing beta glucan products should be avoided by people who are on immunosuppressant medications.
Dosage: Dosage recommendations vary greatly, depending on the product. Follow the label recommendations.
Beta-Sitosterol
Description: Beta-sitosterol is a plant sterol that is used as a supplement to lower cholesterol and reduce the symptoms of prostate enlargement. |
Hyla Cass
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 Nutrients depleted: None reported. beta blockers: atenolol (Tenormin), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol-XL), and propanolol (Inderal)
Beta blockers are one of the oldest and safest classes of antihypertensive drugs. Most of their generic names end in "-lol."
Actions: Lowers blood pressure by reducing the force and speed of the heartbeat. A related class, the alpha-beta blockers, also works by slowing heart rate. |
Bill Sardi
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| Life Source Immutol beta Max Macro Force
Basics 375 mg/30ct 500 mg/60ct Plus C
500mg/30ct $34.99 $49.99 7.5 mg/30ct
$49.99 $35.95
Immunition 10 mg/60ct $94.95 plement and its molecular weight and purity can be maximized for optimal effect. beta glucan with molecular weights below 20,000 daltons, have been detected in the serum of animals, as well as of humans, following oral consumption. (Note, there is no remaining yeast in these supplements.) Beta-D-glucan supplements may be superior to medicinal mushrooms in their immune-boosting properties. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| The list includes:
• AMCYTE presents successful regenerative islet data to ADA convention,
• Gamida-Cell's "cell therapy helps diabetics,"
• Ban on animal-human transplants may be lifted,
• Encapsulated islet trial in Perugia,
• Harvard studies say insulin producing cells can regenerate,
• Cure for insulin-dependant Type 1 diabetes,
• Stable and function regeneration of pancreatic beta-cell population in nSTZ rats treated with tungstate,
• Immunosuppressive drugs causing beta cell regeneration,
• Pigs may hold key to diabetes cure,
• U.S. |
Lynne McTaggart
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 The monks had rapidly shifted from a high concentration of beta waves to a preponderance of alpha, back to up beta, and finally Up to gamma. Gamma band, the highest rate of brain-wave frequencies, is employed by the brain when it is working its hardest: at a state of rapt attention, when sifting through working memory, during deep levels of learning, in the midst of great flashes of insight. As Davidson discovered, when the brain operates at these extremely fast frequencies, the phases of brain waves (their times of peaking and troughing) all over the brain begin to operate in synchrony. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| As penicillin became so widely used for gram-positive infections, penicillin-resistant bacteria developed, including some that could break down the beta-lactam chemical structure of penicillin by producing an enzyme called beta lactamase. For instance, some strains of Staphylococcus aureus developed an enzyme called penicillinase that breaks down the chemical structure of penicillin. Naturally, these bacteria were better able to survive and have gone on to out-compete their more penicillin-sensitive colleagues. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 The large amounts of sugars can increase the demand of beta cells in the pancreas to secrete more insulin. In the long run, this can lead to exhaustion or burnout of the beta cells and lead to diabetes."
The link between sugar and diabetes appears to be twofold: On the one hand, "overconsumption of sugar and other rapidly absorbed carbohydrates can cause excessive demand for insulin and ultimately lead to failure of the pancreas to secrete adequate amounts of insulin," Dr. Willett explains. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
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| Nutrient depleted: beta blockers deplete CoQ10 and reduce production of a hormone called melatonin. By blocking beta receptors, these medicines may also block the action of an enzyme needed to make this hormone, which is produced at nightfall and promotes sound sleep.
Needed supplement: Take 100-300 mg of CoQi0.
Centrally Acting Antihypertensives: alpha-methyldopa (Aldomet), clonidine (Catapres), and guanfacine (Tenex)
These drugs are less-used alternatives for hypertension than the other classes listed above. |
Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D.
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 So what's a beta, and why would you want to block one anyway? What you're actually blocking when you take these drugs are beta receptors, which are found on cells all over your body—in your heart and your lungs and around the little muscles that surround blood vessels. When you block these receptors you make it harder for adrenaline (epinephrine) to stimulate the heart or other cells.
We like to think of beta-blockers as being a little like the governors on a school bus. |
Lynne McTaggart
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| The monks had rapidly shifted from a high concentration of beta waves to a preponderance of alpha, back to up beta, and finally Up to gamma. Gamma band, the highest rate of brain-wave frequencies, is employed by the brain when it is working its hardest: at a state of rapt attention, when sifting through working memory, during deep levels of learning, in the midst of great flashes of insight. As Davidson discovered, when the brain operates at these extremely fast frequencies, the phases of brain waves (their times of peaking and troughing) all over the brain begin to operate in synchrony. |
Ray D. Strand
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 This came as a shock to the investigators because several earlier studies had shown a reduced risk in those patients who had high levels of vitamin E and beta carotene in their diets or blood streams.
The CARET Study
This study involved eighteen thousand smokers and asbestos workers who lived in Washington State. These patients received 15 mg of beta-carotene and 25,000 IU of straight vitamin A. Researchers monitored these patients over a four-year span, and again no decrease in the risk of cancer occurred in patients who were taking the supplements. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Vitamin E is actually a family of eight compounds—four of them are tocopherols (alpha, gamma, beta, and delta) and four of them are tocotrienols (alpha, gamma, beta, and delta). (Most common vitamin E supplements are just alpha-tocopherol, and that's a whole different discussion.) What's important here is that the tocotrienols are potent antioxidants and heart-healthy nutrients, and they are abundantly found in palm oil extracted from palm fruits.
Palm oil is believed to have a very high concentration of carotenoids, which is what gives it the distinctive red coloring. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They do not know their pancreas is not putting out enough insulin and that their beta cells are going south on them. The first thing I did was to put in therapeutic doses of those that will help to regenerate the beta cells in the pancreas.
The bitter melon actually has an insulin-like effect. It is an extract, so you do not have a lot in there, but it is actually enough to get some insulin-like effect. The vanadium is the same. Vanadium has an insulin-like effect. If the insulin is not opening up the cells to allow the nutrients in, you will have an insulin resistance. |
| Those classic Indian herbs, the Gymnema sylvestre, the Pterocarpus marsupium, and not so much the bitter melon, but those first two are well known for regenerating the beta cells in the pancreas. They do not do it right away. In other words, it is a long-term therapy, and that is part of the problem with diabetes.
First, people do not know they have it. They do not feel it. It certainly is a major problem. They do not know their pancreas is not putting out enough insulin and that their beta cells are going south on them. |
| The causative factors often times are a pancreas where the beta cells are shot, maybe because of virus, maybe because of genetics, maybe because of toxins. Who knows? Those classic Indian herbs, the Gymnema sylvestre, the Pterocarpus marsupium, and not so much the bitter melon, but those first two are well known for regenerating the beta cells in the pancreas. They do not do it right away. In other words, it is a long-term therapy, and that is part of the problem with diabetes.
First, people do not know they have it. They do not feel it. It certainly is a major problem. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 These are the SuperNutrients that make superstars of certain foods that contain abundant quantities of them—the SuperFoods:
Alpha-carotene beta carotene beta cryptoxanthin Fiber
Glutathione
Folic acid
Lutein/zeaxanthin
Lycopene
Omega-3 fatty acids Polyphenols
Resveratrol Selenium Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E
The Synergy of SuperNutrients and SuperFoods
It's important to remember a crucial factor when looking at the weight-loss promoting abilities of SuperFoods: synergy. |
Hyla Cass
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| Nutrient depleted: beta blockers deplete CoQ10 and reduce production of a hormone called melatonin. By blocking beta receptors, these medicines may also block the action of an enzyme needed to make this hormone, which is produced at nightfall and promotes sound sleep.
Needed supplement: Take 100-300 mg of CoQ10.
Centrally Acting Antihypertensives: alpha-methyldopa (Aldomet), clonidine (Catapres), and guanfacine (Tenex)
These drugs are less-used alternatives for hypertension than the other classes listed above. |
Ray D. Strand
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| Betaserone is actually beta interferon, a chemical that tries to build up the immune system— very expensive and very hard to tolerate. Evelyn s body was just barely able to tolerate this medication, and she became very sick. After two months she told her family and her doctor she would not continue taking the drug. Her family was supportive, realizing that the terrible side effects were not worth any gain she might receive.
"I was devastated and spent many days depressed," Evelyn remembers. "I would stare out my window and ask those haunting questions: Why md and Why now? |
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