Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The other thing to remember with juices made from concentrate is that they tend to be very high in natural sugars, yet they lack the natural fibers found in the original plant. Why does that matter? Because it alters the glycemic index of the juice.
Eight oz. of pomegranate juice (one serving) can deliver over 30 grams of sugars. That's more than two servings of a sweetened breakfast cereal. It's a lot of sugar to deal with. And if you're diabetic or hypoglycemic, you should never drink these juices on an empty stomach. |
| Since most pomegranate juices are packaged in plastic bottles, this is a reasonable concern.
The offending chemical usually cited in this context is bisphenol-A, a hormone mimicker. Many health experts believe that the rise on hormone-related cancers in western societies today is due, in part, to all of the synthetic hormone-like chemicals found in foods, drugs and packaging. Thus, if people are drinking pomegranate juice to help prevent prostate cancer, doesn't it seem contradictory that the juice would be packaged in plastic containers believed to contribute to prostate cancer? |
| However, it is my experience that heating always results in some loss of nutritional value of plant juices. Although the amount of this loss may be small, it is not zero. The actual amount of nutrition that's lost varies on many factors, including the type of nutrients being measured, the temperature to which they are heated and the duration of exposure. The higher the heat and the longer the exposure, the more nutrients are destroyed. That's why pasteurized orange juice, for example, is nutritionally inferior to freshly-squeezed orange juice. |
| Tips: Eat a salad or other high-fiber foods before consuming juices made from concentrate (including pom juice, grape juice, orange juice, blueberry juice or even apple juice). These might include a bowl of oatmeal with extra oat bran, a fresh apple (which contains plenty of fiber), whole grains that are well-chewed, or fiber supplements such as glucomannan. You might also add cinnamon to your oatmeal or breakfast cereal, since cinnamon helps regulate blood sugar and effectively lowers the glycemic index of anything you eat during the same meal. |
| When you can't get them in season, juice is the next best thing, and virtually all the juices on the market are made from concentrate. They still offer outstanding health benefits, including proven abilities to help prevent prostate cancer, for example, but they're not as medicinally potent as fresh pomegranate seeds.
2. Most of these pomegranate / blueberry juice products come in plastic containers. Plastics, you may know, often contain the bisphenol-A chemical which is thought to contribute to various cancers. The best products come in glass containers, not plastic. |
| These two factors make plastic the obvious choice for cost-conscious companies who are mass-marketing their juices through the retail channels (grocery stores, etc.) But make no mistake: glass is the container of choice for health-conscious consumers.
How much superfruit juice should I drink?
With all the good news about pomegranate juice, many people wonder exactly how much juice they should drink. I find this to be a curious question, borrowed from the pharmaceutical mindset of the population where everything has to have a dosage and side effects disclaimer.
My opinion? |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The other thing I like about this product is that you won't find junk juices in it, which means there's no grape juice or pear juice or apple juice; that's really just a filler or a sweetener in many other superfruit juices. Here you find juices like pomegranate juice or blueberry juice. These are quality juices that on their own have medicinal value. In fact, pomegranate juice has been recently shown to prevent the onset of prostate cancer.
So to put it all together, it's a worthwhile product. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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 While such practices do cleanse and accomplish the purpose of
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Avoid all canned, bottled, and frozen juices. These lack fiber and can be loaded with added sugar. Stick with freshly prepared vegetables juices, especially the green juices. giving the digestive organs a rest so that energy may be diverted to healing, they may also bring on a powerful cleansing reaction when toxins are released faster than they can be eliminated, causing a great deal of discomfort. A total fast can be debilitating for those with litde or no nutritional reserves. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 Supermarket shelves overflow with a mouthwatering assortment of juices but very few of them can be considered fresh and contain too many additives or preservatives to be of much nutritional value. Read the labels carefully. The best way to consume healthy juices is to make them yourself: you can have freshly prepared fruit or vegetable juices on tap and create your own taste sensations if you buy a juice extractor. It will probably become the most used appliance in your kitchen. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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 DHM, authors of Menopause and Estrogen, suggest the following foods to help balance estrogens: raw fruits, fresh fruit and vegetable juices (especially green juices), leafy green vegetables, garlic, figs, dates, cabbage, avocados, grapes, apples, beets, spirulina, chlorella, seaweed, wheat germ, and wheat germ oil.34
Supplementing with essential fatty acids (EFAs) can be important for balancing your hormones. "Many women actually eat themselves into hormonal dysfunction," says clinical nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman, who specializes in natural hormone therapy. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 In patients with strictures, dietary fiber may need to be in the form of small particulate matter and added to juices or other foods.
A typical diet in the patient with short bowel may include small but frequent portions of foods such as eggs, meats, poultry, fishes, breads and cereals, rice, potatoes, pastas, vegetables, and vegetable juices. Foods that incorporate a mixture of ingredients such as casseroles, sandwiches, and low-sugar baked goods (e.g., banana muffin, pumpkin bread) may be used. |
Tom Bohager
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 Beard conducted experiments with juices extracted from young animal pancreases to test his theory. The juices were injected into cancer tumors and the tumors shrank in both animals and humans. Beard's work was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In 1911, Dr. Beard published a monograph entitled "The Enzyme Therapy of Cancer," summarizing his therapy and the supporting evidence (J. Beard, "The Action of Trypsin upon the Living Cells of Jensen's Mouse Tumor," British Medical Journal A (1906): 140-141). After Dr. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 In the stomach, powerful muscles churn the food, breaking it into smaller and smaller pieces and mixing it with gastric juices produced by the glands lining the stomach. These juices contain pepsin, an enzyme that begins to digest proteins, and hydrochloric acid to acidify the food. Only alcohol, simple sugars, and some medications are actually absorbed from the stomach. Continued wave-like contractions move the food from the stomach through the rest of the gastrointestinal tract.
The next stop is the small intestine, where the majority of nutrient absorption takes place. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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| Whereas some studies report inverse associations of fruit with colorectal cancer [57], others report null associations [60], or even a slight increase in risk for canned fruits and juices (OR 1.2; 95% CI 0.9-1.5) [53]. Levi and colleagues [37] observed a halving of risk of colorectal cancer associated with high levels of citrus fruit intake (OR 0.5; 95% CI 0.3-0.8). These inconsistencies would make sense if different types of fruits have different influences or juices are included as fruit. |
Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac.
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| Commercial, sugared fruit juices, juice drinks, and soft drinks (both diet and regular).
Fresh juices, preferably raw and organic, and natural spritzers containing only fruit juice and carbonated water. carbohydrates, yet they are a healthful food. Why? Because in their whole form, they come packaged with complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, phytochemicals, and more—a veritable cornucopia of healthy nutrients. Plus, the fiber that they contain helps moderate the release of sugars into the bloodstream. |
| DHM, authors of Menopause and Estrogen, suggest the following foods to help balance estrogens: raw fruits, fresh fruit and vegetable juices (especially green juices), leafy green vegetables, garlic, figs, dates, cabbage, avocados, grapes, apples, beets, spirulina, chlorella, seaweed, wheat germ, and wheat germ oil.34
Supplementing with essential fatty acids (EFAs) can be important for balancing your hormones. "Many women actually eat themselves into hormonal dysfunction," says clinical nutritionist Ann Louise Gittleman, who specializes in natural hormone therapy. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Drink fresh juices, especially berry juices including cranberry and blueberry.
• Eat fermented milk products containing probi-otic bacteria.
• Reduce dietary bladder irritants such as alcohol, chocolate, citrus fruits, coffee, black tea, tomatoes, vinegar, and sugar. quantity of liquids. Water and herbal teas related to the treatment goals are the most logical choices. Sixty-four ounces of liquids per day is the common recommendation. Urinating after intercourse is also an important bladder hygiene practice that can prevent recurring UTIs. |
| It was found that frequent consumption of fresh juices, especially berry juices, and fermented milk products containing probiotics was associated with a decreased risk of recurring UTIs. Consuming fermented milk products three or more times per week was better than less than one time per week. In this same study, frequency of intercourse was associated with increased risk of UTI as well.
Common probiotic-containing fermented milk products include lactobacillus acidophilus and kefir. Increasing garlic and onions in the diet may also be helpful due to their antimicrobial activity. |
Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith
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| Stick with freshly prepared vegetables juices, especially the green juices. giving the digestive organs a rest so that energy may be diverted to healing, they may also bring on a powerful cleansing reaction when toxins are released faster than they can be eliminated, causing a great deal of discomfort. A total fast can be debilitating for those with litde or no nutritional reserves. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Sweet drinks of any kind, including fruit drinks and juices (usually laced with high-fructose corn syrup), also can pave the way for disease, health advocates argue.
In fact, a study of 73,345 people aged two and up, published in The American journal of Preventive Medicine, demonstrated a stupendous boost in sweetened beverages such as soda, fruit mixes, fruit juices, and sports drinks from 1977 to 2001. The average person was downing 135 percent more calories from sweetened beverages, 38 percent fewer from milk, and taking in an extra 278 calories per day. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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| If you find cold vegetable juices unpalatable there are many juices which can be served hot as soups (but don't boil away the goodness from them). An equal blend of vegetables grown above and below the ground makes a delicious and healthy mix to include in your diet. Make the most of locally grown, preferably organic, vegetables when they are in season and reasonably priced. In the winter, thick vegetable soup and fresh bread makes a hearty, nutritional meal for the whole family.
Mono-Diet
The human body functions 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 About 200 mg of unab-sorbed calcium from both the diet and from digestive juices is lost in the feces each day. The skin, hair, and nails lose an average of 60 mg daily, necessitating an additional intake of 200 mg (calculated at 30 percent absorption). Oxalates can bind to calcium and cause excretion, but this effect is not significant in most diets.
Calcium Supplements
Calcium in supplements is found in many forms. The least absorbable forms are calcium carbonate, dolomite, and oyster shells. These forms are sometimes contaminated with lead, arsenic, cadmium, or mercury. |
| Some cereals, breads, and orange juices are fortified with vitamin D. Check the labels to see if they are fortified. n
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Summary for Vitamin D
Main functions: keeps bones strong and helps regulate calcium and phosphorus. Adequate Intake: under age 50: 200 IU. Ages 51-70:
400 IU. Age 70+: 600 IU. Toxicity is possible only with supplemental forms of vitamin D and is rare. Tolerable upper intake level is set at 2,000 IU daily. Deficiency disease: rickets and osteomalacia (soft bones).
Healthy sources: sunshine. Supplementation with vitamin D3 may be needed. |
Bill Sardi
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 Gerson advocated consumption of 13 glasses of fresh juices a day. The National Cancer Institute evaluated just 10 cases of Gerson's cancer patients and could not draw a conclusion as to the effectiveness of his treatment because the patients were also receiving conventional cancer treatments. [CA Cancer Journal Clinicians 40: 252-56, 1990]
Gerson Therapy has not been adequately reviewed by cancer authorities. A more recent review of melanoma patients found Gerson Therapy improved survival of small groups of patients compared to other selected studies. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| About two gallons of digestive juices and minerals are recycled each day. Selective reabsorption through the intestines allows regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance.
The kidneys do more than simply adjust the amount of water retained by the body. Kidneys also regulate certain electrolytes. For example, when body stores of sodium get low, the adrenal glands secrete the hormone aldosterone. As you may recall, aldosterone helps the kidneys retain more sodium. When more sodium is retained, the electrolyte balance is maintained when the kidneys release another positive ion, often potassium. |
| What quantity of digestive juices and bile are recycled each day
(a) One quart.
(b) One half-gallon.
(c) One gallon.
(d) Two gallons.
9. Electrolyte solutions inside the cell are:
(a) Negatively charged.
(b) Positively charged.
(c) Electrically neutral.
(d) More positively charged than negatively charged.
10. To maintain acid-alkaline balance:
(a) Kidneys release acidity.
(b) Lungs release carbon dioxide.
(c) Blood buffers neutralize blood.
(d) All of the above. |
Andreas Moritz
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 The natural vitamins in the products are part of the juices or their extracts. Another good brand is "WaterOz & Angstrom Ionic Minerals." Their prices for some of their products appear to be more competitive and products can be purchased directly from the Internet without having to go through a sponsor (see Product Information for more details). There are more details about minerals and vitamins in Chapter 11, Section 1.
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Dr. Steve Blake
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| Zinc can enter the intestines from all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Pancreatic juices.
(b) Intestinal cell secretions.
(c) Gall bile.
(d) Food intake.
8. Metallothionein:
(a) Can bind zinc for later absorption.
(b) Can bind copper.
(c) Is found in intestinal cells.
(d) All of the above.
9. The best form of supplemental zinc is:
(a) Zinc gluconate.
(b) Zinc acetate.
(c) Zinc picolinate.
(d) Zinc sulfate.
10. The upper level of intake (UL) for adults for zinc is:
(a) 5mg.
(b) 20 mg.
(c) 40 mg.
(d) 60 mg. |
| Calcium is also recycled back to the digestion in digestive juices. Calcium is absorbed in the upper part of the intestines in an active transport process. With higher levels of calcium intake, diffusion also plays a role in absorption from the intestines into the blood. The absorption of calcium from the intestines is controlled by the active form of vitamin D, calcitriol. Calcium absorption is highest at 400 mg daily with about 30 percent absorption. Higher intakes of calcium result in lower absorption. Calcium absorption diminishes in old age, partly because of lower calcitriol levels. |
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