Dawson Church
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 Dr Ironson summarizes by saying that, "If you believe God loves you, it's an enormously protective factor, even more protective than scoring low for depression, or high for optimism. A view of a benevolent God is protective, but scoring high on the personalized statement 'God loves me' is even stronger."17
This echoes another study that found that, "Patients who believed that God was punishing them, didn't love them, didn't have the power to help, or felt their church had deserted them, experience 19% to 28% greater mortality during the 2-year period following hospital discharge. |
Devra Davis
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 What had happened was that at the time when the protective measures were adopted the factory had also begun to use a more finely ground material to improve production. The finer dust, though present in a much lower concentration than the original material, penetrated farther within the bronchi of the lungs. Thus despite the installation of the latest in protective devices and procedures, the cancer hazard was actually increased. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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 McCracken wrote in a survey of the related literature, "an impressive body of scientific research clearly demonstrates that niacin, when taken in mega quantities, can have a protective and healthful effect upon the cardiovascular system. There can be no doubt about this; the findings are clear and consistent. Enough is known about the biochemical effects of niacin for us to say that niacin exerts a protective effect upon the basic chemistry that researchers believe cause many forms of cardiovascular disease. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 Conversely, it pays close attention to loud, alarming noises and triggers a startle or protective response.
Normal vitamin D levels help to keep the filter above background levels and yet sensitive enough to make sure that alarming noises set off protective responses. If you have normal D levels when your immune system is developing prior to birth and during childhood, you'll learn to tolerate your own proteins. Later, in adult life, normal vitamin D levels will help to ensure a vigorous immune response to infection and cancer. |
Devra Davis
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| Up-to-date equipment for removing dust and fumes was installed, and a standard industrial hygiene program was inaugurated, included protective clothing. But the outcome was exactly the opposite of what had been expected. The incidence of lung cancer did not diminish; in fact soon afterward cancers began to appear among workers who had been exposed for less than six years, a much shorter period than had been previously observed. What had happened was that at the time when the protective measures were adopted the factory had also begun to use a more finely ground material to improve production. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Your article implied that the study found no protective benefits for women taking antioxidants, when in fact, the study found a significant reduction in the risk of stroke (31 percent reduction) and heart attacks (22 percent reduction) for those women who actually took the antioxidants. This is even more substantial given that the antioxidants were provided in low doses and only taken every other day.
The absence of protective benefits was observed in those women who did not actually take the vitamins. (Those women who took no vitamins experienced no benefits, which is expected. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 It became quite clear to me that, energetically speaking, the body could arrange its own field—the big body-field—naturally into what could be a protective system, and one of those systems was a protection against microorganisms. In other words, there is the immune system of the physical body where we've got cells hunting things down and killing them, but then there is the purely energetic aspect of the immune system, which also has protective aspects, but also can hide things from the physical immune system. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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 With Guillain-Barre, the immune system gets its wires dangerously crossed and while trying to fight off the infectious agent also damages the myelin sheaths that wrap around all of our nerves like a protective insulation. The damage is so rapid that a patient's myelin sheaths and the axonal nerves they protect can be methodically and painfully stripped away—leaving them entirely paralyzed within weeks, or even days.
It was the second time in four years that I had been paralyzed with GBS. |
Charles Barber
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 If mental illnesses are diseases partially of synaptic plasticity, the enhanced learning may have been a protective factor as well.
Diet, exercise, and learning acted as prophylactics against the development of mental illness. More than previously thought, some of the answers lie in the simple, low-tech techniques readily available to us. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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| One of the best tests of the protective effect of niacin against stress is induced ulcers in rats. Almost all rats placed in restraint develop stress stomach ulcers. Even rats subjected to the same stress but given tranquilizers still develop the same ulcers. However, when they were given niacin, they were totally protected against the side-effects of stress and none developed stomach ulcers.
Stress and Surgery
Although modern anesthetics and new technologies have reduced the pain and suffering of surgery, it is still an extremely stressful experience. |
| Betaine may also be effective in this protective role.
Dr Hoffer advises all doctors who refer patients to him that they should stop niacin therapy for at least 5 days before liver function tests are conducted.
With real liver pathology, these tests will not be normal in 5 days, but when results are elevated by niacin, they return to normal within 5 days.
More than 40 years ago, there were a few reports of liver damage and one or two deaths reported from high niacin intake. |
| Many of the genetic aberrations that promote schizophrenia, but protect against cancer, are apparently involved in the metabolism of adrenochrome and its derivatives^1- 52
If this is true, then adrenochrome and associated catecholamine o-quinones should be protective against many types of cancer. There is growing evidence that this is, indeed, the case. As early as 1970, K. Yamafuji and coworkers argued that noradrenaline or adrenaline had antitumor properties. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 It appears to have many of these same protective effects on human cells."
One of the reasons quercetin is so helpful with asthma (and with allergies) has to do with cells in the body known as mast cells. Mast cells are responsible for a lot of the crummy symptoms you have when you get an allergy attack or experience asthmatic wheezing. The mast cells, which are actually part of the immune system, carry around all sorts of granules, the most famous of which is histamine. |
Dr. Abram Hoffer, MD, FRCP (C) and Dr. Harold D. Foster, PhD
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| Enough is known about the biochemical effects of niacin for us to say that niacin exerts a protective effect upon the basic chemistry that researchers believe cause many forms of cardiovascular disease."6
Clinical Evidence
Hypercholesterolemia
The discovery that niacin lowered cholesterol levels arose from research conducted by Professor Rudl Altschul, Chair, Department of Anatomy, University of Saskatchewan. Professor Altschul had found that rabbits developed hypercholesterolemia very rapidly if they were fed cooked egg yolk in a specially baked cake. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| In fact, the large intestine naturally produces some protective mucous to trap foreign particles and move waste through the colon. Since mucous serves to protect your digestive system, it's not unusual to find increased amounts of mucous when you're suffering from constipation or diarrhea.
When Does the Presence of Mucous Indicate Trouble?
If you experience mucous only occasionally, you shouldn't be too concerned about it. If you produce mucous for more than a few weeks or if it's accompanied by a foul smell or bleeding, you should consult with a healthcare professional as soon as possible. |
| IV: Smog trapped over Los Angeles releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, thinning the protective ozone layer. An excess of ultraviolet B radiation is allowed through areas of the ozone layer that have become too thin. The ultraviolet B rays infiltrate the ocean and disrupt the phytoplankton's ability to produce oxygen. Moreover, some estimates state at least 100 acres of trees are cut down every minute. The loss of forestry further depletes oxygen levels and allows carbon dioxide levels to rise. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| Not only does bottle feeding pose its own problems because of possible contaminants in the water used to make it, but for reasons we do not fully understand, breast-feeding provides protective measures against diarrhea and ear infections and even some childhood cancers.)
As if all that weren't enough for Zachary and his family to swallow, there is growing evidence that the sum of chemicals accumulating within us may be more toxic in combination than each chemical is alone. Think back to Becky's day. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| Giardia lamblia is a protozoan that lives in the intestinal tract and causes an infection known as Giardiasis. protective cysts form around the parasite and their eggs. These cysts interfere with your body's digestion of lipids and prevent important fat-soluble nutrients from being absorbed. Giardia lamblia ranks as the most common intestinal parasite and reason for diarrhea in the United States and also infects "... approximately 2% of the adults and 6 to 8% of the children in developed countries worldwide. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| They come with their own set of potential side effects, one of which is that they can increase what's called gut permeability—essentially a weakening of the lining in the gut that serves as a protective barrier for the bloodstream, keeping out things that don't belong. When those "borders" are weakened, i.e., when the gut becomes more permeable, all manner of digestive "riffraff can get in, causing myriad health problems. (This is known as leaky gut in integrative medicine.)
NSAIDs can complicate the issue. And they've also been linked directly to ulcers. |
| Vitamin B12 is also protective against the toxic buildup of another substance called homocysteine. In an article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from the department of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine found that a high level of homocysteine in the blood "is a strong, independent risk factor for the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease." Homocysteine levels are easily brought back down by vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and folic acid. It is quite common for the elderly to be deficient in B12. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Experts have typically thought that the moderate protective effect of vitamin D on fracture risk is due primarily to bone mineral density changes. However, there is a good body of evidence that vitamin D may also directly improve muscle strength and, as a result, reduce fracture risk by preventing falls. While randomized controlled trials have found that vitamin D reduced fractures within two to three months84 and has benefits in improving muscle strength,85-87 the effect of vitamin D on falls has not been well established and results of randomized trials have been mixed. |
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
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| One of the cell types injured by high levels of the protein IL-6 includes oligodendrocytes, which help to produce the protective myelin sheath around nerve cells. Kerr's team found that the level of IL-6 proteins directly correlated with the severity of paralysis in patients.
Additional proteins and antibodies related to multiple sclerosis are being isolated in labs across the country—raising the question as to whether or not, one day soon, a map of blood biomarkers may emerge that predicts disease years in advance in multiple sclerosis, just as in lupus and type 1 diabetes. |
| The idea that a gene might be protective against disease—meaning that those with a specific gene don't get the disease—is a twist on the traditional thinking of the genetics of disease, opening up inquiry into what we might think of as the genetics of health.
THE GENDER EQUATION
One clear-cut genetic difference that weighs in heavily on who will have autoimmune disease is the most obvious of all—gender. Women account for nearly 80 percent of the 23.5 million Americans with autoimmune disease. |
| Having this protective feature of the PON1 enzyme depends on whether you have the Q or R form of the PON1 gene. People with what is known as the QQ genotype have two copies of the Q variant of the PON1 enzyme (one from each parent), which is significantly less efficient at helping the body to detoxify following exposure to organophosphate pesticides. People with the RR genotype have two copies of the R variant of the PON1 gene, producing a PON1 enzyme that is more resistant to pesticide exposure because the enzyme helps to break down and eliminate pesticides from the body. |
| On the other hand, the precautionary principle, an approach to public health that underscores preventing harm to human health before it happens—and the basis behind much decision-making in European environmental policy—holds that when the health of humans is at stake, it should not be deemed necessary to wait for scientific certainty to take protective action. Had we applied the precautionary principle to global warming, whole pieces of the polar ice caps would not now be crashing into the Arctic Sea. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Recently, researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, attempted to find out whether antioxidants have a restorative or protective role in the inner ear. Their findings? They do. Adding a mere 800 mg of just vitamin E (a powerful antioxidant) to a group of patients who had suffered sudden hearing loss resulted in an improvement of 75 percent or more at the time of discharge. That recovery rate compares to only 45 percent in the group not given the vitamin E. |
| Nature gives fruits and vegetables protection against their natural predators and other destructive forces (like the sun), and many of these protective compounds are what give the fruits their color. The red in raspberries and cherries, the blue in blueberries, and the orange in peppers all contain powerful plant chemicals that have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and frequently anticancer activity.
The secret to the benefits of cherries and cherry juice are compounds called anthocyanins. |
Anne Harrington
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 These might be envisioned," he suggested, "as the protective factors buffering or cushioning the individual from the physiologic or psychologic consequence of exposure to the stressor situation."24
"Buffer" or "information"? From the moment it was coined in 1976, the term "social support" would be plagued by definitional ambiguity. If it was a buffer, then social support was probably best seen as something that people needed to keep on tap and dip into on a regular basis, especially in times of stress. |
Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN
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| In addition, parasites can cause further damage throughout the host's body as they migrate and encase themselves in hard protective shells in search of food and welcoming environments.
Parasitic infestation can mimic the symptoms of an estimated 50 different diseases. In my personal opinion, I believe parasites are the root cause of many common health conditions. |
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