Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Soy and rice proteins are also much higher quality proteins. In fact, there are many plant proteins that are actually healthier proteins for human beings, but are not being adequately consumed by the American population. People tend to turn to meat and milk, and those are in my opinion the worst sources of protein if you wish to maintain long-term health.
So we have a population that suffers from widespread nutritional deficiencies – that much we know. But what may surprise you is how we actually deal with these deficiencies. |
Lynne Mctaggart
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 Wave communication was supposedly the means by which the smaller activities of proteins, the work of amino acids, for instance, would be carried out and a good way to synchronize activities between proteins and the system as a whole.18
In his own studies, Frohlich had shown that once energy reaches a certain threshold, molecules begin to vibrate in unison, until they reach a high level of coherence. The moment molecules reach this state of coherence, they take on certain qualities of quantum mechanics, including nonlocality. They get to the point where they can operate in tandem. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 Aminoglycosides interfere with the ability of bacteria to produce proteins by blocking the transcription of ribonucleic acid (RNA). If they can't produce proteins, the bacteria can't replicate. Drugs in the aminoglycoside group include gentamycin (Garamycin), tobramycin (Nebcin), ka-namycin (Kantrex), amikacin (Amikin), paromomycin (Humatin), and streptomycin.
Gentamycin binds to the ribosomes that are responsible for reading the RNA and producing protein. |
Lynne Mctaggart
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| The details of this absolute certainty, of how proteins might accomplish this all on their own, are left decidedly imprecise.^ As for the orchestration of cell processes, biochemists never actually ask the question.8
British biologist Rupert Sheldrake has mounted one of the most constant and vociferous challenges to this approach, arguing that gene activation and proteins no more explain the development of form than delivering building materials to a building site explains the structure of the house built there. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 To fight pathogens, B cells release antibodies, proteins that attach to antigens, keeping them from harming the body.
Cytokines (including interleukins and interferon) are proteins (peptides) produced by white blood cells that act as chemical messengers between cells. They can stimulate or inhibit the growth and activity of various immune cells. Interleukins are chemicals found in leukocytes that stimulate them to fight infection. Interferon is a complex protein that is produced by cells in response to a virus (or bacteria) and inhibits virus development. |
Elaine Magee
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 One theory is that two milk proteins, casein and whey, represent the ideal combination of fast and slow proteins. I bet you didn't know protein could be fast or slow, did you? Eighty percent of the protein in milk is casein, which is a "slow" protein because it leaves the stomach slowly. The other 20 percent comes from whey, which is "fast" because it stays soluble in the acidic stomach and rapidly empties into the small intestine. |
Jack Challem
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 In contrast, high-quality proteins (such as chicken, turkey, and fish) and nonstarchy vegetables (such as salads with oil and vinegar dressing) tend to stabilize blood sugar levels. Eating an egg, some deli meat, or leftover meat from an earlier meal for breakfast can help you to maintain energy for hours.
Although I generally recommend lean proteins, some research indicates that a moderately high-fat diet can reduce anxiety. When researchers fed healthy men high-fat diets (with 41 percent of the calories coming from fat), the subjects' anxiety and tension levels decreased. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 There are, however, plenty of lean complete proteins, including the breast meat of poultry and eggs from organic, free-running hens.
Organic plant sources of protein such as beans, legumes, and nuts are also excellent choices, but plant proteins must be combined in order to form a complete protein (e.g., rice and beans).
You should eat a serving of protein with every meal. Table 3-2 lists some good protein sources.
Table 3-2. Protein Sources and Serving Sizes
Protein Source
Serving Size
Comments
Fish
6 ounces
Steam, bake, grill, or stir-fry in olive oil. Do not fry. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Tau proteins are essential to healthy brain-cell function; in cells affected by Alzheimer's, however, the tau proteins show an increase in phosphorylation and this alters their function, eventually leading to other changes in how the brain cells can signal.)
The researchers aren't prepared to say that diabetes alone actually causes Alzheimer's disease. "Diabetes may cause some of the early biochemical changes found in Alzheimer's disease," explains C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. |
| Here, in theory, is what happens: When we eat sweets and refined carbs that rapidly convert to sugar in our bloodstream, those sugar molecules attach themselves to proteins in our bloodstream. And in a manner slightly reminiscent of a doomed relationship, once sugar and protein bind together, undesired chemical reactions ensue. Sugar and proteins do something called "cross-linking"—a process that scientists call glycation or glycosylation. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 You get weakened blood vessels when you get glycation of the proteins because you have high blood sugar all the time. If you can cross-link those proteins and collagen, you are going to prevent the blood vessels from just deteriorating. That is some of the design logic that goes into a product like Diabetes Defense.
The cost of pet nutrition vs. sick pets
Mike: Many pet owners say, "Well that is going to get very expensive for me to keep buying these vitamins. |
Lynne Mctaggart
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| The modern scientific view is that DNA somehow manages to build the body and spearhead all its dynamic activities just by selectively turning off and on certain segments, or genes, whose nucleotides, or genetic instructions, select certain RNA molecules, which in turn select from a large alphabet of amino acids the genetic 'words' which create specific proteins. These proteins supposedly are able to both build the body and to switch on and off all the chemical processes inside the cell which ultimately control the running of the body. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 The transcapillary filtration of low-molecular proteins, electrolytes, and water into the interstitium is inhibited through a reduction of vascular permeability by the aescin.
CLINICAL TRIALS
Chronic venous insufficiency and ulceration
A meta-analysis of 17 randomized clinical trials of oral Horse Chestnut seed extract for the treatment of chronic venous insufficiency indicated that, compared to placebo or reference therapy, the extract is effective for short-term treatment, improving signs and symptoms such as leg pain and swelling. Adverse events were mild and infrequent. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Retinoic acid influences gene transcription, the expression of genes, and the synthesis of proteins. Retinoic acid regulates the developing cells for specialized uses during growth and embryonic development.
All of the forms of vitamin A are called preformed except provitamin A, which is also known as beta-carotene. Beta-carotene can be split into two, and each half can become a molecule of retinal, as seen in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2 Chemical structures of vitamin A forms.
Antioxidant Activity
Vitamin A has several forms that are used for vital functions. |
Bill Sardi
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 Iron-carrying proteins like transferrin are growth factors for breast tumors. [Med Oncology Tumor Pharmacotherapy 8: 229-33, 1991]
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The removal of iron via chelation is believed to be a viable method of preventing and treating cancer. [European J Cancer Prevention 5: 19-36, 1996] Bran obtained from whole grains, which contains the iron-binding molecule called IP6 phytate, has been shown to inhibit the growth of breast tumors in laboratory experiments and in animals. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| Inadequate hydrochloric acid in the stomach will prevent vitamin B12 from being released from dietary proteins so it cannot be utilized. Lack of intrinsic factor can also prevent absorption.
Pernicious anemia results from inadequate absorption of vitamin B,2, which can be caused by damaged stomach cells. It is most common in those over 60 years of age. The damaged stomach cells cannot make enough hydrochloric acid and/or enough intrinsic factor. Even a more than adequate dietary intake will not help because the vitamin B12 is not absorbed through the intestines. |
Bill Sardi
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| But in states of inflammation or infection, iron gets loose (unbound from proteins) and can generate damage to DNA that can lead to colon cancer. [Mutation Research 519: 151-61, 2002]
Ames reports that breaks in chromosomes (groups of genes) occur when vitamin concentrations are low. The quarter of the population that consumes the fewest fruits and vegetables has about double the cancer rate for most types of cancer when compared to the quarter with the highest intake. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| The other active form of vitamin B12, deoxyadenosyl cobalamin, has an important role in the production of energy from proteins and fats as you can see from Figure 1-21. Vitamin B,2 is essential for the maintenance of the nervous system and for the synthesis of molecules involved in fatty acid biosynthesis. Vitamin B12 is needed to maintain the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve cells.
Vitamin B10 is needed to make red blood cells.
Some Amino Acids
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Bill Sardi
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| Blockage of just one inflammatory enzyme, known as p38, can inhibit most all of the other inflammatory proteins produced in the body, which includes COX-2, TNF alpha, C-Reactive Protein, prostate specific antigen and Interleukin-Ibeta. [Current Medicinal Chemistry 5: 921-28, 2005; Clinical Cancer Research 7:1773-81, 2001 ]
Some time ago Johnson & Johnson announced acquisition of SCIOS Inc., the Sunnyvale, CA-based company that led a pack of pharmaceutical companies in introducing a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs called p38 blockers. The price of the acquisition was $2. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| Vitamin C can protect many indispensable molecules in the body, such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), from damage by free radicals. The protection of DNA from oxidative damage is one way that vitamin C can help reduce the risk of cancer. Vitamin C also has a role in regenerating vitamin E and beta-carotene after they have performed their antioxidant functions. Iron is absorbed in the intestines with the help of vitamin C. Vitamin C assists the absorption of iron by protecting the iron from oxidation.
Antioxidant Roles of Vitamin C
Protects Protein and DNA. |
Mike Adams
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 The main course of action for eliminating Alzheimer's is to eliminate the consumption of refined sugars, refined carbohydrates, artificial chemical sweeteners, MSG (Monosodium Glutamate), and any ingredients that contain MSG, such as yeast extract, autolyzed vegetable proteins, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, and so on. Also, eliminating hydrogenated oil from the diet can have a huge impact on the health of the nervous system. Eliminate the toxins and feed your nervous system with healthy oils and good nutrition, and Alzheimer's becomes outdated. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Other Names: Seawrack, Kelpware, Black-tang, Bladder Fucus, Cutweed, Fucus, Quercus marina, Sea-Wrack, Kelp-Ware
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
Inorganic iodine salts
Organically-bound iodine: in particular in proteins and lipids, also present as diiodothyrosine
Polysaccharides: including alginic acid, fucane, fucoidine (strongly sulfated)
Polyphenold: Phlorotannins
EFFECTS
No information available.
INDICATIONS
Preparations of Bladderwrack are used for disease of the thyroid, obesity, overweight, arteriosclerosis and digestive disorders. |
| The filtration of low-molecular proteins, electrolytes and water into the interstitium is inhibited through a reduction of vascular permeability.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
HIPPOCASTANI FOLIUM
Eczema, superficial and deep varicose veins, leg pains, phlebitis and thrombophlebitis, hemorrhoids, spastic pains before and during menstruation. In folk medicine, the leaves are used as a cough remedy as well as arthritis and rheumatism. |
| ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS
In the berries: volatile oil, fatty oil, polysaccharides, proteins, furocoumarins (traces)
In volatile oil: in particular D-(+)-carvone and D-(+)-limonene
EFFECTS
In animal tests the drug had a spasmolytic effect. The antimicrobial effect has been demonstrated against bacillus, pseudomonas, and Candida; dermatomyces are also inhibited. The choleretic effect has been described in a study which is not accessible. |
| Lectins
Fatty oil (15-45%) proteins (12-25%)
EFFECTS
No information is available.
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Jimson Weed preparations are used for asthma, spastic or convulsive cough, pertussis during bronchitis and influenza. Also, Jimson Weed is used as basic therapy for diseases of the autonomic nervous system.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Glaucoma, suspicion of glaucoma, paralytic ileus, pyloric stenosis, enlarged prostate, tachycardic arrhythmias, acute pulmonary edema. |
| PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
Once in contact with the skin, the stinging hairs lead to extremely aggressive itching and burning, accompanied by long-lasting inflammation, caused by the injection of serotonin and proteins (mucunain, proteolytic enzyme). The intake of the hairs for the purpose of fighting intestinal worms should be avoided. Internal administration of the drug in the form of extracts may well be harmless, due to the difficult absorbability of the active ingredients.
DOSAGE
Mode of Administration: The drug is available in powder form. |
Bill Sardi
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| Hyaluronic acid inhibits p38 inflammatory proteins and could help to delay cancer. [International Journal Molecular Medicine 14: 139-44, 2004]
Natural molecules appear to be better suited at reducing the risk for cancer by inhibiting chronic inflammation than are drugs, given that they produce fewer side effects.
Blood clots and metastatic cancer
Cancer has surely struck someone in your circle of family members and loved ones. People generally don't die of localized tumors, but rather succumb to tumors that spread, or what is called metastasis. |
Mike Adams
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| The main course of action for eliminating Alzheimer's is to eliminate the consumption of refined sugars, refined carbohydrates, artificial chemical sweeteners, MSG (Monosodium Glutamate), and any ingredients that contain MSG, such as yeast extract, autolyzed vegetable proteins, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, and so on. Also, eliminating hydrogenated oil from the diet can have a huge impact on the health of the nervous system. Eliminate the toxins and feed your nervous system with healthy oils and good nutrition, and Alzheimer's becomes outdated. |
Bill Sardi
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| Iron accumulates and then gets loose from binding proteins to damage DNA and cause tissue destruction.
The body's primary barrier against the spread of disease - the goo that is called connective tissue that holds Which of these factors is the key to preventing cancer? tumors in place so they can't spread - -also breaks down more readily with advancing age.
Hormone levels decline as we mature. |
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