C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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 The ingredients in the Adrenal Boost formula are vitamin C, vitamin B6, pantothenic acid, deglycerized licorice root, Mexican wild yam root, schizandra berry, Eleutherococcus senticosus root, stinging nettle leaf, trimethylglycine, special plant cellulose, natural silica, vegetable stearate, and magnesium stearate. I recommend that people dealing with chronic (long-term) stress take one capsule every morning and every night if they need it.
You should not take Adrenal Boost, however, if you have high blood pressure, because licorice root can elevate blood pressure. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 The word tocopherol means "to bear offspring" and derives from the Greek root phew, which means "to bring forth," and the Greek root tos, which means "childbirth." Tocopherols are a family of eight fat-soluble alcohols. The final "ol" in the name tocopherol indicates that it is an alcohol.
The Forms of Vitamin E
The tocopherols are divided into four types: alpha-tocopherol, beta-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, and delta-tocopherol, as shown in Figure 5-1. Also in the vitamin E family are the very similar tocotrienols. |
Gregg Braden
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 Or perhaps more accurately, it's our perception of those patterns as negative that can become the root of life's greatest suffering. Almost universally, the experiences that cause people to feel stuck have roots in what are considered negative beliefs that we acquire early in life. And it's precisely because they're subconscious that it's often difficult for us to see them in ourselves. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 If Japanese green teas could be shown to have an antibacterial effect on various bacteria detected in infected root canals, then they may be a possible medicament for use in the treatment of the infected canals." True to form, the polyphenols came through as antibacterial agents in this study. The green teas inhibited the growth of as many as half of the bacteria strains, suggesting that green tea may indeed be a promising adjunct in treatment for infected root canals.11
THE EFFECT OF GREEN TEA ON GUM DISEASE
Gingivitis is the inflammation of the gingiva, that is, the gums. |
C. W. Randolph, M.D.
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| Once the vegetables are tender, stir in the grated ginger root and hot sauce. Before serving, sprinkle with lemon juice. Put on a plate and top with toasted sesame seeds. Makes 6 servings.
NUTRITION FACTS
Amount Per Serving: Calories 60 - Calories from Fat 45 - Total Fat 5 g - Saturated Fat 0.5 g - Cholesterol 0 mg - Sodium 20 mg - Total Carbohydrate 4 g - Dietary Fiber 1 g Sugars 2 g - Protein 1 g - Calcium 4% DV
Baked Rutabaga
Note: The rutabaga is a root vegetable that looks very much like a turnip with yellow-orange flesh and ridges at its neck. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Cacao beans, goji berries, Incan berries -- which are one of the sacred foods of the Andes mountains -- Maca, which is a root from the Andes mountains -- another sacred food -- yacon root syrup, agave, a sweetener from cactus that grows out in the desert. We also do a lot of different olive varieties. I'm really into exotic olives and Mediterranean background, so I really love olives and olive oil. We do hemp seeds and hemp seed oil. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 The leaves and crown of the plant extended above into air. The root and crown of the plant are separated by the plant support structure. The lowest stem portion and root system are sprayed/misted for short durations with a hydro-atomized pure water/nutrient solution." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroponics)
I have grown several seasons of lettuce, tomatoes, herbs and other plants using high-end aeroponic systems, and they indeed produce amazingly rapid plant growth. |
Joseph Campbell
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| Plants come to blossom, but only to return to the root. Returning to the root is like seeking tranquility. Seeking tranquility is like moving toward destiny. To move toward destiny is like eternity. To know eternity is enlightenment, and not to recognize eternity brings disorder and evil.
"Knowing eternity makes one comprehensive; comprehension makes one broadminded; breadth of vision brings nobility; nobility is like heaven.
"The heavenly is like Tao. Tao is the Eternal. The decay of the body is not to be feared. |
Bottom Line Health
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| VALERIAN
What it does: The root combats insomnia and acts as a mild sedative to relieve anxiety or restlessness.
Scientific evidence: All of the nearly 30 clinical studies to date have shown the herb to be effective against insomnia and anxiety. In a recent German trial, taking 600 mg of valerian root extract daily proved as effective as the prescription tranquilizer oxazepam (Serax) for improving sleep quality, but with fewer side effects. |
Craig Pepin-Donat
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 One of her guiding principles is to "look first for the deepest root problems beneath any symptoms." The root of all our actions is the result of chemical reactions within the brain. In her book, Natural Highs, she provides detailed insight into how the brain works and the chemical effects that both influence and are influenced by our lifestyle choices.
It's a bit of complicated business, but here's how it works. Neurotransmitters send messages to trillions of neurons across the synapses of the brain. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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| The word tocopherol means "to bear offspring" and derives from the Greek root phew, which means "to bring forth," and the Greek root tos, which means "childbirth." Tocopherols are a family of eight fat-soluble alcohols. The final "ol" in the name tocopherol indicates that it is an alcohol.
The Forms of Vitamin E
The tocopherols are divided into four types: alpha-tocopherol, beta-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, and delta-tocopherol, as shown in Figure 5-1. Also in the vitamin E family are the very similar tocotrienols. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| If the root canal has become infected, green tea may help prevent further damage. Polyphenol extracts from four different Japanese green teas (ordinary, refined, coarse, and roasted) were assessed for their antibacterial effects against twenty-four different strains of bacteria found in infected root canals. The researchers
The Ideal Plaque Fighter
In an article in the Dental Clinics of North America, Dr. Michael Bral of the New York University College of Dentistry outlined nine qualities of an ideal anti-plaque agent.4 They were:
• eliminates disease-causing bacteria only. |
Carol Simontacchi
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 ROASTED root VEGETABLES
This recipe works with any fresh root vegetable found in the produce department of your supermarket. If you can purchase organic varieties, even better! For an added flavor boost, sprinkle a little balsamic vinegar over the roasting vegetables near the end of cooking time.
Serves 4 to 6
3 tablespoons olive oil
6 cups mixed root vegetables, cut into 1-inch chunks (good choices include turnips, daikon, and carrots)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
2. |
Rainer W. Bussmann and Douglas Sharon
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 Familia / Family: POACEAE
Partes usadas / Plant part used: Hojas y Rafz, fresca - Leaves and Roots, fresh
Administracion / Administration: Oral
Preparation / Preparation: Tomar extracto de la Rai'z para Disenten'a, las Hojas para te - Drink root extract for Dysentery, Leaves for making tea
Usos / Uses: Disenten'a - Dysentery
Grama Duke
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. |
Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D.
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 Resveratrol has been identified as the principal active ingredient in Ko-jo-kon, a traditional Asian remedy prepared from the ground-up roots of Japanese knotweed {Polygonum cuspidatum, also known as false bamboo), which has been used for thousands of years in Asia to treat cardiac, liver, and blood vessel ailments; the resveratrol currently sold in the West in the form of supplements is often an extract of this root preparation. Chinese medicine also uses the roots of certain varieties of Veratrum to treat high blood pressure. |
Bill Sardi
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 Journal Ethnopharmacology 62: 49-55, 1998]
Ginger root has been shown to inhibit the growth of tumors in the colon in animal studies. [Clin Chim Acta 358: 60-67, 2005] Ginger root extract (gingerols) inhibits the growth of
Helicobacter pylori in the digestive tract, which is a bacterium known to cause stomach cancer. [Anticancer Research 23: 3699-702, 2003]
Ginger is also a potent anti-inflammatory agent. [Journal Environmental Pathology Toxicology Oncology 18: 131-39, 1999] Recall that anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen are considered anti-cancer agents. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| My analysis of the AeroGrow AeroGarden device reveals that it has no true "ebb and flow" functionality, other than the simple dribbling of water over the tops of the roots, and that the main root mass of plants actually hangs in standing water much of the time. In fact, in the unit I tested, the standing water began to appear rather brackish after a couple of weeks, with small floating particles and some sort of foam growing around the edges of the surface. |
| Plant root mass expands rapidly, and as long as you keep the nutrients supplied, plants will grow two or three times faster in an aeroponic system vs. soil.
The problem with the AeroGrow AeroGarden unit, however, is that in my analysis, I cannot see any justification whatsoever for calling it an aeroponic unit. The product has no sprayers, no spray nozzles, no high-pressure pump and creates no "fine mist.". It does contain a very low-pressure pump that delivers water dribbles to the plant roots, but that is a far cry from anything resembling true aeroponics. |
Michael Pollan
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 Also, easy access to the major nutrients means that industrial crops develop smaller and shallower root systems than organically grown plants; deeply rooted plants have access to more soil minerals. Biological activity in the soil almost certainly plays a role as well; the slow decomposition of organic matter releases a wide range of plant nutrients, possibly including compounds science hasn't yet identified as important. |
Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
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 However, some dentists think that they can cure the problem by pulling teeth or performing a root canal. I have seen many patients who have had these procedures yet noticed very little improvement. So, if your dentist suggests one of these procedures because of TMD (as opposed to an appropriate dental problem, like a cavity or root decay) and refers you to an oral surgeon, beware.
Often when I see and question such patients, they also complain of pain elsewhere in the body. |
Lynne McTaggart
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 Farmers call it pod rot or root rot, as it commonly attacks the pods and roots, stunting growth and eventually consuming the plant. No one would object to a means of controlling this garden menace.
Barry set up a batch of experimental petri dishes and matched them with a set of controls of the identical type of fungus growing in the same conditions. He enlisted ten volunteers and assigned five experimental petri dishes and five controls to each person. At the appointed time, each volunteer was asked to send intentions to slow the growth of the fungi in the experimental petri dishes. |
Carol Simontacchi
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| ROASTED root VEGETABLES
This recipe works with any fresh root vegetable found in the produce department of your supermarket. If you can purchase organic varieties, even better! For an added flavor boost, sprinkle a little balsamic vinegar over the roasting vegetables near the end of cooking time.
Serves 4 to 6
3 tablespoons olive oil
6 cups mixed root vegetables, cut into 1-inch chunks (good choices include turnips, daikon, and carrots)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
2. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Avoid eating celery root, even raw, in the first few weeks when you are kick-starting your weight loss, but feel free to nibble on radishes or daikon, a large white radish which you can cut into sticks or grate into salads.
OILS
For dressing salads and other vegetables, my preference is extra-virgin olive oil, but many other oils add distinctive flavors. Some should be drizzled on food rather than used for cooking. Canola is useful for frying. Use what you need to flavor your foods. Do not use any prepared salad dressings, but if you must, use olive oil-based vinaigrettes or Caesar dressing. |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 We have said over and over that one of the unique aspects of the NES system of health care is that sequence is important to getting to the root bioenergetic cause of problems and should always be followed; however, with Terrains sometimes the sequence must be varied slightly. There are two scenarios that become important in this respect: Terrains may not begin to show up as distorted until Driver and Integrator distortions are corrected, so Terrains usually are not addressed at all until about the fourth visit to a practitioner. |
| From a bioenergetic perspective, it is not too dramatic to say that the nervous system lies at the root of most illness, for our nervous systems tend to be overloaded and assaulted to the point that this most vital of information networks gets scrambled or partially breaks down.
Information that influences your core physical and emotional health is affected when the Nerve Driver field is compromised, so the effects of a Nerve Driver weakness tend to be systemic and can affect your overall sense of well-being. |
| In terms of microbes, it correlates bioenergetically to many bacteria strains, including Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Legionella, so it is implicated in ulcers of the ears, nose, skin, tonsils, and bladder, and in dental root canal infections, gastrointestinal catarrh, and other associated conditions.
Energetic Terrain IS
As the last Energetic Terrain in the sequence, this is a general Energetic Terrain, called a GET in NES. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 They're lovable little creatures, but they have poor table manners: They'll root out anything edible and leave you with nothing more than a mound of dirt.)
What about the price?
This highly-concentrated aloe vera gel isn't cheap. Not by the ounce, at least. But that's because all the water has been taken out. If you rehydrate it, you'll find that it's actually competitive with the liquid aloe vera products commonly sold in health food stores. That's because most "gel" products are made primarily of water. Take the water out and there's not much product left in most of those bottles. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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| Atkins and other low-carbers regard refined carbohydrates as the root of all evil, but they see only the trees, not the forest. Avoiding refined carbohydrates was a good start, but it is just one piece of the puzzle.
Let me end this chapter on a cautionary note. Baboons, which subsist in the wild on leaves, nuts, fruit, insects, and small animals, normally have low cholesterol and no coronary artery disease-which would suggest that they have no genetic propensity to high cholesterol. |
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