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What is it? Proteins are the building blocks that grow and repair your body. Proteins are needed not only for muscle but also for hair, skin and internal organs. Some proteins travel around your body in the blood as hormones, enzymes and red blood cells. Protein is unique because it is the only food source [...]
HERBS I believe that there are at most a handful of medical drugs that may be beneficial for the user while all the thousands of other drugs are only beneficial for the prescriber and the pharmaceutical industry. Almost all drugs are designed to alleviate only symptoms without really improving our health. On the contrary, in [...]
SUPPLEMENTS Most individuals on conventional diets with much refined and processed food have either outright deficiencies or a shortage of various vitamins, minerals, enzymes and hormones. Generally, the intake of essential nutrients is less than optimal, making us susceptible to disease. Deficiencies are even more widespread in those who suffer already an acute or chronic [...]
Digestive enzymes are released from our digestive organs in order to break down food into molecules small enough for it to be absorbed. Deficiencies of digestive enzymes are widespread and are caused mainly by overeating, eating too much cooked food, by habitually eating problem foods and by incorrect food combining. Virtually all elderly people and [...]
Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. There are 8 essential amino acids for adults that must be supplied with the diet: Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan and Valine. Two others, Arginine and Histidine are in addition essential in the first year of life. The following is a summary of the functions [...]
Minerals are inorganic substances composed of a metal and a non-metal, both in ionic form. Metals most important for our health are calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium as bulk elements, and boron, chromium, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium and zinc as trace elements. Essential non-metals are chloride, phosphorus and sulfur. Harmful are aluminium [...]
Vitamins may be water-soluble or fat-soluble. Water-soluble vitamins are vitamin C and the B-group vitamins. Except for vitamin B12, they are easily absorbed, and deficiency is due a deficient diet or to increased requirements. Due to genetic factors or diseases some individuals may require up to hundred times the usual amounts to function normally. One [...]
SPECIAL HEALTH FOODS Various foods have general healing qualities, or help to overcome specific health problems. Foods high in enzymes and growth hormones improve our overall health. Sprouted seeds, bee pollen, grass juice and unheated lactic-acid fermented food fall in this category, as do fresh edible flowers, such as nasturtium, impatiens and (male) pumpkin flowers. [...]
This chapter provides information about special foods and vital nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes, as well as basic remedies including herbs and homeopathics. The more we use special health Foods, and adopt a high-quality diet, the less we need to know about individual nutrients, and vice versa. Unfortunately, most individuals presently [...]