Detox Supplements: Fight Cancer with Vitamins and Supplements by Kedar N. Prasad, Ph.D. and K. Che Prasad, M.D.

June 30th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Nutritional Supplements Book Reviews

A Guide to Prevention and Treatment

Fight Cancer with Vitamins and Supplements: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment511V5TCXF8L._SL160_ Detox Supplements: Fight Cancer with Vitamins and Supplements by Kedar N. Prasad, Ph.D. and K. Che Prasad, M.D.

Scientific research has proven that certain nutrients found in foods and many nutritional supplements can help the body fend off cancer.  For patients already suffering from cancer, these same elements can fight the disease and increase the effectiveness of traditional cancer treatments.  This book explains the most up-to-date information direct from the scientific community, helping readers better understand the role of vitamins and how they can benefit from these micronutrients.

This book helps readers identify important nutrients for reducing their risk for cancer and learn to incorporate these elements into their diet through foods and supplements.  Fight Cancer with Vitamins and Supplements includes:

  • An easy-to-follow diet and supplementation program
  • Information that clarifies the mysteries surrounding the latest anti-cancer nutrients
  • Explanations as to how many vitamins found in foods are lost during storage and how to get them back
  • Evidence that the featured cancer prevention program can also effectively prevent heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and many other serious conditions

About the Author

Kedar N. Prasad, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Vitamins and Cancer Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

His son, K. Che Prasad, M.D., is a fellow at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Detox Supplements: The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines by Michael Murray N.D.

June 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Nutritional Supplements Book Reviews

Vitamins, Minerals, Nutritional Supplements, Herbs, and Other Natural Products

The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines: Vitamins, Minerals, Nutritional Supplements, Herbs, and Other Natural Products510QYET3YVL._SL160_ Detox Supplements: The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines by Michael Murray N.D.

This book will prove helpful to anyone who uses vitamins, mineral supplements, or other natural products.  It poses and answers important questions about more than 250 of today’s most common natural remedies.  The author rates these products according to effectiveness and safety.

The Pill Book Guide to Natural Medicines contains important information on the following:

  • What each product is used for and how it is supposed to work
  • How safe and effective the product is
  • Potential side effects
  • Potential drug interactions
  • Dosage recommendations
  • Things to take into consideration when using the product to treat children, seniors, or pregnant women

About the Author

Michael Murray, N.D. is one of America’s most respected authorities on natural medicine.

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Detox Supplements: The Vitamin D Cure by James Dowd and Diane Stafford

June 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Nutritional Supplements Book Reviews

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Vitamin D deficiency is responsible for a broad array of health problems.  In this book, rheumatologist Dr. James Dowd explains how vitamin deficiency happens and presents a simple five-step program that can help you achieve optimum health.  The regimen can cure or alleviate diseases such as arthritis in less than two months.

Learn how to:

  • Determine how much vitamin D you need
  • Use the sun and nutritional supplements to raise your vitamin D levels
  • Determine your blood acidity and change your diet accordingly
  • Achieve the best state of health possible by with all-around supplementation
  • Use exercise to its best effect

Take control of your health by following this program.  You will free yourself from a host of health problems you may have thought to be incurable and ensure a longer and healthier life.

About the Author

James Dowd, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University.  He specializes in arthritis and is a widely published and highly respected authority on the subject.

Diane Stafford has authored and assisted with the writing of over a dozen books, such as Migraines for Dummies and No More Panic Attacks.

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Detox Supplements: The Vitamin Book by Harold M. Silverman, Joseph Romano, and Gary Elmer

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This updated edition is a comprehensive guide to vitamins.  Written by experts in the field of vitamins and pharmacology, it helps you determine which supplements you should be taking and why you need to take them.

The Vitamin Book features:

  • Full descriptions of vitamins, minerals, and other important elements like electrolytes
  • Information on recommended dosages
  • The most up-to-date research on supplements like Saint John’s Wort
  • Guide to brand name nutritional supplements you can find at your local drugstore
  • Warning information on megadoses, drug interactions, and taking supplements safely
  • Lists of nutrients found in common foods
  • Software programs that can help you monitor you dietary needs

This book is an indispensable resource for anyone who wants or needs to learn about vitamins and other nutritional supplements.  It provides all the information you will need to safely and effectively incorporate supplements into your daily routine.

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Detox Supplements: A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition by Alan R. Md Gaby, Editor, and Inc. Healthnotes, Editor

Improve Your Health and Avoid Side Effects When Using Common Medications and Natural Supplements Together

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Knowing the side effects of your medications is an important rule all medicated individuals are familiar with, but knowing how your vitamin and mineral supplements might interact with your medications can by tricky.  This exhaustive guide to pharmaceutical interactions is an essential resource for those wishing to combine their traditional health care regimen with supplementation.

This book discusses:

  • Drugs that can deplete your body’s nutrient resources
  • Nutritional supplements that can inhibit drub absorption
  • Side effects that can result from certain combinations of drugs and herbal supplements
  • Supplements that can aid your prescription medications
  • Combinations of drugs and herbs that should never be mixed
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Detox Supplements: Prevention’s Healing with Vitamins by The Editors of Prevention Health Books and Alice Feinstein

The Most Effective Vitamin And Mineral Treatments For Everyday Health Problems And Serious Disease

Prevention’s Healing with Vitamins: The Most Effective Vitamin And Mineral Treatments For Everyday Health Problems And Serious Disease51KJ4QDW52L._SL160_ Detox Supplements: Preventions Healing with Vitamins by The Editors of Prevention Health Books and Alice Feinstein

From the makers of Prevention Magazine, this guide combines the popular publications tips on using nutritional supplements into a single, comprehensive resource.  It includes:

  • The four nutrients that will keep you young
  • Nine vitamins and minerals that can help you lose pounds
  • Four important supplements to take for fatigue
  • Information on combating high blood pressure without eliminating salt from your diet
  • The vitamin that lowers cholesterol
  • How to treat your allergies with supplements
  • Three great vitamins for the treatment of wrinkles
  • Eight nutrients that strengthen your immune system
  • Important supplements to take before surgery
  • Five supplements that help your body cope with smog
  • Supplements that counteract PMS
  • An important vitamin that helps prevent birth defects when taken by pregnant mothers
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The Benefits of Colon Cleansing

January 27th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Health Research

Colon cleansing is a controversial medical procedure with some doctor’s saying it has benefits and others saying it is not worth it. Still, colon cleansing is becoming more and more popular.

The colon is that part of the digestive system that is responsible for getting rid of all the waste in the body. If the colon is not functioning as well as it should be, waste and other toxins continue to accumulate in the colon; an unhealthy colon cannot expel the waste matter as quickly as it should. This is where colon cleansing can be of benefit. Colon cleansing is said to help the body  by removing the waste.

In order to get your colon back in good working shape, you need to clean it out. The main ways of cleaning your colon are by using a machine that you insert that removes waste or by taking supplements that remove the waste. Both ways of cleansing the colon are effective in flushing out all the toxins and chemicals and also removin parasites that could be harming you. Once all this waste is gone, your body will be able to remove waste on its own more efficiently.

If the colon is full of chemicals and toxins, your digestive system can suffer. When your colon can’t remove waste, the waste gets backed up into your system and can cause problems in your whole body. Waste build up can affect all your organs and lead to increased risk of heart disease, allergies or arthritis.

You will get a lot of benefits out of colon cleansing like weight loss, improved skin tone and less stomach pains. Your whole body will work better and feel better.

Some experts say your body will remove these toxins and the extra waste in time on its own so there really is no need for colon cleansing. They don’t think a build up of waste is a potential problem. However, the diet we used to eat a thousand years ago is not the same as what we eat now. We don’t eat the natural unprocessed foods of the past anymore. Our bodies have to digest a lot of chemicals every day that it doesn’t know what to do with. Cleansing your colon will remove the toxins that build up from our current diet.

Colon cleansing alone isn’t the solution. You need to live a healthy lifestyle and eat a well balanced diet so that you don’t contribute to more waste build up. If you life a healthy lifestyle, colon cleansing from time to time will enhance your health. Getting regular colon cleansings does not mean that you don’t have to take care of your body and eat right.

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How to Find Colon Cleansing Products

January 17th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Health Research

There is a lot of talk about colon cleansing and all its benefits these days. Many are excited about colon cleansing because it is something that can help improve health and even aid in weight loss. It can be difficult to find good quality colon cleansing products, though, if you don’t know where to look and what you are looking for. The following suggestions will help you find the products you are looking for.

One easy way to find colon cleansing products is by looking on the Internet. Many different sites sell a variety of colon cleansing products. It’s good to do a little research before you actually buy one. There will probably be product reviews at these websites but you never know if they are real or were written by someone who was paid to say good things about the product. If you look at reviews for the same product on a few different websites, you’ll get a better idea of how well it works. Don’t believe something that sounds too good to be true.

There are many commercials or infomercials on your television advertising colon cleansers and talking about their benefits. You can get a lot of information from these infomercials but don’t be in a hurry to buy the product without doing your own research. The person on the infomercial is being paid to tell you what he thinks will sell you the product so take it with a grain of salt. You can easily do some online research about a colon cleansing product you saw on TV and find out if it is as good as they are saying. You want a product that is going to work for you, not just a product that sounds good.

Online merchants and infomercials will probably have the cheapest colon cleansing products. However, it may be worth the extra cost to go to a store specializing in supplements to buy your colon cleansing products. These stores will have a variety of products and the staff will be able to tell you based on their education and experience which one will work for you. You are paying extra for expert advice from people who won’t try and sell you something that isn’t right for you so it’s worth it.

Instead of using a “do it yourself” colon cleansing product, you may want to think about visiting a professional who does colon cleansing for a living. He can use professional equipment to quickly cleanse your colon in a way that may be more effective than the colon cleansing products you see at the stores. He will give you specific instructions to follow before and after the procedure so make sure you do what he says so you don’t have any problems.

You want to take the time to choose the right colon cleansing product. It isn’t worth it to use a cheaper and lower quality product because you could be putting your health at risk if you do so. Talk to your doctor and get his or her opinion and find out as much as you can about a colon cleansing product.

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Dr. Mark Hyman: Nutritional Supplements

June 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in Dr. Mark Hyman Video Reviews

Dr. Mark Hyman discusses new research that shows the very real benefits of certain supplements - and shares his opinion of the four supplements everyone should take. He believes that doctors who have a dismissive attitude towards these supplements have simply not done their scientific ‘homework’. He concludes that for a few pennies per day, these supplements can save us a lot f money otherwise spent on medical treatment.

Four ‘essential’ supplements

  • Calcium and Vitamin D
  • Folic acid
  • Omega 3 fats
  • Lutein and zeaxanthin

Overall Rating (1-5): 4

Entertainment Rating: 4

Interesting feature on the benefits of dietary supplements.

Instructional Rating: 4

Good educational material on the benefits of taking certain dietary supplements, with information about how they work and the diseases they help to combat.

More information: http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog.

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Bentonite Clay: Detoxifying Products

June 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Nutritional Supplements

If you are looking to detoxify your body one of the best products available is bentonite clay. Bentonite clay is known to be a natural intestinal detoxifying agent, and when you are trying to take the toxins out of your body, why would you use anything but a natural product?

Bentonite clay works well because it is thought to work much like a sponge does. When you expose your intestinal tract to this substance it will attract all of the toxins in your intestines and absorb them and then be eliminated through the body. Bentonite clay has been used throughout the ages by American Indians to help purify and heal many parts of the body. Many use this substance in addition to apple cider vinegar.

bentoniteclay Bentonite Clay: Detoxifying ProductsUsing Bentonite Clay Products

There are a lot of different bentonite clay detoxifying products on the market today. Most of the time you will find the clay in its dehydrated from, as this is how it is most easily packaged and can then be used in a variety of ways.

Many people make tea out of the clay, mixing it with hot water. The most commonly known tea that contains bentonite clay is Kombucha Tea. You should make certain that you do not use more than recommended of the bentonite clay as it will have a very earthy taste if you do this.

There are a lot of different bentonite clay products on the market for you to consider. What you should remember when you take any of these products is that you need to stay as hydrated as possible. The reason for this is that when the substance meets with water it swells to drastic proportions and can leave the body very dehydrated. It is a good idea to take the product with plenty of water and continue to drink more water than normal during the treatment.

There are a lot of different products and brands for you to choose from. Many of the products are in a powdered form while others are in capsule form. You can mix the powder with just about any substance and you should always make sure that you take the capsules with plenty of liquid so as to avoid the dehydration that can be caused by it. You can buy capsules that range from 50 to 500 grams, with the 50 gram varieties being used for day to day use. Everyone will find that their bodies respond well to different amounts, so when you find a product you should use it as directed to get the detoxifying benefits from the product.

Bentonite clay products often contain other natural detoxifying products such as psyllium husk and apple cider vinegar. All of these substances will work together to detoxify not only your intestines and colon, but all of the organs of your body, including the largest organ, your skin. The benefits of bentonite clay products begin with the colon but are seen throughout the human body.

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