Antioxidants in Food Stop Both Cancer and Heart Disease

re: Antioxidants in Food Stop Both Cancer and Heart Disease

infinity — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:22:27 GMT

I enjoyed everyone's comments and agreed with many, and thanks whoever beat me to the spelling problem There are vague references to a state of mind, or viewpoint, on health, but this is one of the most important aspects: in fact, it is the other HALF of the equation, equal to healthy eating, drinking (mostly water) and walking all put together. We all have a lot of unpleasant junk, pain and anguish hidden in our SUBconscious minds (the only UNconscious is dead!). There are ways to handle this and if anyone's interested I can send you a small booklet or two to introduce you to the subject. Even if you don't want the booklets, do keep an uptone, lively interest in life, and refuse to let your body run your life. You are not your body. Gaye Leslie

re: Antioxidants in Food Stop Both Cancer and Heart Disease

Oahu05 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:28:52 GMT

Dr Mercola,

You stated "So if you are taking reservatrol supplements and not using some alcohol to increase its absorption it is likely much of your supplement is not going into your blood stream but rather going down the toilet."

Since I don't drink alcohol, does this mean that "Purple Defense" does not get absorbed??

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Dr Rik — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:42:19 GMT

NEWSFLASH!!

No research has revealed phenomenal benefits to drinking Micro Brew Beers!

When asked about this, beer drinkers everywhere said

"uh can I get another, please?"

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ronx — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:00:23 GMT

Saw an excellent paper which evaluates assimilation of fluoride from green tea and "Calcium Fluoride". Its PDF version can be downlaoded from the link below:

The Relative Assimilation of Fluorine from Fluorine-Bearing Minerals and Food (Tea), and from Water and Food -- Lawrenz and Mitchell 22 (6): 621 -- Journal of Nutrition

jn.nutrition.org/.../621

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Freedom — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:26:32 GMT

I read that experts say that red wine is good for your heart, then I read that experts say only so much red wine is good for your heart and I now read that experts say no red wine is good for your heart

All I know is that I believe a glass or a maximum of two glasses of red wine; norma sized glasses, not those half litre glasses that UK binge drinkers are guzzling down; preferably grown over 500 metres above sea level, might well be working for me........add to that each day a teaspoon of Armagnac brandy.........recommended drinking by one writer.......and after only being able to walk 300 metres and agonising chest pains; the wine; armagnac, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, tea, skimmed milk, dried apricots, dried cranberries, Scots porridge oats, walnuts, raw pistachio nuts, pasta, two eggs a week poached only in water, mediterranean salads and food regime, whole squashed fresh fruit juices, Ryveta, (no margarine; one molecule from being tupperware) only real butter sparingly, weight loss of two stones with vegetable soup, smaller meals, no junk food, occasional half bar of quality dark chocolate, a few glasses of tap water, less Stress - this is the killer, more relaxation, walking and basic exercise in the fresh air..............and I have recently walked nearly 11 miles in three days.

So.......something must be changing; what ? I haven't got a clue; don't really want another angiogram at this time, so commonsense would tell me that I must be doing something beneficial to my health.

I do take the tablets daily the doctor gave me so they also must be beneficial.

I also believe that concentration of particular parts of the anatomy for short periods of time may also be beneficial.........mind over matter, positive thinking and above all......as Dr Malcolm Kendrick in his latest book states; Stress is the problem and keeping the Hyperthalmus happy is the key to good health.

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Heilige — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:16:51 GMT

You may not now that fluoride actually comes in four forms. The fluoride that is in tea is almost always the form that occurs naturally which is "Calcium Fluoride". Calcium Fluoride is found naturally in low concentration in drinking water and some foods, such as tea, seaweed, and fish bones (as in fish soup). Water with underground sources are more likely to have higher levels of Calcium Fluoride. Calcium Fluoride is considered relatively harmless and non-toxic due to its extreme insolubility. HOWEVER, the fluoride ADDED to toothpaste and ADDED to drinking water are almost always the toxic forms of fluoride, such as Sodium fluoride or sodium monofluorophosphate (added to toothpaste), hexafluorosilicic acid or sodium hexafluorosilicate (added to drinking water).

Regarding mercury in fish, you may also not know that smaller fish (with scales) like salmon, tuna, and flounder etc. are high in selenium and selenium actually counteracts and bonds to mercury, essentially rendering the amount of mercury in those fishes as harmless and non-toxic (if your body has absorbed the selenium of course). Many naturally occurring "toxins" usually occur in places that contain a synergistic combination of counter agents to those toxins. www.fishscam.com/fselenium.cfm

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Bil Smith — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:46:35 GMT

The atricle was interesting, but you spelled resveratrol incorrectly.

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Lex_203 — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:51:51 GMT

Thanks so much Dr. Mercola for suggesting that these important micronutrients be garnered from whole foods and a thoughtful diet rather than supplements. While supplements can sometimes play an important role in health, we seem to have forgotten that important part of their name "supplemental". Unfortunately, we are still looking for a quick fix, and the supplement business in America has become another big 'drug' industry, no better than the rest. We now pop them for everything instead of doing the work of planning and preparing healthy meals.

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seg — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:20:13 GMT

Then FINALLY this should mean the end of all of these toxic drugs right !!!!!!

Wake up Seg it won't happen... yet i.e......

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mmc88121 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:44:42 GMT

The article was pretty good, until it came to the sentence "But it takes modern science to isolate the pure compound, test it in the lab, and to go on from there to find new agents to fight disease." It is because the compounds are in their natural state that they work so well. There are synergistic effects with the foods that can not be measured in a lab.

Mary