Marion Nestle
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 Most concerns focus on supplements other than vitamins and minerals, but even these common nutritional products have been subject to questions about whether they are needed or cause harm in excessive amounts.
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
Supplement trade associations go to great lengths to defend the safety of vitamins and minerals over a wide range of doses, arguing that nutrients rarely produce adverse effects except when consumed at exceedingly high levels.12 Taking single nutrients in moderately high doses may not be a good idea, however. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 Technology has created both new problems for us as well as many new and advanced medical, herbal, and nutritional products. A good diet and lifestyle are still our best medicine and safeguards for health!
Introduction
Staying Healthy with Nutrition comes out of the last decade of my experience in medical practice. Prior to the 1980s, I was more concerned with a philosopher-physician's understanding of disease and healing. |
James A. Howenstine, MD
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 Bouic's book The Immune System Cure (Prentice Hall 1999),
Sterinol can be purchased from Advanced nutritional products 888-436 7200 and from our Natural Health Team 800-4162806.
Soil Based Organisms: This substance has significant benefits to the immune system and will be discussed in depth in Chapter 17 Gastrointestinal Disease.
Padma Therapy For Immune Disorders
Padma has the ability to restore balance to the immune system in the same way Sterinol does. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
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 I would suggest starting slowly, incorporating just a few well-chosen single herbal or nutritional products along with the necessary and appropriate lifestyle changes. Depending on the results you want to achieve, it is possible that a combination product or formula already exists for your particular needs. Write out a list of the herbs I have recommended for your particular needs, and take it with you to the store. You may find a prepackaged formula
(tincture or pills) that contains at least some if not all of the herbs you're looking for. |
Jean Carper
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 A similar combination glucosamine HCl-chondroitin sulfate supplement is also being sold directly to consumers as Osteo-Bi-Flex 450 from Sundown and GlucoPro 900 from Thompson nutritional products.
Should You Try It?
Absolutely. Glucosamine should be the "remedy of choice" for osteoarthritis, the first thing to try. It may relieve pain and enable you to delay or avoid joint replacement surgery. If it doesn't work, you will find out in a couple of months with no harm done, since side effects are minimal.
Which Type Should You Take? |
David Brownstein
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 I have found similar results with other nutritional products, including vitamins, minerals and herbs.
So what do you do? I have found that the best results can be achieved by using products from reliable manufacturers. A reputable manufacturer should be able to provide data on the purity and the content of every batch of the product produced. Furthermore, the products should be made from natural sources, commonly known as whole food sources, and should not contain any dyes, sugars or artificial flavors. |
James A. Howenstine, MD
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| The tocotrienol E is available as Care Diem from Aspen nutritional products 800 539 5195
Longevity (A Tale Of 3 Healthy Older
People)
Paul Bragg was the founder of the health food store industry in the United States. He was an expert in the field of good nutrition. At age 95 he died when struck by a boat propeller while swimming in the ocean.
I had the good fortune to meet his daughter Patricia about 15 years ago. She was the picture of radiant good health with light brown hair, a beautiful complexion, and a perfect figure. |
| This is available from Advance nutritional products 888- 436 7200 and from our Natural Health Team 800-416-2806.
Alcoholism
Dr. Roger Williams did experiments 40 years ago with alcohol that still have great interest. Some rats were fed 10% alcohol, others water. By simply adding or subtracting vitamins and minerals he could produce or eliminate alcoholism in the rats.
He discovered that the amino acid 1-glutamine protects the body from the toxic effect of alcohol and reduces alcohol cravings.
An alcoholic woman was given tasteless 1-glutamine in her food without her knowledge. |
Richard Gerber, M.D.
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 Carries combination homeopathics, flower essences, and nutritional products.) Northgate Professional Center, Suite 6,1803 North Wickham Rd„ Melbourne, FL 32935.
Standard Enzyme Company of North America. (Offers a variety of combination homeopathics, herbals, flower essences, and nutrients.) 106 N. Buchanan Street, Bremen, GA 30110.
International Foundation for Homeopathy. (Provides educational courses for professionals and general public, and offers referrals to homeopathic professionals.) 2366 Eastlake Avenue East, Suite 301, Seattle, WA 98102.
National Center for Homeopathy. |
Elaine Feuer
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 To further restrict nutritional information, the FDA warned it would prohibit "third-party" organizations from making health claims associated with nutritional products. Small firms, those who sell their products through natural food stores, would not have survived.
Some of the dietary supplements that would have been restricted or banned by the FDA are: essential fatty acids? |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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| Dimethylglycine (DMG) is a popular substance in today's nutritional products. It will also be discussed as a corollary for vitamin B15, pangamic acid. DMG is an intermediary of cell metabolism, mainly from glycine and choline. As a precursor also to glycine, some of DMG's effects may be attributed to simple glycine, particularly in regard to its neuroinhibitory effect in problems such as epilepsy. DMG seems to be able to increase the immune antibody response and improve physical energy and has been used in the treatment of infections, immune suppression, fatigue, and poor endurance. |
Elaine Feuer
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| This legislation would have given the FTC the authority to restrict advertising and marketing of nutritional products that did not conform with NLEA regulations by imposing severe penalties on liable parties. The Senate version of the proposed Congressional bill would have imposed fines up to $2 million. |
| Upon engaging in the business of building nutritional products, one of the first stops made by members of True Health, Inc. was to go to the FDA offices in Dallas to inquire about the proper procedures in complying with FDA regulations. We were never told that we were in any type of violation with the FDA. . . . However, I would like to tell you what we have been facing from the beginning. Your agency violated your own laws by walking into our warehouse in California and ordering our product to be destroyed without proper notification to True Health, Inc. |
Dr. Vern Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
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 Always consult your health care provider before beginning any supplements or nutritional products.
CAUTION!—Not intended for children or for use during pregnany or breastfeeding.
HCA-CHROMIUM COMBINATION PRODUCTS
Product Name
Ultimate HCA
Super Hydroxy Max
Manufacturer, Location, Phone
I.D.E.A. Concepts Englewood, CO 80111 1-877-311-4332
Health/Max, Inc. Renton, WA 98055 1-888-469-1112 1-206-362-1111
Garclnla /(-) HCA
1500mg /750mg
833mg/500mg
Super CitriMax Plus
Natrol, Inc
Chatsworth, CA 91311 1-800-326-1520
667mg/400mg
Hydroxy Max
Juice Plus+ Thins Wafers
HealthMax, Inc. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 Thank you, Gary, for this protocol, the nutritional products, self-empowerment videos, and for being so wise that you chose Louanne Pennse to lead our support group. She is an inspiration to all of us.
My energy level has improved during this year-and-a-half-long Reversing the Aging Process study. I require less sleep. The ability to maintain a more intense mental alertness, over an extended period of time, has increased,
Vision at 71'fc years of age has remained stable, without the need of eyeglasses. Gum health has improved, and my nails are strong and growing more rapidly. |
J. E. Williams, O.M.D.
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 Several natural medications and nutritional products also suppress chemokines and are useful in the treatment of stealth viral infections. These include vitamins B3, B6, B12, and vitamin D. The female sex hormones progesterone and estrogen also have chemokine antagonist properties. The flavonoid antioxidant quercitin has potent activity against chemokines and enzymes that favor viral replication, and it is an important part of the antiviral protocols described in part 2 of this book. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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 By using nutritional products to increase mitochondrial energy production this final destructive step is avoided. Interestingly, L-carnitine and acetyl L-carnitine can by-pass the defect in complex I that I have seen in Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. Riboflavin,
33 Strurman JA, et al. Cystine neurotoxicity is increased by taurine deficiency. NeuroToxicology 10:15-28,1989
34 Sansberg PR, et al. Chronic taurine effects on various neurochemical indicies in control and kainic acid lesioned neostriatum. |
Elaine Feuer
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| Both countries require governmental registration for certain nutritional products, and consumer complaints made to these governments are passed on to the company. Efamol hasn't received a single complaint concerning the safety of their product in either country. In toxicology tests conducted at an FDA-inspected laboratory (Inveresk Research Institute, Musselburgh, Scotland), high doses of Efamol's primrose oil were found to be nontoxic; two-year carcinogenicity studies were negative as well. |
Nontoxic, Natural and EarthwiseDebra Lynn Dadd
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| Microlight Hawaiian Grown Spirulina (Microlight nutritional products). Grown in a pristine environment, with no agricultural chemicals within thirty miles, and fed a volcanic-rich source of water-borne mineral nutrients.
Mineral Gold (Vibrant Life). Liquid minerals from a prehistoric deposit of vegetation in Utah.
Mineral Toddy (The Rockland Corporation). Liquid minerals from a prehistoric deposit of vegetation.
Montana Big Sky Bee Products (Montana Naturals International). A complete line of bee products: bee pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and several herbal/bee-product combinations. |
Bill Gottlieb
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 Annandale, VA 22003 Homeopathic remedies, nutritional products, books.
Bierer's Pharmacy
146 S. Mam St. Lexington, VA 24450 1-800-552-6779
Homeopathic remedies, mail-order service.
Biological Homeopathic Industries
11600 Cochiti SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 1-800-621-7644
Combination homeopathic remedies, therapeutic information.
Boericke & Tafel
2381 Circadian Way Santa Rosa, CA 95407 1-800-876-9505, ext. 100 Homeopathic remedies.
Boiron, The World Leader in Homeopathy (East Coast)
6 Campus Blvd., Bldg. |
G. Edward Griffin
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 What a contrast to the FDA's unyielding opposition to Laetrile and the nutritional products of nature.
As Senator William Proxmire phrased it:
The FDA and much, but not all, of the orthodox medical profession are actively hostile against the manufacture, sale and distribution of vitamins and minerals as food or food supplements. They are out to get the health food industry and to drive the health food stores out of business. And they are trying to do this out of active hostility and prejudice. |
D. Lindsey Berkson
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 Hormone Potentiators
Hormone potentiators are nutritional products that act to gently slow down your body's normal breakdown process of hormones, causing a gentle elevation of your own natural hormones. A moderate potentiation of a number of hormones helps decrease menopausal symptoms while increasing a sense of well-being and vitality. Hormone potentiators are taken as pills or capsules, not creams, with paba as the main ingredient. |
Marion Nestle
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| Just 2 months later, within the prescribed 120-day waiting period, the FDA denied a petition from Weider Nutrition International to authorize nine health claims that the company wanted to use to market its omega-3 fatty acid, garlic, and nutritional products. According to the FDA, the proposed claims did not meet one or another element of FDAMA or of the agency's substantiation criteria. |
Elaine Feuer
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| A few months later Senator Hatch and Congressman Bill Richardson sponsored the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, to establish a regulatory framework for vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and other dietary supplements; to protect supplements from being arbitrarily removed from the market as food additives; and to protect consumers by guaranteeing their right to obtain safe nutritional products and truthful, science-based information about their benefits.
In his introductory statement for the House bill, Rep. |
David Brownstein
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| A knowledgeable health care provider, skilled in the use of nutritional products, can work with you to find the highest quality supplements.
Why Do You Need To Take Supplements?
The best way to obtain adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals is by eating healthy, whole foods. If you eat a healthy diet, why should you supplement it with vitamins and minerals? There are three main reasons that I recommend vitamin and mineral supplements:
1. Poor farming techniques have depleted many soils of vital minerals. Food grown in these depleted soils will contain inadequate mineral levels.
2. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
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| Finally, I would like to mention one other area of protection that is purely theoretical but, is backed up by strong research evidence, and that is nutritional products that may strengthen the blood-brain barrier.
It was a gentleman by the name of Bill Sardi who focused my attention on the concept and presented me with some startling research. Bill wrote a very interesting book entitled, Nutrition and the Eyes. But it was the second part of a two-part article he wrote for the Townsend Newsletter for
41 Osvaido R. |
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