Nutritional Supplements

Healthy Food Nutrition
#32

About 3 months ago, I started taking an omega supplement when i visited with my psychiatrist he approved of that supplement. He also informed me omega supplements when combined with Evening Primrose Oil (EPO) has been shown to have a mood stabilizing effect on some people. I have been using both of them since and definitely agree. EPO also has other great health effects.

The B vitamins, especially folic acid and vitamin B6, help support the clearing of the stress hormones by the liver which is also helpful in depression.
Therapy to go along side your therapy is also crucial…there is no cure for depression it takes time and a lot of changes in your life.

Good Luck!! :stuck_out_tongue:

#33

You are probably right. However, you can try a relatively new field, biopsychiatry:

http://biopsychiatry.com/

a good drug guide.

Very good is SAMe:

http://biopsychiatry.com/sameart.html

#34

I take Multivitamin supplements. But My personal advised eat regular green vegetable,egg and banana for vitamins.

#35

Get as much as you can from foods, especially green leafy vegetables and fruits.

Over supplementation can present many dangers, especially because these dangers are not yet fully understood:

http://deannalynnsletten.suite101.com/dangers-of-vitamin-and-mineral-overload-a167164

Pay the greatest atention to the manufacturer:

As a rule of thumb:
—you can skip all supplements a day a week
—you can use supplements in alternate days (say odd days and even days like May 1
and May 2)
----do understand the RDA (recommended daily allowance) for each supplement.

Even healthy foods present dangers in excess. Eg cosuming too much carrots will make your face white and your kidneys sick.

It looks like the best manufacturer is Thorne Research.

Probably the greatest danger is ignorance. Educate yourself.

#36

People talk a lot about vitamins and minerals. They are good, but there are more potent compounds. Here I will mention the ENZYMES. They are way more potent than vitamins and minerals. It should be mentioned that there are anti-oxidant enzymes.

These enzymes are so potent that they can heal even cancer-with a great rate of success. Dr. Kelly treated himself of pancreatic cancer with enzymes…and then cured thousands of people of cancer. Dr. Nicholas Gonzales continues today his legacy.

Enzymes are naturally occuring substances, and they cannot be patented. That is why the
big pharma has no interest in them.

Even if you are in good health it is worthwhile to study the enzymes.

#37

Proteolytic enzymes are great for digestion. They are great even for therapeutic purposes:

Without them the vitamins and minerals are useless.

Sources of info :

http://www.specialtyenzymes.com/?gclid=CPztsMCt27MCFUqoPAodykkAGg

You have to know what you are doing. Taking supplements of enzymes requires
medical advice. However, you can take enzymes from natural sources like:

—pineapple
—papaya
—kefir
—bee pollen
—pickled cabbage
—sprouts-they contain lots of enzymes. It is easy to sprout
at home

There are no side effects for taking naturally occuring enzymes.
Probably the greatest danger is that your stomach will work in
overdrive.

#38

Why are enzymes much more potent than anti-oxidants ? A good deal of the answer lies in their mechanism of interaction.

A molecule (atom) becomes a free radical (ie damaging to your cells) by giving an electron (this process is called “oxidation” in chemistry) to some other compounds. An
anti-oxidant gives an electron (this process is called “reduction” in chemistry) to the free
radical—and so annihilating it. So: one molecule of anti-oxidant destroys one molecule (atom) of free radicals.

An enzyme is a catalyst. Let us say that compound A from foods have to be transformed
into compound B in your cells. This biochemical reaction can take years without a catalyst. This catalyst is the enzyme.

What happens is that the enzyme catalyst (product C) joins molecule A, forms a complex molecule together with molecule A called molecile AE, and this complex molecule AE decays into molecule B:

A + C — AC—B + C

ie the molecule C is NOT destroyed. It is again used. In actual fact an enzyme can catalyze even millions of molecules A .

#39

Some enzymes are also anti-oxidants. Eg COQ10, co-enzyme Q10, which is well known

Dr. Blaylock specifies that a great contributor to cancer is the lack of antioxidant enzymes in your body.

#40

What about taking Aloe Vera for anti-inflammatory effects?

#41

[QUOTE=guybrush;80696]What about taking Aloe Vera for anti-inflammatory effects?[/QUOTE]

Aloe Vera helps, but it is not among the most efficient ones.

Here you have a list of generally considered the best anti-inflammatories:

Turmeric, active substance in it Curcumin. Take it in combination with black pepper and ginger to dramatically increase its efficiency.

Boswellia (tree)

White willow bark extract. Actually even aspirin is made from it.

Ginger root

Bromelain -it is an enzyme found in the stem of pine-apple. Lots of enzymes
are anti-inflammatory.

Quercetin-can be found in apples and onions

Devil’s claw

Pau D’Arco- a wonderful medicine from the bark of a tree growing in South America. Trouble is that it is ot collected properly when collected for
commercial purposes.

Garlic-astonishing how good is garlic for almost everything

Honey-Roman soldiers actually wrapped their wounds in honey

Propolis- a natural antibiotic

#42

Enzymes are potent medicine.

Right now, there is a bad flu in Canada…maybe in other countries too.

Do you know that enzymes are great medicine against colds and flu ?

http://books.google.ca/books?id=eqkYpqkYPngC&pg=PA274&lpg=PA274&dq=enzyme+heal+flu&source=bl&ots=L0y8QYWTmN&sig=W2xbZCGLg_SCTDOrXyz64-nJ7kQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nYjrUMXkMsLE2wXeh4CYAg&sqi=2&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=enzyme%20heal%20flu&f=false

http://www.fitnessbytai.com/mucostop48

You know the traditional medicine against colds and flu: hot tea, coughing syrup, etc.
Try enzymes. You will be surprised to see how effective they are.

#43

I read people mixing turmeric and black pepper with i.e. Coconut oil got better absorption.as with fat it is better bio availability.
At least thats what they said that tested it.maybe it even stains less then.

#44

[QUOTE=fakeyogis;81558]I read people mixing turmeric and black pepper with i.e. Coconut oil got better absorption.as with fat it is better bio availability.
At least thats what they said that tested it.maybe it even stains less then.[/QUOTE]

I posted about it before. Mix turmeric with black pepper AND ginger. It increases the effectiveness of turmeric 2,000 (yes, two thousand) times.

#45

At the moment I’m taking the following on a daily basis:

1 x Solgar Botanical Digestive Complex
1 - 2 x Solgar 5-HTP
1 x Lamberts Vitamin D 1000iu
1 x Solgar Vitamin C 500mg

#46

A pretty recent discovery is EPICOR:

http://www.naturodoc.com/library/cancer/epicor.htm

It balances (modulates) the immune system, as the nature intended it. It enhances the activity of NK (Natural Killers) cells. Thes NK cells are like Dirty Harry-Clint Eastwood.
They do not obey commands from the bbody software. They circulate through the body and, when they find an enemy cell, they destroy it.

Being quite recent, it does not have many clinical studies. However, FDA recognized it as GRAS (Generally Recommended As Safe). I have started to take it about one week ago.
Probably it is too early to speak about good results but definitely there are no side effects.

#47

Do you need better immunesystem?
Epicor is made by an old techique , Fermentation. You could probably ferment some cabbage your self and eat every day with similar benefit. But of course a pill is easier and more convenient i agree.

Coconut oil has lauric acid same as in breastmilk that protects the new born infants.

Try som evco coconut oil that will be good for you. Many people get better , initially one might get worse due to herxheimer/ die off. And meny report a weight loss from it. People start with half tsp and work up to 1 ,2 tbsp per day.

#48

When buying supplements, we have to make sure they contain what is written on the label.

In the process of manufacturing supplements, a powder is used to be distributed in pills The concentration of ingredients may vary from pill to pill-sometimes even dramatically, say from 10 % to 140 %:

You really have to check the quality of the pills. How can you do that ? Eg read the customer reviews. Another way is to stick with reputable manufacturers.

Some naturopathic doctors recommend to buy pill made by Thorne Research or Metagenics.

#49

[QUOTE=fakeyogis;81614]Do you need better immunesystem?
Epicor is made by an old techique , Fermentation. You could probably ferment some cabbage your self and eat every day with similar benefit. But of course a pill is easier and more convenient i agree.

Coconut oil has lauric acid same as in breastmilk that protects the new born infants.

Try som evco coconut oil that will be good for you. Many people get better , initially one might get worse due to herxheimer/ die off. And meny report a weight loss from it. People start with half tsp and work up to 1 ,2 tbsp per day.[/QUOTE]

You are right that it is better to take enzymes from foods:

http://www.cheeseslave.com/got-raw-food-50-ways-to-increase-enzymes-in-your-diet/

You have here a list of foods providing you with enzymes. Fermented cabbage, like any fermented food, contains lots of enzymes. So do the picked peppers too.

There is a catch though: if you are young and healthy, enzymes from foods are enough. The problem is that we eat cooked foods, deprived of enzymes.
Then the pancreas has to work overtime to produce enzymes. As we grow older, the pancreas cannot cope anymore. Then we need supplemental enzymes. The pills contain high concentrations of enzymes.

Enzymes are of three types:
—digestive
—metabolic
—therapeutic

There is a good book: Complete Book of Enzyme Therapy by Dr. Chicoke.
Read the customer reviews.

#50

As always, the best “supplements” are made by Mother Nature. What man-made
supplement can come even close to bee pollen ? Look at its composition:

http://www.envirobee.com/beepollen3.htm

If we look only at enzymes, it has "all enzymes known or that will be known."
The meaning: bee pollen contains more than 3,000 enzymes. The scientists did not
analyze them all…yet.

#51

There is a “miracle enzyme” named serrapeptase. It actually has several names, like
serratio peptidase etc.

This enzyme is almost universal: for heart, eyes, brain, knees, etc. How does it so many things ? Actually it does only one thing: cleans the body from inflammation, undigested proteins, etc It is a “general cleanser.” But lots of human organs need cleansing. That is why it is good for so many body organs.

http://nutritiongang.com/silkworm-enzyme-serrapeptase/