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Life Saving Facts

  • Dietary choices are linked to 70 percent of all diseases affecting Americans.
  • Only 30 of 125 U.S. medical schools require doctors to take a nutrition course.
  • In four years of school, the average physician [MD] gets only 2.5 hours of nutritional training.
  • The average American's diet includes consuming 140 pounds of sugar a year.
  • There is twice as much calcium (which protects against osteoporosis and colon cancer) in a cup of spinach as a cup of milk.
  • Approximately 300 enzymes are known to require zinc for their activities.

MINERALS
  • Calcium helps neuromuscular relaxation and excitability (this helps heart functions).
  • Calcium is important in blood coagulation.
  • Calcium is important in the transmission of nerve impulses.
  • Calcium increases resistance to infection.
  • Calcium promotes cellular adhesiveness and strength.
  • Calcium helps with the maintenance and function of cell membranes.
  • Calcium helps with the activation of enzyme reactions and hormone secretions.
  • Calcium is vital for pregnancy and nursing (fetus, infant, and mother).
  • Zinc is required for DNA synthesis, cell division and protein synthesis.
  • Zinc is found in hundreds of types of nucleoproteins which are involved in gene expression of various proteins.
  • Zinc deficiency also affects proliferation and maturity of lymphocytes adversely [impaired immune response to infection].

    PHYTOCHEMICALS
  • Phytochemicals give plants their flavor, aroma and pigment, have many roles in potentially preventing cancer growth.
  • Phytochemicals block hormonal actions and metabolic pathways associated with cancer evolution, stimulate enzymes that flush out carcinogens and suppress the growth and division of cancer cells.
  • The phytochemical Lycopene, found in tomatoes and red grapefruit, is actually twice as powerful as beta-carotene at eliminating free radicals.
  • Whole grains — the staples of civilizations for centuries — provide a valuable source of fiber, phytochemicals and antioxidants, which the refining process, unfortunately, removes.

    CANCER
  • The bottom-line? “Cancer is a preventable disease.” Go Heavy on Veggies to Prevent Cancer, New York Times; June 28, 1999.
  • One in three people will get cancer.
  • The American Cancer Society predicts that a full one-third of the 563,000 cancer deaths in 1999 will be nutrition-related. [Much more than they used to admit]
  • The American Institute for Cancer Research found that appropriate diets alone may prevent three to four million cancer cases a year worldwide.
  • Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day may prevent well over 20 percent of all cancer cases, including those of the colon, stomach, lung, esophagus, breast, bladder, pancreas and prostate.
  • "Cancer is usually the result of a decades-long process and nutrition is a way of thwarting each step.”
  • Some of the most powerful cancer-fighters are antioxidants which stabilize free radicals (highly reactive oxygen molecules) and halt cellular damage.
  • Vitamin C, an antioxidant in citrus fruits and strawberries, also raises the activity of “natural killer cells,” which search for roaming cancer.
  • Vitamin E, in leafy greens and nuts, may protect against genetic defects that increase cancer risk.
  • Beta-carotene, in carrots and sweet potatoes, may block the formation of tumors.
  • Maitake and shiitake mushrooms stimulate immune function.
  • Selenium, a mineral found in grains, seeds and garlic, induces cancer cell death.
  • Antioxidants in turmeric, an herb in curry powder, prevent DNA damage and block tumor growth.
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