Nutrition and Complementary Therapy

Free teleconference
What Advocates should know about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Tuesday, Nov 7, 1 pm EST

Topical Index:

• The Healthy Eating Pyramid, discussion from the VHL Handbook
  • Additional information for people with gluten intolerance
  • Concerning mercury in fish
    
• Predisposed -- not Inevitable, a conversation about the importance of good nutrition by Tara E., Colorado, and Joyce Graff, Massachusetts
  
• Complementary Therapies, a personal journey by Gale Lugo, Florida, VHLFF, Sept 99
  • Gale's List of 48 Natural Therapies you might consider adding to your health care plan

• Caution before taking herbal remedies, by Dr. Andrew Weil
• Green Tea -- Best As a Beverage
   
• Complementary Therapies: How to Find One That Fits, reprinted from Search, the newsletter of the National Brain Tumor Foundation
  
• Vitamins for Stamina -- recommendations for vitamins before and after surgery
  by Paul Reilly, N.D., L.Ac., Seattle Cancer Treatment Center, Seattle, Washington
  
• Lifestyle changes can halt cancer -- research on prostate cancer may have implications for other conditions

• Alcohol and VHL
  
• Osteoporosis: a side effect of steroid use, by Altheada Johnson, dietitian
  
• Taking a Closer Look at Phytochemicals - helpful chemicals in plants
• Beta-Carotene may protect against cancer ... unless you smoke or drink
• Green Tea -- best as a beverage
• Carotenoids protect against cancer. Lutein may protect the eyes against AMD. For the carotenoid content of different foods go to the following web site: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/car98/car98.html
  Once at this site, click on the “data table” link to see a complete list of the carotenoid values for a large number of foods. It is a pdf file and does not list lutein for all foods, but they have it for many.