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Nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:

• increase foods that soothe the Liver; clear Heat, calm the Shen (Spirit), harmonize Spleen/Stomach, invigorate the Qi; tonify the Kidney if Xu (Deficient)

• foods rich in organic sources of Sodium

• lemon juice mixed with water, especially upon rising in the morning 30 minutes before anything else is eaten

• mustard greens, black radish, apples and saffron, watercress, beets, parsley, artichokes, cherries, grapefruit, parsnips, endive, garlic, onion, chicory, carob, horseradish, kumquats, limes, quinces, dandelion greens, burdock root

fresh juices:

• radish and pineapple (Jensen, p. 52)

• black cherry concentrate mixed with liquid chlorophyll (Jensen, p. 52)

• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Jensen, p. 52)

• cucumber, radish, and green pepper (Jensen, p. 52)

avoid:

• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, sugar and sweet foods, coffee, caffeine

supplements

• Vitamin B3 1 g per day

• Vitamin B6 300 mg per day

• Vitamin B12, IM 1000 mcg 1x/week

• Vitamin B-complex

DHA (docosahexaenoic acid): In two sequential studies on the effects of stress on college students researchers found that those using 1.5-1.8 g of DHA daily experiences fewer ill effects of stress, especoially agressive behavior towards others, than did the control group; further they determined that in non-stress situations the two groups showed no significant difference.

(Hamazaki T, et al. J Clin Invest 1996 Feb 15;97(4):1129-1133; Hamazaki T, et al. Lipids 1998 Jul;33(7):663-667)

footnotes

Hamazaki T, Sawazaki S, Nagao Y, Kuwamori T, Yazawa K, Mizushima Y, Kobayashi M. Docosahexaenoic acid does not affect aggression of normal volunteers under nonstressful conditions. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Lipids 1998 Jul;33(7):663-667.

Abstract: We previously found that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) intake prevents aggression enhancement at times of mental stress. In the present study we investigated changes in aggression under nonstressful conditions. Forty-six students of two universities took either DHA-rich fish oil capsules containing 1.5 g DHA (DHA group: 13 males and 9 females) or control oil capsules containing 97% soybean oil plus 3% of another fish oil (control group: 11 males and 13 females) for 3 mon in a double-blind fashion. At the start and end of the study they took an aggression-estimating test (P-F Study) without a stressor component. DHA (5.9 to 8.5%, P < 0.001) and eicosapentaenoic acid (0.7 to 1.5%, P < 0.001) increased in red blood cell phospholipids in the DHA group, while linoleic acid increased slightly (8.3 to 9.1%, P < 0.002) in the soybean oil control group. In the control group, measured aggression levels decreased from 34.8 to 29.4% (P < 0.005), whereas they remained stable in the DHA group (33.5 to 33.8%). The intergroup differences (-5.4 vs. 0.3%) were marginally significant (P < or = 0.05). Aggression levels were stable in the DHA group whether there was stressor (as previously shown) or not. This effect of DHA appears to be interesting, considering the reported association between a low intake of n-3 fatty acids and depression.

Hamazaki T, Sawazaki S, Itomura M, Asaoka E, Nagao Y, Nishimura N, Yazawa K, Kuwamori T, Kobayashi M. The effect of docosahexaenoic acid on aggression in young adults. A placebo-controlled double-blind study. J Clin Invest 1996 Feb 15;97(4):1129-1133.

Abstract: 41 students took either docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-rich oil capsules containing 1.5-1.8 grams DHA/day (17 females and 5 males) or control oil capsules containing 97% soybean oil plus 3% fish oil (12 females and 7 males) for 3 mo in a double-blind fashion. They took a psychological test (P-F Study) and Stroop and dementia-detecting tests at the start and end of the study. The present study started at the end of summer vacation and ended in the middle of mental stress such as final exams. In the control group extraggression (aggression against others) in P-F Study was significantly increased at the end of the study as compared with that measured at the start (delta = +8.9%, P = 0.0022), whereas it was not significantly changed in the DHA group (delta = -1.0%). The 95% CI of differences between the DHA and control groups were -16.8 to -3.0%. DHA supplementation did not affect the Stroop and dementia-detecting tests. Thus, DHA intake prevented extraggression from increasing at times of mental stress. This finding might help understand how fish oils prevent disease like coronary heart disease.