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What Your Doctor Doesn'T Know About the Nutritional Medicine Maybe Killing You
What Your Doctor Doesn'T Know About the Nutritional Medicine Maybe Killing You
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April 8, 2019
الكتاب عن الطب التغذوي
وأهمية مضادات لأكسدة في تعزيز قوة الجسم في مقاومة الإصابة بالمرض
ومحاربته للمصابين به
كتبه طبيب يذكر فيه قصص حدثت بالفعل لمرضى أمراض تنكسية مزمنة
استخدموا الفيتامينات والمعادن لتعزيز قوة أبدانهم وتحسين حالاتهم بشكل ملحوظ
الكتاب لا يحتوي على أي إعلان لأي شركة مكملات غذائية
ولا هو يتحدث عن الطب البديل والعلاج بالأعشاب
إنما يؤكد على أهمية الطب التكميلي ودور الإجهاد التأكسدي في تدمير الجسم
لا يدعو الكتاب أحدا للتوقف عن أخذ الدواء الموصوف لمرضه
لكنه يدعو وبقوة لتناول ما يلزم من الفيتامينات المعادن ومضادات الأكسدة التي تقوي جسده لمحاربة الأمراض المزمنة بالأساس
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July 8, 2018
Any respectable medical literature doesn't involve God and prayers. And yet you see him pushing his faith, creation and "power of prayer" into every chapter. If the intention is to bring up the importance of nutritional medicine, why include religious mumbo jumbo?
March 10, 2012
This book is excellent and provides information that we all need about our health, and how and why vested interest groups are negatively affecting our health in various ways.
It also explains why the information on health and treatments by the media and government is not all that it seems.
This book is a great introduction to the topic of nutrition, health and supplements for the beginner. It is well written and well put together and provides a great basic overview of many vitamins and other nutrients and their role in maintaining health and preventing disease.
There is a lot of focus on getting lots of antioxidants and a wide variety of antioxidants in this book. Dr Strand also explains that the high cholesterol = heart disease hypothesis is scientifically wrong.
I did have a few quibbles with this book, almost entirely relating to the fact that many of the supplement dosage recommendations were way too low. For example, coenzyme Q10 at a dose of 20 - 30 mg is too small to make much difference at all. The dosages given for MS and Parkinson's' are also about half what is often given in modern books. There are also advantages (which this book doesn't mention, probably because it is a few years old now and slightly out of date) in taking the new form of reduced Q10, ubiquinol, as opposed to ubiquinone.
The recommendation given to limit vitamin D intake to 1500 IU is not backed up by many of the recent articles and books on vitamin D such as Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin and The Vitamin D Solution: A 3-Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problems. It is safe for most of us, especially if we have testing of vitamin D and calcium levels, to take 5000 - 10 000 IU and some of us need these amounts to be healthy. Dosage levels should be determined through testing and not limited to 1500 IU arbitrarily as this book suggests.
20 - 30 mg of vitamin B1 is also way too low, all the B vitamin recommendations were. It was as if this book were much older than it was, as these sorts of much lower recommendations are something you usually see in older books. These dosages are too low for healthy people and they really are inadequate for those that are very ill.
Vitamin C has many benefits at doses higher than the paltry 1 - 2 grams daily this author suggests. The more ill people are, the more they need too. This is explained in books such as Vitamin C: The Real Story, the Remarkable and Controversial Healing Factor, Fire Your Doctor! How to Be Independently Healthy and Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins (3rd EDITION) and many others. Vitamin C is so important and this cannot be overemphasised.
Probably two thirds of the dosage recommendations were far lower than you might expect having read many books on this topic. It should be noted too that the dosages I am talking about that are a bit higher are not even remotely near any type of toxic range or a range is in any way unsafe; they are still very conservative.
Readers may want to check the recommended dosage for supplements given in this book, with other books which have more up to date recommendations. I'd very much recommend this. This would include Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution: Nature's Answer to Drugs, Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone: Megavitamin Therapeutics for Families and Physicians and Fire Your Doctor! How to Be Independently Healthy. It is always a good idea to get several opinions on dosages anyway.
If you are taking prescription drugs, Ray Strand's other book Death By Prescription: The Shocking Truth Behind an Overmedicated Nation is highly recommended. Another good choice is Is Your Cardiologist Killing You or Detoxify or Die by Dr Sherry Rogers.
Ray Strand also has several good articles on this topic available online. That is how I first heard his name and knew to search my library for this book of his. This book is a very good beginners guide, although I recommend reading other books on this topic as well if at all possible.
Dr Strand writes,
"In the past year alone, I have examined more than thirteen hundred peer reviewed medical studies involving nutritional supplements and how they affect chronic degenerative diseases. These studies are double blind, placebo-controlled medical studies, the kind that physicians love. The overwhelming majority of these studies show a significant health benefit to those patients who take nutrients at optimal levels, which are significantly higher than the RDA levels."
Dr Strand is not selling vitamins but is genuinely motivated to help people get well and stay well. This is made very clear in the way he writes. Do not believe anyone who gives you that old line about expensive urine, they are just ignorant and need to do a lot more reading.
Any doctor you see that doesn't think nutrition and having the optimal amount of each nutrient in your system is vitally important, and wont read any new information on this topic, is best replaced by someone more educated.
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
It also explains why the information on health and treatments by the media and government is not all that it seems.
This book is a great introduction to the topic of nutrition, health and supplements for the beginner. It is well written and well put together and provides a great basic overview of many vitamins and other nutrients and their role in maintaining health and preventing disease.
There is a lot of focus on getting lots of antioxidants and a wide variety of antioxidants in this book. Dr Strand also explains that the high cholesterol = heart disease hypothesis is scientifically wrong.
I did have a few quibbles with this book, almost entirely relating to the fact that many of the supplement dosage recommendations were way too low. For example, coenzyme Q10 at a dose of 20 - 30 mg is too small to make much difference at all. The dosages given for MS and Parkinson's' are also about half what is often given in modern books. There are also advantages (which this book doesn't mention, probably because it is a few years old now and slightly out of date) in taking the new form of reduced Q10, ubiquinol, as opposed to ubiquinone.
The recommendation given to limit vitamin D intake to 1500 IU is not backed up by many of the recent articles and books on vitamin D such as Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin and The Vitamin D Solution: A 3-Step Strategy to Cure Our Most Common Health Problems. It is safe for most of us, especially if we have testing of vitamin D and calcium levels, to take 5000 - 10 000 IU and some of us need these amounts to be healthy. Dosage levels should be determined through testing and not limited to 1500 IU arbitrarily as this book suggests.
20 - 30 mg of vitamin B1 is also way too low, all the B vitamin recommendations were. It was as if this book were much older than it was, as these sorts of much lower recommendations are something you usually see in older books. These dosages are too low for healthy people and they really are inadequate for those that are very ill.
Vitamin C has many benefits at doses higher than the paltry 1 - 2 grams daily this author suggests. The more ill people are, the more they need too. This is explained in books such as Vitamin C: The Real Story, the Remarkable and Controversial Healing Factor, Fire Your Doctor! How to Be Independently Healthy and Curing the Incurable: Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases and Toxins (3rd EDITION) and many others. Vitamin C is so important and this cannot be overemphasised.
Probably two thirds of the dosage recommendations were far lower than you might expect having read many books on this topic. It should be noted too that the dosages I am talking about that are a bit higher are not even remotely near any type of toxic range or a range is in any way unsafe; they are still very conservative.
Readers may want to check the recommended dosage for supplements given in this book, with other books which have more up to date recommendations. I'd very much recommend this. This would include Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution: Nature's Answer to Drugs, Orthomolecular Medicine for Everyone: Megavitamin Therapeutics for Families and Physicians and Fire Your Doctor! How to Be Independently Healthy. It is always a good idea to get several opinions on dosages anyway.
If you are taking prescription drugs, Ray Strand's other book Death By Prescription: The Shocking Truth Behind an Overmedicated Nation is highly recommended. Another good choice is Is Your Cardiologist Killing You or Detoxify or Die by Dr Sherry Rogers.
Ray Strand also has several good articles on this topic available online. That is how I first heard his name and knew to search my library for this book of his. This book is a very good beginners guide, although I recommend reading other books on this topic as well if at all possible.
Dr Strand writes,
"In the past year alone, I have examined more than thirteen hundred peer reviewed medical studies involving nutritional supplements and how they affect chronic degenerative diseases. These studies are double blind, placebo-controlled medical studies, the kind that physicians love. The overwhelming majority of these studies show a significant health benefit to those patients who take nutrients at optimal levels, which are significantly higher than the RDA levels."
Dr Strand is not selling vitamins but is genuinely motivated to help people get well and stay well. This is made very clear in the way he writes. Do not believe anyone who gives you that old line about expensive urine, they are just ignorant and need to do a lot more reading.
Any doctor you see that doesn't think nutrition and having the optimal amount of each nutrient in your system is vitally important, and wont read any new information on this topic, is best replaced by someone more educated.
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
July 2, 2018
While the book contains a lot of text, its basic premise is the same. Repeating the same thing over and over again with examples of different people and their conditions, discussing several illnesses and giving the same solution for all of them.
This book, in very short, only says that you should take antioxidants to better your immune system rather than relying solely on medicines. That's all the book is about. And while I don't disagree with it, an entire book written around this subject is a waste of time for the reader (at least me). There's more things in this book to just autopilot on rather than being focused about. Personal examples and claims about the theory is all alright but more and more of them just to convince the reader, is a bit repetitive and preachy. Rather than reading a book about this topic, I would recommend reading an article or a research paper. It would be more succinct and would save you precious time of your life.
This book, in very short, only says that you should take antioxidants to better your immune system rather than relying solely on medicines. That's all the book is about. And while I don't disagree with it, an entire book written around this subject is a waste of time for the reader (at least me). There's more things in this book to just autopilot on rather than being focused about. Personal examples and claims about the theory is all alright but more and more of them just to convince the reader, is a bit repetitive and preachy. Rather than reading a book about this topic, I would recommend reading an article or a research paper. It would be more succinct and would save you precious time of your life.
September 15, 2016
Siapakah yang tidak inginkan nikmat kesihatan tubuh badan luaran dan dalaman? Anugerah kesihatan acapkali diabaikan oleh kebanyakan orang ketika mereka berada dalam keadaan sihat. Apabila sudah terhantuk, barulah nak mengadah.
Ketika saya membaca buku ini, saya baru sahaja selesai membeli ubat-ubat bernilai LE 240 (RM 120) di sebuah farmasi setelah mencabut gigi bongsu. Dan dalam buku ini, Ray Strand sekali lagi menyanggah kesalahan sebahagian pengamal perubatan yang hanya bermudah-mudahan bergantung kepada preskripsi ubat-ubatan dalam merawat pelbagai jenis penyakit popular masyarakat abad ke-21 ini seperti sakit jantung, diabetes, kanser dan osteoporosis berbanding turut menawarkan nasihat kepada pesakit untuk mengambil supplement yang mencukupi, diet yang seimbang dan membuat senaman fizikal.
Graduan Colorado Medical School yang telah bergelumang dengan selok-belok dunia perubatan selama 23 tahun ini pada awalnya turut terjebak dalam kebanyakan pengamal perubatan yang hanya menawarkan preskripsi ubat semata dan sedikit nasihat-nasihat lain. Setelah meneruskan pengkajiannya selepas itu selama tujuh tahun berkenaan kesan nutrisi kepada pesakit, beliau menawarkan satu tesis - bukan semua penyakit mampu dirawat dengan ubat.
Ini terbukti dengan betapa ramainya pesakit beliau daripada segenap penyakit kronik yang boleh disenaraikan, mula pulih dengan pengambilan beberapa supplement seperti vitamin A, C, E, ekstrak biji anggur dan glucosamine sulfat. Semuanya menurut kadar dan bergantung kepada jenis-jenis penyakit itu sendiri yang saya tidak berhajat untuk memanjangkannya di sini.
Idea asas yang dibawa oleh penulis ialah tubuh badan manusia sendiri mempunyai sistem ketahanan yang tersendiri - seperti yang kita sedia maklum - dan apabila wujud faktor-faktor luar yang boleh mengancam sistem ini seperti pertambahan umur, terdedah kepada sinaran matahari dalam jangka masa yang lama dan bahan-bahan kimia daripada kepulan-kepulan asap, maka secara automatik sel-sel di dalam badan kita akan mengalami satu proses iaitu 'oxidative stress' yang bakal menatijahkan penyakit-penyakit kronik.
Pada sudut yang lain, kritikan tajam penulis terhadap institusi perubatan dan farmasi yang tidak mengesyorkan pengambilan sesetengah nutrisi yang boleh didapati dalam buah-buahan, sayur-sayuran dan seumpamanya, bahkan masih menawarkan ubat - yang sudah tentu mempunyai kosnya yang tersendiri - walaupun nutrisi asas ini lebih efektif, harus kita berikan perhatian. Hal ini wujud kerana sifat ingin melariskan produk dan mengaut keuntungan yang masih wujud dalam sesetengah institusi kesihatan. Bahkan, apabila seseorang doktor memberikan preskripsi satu dua ubat, ia tampak seakan-akan telah memberikan solusi bagi menyembuhkan pesakit tersebut dan nasihat-nasihat lain tidak lagi diperlukan. Bayangkan berapa banyak wang yang mampu kita jimatkan apabila kita melakukan tiga triad ini sebetulnya; pengambilan diet yang seimbang, pengambilan supplement yang mencukupi dan senaman yang berkala berbanding hanya bergantung kepada ubat-ubatan semata-mata untuk memulihkan penyakit kita.
Kata-kata pensyarah Perubatan Komuniti kami sewaktu mengingatkan kami untuk membuat ulangkaji bagi bab pencegahan dan rawatan untuk penyakit berjangkit dan tidak berjangkit (communicable disease and non-communicable diseases) kembali menjengah ke dalam kolam fikiran saya. Katanya,
"You all should revise by heart the prevention and treatment for all of these communicable (dengue fever, rabies etc.) and non-communicable diseases (diabetes, cancer, lung diseases etc.) because we, as a public health practitioner has put a lot of effort on these programmes."
Kita boleh lihat entah berapa banyak kempen kesedaran berkenaan penjagaan kesihatan, ratusan ribu wang yang ditawarkan untuk pembuat poster, komik dan video bertemakan kesihatan serta pekerja yang turun padang membuat penyemburan gas-gas beracun bagi membasmi tempat pembiakan nyamuk-nyamuk dan seumpamanya. Semua ini sangat signifikan bagi menjimatkan peruntukan pihak kerajaan dalam jangka masa panjang. Sekiranya ramai rakyat yang sakit parah, sudah tentu perbelanjaan kos rawatan yang tinggi dan kos mesin yang mahal diperlukan. Usaha besar yang kita tidak nampak inilah perlu kita sedari dan hargai sebenarnya.
Bagi menutup sudut pandang ringkas ini, penulis - seperti buku-bukunya yang lain - cuba sedaya upaya untuk menyampaikan mesej-mesej kesihatannya dalam bahasa orang awam dan gaya penulisannya dengan membawakan info diuruti kisah-kisah pesakit yang dirawatnya turut menarik perhatian pembaca. Ia mungkin bacaan ringan bagi mahasiswa perubatan dan bacaan tahap sederhana bagi kebanyakan orang awam. Saya perlu mengesyorkan bahan bacaan ini bagi sesiapa yang ingin meningkatkan nilai kesihatan mereka.
Ketika saya membaca buku ini, saya baru sahaja selesai membeli ubat-ubat bernilai LE 240 (RM 120) di sebuah farmasi setelah mencabut gigi bongsu. Dan dalam buku ini, Ray Strand sekali lagi menyanggah kesalahan sebahagian pengamal perubatan yang hanya bermudah-mudahan bergantung kepada preskripsi ubat-ubatan dalam merawat pelbagai jenis penyakit popular masyarakat abad ke-21 ini seperti sakit jantung, diabetes, kanser dan osteoporosis berbanding turut menawarkan nasihat kepada pesakit untuk mengambil supplement yang mencukupi, diet yang seimbang dan membuat senaman fizikal.
Graduan Colorado Medical School yang telah bergelumang dengan selok-belok dunia perubatan selama 23 tahun ini pada awalnya turut terjebak dalam kebanyakan pengamal perubatan yang hanya menawarkan preskripsi ubat semata dan sedikit nasihat-nasihat lain. Setelah meneruskan pengkajiannya selepas itu selama tujuh tahun berkenaan kesan nutrisi kepada pesakit, beliau menawarkan satu tesis - bukan semua penyakit mampu dirawat dengan ubat.
Ini terbukti dengan betapa ramainya pesakit beliau daripada segenap penyakit kronik yang boleh disenaraikan, mula pulih dengan pengambilan beberapa supplement seperti vitamin A, C, E, ekstrak biji anggur dan glucosamine sulfat. Semuanya menurut kadar dan bergantung kepada jenis-jenis penyakit itu sendiri yang saya tidak berhajat untuk memanjangkannya di sini.
Idea asas yang dibawa oleh penulis ialah tubuh badan manusia sendiri mempunyai sistem ketahanan yang tersendiri - seperti yang kita sedia maklum - dan apabila wujud faktor-faktor luar yang boleh mengancam sistem ini seperti pertambahan umur, terdedah kepada sinaran matahari dalam jangka masa yang lama dan bahan-bahan kimia daripada kepulan-kepulan asap, maka secara automatik sel-sel di dalam badan kita akan mengalami satu proses iaitu 'oxidative stress' yang bakal menatijahkan penyakit-penyakit kronik.
Pada sudut yang lain, kritikan tajam penulis terhadap institusi perubatan dan farmasi yang tidak mengesyorkan pengambilan sesetengah nutrisi yang boleh didapati dalam buah-buahan, sayur-sayuran dan seumpamanya, bahkan masih menawarkan ubat - yang sudah tentu mempunyai kosnya yang tersendiri - walaupun nutrisi asas ini lebih efektif, harus kita berikan perhatian. Hal ini wujud kerana sifat ingin melariskan produk dan mengaut keuntungan yang masih wujud dalam sesetengah institusi kesihatan. Bahkan, apabila seseorang doktor memberikan preskripsi satu dua ubat, ia tampak seakan-akan telah memberikan solusi bagi menyembuhkan pesakit tersebut dan nasihat-nasihat lain tidak lagi diperlukan. Bayangkan berapa banyak wang yang mampu kita jimatkan apabila kita melakukan tiga triad ini sebetulnya; pengambilan diet yang seimbang, pengambilan supplement yang mencukupi dan senaman yang berkala berbanding hanya bergantung kepada ubat-ubatan semata-mata untuk memulihkan penyakit kita.
Kata-kata pensyarah Perubatan Komuniti kami sewaktu mengingatkan kami untuk membuat ulangkaji bagi bab pencegahan dan rawatan untuk penyakit berjangkit dan tidak berjangkit (communicable disease and non-communicable diseases) kembali menjengah ke dalam kolam fikiran saya. Katanya,
"You all should revise by heart the prevention and treatment for all of these communicable (dengue fever, rabies etc.) and non-communicable diseases (diabetes, cancer, lung diseases etc.) because we, as a public health practitioner has put a lot of effort on these programmes."
Kita boleh lihat entah berapa banyak kempen kesedaran berkenaan penjagaan kesihatan, ratusan ribu wang yang ditawarkan untuk pembuat poster, komik dan video bertemakan kesihatan serta pekerja yang turun padang membuat penyemburan gas-gas beracun bagi membasmi tempat pembiakan nyamuk-nyamuk dan seumpamanya. Semua ini sangat signifikan bagi menjimatkan peruntukan pihak kerajaan dalam jangka masa panjang. Sekiranya ramai rakyat yang sakit parah, sudah tentu perbelanjaan kos rawatan yang tinggi dan kos mesin yang mahal diperlukan. Usaha besar yang kita tidak nampak inilah perlu kita sedari dan hargai sebenarnya.
Bagi menutup sudut pandang ringkas ini, penulis - seperti buku-bukunya yang lain - cuba sedaya upaya untuk menyampaikan mesej-mesej kesihatannya dalam bahasa orang awam dan gaya penulisannya dengan membawakan info diuruti kisah-kisah pesakit yang dirawatnya turut menarik perhatian pembaca. Ia mungkin bacaan ringan bagi mahasiswa perubatan dan bacaan tahap sederhana bagi kebanyakan orang awam. Saya perlu mengesyorkan bahan bacaan ini bagi sesiapa yang ingin meningkatkan nilai kesihatan mereka.
October 19, 2017
It is one of those books which should be kept forever. Plethora of information hence u need to refer it more often. The book is very pragmatic in its approach. Dr. Ray has given numerous examples of his patients and how he has used it. And he has constantly stated that its not a replacement medicine but a supplement. There is some alarm..The medicine doesn't work or adversely effect when u are a smoker. I personally don't smoke but I live in an environment full of smokers.!
It definitely gives u hope about nutritional medicine. Next time when I visit doctor, I would ask them to use (grape-seed extract with coenzyme Q10) :P or some of these supplements. Being myself ignorant in this field, I have now some idea about cellular nutrition and oxidative stress, the two most important subjects in this book. The recommended dosage depends on an individual (fitness level, age etc) and should not to be taken as mentioned.
Dr. Ray has piqued my interest. I would be reading more of these kinds.
It definitely gives u hope about nutritional medicine. Next time when I visit doctor, I would ask them to use (grape-seed extract with coenzyme Q10) :P or some of these supplements. Being myself ignorant in this field, I have now some idea about cellular nutrition and oxidative stress, the two most important subjects in this book. The recommended dosage depends on an individual (fitness level, age etc) and should not to be taken as mentioned.
Dr. Ray has piqued my interest. I would be reading more of these kinds.
July 31, 2012
It's alright I guess. The book breaks down the medical part very well for lay people to read, that bit I like. Yet I can't help but feel that because he's in the business of selling the nutritional products (or at least has an affiliation with companies that sell them), he may be biased. Do a google search on him and you'll be able to find out that he used to be on USANA's medical advisory board, and later went to another company called ARIIX. Of course, this can be a chicken-and-egg situation. Not saying that this necessarily affect his credibility, but the book is certainly in favor of convincing you nutritional supplements help you a great deal in keeping your health. I like the part where he explored why many doctors don't readily encourage patients to take nutritional supplements, though I wished he would elaborate more on that. All in all, not too bad a read. Would make you want to start taking those nutritional supplements, that's for sure! And to start living a healthy life.
August 9, 2021
Its an interesting read. I'm having hard time believing experiences people gone through and results of taking supplements.
I'm a bit disappointed as the author didn't write anything about what I was looking for(lol)
I'm a bit disappointed as the author didn't write anything about what I was looking for(lol)
March 12, 2021
Must read cho mọi người. Những kiến thức về sức khoẻ trong cuốn sách này là vô giá cho bất cứ ai, đặc biệt trong thực trạng các bệnh hiện đại, nan y ngày càng nhiều, ngày càng hoành hành khốc liệt ở mọi ngõ ngách trên trái đất. Những kiến thức được chia sẻ từ thực tế chữa bệnh của bác sĩ Ray sẽ là cẩm nang để mọi người có thể tự chữa bệnh, phòng bệnh, để có thể cho phép cơ thể chúng ta tự chữa lành một cách thuận tự nhiên nhất.
May 2, 2022
Đọc nhiều cuốn về dinh dưỡng rồi nên cuốn này mình thấy khá bình thường, chủ yếu nói về phản ứng oxy hóa mạnh dẫn đến các căn bệnh như ung thư, tim mạch, đa xơ cứng..... Điều này khá là lạ lẫm với mình. Mình muốn tác giả đào sâu thêm về dinh dưỡng nhưng tác giả tập trung quá nhiều vào lợi ích của các vitamin C và E,vvvv.. Mình lướt khá nhanh cuốn này và không đánh giá cao cuốn này cho lắm
May 30, 2021
Interesting book
Must read for everyone
If you have some doubts regarding supplements it will be clarified, and cause of deseases,
Daily need of vitamins, quantity, causes of major diseases, best supplements for cure, all about antioxidants
EVERYTHING......
Must read for everyone
If you have some doubts regarding supplements it will be clarified, and cause of deseases,
Daily need of vitamins, quantity, causes of major diseases, best supplements for cure, all about antioxidants
EVERYTHING......
December 19, 2016
For the last two decades Dr. Ray Strand has been sounding the alarm that very few medical doctors know anything about nutritional medicine. They are trained to diagnose diseases and to prescribe medicines, but have been taught to be leery of "quack" medicines (mainly vitamin supplements, but also other alternatives.) He himself practiced medicine for 23 years under the false assumption that vitamins were useless to healing. His wife's severe incurable illness changed his mind.
Strand does not promise to heal all his patients with nutritional supplements, but he has seen drastic turnarounds in patients (with chronic degenerative diseases) who follow his simple regime of moderate exercise, a real food diet, and nutritional supplements. He explains why many of these vitamins and minerals are not available in sufficient quantities in our modern foods.
"Our toxic world combined with our stressful lifestyle make it imperative that our immune system and antioxidant defense systems are firing on all cylinders." (p. 196) Strand feels that most diseases we 21st century Americans suffer are due to "oxidative stress" and that this condition can be brought under control with cellular nutrition (high doses of anti-oxidants.) His book lists the supplements and how/why they are needed. He is NOT selling anything.
Very informative.
Strand does not promise to heal all his patients with nutritional supplements, but he has seen drastic turnarounds in patients (with chronic degenerative diseases) who follow his simple regime of moderate exercise, a real food diet, and nutritional supplements. He explains why many of these vitamins and minerals are not available in sufficient quantities in our modern foods.
"Our toxic world combined with our stressful lifestyle make it imperative that our immune system and antioxidant defense systems are firing on all cylinders." (p. 196) Strand feels that most diseases we 21st century Americans suffer are due to "oxidative stress" and that this condition can be brought under control with cellular nutrition (high doses of anti-oxidants.) His book lists the supplements and how/why they are needed. He is NOT selling anything.
Very informative.
July 8, 2009
Very informational and true to the point. I am a firm believer that pharmaceuticals causes extreme side effects that would eventually require additional pharmaceutical medication to remedy. Therefore, the best way is via natural remedies and supplementation. I know firsthand what these natural elements can do for the human body based on my witnessing of a VERY VERY extreme situation that later converted to a stable condition.
This book is HIGHLY recommended.
This book is HIGHLY recommended.
July 22, 2011
As a nutritionist I found myself being overtly critical while reading the book. Dr. Ray has done a remarkable job in amalgamating the realms of medicine and nutrition. I agree with his take on the pharmaceutical industry since I have been a long believer in natural and complementary medicine. This book renewed my trust in the role nutrition plays in preventive medicine. A must read for anybody who wishes to improve the quality of their life.
April 5, 2015
I like this book very much because theres a lot of good informations n its not a boring book.
September 28, 2024
Viết rõ dài xong bị mất hết. Nội dung sách hay, nhiều thông tin hữu ích. Các chất chống ô xy hoá chủ đạo là vit E C A, Q10, chiết xuất hạt nho. Sách cung cấp một số cách thức các gốc tự do gây bệnh cho cơ thể khá hữu ích. Sách khuyên chúng ta nên dùng dưỡng chất bổ sung và có một bảng gợi ý hàm lượng nên dùng và cụ thể cho một số bệnh nhất định và tạo ra niềm hy vọng cho những bệnh nhân gặp bệnh mạn tính, tự miễn... Sách khuyên người đọc nên chọn dùng dưỡng chất bổ sung chất lượng cao và nên nạp thêm chất chống oxy hoá từ đa dạng thực phẩm rau củ quả. Tuy nhiên theo thông tin mình tìm hiểu trên mạng thì bổ sung chất ô xy hoá liều cao có thể gây tác dụng ngược còn sách cũng có nói đến tác dụng phụ nhưng chỉ trong trường hợp dùng đơn chất hoặc 2 chất chứ dùng đa chất chống ôxy hoá và theo liều khuyên dùng thì không ảnh hưởng gì. Tóm lại không nên tự ý bổ sung các thực phẩm chức năng chống ô xy hoá mà nên được bác sĩ tư vấn.
Sách đăng ký bản quyền 2002 nghĩa là cũng đã 22 năm rồi, thông tin vẫn khá đúng với thời điểm hiện tại. Bối cảnh là nước Mỹ với lối ăn uống nghèo nàn nhiều thịt ít rau củ, có vẻ đây là mô hình chung của các nước đang phát triển đến phát triển khi lối sống công nghiệp lên ngôi. Thông tin tác giả thì tìm trên mạng và facebook không thấy.
Hình thức sách khá nhỏ gọn dễ thương, trình bày format hợp mắt.
Sách đăng ký bản quyền 2002 nghĩa là cũng đã 22 năm rồi, thông tin vẫn khá đúng với thời điểm hiện tại. Bối cảnh là nước Mỹ với lối ăn uống nghèo nàn nhiều thịt ít rau củ, có vẻ đây là mô hình chung của các nước đang phát triển đến phát triển khi lối sống công nghiệp lên ngôi. Thông tin tác giả thì tìm trên mạng và facebook không thấy.
Hình thức sách khá nhỏ gọn dễ thương, trình bày format hợp mắt.
August 2, 2025
Hiện nay bệnh về tim và đột quỵ xuất hiện nhiều nên mình ghi lại có mấy điều liên quan
Bệnh cơ tim do cholesterol cao (HDL và LDL). Nếu bệnh nhân có đủ chất chống oxy hoá sẵn sàng để dập tắt quá trình oxy hoá, cholesterol LDL sẽ không trở thành xấu.
Homocysteine : kiểm tra nồng độ này, có thể cải thiện nó bằng cách bổ sung vitamin nhóm B (B6, B12, axit folic). Homocysteine càng thấp thì càng tốt (tầm 7-9) . Bây giờ bạn có thể đánh giá tại sao hơn một nửa số người bị đau tim có mức cholesterol bình thường
T119: Các xét nghiệm mới cho bệnh tim
CRP siêu nhạy
Nồng độ homocysteine trong máu
Các điểm vôi hoá tim
T127: CoQ10- thứ cho phép trái tim bù đắp trạng thái suy yếu của nó
T168: Các vấn đề của mắt (đục thuỷ tinh thể, thoái hoá điểm vàng) do căng thẳng oxy hoá, có thể khắc phục bằng việc bổ sung dưỡng chất Carotenoid, Kẽm và selen, vitamin C, vitamin E, Glutathione, CoQ10
T216: Viêm khớp ngoài chất chống oxy hoá + vitamin D, C, E, boron (khoáng chất) và vitamin B3 còn 1 dưỡng chất quan trọng khác là Glucosamin sunphat
T223: Loãng xương bổ sung Canxi, Mg, Vitamin D, K, Mangan, Axit folic, B6 và B12, Boron, Silicon, Zn
Phương pháp của tác giả là sử dụng chất chống oxy hoá, dầu hạt lanh, hạt nho và các vitamin
Theo quan điểm của mình, thì thực phẩm chính là thuốc
Bệnh cơ tim do cholesterol cao (HDL và LDL). Nếu bệnh nhân có đủ chất chống oxy hoá sẵn sàng để dập tắt quá trình oxy hoá, cholesterol LDL sẽ không trở thành xấu.
Homocysteine : kiểm tra nồng độ này, có thể cải thiện nó bằng cách bổ sung vitamin nhóm B (B6, B12, axit folic). Homocysteine càng thấp thì càng tốt (tầm 7-9) . Bây giờ bạn có thể đánh giá tại sao hơn một nửa số người bị đau tim có mức cholesterol bình thường
T119: Các xét nghiệm mới cho bệnh tim
CRP siêu nhạy
Nồng độ homocysteine trong máu
Các điểm vôi hoá tim
T127: CoQ10- thứ cho phép trái tim bù đắp trạng thái suy yếu của nó
T168: Các vấn đề của mắt (đục thuỷ tinh thể, thoái hoá điểm vàng) do căng thẳng oxy hoá, có thể khắc phục bằng việc bổ sung dưỡng chất Carotenoid, Kẽm và selen, vitamin C, vitamin E, Glutathione, CoQ10
T216: Viêm khớp ngoài chất chống oxy hoá + vitamin D, C, E, boron (khoáng chất) và vitamin B3 còn 1 dưỡng chất quan trọng khác là Glucosamin sunphat
T223: Loãng xương bổ sung Canxi, Mg, Vitamin D, K, Mangan, Axit folic, B6 và B12, Boron, Silicon, Zn
Phương pháp của tác giả là sử dụng chất chống oxy hoá, dầu hạt lanh, hạt nho và các vitamin
Theo quan điểm của mình, thì thực phẩm chính là thuốc
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 23, 2020
الكتاب باختصار يتكلم عن دور المكملات الغذائية الغنية بمضادات الأكسدة كطب تغذوي تكميلي، يتحدث الكاتب هنا عن عدة مواضيع مهمة تدور حول الإجهاد التأكسدي ودور مضادات الأكسدة، وسأذكرها بشكل مختصر في عدة نقاط :
- نسبة الأطباء المتلقين لتدريب رسمي في مجال التغذية .
- دور المكملات الغذائية كطب تكميلي .
- تعريف الإجهاد التأكسدي ومضادات الأكسدة .
- كيف تنتج الجذور الحرة .
- عمل الجهاز المناعي بالجسم .
- التغذية الخلوية .
- السبب الحقيقي وراء مرض الشريان التاجي .
- ماهو الإنزيم المساعد كيو 10 ؟
- العلاقة بين عدة أمراض ومضادات الأكسدة مثل ( السرطان ، أمراض العيون، التهاب المفاصل وهشاشة العظام، أمراض الرئة والأعصاب، مرض السكري )
في الكتاب ذكر الكاتب عدة قصص من مرضى عيادته، وذكر تجربتهم مع تناول المكملات الغذائية الغنية بمضادات الأكسدة وكيف تطورت مراحل المرض والشفاء لديهم قبل وبعد تناول هذه المكملات.
- نسبة الأطباء المتلقين لتدريب رسمي في مجال التغذية .
- دور المكملات الغذائية كطب تكميلي .
- تعريف الإجهاد التأكسدي ومضادات الأكسدة .
- كيف تنتج الجذور الحرة .
- عمل الجهاز المناعي بالجسم .
- التغذية الخلوية .
- السبب الحقيقي وراء مرض الشريان التاجي .
- ماهو الإنزيم المساعد كيو 10 ؟
- العلاقة بين عدة أمراض ومضادات الأكسدة مثل ( السرطان ، أمراض العيون، التهاب المفاصل وهشاشة العظام، أمراض الرئة والأعصاب، مرض السكري )
في الكتاب ذكر الكاتب عدة قصص من مرضى عيادته، وذكر تجربتهم مع تناول المكملات الغذائية الغنية بمضادات الأكسدة وكيف تطورت مراحل المرض والشفاء لديهم قبل وبعد تناول هذه المكملات.
August 5, 2020
Có lẽ quyển sách này dành cho những ai có nền tảng về y học trước. Bởi chỉ cần bác sĩ nói về chất đó và hàm lượng thì y ta hoặc bác sĩ đó sẽ hiểu ngay. Còn với những người như tôi chưa học về y học thì vài chỗ về cách dùng và tên gọi các chất dinh dưỡng hơi khó nhó.
Trong quyên sách tác giả thì tác giả đề cập nhiều nhất về căng thẳng oxy là mất gốc tự do và cách để hồi phục là các chất: choline, vitamin E, Magie, coenzyme 10, chiết xuất. Các chất này cũng cấp chất dinh dưỡng và tăng khả năng phục hồi cho cơ thẻ con người.
Tóm lại, để khỏe mạnh chúng ta cần chú ý nhiều chất dinh dưỡng, tăng sức đề kháng, phát triển lợi khuẩn để cơ thể được khỏe mạnh.
CUỘC SỐNG KHÔNG CẦN PHỤ THUỘC QUÁ NHIỀU VÀO THUỐC- HÃY TỰ DÙNG CƠ CHẾ CHỮA BỆNH CỦA BẢN THÂN!
Trong quyên sách tác giả thì tác giả đề cập nhiều nhất về căng thẳng oxy là mất gốc tự do và cách để hồi phục là các chất: choline, vitamin E, Magie, coenzyme 10, chiết xuất. Các chất này cũng cấp chất dinh dưỡng và tăng khả năng phục hồi cho cơ thẻ con người.
Tóm lại, để khỏe mạnh chúng ta cần chú ý nhiều chất dinh dưỡng, tăng sức đề kháng, phát triển lợi khuẩn để cơ thể được khỏe mạnh.
CUỘC SỐNG KHÔNG CẦN PHỤ THUỘC QUÁ NHIỀU VÀO THUỐC- HÃY TỰ DÙNG CƠ CHẾ CHỮA BỆNH CỦA BẢN THÂN!
February 14, 2021
The way of writing about medicine is not academic, not only easy to understand but imagination, from oxidizing cells, support team to repair fault cells, to the help of functional foods. Like an everyone's health handbook !!
After reading it for a while, I understand a little bit. I had once read about Japanese spirulina to buy for my parents, seeing a few about LDL, HDL cholesterol, ... suddenly I found myself understand these languages 🤣
Generally very useful for improving health awareness. After reading, I feels very necessary and urgent to provide all kinds of antioxidants to cells, by every ways, from exercise, eating, functional foods,...
After reading it for a while, I understand a little bit. I had once read about Japanese spirulina to buy for my parents, seeing a few about LDL, HDL cholesterol, ... suddenly I found myself understand these languages 🤣
Generally very useful for improving health awareness. After reading, I feels very necessary and urgent to provide all kinds of antioxidants to cells, by every ways, from exercise, eating, functional foods,...
August 18, 2021
✨ كتاب :
ما لا يعلمه طبيبك عن الطب الغذائي قد يكون مميتًا ..
للدكتور : راي دي .ستراند
يحتوي على ٢٨٢ صفحة
✨نبذة عنه :
يتحدث عن فوائد الطب الغذائي "المكملات الغذائية" تحدّث عن سبب اقتناعه "وهو مرض زوجته " ثم تحدث عن عدة أمراض وذكر قصص مرضى تم استعادة صحتهم عن طريق أخذ المكملات ..
احتوى على ١٧ فصل .. وآخر فصل أرشد ووضح الكمية اللازمة للوصول إلى المستويات المثلى
ووضح السبب الرئيسي لهذه الأمراض المنتشرة ..
✨الإيجابيات :
أوّل كتاب طبّي اقرأه ، كتاب جميل يتخلله فقرات علمية وقصصية ونصائح ..
أسلوب الكاتب جميل
✨السلبيات :
لا أستطيع التطرق للسلبيات بما أني لستُ من أهل التخصص الطبي ..
✨التقييم : ١٠/١٠
ما لا يعلمه طبيبك عن الطب الغذائي قد يكون مميتًا ..
للدكتور : راي دي .ستراند
يحتوي على ٢٨٢ صفحة
✨نبذة عنه :
يتحدث عن فوائد الطب الغذائي "المكملات الغذائية" تحدّث عن سبب اقتناعه "وهو مرض زوجته " ثم تحدث عن عدة أمراض وذكر قصص مرضى تم استعادة صحتهم عن طريق أخذ المكملات ..
احتوى على ١٧ فصل .. وآخر فصل أرشد ووضح الكمية اللازمة للوصول إلى المستويات المثلى
ووضح السبب الرئيسي لهذه الأمراض المنتشرة ..
✨الإيجابيات :
أوّل كتاب طبّي اقرأه ، كتاب جميل يتخلله فقرات علمية وقصصية ونصائح ..
أسلوب الكاتب جميل
✨السلبيات :
لا أستطيع التطرق للسلبيات بما أني لستُ من أهل التخصص الطبي ..
✨التقييم : ١٠/١٠
March 22, 2022
This book by Dr. Ray D. Strand provides thorough information on the need, uses and advantages of nutritional supplementation. This book truly states that doctors are not usually equipped with the knowledge of nutrition and often neglect its role in maintaining good health and regaining lost health. The language is lucid and can be easily read by both physicians and general public. The use of case-studies makes the reading more interesting and believable. The author has done brilliant work in explaining the concepts related to oxidative stress. The book provides potentially life-changing knowledge to both the lay-man and the physician.
March 15, 2021
4 sao dành cho một cuốn sách thực sự cần thiết với mọi gia đình.
Cuốn sách có đề cập đến các bệnh quen thuộc với nhiều người Việt như tim, đột quỵ, tiểu đường hay đục thủy tinh thể. Thay vì lo sợ bởi bệnh tật, cuốn sách hướng người đọc đến việc làm chủ được bệnh tình của bản thân.
Cuốn sách cũng cảnh báo với người đọc không được sử dụng các thành phần dinh dưỡng bổ sung tùy ý vì trong nhiều trường hợp sẽ mang đến những tác hại không hề mong muốn. Nếu bạn đang có ý định sử dụng thực phẩm chức năng, uống các loại vitamin tổng hợp thì đây chính là một cuốn sách rất phù hợp.
Cuốn sách có đề cập đến các bệnh quen thuộc với nhiều người Việt như tim, đột quỵ, tiểu đường hay đục thủy tinh thể. Thay vì lo sợ bởi bệnh tật, cuốn sách hướng người đọc đến việc làm chủ được bệnh tình của bản thân.
Cuốn sách cũng cảnh báo với người đọc không được sử dụng các thành phần dinh dưỡng bổ sung tùy ý vì trong nhiều trường hợp sẽ mang đến những tác hại không hề mong muốn. Nếu bạn đang có ý định sử dụng thực phẩm chức năng, uống các loại vitamin tổng hợp thì đây chính là một cuốn sách rất phù hợp.
October 27, 2018
This book gives me another aspect about causes of degenerative diseases. It’s explain the oxidative stress and how the free radicals affects our health. Another concept he shared was the cellular nutrition and how it’s important to get a good quality and comprehensive supplement. I would to say also he focused on the supplements is not a treatment alone people should take it as complementary medicine. A lot of amazing results showed in the stories the author shared.
March 3, 2020
This book tells us some really new but true concepts. More people aware what we need to do to keep us healthy and wellness, like eat GOOD food and exercise. Very least people truly understand how each of our body really needs. How damaged is done to our body daily as we are all living in a stressed and polluted environment. Even the food itself doesn't have much of the nutrient value. That's why there are so much supplements in the market. Choosing the good supplements is another issue.
November 24, 2021
Best 4 prevention
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Multispecialist Ayurveda Doctor Vaidya
डॉ नांदेडकर आयुर्वेद उपचार
Opp. Somvanshi mangal karyalaya ,513 Shaniwar Peth, N C Kelkar Rd . Pune 30
( Mon - Sat : Morn : 10.30 am - 1.30 pm / Even : 5.30 - 8 pm/ Sun : Morn : 10.30 - 1.30 pm )
Ph. : 7447556262
January 18, 2022
A must-read for everyone! Our "heathcare" system is a "sickcare" system. Every day, doctors give us more and more medications, but few push specific nutritional changes instead. This is because most doctors have only had a few classes on nutrition. This book is full of easy-to-understand, well-researched information that is helpful in preventing and combatting illness.
July 10, 2017
Emphasizing on Nutritional supplements
One line summary of the book - Take nutritional supplements as a complimentary medicine.
If u read the whole book, u will understand why this is important.
One line summary of the book - Take nutritional supplements as a complimentary medicine.
If u read the whole book, u will understand why this is important.
July 22, 2022
The best book i have ever read till date ✌️👍 Doctor Ray D Strand clears depicts the importance of modern day additional nutritional requirements and the reasons for it.. one who reads this, he will change his perspective ⚡
October 12, 2024
4.75/5 stars (audio)
This book has a breakthrough for my knowledge of health and medical. I've been skeptical about supplement and always thought that all we need for our health are provided abundantly from healthy food and nature. Recommend!
This book has a breakthrough for my knowledge of health and medical. I've been skeptical about supplement and always thought that all we need for our health are provided abundantly from healthy food and nature. Recommend!
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