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If you are what you eat, most Americans are an ear of corn. A chemical analysis of popular fast foods reveals that some form of the grain appears as a main ingredient in most items—especially beef.

Researchers examined the molecular makeup of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, and French fries purchased from three fast food chains in six US cities.

"Of the hundreds of meals that we bought there were only 12 servings of anything that did not go straight back to a corn source," said Jahren, a geo-biologist University of Hawaii in Honolulu.

Corn has a unique biochemistry that allows researchers to identify its signature as it passes through the food chain—from plant to animal tissue to cooked human food. Scientist’s used this signature to see if the contents of fast food matched how restaurants' said their foods are made and what ingredients they contain.

Such details from Wendy's, McDonalds, and Burger King were "vague and euphemistic," Jahren said. The team's analysis, however, told a "very simple, straightforward story—it all went back to corn."

French fries are often cooked in corn oil; cows and chickens eat either corn or feed fertilized with corn. Not only was the signature of corn dominant, it was remarkably homogenous across the country in different restaurants.

Subsidized System: Corn's U.S. prevalence is reinforced by a basket of federal subsidies that encourages farmers to specialize in corn production. This has encouraged the meat industry to base their productivity around corn, ratcheting up the overall demand for the grain. The end result is a food system rife with corn which carries a host of health consequences.

Early scientific literature on people eating corn-fed meat instead of grass-fed meat—a more natural food source—is revealing changing the composition of fats in the human diet.
Related: "Cloned Pigs Produce Healthy Fat, Heart-Smart Pork?" [March 27, 2006].

This shift may be at the root of human-health issues such as upticks in heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, Michael Pollan, 2006 Omnivore's Dilemma. Get the facts on human diseases.

Leaky Cornfields: From an environmental standpoint, the situation isn't much better. Corn receives about 35 percent of all agricultural pesticides and 40 percent of all commercial fertilizer used in the U.S. And since cornfields are "inherently leaky," a lot of these chemicals are lost to the water and air. For instance, nitrogen—which comes from fertilizers—in the form of nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

"The really important thing we've done is highlighted this information gap." Consumers ought to know …. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081111-fast-food-corn.html

The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement is made from a centuries-old recipe originally taken seasonally to prevent colds and flu. The combination of organic ingredients contains the power of raw garlic and no unpleasant residue formulated to help maintain Good Health, Naturally.

This is not medicine or medical advice. Supplements may react adversely with synthetic drugs.

Consult doctor for all health concerns.

  

Pickle-Powered Cramps

When making decision it’s wise to obtain relevant materials from reliable sources which allow intelligent well informed choices. The same holds true when answering questions.

During lunch recently the question was asked “I heard pickles relieve leg cramps what do you think about that?  Assuming the affirmative, below are questions that sprang from the table and below that is this diner’s response.  

1. what’s in pickles that relieves leg cramps
2. do organs and other internal parts cramp
3. would pickles work for all cramps/pre-menstrual
4. Is it the juice after the cucumber pickling process
5. What is the pickling process
6. What does the cucumber contribute - would other foods do same
7. what other foods do same without pickling
8. butter, dill, sweet pickle [flavors]
9. exactly how does it work - physical science behind it
10. What tonic herbs in pickling liquid [onion-garlic etc.] 

The Question: Could pickle juice be key to avoiding debilitating leg cramps and sustaining athletic endurance?

Pickle juice is the liquid substance used to give cucumbers their salty, sour taste. It is usually made of water, salt, calcium chloride and vinegar (acetic acid), and occasionally contains flavorings like dill or “bread and butter”.

The use of pickle juice as a defense against muscle cramps first attracted headlines when the Philadelphia Eagles credited pickle juice with their cramp-free win over the Dallas Cowboys in the over-one-hundred-degrees Texas heat. Rick Burkholder, the Eagles’ head trainer, called it his “secret weapon.” (http://www.mtolivepickles.com/Picklemania/PickleJuicePower.html)

The pickle company Golden Pickle’s claims that its Pickle Juice Sport drink has approximately 30 times more electrolytes than Powerade and 15 times more than Gatorade. It is endorsed by Dallas Cowboy Jason Witten. (www.goldenpicklejuice.com).

How this works: Exercise induced muscle cramps are caused by dehydration from exercising in hot weather and not drinking enough fluids. When you sweat during exercise you lose a lot of salt from your blood, aka electrolytes. This loss of electrolytes can cause muscle cramping. 

Cells use electrolytes to maintain voltages across their cell membranes and to carry electrical impulses to other cells; these impulses are responsible for muscle contractions. Pickle juice has a very high salt or electrolyte content. Therefore, drinking pickle juice before exercising could possibly provide your body with enough salt, that your muscles will not cramp.

There is little scientific evidence supporting or refuting the use of pickle juice as a method of preventing muscle cramps.

A Scientific Study compared the pickle juice from Vlasic Pickles to the carbohydrate sports beverage Gatorade. The two beverage samples were analyzed in a food-composition laboratory to determine the amount of salt, potassium, calcium and magnesium in each product. Pickle juice was found to have considerably more salt than the carbohydrate beverage.

The conclusion: Pickle juice can be used as a remedy for muscle cramps. However, the study warns of the danger of ingesting large amounts of salt suggests athletes dilute the pickle juice with a sufficient quantity of a hypotonic or isotonic solution.

Medical professionals believe that salt plays the major role in preventing the dehydration that causes muscle cramps.  However more scientific research is needed to determine the effectiveness of pickle juice as a muscle cramp remedy. http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/picklejuice.htm

Electrolytes
Sodium	153 mg	10%
Potassium	401 mg	8.5%
Minerals
Calcium	181 mg	18 %
Magnesium	25 mg	6%

Tonic Herbs: Electrolytes facilitate communication [movement] between of the muscles.

Garlic alone contains electrolytes and minerals: http://thehealthalert.blogspot.com/2012/11/power-to-tonic-nutritional-garlic.html

 
Observation: This research highlights athletes only. When sharing this info with a family member they agreed saying that’s why they keep the juice after pickles are gone. Additional salt/sodium intake is known to aggravate high blood pressure. It’s good practice to consult a doctor before relying on this home remedy  exclusively to relieve muscle cramps.
  

This is not medicine or medical advice. Supplements may react adversely with synthetic drugs. Consult doctor for all health concerns. The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement is made from a centuries-old recipe originally taken seasonally to prevent colds and flu. The unique combination of organic ingredients contains the power of raw garlic and no odorous residue.

Bill Gates Tonic Herbs

To combat malaria scientists all over the world have been working for over 50 years to develop a vaccine. Today 3 main candidates are competing. Among them, the vaccine developed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in partnership with GSK. From: The Vaccine According to Bill Gates

"Does eating garlic influence the outcome of malaria? There is evidence that yes, it may." Compounds called disulfides occur naturally in garlic…are known to have antifungal, anticancer and antibacterial properties. These compounds may eventually be used to treat not only malaria, but some types of cancer as well. "We desperately need new cheap malaria treatments. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1653553.stm

Malaria is found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world and causes more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least one million deaths annually and is a life-threatening parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes.  In 1880, scientists discovered the real cause of malaria a one-cell parasite called plasmodium. Later they discovered that the parasite is transmitted from person to person through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito, which requires blood to nurture her eggs. Inside the human host, the parasite undergoes a series of changes as part of its complex life-cycle. Its various stages allow plasmodia to evade the immune system, infect the liver and red blood cells, and finally develop into a form that is able to infect a mosquito again when it bites an infected person.

Symptoms of Malaria appear about 9 to 14 days after the infectious mosquito bite, although this varies with different plasmodium species. Typically, malaria produces fever, headache, vomiting and other flu-like symptoms. Malaria can kill by infecting and destroying red blood cells (anemia) and by clogging the capillaries that carry blood to the brain (cerebral malaria) or other vital organs.

Malaria, together with HIV/AIDS and TB, is one of the major public health challenges undermining development in the poorest countries in the world. Malaria parasites are developing unacceptable levels of resistance to one drug after another and many insecticides are no longer useful against mosquitoes transmitting the disease.

Science still has no magic bullet for malaria and many doubt that such a single solution will ever exist. Nevertheless, effective low-cost strategies are available for its treatment, prevention and control and the Roll Back Malaria global partnership is vigorously promoting them in Africa and other malaria-endemic regions of the world.
http://www.rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/015/372/RBMInfosheet_1.htm

The “magic bullet” component in garlic penetrates every cell in the body. Garlic does not allow germ/virus/any foreign organism to socialize - reproduction is not an option; the possibility of mutation - impossible! When a virus or foreign cell is penetrated it is destroyed the remains are flushed from the body. Plus garlic fortifies the immune system preventing future onsets. 

Today synthetically Penicillin is produced to meet increasing demand. When [synthetic] antibiotics reach the panicle of ineffectiveness then will medicine return to nature and stop creating super-bugs. http://thehealthalert.blogspot.com/2011/03/garlic-better-than-penicillin.html]

Thyme is the primary ingredient in the original LISTERINE^® MOUTHWASH because of its germ killing power. [What is the primary ingredient today - natural or synthesized thyme?]

Herbal Parasite Destroyers: Black walnut; Cayenne; Cloves; Gentian; Ginger: Fennel: Hyssop: Thyme; Wormwood. Garlic has a history of killing parasites and controlling secondary fungal infections, detoxifying while gently stimulating elimination, and has antioxidant properties to protect against oxidation caused by parasite toxins.
http://www.janethull.com/newsletter/0107/how_to_get_the_bugs_out_1.php

 The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement is made from a centuries-old recipe originally taken seasonally to prevent colds and flu. The combination of organic ingredients contains the power of raw garlic and no unpleasant residue formulated to help maintain Good Health, Naturally.

This is not medicine or medical advice. Supplements may react adversely with synthetic drugs.

Consult doctor for all health concerns.

Organ Transplant & Tonic Herbs

Immunosuppressive drugs form the mainstay of treatment following organ transplantation, ensuring long-term graft survival and improving the overall success rate of transplantation.

ISDs are commonly prescribed to reduce the body’s immune response for the prevention of organ or graft rejection, the treatment of autoimmune diseases; the treatment of non-autoimmune diseases such as allergic asthma. http://www.healthcare.siemens.com/clinical-specialities/organ-transplant/educational-content/isd-therapy-monitoring

Garlic is a powerful medicinal herb second only to the ganoderma mushroom. Garlic is a very powerful antibacterial, antiviral, and anti pathogen substance. It is the heavy artillery when it comes to destroying any type of infection. Modern science has shown that garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic with a wide-ranging affect rather than targeted. Garlic repairs and fortifies organs and balances body systems. See: http://thehealthalert.blogspot.com/2011/03/garlic-better-than-penicillin.html

Bidirectional and multidirectional herbs are called tonics herbs because they are capable of both increasing and decreasing the activity of the body’s systems, as needed, thus restoring and maintaining balance naturally. See: http://thehealthalert.blogspot.com/2012/02/elixirs-snake-oils-tonics.html

Research proved garlic balances and fortifies the immune system. Transplant patients are given immune suppressant drugs to prevent the body from rejecting the new organ. That understood questions come to mind: Would garlic help transplant patients who have C-Diff or other infections? Would garlic fortify the immune to the point of rejecting the new organ? Or would garlic balance the immune system helping to support the new organ? Thankfully there are other Tonic Herbs that will rid the body of infections. See: http://thehealthalert.blogspot.com/2013/08/c-diff.html

Medical professionals can answer these and other questions about including Tonic Herbs to treat infections. Final Question: Why take Tonic Herbs?  Answer: To avoid the side-effects of synthetic drugs.  

C-DIFF Infection

What is C-DIFF
Clostridium difficile (klos-TRID-e-um dif-uh-SEEL), C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon.

Illness from C. difficile most commonly affects older adults in hospitals or in long-term care facilities and typically occurs after use of antibiotic medications. C. difficile infections have become more frequent severe and difficult to treat. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/c-difficle/DS00736

 Treatments and Drugs

The first step in treating C. difficile is to stop taking the antibiotic that triggered the infection, when possible.

See: http://thehealthalert.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-antibiotics-work.html

For mild to moderate infection, doctors usually prescribe metronidazole (Flagyl) is not FDA approved for C. difficile infection but has been shown to be effective. Side effects include nausea and a bitter taste in your mouth.

Antibiotics:  Ironically the standard treatment for C. difficile is another antibiotic. These antibiotics keep C. difficile from growing, which treats diarrhea and other complications.

For more severe and recurrent cases, vancomycin (Vancocin) may be prescribed. Another oral antibiotic, fidaxomicin (Dificid). In a study the recurrence rate of C. difficile in people who took fidaxomicin was lower than among those who took vancomycin. Fidaxomicin costs considerably more than metronidazole and vancomycin. Common side effects of vancomycin and fidaxomicin include abdominal pain and nausea.

Surgery: For people with severe pain, organ failure or inflammation of the lining of the abdominal wall, surgery to remove the diseased portion of the colon may be the only option.

Recurrent Infection
Up to 20 percent of people with C. difficile get sick again, either because the initial infection never went away or because they're re-infected with a different strain of the bacteria. Treatment for recurrent disease may include:

Antibiotics: Antibiotic therapy for recurrence may involve one or more courses of a medication (typically vancomycin).

Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT): Also known as a stool transplant, though not yet approved by the FDA, clinical studies of FMT are currently underway. Research has shown FMT has a success rate higher than 90 percent for treating C. difficile infections. One small, randomized, controlled trial stopped early because the results were so positive, with a 94 percent success rate overall.

Probiotics: Probiotics are organisms, such as bacteria and yeast, which help restore a healthy balance to the intestinal tract. A yeast called Saccharomyces boulardii, in conjunction with antibiotics, might help prevent further recurrent C. difficile infections. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/c-difficile/DS00736/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs

Herbal Treatment

Check with your doctor before taking any herb to treat a Clostridium difficile infection.

Garlic has been used for more than 5,000 years as an herbal healer, according to Michael Castleman, author of "The New Healing Herbs." The antibiotic properties of garlic's primary chemical compound, called allicin, may help destroy Clostridium difficile infection. It may promote excessive wound bleeding by reducing your body's ability to produce blood platelets.

Catnip is not widely used as an herbal remedy in the United States today. Early Americans used this herb to treat depression, according to Castleman. Nepetalactone isomers, which are chemicals found in catnip, may offer antibiotic benefits. These chemicals may help control the growth and spread of Clostridium difficile, helping to relieve diarrhea and abdominal pain associated with infection.

 Chamomile is primarily known in the United States as a mild sedative and tranquilizer, and is commonly used as an alternative to over-the-counter sleep aids. Chamomile may also help treat Clostridium difficile infections. Certified nutritional consultant Phyllis Balch says “this herb may have antibacterial properties, and may be particularly effective for relieving diarrhea.

CayenneThis hot pepper also has a long history of use in herbal medicine. Capsaicin, the primary chemical compound in cayenne, may also help destroy Clostridium difficile bacteria, reducing infection. Handling fresh cayenne peppers may cause skin burns, and may irritate the mucous linings of your nose and eyes. http://www.livestrong.com/article/489748-herbal-remedies-for-c-diff/#ixzz2byGGeq2b

 
This is not medicine or medical advice. Consult your doctor before taking supplements and for all health concerns.The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement has the potency of raw garlic without the odorous residue. May help restore and maintain Good Health, Naturally. Nutritional supplements may react adversely with Rx and over-the-counter drugs. Consult health care professional before taking nutritional supplements.

ALS and Tonic Herbs

What is ALS?                                                                                                                                                Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body.

A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no or negative. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment–"No muscle nourishment." When a muscle has no nourishment, it "atrophies" or wastes away. "Lateral" identifies the areas in a person's spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening ("sclerosis") in the region.

Early Symptoms                                                                                                                                   As motor neurons degenerate, they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally result in muscle movement. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing.

Prognosis

The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost.

 What Types of Nerves Make Your Body Work Properly?

The body has many kinds of nerves. There are those involved in the process of thinking, memory, and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold, sharp/dull), and others for vision, hearing, and other bodily functions. The nerves that are affected when you have ALS are the motor neurons that provide voluntary movements and muscle power. The heart and the digestive system are also made of muscle but a different kind, and their movements are not under voluntary control. When your heart beats or a meal is digested, it all happens automatically.

 Cause of ALS 

Although the cause of ALS is not completely understood, the recent years have brought a wealth of new scientific understanding regarding the physiology of this disease. While there is not a cure or treatment today that halts or reverses ALS, there is one FDA approved drug, [riluzole] that modestly slows the progression of ALS as well as several other drugs in clinical trials that hold promise.

No matter what your individual course or situation may be, The ALS Association and your medical team are here to help. http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html

Riluzole Side Effect                                                                                                                                         Nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice; fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms; chest discomfort, dry cough, trouble breathing; cough with yellow or green mucus; stabbing chest pain, feeling short of breath. This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. http://www.drugs.com/sfx/riluzole-side-effects.html

Herbal Treatments

See: The Health Alert: Elixirs - Snake Oils - Tonics

Certain herbal treatments may nourish and enhance the integrity of the nervous system, which may in turn help ALS symptoms. Examples of nerve tonics include lemon balm, oat straw and St. John's wort. Other herbal treatments that may support the nervous system include black cohosh, blue cohosh, lavender, linden flower, valerian and motherwort.

Oat straw is an herbal treatment that may be prescribed as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of ALS. Oat straw is commonly used a restorative nerve tonic and may help treat other symptoms that may occur in conjunction with ALS, including stress, insomnia and depression.  http://www.livestrong.com/article/399284-herbal-treatment-for-als/#ixzz2bsB4K2VD

How Garlic Works:      
Compound break-down, about 15 minutes after ingesting garlic: Empties Lymph System; Stimulate and fortify Body Systems & Organs; Enters Blood System; Digestive Properties.

Allicin the “magic bullet” component penetrates the cell walls fortifying existing and new cells. When a foreign cell is penetrated, i.e. bacteria or virus, it is destroyed and flushed from the body. In fortifying the body’s systems, the immune system is strengthened against recurrence. 

This is not medicine or medical advice. Consult healthcare provider supplements may react adversely with Rx and o-t-c drugs.

The TONIC Nutrition Garlic Supplement contains the potency of raw garlic with no unpleasant taste and residue. Originally taken to prevent colds and flu The TONIC helps maintain Good Health, Naturally.

Velvet Bean - Dopamine

Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume known as velvet bean or cowitch and found in Africa, India and the Caribbean.  It has value in agricultural and horticultural use and has a range of medicinal properties. The seeds have antidepressant properties in cases of depressive neurosis when consumed and formulations of the seed powder have shown promise in the management and treatment of Parkinson's disease.
The herb contains L-DOPA, a precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine.  L-DOPA converts into dopamine, an important brain chemical involved in mood, sexuality, and movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucuna_pruriens  

Dopamine works as one of the best natural hgh (human growth hormone) releasers by stimulating the pituitary gland to increase its production. High levels throughout life of the body's own natural growth hormone, not from synthetic hormones injections, is known as a major key for human longevity. Dopamine also increases other youth hormones such as testosterone. It must be mentioned that these increases are never throwing the endocrine system out of balance, merely improving levels which tend to decrease over time in the average person.

The great thing with this herb is that it gets your body to make growth hormone itself and thus control the amount it makes and avoid the problems associated with elevated levels of hgh. This is much safer to use than synthetic human growth hormone which is quickly gaining a reputation as a carcinogenic "steroid-like" performance enhancer. http://www.secrets-of-longevity-in-humans.com/mucuna-pruriens.html

Tribal and Herbal Medicine Use: In Central America, velvet beans have been roasted and ground to make a coffee substitute for decades; its goes by the common name of "nescafé" in these regions, as well as in Brazil, for this reason. It is still grown as a food crop by the Ketchi indigenous people in Guatemala; the bean is cooked as a vegetable. In Brazil the seed has been used internally for Parkinson's disease, edema, impotence, intestinal gas, and worms. It is considered a diuretic, nerve tonic, and aphrodisiac. Externally it is applied to ulcers. Velvet bean has a long history of use in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, where it is used for worms, dysentery, diarrhea, snakebite, sexual debility, cough, tuberculosis, impotence, rheumatic disorders, muscular pain, sterility, gout, menstrual disorders, diabetes, and cancer. In India it is considered an aphrodisiac, menstrual promoter, uterine stimulant, nerve tonic, diuretic, and blood purifier. http://www.rain-tree.com/velvetbean.htm

Side effects are not fully known. Possible effect if using in high doses is increased body temperature. Do not take it during the pregnancy. The rule number one with such an herb as Mucuna Pruriens is to be under supervision of your healthcare provider. This wonderful herb is just beginning to be evaluated in research studies, so all major conclusions are still in the future. http://www.chinese-herbs.org/mucuna/

It has been found that blood plasma levels of some of the top antioxidants such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (an enzyme that prevents your hair from going gray), glutathione (GSH) and ascorbic acid (vitamin C) are kept elevated in those who take this adaptogenic herbal aphrodisiac. If you choose to use adaptogenic herbs to manage or reverse any disease always work with a knowledgeable health care practitioner. http://www.secrets-of-longevity-in-humans.com/mucuna-pruriens.html

Informative Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqdlxzzNQUY  

Photo Source: http://www.rain-tree.com/Plant-Images/velvetbean-pic.htm

As Big a Risk as Terrorism ...

... Abusing Antibiotics
The Health Alert: How Antibiotics Work

"The rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria poses one of the biggest threats to human health. The UKs chief medical officer, in a report on the threat of increasing bacterial resistance, described it ‘as big a risk as terrorism’. " http://on.aol.com/video/study-finds-utis-vanish-without-antibiotics-517800149?playlist=127170&icid=video_related_10

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/herschel/multimedia/pia15260b.html

The Health Alert: UTI - Nitrofurantoin: the Super Drug

Some physicians are hesitating before prescribing antibiotics allowing their prescription-writing-hand and their patients’ immune system a much needed reprieve. As opposed to thwarting the normal healing process with synthetic antibiotics the body is permitted to self-repair. A strong immune system is imperative to maintaining Good Health, Naturally.

The Health Alert: Garlic - Better Than Penicillin!

This is not medicine or medical advice. Consult health care provider for diagnosis and treatment of all health concerns.

Hepatitis A to E - Tonic Herb G

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, most commonly caused by a viral infection. There are five main hepatitis viruses, referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. Types B and C lead to chronic disease in hundreds of millions of people and, together, are the most common cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer.

Hepatitis Liver

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Hepatitis A and E are typically caused by ingestion of contaminated food or water. Hepatitis B, C and D usually occur as a result of parenteral contact with infected body fluids. Common modes of transmission for these viruses include receipt of contaminated blood or blood products, invasive medical procedures using contaminated equipment and for hepatitis B transmission from mother to baby at birth, from family member to child, and also by sexual contact.

Limited or no symptoms may occur with acute infection, or may include symptoms such as jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), dark urine, extreme fatigue, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. http://www.who.int/features/qa/76/en/

Tonic Herbs for Hepatitis

Milk thistle is the major herb for hepatitis  herbs such as turmeric, artichoke leaf, gentian, and ginger. Antiviral herbs to help protect liver cells from viral infection Garlic, Lemon balm tea, St. John's wart, Shiitake powder. Consult an herbalist before taking Baptisia or Lomatium isolate. These powerful herbs are available in most natural food stores, but they are very strong. http://www.christopherhobbs.com/website/herbal/hep_c/nat_liver_therapy_excerpts/09_herbs_for_liver.html

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Garlic is a common ingredient in many herbal remedies as it purifies the blood and helps to remove toxins from the body. Garlic can be eaten raw, cooked or in tablet form. Remember that garlic capsules should have a strong odor for full antiviral effect. How to Make Natural Remedies for Hepatitis | eHow http://www.ehow.com/how_2099324_make-natural-remedies-hepatitis.html#ixzz2TT4lw9vX

Garlic Besides its antiviral property that could battle a hepatitis virus, garlic helps cleanse bacteria, parasites and other unwanted living pathogens that pollute the blood supply. Garlic contains sulfur compounds, which help the liver break down certain cancer-causing toxins. http://www.hepatitis-central.com/mt/archives/2010/03/minimize_the_he.html

Garlic has the ability to stimulate the lymphatic system which expedites the removal of waste from the body. It is considered an effective antioxidant and can help protect cells against free radical damage. Current research suggests that garlic may help prevent some forms of cancer, heart disease, strokes and viral infections. The anti-inflammatory action of garlic makes it a valuable treatment for arthritis. Garlic reduces joint swelling and inflammation. Garlic is a “wonder” food that is considered to be one of the most effective natural healing substances in the world. http://www.soul-guidance.com/health/garlic.htm

Scientists have identified a few thousand of the infinite number of Tonic Herbs on this planet. Garlic is my first choice because it’s accessible and requires no processing from the soil-to-the mouth.

 The TONIC Nutritional Garlic Supplement is made from a centuries-old recipe originally taken seasonally to prevent colds and flu. The combination of organic ingredients contains the power of raw garlic and no unpleasant residue formulated to help maintain Good Health, Naturally.

This is not medicine or medical advice. Supplements may react adversely with synthetic drugs.

Consult doctor for all health concerns.



Raw garlic kills Hepatitis on contact. http://www.organichealthandbeauty.com/Hepatitis_ep_184-1.html