Miscellaneous

Question 1

prebiotics

Answer 1

soluble fiber compounds that help feed healthful bacteria

help probiotics become well established

Question 2

prebiotic food sources

Answer 2

soybeans, inulin sources (Jerusalem artichoke, jicama, chicory root), oats, whole grains, or supplements

Question 3

prebiotic dose

Answer 3

3-5mg/day

Question 4

histamines

Answer 4

substances that cause swelling and inflammation; ex: food allergies

play a role in digestion process

Question 5

histamine cause re: allergy

Answer 5

when IgE and food antigen bind to a mast cell or basophil, binding causes release of histamines

Question 6

IgE antibodies

Answer 6

specialized immunoglobulins (proteins) that bind to specialized white blood cells known as mast cells or basophils

Question 7

histamine is derived from…

Answer 7

amino acid histidine by action so histidine decarboxylase

Question 8

histamine activities

Answer 8

neurotransmitter, secreted from gastric mast cells

paracrine function = evoke gastric acid secretion

Question 9

lectins

Answer 9

proteinlike substances found in many commonly eaten foods

also known as phytohemagglutins

Blood Type Diet

Question 10

lectins & blood typing

Answer 10

D’adamo believe 5% of lectins are absorbed into bloodstream from food, and some are incompatible with our blood type

Question 11

lectins & antigens

Answer 11

many food lectins look similar to antigen that determines one of 4 blood types

when a lectin that looks similar to a different blood type, body sees it as a foreign invader

Question 12

D’adamo and blood type

Answer 12

implicates lectin-caused immune response as origin of many common health complaints and should eat foods compatible with your type

Question 13

lectins absorption

Answer 13

it isn’t known how many lectins are actually absorbed into blood stream from food; many are destroyed by cooking, enzymes, gut bacteria

Question 14

phytochemicals

Answer 14

substances found in fruits and vegetables that protect against cancer

Question 15

environmental toxins

Answer 15

pesticides- roughly 5lbs of pesticides for each man, woman, and child a year

Question 16

risks of toxins

Answer 16

can stay in environment indefinitely, rise in cancers/breast cancer

Question 17

how to avoid toxins

Answer 17

buy organic, buy local and in season produce, peel skin

Question 18

salicylates

Answer 18

aspirin-like compounds

broad range of salicylic acid esters used to flavor foods like cake mixes, puddings, ice cream, chewing gum, soft drinks

avg intake is 10-200mg/day, significant factor in aspirin-sensitive people6taq5bn78

Question 19

salicylates found naturally in foods like

Answer 19

berries, dried fruits, licorice, peppermint candies, nuts and seeds, curry, paprika etc

Question 20

free radical

Answer 20

highly reactive molecule that can bind to an destroy cellular structures and blood components

Question 21

free radical damage makes us

Answer 21

age

Question 22

free radical damage is also known as

Answer 22

oxidative damage

Question 23

are free radicals responsible for initiation of many diseases?

Answer 23

yes

Question 24

what two biggest killers are associated with free radicals?

Answer 24

heart disease & cancer

Question 25

what helps protect against free radical damage

Answer 25

antioxidants

Question 26

which has been shown to be better- a combination of antioxidants or a large dose of one antioxidant?

Answer 26

combination

Question 27

recommended way to get combination of antioxidants

Answer 27

diet rich in plant foods, high-potency multiple vitamin and mineral formula, plant-based antioxidant (flavonoid-rich extracts or green foods)

Question 28

food based supplements

Answer 28

fish oil, green food (green tea, barely grass, wheat grass, algae), flavonoid supplement, flaxseed oil