Unit 3 Topic 10 Lesson 1 The Health Food Business Flashcards
watercress
vegetable believed by Hippocrates to be super healthy
Sylvester Graham
original Dr No
- no meat, no spices, no caffeine, no alcohol, no doctors
- first health food guru, for him white flour was devil, bakers didn’t like him , graham cracker was meat substitute
John Harvey Kellogg
ellen white paid for his education
- The San - believed all disease started in gut
- introduced exercise emphasized hygiene
- inhalation of radium promoted
- San memorial after it burned down, health food business started “fletcherize”=chew
Will Kellog
interested in business
-wanted to sell corn flakes to world but John wanted to keep for patients only goal was to curb sexual appetite
-added frosted flakes
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Charles Post
joined cereal market grape-nut flakes
Charles Post
joined cereal market grape-nut flakes
Metchnikoff
good bacteria to intestine
probiotics
preparation that contains microbes to alter microbial flora in host and exert beneficial effects
Lactobacilus GG
good bacteria potential use to treat diarrhea, allergies, anti-cancer effects, ulcerative colitis
prebiotics
another way to enhance good bacteria. non-digestible food ingredient that beneficially affects he host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon
Salba
ground seeds of Salvia Hispanica
- seeds sprout and grow very quickly
- rich in alpha-linoleic acid
inulin
fructose polymer, up to 60 fructose units, food for bacteria, can get from chicory, and other foods
watermelon
- big caption to have viagra like effect
- citrulline in watermelon converted to arginine in body precursor for NO
watermelon
- big caption to have viagra like effect
- citrulline in watermelon converted to arginine in body precursor for NO
can watermelon actually increase arginine levels?
cant eat enough for effect but can drink juice (at least 6 glasses a day)
-actually found in green rind of watermelon