THE HIDDEN THERAPIES - English Version
THE HIDDEN THERAPIES
- Author: Jerzy Zięba
- Language: English
- Publisher: Egida Halina Kostka
- ISBN: 978-83-940783-5-5
- Pages: 342
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Product Dimensions: 148 x 215 mm
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Reviews. 7
From the author. 9
Acknowledgments. 11
Introduction. 12
What medicine is, and what it should be. 14
Treating the symptoms—but what about the cause?. 21
Treating illness or causing greater problems?. 23
Is the pharmaceutical industry the culprit?. 25
Will PubMed (Medline) tell you the truth?. 28
The immune system.. 29
Vitamin C. 31
How much vitamin C do we need?. 32
Two mechanisms for maintaining vitamin C levels in the body. 32
How long does vitamin C survive in the body?. 32
Vitamin C removes heavy metals. 35
The myth of vitamin C toxicity. 35
Vitamin C and kidney stones. 37
Other side effects. 38
The pharmacokinetics of vitamin C (for interested readers only) 40
Intravenous vitamin C. 41
Vitamin C and cancer. 48
Vitamin C and chemotherapy. 51
The naysayers. 55
Vitamin D: Facts and myths. 58
Vitamin D in the prevention of chronic diseases and cancer. 59
The myth of vitamin D toxicity. 61
Types of vitamin D.. 64
How safe is vitamin D from the sun?. 64
Osteoporosis and the unknown side of vitamin K2. 70
Types of vitamin K2: MK-4 and MK-7 83
Vitamin K2: The MK-4 form. 84
Reviews. 7
From the author. 9
Acknowledgments. 11
Introduction. 12
What medicine is, and what it should be. 14
Treating the symptoms—but what about the cause?. 21
Treating illness or causing greater problems?. 23
Is the pharmaceutical industry the culprit?. 25
Will PubMed (Medline) tell you the truth?. 28
The immune system.. 29
Vitamin C. 31
How much vitamin C do we need?. 32
Two mechanisms for maintaining vitamin C levels in the body. 32
How long does vitamin C survive in the body?. 32
Vitamin C removes heavy metals. 35
The myth of vitamin C toxicity. 35
Vitamin C and kidney stones. 37
Other side effects. 38
The pharmacokinetics of vitamin C (for interested readers only) 40
Intravenous vitamin C. 41
Vitamin C and cancer. 48
Vitamin C and chemotherapy. 51
The naysayers. 55
Vitamin D: Facts and myths. 58
Vitamin D in the prevention of chronic diseases and cancer. 59
The myth of vitamin D toxicity. 61
Types of vitamin D.. 64
How safe is vitamin D from the sun?. 64
Osteoporosis and the unknown side of vitamin K2. 70
Types of vitamin K2: MK-4 and MK-7. 83
Vitamin K2: The MK-4 form.. 84
Vitamin K2: The MK-7 form.. 84
Vitamin A: What we don’t know about it. 93
The unknown vitamin E. 99
Vitamin E: Cholesterol and cancer. 101
Minerals: Their significance for human health. 107
Iodine and thyroid disease: A disgrace of modern medicine. 109
Iodine: Safe and unsafe forms. 109
Iodine and the treatment of “incurable” thyroid disease. 112
The “Wolff–Chaikoff Effect” and its hold over modern medicine. 117
Thyroid therapy: The great step backwards of modern medicine. 118
The influence of iodine on the endocrine system ... and more. 121
The simple but little-known side of fat. 124
The myths of essential unsaturated fatty acids debunked. 126
Primary and derivative essential unsaturated fatty acids. 127
The unknown role of primary omega-3 and omega-6 fats: Which is better?. 131
Conclusion. 133