Post by beebs on Oct 28, 2011 17:16:59 GMT -5
Most don't realize the importance of compounds in plants in foods and plants
to redressing health issues. My own experience over the years, is that if you
understand the compounds and their affects, its possible to redress many health issues. Dismissive? Not so, several articles have been published specific compounds in foods targeting various mechanism.
Isolating those compounds are worthless, they work in synergy with the whole food and plant, and we are clueless as to all the compounds except for a few. This is why obtaining minerals and vits from LIVE foods, is important, as opposed to isolating and processing, and targeting one compound. IMHO.
There are compounds in foods which can also be detrimental, as in spinach for instance, and bean sprouts, soya, beans, depending on health issue.
Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine as well as Tibetan Medicine, recognizes the importance of foods, and chronobiology for over 4000 years. Allopathic medicine is years behind as usual...
I read a study once about men who showed early signs of prostate cancer. Half were put on organic wheat grass juice (it contained a specific compound to alter the gene that promotes prostate cancer. A year later, the control group still had the early signs of cancer, and the group on wheat grass juice didn't. But, it took a year of drinking fresh organic wheat grass juice daily. Well worth it in my opinion. It takes a year, so what? There is no quick fix, does not exist!! Unless you kill the patient with toxic drugs to cure the cancer lol.. Same for all health issues. No fast resolution
The study below is an important step in addressing this.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21554022
Mitochondrial Effects of Plant-Made Compounds.
Biasutto L, Szabo' I, Zoratti M.
Source
1 CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova , Padova, Italy .
Abstract
Abstract Significance: Plants produce many small molecules with biomedical potential. Their absorption from foods, metabolism, their effects on physiological and pathological processes, and the mechanisms of action are intensely investigated. Many are known to affect multiple cellular functions. Mitochondria are coming to be recognized as a major target for these compounds, especially redox-active ones, but the mechanisms involved still need clarification. At the same time, frontline research is uncovering the importance of processes involving these organelles for the cell and for an array of physiological and pathological processes. We review the major functions and possible dysfunctions of mitochondria, identify signaling pathways through which plant-derived molecules have an impact, and show how this may be relevant for major pathologies. Recent Advances: Antioxidant, protective effects may arise as a reaction to a low-level pro-oxidant activity, largely taking place at mitochondria. Some plant-derived molecules can activate AMP-dependent kinase, with a consequent upregulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and a potential favorable impact on aging, pathologies like diabetes and neurodegeneration, and on ischemic damage. Critical Issues: The extrapolation of in vitro results and the verification of paradigms in vivo is a key issue for current research on both plant-derived compounds and mitochondria. The low bioavailability of many of these molecules poses a problem for both the study of their activities and their utilization. Future Directions: The further clarification of the role of mitochondria in the activities of plant dietary compounds and their metabolites, mitochondrial targeting, the development of analogs and pro-drugs are all topics for promising research. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 00, 000-000.
to redressing health issues. My own experience over the years, is that if you
understand the compounds and their affects, its possible to redress many health issues. Dismissive? Not so, several articles have been published specific compounds in foods targeting various mechanism.
Isolating those compounds are worthless, they work in synergy with the whole food and plant, and we are clueless as to all the compounds except for a few. This is why obtaining minerals and vits from LIVE foods, is important, as opposed to isolating and processing, and targeting one compound. IMHO.
There are compounds in foods which can also be detrimental, as in spinach for instance, and bean sprouts, soya, beans, depending on health issue.
Chinese Medicine and Ayurvedic Medicine as well as Tibetan Medicine, recognizes the importance of foods, and chronobiology for over 4000 years. Allopathic medicine is years behind as usual...
I read a study once about men who showed early signs of prostate cancer. Half were put on organic wheat grass juice (it contained a specific compound to alter the gene that promotes prostate cancer. A year later, the control group still had the early signs of cancer, and the group on wheat grass juice didn't. But, it took a year of drinking fresh organic wheat grass juice daily. Well worth it in my opinion. It takes a year, so what? There is no quick fix, does not exist!! Unless you kill the patient with toxic drugs to cure the cancer lol.. Same for all health issues. No fast resolution
The study below is an important step in addressing this.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21554022
Mitochondrial Effects of Plant-Made Compounds.
Biasutto L, Szabo' I, Zoratti M.
Source
1 CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova , Padova, Italy .
Abstract
Abstract Significance: Plants produce many small molecules with biomedical potential. Their absorption from foods, metabolism, their effects on physiological and pathological processes, and the mechanisms of action are intensely investigated. Many are known to affect multiple cellular functions. Mitochondria are coming to be recognized as a major target for these compounds, especially redox-active ones, but the mechanisms involved still need clarification. At the same time, frontline research is uncovering the importance of processes involving these organelles for the cell and for an array of physiological and pathological processes. We review the major functions and possible dysfunctions of mitochondria, identify signaling pathways through which plant-derived molecules have an impact, and show how this may be relevant for major pathologies. Recent Advances: Antioxidant, protective effects may arise as a reaction to a low-level pro-oxidant activity, largely taking place at mitochondria. Some plant-derived molecules can activate AMP-dependent kinase, with a consequent upregulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and a potential favorable impact on aging, pathologies like diabetes and neurodegeneration, and on ischemic damage. Critical Issues: The extrapolation of in vitro results and the verification of paradigms in vivo is a key issue for current research on both plant-derived compounds and mitochondria. The low bioavailability of many of these molecules poses a problem for both the study of their activities and their utilization. Future Directions: The further clarification of the role of mitochondria in the activities of plant dietary compounds and their metabolites, mitochondrial targeting, the development of analogs and pro-drugs are all topics for promising research. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 00, 000-000.