Summary

Dr. Bryce Wylde, one of Canada's most popular and respected health care practitioners, gives us individualized step-by-step treatment plans to fight disease and stay healthy. InThe Antioxidant Prescription, homeopathic doctor and nutritionist Bryce Wylde addresses what science has discovered to be the true underlying cause of disease: free radicals. These deadly little molecules have many causes, from injury and stress to environmental toxins, genetic predisposition and even the natural by-products of your body's metabolism. Free radicals cause oxidation, a process that damages cells and can lead to rapid aging, heart disease, Alzheimer's and even cancer. We all make free radicals. Some people, however, produce them at alarming levels, and those who do are almost certain to battle disease and live shorter, unhealthier lives. Luckily, free radical damage can be avoided. Antioxidants stop free radicals form damaging other cells in your body and protect you against disease. WithThe Antioxidant Prescription, Dr. Wylde enables you to recognize the warning signs of free radical damage and make an accurate assessment of your body's free radical load. He'll introduce you to the medical testing available to determine whether you will benefit from high dose antioxidant therapy as well as the new research around mind over health matters. With his help, you will be able to design and implement a customized antioxidant plan based on your age, lifestyle, environment, stress levels and medical history. As always, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. WithThe Antioxidant Prescriptionyou'll be equipped with tools to take preventive action against conditions that lurk within your genetic code. This book is the perfect prescription for lasting health.

Author Biography

One of Canada’s leading alternative health experts, Bryce Wylde is a respected homeopathic doctor and functional medicine nutritionist and the director of the Vaughan Medical Centre, a 6000 square foot medical facility in Ontario which integrates conventional medicine with natural medicine and physical therapies. Wylde has his own call-in television show, Wylde on Health, on CP24, lectures and makes many appearances in the media "debunking the junk" in this burgeoning area of health care, and empowering consumers to make educated choices in the realm of natural and alternative therapies. He is on the advisory board of the Ontario Homeopathic Association and teaches at the Ontario College of Homeopathic Medicine.

The Cause of All Disease
The Human Health Threshold	p. 3
The Radical Truth	p. 13
The Causes of Our Free Radical Burden	p. 33
The Price We Pay for Carrying Our Free Radical Burden	p. 56
Testing for Free Radicals and Antioxidants	p. 66
The Action Plan
The Four Rs	p. 89
Your Detoxification Plan	p. 95
Your Strees Reduction Program	p. 117
Your Personal Antioxidant Nutritional Plan	p. 129
Your Personal Antioxidant Supplement Plan	p. 164
Your Personal Antioxidant Exercise Plan	p. 197
A Life Worth Living	p. 227
Appendices
The Antioxidant Quiz	p. 234
More about Toxins	p. 242
Food Additives	p. 259
Useful Medical Tests and Laboratory Providers	p. 269
The Top Ten Antioxidant Questions	p. 281
Case Histories	p. 288
Further Research Resources and Home Testing Kits	p. 300
Acknowledgements	p. 307
Index	p. 311
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Chapter 1

THE HUMAN HEALTH THRESHOLD

We live in an era strangely cursed and blessed. We’re increasingly surrounded by invisible dangers our great-grandparents could not have dreamed of. In fact, until recently, most of us hardly dreamed of them ourselves. But what we once suspected or heard rumoured, we now know for certain: Our air, our water, our food and many of the everyday objects we employ are a constant threat to our health and safety. And yet – and this is the blessed part – this same knowledge is our hope for a bright future for ourselves and for humanity at large.

The subject of human health is almost unimaginably vast, and our body’s interactions with our surroundings are almost too complex to grasp. But in this book I’m going to zoom in and focus on the meaning of human health through the lens of a single natural phenomenon – I’m tempted to say “drama” – that plays out at a scale so tiny that ordinary microscopes cannot see its workings. There are villains in this drama but, as in any good story, these characters are dynamic. The fact is they often spend much of their time doing us a tremendous service. Even if we were able to round every one of them up and do them in, we’d be the ones to suffer in the end. That’s why our task will be to understand them first, then deal with them wisely – perhaps I should say “humanely,” since they’re a necessary part of life.

This gang of wild molecules are called “free radicals.” They’re notorious these days and almost everyone has heard their name. Wanted posters appear regularly advertising methods for their capture and execution. I recently saw a video game devoted to a free radical mission. Yet a great deal remains to be conveyed about their behaviour and how we need to respond to that behaviour in order to stay healthy or to regain our health. Much of thishasn’tbeen conveyed, in part because it’s a breaking science story.

We hear even more these days about antioxidants, the molecules that neutralize free radicals and are supposed to be on our side in this battle. Are they the cure-alls they’re made out to be? Are some antioxidants better than others? Can we swallow too many antioxidants? To establish your knowledge level about both free radicals and antioxidants before you carry on, take a moment to do the quiz you’ll find in Appendix A.

In this book, I’m going to set out what you need to know about free radicals. I’m going to show you how and why free radicals lie at the root of all disease. I’m not just talking here about chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease and allergies. I’m also talking about diseases that stem from infectious agents – bacteria, parasites and viruses. I’m then going to show how and why the antioxidant family of molecules works to offset the destructive impact of free radicals. Finally – based on the latest science – I’m going to show you how you can determine your own free radical and antioxidant levels and provide you with a simple prescription for supplements, diet and lifestyle that will balance your body’s supply – or burden – of both these families of potent molecules.

THE SPROUTS AND I

I grew up in Toronto, Canada, a vegetarian and unvaccinated. I had the sort of mom who you could imagine treating the common cold by putting garlic between her son’s toes, covering his feet with cold, wet socks to bring down a fever and maybe administering a twice-daily concoction of eye of newt and bat wing. In fact she did practise the cold-sock therapy and it turned out to be one of her good ideas. I also began every morning by swallowing ten vitamins and minerals. Our soaps and shampoos smelled of tea tree oil and were certainly free of harmful agents, though otherwis

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