The Hidden Therapies - Part 1

Language: English 

Author: Jerzy Zięba

First English Translation

ISBN: 978-83-940783-5-5
Published by : Egida Consulting Sp. z o.o. sp. j.
Number of pages: 342
Size : 148 x 215 mm

Reviews. 11

From the author. 17

Acknowledgments. 21

Introduction. 25

• What medicine is, and what it should be. 30
• Treating the symptoms—but what about the cause?. 49
• Is the pharmaceutical industry the culprit?. 56
• Will PubMed (Medline) tell you the truth?. 63
• The immune system. 66

Vitamin C. 71

• How much vitamin C do we need?.73
• Two mechanisms for maintaining vitamin C levels in the body. 74
• How long does vitamin C survive in the body?. 74
• Vitamin C bowel tolerance. 80
• Vitamin C removes heavy metals. 82
• The myth of vitamin C toxicity. 83
• Vitamin C and kidney stones. 87
• Other side effects. 89
• The pharmacokinetics of vitamin C (for interested readers only). 95
• Intravenous vitamin C. 98
• Vitamin C and cancer. 114
• Vitamin C and chemotherapy. 123
• The naysayers. 134
• Summary. 137

Vitamin D: Facts and myths. 141

• Vitamin D in the prevention of chronic diseases and cancer. 145
• The myth of vitamin D toxicity.150
• Types of vitamin D.156
• How safe is vitamin D from the sun?. 158
• Summary. 168

Osteoporosis and the unknown side of vitamin K₂. 171

• Types of vitamin K₂: MK-4 and MK-7  207
  
• Vitamin K₂: The MK-4 form. 208
• Vitamin K₂: The MK-7 form. 209
• Summary. 229

Vitamin A: What we don’t know about it. 231

• Summary. 245

The unknown vitamin E. 247

• Vitamin E: Cholesterol and cancer. 101
• Summary. 264

Minerals: Their significance for human health. 267

Iodine and thyroid disease: A disgrace of modern medicine. 271

• Iodine: Safe and unsafe forms. 273
• Iodine and the treatment of “incurable” thyroid disease. 278
• The “Wolff–Chaikoff Effect” and its hold over modern medicine. 291
• Thyroid therapy: The great step backwards of modern medicine. 296
• The influence of iodine on the endocrine system ... and more. 302

The simple but little-known side of fat. 311

• The myths of essential unsaturated fatty acids debunked. 317
• Primary and derivative essential unsaturated fatty acids. 319
• The unknown role of primary omega-3 and omega-6 fats: Which is better?. 330
• Summary. 331

Conclusion. 333

What next. 339