Ten Super-Foods That Can Cure Tinnitus 1
Part 1 Tinnitus and Nutrition C onventional Wisdom tells us that there's no known cure for Tinnitus. And, to the best of my knowledge, that's true. But, in my life, I've come to learn that much of what we're told by experts is often neither conventional, nor is it wisdom. When your doctor tells you there's no cure for T, what she's really saying is that there's no prescription medication that will magically make your symptoms go away. However, researchers have shown, time and again, that an overwhelming majority of people with Tinnitus are also dangerously deficient in nutrients, the very building blocks of our cells. What if there were a prescription from the grocery store, one that only required you to learn and prepare the right foods that fuel your body, your neurons and your nerves? And what if it turned out that YOU were deficient in vital nutrients and that's the reason for your Tinnitus? If that were the case, not only would you reduce or even eliminate your T symptoms but you'd also find yourself with a healthier diet, a leaner body, and a long, rich life. Who knows, you might even come to regard your T as the best thing that ever happened to you. I mean that in all seriousness. Tinnitus, while incredibly frustrating, is far from fatal. And if it is the thing that manifests the change you've always known possible, then it is a gift. This book is intended to show you how to get a handle on your Tinnitus from inside your local grocery store. Inside you will find Ten Super-Foods that will restore the vital nutrients and minerals your body may be lacking. And if that's the cause of YOUR Tinnitus, well, guess what? Restoring those essential nutrients could very make your T go away forever. 2
Part 2 A Grocery Store Secret W ant to know how to lose weight, avoid toxic foods and find relief for thousands of ailments including Tinnitus? It's super simple... shop the outer perimeter of the store. Almost all of the healthy foods; meats, veggies, dairy, eggs, seafoods, etc, are on the outer edge of a modern grocery store. All of the processed, pre-packaged, nutrient depleting and potentially toxic foods are found in the center aisles. Stay out of GROCERY WASTELAND and you are all-but-guaranteed to find yourself thinner, healthier and significantly more energetic. And, possibly, without that annoying ringing in your ears. 3
Part 3 The Ten Super-Foods 1: VEGETABLES Y our Mom gave you the best dietary advice you may have ever gotten when she reminded you to eat your vegetables. Most of the micronutrients our bodies need (and most of us don't get enough of) are found in veggies. Tinnitus, specifically, has been directly tied to deficiencies in magnesium and vitamins A and C, all of which are plentiful in these veggies: Asparagus Avocados Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Collard greens Cucumbers Garlic Onions Potatoes Romaine lettuce Spinach Squash Sweet potatoes Swiss chard Tomatoes Turnip greens 4
2. Fruits A gain, nature has provided you the best possible medicines, perfectly adjusted to your system. Fruits are cholesterol-free, packed with vitamins and minerals, and often significantly cheaper than pre-packaged food. If you're serious about adding vital nutrients to your diet, don't leave the grocery store without at least one of these in your cart: Apples Apricots Bananas Blueberries Cantaloupe Cranberries Figs Grapefruit Grapes Kiwifruit Lemon/Limes Oranges Papaya Pears Pineapple Plums Prunes Raisins Raspberries Strawberries Watermelon 5
3. Whole Grains L ow in fat and high in fiber. What's not to love? Unless, of course, you're allergic or avoiding these for health purposes. Whole grains not only provide precious micronutrients, they also keep your colon and heart healthy. It's a double-whammy! Some of the most nutritious whole grains include: Barley Brown rice Buckwheat Corn Millet Oats Quinoa Rye Spelt Whole wheat 6
4. Legumes (Dried Beans and Peas) L egumes and beans are packed with protein, iron, folic acid and magnesium. One point that applies specifically to Tinnitus is to watch the salt! Canned beans and soups typically contain an entire day's worth of sodium. As friends of T, we're cautioned to avoid the salt. Therefore, you might want to avoid the canned beans and buy dried beans in a bag. It's a simple matter of soaking and draining them to make them ready to cook and you get to have granular control over the salt. Add these to your shopping cart: Black beans Dried peas Garbanzo beans (chickpeas) Kidney beans Lentils Lima beans Miso Navy beans Pinto beans Soybeans Tofu and Tempeh 7
5. Seafood S eafood provides vital nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA. These nutrients are proven to mitigate the effects of chronic diseases such as diabetes, arthritis and heart disease. For a whole host of reasons not limited to Tinnitus, you should try to include two seafood meals in your diet each week Some of the best seafoods are: Cod Halibut Salmon Sardines Scallops Shellfish Shrimp Tuna 8
6. Dairy products W hole milk is a good source of vitamin B12, vitamin D, calcium, riboflavin, and phosphorus, but is also high in saturated fat and can cause problems with high calories and weight gain. If fat is a concern of yours, you might want to stick to low fat version of these dairy products but try to work them into your diet anyway in order to build muscles, prevent obesity, and lower risks of diseases like type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Make sure you are eating these regularly: Cheese Milk Yogurt 9
7. Seeds and Nuts S eeds and nuts contain proteins, vitamins, fiber and complex carbohydrates. They also provide generous amounts of minerals like selenium, magnesium, copper, and zinc, which may well have the effect of reducing or eliminating your Tinnitus symptoms (fingers crossed). Work these into your diet ASAP: Almonds Cashews Flax seeds Peanuts Pumpkin seeds Sesame seeds Sunflower seeds Walnuts 10
8. Meat and Poultry T here's a lot of politicing and wrangling about whether or not the human body needs meat. I, for one, couldn't imagine a life as a vegetarian, but I'm not taking a side. One thing is for certain, meats are packed with B vitamins and trace minerals such as selenium and choline. Choline helps with proper nerve function, critical to those of us who suffer from Tinnitus. Of course, too much meat consumption carries a risk as well. Moderation in all things, even in moderation, is the path toward success in this (and all) decisions. In order to avoid the damaging effects of excessive animal fats, you might choose lean meats such as: Grass-Fed Beef Pasture-Raised Chicken Pasture-Raised Turkey Lamb Venison 11
9. Fortified Breakfast Cereals I know, I know. You aren't really getting the required vitamins and minerals from the cereals themselves, more from the fortification. But eating a bowl of cereal is much a\easier to remember than taking a vitamin, isn't it? On top of that, you're adding the dairy from above in the form of whole or reduced-fat milk, so it's extra good! Here's a list of the most fortified of the fortified cereals: Cheerios Kashi Go Lean General Mills Fibre One Kellogg s All-Bran Buds Post Raisin Bran Post Shredded Wheat Original Quaker Life Cereal (plain) Kellogg s Frosted Mini Wheats Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat Cereal 12
10. Water A lmost sounds silly, doesn't it? But most of us don't drink anywhere near enough water, often opting for other, stickier and sweeter alternatives to quench our thirsts. If you choose a soda (diet or otherwise) instead of a cool glass of water, not only are you not giving your body the most critical of elements but you're also consuming such toxins as sodium benzonate, phosphoric acid, and methylimidazole. Remember that old commercial, Coke adds Life? In fact, it could turn out to be quite the opposite. Try to drink at least eight glasses of water per day and watch your body come back to life! 13
Part 4 Vitamins and Supplements A t this point, you might be asking, Can't I just get all of this stuff from my multivitamins? Well, the answer is yes and no. The nutrients you get from food are balanced and are typically much better assimilated by your body. As far as vitamins and supplements are concerned, there's a reason that it's often said, Western cultures have the world's most expensive urine. As a person with chronic Tinnitus, however, mega-doses of vitamins and nutrients may be just the thing you need to get control of your hearing, even if a lot of what you take in passes right through you. The fact is, though the quality of the nutrients found in food is superior, there's precious little of them, pound for pound. So the smart approach is to get as much as you can from food and supplement the rest. That way you're not depending on your pills for everything you need to heal your body, they're more of an insurance policy. Here are the most vital supplements that we, as Tinnitus sufferers, should be getting lots of: Melatonin Melatonin is a natural, non-addicting hormone supplement that assists with sleep. It also acts as an antioxidant to help reduce cell and nerve damage in the inner ear. Quercetin A bioflavonoid found in fruits and vegetables with antioxidant properties that make it a powerful antidote to free-radical damage that can destroy hearing. Ginkgo Biloba Ginkgo Biloba is one of the top selling herbs in the United States. It s also the supplement 14
that has the Tinnitus community split, with some swearing by its effectiveness in reducing the ringing and some noticing little difference. Because it is highly regarded by many, it belongs on this list. B12 Vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, plays a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. It is critical for Tinnitus sufferers to get as much B12 as possible, which primarily comes from meat. Because many of us are trying to lower our cholesterol by reducing meat consumption, we run the risk of a B12 deficiency. Zinc Zinc plays a critical role in the regulation of DNA repair mechanisms, cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis (whereby infected cells, quite literally, commit suicide). Researchers estimate that as much as 30% of Tinnitus sufferers are Zinc deficient. Not only is a Zinc deficiency problematic for T, it is believed to be the cause for a whole host of chronic maladies. Bromelain Bromelain is found naturally in Pineapples, and is widely known to reduce inflammation a common cause of tinnitus. Bromelain also helps improve the absorption of other nutrients, increasing their efficacy. Magnesium Required for nearly all energy generation processes in the body, Magnesium is vital in preventing and reducing hearing loss, one of the underlying causes of tinnitus. 15
N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) NAC is used by the body to make glutathione, the body s own antioxidant defense. When a loud noise occurs, glutathione levels drop after fighting toxins and after a while, can become depleted. NAC helps with noise-induced tinnitus, when it s used to re-synthesize more glutathione to neutralize the toxins. An Overdose of Nutrients is as Bad as a Deficiency T he thing about vitamins and minerals is that very few of them work alone. More often than not, they work in concert. So, eating an entire bunch of bananas or a whole pineapple isn't enough to provide your cells the vital nutrients they need. (For the record, I don't recommend eating an entire pineapple. I tried it once and the acid made the skin on my lips dry up and flake off. Not a good idea, as it turns out.) There is only one supplement on the market, so far as I'm aware, that has the perfect combination of the above vital nutrients, specifically formulated toward reducing or eliminating the effects of Tinnitus, known as The Tinnitus Pill. It's a fairly new product in the T market and I have a good feeling about it. Click Here to Learn More About The Tinnitus Pill. 16
Part 5 Conclusion Y es, it's sad but true, there is no known cure for Tinnitus. On the other hand, there is no real known cause for Tinnitus. So we have nothing, and everything, at our disposal in seeking our own cures for this dreadful condition. Fortunately, much is known about nutrient deficiency and the associated symptoms. And they fall right in line with the issues we face with chronic Tinnitus. So treating our bodies with the assumption that they are deficient in critical nutrients is a perfectly reasonable approach to treating not only Tinnitus, but countless other maladies. And, hey, even if topping off your system with vital nutrients doesn't completely eliminate your Tinnitus, at least you'll get to live a long, healthy life in spite of (or even thanks to) your Tinnitus. Here's to your health! Carl Donovan Stop The Ringing 17
Print this page and take it to the grocery store with you. Vegetables Plums Shellfish Asparagus Prunes Shrimp Avocados Raisins Tuna Broccoli Raspberries Brussels sprouts Strawberries Dairy Cabbage Watermelon Cheese Carrots Milk Cauliflower Yogurt Celery Barley Collard greens Brown rice Cucumbers Buckwheat Almonds Garlic Corn Cashews Onions Millet Flax seeds Potatoes Oats Peanuts Romaine lettuce Quinoa Pumpkin seeds Spinach Rye Sesame seeds Squash Spelt Sunflower seeds Sweet potatoes Whole wheat Walnuts Swiss chard Tomatoes Turnip greens Grains Legumes Seeds and Nuts Meat and Poultry Black beans Grass-Fed Beef Dried peas Pasture-Raised Chicken Garbanzo beans (chickpeas) Pasture-Raised Turkey Apples Kidney beans Lamb Apricots Lentils Venison Bananas Lima beans Blueberries Miso Cantaloupe Navy beans Cranberries Pinto beans Figs Soybeans Grapefruit Tofu and Tempeh Grapes Kiwifruit Lemon/Limes Cod Oranges Papaya Fruits Cereals Cheerios Kashi Go Lean General Mills Fibre One Kellogg s All-Bran Buds Post Raisin Bran Post Shredded Wheat Original Halibut Quaker Life Cereal (plain) Salmon Pears Sardines Kellogg s Frosted Mini Wheats Pineapple Scallops Kashi Heart to Heart Seafood 18