Scientific Studies

While many educational institutions in Nutrition, even in the vegetarian/vegan field, mistakenly claim that there are no plant-based sources of active Vitamin B12, international studies affirm and/or suggest the contrary. Likewise, there is compelling scientific information on active Vitamin B12 of plant origin, including its bioavailability and absorption, focused on human nutrition and supplementation, especially for vegetarians and vegans. Here I share this important information for our health, which I have been disseminating internationally for years. Claudio Esteve MD – International Society of Natural, Traditional and Complementary Medicine (SIM)

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👉🏼Article published in PubMed, one of the most prestigious international scientific journals in medicine: The vitamin B12 content of various Korean purple seaweed products was determined using the vitamin B12 microbiological assay method. Although a substantial amount (133.8 μg/100 g) of vitamin B12 was found in the dried purple seaweed, the seasoned and roasted seaweed products contained less vitamin B12 (approximately 51.7 μg/100 g). This decrease in B12 content in the seasoned and roasted nori seaweed products was not due to the loss or destruction of B12 during the roasting process.

👉🏼Bioautogram analysis using silica gel 60 thin-layer chromatography indicated that all tested seaweed products contained active true vitamin B12, but no inactive corrinoid compounds. In vitro gastrointestinal digestion experiments indicated that the digestion rate of vitamin B12 from dried Korean purple seaweed was estimated at 50% under pH 2.0 conditions (as a model of normal gastric function). These results suggest that Korean purple nori seaweed products could be an excellent source of vitamin B12 for humans, especially vegetarians.

They are considered aquatic plants, although they belong to the kingdom Plantae (green and red plants), while Protista (brown plants) are brown.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19256490

NATURIST THEME

The majority of the ills and suffering that humanity endures today—physically, morally, intellectually, and spiritually—are fundamentally due to humanity's deviation from its biological nature. All the political, social, and religious struggles that take place in this current stage of human evolution stem solely from the desire for dominance, thus deviating from the most basic laws of human nature.

The Naturist Association presents itself as a doctrine that aims to perfect human life by achieving the most complete harmony of man with the laws that govern his life and those of the universe, the foundation on which the balance of society rests.

Naturism becomes a tool, a lifestyle, a means for man to seek physiological harmony in his body and gradually orient his mind and heart towards thoughts of spiritual elevation, to ennoble himself to the point of feeling the pains of others in his heart with the same intensity as his own, to invigorate his organism with pure plant foods, and to properly fulfill his mission as a rational being; otherwise, the Peace and Fraternity desired by all will hardly come upon the face of the planet.

Natural Medicine maintains:

The term “naturopathic medicine” is synonymous with “natural medicine.” Essentially, it consists of the use of natural healing and treatment methods, with an ecological perspective focused on preserving health and the environment. It also incorporates, alongside Hippocratic principles, other techniques and disciplines such as naturopathy, herbal medicine, homeopathy, therapeutic massage, and acupuncture, also known as complementary therapies. When these techniques are used in conjunction with allopathic medicine, we refer to it as Integrative Medicine. Naturopathic medicine is fundamentally based on the following principles:

1- Functional Unity: The human body functions as a whole, a symbiotic organism, where each organ must function correctly and in balance with the others.

2- The Fundamental Principle: This is Vis Medicatrix Naturae, or the healing power of human nature. As Hippocrates said, it is what strengthens, immunizes, and heals us; it is, in itself, the true physician.

3. Promote health through hygiene (understood as a lifestyle that maintains and strengthens health): healthy nutrition (with plenty of fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes), exercise, healthy habits, relaxation, and other measures that help promote health and prevent and facilitate the healing of illnesses, such as Reiki, Qigong, Yoga, and Meditation.

4. The Hippocratic principle of primum non nocere (first, do no harm) is the main and fundamental rule. In this sense, it is preferable not to intervene and allow the natural course of the illness to run its course, rather than intervening incorrectly and harmfully, thus preserving the patient's well-being as much as possible.

5. Symptoms such as fever, for example, are a manifestation of the natural healing process; therefore, they should be respected and allowed to subside naturally so that appropriate treatment can then be continued.

Natural agents and revitalization are key factors in aiding healing. Natural remedies, of low therapeutic intensity, act on the body as gentle stimuli, with a low rate of side effects: diet (diet therapy), medicinal plants (phytotherapy), relaxation (sophrology), psychotherapy, air (aerotherapy), water (hydrotherapy, balneotherapy), sea (thalassotherapy), sun (heliotherapy), earth (geotherapy), climate (climatotherapy), manual mobilization techniques and therapeutic massage, etc. All of this is complemented by health education for the adoption of healthy habits. A vegetarian diet and fasting are part of a lifestyle and contribute to the prevention and treatment of diseases. Fasting must always be appropriate, indicated, well-guided, and therapeutic, and in no case should it jeopardize the patient's well-being to ensure a beneficial health outcome.

The main aphorisms of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, were: 1. Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. 2. What maintains health cures disease. 3. There are no diseases, only sick people, and so-called diseases are crises of humoral purification and organic cleansing. In this sense, naturopathic medicine does not seek diseases, but rather, in each particular case, the origin of the problem, or the harmful agent, must be found, and then the body's response and strengthening systems must be correctly activated. Synthetic substances are generally avoided, but they could be used in cases of strict necessity and timely indication, such as, among others, severe infections, very high fevers, and pains that often plague the patient even from the onset of the illness. It is important to regulate life according to natural laws, since, as Professor Juan Esteve Dulin rightly stated, these are never broken without negative consequences. Naturopathic principles should be followed in order to live in harmony with nature, both in an environmental sense and in terms of personal and community health.

Natural medicine is therefore a fundamental tool in the current era for improving health, and it would be very beneficial for it to be adopted by all countries, as urged by the World Health Organization's resolution VE HA 62.13 for the current period 2014–2023, and especially by current WHO members.

Dr. Claudio Esteve Dulin President of the International Society of Natural Medicine

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1. The patient is viewed as a biopsychosocial unit, requiring holistic treatment rather than piecemeal approaches.

2. When faced with a patient, we must identify both the physical and psychological causes that may be triggering the illness.

3. The first principle is to do no harm to the patient, "primum non nocere," whether through clinical procedures or medications.

4. Nature, or physiology, tends toward spontaneous healing: "vix medicatrix naturee" (let nature heal).

5. The naturopathic physician must act by regulating or enhancing this self-healing capacity.

6. The naturopathic physician must prioritize therapies, from the simplest to the most complex.

7. Each person requires individualized attention.

8. Social education plays a fundamental role for the naturopathic physician.

9. The patient, not the physician, is responsible for their own health.

10. There is an interrelationship between the human body and nature, such that the health of the environment is intimately linked to and enhances individual health.

Any health procedure or intervention requiring a diagnosis is a medical act, and therefore, according to the law dating from 1926 and the one enacted in 2003, only a licensed physician or doctor of medicine may prescribe naturopathic treatment.

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Naturism

It is a philosophy of life based on the harmony of the individual with themselves and their environment. It encompasses the physical, mental, intellectual, moral, and spiritual levels. One must live in accordance with the Laws of Nature and use its elements to preserve health.

Prof. Dr. Juan Esteve Dulin

Biologist Doctor of Naturopathy

American Schoolof Naturopathy 1953

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