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I do hope your week has started on a good note. Some good questions came in last week as well as some good testimonies that will be posted at a later date. I want to thank everyone who asks questions then I know someone cares about their health and is searching for truths for their life... If you never look you will never find!

Steve's Motivator this week, "THE BEAUTY WAY" is a lesson in differences and looking at life.  If you enjoy his weekly Motivator let him know and tell him you read it in "A Natural Environmental Health Facts Ask Lena Health Q & A ezine." Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com

Your health questions are being answered to the best of my ability using what I gleaned from 20-years as a Medical Office Nurse and Administrator along with my education in nutritional and alternative modes. I am not a doctor and you should not think of me as one.

Q & A is for your information and education only and in some instances to give you a different perspective on a particular problem! 

My wish for you, in the use of the information gained here, is that you will apply it in a smart and safe manner in order to enhance your life and not harm it! Not to be used in place of your judgment but along with it...

I have always felt that I had to know all sides to a problem and then make a decision for myself and I hope that will be your attitude as well! 

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Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

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 Hi Lena,
 You mentioned in an earlier newsletter about people "buying in" to the Statn drugs.
 
My doctor swears by them, and I take Lipitor while my 82 year old mother takes the generic version of Zocor.
 
Your article seems to imply that there is a problem with these drugs. Is that your opinion, or do you know something that no one else, except the sellers of Rescue, Is reporting? Are these going to be the next Vioxx, or Celebrex scandal?
 
Thank you.
Kevin
 
ANSWER:
 
Thanks for your question Kevin. As long as you are searching for truths you stand a chance of surviving to a ripe old age without continuing chemical medications...

Yes, your doctor will swear by those since the drug industry educated him/her in medical school and continues to provide any ongoing education that he/she receives... I know, I scheduled those appointments for doctor's to attend and attended the CEU classes for nurses all are the Drug industry's babies... Your doctor is unaware that there are natural alternatives to the chemical poison medications and therefore cannot tell you about them. They do not get nutrition training and cannot tell you about that either... I was not taught those things in nursing school as well and had to go outside the medical industry to learn them on my own... You will have to be the detective and search those out for yourself as well...

I'm afraid you and your mother's meds will not be exposed as the next Cox-2 medication scandal - at least not in the near future - since the pharmaceutical industry is working very hard to squelch any such publicity. That possibility is very remote at this time... So it's going to depend on their scientist's blowing the whistle, which a few are doing and being blackballed from working in the industry making it more dangerous to the patients consuming those drugs thinking they are safe...

FYI, my 45 year-old sister-in-law almost died because of both Lipitor and Zocor until I saw her and worked at finding out what was happening to her... When she started exhibiting symptoms her doctor simply switched her from Lipitor to Zocor thinking something would change and that didn't help and then he tried to tell her it wasn't the medications causing the problems and said it was psychological... She was totally depleted of minerals and her muscles, which both do to your body, tendons and arteries were in severe spasm with mental confusion making it hard for her to even think on the simplest things. You know the heart is the biggest muscle in the body and would have eventually shut down completely... Her doctor, like so many, does not believe in recommending minerals or vitamins if you eat well, which is a real fallacy (read 1936 Report ), and so she was fast exiting this world.
 
You and your mother are fortunate that severe side effects haven't shown up yet... Sadly the majority of side effects are not detected as side effects to the medication... That I learned by watching thedemise of patients in the office as they spiraled downhill after starting medications...

You need to know that the cholesterol scare that the drug industry has perpetrated is not legitimate for heart disease precursor's... Especially the way they are now working to get it down below 100. That number is going to kill gross numbers of people, as the body needs cholesterol to function and, as with everything in life, each person is different and some will require huge amounts while others not so large, but will probably never be attributed to that cause by the medical profession. If you will read your insert that should come with your medication, if in fact your druggist even puts it in, it will tell you that no evidence exists that cholesterol lowering medications will reduce heart attack or stroke risks, which is the very reason the drug companies and your doctor say you should take them? Does that make sense? Not to me?  My dh started out with cholesterol readings over 800 in his early forties (26 years ago), just at the beginning phase of testing in order to prescribe their NEW medication. He took their new medications until I started seeing what was happening with our patients in the office and then I convinced him to stop them. Thank God he took them for less than a year and has no long term side effects that has ever come to light... and since then his cholesterol readings are in the 280 to 400 range, with his doctor pushing to try and force him to take the medications, which my dh refuses... They fight about this every visit, but a person has the right to choose treatments of their choice and not the doctor's flawed choice... This last summer his MD was so sure he had blocked carotid arteries, due to the long term cholesterol readings, that he was ready to clean out his carotid arteries with surgical intervention, but we went for a second opinion to a specialist and demanded tests and when they did carotid and arterial ultrasound and MRI testing his veins and arteries have almost no plaque - less than 3% - which is lower than most people's. Now if cholesterol was a factor he would have blocked arteries everywhere but he does not. Just more proof that their medications are not necessary... Does that mean he will not develop a heart problem? Who knows as that is so not totally understood at this time and I doubt that it ever will be... It is now slowly coming out that inflammation may be the culprit creating blocked arteries and not cholesterol plaque... It may or may not be the cause but that's much easier to treat, if you know how?  MAYBE 20 years from now, if enough of us demand accountability from the drug companies, enough scientists will become honest enough to release the true story behind this drug motivating farce. Of course the drug companies have to make their billions of dollars first... Paying attention to inflammation and preventing it from occurring should be the goal, with the information now surfacing, but drug companies can't make money with that premise because their chemical antibiotics are not effective for that purpose. I do expect that doctors will soon start to prescribe antibiotics trying to prevent it, which their antibiotics cannot do as the body doesn't recognize chemicals as legitimate treatment? Pay close attention to gum inflammation and ongoing viral infections and work to clear and prevent them?

It's not just my opinion regarding those medications either. Being a triage nurse in medical offices/clinics, before and after cholesterol medications came on the market and the bogus scare by the drug companies, I watched and handled the calls to the doctor's from patients who had horrific side effects and realized it, but I also paid attention and I watched those become more ill as the months and years rolled by after starting the medications, but they nor their doctor had a clue their illnesses were actually being created by their medications and sending them to their death... Only the drug maker knows those toxic facts but are not telling us or doctors. Here is what a report from a scientist' who has worked directly with those medications is blowing the whistle on them... Click Here to get his free ebook on those dangers > http://health-fx.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=94

Medicine is not an exact science and the majority of doctor's do not have the true medical story for treating so why should we expect them to know it all... They get what the pharmaceutical industry gives them, unless they are smart and start to look at things outside those teachings. Thankfully some are changing their way of practicing medicine and looking at herbs and natural preventative medicine as the true answer, but so very few at this point... Doctors are human, and like most, will choose to take the easy way through life!

Hope this helps answer your questions!
Lena
 

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THE BEAUTY WAY

I guess I'm likely to put anything in my body!

I love spicy foods and Mexican foods in particular. I've "treated" friends to my favorite homemade spicy dishes. A typical reaction to a dish bathed in my hot sauce goes like this: they smile and enthusiastically try a bite; their eyes open far too wide and they begin to sweat profusely and reach for the water to put out the flames in their stomachs; then, when voice and reason return, they nod and politely say, "Tasty." They often don't come back.

One person commented, "I've heard of people who preach hellfire, but you're the only one I know who hands out samples."

Well, maybe it's not quite that bad, but I'm likely to eat most any kind of food. And though I exercise regularly, my body is starting to tell me to be more selective in my diet. I like the woman who stepped off the scale and was asked by her husband what the verdict was. "According to the height table," she replied, "I should be about six inches taller."

But more important than the food we put into our bodies are thoughts we put into our minds. Thoughts of bitterness like, "I hate her!" Thoughts of despair like, "I'll never be happy again." Thoughts of fear like, "I could never do that!" And thoughts of worry, thoughts of greed and thoughts of self-loathing. A constant diet of these killer thoughts will destroy us long before cholesterol.

The Navajo people have an expression for this. They traditionally believe that how they fill their minds will shape their lives. So they want to fill their minds only with that which is good, harmonious and edifying. They speak of "thinking in the Beauty Way" -- ridding their
minds of all that is destructive and filling them with that which is good and peaceful. The Beauty Way is the way of love and contentment, peace and kindness, patience and courage.

What are you putting into your mind? James Lane Allen has said, "You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." Fill your mind with life-affirming thoughts and tomorrow will find you further along the Beauty Way.
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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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Prunus armeniaca

The official name of an yellow to orange small fruit with a pit in the middle that contains a mountain of healthy nutrients - The Apricot!

Next weeks Ask Lena Health Q & A goes into the seed of the apricot and it's health properties but the fruit of the apricot is quite healthy on its own.

When I was doing my research into a question asked about Apricot Seeds and their health potential I realized I had never given you the story on the healthy Apricot aka prunus armeniaca. Since we have our own Apricot trees and I have a pantry full of canned and dried apricots as well as apricot nectar it stands to reason you should know why we eat so many of them and why you could benefit as well!

You've probably heard the term "nectar of the gods." It was nectar made of the juice and pulp of the apricot which was reputedly the drink of choice of the Greek and Roman gods.

Why eat raw first?

Something I learned a long time ago is; raw fruit when eaten at the beginning of a meal will allow your other foods to be utilized better and the fruit enzymes help absorb more nutrients than you can without consuming fruit first. In some Latin countries dessert is served first and usually consists of fruit compote with one or more fresh fruits. This is the same concept that we, here in the United States, eat our salads first as raw veggies have some of the same enzymes that make it better for our digestive system.

Apricots come in so many varieties; Dried, canned, frozen or fresh that it makes for a simple solution to getting those RDV of 4.5 to 5 cups of fruit a day. They’re readily available year-round, store easily and add a boost of flavor, color and nutrients to meals or snacks. Fully ripe apricots ship poorly, so unless you live near an apricot-growing region, you may have a difficult time finding ripe ones—fruits that are soft to the touch and brimming with juice. If you find apricots that are plump, firm, and orange-gold in color, they'll be ready to eat after about two days of ripening at room temperature Don't buy hard fruits that are tinged with green—they will never develop full flavor.

Dried apricots come in a number of different forms. The most common are the bright orange apricot halves; their rich color is the result of the apricots being treated with sulfur dioxide. If you are allergic to sulfites, you can look for unsulfured apricots in health food stores. Because they're untreated, they're brown rather than orange. You may also find small, whole apricots called Turkish apricots. These are a much paler orange and are considerably sweeter than regular apricot halves.

Canned apricots are sold packed in heavy syrup, light syrup, or fruit juice. The sugary syrups add a lot of empty calories, and the fruit is so naturally sweet that it really doesn't need the extra sugar. I can our apricots with syrup made with Stevia rather than sugar.

Nearly 4000+ years ago, a fruit belonging to the rose family was discovered on the mountain slopes of China. Today, it’s generally accepted that the Chinese first cultivated this ancient fruit, the wild ancestor to the present day apricot. It is also believed that the Chinese considered the apricot to contain special fertility enhancing properties.

With the strong sensory appeal of apricots’ delicate, velvety skin and intensely sweet fragrance and flavor, apricot cuttings traveled across the Persian Empire to the Mediterranean where they flourished. In the 18th century, Spanish explorers introduced apricots to the New World. California inherited the golden blush fruit planted in the gardens of Spanish missions. In 1792, the first major production of California apricots was recorded. Many varieties of the fruit differing in size, color and flavor are still grown with popular appeal throughout the world.

The unique mix of compounds found in apricots also makes this fruit a good choice for helping to fight heart disease. Along with beta-carotene, apricots contain the other powerful anti-oxidants, Vitamin C and lycopene. Combined, these compounds help protect against cancer, heart disease and stroke.

The beta-carotene in apricots is converted to Vitamin A in the body. This nutrient helps protect the eyes and keep the skin, hair, gums and various glands healthy. It also helps build bones and teeth. Plus, research shows that Vitamin A helps to fight infection by maintaining strong immunity. For this reason, researchers are looking to apricots as a valuable source of beta-carotene’s healing power. Note: beta-carotene is often called Vitamin A on food labels.

Apricots contain the following nutrients in different amounts depending on the form eaten, with raw giving off the most. Apricots are alive with fiber, are fat free and include the minerals Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese and Selenium. Along with those minerals come the vitamins A, C, B-6, B-12, E, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Folate and Folic acid. All making for great health builders.

Apricots make for a great snack or dessert and my most favorite is in a pie. I'm not big on eating pie unless it's fruit and Apricot tops the list as my first choice.

Poaching: Place apricots­peeled or unpeeled, whole or halved­in barely simmering fruit juice, cover, and cook until tender. Add whole cloves or a cinnamon stick to the liquid for extra flavor. Once the apricots are poached, the liquid can be cooked down to produce a sauce. Cooking time: 5 to 7 minutes.

Reconstituting dried apricots: Serve dried apricots for breakfast or dessert, at any time of year. Simmer them in a small amount of water, white wine, or fruit juice until tender. Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Here is my recipe for apricot pie.

Heat oven to 350 Degrees F.

You will need a 2 crust pie crust of your choice. ( I make it with a whole wheat or soyflour pie crust.)

Filling ingredients:

1 tablespoon Whole wheat flour or Corn Starch
2 tablespoons butter, cut into small bits.
3 cups apricots, washed, pitted, sliced (some may prefer to remove the peel but we like the peel included and makes for more fiber and doesn't alter the taste.)
2/3 cup brown sugar or 1.5 tbsp. whole stevia leaf powder or 1/4 tsp.
white stevia extract (powder)

Mix together flour and sugar, then add apricots and mix until apricots are well coated with mixture. Place apricot mixture evenly in the pie crust. Put butter bits all over the top of mixture. Wet edges of the bottom crust, cover with upper crust and press the edges together. Place pie pan/plate on cookie sheet and bake about 45 - 50 minutes taking care to not over brown crust. Pie will be flavorful and not too sweet.

Enjoy your healthy apricots!
Lena

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