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Diane asks: "I have a fatty liver, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol.  Can you help me out at all?  What do you recommend?"

Steve's Motivator will not be published this week as I have a guest writer that has something really necessary and very poignant but accurate article on helping a deaf child...

I am answering health questions 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 in  addition to...

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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QUESTION:

 I have a fatty liver, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol.  Can you help me out at all?  What do you recommend?

Thank you,
Diane

 ANSWER:

I think we have an answer for you Diane… As a medical office nurse I found that people would comply with treatments better when they understood why their problem existed and how they could contribute to reversing their problem(s)… That became part of my job, as a medical office nurse, to help them understand and how to contribute...

I think you might need to know that as well, if not I'm sure some readers do… Understanding the liver may be the first step in understanding why and what changes are necessary in your treatment…

The liver is the largest organ within the body. The liver found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the ribs is a very complex organ and has many functions and when it isn't working at its best creates the climate for a lot of serious illnesses. The liver stores energy in the form of sugar (glucose), stores vitamins, iron and other minerals for use when needed or when overloaded with them and definitely fast becomes overloaded in diabetics. It stores and processes, with iron and chemicals being a common overload. The liver makes proteins, including blood clotting factors, to keep the body healthy and help it grow. It processes and discharges worn out red blood cells. Is continuously making bile needed for food digestion. It metabolizes or breaks down many medications and alcohol, and when overloaded with any one or a combination of those serious, not so good consequences occur. The liver also kills germs that enter the body through the intestines and gets passed on when the intestinal system is out of balance with it's necessary bacteria.  Then there is the pancreas that's responsible for balancing your insulin usage but only when the liver and the pancreas are in complete sinc with one another can that occur… With a large majority of diabetics a faulty thyroid also exists creating a harder to control system until the thyroid can be brought into balance.

For starters, in helping you, we need to get your pancreas on a repairing path… Secondly and just as important, and in conjunction, we must take care of the obesity which will take care of the other fatty liver and cholesterol problems. The habits you have lived with that put you in an obesity pattern can be changed. To do that we have a superb natural herbal weight loss management program that works easily and simply to decrease obesity and build up the balances required in your body.

1. The majority of obesity, setting up the world for the diabetes epidemic now running rampant, is all because of hunger…Others may say different but its been proven that hunger started the problem. Then comes the shame and self contempt factor caused by that obesity, which continues that pattern and that is followed by illness… That hunger existed because the body was and is so deplete of the nutrients it needs, caused from our foods not having them. Even if you are getting the very best vegetable, fruit and grains available the nutrients do not exist in them to keep a person thin or healthy… The first area at correcting that is to give your body the ability to absorb the nutrients that you do consume and supplementing those that you aren't taking in. That can only be possible when the body is minerals balanced. Read ABC's of Minerals. This makes the first step of supplementing with 20 to 40 drops (1/2 to 1 tsp) twice a day of  Life Transfusion Ionic Liquid minerals to balance out your body's necessary mineral content making it possible to absorb ALL nutrients. This bathes the cells in the blood plasma minerals that you should have been born with…If people took these daily we would see much much  less obesity and diabetes running rampant as it is now…

2. Next necessity is a total Vitamin complex to feed your body the nutrients not contained in foods that has caused your hunger and obesity… MegaNutrient capsule complex is the total vitamin complex that outdoes any other vitamin formulation on the market today. Centrum is said to be the best on the commercial market but MegaNutrient beat it so badly it isn't even close… This complex Maximizes and Prevents Serious Diseases. Maximizes and Normalizes Your Digestion. Energizes and repairs every cell in your body. Provides Targeted Support to your Eyes, Bones, Organs and Heart all while helping lift and feel your active healthy vigorous best.

3. Ninety Per Cent of Diabetes is correctable and reversible naturally and we are watching it happen daily. Some of my family has been the recipients of that correction. DiaB Blood Sugar formula taken 10 to 15 minutes before meals is controlling and lowering blood sugars while helping repair the pancreas… We will need to know how high your blood sugar is running, in order to say whether you will need 1, 2 or 3 capsules before meals. Also 30 to 45 minutes of walking or other exercise daily, but no less than 5 days a week…  Make sure you are not using Aspartame, Splenda or other chemical artificial sweeteners as they can actually increase your blood sugars and cause obesity. Go with Stevia (found at most health food stores or online) as a sugar replacement until such time we can hopefully get your pancreas repaired… STAY AWAY FROM ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS! Those are killers… If you need a Sugar to Stevia conversion Click Here to Receive it immediately …

The following protocol will be necessary to take care of the obesity and cholesterol, which will also help reverse your diabetes… There is a distinct need to lose the excess pounds to enable the pancreas and liver to function as they should…

4.  Rapid Burn formula that will make you less hungry, burns fat by stopping hunger in its tracks, preventing binge eating or cravings. It jolts your metabolism to super levels and gives you energy levels you didn't know you could have. It blocks carbs from forming fat and sends them out of the body!
5. Protein Plus ChomeMate a formulation that contains not one, but two forms of ultra-powerful, non-dairy protein and ocean sourced peptides for dramatic protein action within the body to maximize other proteins and help trigger fat-burning action while promoting important tissue generation. This helps our body metabolize insulin correctly and helps heal and repair the pancreas while controlling hunger.
6. Night Time Formula that continues the weight loss into the night while you sleep. It not only helps you get a good nights rest, healing with that rest, it also continues to burn fat and regulate insulin.
7. Cholesteine Cholesterol Control Formula but this could be totally unnecessary once the weight Management formulas do their work or if your cholesterol is below 300 now.
8.  Email for our cleansing diet to get you started toward a healthier body…

 This program has brought thousands back to health, rid their bodies of the fat that has made them ill and gave them a new life and I feel it will most likely do the same for you. The nice part is that Dr. Garland and I will follow and consult, free of charge, while you undergo this protocol and transformation. We do this health building business to benefit those that wish to take part in becoming healthy and we do not charge for our personal services, only the master formulas necessary to make these things happen… If you knew how little markup we make on them you would know that we actually do this to help people and not for getting rich…

All you will need to do is check in weekly by email or phone (928-636-9425) and give us your health report. Before you start the program you will need to give us your height, weight, blood pressure and your weight goal, which will help us guide you in any changes that may be needed weekly or monthly… email with that info…

Good luck in whatever path you choose,
Lena

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MOTIVATOR
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"Pushy" Deaf Kid's Mom
 
There are some things that we as persons, born on this planet, have no control over. Our own birth defects are included in that scenario. While there are those who believe that we ourselves choose what obstacles we must face and overcome in this life, prior to our earthly birth, I am not one who buys that. I did not choose to be born deaf.
 
Be that what it may, I was entered this world with a 70% hearing loss
in both ears. It didn't take my Mother long to recognize my hearing deficiency. She had been born a hearing impaired person too. My Mother determined that her child would not hide his deficiency, as she had been allowed to do.
 
Mom, as a child, had many siblings. Most of her sisters were older than she so her's were hand-me-down clothes. Poor, nearly deaf, she
had taken a back seat in classrooms in an effort to not call attention to herself and her perceived inadequacies. Always, when called upon by a teacher, Mother would say, "I don't know?" As she
told me, "The alternative answer would have been even more humiliating, I didn't hear!"
 
I would never be allowed to make such an unwise determination. Every year, the first day of grammar school, Mother would march me before the teachers and tell them, in no uncertain terms, "This boy can not hear. I want him in a front desk, and I don't want him moved around
the room!"
 
As any otherwise normal kid would, I hated it. I asked her, "Why do
you have to make such a big thing about this? I hear alright," I insisted.
 
"Of course you do," was her reply. "Because, I love you, I want you to hear what your teachers say and not have the articulation problems
that I've had learning to form your own words correctly.
 
I didn't really comprehend, until later, the significance of the second part of Mother's answer. But yeah, I knew that she did love me. Even though I often resented the seating restriction, I was ever to be found occupying a front desk.
 
As a direct result of my "Pushy Mother's intervention," I was not distracted by classroom conversations which were not part of the curriculum. I couldn't get away with anything because the teachers would catch me. And, I learned to properly pronounce most words because I "Heard" them. Mother's vocabulary was excellent, her speech clear, as she had invested many childhood hours in a dictionary, looking up words that she felt she might need with emphasis on pronunciation. In grade school, I was spared that responsibility which I would not have taken upon myself anyway.
 
It wasn't until high school that I learned to be stupid in my selection of where to sit. I never even considered that perhaps misunderstanding assignments, or not hearing what instructors actually said, had something to do with how hard I had to struggle.
 
Later, I was witness to what might have happened to me if not for having a "Pushy Mom." A cousin inherited the same type of hearing loss I was born with. His mother didn't bother to be pushy on this issue. He was shuffled along through school and treated like someone
with a learning impairment. No wonder, for when he spoke he sounded retarded.
 
For a while, as an adult, I sold hearing aids. When I checked my cousin's hearing, it was virtually identical to my own. Only then, did I fully comprehend and appreciate the wonderful gift my mother had given me by being "Pushy."
 
If you have a child that doesn't have excellent hearing, consider becoming a "Pushy Parent," if only on this one issue. It is one thing that you can do for your child ~ on this planet ~ to level the playing field while he or she is too young to appreciate it.
 
Russ Miles is author of the novel, For Sale By Owners:FSBO.
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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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Since spring is a time to clean your home and your body, this week's vegetable is one that anyone can have from the poorest to the richest pocketbook that not only fills a nutrition detoxing program but contributes to good health and costs nothing to put on your table! 

This wild vegetation drives gardeners crazy when trying to keep lawns nice and green. Right now it's head it popping up all over the place and I can almost hear the gardeners screaming! Over the centuries our ground has become deplete of minerals in the soil and Mother Nature says we have to take care of that problem… Hence Dandelions grow rampant all over this earth trying to repair the depletion!

Much more than a repairer weed the dandelion is an edible plant with uncommon nutritional and medicinal value and grows wild in almost every yard I've ever been in making it a free food! There are many varieties of Dandelion leaves; some are deeply cut into segments, in others the segments or lobes form a much less conspicuous feature.

The dandelion's name comes from the French term "dent-de-lion," meaning "lion's tooth" - so named for its dark-green leaves with pointy, toothlike edges - a staple in French country kitchens. Russia, calls it "life-elixir," and its leaves are traditionally steamed and served with sour cream and thinly sliced red onion. Italians like the leaves chopped and sauteed with garlic and olive oil. The English boil them and then toss them with vinegar and salt. Almost every part of the dandelion can be consumed, including the blossoms and roots. Only the dried-out puffball of seeds is inedible; that part seems to have been created purely to make man mad and for procreation of the plant.

The dandelion leaves are shiny and without hairs, the margin of each leaf cut into great jagged teeth, either upright or pointing somewhat backwards, and these teeth are themselves cut here and there into lesser teeth. It is this somewhat fanciful resemblance to the canine teeth said to resemble the angular jaw of a lion fully supplied with teeth.

The shining, purplish flower-stalks rise straight from the root, are leafless, smooth and hollow and bear single heads of flowers. On picking the flowers, a bitter, milky juice exudes from the broken edges of the stem, which is present throughout the plant, and when it comes into contact with the hand, turns to a brown stain that is rather difficult to remove.

The dandelion is a veritable feast for at least ninety-three different kinds of insects who are in the habit of feasting on it. Smart insects!

The plant prefers to take root in poorly mineralized soil, where it sends its thick brown taproot deep to pull minerals from below, restoring health to overused topsoil. Wherever you see dandelions turning a green meadow gold, the earth is being replenished. When you see them growing in abundance in your garden or yard, know that area is deplete of minerals big time and leave them alone or supplement that area with minerals…

Dandelions bloom in spring and fall. For this reason, they are beloved by beekeepers: They can depend on the nectar from these blossoms for making honey well into autumn, long after other flowers have gone. The plants are also useful in fruit orchards, since their leaves emit a gas that makes fruit ripen early and evenly.

Tenth-century Arab physicians called it taraxacon, meaning "a remedy for disorders." It has an especially potent effect on the liver resides in solar plexis area of the body, and one of the dandelion's main constituents, choline, is essential to liver function. The stomach and gall bladder can also be strengthened by regular consumption of dandelion. Bitter greens, such as dandelion and chicory, release hydrochloric acid in the stomach, which helps with digestion. They also contain generous amounts of vitamins C and A and the mineral calcium.

Dandelion greens can often be found among the colorful medley of greens known as mesclun (A mixture of young salad greens), sold at farmers' markets, natural-food stores and the specialty-produce sections of most grocery stores. The blossoms and roots, however, are rarely available commercially; you'll probably need to harvest your own. Pick blossoms in a field that you know hasn't been treated with chemicals; dig roots - also chemical-free area - with a garden fork on a day when a recent rainfall has softened the ground.

It is a great as a salad green loaded with antioxidants, and potassium. Is a great milk producer in cows - most cows will not eat it but when they do it increases the milk production by about 1/3 - and in lactating women. The leaves are more nutritious than anything you can buy with more beta-carotene than carrots. More iron and phenomenal calcium than spinach. High in vitamins B-1, B-2, B-5, B-6, B-12, C, E, P, and D, biotin, inositol, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, and zinc. A tasty, free vegetable that grows on virtually every yard.

The young leaves of the Dandelion make an agreeable and wholesome addition to spring salads. The full-grown leaves should not be taken, being too bitter, but the young leaves, especially if blanched or sautéed, make an excellent salad, either alone or in combination with other greens, onion, lemon juice, shallot tops and/or chives. Dandelion is only pleasantly bitter, and if eaten while the leaves are quite young, the center rib of the leaf is not at all unpleasant to the taste. But older the rib is tough and not so tasty to eat.

The young leaves may also be boiled as a vegetable, spinach fashion, thoroughly drained, sprinkled with lemon or lime juice, pepper and salt, moistened with soup or butter and served very hot. If considered a little too bitter, use half spinach, but the Dandelion must be partly cooked first then add the spinach to finish cooking, as it takes longer than spinach. Another variation, some grated nutmeg or garlic, a teaspoonful of chopped onion or grated lemon peel can be added to the greens when they are cooked. A simple vegetable soup may also be made with Dandelions.

The dried Dandelion leaves are also employed as an ingredient in many digestive or diet drinks and herb beers. Dandelion Beer is a rustic fermented drink common in many parts of the country and made also in Canada. Workmen in the furnaces and potteries of the industrial towns of the Midlands have frequent resource to many of the tonic Herb Beers, finding them cheaper and less intoxicating than ordinary beer, and Dandelion stout ranks as a favorite with many. An unusual but agreeable and wholesome fermented drink is made from Dandelions, Nettles and Yellow Dock.

The roasted roots are largely used to form Dandelion Coffee, being first thoroughly cleaned, then dried by artificial heat, and slightly roasted till they are the tint of coffee, when they are ground ready for use. The roots are pulled up in the autumn, which is the best time for this purpose. The prepared powder is said to be almost indistinguishable from real coffee, and is said to be an improvement to inferior coffee.

The dandelion is known for it's diuretic properties as well as used for blood cleansing tonic and slightly aperient (laxative). It is a general stimulant to the system and especially to the urinary organs, and is chiefly used medicinally in kidney and liver disorders.

Dandelions are also good tonic for the bladder, spleen, pancreas, stomach and intestines. It’s recommended for stressed-out, internally sluggish, and sedentary people. Anyone who's a victim of excessive fat, white flour, and concentrated sweeteners could benefit from a daily cup of dandelion tea.

Have gallstones try this;
1 OZ. Dandelion root,
1 OZ. Parsley root,
1 OZ. Balm herb,
1/2 OZ. Ginger root,
1/2 OZ. Liquorice root.

Place in 2 quarts of water and gently simmer down to 1 quart, strain and take a wineglassful every two hours.

A Healthier jelly for the morning toast/English muffin/bagel! (Jelly isn't really healthy but this is a close as you are going to get to healthy jelly)

Dandelion Flower Jelly
Ingredients:

4 cups yellow parts of dandelion blossoms
3 cups boiling water
4 1/2 cups sugar (I prefer the equivalent in Stevia)
2 Tbsp Freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 pkg powdered pectin

Pull the yellow blossoms apart from the green parts. Get lots and lots of blossoms.. While you are collecting them, you can freeze what you already have. Make sure there are no green parts since the green parts have a bitter flavor. I pack the blossoms into a 4 cup measure. More blossoms mean more flavor for the jelly. Bring the water to a boil and fill the water with dandelion blossom shreds. Simmer over very gentle heat about 10 minutes. Pour the water and blossoms through a strainer. Press the blossoms as dry as possible to extract the maximum amount of water. Add more blossoms to the strained water and simmer for about 10 minutes. Continue simmering and straining until all the blossoms are used up. Add more water to make up 3 cups. You lose some water because it is caught in the blossoms. Strain the water very well. I use a coffee filter. Combine water with lemon juice, sugar and pectin. Bring to roiling boil and stir until sugar is dissolved. Boil hard for one minute. Skim. Pour into hot jars and seal. I haven't used food coloring but I have seen this jelly lightly tinted pink with pure cherry juice and it looks prettier as well as adding more healthy properties.

Enjoy your free food while cleaning the comfort food goo from your system preparing for the summer heat!

Lena

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