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Weekend is over and it's time to get on with the week and my goals. I do hope you understand how goals are important in life as well as your health. Without a goal how will you know when you get there?

Peter's motivator today was written for entrepreneurs, I'm sure, but it is also relevant to making health happen, so don't miss it.

Hope your week will be a week of health and wealth building!

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 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:
Hi Lena,
 
Please I want to know what causes fibroid in women though I learnt it's in every woman, but I don't know how true that is or rather what brings it out that makes it block the chances of a woman getting pregnant? Please I'm very eager to know.
 
Thanks.
 Regards,
Ib.
 
 
ANSWER:
 
First, I would like to say that Fibroids are almost never cancerous. This is the fear played on by doctors in order to perform surgery, usually a hysterectomy. You will be told that they may develop into cancer therefore you should have them removed. Not necessary! But is responsible for the thousands of hysterectomies performed daily...
 
Second, they are not in every woman!
 
Fibroids are usually benign (non-cancerous) growths that appear within the muscle and connective tissue of the uterus. They usually develop from a single smooth muscle cell that continues to grow. There may have one fibroid or several; sometimes they grow in clusters. Fibroids can vary considerably in size. A fibroid can be as small as a pea, and most remain small. Fibroids can grow to be fairly large, larger than a grapefruit in some cases. Most of the time fibroids grow slowly but others develop more quickly. They typically grow larger over time. The size and type of fibroids varies immensely among women and some are so small that a microscope is required to see them. However, on rare occasions, some women experience a single large fibroid tumor the size of a grapefruit or a fibroid which is so large it encompasses the entire abdominal area. Such large tumors can weigh as much as 50 pounds; the largest, reported, fibroid ever recorded weighed in at 140 pounds.
 
About 1% of fibroids are responsible for not conceiving a child. I do know women who have had a baby while also having fibroid tumors, and had a normal delivery with no problems. Although most fibroids cause no symptoms, the estimated 25 percent of women who do have symptoms may have abnormal bleeding, pain during menstruation, and as the fibroid tumors grow larger, women will often experience a swollen abdomen.
 
Types of Fibroid Tumors are;

Submucous Fibroids; These fibroids occur just below the lining of the uterus and can cause menstrual problems, including pain as they grow and move around the pelvic area.
 
Intramural Fibroids; A round fibroid most often within the uterine wall which can cause enlargement of the uterus as they grow.
 
Subserous Fibroids; This fibroid grows on the outer wall of the uterus and usually causes no symptoms until it grows large enough to interfere with other organs.
 
Pedunculated Fibroids; These fibroids develop when a subserous fibroid grows a peduncle (stalk), as they grow larger they may become twisted and cause severe pain.
 
Interligamentous Fibroid; A fibroid which grows sideways between the ligaments which support the uterus in the abdominal region. This type of fibroid is especially difficult to remove without the possibility of interfering with the blood supply or other organs. Is very rare and can be responsible for miscarriage during a pregnancy.
 
Parasitic Fibroid; The rarest form of fibroid tumor occurs when a fibroid attaches itself to another organ.
 
The traditional medical world says fibroids are caused by hormones gone wild and no prevention is available and surgical removal is necessary for most.
 
The natural medicine world believes them to be caused from hormone fluctuations without proper mineral content in the body... Preventable with proper nutritional balance and shrinkable by the same method, requiring more aggressive supplementation.
 
Whose right? That will be debated forever I suppose. We do know that when birth control pills came on the market in the early 60's that fibroids became more common, which tells us that hormones do play a huge roll in the forming of them. Just how nobody knows as it hasn't really been studied.
 
I do know that I watch fibroids disappear under natural treatment with mineral and hormone balancing. This is done with herbs and liquid minerals. A special protocol, designed by Wayne Garland, ND, herbologist, works to dissolve them.
 
99% of fibroids are not to be feared and are preventable with  supplementing minerals and herbal hormone balancing formula...
 
Be smart, eat right, exercise and supplement smartly so you won't grow them!
 
Hope this answers your question,
Lena

 

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MOTIVATOR
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That First Step to Massive Success
by Peter Murphy

Do you want to know the key to beating procrastination and
achieving much more?

Let me tell you how I discovered the secret to achieving
massive success...

I had some work to do yesterday and I kept putting it off.

I thought to my self - I?ll wait until later when I feel
more alert and in the right frame of mind to do it just
right

Do you ever do this?

Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. If I wait for the
perfect moment I will be waiting a very long time.

With that in mind I just got started. I took the pressure
off and stopped insisting that I create a perfect piece of
work.

The endless pursuit of perfection and the craving for total
and complete success at everything you do is a trap.

A dangerous trap.

Why?

Because it will stop you from getting started. And
beginning is sometimes all you need to do to ensure success.

When you get the ball rolling, the gathering momentum will
keep you going.

Listen to this...

Last week - I read an interview with a world-class marathon
runner who has run some gruelling races including ones where
he ran a marathon a day each day for a week or more at a
time.

When asked how he could take on such enormous physical and
mental challenges without feeling overwhelmed he gave a
simple answer.

He said he never thinks about it in terms of running a 26
mile race instead he focuses on taking one step.

And then another, and another...

Take one step at a time.

Complete it and then take on one more step. Do this
and you can achieve some spectacular results.

Peter Murphy is a peak performance expert. He recently
produced a very popular free report, the 5 Step Motivation
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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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A Food And Also A Great Medicine!
 
Not a popular food but one that should be! Dried or fresh they are nutrient filled along with being very calming.
 
Have you heard of a Fresh Fig Poultice? No? Its use is found in the Bible in Isaiah 38:21 Works, wonders for boils and skin infections.
 
Figs are one of the first known natural medicines. The Roman writer Pliny,  (52-113 AD) said, "Figs are restorative. They increase the strength of young people, preserve the elderly in better health and make them look younger with fewer wrinkles."
 
Figs contain the photochemical psoralenes, which helps bring about beneficial results in skin injuries, hence a fig poultice to draw and infection to a head. Also beneficial in the removal of dead skin tissues as for cosmetic use in facial scrubs, and in a skin disease involving lack of pigmentation in patches of skin (vitiligo).
 
Both fresh and dried figs are great medicinals! Dried, has about 5 times the amount of nutrients as fresh.
 
The fig is very rich in fiber and a host of serenity producing vitamins B1, B2, B5 and B6, along with heart healthy magnesium and Vitamin E. Bone and muscle builders Calcium and Iron reside in the fig as well.
 
Stressed out? Eat figs!
 
Figs are a good source of potassium, a mineral that helps to control blood pressure. Since many people not only do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, but also consume high amounts of sodium as salt is frequently added to processed foods, they may be deficient in potassium. Low intake of potassium-rich foods, especially when coupled with a high intake of sodium, can lead to hypertension. In the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) study, one group ate servings of fruits and vegetables in place of snacks and sweets, and also ate low-fat dairy food. This diet delivered more potassium, magnesium and calcium. Another group ate a "usual" diet low in fruits and vegetables with a fat content like that found in the average American Diet. After eight weeks, the group that ate the enhanced diet lowered their blood pressure by an average of 5.5 points (systolic) over 3.0 points (diastolic).
 
Great for intestinal balance and cleansing Figs have the highest dietary fiber of any common fruit, nut or vegetable. They are high in peptic fiber, which is a soft soluble fiber and helps the body remove toxic wastes and reduces cholesterol levels. They are good to prevent and relieve constipation. Chinese medicine recognizes figs as a toxin neutralizer. One of the most alkalizing foods, figs can help balance the acid that forms from diets rich in meat and refined foods. Figs contain significant amounts of the proteolytic enzyme Ficin which is a digestion enzyme helping with the digestion especially of proteins.
 
Fig sugar content and glycemic index is very high. Therefore it is preferable and smarter to eat them with a meal or as a dessert rather than on their own as a snack.

Leaf Has Insulin-Lowering Properties

You probably do not think about the leaves of the fig tree as one of fig's edible parts. But in some cultures like Greece, stuffed fig leaves or dolmas are a common part of the menu, and for good reason. The leaves of the fig have repeatedly been shown to have antidiabetic properties and can actually reduce the amount of insulin needed by persons with diabetes who require insulin injections. In one study, a liquid extract made from fig leaves was simply added to the breakfast of insulin-dependent diabetic subjects in order to produce this insulin-lowering effect.
 
Word of caution; check that the figs you are buying are organic and of good quality. Fumigation is sometimes used to assure the absence of insects in figs and sulphur dioxide is used to maintain their sweet flavor and rich color. Dried figs infested by mites may cause severe gastrointestinal conditions if eaten. Mold attack may cause figs to form mycotoxins.
 

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