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=> ASK LENA Q & A EDITION!
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Greetings! I do hope your weekend was a good one and the week starts off on a good note. If not don't give up, each day is new and who knows what tomorrow holds?

It is with great sadness that we mourn the death of a very courageous man Christopher Reeve, who died yesterday. He did so much for spinal injured people and while his memory and work will linger forever, his family needs our prayers.

My father continues his great new-found health with herbs and minerals and still off all eight of his prescription medications and has renewed life and joy! His words, "I'm a new man!" My joy is in giving him something to feel good about at the end of his life, as 88 years old is getting toward the end no matter what I or anyone else can do for him...

Steve's Motivator this week speaks to FEAR, the biggest driving force in this world of unrest today. He has something that may comfort you in that moment of fear... 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

Wishing you 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! 

IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH QUESTION 
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Be sure to give at least your first name, if it is a question you want answered in person feel free to give me a call at 928-636-9425 or email me and let me know it's not for publication.

Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

QUESTION:
 
Hi Lena,
For the past 4 weeks I have been suffering from night sweats. I wake up very night and my bedding is literally soaked. The sweat also has a very peculiar smell - very similar to vinegar. I have also had very severe headaches for about the same amount of time. Previously I had never had an headache. Can you enlighten me? I have visited my Doctor, however she said that it sounded like I had 'flu, even though I had no other symptoms.
 
I am Male, 31 years of age. I take no prescribed medications or over the counter drugs. The last time I was prescribed by my Doctor was a course of antibiotics about 5 years ago for an infected tooth before an extraction. I am a smoker, (15 per day), and drink very little, (1-2 glasses of wine per week). Every evening I take a regular multi vitamin before I go to sleep.
 
Many Thanks
Ian M
 
 
ANSWER:
 
Thank you for your question Ian,

It's good that you don't take any medications and at your age and the past history of a tooth infection. I would say you are probably harboring either a low grade infection or a massive candida yeast infection that got a strong hold when you took the antibiotic and with smoking interfering in your immune system's ability to work it will hang in there... If you are going to continue smoking you need no less than 1500IU of Vit. C a day and daily double doses of 84 minerals and trace minerals that will help some, but nothing can overcome the damages smoking is doing to your heart, lungs, kidney's and intestinal system...
 
I feel this immediate problem (night sweats and headaches) may be taken care of with a three step program.
 
Step 1 & 2. Balance your minerals and take massive amounts of probiotics for at least a month, these two things will strengthen your body's organs and build your immune system while making it harder to contract any other illness or disease and kill anything lurking in your intestinal system.
Step 3. Take at least three months of 1 Tablespoon Ionic Silver Water twice a day to kill any infection/inflammation/candida as well as build your immune system... These three steps should find you okay, if a serious illness is not present, but even if there were to be a lurking serious problem these three things will help to fight it and maybe even reverse it...

Of course when I had "cluster headaches" for years, when I was a smoker, and I stopped smoking 27+ years ago the problem disappeared and now only raises its nasty head when I'm in a smoky room for a period of time... So you might want to seriously think about doing that!

Here is some general information, of which some may apply and you can store it away for future use... It may also benefit readers?

Tuberculosis and lymphoma are diseases in which night sweats are a common and dominant symptom, but are less likely to be the cause of night sweats in most instances, especially if you have had tests to determine no chronic illness occurs. While these diseases should be an important diagnostic consideration in patients with night sweats, other diagnoses to be consider as well include human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, AIDS), diabetes, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), obstructive sleep apnea, hyperthyroidism, hypoglycemia, and a few other less common diseases.
 
Night sweats and headaches can be caused by menopause in women and andropause (male menopause), drugs for hypertension or fever, or abuse of alcohol, heroin or street drugs... You will have to answer those questions by searching for answers that I cannot give you...

Night sweats by themselves is not a reason to diagnose horrific diseases as most all of those disease processes have other symptoms along with them other than just night sweats and headaches that may have sent you to a doctor to have checked out.

A lot of the above can also be ruled out simple because the symptoms have hung on for a month... One common vinegar smell can be attributed to a few mineral deficiencies, especially zinc. Okay, I hear the groans of "Oh no not minerals again?" Yes minerals, because that is one of the most common reasons for the majority of illnesses. But if you have ever, even once, taken antibiotics, corti-steroids like prednisone, birth control pills, chemotherapy or oral acne medications then you may very well have a chronic candida infestation! A most common reason for both symptoms as well as many other symptoms see Candida_Test.

To correct a mineral imbalance is easy by simply taking daily 84 minerals and trace minerals complex. My recommendation Click here

To fight a chronic candida (yeast) infestation; start by rebuilding your intestinal natural flora system with heavy probiotics daily and Ionic Silver Water along with the minerals. Dose Directions accompany each... While doing this cut out the sugar and most fats in your diet for at least a month as both feed candida. Some fat is necessary for absorption of nutrients so do not go totally no fat?

Realize I am not a doctor, just someone who has spent years of watching and learning...
Lena
 

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MOTIVATOR
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YOU'RE NOT ALONE

"The commonest and subtlest of all human diseases," a prominent physician said, "is fear." Fear is an incapacitating, paralyzing disease. We all fear at times, but many carry with them unnecessary and destructive fears.

We're afraid of the unknown.

We're afraid of old age; afraid of growing senile and dependent.

We're afraid of change; afraid to plunge into that new relationship, job or way of life.

We're afraid of the future.

We're afraid to risk; afraid to fail or appear as if we failed.

We're afraid to love; afraid to trust.

We're afraid of closeness; afraid we might get hurt.

We're afraid to die. Like Henry Van Dyke said, "Some people are so
afraid to die that they never begin to live."

Fear is the most devastating enemy of human personality.

But here's the good news: unnecessary fears can be conquered! Courage to meet fear head-on is actually at our fingertips.

An American slavery abolitionist, Wendell Phillips, made an interesting observation. He noted that it is easy to be brave when all are behind you and agree with you. But the difficulty comes when 99 percent of your friends think you are wrong. Then it is the brave soul who stands up - one among 1,000 - remembering that one with God makes a majority!

You see, courage often comes from simply knowing you are not alone.
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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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Healthy Holiday Table Fare Year Round!
 
The food that so many people eat only on Thanksgiving, and that's a shame, since they're among one of the most nutritious of vegetables.
 
If you don't eat sweet potatoes very often, or only at holiday time when they're smothered in melted marshmallow goop and baked until they're unrecognizable, you're missing out on one of nature's truly perfect foods. Low in calories, high in fiber, great for diabetics  and people who are carbohydrate sensitive, packed with minerals - rich in Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese and Selenium while rich with vitamins C, B-6, B-12, A, DFE, E, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic acid and tastes great!
 
Their bright color is key to their high beta-carotene content, and containing the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin. A sweet potato really isn't a potato; it is part of the sprawling vine called morning glory. The sausage-shaped tubers are a bit potato-like, but taper to pointed ends unlike potatoes. Skin is smooth and can be white, red, golden or purple/black. Having sweet purple, white, yellow or deep orange flesh.
 
In 1932, when the sweet potato was considered a poor man's food, Americans consumed 30 pounds each per year. Now, it's closer to 4 pounds, though the tuber has become more appealing and growing because it's a favorite of Oprah Winfrey and television chef Emeril Lagasse. It is also a hormone smoothing veggie for women in menopause, post-menopause or perimenopausal years. Rich in beta-carotene!!!
 
A study conducted by the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland gave 21 HIV-positive people 180 mg (300,000 IU) of beta-carotene every day for four weeks, resulting in several indicators of their "helper" T cell activity increasing significantly over the people who were given a look-alike-but-inactive placebo, whose indicators dropped. "Helper" T cells are the primary target of the HIV virus, and the body's ability to fight infections diminishes as their levels drop. A study conducted by John Hopkins University researchers linked high levels of beta-carotene with a lower incidence of lung cancer, which kills approximately 145,000 Americans every year. A great reason to eat sweet potato.
 
At least 70 research studies have found an increased risk of cancer in people who don't eat enough produce rich in carotenoids. Since the sweet potato is very rich in beta carotene how better to get a health benefit?
 
There are two basic types of sweet potatoes:
 
Moist: (orange fleshed) tends to be plumper and its skin a little redder. The sweeter orange-fleshed sweet potato varieties dominate the U.S. market. often called "yams," but this is a misnomer: The true yam aka "botanical family Dioscoreaceae" is a large - as much as 100 pounds - root vegetable grown in Africa and Asia and rarely seen in the western world. However, over time common usage has made the term "yams" acceptable when referring to sweet potatoes.
 
Dry: (yellow or purple-fleshed). Some people prefer the starchier yellow-fleshed types, a little narrower with a tan skin, when they aren't side by side, it's pretty difficult to judge the difference. In most instances, you can assume you're getting orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. If you are actively seeking the yellow-fleshed, you should ask the produce manager. The Okinawan sweet potato, grown year round in Hawaii has light skin and lavender flesh and is of Chinese and Japanese origin. The potato is not well known or easy to get on the mainland, except in specialty or ethnic markets on the West Coast. Something I experienced this spring when I was in Hawaii and loved them?
 
A bit of history;
 
In 1514, Peter Martyr named nine varieties that grew in Honduras. It was taken to Spain about 1500 and several kinds were cultivated there by the middle of the 16th century, including red, purple, and pale or "white" varieties.
 
Cultivation of sweet potatoes was tried unsuccessfully in Belgium in 1576. John Gerarde of London, claimed that in 1597 he grew the plant in England (probably without much success) and that it was known in India, Barbary, and other hot regions.
 
Early Spanish explorers are believed to have taken the sweet potato to the Philippines and East Indies, from which it was soon carried to India, China, and Malaya by Portuguese voyagers. The original introductions from America into the Pacific and Far East were so unobtrusive that the origin of the plant was long overlooked, many believing it native to southern and southeastern Asia.
 
Sweet potatoes are sold throughout the year, but are most abundant in their harvest season of fall and early winter, found on sale in the U.S. around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
 
Sweet potatoes are also sold canned or frozen. The canned potatoes are usually packed in heavy syrup--"candied"--although some processors also pack them in water. Canned sweet potatoes are significantly lower in beta-carotene, vitamin C, and B vitamins than fresh ones.
 
Selecting sweet potatoes;
 
Choose heavy, similar-sized potatoes if you plan to cook them whole, so that the cooking time will be uniform. Choose potatoes that are smooth, hard, and free of bruises or decay, even if cut away, a decayed, shriveled brown/black spot may have already imparted an unpleasant flavor to the entire potato.
 
My family's favorite ways of eating sweet potatoes are;
 
Sliced about 1/8" thick and round like silver dollars, Sautéed in butter until tender, with just a hint of brown sugar.
 
Second favorite is baked either whole or sliced;
 
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
 
Peel and cut into thick round slices or quarter potato.
In a baggie put 1/2 teaspoon Stevia or 1 teaspoon brown sugar, pinch of ground allspice, pinch of cayenne pepper, 1/2  teaspoon sea salt, 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric, shake until well mixed. Spray slices with virgin olive oil then put into bag with spices and shake until covered with mixture. Layer one layer on cookie sheet that has been sprayed with olive oil. Put into oven and bake about 20 minutes then turn potatoes over and bake another 20 to 25 minutes until done and slightly browned.
 
There are as many ways of eating sweet potatoes as there are people so use your imagination and eat for health?
 
Enjoy your newfound mineral and vitamin rich food!
Lena

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