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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 with your achieving health and success in all areas of you life and business.

Lovely crisp wintry weather in our part of the world. Sweater and jeans time for me. I really shutter to think of all the people who are going to go cold and hungry this year due to the price of gas/oil/propane/butane used to heat their homes. I'm sure it will cause many deaths and for that I am sad. In our part of the world the cost of wood went out of sight for many, which is used by the majority to heat their homes and I'm sure that the high cost will cause some to go cold... Keep your eye out for people who may be in that category and help them. Our propane delivery guy is helping us keep an eye out for people in need...

Steve's Motivator this week speaks to "ONE OF YOUR GREATEST ASSETS" You are capable of so much more than you ever could dream? 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 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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Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

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QUESTION:
 
Hi Lena.

You have been so helpful to my family. I thank you.
My question is: Have you heard of Xango?
If so...what do you have to report on it's fantastic claims.
 
Thank you Dear.
Pat
 
 
ANSWER:
 
Thank you Pat for the compliment.

Yes, I have and many people have asked this same question over the last year, so I've been forced to look into the claims they make in order to inform myself...

Xango Ingredients listed on the Xango company site:
Reconstituted garcinia mangostana juice from whole fruit, apple juice concentrate, pear juice concentrate, grape juice concentrate, pear puree, blueberry juice concentrate, raspberry juice concentrate, strawberry juice concentrate, cranberry juice concentrate, cherry juice concentrate, citric acid, natural flavor, pectin, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate.

No amounts listed. Nothing outstanding there, but all are concentrates do not say if they are from frozen concentrates or fresh but I will bet it's frozen! Not outstanding either. They advertise Xango as all natural pure juice and "No additives," but citric acid, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate are all additives?

While it has a lot of good things that will be good for you it isn't the end-all be-all that they claim it to be. Yes it is good for you; just as any other concentrated mixed fruit juice is good for you, still missing a lot of nutrients needed to be totally healthy. You would do just as well and a lot less expensive to use your juicer and juice several fruits or buy a bunch of concentrated frozen juices and mix them yourself without adding water and you will get the same benefits and take by spoonfuls as they suggest with Xango... If you are going to use this it would be a great idea to add 20 drops of liquid minerals to a glass of the juice twice a day and then it will be a complete and total health drink.

Sure fruit is healthy but the claims these people make cannot be verified and should not be considered a medicine, but it will help those who do not eat fruits and vegetables as they should, but I wouldn't pay that kind of money when I can make the same thing for so much less...

Their claims are:

Antioxidant protection against free radicals
Maintains immune system health
Promotes joint flexibility
Provides positive mental support
Reduces allergies
Reduces joint inflammation
Prevents cancer

Just about any vegetable or fruit can make the same claim but don't usually... Eat a bowl of mixed fresh fruit or mixed green salad and get the same benefits!

When I looked into the countries; Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and South Africa where the mangostana/mangosteen supposedly originates and grows in back yards and is supposed to be so healthy, I find nothing in their university agriculture extensions that says anything outstanding about the fruit except that the skin does contain some healthy properties, without elaborating how or what, but does state extreme amounts of Tannic Acid which can be dangerous to those allergic to tannic. I don't think the skin would be very tasty by itself either. They also found two xanthones in the fruit skin, but that is also found in a myriad of fruits and vegetables, so nothing unusual there? It does have some other rather unusual properties such as; "Mangosteen yields a fatty oil, a concrete oil of mangosteen called kokum butter, used in soap-making. It is well adapted for pharmaceutical preparations and candle-making." It did not elaborate on the pharmaceutical preparations they refer to. Is it oils, lotions, potents? I don't know? I did find some warning from the different agriculture university extensions to be aware of unfounded and unproven claims made from consuming the mangosteen fruit. I wouldn't ordinarily put a lot of stake in those warnings had they come from a pharmaceutical company but these are university agriculture extensions in those countries so I tend to listen to them more..

I can't even find nutritional contents or amounts anywhere but I did find out there have been no Clinical Trials, which I don't find a problem as there are a lot of great natural medications without clinical trials as denoted by drug companies and FDA. But I also couldn't find any Observational Studies or Case Reports other than those on the MLM selling sites. No Traditional and Folk Use or historical data, no Adverse Effects & Toxicity Records, No methods of preparations, no folk methods, no formulas, all leading me to believe this is a new trend that someone dreamed up simply to make money!

It's a great way of making money if you can convince people it's the best health product around. Good yes, but great, NO!  They have a good MLM system in place for making money but as total health medication as they claim... It isn't... Yes it has some good antioxidants in it but it's missing some just as most foods do. Anytime something processed sits it loses nutrients whether in a bottle or open... Since Xango comes from concentrates you can bet it has lost a huge number of it's health properties before even getting into the bottles or pills...

A really smart money maker dreamed up the whole unique Xango scheme to sell the fruit juice as a total health builder. While it is good it isn't a TOTAL ANYTHING! A TOTALLY OVERPRICED juice mixture that anyone can make at home, providing you could find the mangosteen fruit - Mango is a good substitute - for a tenth of the price... I'll bet the perpetrator of this business is banking on selling it in the United States and European countries simply because the Mangosteen fruit cannot be purchased there, due to the stringent import restrictions countries have put on the fruit itself... Great way of getting around the import restrictions... The little country of Tonga even forbids sale of this product in their country, but doesn't say why?

You asked my opinion and you got it... Save your money! Take your 84 liquid Minerals and trace minerals, Meganutrient vitamins, eat a healthy diet and you will have the same results!

Lena
 

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ONE OF YOUR GREATEST ASSETS

One of your greatest assets is...your imagination!

In his book THE WINNER'S EDGE, writer Denis Waitley tells of high
school basketball players who were divided into three groups. Group One was told not to practice shooting free throws for one month. Group Two was told to practice shooting free throws in the gym every afternoon for a month. Group Three was told to "imagine" shooting free throws every afternoon for one hour for a month.

The results? Group One slipped slightly in their percentage free-throw average. Group Two increased about two percentage points. Group Three also increased about two percentage points.

Do you want to excel at some endeavor? Or perhaps improve or change something about yourself? Is there a skill you'd like to perfect? Or maybe you want to replace your fear of something, such as speaking in public or heading up a project, with more confidence and courage. If so, then mental practice, visioning success, is as important as physical practice. The time you spend "seeing" in your mind what you are trying to accomplish actually helps to bring it to pass.

Imagine your success. Visualize doing that thing you fear. Get it in your mind. Then imagine your success in that area again and again, like free throws going into the basket. In a short time, you'll likely discover that things really did change for you!

Anatole France said, "To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything." Whatever you desire begins in the mind. You can IMAGINE what will follow!
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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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Teeny Tiny Seedy Nutrients!
 
Unlocking of the almost unlimited healing power of the foods we eat every day is an uphill battle for those of us in the war against disease. Fast food has so adulterated our eating that we no longer look on foods with the same eye as times past. Today more and more studies are showing the benefits of raw and healthy foods yet we are not seeing enough of it in the mainstream media. And if you think about it, the medical establishment has always known -- and accepted -- that bad foods can make you sick. Yet these "experts" are as slow as molasses in accepting the flip side of the coin, namely, that GOOD foods can make you well! Doctors almost never mention foods unless it in relation to the cholesterol myth.
 
Today I'm going to try and continue the premise of educating people on good foods in relation to health.
 
These teeny tiny little seeds are great illnesses preventions and or healers!
 
Even though berry season is past in most areas you can still find them in stores both frozen and fresh. Berries are usually seed bearing and those seeds are important to our health.
 
I keep packages of different kinds of frozen berries in my freezer for my cobbler craving winter days. I grew up eating my grandmother's fantastic berry cobblers and they still remain my favorite. Strawberries make their way onto our table in the form of shortcake in strawberry season and mixed with other fruits as smoothies or pureed and added to fruit punch the rest of the year. Replacing sweets as treats year round. Kids love berries frozen whole to eat like candy and make for a healthy body and strong teeth.
 
Berries, such as blueberries, boysenberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and the likes, contain these teeny tiny seeds that make up their mystic. These little berries carry a huge portion of antioxidants. The nutrients known to prevent and/or kill cancers of various types. Loaded with minerals and vitamins that are healthy for every body!
 
Blueberries tend to get all the attention these days but other berries are just as nutritious, it's just that nobody has done a lot of berry testing on the others so you don't find them written about as often. I believe one thing that is truly the crux of berries is the tiny seeds within the berry. Berries, most commonly, Blackberries have been used for centuries as a diarrhea and anemia treatment. Leading me to believe they are very important in preventing problems.
 
Horticulturists have always known that a seed holds the embryo of new life. Scientists are confirming that berry seeds contain high levels of life prolonging Essential Fatty Acids or EFA?s, just as effective as other EFA bearing nuts and fish, known to be an effective protection against heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
 
Alternative Medicine has always said that health starts in the Intestinal system with disseminating the nutrients through out the body as well as its ability to move along toxins before they can damage the body, and the faster this happens the better for your health. Speedy removal of toxins and dissemination of nutrients happen when the intestines contain the proper amounts of probiotic bacteria and the proper fiber is introduced, and these tiny little seeds move things along swiftly.
 
EFA's and Your Health
 
Essential fatty acids (EFA) found in berry seeds are linoleic, alpha linolenic and oleic acids. 1997 studies (Johansson et al) found that these EFA's are abundant in the seed oil of 22 common edible wild northern berries. Also is a very rich source of alpha and gamma tocopherol as well as y-tocopherol. This tocopherol or Vitamin E rich composition is said to be important in the prevention of degenerative disease such as diabetes. Previous testing established the presence of ellagic acid, a cancer fighting polyphenolic, found and concentrated primarily in the teeny tiny seeds of the berries. Medical research programs studying ellagic acid and demonstrated its ability to inhibit the number and size of chemically induced tumors of the esophagus of rats. (Stoner and Mukhtar, 1995). Red Raspberries have shown to have the highest levels of ellagic acid but is of sufficient quantity in all tiny seed bearing berries.
 
If you want to get hooked on cobblers here's my grandmother's recipe!
 
Grandma's Blackberry Cobbler
 Set Oven to 375º before you start process.
Get out  9" x 9" x 2" oven proof baking dish

Make Pastry for 1 pie:

2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup Whole wheat flour
1/2  teaspoon salt
1/2 stick butter at room temperature
1/4  cup all-vegetable shortening
3 tablespoons ice cold water
 Yield: 6 - 8 servings
 
 Berry Filling:
 
4 cups blackberries or berry of your choice (Strawberries don't work well)
1 1/4 cups sugar
4 tablespoons flour
3/4 cup water
1/4 stick butter
 
Prepare pastry: Put flour, salt, butter, and shortening into a bowl and mix with pastry mixer or with fork until shortening is the size of small peas. Add ice water and mix to pastry consistency. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
Wash and cap berries; drain. Combine berries, sugar, flour, and water, and gently mix until berries coated well.  
 
Roll out pastry thin on floured board and cut into 3/4" strips. Put 1/2 berry mixture in oven-proof 9" x 9" x 2" baking dish. mixture place a few pastry strips on top of berries, add second half of berries. Arrange rest of pastry strips on top of berries in a criss-cross fashion and top with dots of butter or margarine, sprinkle lightly with sugar. 
 
Bake at 375º until crust is golden brown. Serve hot with ice cream or sweetened whipped cream. 
 
Sadly food alone will not do the trick as it would in centuries past so we can't rely totally on our food intake, because of the lack of nutrients in our soils and the pollutants added in the form of air pollution, pesticides and fertilizers. Read the 1936 Senate Report click here
 
Lena

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