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Greetings! I trust you got through Halloween without too many tricks! Thank you for being a subscriber!

When I worked the medical offices we had a saying, "The old devil's lack of originality is showing again!" Meaning that we would see a huge number of the same identical illness in a day or week then switch to new one the following day or week. It was almost eerie but we knew the old devil was at work making people ill and not very original with them. We joked that he could at least make them different so we could do something different. Well the same seems to apply with my questions from readers. When I publish just know that wasn't the only one I received on that problem, but each person gets a personal reply and then I choose which one to publish in a really scientific manner. Eeeny, meany, miny, mo! How's that for scientific?

Steve's Motivator this week speaks to "A GAME YOU'RE INVITED TO PLAY" is a good one for this time of the year when tempers tend to flare and tensions run high, where a tiny bit of kindness will make a person's day! 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! 

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Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
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QUESTION:

Hi Lena,
I thought when an ambulance comes to your house that they would relieve you from pain but they can't do anything but take an EKG to see if you have a heart attack.  Then the ambulance took me to the hospital at 11 p.m. and they put me in a corner of the entrance and there I stayed.  To make a long story short, I checked out AMA at 7:20 am still not being seen by a doctor.  I went home, still in pain, called my doctor and she could see me at 9am.  Then after checking me she said I had "diverticulitis" again.  I had the same thing almost 2 months ago.  She then gave me CIPRO which is an antibiotic.  For the pain I am taking Ibuprofen 800mg. I have had a "CT Scan" of the abdomen that shows only probable inflammation of the intestines and I am scheduled to have an ultrasound of the gall bladder.  What do you suggest I do?

Thanks,
Jane


ANSWER:
 
I'm so sorry to hear you aren't feeling well... Diverticulitis can be very painful... Hospital's can be so cold and uncaring, which it sounds like you experienced, but they don't know any better...

My suggestion and what I've seen work for diverticulitis;
Make sure you are getting plenty of Probiotics every day. Once you have had diverticulitis the chances grow that it will crop up again with the traditional medical treatments since they only know to treat symptoms and not problems...
 
Two things to do to eliminate diverticulitis reoccurrence. 
1. Get plenty of Probiotics to keep the intestines working properly in order to kill inflammation. When the natural flora is low in the intestines it sets you up for this problem. Without significant natural bacteria in the intestines to pulverize and aid in digesting the foods you put into it, this happens? You also need the Probiotics to overcome the CIPRO that kills the entire natural intestinal flora and sets up the intestines to have diverticulitis come back again in a few more weeks, just as you have already experienced. It is a vicious cycle people live with when treated improperly for diverticulitis... If you have it too often the infection will eat through the intestine and if you live through that, you will end up with a colostomy (an outside bag attached to your intestine to catch fecal matter, bypassing a portion or the intestines), as most people do if they don't learn how to take care of the intestines properly...
2. Ionic Silver Water to prevent the inflammation ('itis' part that causes the severe pain)... You may still have some slight pain from time to time when the diverticuli pockets get something lodged in them - but nothing like when inflamed - before the offending culprit is washed through. That particular lodging of foods can be prevented by not eating grains unless they are ground fine, either by your teeth or before eating and in some people an allergy to wheat can set up an environment for diverticulosis... But if you keep the natural flora (probiotics) level high and inflammation away you can live a normal okay life and not go through that vicious cycle from now on as most people do when treated with the medical world's idea of treatment... The above protocol has proven to work for several years now with my ex-daughter-in-law and several other people that I know...
 
In a pinch until you get the total probiotic you can drink a glass of acidophilus milk - in the diary case at the grocery store - daily that will help the flora in your intestines start to come alive. Of course it will take a long time for all 500,000 to revive with this treatment, but it's better than nothing?

For those reading this that does not understand the problem here are the definitions; 
Diverticula; diverticulum: an abnormal pouch or sac opening from a hollow organ (as the intestine or bladder) or a pocket or closed branch opening off a main passage.
Diverticulitis; inflammation of a or many diverticulum.
Diverticulosis; an intestinal disorder characterized by the presence of many diverticula.

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A GAME YOU'RE INVITED TO PLAY

The most miserable people live in their own little worlds of isolation. They do very little for others and rarely have much fun.

I heard of one older gentleman who was considered by the townspeople to be both rich and thrifty. His austerity earned him the reputation of a miser. When he died, everyone expected the authorities to find money stashed everywhere in his home. All they found were a few gallon cans filled with coins.

It came out that he had used most of his money to help put needy young students through college. And the coins filled his pockets as he walked down the streets of the business districts looking for cars whose parking meters had expired. When he found one, he would drop in a coin. One of his neighbors commented, "That explains why he looked so happy and contented!"

Of course! People who go out of their way to help others will always be happy.

When I lived in Denver, I decided to do the same thing. I always have more coins in my pockets than I need, so whenever I parked on a busy street I noticed the parking meters around me. If one was expired, I put in a coin.

Then I learned something disturbing. It is illegal to do that in Denver! (The government found a new way to take a bit of fun out of my life....) Once I learned that I was breaking the law, I quit looking for meters to feed. And I lost that extra bit of joy I used to receive every time I anonymously aided a fellow motorist.

I have moved away from Denver now and I just might go back to feeding an expired meter from time to time. I don't know how the city council feels about my little gifts to unsuspecting drivers, but I know how it feels to be unavoidably late returning to a parked car, and worrying about whether the meter has run out. And if I have to look over my shoulder before I deposit a coin, then somehow I think that may be more fun! It can be a game: do something good and don't get caught!

Everyone is allowed to play.
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FOOD OF THE WEEK
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That golden treasure full of taste and health!
 
It's that time of year again. The warm, comforting smell of spicy pumpkin pies and muffins fills our homes, and our summer floral centerpieces are replaced by playful displays of pumpkins and gourds. A member of the cucurbits family of fruits. This is one I'm not really sure about? A fruit? Gourds are supposed to be in the squash family I thought and since pumpkin is also listed by many as a gourd I don't know about the fruit aspect. Take this tidbit for what it's worth?  I'm simply telling you what I've found reported in some writer's and university extension sites.
 
Pumpkins date back many centuries. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" which is "pepon." and was nasalized by the French into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion." Shakespeare referred to the "pumpion" in his Merry Wives of Windsor. American colonists in turn changed "pumpion" into "pumpkin." The "pumpkin" is referred to in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater and Cinderella. It has grown to be a center of attention in the U.S. at Halloween, not as a food but as a decor. Most assuredly is much greater for eating!
 
Native Americans dried strips of pumpkin and wove them into mats. They also roasted long strips of pumpkin on the open fire and ate them. The origin of pumpkin pie occurred when the colonists sliced off the pumpkin top, removed the seeds, and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. The pumpkin was then baked in hot ashes. Now that sounds really good to me and I'm going to try it if I can find one small enough for two. The early Americans used pumpkin as a pie crust and not a filling.
 
The bright orange color of pumpkin is a dead giveaway that pumpkin is loaded with an important antioxidant, beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is one of the plant carotenoids converted to vitamin A in the body. In the conversion to vitamin A, beta carotene performs many important functions in overall health.
 
Current research indicates that a diet rich in foods containing beta-carotene may reduce the risk of developing certain types of cancer and offers protect against heart disease. Beta-carotene offers protection against other diseases as well.
 
Low in calories and rich in nutrients - 1 cup boiled and drained, without salt - contains;
 
Calories 49, Protein 2 grams, Carbohydrate 12 grams, Dietary Fiber 3 grams, Calcium 37 mg, Iron 1.4 mg, Magnesium 22 mg, Potassium 564 mg, Zinc 1 mg, Selenium .50 mg, Vitamin C 12 mg, Niacin 1 mg, Folate 21 mcg, Vitamin A 2650 IU, and Vitamin E 3 mg.
 
Pumpkin seeds are rich in nutrients as well as very tasty and one of my youngest daughter's favorite things. She makes many jack-o-lanterns every Halloween just so she can dig the seeds out and roast them.
 
Pumpkin flowers are also edible and many love them, I'm told. I found recipes for pumpkin flower soup, deep fried pumpkin flowers and stuffed pumpkin flowers. Rather unique but I haven't tried any of them. May do that one day.
 
Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites, of which I am a bit skeptical that it worked very well? No history to know for sure?
 
Native American Indians made an emulsion from a mixture of pumpkin and watermelon seeds that served to heal wounds for members of the Yuma tribe. The Catawbas ate the fresh or dried seeds as a kidney medicine, while the Menominees drank a mixture of water and powdered squash and pumpkin seeds to ease the passage of urine. In settler folk medicine the ground stems of pumpkin were brewed into a tea to treat "female ills," and the ripe seeds were made into a palatable preparation to dispel worms.
 
Pumpkin was used in folk medicine to treat kidney inflammation and intestinal parasites and was once listed as one of the Four Greater Cold Seeds in an 18th century list of medicines. Today pumpkin is employed to treat irritable bladder and prostate complaints, namely benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The fatty oil in pumpkin seeds is mildly diuretic, and the seeds' principal constituent, cucurbitacins, appears to inhibit the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotesterone. The presence of zinc and amino acids further treat BPH. Pumpkin is not said to reduce prostate enlargement but to relieve symptoms only. Pumpkin seeds are also thought to help relieve dizziness.
 
Pumpkin seeds are taken principally as a safe deworming agent. They are particularly useful against tapeworms in pregnant women and in children, for whom stronger-acting and toxic preparations are unsuitable. The seeds are also mildly diuretic, and have been used in Central American herbal medicine as a treatment for nephritis and other urinary system problems. Varieties of pumpkin that are particularly diuretic, tonic to the bladder, and high in zinc have been recommended in the early stages of prostate problems. The pulp is used as a decoction to relieve intestinal inflammation, and is applied as a poultice or plaster for burns.
 
So these gold globes have many uses and medicinal content. Eat and enjoy the traditional pumpkin pie.
 
My Pumpkin Pie recipe that combines the health of soy to the pumpkins other great health inducing nutrients;
 
Makes two pies
 
1 box of silken firm tofu, drained
2 cups of fresh pumpkin puree or canned pumpkin
1 1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon sea salt 
1 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground dry ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoons nutmeg
 
2 - 9" pie crusts
 
Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
 
Put tofu and pumpkin in a food processor or blender and blend on high until smooth and creamy, about four minutes. Stop the machine every once in a while to scrape large pieces of tofu down into the machine's blades. Add rest of ingredients and blend well...The result should be a light orange-colored creamy paste with no lumps of tofu.
 
Pour into uncooked pie crusts;
Bake 40 to 60 minutes or until the crusts are dark brown (but not burned).
 
PS: Sometimes, after I pour the pie filling into the crusts, I will line the outer edge of the pie with pecan halves all around it and bake. Gives a slightly decorative look as well as a really neat flavor?

Enjoy your healthy treat!
Lena
 

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