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Tuesday January 6, 2009

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 ASK LENA HEALTH Q & A EDITION!
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A NEW YEAR ARE YOU TAKING YOUR HEALTH SERIOUSLY?

The answers to questions submitted to me each week come from my 20+ years as a Medical Office Nurse along with many years and ongoing education in nutritional and alternative treatment modes. Add that to many years of friendship with Dr. Wayne Garland, a very knowledgeable naturopath and herbologist, who many years ago, beat his cancer death sentence given by the traditional medical world, has helped along the alternatives path and hopefully help to give hope to those who need it... Also receiving a lot of study reports and try to ascertain if they are good or bad then report them to you, which has increased my knowledge along the way and I pass them on to you to use or not...

I am not a doctor or dentist and you should not think of me as one!! My years observing life and health of the many people/patients around me and the contradictions of the traditional medical world's idea of treating - prescription domino effect - while watching those same schooled methods that aren't relieving illness but creating far more than they help. Those same medical professionals aren't telling people how to get healthy or how to prevent illness, which led me to look for something to change that premise for myself and those around me. In looking outside the Westernized medical profession I found and continue to find alternatives that really work to create health and longevity -when adhered to - beyond anything the traditional medical world can do...

Ask Lena Health Questions and Answers 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... Even though I daily watch people become healthy with the information imparted here nothing works 100% of the time for 100% of people...

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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Lena

QUESTION:

Good afternoon I would appreciate, if you could tell me your opinion on this subject.

I am totally torn apart not knowing what is the right thing to do. 

I and my immediate family were always into the natural, home remedies, alternative medicine – herbs, teas……

And never really search the services of a doctor unless absolutely necessary. 

My 18month old has quite a number of vaccinations behind him, and honestly up until now I never really studied, or researched what’s behind all of this.

During the last doctor’s visit with my son he mentioned he should get a flu shot.

I have never had any, nobody in my family circle either.

I have found so much information on that subject with pro and cons it scares me to decide either way, but still feel that my son should be fine without it, rather than putting more chemicals inside his tiny body.

I read somewhere that the immune system works better when it’s challenged by illness….. question is will it be responsible of me to think it should work that way for my son too, when one reads that an influenza can cause death in the small children age group. 

Will you please give me your feedback
I would certainly appreciate that very much

Warmest regards, Jana

ANSWER: 

Jana, I am honored that my opinion is worth something to you...

You are very smart to question any vaccine for your child I don't want to beleaguer your question but for you to understand my stance I must say this 19 years ago our family had to experience a problem first hand. We had deal with autism first hand by watching a grandson develop further into autism after each set of immunizations until he was full blown autistic.  At that time it was not a known connection to immunizations but after reading his baby book and watching videos we had from birth of his growing up we knew it was caused by the immunizations as within days of receiving boosters he digressed more into himself and strange repetitive habits became stronger… When he was about six years old and I started looking more into that aspect after children of patients, friends and neighbors started to experience the same problem beginning with the first to the third set of immunizations... I watched all of them develop and was horrified to find it so prevalent around me... Some really severely so and some only moderately so but no the less not a normal child afterward... Now, my grandson is 20 years old - tomorrow - and moderately functioning adult who can never socialize as normal nor live on his own as an adult. We have worked very hard to get him as close to normal as possible but have never been able to achieve it. He is able to function around others, up to a point, but not enough... Even though drug companies claim to have removed the Thimerosal, which is a blatant lie as you will see in the flu vaccine ingredients below.. I personally say forget immunizations and the risk. If a child is given proper diet, exercise, supplements and a healthy immune system the chances of getting any one of those childhood diseases is almost nil and since Thousands more are damaged for life because of the immunizations compared to the extremely few that were damaged from those diseases. I personally believe it's more than just thimerosal, I believe there is also a genetic bit to each one that develops post-immunization problems that is set off by the impurities in the vaccines and even those who don't have a genetic marker 36 vaccines put into a tiny body is apt to create problems even for the healthiest... I prefer to make my choices not be forced... So I can't say I'm really able to see the good in any immunization, flu or otherwise... I cannot think of anything in the world that would be good in them for the child and family. Of course the money in the drug industry's pockets makes it their priority to talk us into putting our children through the risk! In the years I worked with 9 Pediatricians and saw thousands of kids there was only one or two that was every seriously ill - none died - with any of the so-called childhood illnesses.  Yet, I saw thousands have side effects and a lot were life-changing and life-threatening. By the third year of watching that scenario I decided immunizations were bad for children and I believe that even more strongly now... Sadly our medical profession - drug industry - is making it dreadfully difficult for a parent to keep their child safe...

Your assumption is correct in that the immune system works better when assaulted by an actual illness without the other ingredients in vaccines...

As to the flu vaccine...  I can tell you that just from the ingredients in flu vaccines I do not allow my grandchildren to have them and luckily my children go along with that...  So to answer your question regarding not having your child receive the flu vaccine. Yes, I believe you are a great mother if you disallow the flu vaccine... Simply make sure he is getting the strongest and best supplements to nourish his immune system, then illness cannot get into him. Even if that should occur there is a great flu fighting natural alternative to antibiotics and other chemical viral agents. That would be Ionic Silver Water, it not only kills virus and bacteria but also strengthens the immune system at the same time... Nobody can say 100% that your immune system is strong enough so I believe every person should have a bottle of Ionic Silver Water in their medicine arsenal just in case... Click and read all about it...

Flu vaccine is supposed given to immune compromised people to keep them safe yet from their own product insert it state:
[Immunocompromised persons may have a reduced immune response to FLUVIRIN] so it doesn't seem like their ads are consistent with what really happens. Children who have had immunizations definitely have an immune suppression for many many months. Therefore I believe flu vaccine is detrimental as well as useless to them... But do not make your decision on my advise. Check out the ramifications and make the decision but do not think you are a bad mother if you choose against it...

To help you decide on giving him the flu vaccine or not - Below are the ingredients in the different flu vaccines and you can decide if you want to risk it... Most flu cases who are serious had a flu vaccine but that is not released to the public. The drug industry cannot afford for people to know that fact...  

Note effectiveness on the very first one... The others have no clinical studies showing as to what ages are really effective even though they say 6 months and over. Without those clinical studies they don't know!!!!

Fluvirin
Purpose: influenza and Type A & B
Effectiveness: Safety and effectiveness of FLUVIRIN have not been established in pregnant women, nursing mothers or children less than 4 years of age.
Manufacturer: Medeva Pharmaceuticals 888.MEDEVA, 716.274.5300
Ingredients: influenza virus neomycin, hemagglutinin (HA) from each of the following 3 strains: A/Brisbane/59/ 2007(H1N1);(H3N2),A - like strain; and B polymyxin, beta-propiolactone [Propiolactone is a disinfectant and has been used to sterilize blood plasma, vaccines, tissue grafts, surgical instruments, and enzymes. A clear, colorless liquid with a slightly sweet odor, although given that propiolactone is "reasonably expected to be a human carcinogen" (IARC 1999) smelling propiolactone is not advisable.], chick embryonic fluid

FluShield
Purpose: influenza Type A & B
Manufacturer: Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
Ingredients: trivalent influenza virus, types A&B gentamicin sulphate, formaldehyde [A colorless, pungent-smelling gas, can cause watery eyes, burning sensations in the eyes and throat, nausea, and difficulty in breathing in some humans exposed at elevated levels (above 0.1 parts per million). High concentrations may trigger attacks in people with asthma. There is evidence that some people can develop a sensitivity to formaldehyde. It has also been shown to cause cancer in animals and may cause cancer in humans.], thimerosal [lead}, and polysorbate 80 (Tween-80)[yellow color], chick embryonic fluid

HiB Titer
Purpose: Haemophilus influenza Type B
Manufacturer: Wyeth-Ayerst 800.934.5556
Ingredients: Haemophilus influenza Type B, polyribosylribitol phosphate, yeast, ammonium sulfate, thimerosal [lead], and chemically defined yeast-based medium

There are so many things in these vaccines that I feel should not be put in a human body... But you will have to make that decision for yourself and your child...

Regards,
Lena

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Thought for the Day
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A Harvard study compared vitamin D levels in 900 men with no history of heart ailments and about 450 men with a history of heart attack or heart disease. Results showed a clear link between vitamin D deficiency and heart attack risk. In fact, the data revealed that heart attack risk might be cut in half when low D levels are doubled.

A new study from Germany confirms their findings.

Researchers at the University of Heidelberg measured D levels in more than 3,000 patients who underwent coronary angiography to examine blood flow in the heart.
When the Heidelberg team examined nearly eight years of follow-up health records for each patient, they found that risk of death due to heart failure was three times higher among those with the lowest levels of vitamin D, and risk of sudden cardiac death was even higher. 

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MOTIVATOR
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GLIMPSES OF GREATNESS

Greatness is too often defined by an unusual act of courage or a life  of extraordinary merit or virtue. But glimpses of greatness can be  seen all around us, and especially in those who genuinely care for others.

Father Albert Braun was such a man. After his ordination, he requested to live amongst some of the poorest of the world's poor. He was sent to the Mescalero Apache reservation in south central New Mexico (USA). Father Braun learned to love the Apache. And as he lived with them, he learned from them and they learned from him. They became family.

He stayed many years on the reservation but left it twice to serve as a chaplain during both World Wars. He almost died in World War II when his Allied forces tried to defend the Philippine Islands from attack. Many of his comrades died during the fighting and Father Braun risked his own life to comfort the wounded and give the dying Last Rites. He was forced to march with no food and little water. Along the way, many more of the men died. And in the prisoner of war camps, more lives yet were lost to disease, cruel physical treatment and malnutrition.

Father Braun had learned much from the Apache about surviving off the land. When he went out on work detail, he found fruit and edible vegetables that he smuggled back into the camp to help supplement the men's diets. Once he acquired the vaccine for diphtheria that he also secreted into camp, but it wasn't enough. They drew lots to determine who would get the medicine. Though afflicted himself, he gave his portion to a young soldier. Before long, he suffered simultaneously from diphtheria, malaria, dysentery and beriberi.

He barely survived the war. Later, he asked to be returned to New Mexico to live once again with the Apache. When he knew that his own death was near, Father Braun requested to be buried on the reservation, surrounded by his Apache "family."

Today, at the church of St. Joseph, one can see portraits of the Apache's greatest chiefs and warriors. There is a portrait of Geronimo, one of Cochise, a picture of Victorio and a portrait of Father Albert Braun, who came to live among them as a true friend.

Father Braun showed a certain greatness, not by any one heroic deed, but by the sum total of a life of caring. I believe we can catch glimpses of greatness in the lives of anybody who genuinely cares.


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