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Tuesday January 13, 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! 

IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH QUESTION 
health@antibiotic-alternatives.com?subject=QnAQuestion 
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

Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

QUESTION:
 
I am allergic to two antibiotics that have been given me Keflix or Ceflex for a laminectomy in 2005 and most recently Jan 2, Ciprofloxaci (a sub for Cipro),  for a bladder suspension.  Also the Vicodin is mad me terribly constipated so I stopped that alos.  When the itchiness started the 2nd day after surgery I quit it right away.  In 2005 I got a watery red itchy rash that lasted weeks. I started today with garlic cooked with yellow onions and coconut oil and was already am taking Now brand Curcurmin to improve CRP.  Folic acid for Homocystein a Bioflavonoid C Complex with Acerola and Rutin 2,000 mg two times daily. Will all this be good enough to keep from getting an infection. Or is there more you could suggest for faster healing.
Thanks
Jeri M

FU second email;
I forgot to mention I am 60 yrs old.  Also have a low thyroid but have refused getting started on Armour Thyroid that my doc wants me to do. She says I really need to improve my 8.85 I don't want to take anything that is long term. I have no tired symptom. Jeri M
 
ANSWER:
 
Jeri thank you for your request!

It sounds like you are rather healthy for your age but there are a few things you can do to make your health better and more likely to stay that way...

You have two major concerns if I read your emails correctly... An alternative antibiotic option and in your second followup email you say your thyroid has checked out as low. So I will start with your number two email first as the thyroid is the gateway to the rest of the body and more people need a thyroid boost than is even known. When the thyroid isn't functioning as well as it should a breakdown in several organs will slowly develop. There is a natural alternative when boosting the thyroid and it's extremely important that you do that. Some of my patients do take both Armour thyroid and thyroid energy formula for maximum help but it doesn't sound as though that would be necessary for you... I will get to the antibiotic problem later as I believe it to be an actual second concern on my part.

The thyroid rules the rest of the body and when brought into check and given the proper iodine and nutrients will bring the rest of your organs into better health and help heal any that may be weak because of the thyroid dysfunction.  This is most prevalent in post-menopausal women - as you are - when the hormones decrease and fluctuate the thyroid starts its decline because the reproductive system is directly connected to the thyroid in both men and women... I understand how you and multitudes of others hate to take anything other than food but at your age you must accept the fact that your body will require supplementing certain things to assure a healthier lifestyle and bring quality of life.  Anyone over the age of 25 would be smart to begin supplementing. I even say to those over the age of 10 years, supplement, as the foods we eat do not contain what our body needs to stay healthy therefore a steady slow decline begins in childhood and depending on the genetic makeup of each individual as to whether a early illness or disease takes hold of their body.

As to preventing illness and disease it is imperative that your immune system be brought to it's absolute highest working condition. Again, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, a minerals balance is key to the immune system working it's best.  If you have not read why that is read the report released in 1936 as to the importance of minerals balance and why the body will start to break down without them. That report will better help you understand why I say that and why it is so important. If there isn't that balance in your body you can take all the vitamins, herbs and foods in the world but that will not keep you healthy or prevent illness or disease... The key to life is in minerals and in the numbers and balance the body requires!

You have just begun taking some good supplements but if you try to take everything your body needs you are going to spend a small fortune unless you first get the correct minerals (84 minerals and trace minerals) to balance the body to assure that all the things you are taking will even be absorbed.  Therefore those supplements are secondary... So my suggestion for you;
#1, balanced minerals Week 1; 1/2 teaspoon, mixed with juice (tomato, V8, lemon, carrot, beet or cucumber works best) - MIX WELL-  in the MORNING and teaspoon  in juice at NOON or up to 4PM Week 2; 3/4 teaspoon in juice twice a day. Week 3 and thereafter; 1 teaspoon in juice twice a day as this provides the essential balance of minerals for the body, making it possible to absorb vitamins and nutrients properly...

#2, thyroid energy formula, 1 capsule on an empty stomach first thing in the morning and before bedtime at night...

#3, boost most important 80% of your immune system. In order to do that it requires a stomach and intestinal balance containing the proper digestive enzymes and probiotics...

Once that is done we can re evaluate if you need anything else or need to make changes... In the meantime you really should have a natural antibiotic antiviral supplement in your home for those times you need one until your body has built up the immune system... I suggest a very healthy Antibiotic Alternative that we have never had a single allergic reaction reported and that is Ionic Silver Water for treating those types of problems... You can read about that amazing alternative by

Now I will touch on something you said but did not ask my opinion.... You say you stopped taking Vicodin, therefore is it safe to assume you live with some pain... Lots of pains totally subside once the body has a minerals balance and a more normal bowel pattern occurs with that same balance.  Synovial fluids and marrow reproduction cannot exist in the amounts the joints, bones and tendons need when a minerals imbalance exist. That fact creates pain in many. I have had multitudes or people report no pain after a few days of taking the Life Transfusion Ionic Liquid Minerals...
 
If you wish to follow my recommendations I will be happy to help you learn what you body needs once the three supplements - minerals balance, intestinal balance and thyroid supplementing - is instituted we can decide if you need anything else. As a rule with those implementations everything you are now taking will not be necessary. It is possible that a meganutrient vitamin may be needed as well but if your diet is sufficient in fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains along with sufficient sunlight and exercise your body may not need extra vitamins. You did not mention your diet, exercise or sunlight so I cannot say how that contributes to or distracts from your health as those things come into play with quality of life health.

I hope my answer has helped you with your concerns, if not don't hesitate to say so...
Lena

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Thought for the Day
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Just a few weeks ago, Time Magazine published data that shows the State of Utah spends less per capita on health care than any other state in the country.  And yet, that same article published data showing that Utah has one of the longest life expectancies in the U.S.  In fact, a separate study cited by Forbes Magazine placed Utah among the top 5 healthiest states in the country as measured by several criteria.

But that's not all.  The studies cited by Forbes also indicate that 32% of Utah residents are uninsured.  That's about twice the national average.

Doesn't this defy conventional wisdom?  Well, consider this:  Utah has one of the highest concentrations of natural supplement manufacturers, and highest gross sales of natural supplements per capita in the country.  Utah also has the highest number of alternative health practitioners versus conventional medical practitioners…  

Is this just coincidence or is there a connection?  Sure, there's more to this story than just these statistics. But isn't it worth a closer look?  I sure think so.

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MOTIVATOR
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I'VE COME TO HELP

You may remember the old Flip Wilson routine when someone asked the comic about his religion. He answered, "I am a Jehovah's Bystander." "A Jehovah's Bystander?" remarked his friend. "I never heard of a Jehovah's Bystander."

Flip said, "Well, they asked me to be a witness, but I didn't want to get involved."

In these troubled times, I think Edmund Burke is right. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil," he says, "is for good men to do nothing."

We can complain about injustices, we can lament the suffering of the world and even feel sorry for the helpless plight of others. Or we can do what we can, even if it's only a little.

Theodore Roosevelt read a book by New York newspaperman Jacob Riis titled HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. We often think of the "other half" as living in luxury. The other half are those who are powdered and pampered. The rich and famous. Movers and shakers.

But the book did not describe the wealthiest few of society. Instead it described the slums of the city, with all its vice and crime.  Families living in poverty and fear - too afraid to leave their homes after dark. The other half, said Riis, were the poor among us.

Theodore Roosevelt was moved to action. He went at once to the newspaper office where the author worked, but Riis was not in. Roosevelt left his card and wrote on it, "Have read your book and have come to help."

He did not say, "Have read your book and have come to discuss." Or, "Have read your book and have come to compliment you on your writing." He said, "Have read your book and have come to help."

"I am only one, but I am still one; I cannot do everything, but still I can do something, and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." Nineteenth century writer
Edward Everett Hale said that.

He speaks to me today.


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