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Tuesday March 3, 2009

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 ASK LENA HEALTH Q & A EDITION!
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Today's question doesn't relate to an illness as such but a question that hopefully will keep people from being mislead in regards to Typhoid Immunizations, for those who choose to have them. There is a lot of misleading information online and people won't check out the incorrect information as they should and false claims will circulate that shouldn't.

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 health problems 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

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QUESTION:
 
Do you know why aspartame is contained in Typhim Vi vaccine?
Is it only in the oral vaccine and not the injectible?

regards,
Gary D
 
ANSWER:
 
Hi Gary, thank you for the question. Is this something that is being circulated around; if not where did you find that Aspartame is in those vaccines?
 
I am unable to verify that aspartame is contained in Typhoid vaccines, which is what Typhim Vi, Ty21a, ViCPS or Vivotif supposedly prevents.  I found sweeteners sucrose (table sugar) and fructose (derived from tree fruit, berries and beets) No mention of Sucralose (aspartame and Splenda), in either the injectable (SubQ or IM) or oral capsules.
 
BUT I do have so many things against any of the typhoid vaccines, oral or injectable?
 
First, I found varied studies that say its ?33% up to 74% effective if good hygiene is practiced? not good odds in my thinking and good hygiene will do just as well and maybe better. Second, some really lame contraindications that make no sense to me says "Not to be given to individuals taking certain  medications - the list was very long -  or have weakened immune systems". Another dumb statement was; "doesn't work with Salmonella type".  Now I couldn't find any other type of typhoid caused by anything other than two strains of Salmonella, so I would say if it doesn't work against Salmonella this whole vaccine premise is bogus! That about wraps up my objections to the vaccines!
 
Interesting information found in attempting to answer your questions were:
 
From Avantis Pasteur and FDA websites here is what the two types of vaccines are reportedly made up of with my comments to help you better understand in ( );
[Typhim Vi₨, Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide Vaccine, for intramuscular use, is a sterile solution containing the cell surface Vi polysaccharide from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, S typhi Ty2 strain. The organism is grown in a semi-synthetic medium without animal proteins. The capsular polysaccharide extracted (is carbohydrates limited to those polymers which contain 10 or more monosaccharide residues. Polysaccharides such as starch, glycogen, and dextran  - a branched polymer of glucose - consist of several thousand D-glucose units.) is precipitated from the concentrated culture supernatant by the addition of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (an antiseptic/preservative) and the product is purified by differential centrifugation and precipitation. The potency of the purified polysaccharide is assessed by molecular size and O-acetyl (pectin) content. Phenol, 0.25%, is added as a preservative. The vaccine contains residual polydimethylsiloxane (a silicon used in making contact lenses, caulking, lubricating oils and heat resistant tiles) or fatty-acid ester-based antifoam. The vaccine is a clear, colorless solution. Each dose of 0.5 mL is formulated to contain 25 ?g of purified Vi polysaccharide in a colorless isotonic phosphate buffered saline (pH 7 ? 0.3), 4.150 mg of Sodium Chloride, 0.065 mg of Disodium Phosphate, 0.023 mg of Monosodium Phosphate and 0.5 mL of Sterile Water for Injection.]
 
A lot of their description was Greek to me and took me some time to search out the meanings of the chemicals listed, but I did not find Sucralose, the description of aspartame, which is what aspartame and Splenda are...
 
I would have a big problem with allowing any vaccine into my body with those chemicals but the most lethal to me is polydimethylsiloxane - a silicon used in making contact lenses, caulking, lubricating oils and heat resistant tiles. Why would I want that in me or anyone else for that matter?
 
Then there is the Oral vaccine, and again I could not find Sucralose as an ingredient.
 
[Vivotif Oral is an oral, live, attenuated typhoid vaccine for active immunization against typhoid and contains Salmonella typhistrain Ty21a. (See above contents) Each enteric coated capsule contains no fewer than 2 x 109viable organisms.
The attenuated Ty21a strain is a mutant of Salmonella typhi, which is deficient in the enzyme UDP-4-galactose epimerase (A sugar contained in milk. Galactose makes up half of the sugar called lactose that is found in milk. Lactose is called a disaccharide, di meaning 2, since lactose is made up of two sugars, galactose and glucose, bound together). This results in the organisms being unable to effectively metabolize galactose. When grown in the presence of adequate amounts of galactose, the organism accumulates galactose-containing metabolites and ultimately undergoes spontaneous lysis (splitting of cells). In the presence of a restricted supply of galactose the organism develops the smooth lipopolysaccharide coat (external fever-inducing compound and protecting the membrane from certain kinds of chemical attack) believed to be necessary for immune response. In the intestine, where galactose is normally present, it is however unable to survive for long. The vaccine strain cannot be detected in the stools after 3 days following oral ingestion. Vivotif Berna Vaccine Delayed-Release Capsules is a vaccine. It works by stimulating the immune system of the person who receives the vaccine to make their own protective antibodies against this disease.]
 
Have your read a letter to the FDA in 2004 regarding Typhim Vi? Very enlightening.
 
And if you read my weekly newsletter or ezine you know I cannot let the chance of offering alternative solutions go by...
 
A simple alternative to either the injectable or oral. Since Typhoid is a Salmonella bacteria strengthen the stomach and intestines with Digestive Enzymes and Probiotics, which will build 80% of the immune system and complete the other 20% by balanced minerals. No need to take things with the possibility of horrific side effects and may not work at all...
 
Yes, I know that is probably not feasible in the countries where Typhoid lives but it is a great thought! It could be possible and for less money than pushing the Typhim Vi and soon to be oral push.
 
If you should have any comments on this be sure and let me know!
 
Paragraph #1 was a question regarding Aspartame in Typhoid immunizations and Gary's reply to my question was;
 
Thanks for your reply, Lena.  If you google "aspartame ingredients", you will find many pages (often exact text) listing ingredients of various vaccines, some of which have sucrose or aspartame as an ingredient (e.g. http://www.global-elite.org/node/442). 
I ran across your site and thought you might be able to answer the question my brother asked me, "why sweeteners in vaccines?".
 
This article lists oral vaccine Typhin IV as using "Lactose sweetened with aspartame":  http://www.clovelly.org.uk/documents/typhoid2.html.  Which has since kicked in with a broken link noticed when clicked on and I don't know if that is permanent or temporary. Luckily it was up when first sent to me so I had a chance to evaluate the information.
 
My reply to Gary:
 
I don't know where that http://www.clovelly.org.uk/documents/typhoid2.html got its information unless they mistakenly think sucrose is aspartame.  And all the links at http://www.clovelly.org.uk/documents/typhoid2.html. gives only indications, contraindications and efficacy but no actual ingredients listed as the drug companies would list them... Appears to me to be paraphrasing and possibly putting their own thoughts into it or incorrectly thinking sucrose is sucralose...  Their first link gives the appearance of cdc.gov but if you look closely it is wwwn.cdc.gov - notice the wwwn. is not the legitimate site for cdc.gov but reroutes to one that looks official... I did not find Sucralose or aspartame listed on any of the drug companies or fda.gov ingredient lists. Sucrose is plain old white table sugar and aspartame is Sucralose, very similar and I guess some could make that mistake, hopefully not making erroneous statements on purpose to mislead, I know most people will never check them out for accuracy... I happen to believe that almost correct isn't good enough and I want 100% accuracy. Mistakes can be made - I'm as guilty as the next one in making mistakes but never on purpose - but I don't know if theirs is mistake or misleading? I hope its a mistake...
Lena
 

And You Think Your Doctor Knows Best?

Example of why that could be a wrong assumption: Reported in Pediatrics, researchers at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y., surveyed 161 physicians about how they treat fevers. Most doctors said they start treatment when a young patient's temperature reaches 101 degrees.

And half said they alternated between doses of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil or Nuprin). When the doctors were asked why they switched between those two drugs, almost a third said they were following a recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

But according to the researchers, the American Academy of Pediatrics never issued any such advisory. In fact, the study's authors say, there have been no definitive studies on the best way to treat a fever -- in either children or adults.

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MOTIVATOR
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GOOD FRIENDS ARE GOOD MEDICINE

Our news is constantly filled with the reality of death and dying. And each of us, if we live long enough, experiences the loss of persons we loved.

Children ages eight through ten were asked what they thought about death, and these are some of their answers:

"When you die, God takes care of you like your mother did when you were alive - only God doesn't yell at you all the time." (Beth, 9)

"When you die, they bury you in the ground and your soul goes to heaven, but your body can't go to heaven because it's too crowded up there already." (Jimmy, 8)

"Only the good people go to heaven. The other people go where it's hot all the time like in Florida." (Judy, 9)

"Maybe I'll die someday, but I hope I don't die on my birthday because it's no fun to celebrate your birthday if you're dead." (Jon, 9)

"I'm not afraid to die because I'm a Boy Scout." (Kevin, 10)

"Doctors help you so you won't die until you pay their bills." (Stephanie, 9)

I've observed that the loss of a loved one can be one of the most difficult things we humans can face. And one of our greatest needs as we experience such a loss is for simple, human comfort. I've known friends of sick and dying people to sit by a bedside or in a hospital room for hours, even days, at a time. I've sometimes heard them offer words of prayer. I've seen food in homes of people who are dying overflow from kitchen to dining room - food brought by comforting friends from church and concerned neighbors. And I've observed friends to just listen for as long as it takes. Caring friends are needed medicine in such times.

When U.S. Congressman Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) discovered that he was ill, he announced to the House of Representatives he was going back home to Bonham, Texas for medical tests. Some wondered why he did not stay in Washington D. C. where there were excellent medical facilities -- probably some of the best in the world. His answer was a beautiful tribute to friendship: "Bonham is a place where people know it when you're sick, and where they care when you die."

No one wants to go through difficult times alone. So Rayburn traded the best of medical technology for the closeness of loving friends. He knew that good friends are good medicine. Sometimes the best
medicine there is.

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