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Tuesday September 30, 2008

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 ASK LENA Q & A EDITION!
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The answers to questions submitted 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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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:
 
Thank you for the healthy information I'm learning from your newsletter but there is so much and so extensive. I didn't look through all of the years but what I've read I did not find an answer to my concerns so I will make my request and hope it isn't a repeat that I missed.
 
It has started again, my doctor is pushing me to get a flu shot. At my age, 70 she says I definitely need to have one but I don't want it as each time I have one I end up with some kind of virus or cold within a week or two after having the shot and I feel that shot causes it. I am saying no to the doctor and she wasn't really happy about it but I am not quite sure what to do to prevent the flu from happening?  I see that the news media has started their little blurbs about getting the flu and pneumonia shots and if we don't will be sorry. Well not in those words but that is unspoken.... How can I avoid the flu shot? Do you know if the flu shot can cause colds and such as my doctor says no but I know it seems so with me? I'm not quite sure what supplements to take, when to take them and how much to take for prevention so could you tell me what supplements would be the best prevention? 
 
Thanks so much.
Maureen
 
ANSWER
 
Yes Maureen, you can avoid a flu shot and yes, I see those news blurbs too... Yes, I believe flu shots create illness, I hear from more people than you can imagine who have the same results after getting flu shot.  My husband had the only case of flu he ever had after he had a flu shot forced on him in the Marine Corp. Yes I know that was years ago but nothing has changed in the vaccine realm since, even though they would like you to think it has... Some people have the courage to say no and stick with it but most haven't the courage to stand up to the public ridicule if they choose not to get one... I know how peers can make you feel if you let them. Being 71 years old I get the same looks when I tell people I do not take flu or pneumonia shots and haven't for at least 25 years and haven't had a flu or cold since, even though I'm in the public all year long and people are hacking, coughing and sneezing in my presence and I stay healthy... it seems the drug industry does have the news media in their pocket and pass on the ideas that flu vaccine is necessary and if you don't get one you are risking death and making others sick. I don't buy that and I hope you won't either...
 
If you visit a nursing home from November through February you will find a lot of very sick patients with viruses and they are given flu shots without fail yet still get very ill as well as a lot of pneumonia occurs in those months as well...
 
The first rule of thumb in prevention is to have your immune systems in top working condition. For your age, as in mine, we have to get our immune system boosted to it's top potential and the supplements to do that are;
1. Balanced Minerals, start with Week One: 1/2 teaspoon twice a day in juice. Week Two: 3/4 teaspoon twice a day. Week three and thereafter: 1 teaspoon morning and noon
2. MegaNutrients Vitamins - 3 morning and evening .
3. And a most important supplement is a Digestive Enzyme containing Probiotic - as the stomach and intestines make up 80% of the immune system and must be the healthiest it can be and well balanced in natural flora, for the first week take 1 with each meal and 2 at bedtime on an empty stomach then 2 at bedtime thereafter. Until October 15, 2008 you can order the above trio and save money by Clicking Here

***If you do not eat a lot of organic raw fruits and vegetables daily and/or live in a highly toxic air pollution area then you will also need IMMUNE SUPPORT FORMULA - 3 capsules morning and evening
 
Along with Supplements a good diet is absolutely important. Sadly we all fall short in that department so supplementing is truly an important step in health. And one of the best things you can do for any aging body is good old daily brisk walk and sunlight - 30 minutes minimum but 45 minutes will be even better... to complete the path to building a strong disease free immune system!
 
The flu kills hundreds of seniors and infants every year, whether immunized or not and usually is not publicized for fear of panic. Sadly as Halloween is a few weeks away and the beginning of the viral season in children and young adults then add that to the vaccines pushed on everyone is sitting ducks for the flu season if the immune system isn't strong!

NOTE: Just in case you should happen to be unlucky enough to not get the immune system revved up making it necessary to treat a virus or bacterial infection there's the ultimate antibiotic alternative, virus, fungal fighter "Ionic Silver Water Then increase your probiotic intake by adding 1 between breakfast and lunch and another one in between lunch and dinner/supper making that a total of 7 a day, assisting to help remove those invading germ/virus along with building the immune system stronger.
 
Alternatively treating the cold or flu; If one should come down with a cold or flu, take 3 Tablespoons of silver water every 6 hours for a few days along with the supplements, drinking lots of fresh squeezed juices and distilled/filtered water with liquid minerals added... Should knock it in 4 to 5 days... To read about "Silver Water The Amazing Modern Miracle" Click Here
 
All the supplements I have mentioned can be found at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/herbal_pharmacy.htm  if the links aren't working for you?
 
Don't panic from the pressure but prevention and/or having natural treatments available is the best you can do...
Lena

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Thought for the Day
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Which Would You Choose? 

Door #1: No vaccine… As of the end of July 2008, the CDC recorded 131 cases of measles, of which 15 required hospitalizations. (In a typical year, about 10 to 20 cases are reported in the U.S. and most in children who have had the measles vaccine.) The disease can be fatal, but no deaths or disabilities reported. This measles outbreak has prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to make a greater effort to educate parents about vaccine safety and push to vaccinate every child.

Door #2: Vaccinate? The vaccine adverse event reporting service (VAERS) website set up to report problems after having the vaccine. Exactly how safe are the five measles vaccines really? If you check the VAERS site and track adverse reports for 2008, they'll find well over 1,500 cases that include these outcomes after having the vaccines death and severe disabilities reported:

• 619 emergency room visits
• 65 hospitalizations
• 5 prolonged hospitalizations
• 15 life-threatening events
• 34 cases of permanent disability
• 1 death

Which is worse? My answer, door #2! The year isn't quite over yet so those figures could increase!

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MOTIVATOR
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LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST

A great story comes out of American baseball. Even if you don't like or understand the game, I think you will enjoy this story.

One night, a Dodgers minor league team coached by legendary Tommy Lasorda was leading a Tucson, Arizona team by one run in the eighth inning, but Tucson had the bases loaded with two outs. According to Don Martin in Team Think (Penguin books, Ltd., 1993), Lasorda decided to pep up his pitcher, a left-hander named Bobby O'Brien.

Lasorda slowly walked out to the mound and said, "Bobby, if the heavens opened up right now and you could hear the voice of the Big Dodger in the sky and he said to you, 'Bobby, you're going to die and come up to heaven, and this is the last batter you're ever going to face,' how would you like the meet the Lord, getting this man out or letting him get a hit from you?"

"I'd want to face him getting this guy out," O'Brien replied.

"That's right," said Lasorda, "you would. Now, how do you know that after you throw the next pitch you're not going to die? This might really be the last hitter you're ever going to face and if it is, you'll want to face the Lord getting him out."

Lasorda figured it was just about the best pep talk ever and he strutted confidently back to the dugout. O'Brien wound up and threw the pitch. The batter lined a base hit to right field, knocking in two runs.

Lasorda was beside himself. "Bobby, what happened?" he asked.

"It's like this, Skip," said O'Brien. "You had me so worried about dying I couldn't concentrate on the batter!"

I know that many people are worried about dying. In fact, they are so concerned about it they can't even enjoy what is right before them. But there are other people who, when they think about their own death and how little time they may have left, actually live more intentionally and more fully.

Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a long-time student of death and dying, put it like this: "It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had."

It's true; all of us have a limited time here on earth. But we DO have today.

As for me, I just want to live today as fully as possible -- as if there were not going to be many more tomorrows.
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