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Tuesday June 1, 2010

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 ASK LENA HEALTH Q & A EDITION!
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For those of you who are not familiar with this virus, the rotavirus is the leading cause of diarrhea in infants, not only in the United States but in the developing world. A number of trials have shown that this vaccine has been useful in reducing the death rate from rotaviral infection in the developing world, and that?s the key.
 

In the United States, prior to the introduction of this vaccine, about 50,000 infants required hospitalization each year as a result of this infection. However, in the US, where we have an advanced healthcare system, this infection is very rarely fatal.
 

In fact, prior to the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine, about 40 infants per year died from this infection. This is because it?s diagnosed early on, and simple intervention ? usually with the administration of intravenous fluids to rehydrate the child ? is quickly implemented.
 

Interestingly, since the introduction of the vaccine, the death rate from rotavirus infection in infants has not decreased at all; in fact, it's risen slightly!
 

So, the major argument in the US is: Does the rotavirus vaccine decrease hospitalizations, and at what cost?

So, the major argument in the US is: Does the rotavirus vaccine decrease hospitalizations, and at what cost?

Interestingly, since the introduction of the vaccine, the death rate from rotavirus infection in infants has not decreased at all; in fact, it's risen slightly!

The National Vaccine Information Center, www.NVIC.org, which is, unquestionably, the best resource for vaccine safety and efficacy information on the Internet.

Reminder: Take charge of your health today or it will take charge of you when you least expect it!
 

Reminder: Take charge of your health today or it will take charge of you when you least expect it!

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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 and also taught those same schooled methods that aren't relieving illness but creating far more health problems than they help is where my answers are based. Those same conventional medical professionals aren't telling people how to get healthy or how to prevent illness. They can't as they haven't been taught healing, only putting a bandage on symptoms, which led me to look for something to change
that premise for myself and those around me who ask. 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 but it is a fact that when natural herbal/nutritional alternative health modes are used more than 80% can be cured or reverse health issues...

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! 

Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

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QUESTION:
 
My neighbor, who gets your newsletter says I should email you about my issue. My problem is that my doctor wants me to take cholesterol lowering drug and I hate taking drugs of any kind. I have no other health issues and am 60 years old work 40 to 50 hours a week. I take fish oil capsules and a multivitamin but with 250 cholesterol she says I need more than herbs or vitamins. I have refused the prescription but what is you opinion on taking cholesterol drugs? I would also like to know what herbs you would recommend.
 
I have subscribed to your newsletter and am looking forward to my first one and reading your answer.
Bee
 
ANSWER:
 
Bee will have received my answer by now as I reply to all pertinent questions rather than wait until I have space to answer in the newsletter.
 
Bee, you are not alone in having your doctor say you need cholesterol lowering medication with that number as they have lowered the target numbers so low that probably 80% or more cannot reach it since the body produces what we need for our individual needs.
 
Here is my opinion so you can do with it what you wish as I do not presume to be anyone's conscious.
 
First let me say that you are taking medications if you are not filtering your water. Read "Whose Drugs Are You Taking" to understand that statement! Filtering your water is so VERY IMPORTANT.
 
Next; your 250 cholesterol number is a good number for your body and not too high for anyone. Sadly the lower cholesterol numbers are killing people and the drug/medical industry isn't saying a thing about it. When I began in medicine in the early 1970's and when cholesterol was just beginning to be talked about - was not an issue they dwelled on too much before that - the target number before doing anything was 300 to 350 but as more cholesterol drugs came on the market the numbers were gradually lowered, hence billions of dollars are made daily because of it.  What they really need to work on is keeping people's immune systems healthy but aren't. Click and Read "Digestion the Path To Health and/or Illness" to understand that.
 
That said; Yes, your doctor will swear by cholesterol (statin) drugs as the drug industry educated her in medical school and continues to provide any ongoing education that she receives so she has nothing else she can offer you that works and is healthy... I know, I scheduled those appointments for doctor's to attend as well as attended the CEU classes for nurses; all are the Drug industry's way of keeping the medical profession in their pockets of thought... Your doctor is most likely unaware that there are natural alternatives to the chemical poison medications and therefore cannot tell you about them. Doctors also do not get nutrition training and cannot tell you how foods relate to your health or illness, whichever the case may be... I was not taught those things in nursing school either and had to go outside the medical field to learn them on my own... We have to be our own researchers and teachers of true healthy medicine.
 
Sadly cholesterol medications along with many other medication deplete the body of minerals and vitamins. When the body is out of balance in the minerals department your body cannot utilize your vitamins or food nutrients. The body cannot manufacture minerals as it can vitamins, when given proper nutrition... This has been known for more than 70 years and some natural health practitioners stress that one point as causing ALL illness and diseases. To read the information issued in 1936 go to http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/1936_excerpt.htm.
 
Should you cave in to your doctor? I don't believe so, but it's your decision to make and not mine.

I believe that every person has a cholesterol number that is going to vary according to what his/her body requires. Cholesterol is required to have a healthy body and too low is very dangerous and bad for anyone, just as really too high probably is. I use to - 2 or 3
times a year - draw blood from a patient who had milky-reddish (fatty) blood and know that was bad and I believe whatever it takes to bring that down should be done, if that person is ascertained to not be under undue stress or pain and a second blood draw in a week confirms exaggerated level... In my years in the office I almost never saw anyone with a cholesterol count that the drug industry is now trying to achieve "150 or below"... So that fact alone would lead me to believe that anything less than 150 is too low and anything from 200 to 325 is normal, because we didn't have so many people dying with heart attacks and strokes, which began happening in the last years since the beginning of prescribing those drugs... I believe some of that is from the blood pressure and arthritis pain drugs but we are seeing a rise in heart attacks and strokes, I and many natural health practitioners believe is caused by the increased usage of cholesterol and high blood pressure drugs in the last few years. Since the side-effect damage is not always seen right away a person believes the medication isn't hurting him/her. That happens gradually in most...

Let me you tell you about my husband's cholesterol experiences and it might help you feel better about your decision to not take the drug; In his mid thirties his cholesterol reading was over 800 and his triglycerides were 1200. That is grossly out of line for anyone and should not be that high, but he was going through a time of pain with kidney stones and my uncontrolled vertigo had kicked in so the stress and pain took its toll. Pain can do that as can other stress factors and he needed it lowered. This was at the very beginning of cholesterol lowering medication being on the market and he took the medication for a few months until I received so many triage calls from patients in our office that were experiencing horrific side effects - after starting the cholesterol lowering drugs, so I encouraged him to stop taking the drug, which he did.

At that point his cholesterol was down to 340 probably from a combination of no more kidney stones, diet changes and the medications. That was in the late 1970's when cholesterol drugs were just beginning to be pushed really hard and they started to lower the target numbers.  The doctor I worked with at that time soon got smart and refused to prescribe the drugs to any of his patients by the end of the that year - unless their levels were way over the top - watching what was happening to those patients after taking the drugs convinced him... Reported to us; Lots of muscle and tendon wasting with severe body pain and increased arthritis cases, thyroids going bad, etc.. Those are the short term side effects... Anyway, my husband's cholesterol has run anywhere from 270 to 360 ever since, that's 35+ years now. In 2000 his doctor said he heard a bruit (lessened blood flow in the carotid artery) and wanted to rush him into surgery (roto rooter the artery) but we first wanted to see an arterial specialist who did an Ultrasound and then an MRI at our insistence, and found that my husbands arteries are cleaner than most with no plaque build up. His opinion was that the artery may have been a bit kinked when the doctor listened to it. He said that is a frequent occurrence. Now I wonder how many have had an endarterectomy without needing it? I don't believe my husband is all that unique in this happening! The Internist that I worked for believed as do I that cholesterol isn't a marker for heart disease, which they claim in advertising yet disclaim on the fliers that accompany the prescription. Scientists have now written that inflammation is a stronger reason not cholesterol, but the drug companies ignore and keep that very quiet as they can't afford to believe them as it would take billions of dollars daily out of their pockets.

Now my recommendations to anyone over the age of 10 years without existing health issues providing your body the proper balance and prevent illness as much as possible with all we are bombarded with daily.

First; Life Transfusion Ionic Liquid Minerals ? The ultimate balanced mineral complex? Read Minerals Uses and you will see why that is necessary!

Second; Digestive Enzyme Probiotic Formula ? Unless you eat 100% organic fresh and frozen foods and do not indulge in prepackaged foods or fast foods from McDonalds and such. This Is Necessary to keep 70% to 80% of your immune system healthy and able to fight off the critters your body comes in contact with daily!

Third; Vitamin D3, K1, BetaCarotene formula -  To strengthen the rest of the body, specially bones, bone Marrow and tendons.

These three can be found at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/herbal_pharmacy.htm and suggested doses provided when placing order.
Lena

"To help prevent cancers and other chronic diseases, experts recommend 4 to 13 servings of fresh organic fruits and vegetables daily, depending on energy needs," NCI adds. "This includes 2 to 5 servings of fruits," including presumably pomegranates. In actual fact, however, only "32.6% of adults consumed fruit two or more times per day and 27.2% ate vegetables three or more times per day" (CDC 2005 figures).

But when a private company is able to motivate tens of thousands of people to increase their intake of a perfectly healthful beverage, and to accurately report scientific findings about that juice, they are viciously attacked by another branch of government. The government, and legislators in both parties, profess concern over the rising burden of health care, including its cost. Yet they allow rampant attacks on companies whose actions, at worst, are harmless, and at best could lead to a major improvement in public health.

 

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COURAGE OF CONVICTION

Rollo May so accurately asserts that the opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity. It takes guts to break from the herd.

Sen. John Tyler was a man who built his life around the courage of his convictions. Consequently, people trusted him enough to elect him President of the United States.

An example of his ability to do what he believed was right, in spite of its unpopularity, occurred once when he was caught up in a critical Senate vote. His vote was the deciding vote and the pressure from his colleagues was tremendous. His name was called and Tyler voted his conscience. He voted against the pressure. Feeling the weight of his vote, he visibly slumped in his seat.

At that moment there was only shocked and unbelieving silence in the great hall. Tyler then arose and walked out, as one writer puts it, "in the proud company of his own self-respect."

He knew that exercising the courage to make those difficult decisions is part of building a life that matters.

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