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Tuesday August 3, 2010

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 ASK LENA HEALTH Q & A EDITION!
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Today's question is submitted to me a lot but none have given me permission to publish but thankful Gail is and I bet you or someone you know experiences these at times if not all the time.

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

Don't forget to pass on the newsletter announcement to anyone you feel will read it.

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 doctor is mystified? I have pains in my neck, leg bones, arms and a burning in my chest and abdomen, more on the right than the left, and he can't seem to figure it out. Sometimes my skin feels bruised and hurts to simply touch it but I haven't bumped it so cannot figure out why? Doctor gave me a clean bill of health after weeks of expensive and invasive tests, but I'm still having the pains and I feel like I belong in a mental institution or am I a hypochondriac? Any help will be appreciated
 
Gail
 
 
ANSWER:
 
No Gail I doubt you are a hypochondriac nor do you belong in a mental institution. If you were you wouldn't bother to ask.  But when everything is tested and doctor says no problem is found, there could be a few things more you will need to look at to find your own answers here. It took twenty-five years to diagnose my body pains but we will not take that long with you!
 
I am assuming you are not on cholesterol or blood pressure medications. Those medications will leach the body of minerals that will create all the symptoms you are experiencing! If not on those medications then you will need to become a detective?
 
First, look at your environment, are you living in new surroundings that could contain toxic chemicals, such as new furniture, carpeting, wallboard, cabinets or vinyl flooring? If you fit into any one any of those then you can know for sure by taking a long 4 or 6-week vacation away from any of those things and see if the symptoms subside. 
 
Or have you added a new room freshener, carpet spray or detergent in either the wash or kitchen? Have you changed anything that gives off an odor or fumes in your home? Be a detective. There are no tests to determine those environmental factors, only symptoms some of which you mention.
 
Also take a look at the foods you are eating! We live in such a chemical filled society that we now eat fruits, vegetables and meats with things in and/or on them that present us with the possibility of problems Those possibilities are; chemicals, hormones and/or irradiation. Fruits and vegetables are now grown with only three plant nutrients as their base because the ground being so depleted; therefore food is lacking about 81 of its normal nutrients and without those nutrients and minerals the body will hurt.
 
Also if you are a heavy dairy food eater, cheese, butter, milk, etc. that could be the culprit cause. Diary can leach calcium from your system which can create your symptoms.
 
Read "Minerals Uses" to understand why I say minerals imbalance created pain is important to look at.
 
Our fruits and vegetables are also treated with pesticides & insecticides while in the fields and these things cannot be totally washed off then we eat them. Fruits and vegetables are picked green, in most instances, then put through a chemical wash to make them appear ripened, without the nutrient content we need but adds more chemicals.  There are no studies done regarding the chemical washes some fruits and vegetables are put through, so we do not know the all the results that may come along from them.
 
Do you eat a lot of fast food or processed foods? If you eat fast or prepackaged or preprocessed foods three or four times a week and have for a long time that alone has the risk of big problems. It creates malnourishment and with that comes body pains. Do you eat non-organic meats? Either chicken, turkey or beef grown traditionally - not organically grown - are filled with hormones and antibiotics that can also create those symptoms...
 
Foods could be the catalyst to your problem. In order to determine that you will need to keep a diary of what you eat and the symptoms that occur within 3 to 48 hours after eating it. To do this accurately you will need to start an elimination diet. Eliminate the most likely culprits such as, dairy, wheat, corn, sugar, sugar substitutes, chocolate, sugary foods and caffeine drinks - coffee, tea and colas - also different additives, such as MSG, yellow and red dyes, etc.
 
You will need to read labels to find all the additives.  After one week of not eating the foods listed above - stick with lots of green fresh or steamed vegetables and brown rice - if symptoms have improved or gone away you know one or more of those could be the culprit!

To determine which of those foods is the culprit begin reintroducing those possible problem foods one at a time and only every 4 or 5 days. Give your body at least 48 hours to react. If you don't notice any changes - congestion, body pains, headache, stomach upset, etc. - then you're probably okay with that particular food. If you are allergic or sensitive to one of these foods, your symptoms may be stronger than before. Your body will have had a chance to rest from fighting the food and will now respond stronger than ever. Keep detailed notes of each food and how you feel after eliminating and then what happens after re-introducing it within a 3 to 48 hours time frame.
 
Keep in mind that ingredients are often "hidden" in foods - like eggs and/or milk in bread. Read ingredient lists carefully. Furthermore, the various agents that processors use in foods, such as additives, preservatives, acidifiers, artificial flavors, and artificial colors, can also produce an allergic response, especially in children. Aspartame (NutraSweet, Sweet n Low, etc.), Splenda and MSG are very common offenders that present your symptoms, so stay away from sugar-free foods. If there's a certain canned or processed food you eat regularly, avoid that food while following the elimination diet, as something in the processing may be fueling your condition.
 
Once sensitivity to a certain food has been established, double check it by omitting it from the diet for another week. Then try reintroducing it a second time. Experiencing adverse reactions for a second time is a strong indication of a food allergy, and your best bet is to avoid that food altogether or find a way of desensitizing your system to it.  My friend Dr. Wayne Garland works with people to overcome sensitivities and if you wish to work with him to do that, let me know.

Margarines with Canola oil and foods cooked in Canola oil can also produce some of your symptoms along with very thin skin and neurological problems, such as unfounded fears of a lot of things or just obsessing on one thing.
 
If after you do that and determine no sensitivities or allergies to foods you should see a doctor who is experienced with fibromyalgia symptoms and have him/her check for the markers to determine if fibromyalgia could be the culprit. Some chiropractors have the ability to do this as well.

Sugar, fats and sleep problems being the most common triggers for fibromyalgia. Also some negatively respond to wheat and/or dairy products as well.
 
Please readers do not write saying that you have been told to consume a large amount of dairy for the calcium effect. I know all that? Guess who started the rumor that dairy was great for calcium intake, which is an absolute fallacy! The dairy industry started that rumor! Once upon a time that was true before homogenization was demanded and on top of that the feed given cows contain pesticides galore and then the ranchers discovered that by giving dairy cows hormones would boost the milk output. More milk more money! Because of that milk now leaches calcium from the body and does not add it!
 
The above scenarios are all overlooked by doctors when trying to ascertain a health problem. Just because they did not find an existing problem does not mean that something will not appear in the future. As long as you are experiencing these symptoms there could be a risk of damage to an organ or system that can show up in the future if not given the proper care.
 
I will say that I have had hundreds of people who have called me with chronic pain and I asked them to do one thing before going any further and found that the majority found relief by simply taking Sea Based Life Transfusion Ionic Liquid Minerals twice a day. Shocked them at such a simple thing could bring relief. Saves a lot of time just to try it before going any further.  A small number has had to do further supplementing to correct the problem but so many found relief that I think it might be worth it for you to do the same before doing all the detective work.

 
Worth a try!
Lena

Millions gorge themselves on synthetic vitamins, only to end up with and die from degenerative diseases.

There are four problems with synthetic vitamins?

1.     Nature intended for you to consume food in WHOLE form because all the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and enzymes are together in one package. They work synergistically to give your body the nutrition it requires for optimal health. Sadly that isn't an option in this day and age!

2.     Your body only absorbs a small percentage of an isolate form of vitamins and minerals - and it utilizes even less. You get the best bioavailability in whole food form. The next best option is liquid form!

3.     Synthetic vitamins often give you massive quantities of some nutrients (usually the most inexpensive ones) and insufficient quantities of others, not balance. Balance is key to the body's ability to function the way it is made to!

4.     You can experience side effects of synthetic isolates from the additives and the unnatural state of the synthetic supplement.  This happens so often but is undetected!

Fast food and a sedentary lifestyle can be a disaster for your health. Supplementing will help but only getting whole uncontaminated foods can you find complete health!

Don't let your multivitamin add to the environmental and chemical world's dangers and be collateral damage make sure you have a plant and sea based vitamin complex!

In fact, you want to be sure it makes a real and significant contribution to your health, especially if you've already adopted healthy lifestyle practices.  Make sure your meganutrient vitamins are plant based and not synthetic!
 

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MOTIVATOR
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CHANGING WITH THE CHANGES

A clerk at a Philadelphia airline counter picked up the telephone and heard the caller ask, "How long does it take to go from Philadelphia to Phoenix?"

She was busy with another customer just then and intended to put the caller on hold.

"Just a minute," she replied.

As she was about to press the hold button, the caller said, "Thank you," and hung up.

We live in an age when it seems almost anything is possible. But a trip of a couple thousand miles in a few minutes?

Our time is one of unprecedented change. I understand that 2005 was the first year that there were more spam e-mails sent than cans of Spam sold. And if you wonder what a can of Spam is, then you see how much things have changed.

In a restaurant, a mother noticed her eleven-year-old daughter staring at a movie poster on the wall. The picture portrayed Superman standing in a phone booth. The girl's mother whispered to her husband, "Doesn't she know who Superman is?"

He told her it was worse than that. "She doesn't know what a phone booth is."

I heard someone mention that he believes most of the changes that will ever take place already have occurred. I am sure that isn't so. Our new reality is one of constant and unending change.

Some changes can be good and some we may feel are not for the best. Most change is uncomfortable and awkward at first. But, of course, if we don't occasionally feel awkward with what we're doing, maybe we are not doing anything new. And unless we'd rather live in the past, we'll be happiest learning to embrace this world of change and to change and adapt along with it.

The world can still be a wonderful and exciting place to live. Do you believe that? If so, change with the changes. Resist your resistance to changing. Your attitude toward change is one of the most important measures of determining whether you can be happy.

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