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Tuesday September 15, 2009

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 ASK LENA HEALTH Q & A EDITION!
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Today's is one I covered a few years back but this reader apparently wasn't a reader at that time and the question is timely as there are a lot who have subscribed in the last few months that may be questioning the flu vaccine dilemma?

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! 

IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH QUESTION 
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Thank you for your confidence and inquisitiveness! 
Lena

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QUESTION:
  
I don't know if you have covered my dilemma but I hope you will print it again even if you have.

My questions?
The media is at it again and my family is pushing the flu shots and I'm not sure whether to give in or not? My mother and sister make me feel like I'm being irresponsible by not getting the flu shot and having my kids have it. They say I am not taking every possible precaution to maintain good health and protect me and my family. The last time I had the flu shot within a few days I was really ill with flu symptoms and in bed for more than a week, so I'm aware of the side effects associated with the shots.  For several years now I've simply just taken my chances and hoped for the best but, this year I'm hesitating to take that stance with the pressure being emitted by the media and my family over the H1N1, so I would like to know if you have a "natural flu protocol" to follow to protect from the regular and H1N1 flu that will be going around?  As a rule I simply try to eat well and stay away from junk food and I know I should take some immune building supplement but I'm not quite sure what supplements to take, when to take them and how much to take for prevention as well as or if I or a family member should come down with the flu, what alternatives to Tamiflu? I have fibromyalgia and really do not want to get the flu if I can help it as I have enough pain already!  Also, what about young children?   What can I do for them from an alternative perspective?  Please advise.  I want to take care of us and keep my family in good health without feeling guilty.. 

Thank you in advance for giving us your expert advice.
Alicia
 
ANSWER
 
Yes I have covered this issue but it's been a while and maybe you weren't reading then?
 
Let me say, thank you for the compliment but I'm not really an expert as I'm still learning just like everyone else. I'm simply aged with "been there done that" or watched it being done to others too often and paid attention and looked for alternatives.
 
I am going to cover the different alternatives for treating as well as preventing all kinds of viruses, not just flu.
 
Yes, the media is pushing the flu shots all because the pharmaceutical companies give them all the hype and feed the fear dying. What I have watched over the years is that fear is the greatest motivator of peoples actions. 

What most people do not know is that regular flu strains that invade seasonally kills hundreds of seniors, infants and health compromised people every year  But that tidbit usually is not publicized for fear of panic even though the flu vaccines are given to most of them. Never mind that the flu vaccine is a crap shoot every year as to whether they can guess the right flu(s) strains will come around and so far they are wrong 99.9% of the time The flu vaccine failure rate would make most normal people ashamed to show their faces in public, yet the pharmaceutical companies continue their charade year after year with help from the news media at putting fear in so many.

A couple of years ago the drug company came up with the nasal FluMist that in reality is more a danger than a help, so it sort of died off and we didn't have it pushed at us by the media. SURPRISE! The push is back this year to get the nasal spray mist. Not only is the nasal spray dangerous to others who come in contact witht he person who just had it but it's also very expensive and will make the company tons of money. With the threat of not enough flu vaccine again this year I believe this is simply to enable them to push the FluMist nasal spray vaccine... Now we have a second billion dollar drug money maker, the H1N1 or Swine flu vaccine, due to come out in a few weeks. Never mind that less people have died from the H1N1 flu than die every year from all the different flu viruses around us. If a person dislikes injections they may be urged to get the nasal flu mist... Don't!  Anyone with a compromised immune system (fibromyalgia qualifies in that category since it is an autoimmune problem!) that is subjected to a person who has had the FluMist. Within 21 days of having the FluMist that compromised person is in danger of contracting the flu. FluMist makes it more likely to contract the flu even with light contact... We don't have all the facts of what happens to those people with the compromised immune system if they have the flu mist directly. Collecting those results were stopped when the problem arose therefore we may never have those facts... I suspect it wasn't good but it also wasn't publicized.

To answer your questions about alternatives and treating!
 
TREATING FLU OR OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES: The best thing to treat as well as prevent flu and other viruses and bacteria is "Ionic Silver Water" Bets their drugs such as Tamiflu that supposedly takes care of the viruses but don't.
Prevention; 1 teaspoon every morning.
Treating; 3 Tablespoons 4 times a day...
It not only fights germs and viruses but builds your immune system while doing it. Then adding a digestive enzyme and probiotic 
1 with each meal and 2 at bedtime on an empty stomach
To kill any remaining germs that managed to survive and reach the intestines therefore entering into the body via the digestive tract...
 
As for children's treatment/prevention - they too can take the Silver Water and should be on a high powered multivitamin, mineral, probiotic daily along with a balanced diet and exercise... With frequent hand washing, taking the KidsMins along with Ionic Silver Water daily - depending on age ; 1/2 to 1 teaspoon each morning.
They should then be in good shape to ward off or combat colds and flu...
 
For adult prevention: 1 tablespoon daily of Ionic silver water works for the majority ? providing they have no other health issues ? better than Tamiflu and is so inexpensive compared to the probiotic and immune system killing antibiotics on the market, which do not touch viruses and can prolong the virus if taken. Make sure it's ionic silver water and not colloidal silver!
 
 If an adult should come down with a cold or flu take 6 to 8 Tablespoons in divided doses daily. If you have not or are not balancing your minerals daily supplements will not absorb as well because the body cannot absorb very well without a minerals balance. So make sure you are also getting ionic balanced liquid minerals along with health building non-homogenized fruit and/or vegetable juices... These steps will usually knock any virus in record time... Ionic Silver water is not to be taken every day of your life unless you have a compromised immune system, but is safe at large doses for several months. Read about Ionic Silver Amazing Modern Miracle.
 
You and the whole family should be on a high powered balanced 84 sea-based minerals and trace minerals daily in order to absorb the nutrients in your foods as well and keep the immune system strong... A strong immune system keeps you healthy and that is the secret to avoiding flu vaccines and other health problems!
 
Ionic Silver Water, Digestive Enzyme Probiotic Formula, KidsMins vitamin/probiotic/minerals chewable in orange or berry flavor and Ionic Silver Water can all be found at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/herbal_pharmacy.htm
 
Hope this make you feel better. Don't panic, be preventative and even if you get a mild cold or flu it should not be life threatening. Never! Never! have a vaccine if you feel the least bit under the weather!
Lena

FYI:  You didn't ask but if you want to go with natural fibromyalgia treatment let me know as I kicked all that pain 17 years ago with alternatives and threw away the prescribed drugs! Now the only time I feel it is when I don't take my supplements like I should or eat sweets excessively.

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In their September 7 issue, Forbes Magazine presented a round-up of the latest in anti-supplement medical literature.   There are many things you should know about that were left out of the Forbes article.  For example the minuscule doses, odd forms, and less effective synthetic forms of vitamins instead of the natural and more complete forms in reasonable doses that do yield benefits.  Or that when study subjects are less-than-healthy and overweight, their already elevated risk of disease makes study results impossible to extrapolate to the general population. With respect to the doses, note  that even the American Medical Association says that the methods used to determine safe supplement dosages in the US and Europe are greatly flawed.  We often wonder if some of these studies aren't intentionally designed to fail.
 

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MOTIVATOR
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NO ONE TO PHONE

One afternoon after the death of her grandfather, Carol lay huddled on her bed, sobbing forlornly. Her mother sat beside her and asked, "What's the matter, honey?"

"I miss my grandpa, and I miss talking to him about my problems," the girl said.

"I know, dear," sympathized her mother. "I miss him too. But can't you talk to me?" Carol shook her head vehemently.

"Why not?" her mother persisted.

"Because you're what we talked about," sobbed Carol.

Children may not always confide in their parents. And adults may choose not to confide in many of their friends and family. But it is important to have someone with whom we can be emotionally intimate.

Tragically, it has been estimated that the majority of men, and many women, have nobody they could phone at 2:00 in the morning if their lives fall apart. They believe there is nobody who really wants to hear from them in a crisis. Too many of us are utterly without close and intimate friends.

The philosopher Goethe once observed, "The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth an inhabited garden."

Who can you be vulnerable with? Is the earth, for you, more like a lonely desert or an inhabited garden? The difference may simply be in whom you feel free to call at your most wounded moments. Do you have such a person? And are you such a person for someone else?

As it has been said, "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." If we are to find the kind of friend who knows the song in our hearts, we must also BE that kind of friend. And since good friends take time to grow, today is a good day to work on those friendships.


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