Heartland
Products, Inc. presents
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NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Volume
2, Issue 12
September 17, 2002
Welcome
to Heartland's NATURAL SOLUTIONS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
newsletter. We are excited to share relevant news about
natural health topics and offer alternative and complimentary
options for you and your family. We are committed to helping
you find more complete answers to your health concerns,
and look forward to being a friend as you seek greater health
through innovative natural products, ideas, and educational
resources. For personalized direction, call our helpline
at 1-888-772-2345.
Topics
in today's issue:
-Did
You Know? Fibrocystic breast “disease” is not
a disease at all.
-In the News: September is National Pediculosis Prevention
Month
-Alkalizing Your Body
-Recipes for Health
Often
people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to
have more things, or more money, in order to do more of
what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually
works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are,
then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you
want.
~ Margaret Young (American Author)
Give
Us The Fortitude To Endure The Things Which Cannot Be Changed,
And The Courage To Change The Things Which Should Be Changed,
And The Wisdom To Know One From The Other.
~Oliver J. Hart~
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
~ Carol Burnett (American Television Comedian)
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DID YOU KNOW
Fibrocystic
breast “disease” is not a disease at all. It
is simply a result of estrogen dominance. The exciting part
is that returning fibrocystic breasts to normal is one of
the most consistently successful clinical results of balancing
hormones naturally with natural progesterone. Let’s
hear it straight from the doctors:
“It’s
become clear to us that painful and lumpy breasts of almost
every description are caused by estrogen dominance and can
be helped with the use of transdermal natural progesterone
(not synthetic progestins, which often make them worse).
The French recognized in the mid-1970s that application
of progesterone topically to the breasts helped clear up
problems with fibrocysts. Dr. Lee receives mail every week
from women telling him how grateful they are that their
breasts became smooth and painless after one, two or three
cycles of progesterone cream. This is also one of the most
consistent reports we receive from clinicians that use progesterone
cream in their practices.
We believe
that estrogen dominance is an unrecognized risk factor for
breast cancer, and in this context it makes sense that chronically
lumpy and painful breasts would also be a risk factor. The
good news is that the underlying metabolic imbalance causing
the estrogen dominance is fairly easy to correct with small
doses of progesterone cream that mimic what the body would
be making if it were ovulating.” (From pages 32 &
33 of “What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast
Cancer” by John Lee, MD, David Zava, PHD and Virginia
Hopkins.)
Estrogen
dominance can also be reduced by lowering your exposure
to synthetic estrogens found in foods (beef, chicken, and
milk), and xenoestrogens found in petrochemical products
(pesticides, solvents, plastics, and air fresheners). For
more details, read about estrogen dominance strategies in
the Heartland Newsletter Archives by clicking on www.heartlandnatural.com/newsletter/index.htm
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TESTIMONIAL
On Heartland’s AudioTape “A Life Changing Message
Every Woman Should Hear”, Dr. John Lee relates an
incredible testimonial about a young woman with a severe
case of fibrocystic breasts. She was one week away from
having a double mastectomy performed when her parents learned
from Dr. Lee that natural progesterone helps balance excess
estrogen, the cause of fibrocystic breasts in the first
place. They decided it was worth a try – what could
she lose? After only two and a half cycles on the natural
progesterone, the difference in her breasts was so dramatic
that the doctors could no longer find the cysts, and the
mastectomy was avoided.
For this story and many others
from Dr. Lee’s extensive clinical experience with
natural progesterone, call Heartland today at 1-888-772-2345
to order a copy of this powerful two-set audiotape.
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IN THE NEWS
September
is National Pediculosis Prevention Month – that means
it’s time to remember the ins-and-outs of preventing
head lice. They include building your child’s immune
system, keeping on a look out for nits and lice, and using
preventative measures like Lice Arrest, Heartland’s
outstanding NON-TOXIC lice shampoo. For details, check the
articles on lice in the Heartland Newsletter Archives (click
www.heartlandnatural.com/newsletter/index.htm). Read on
for lice in the news:
Date:
Posted 9/13/2002
UMass Researcher Studies Head
Lice Using Artificial "Scalp"
AMHERST, Mass. – Head
lice, which crop up on the heads of six-to-12 million people
in the U.S. every year, are becoming increasingly resistant
to the special shampoos used to treat them, says University
of Massachusetts Amherst toxicologist John Clark. He and
researchers in his lab are trying to solve the problem by
studying head lice reared on an artificial scalp designed
in conjunction with researchers at the University of California-Davis.
The project, funded by the National Institutes of Health,
was presented last month at the meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Boston.
"I get phone calls from
parents and school nurses who are very stressed out, saying
that the over-the-counter treatments just aren't working,"
said Clark. Since most schools will not allow children back
in the classroom until all of the lice and their eggs, or
nits, are eradicated, kids are missing out on school, and
parents often must stay home from work to care for them
until the infestation is cleared up.
Most commercial anti-louse shampoos
are based on the pyrethrins, an extract that is derived
from chrysanthemums which has low toxicity to humans. The
problem, according to Clark, is that similarly acting compounds,
such as DDT, have been used for more than 60 years in getting
rid of lice, and more and more of the insects, which live
only on human heads, are surviving the treatments. Essentially,
lice vulnerable to the treatments are being slowly killed
off, and those that can withstand it are surviving and reproducing,
creating a strain of hardy survivors. That translates into
a best-case scenario for the lice, and a worst-case scenario
for humans, said Clark, who points to studies finding that
50 to 98 percent of the parasites remain after being exposed
to these insecticides.
SOURCE: University Of Massachusetts
At Amherst
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/09/020913064751.htm
As the
Heartland natural community well knows, the quickest way
to deal with lice is Lice Arrest, Heartland’s enzyme-based
natural solution for lice infestations. Not only does it
help wash lice out of hair, but also interrupts the reproductive
cycle by shampooing out young lice before they are mature
enough to lay more eggs. Find out more at www.licearrest.com
or call your Heartland representative to find out what store
near you carries Lice Arrest.
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ALKALIZING YOUR BODY
We
always come back to plant-based eating for health. Dr. Lee
recommends it for hormone balancing, the Surgeon General
recommends “five a day” for health and the raw
food movement is the fastest growing group of vegetarians.
When it comes to alkalinity, virtually all veggies create
it. This is not coincidence – the alkaline-forming
ash in vegetables is one of the reasons we get so much healthier
by basing our diet around them. If you are not a veggie-lover,
remember two things: you can juice them to get a powerhouse
of vegetable nutrition in a few gulps, or you can train
your taste buds to actually enjoy them. Every fourteen days
you have a brand new set of 260 taste buds. To train them,
you must consistently eat the food you are “training”
them on. Eventually you begin to crave that food.
ALKALINE HIGHLIGHT: Asparagus
– 6.5. “Even canned, it drops only to a 6.0!
A very powerful acid reducer and known therapy for cancer.
Its high ammonia content literally plummets one into alkalinity
in a short period of time. In the past, asparagus has been
considered acid-forming because it so quickly detoxifies
the person, leaving acid residues in urine specimens immediately
after ingestion.” (Page 47, Alkalize or Die by Dr.
Theodore A. Baroody)
ACID HIGHLIGHT: Yellow bananas
(without speckles). In this case, beauty is only skin deep.
Unless a banana is “speckled” with brown spots,
it is acid-forming. Be patient and only eat the truly ripe
ones. If it is ripe with speckles it rates highly alkaline
forming at a 6.0 – otherwise it is acid-forming!
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RECIPES FOR HEALTH
ASPARAGUS PESTO & PASTA
Every year Oceana County, Michigan (recognized as the asparagus
capital of the nation) holds the National Asparagus Festival.
Here is one recipe from their asparagus cookbook. For more
interesting facts and asparagus recipes, log on to http://www.oceana.net/NAF/facts.html.
1 pound fresh asparagus
3 fresh basil leaves (or dash of dry)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 small clove raw garlic
1/4 tsp. salt
3 tbsp. olive oil
8 ounces very fine textured spaghetti or egg noodles
Cook spaghetti al dente
and drain. Add one tbsp. olive oil to hot drained spaghetti.
Place remaining oil and asparagus and all other ingredients
in blender. Blend smooth and serve over spaghetti.
Send
us your own favorite recipes for keeping your family healthy
naturally! E-mail to recipes@heartlandnatural.com
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REFERENCES
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