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Volume 2, Issue 12
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 HealthOften 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)__________________________________________________
DID YOU KNOWFibrocystic 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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TESTIMONIALOn 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 NEWSSeptember 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.htmAs 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 BODYWe 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 HEALTHASPARAGUS 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 noodlesCook 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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