Volume 2, Issue 6
June 25, 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
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TOPICS IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
-Did You Know? Excess body fat is a source
of excess estrogen.
-Testimonials
-Alkalizing Your Body
-Recipes for
Health
Someone asked someone who was about my age:
"How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If
you don't ask for details."
- Katherine Hepburn
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DID YOU KNOW?
Excess body fat is a source of excess estrogen. A post-menopausal
woman with excess body fat actually has higher estrogen
levels than a slender woman in her child-bearing years!
Fat is just one more source of excess estrogen, in addition
to xenoestrogens from pesticides and other petroleum products,
hormones injected into animal foods, and even hormones prescribed
by doctors, have created the epidemic of estrogen dominance.
Fat loss means lower estrogen levels, and for many women,
this is an important step toward creating balance after
years of estrogen dominance.
Three basic steps towards fat loss include: increasing
fiber consumption, increasing pure water consumption, and
becoming more active through a balanced exercise program.
All of these help to naturally balance your hormones, in
addition to natural progesterone. Increased fiber means
better bowel movements, which means less reabsorption of
xenoestrogens from waste and less toxic estrogen load. Increased
water means toxins are more easily flushed from the body.
And exercise helps with much more than fat loss and hormone
balancing. According to John R. Lee MD, here are some of
the benefits you can expect from a basic (not highly strenuous)
exercise program:
- Your heart and blood vessels are strengthened, so they
can keep blood circulating throughout the body without as
much effort. New capillaries (microscopic blood vessels)
form throughout the body, further improving circulation.
- Your muscles become hardier and develop greater endurance,
so everyday tasks feel easier and workouts feel exhilarating.
- Your bones and connective tissues are strengthened by
weight-bearing exercise. The younger you start to exercise,
the more dense your bones become, and that means far less
risk of osteoporosis in old age.
- Your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes,
breast cancer, and stroke all decrease DRAMATICALLY.
- Your respiratory muscles are strengthened, allowing deeper
and easier breathing during exercise and throughout the
day.
- Exercise sweeps excess cortisol (stress hormones) from
the bloodstream. That’s why a good workout feels so
soothing after a stressful day.
- Immunity is boosted after each exercise session, so a
regular exercise program means better resistance against
infectious diseases.
- Exercise causes an increase in the body’s natural
antioxidant defenses.
- High-density lipoprotein or HDL (“good”) cholesterol
is boosted by exercise.
- Sleep quality improves on days you work out.
- Women who exercise have more satisfying sex lives.
- When you exercise, your body makes hormones called endorphins,
which are natural painkillers and mood enhancers.
- Exercise is a natural appetite suppressant and a good
way to ease cravings.
- Menstrual cramps and PMS are soothed by a good workout.
- Increased muscle mass from strength training raises your
body’s energy requirements. That means more calories
are expended all day long, every day. The idea that fat
turns to muscle isn’t true, but if you have more muscle,
you burn more fat!
Keep it simple, and find a friend to exercise with or hold
you accountable. You can enjoy the many benefits of exercise
by always keeping in mind that with exercise, something
is always better than nothing. Adding any type of additional
physical activity into a sedentary life makes a big difference.
The benefits of accruing just thirty minutes of movement
a day, even if it is not continuous, are enormous. The more
you’re able to do, the more benefit you’ll experience.1
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TESTIMONIALS
RE: Heartland Natural Progesterone Cream
“I want to tell you what a difference natural progesterone
has made in my life. I am 51 years old and I had a hysterectomy
3 years ago. 3 months after, I started having hot flashes
and my doctor put me on Premarin. I didn’t like the
idea of taking something that was made from horses’
urine. I also had a lot of the side effects. After checking
around I found some herbs that worked well for about 3 months,
then the hot flashes started again. This time they were
so bad I went back on Premarin. Then in January I heard
about the seminar on natural progesterone. I went and listened
to Dr. Lee. Everything he said made sense. I bought the
natural progesterone and started using it that day. In 2
weeks I could already tell the difference. My skin was softer,
the hot flashes were getting less and less, no more swelling
in the breasts, and as the weeks go by it keeps getting
better. My energy level is up and I have lost some wrinkles.
I tell people about it and I say I know it sounds like a
miracle, but when they try it they find out how great it
is when their hormones are balanced. Thanks for a great
product.” Sharla
RE: John R. Lee, MD Books (from a letter to Dr. Lee published
in his March, 2002 Medical Letter)
“About six months ago my 26-year-old daughter was
found to have an ovarian cyst that was causing her a lot
of pain, and was told she might have to have surgery to
remove both her ovaries. She wants to have children so we
began to search for other answers. We read your books and
thought maybe her cyst was due to not ovulating because
of stress (she’s in a PhD program) and poor diet.
She got a saliva hormone test and found she was low in progesterone,
so she started using a progesterone cream, and she stopped
drinking so many Cokes. Her pain went away completely after
three months, and she called me the other day to tell me
she had a sonogram to check the cyst and it’s not
there anymore! I want to thank you for your book, and ask
you to please inform your readers about this so they can
avoid losing their ovaries.”
Heartland has books, videos and tapes by John R. Lee, MD
available along with a silky, pure progesterone cream that
can help you balance your hormones. Heartland Natural Progesterone
Cream is used by thousands of women across the country.
Call our helpline anytime with questions: 1-888-772-2345
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ALKALIZING YOUR BODY
Macrobiotic enthusiasts also embrace the concept of balanced
eating for maintaining an alkaline/acid balance in the body.
Herman Aihara from the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation
wrote a book called Acid & Alkaline in 1986. He writes,
“All natural foods contain both acid and alkaline
forming elements. In some, acid forming elements dominate;
in others, alkaline forming elements dominate. According
to modern biochemistry, it is not the organic matter of
foods that leave acid or alkaline residues in the body.
The inorganic matter (sulphur, phosphorus, potassium, sodium,
magnesium and calcium) determines the acidity or alkalinity
of the body fluids.”
Cooking and other processing of natural foods creates more
inorganic matter. For example, minerals that come up through
the roots of a green plant like broccoli are organic while
the food is “alive” (or raw) because they have
an enzyme attached to them. Since the enzyme is the living
part of the plant, it dies in the cooking process, rending
the minerals inorganic.
To keep things simple, eat enough vegetables, and enough
of them uncooked. It is one of the best health “assurances”
you can do! Virtually all vegetables are alkaline, even
after cooking.
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RECIPES FOR HEALTH
FRESH SALSA
From Brenda Dietrich Ingstad at Heartland
The ingredients in salsa are excellent for liver support,
so keep some fresh salsa available to enjoy as a healthy
condiment. Salsa is great on all kinds of dishes –
black beans, yuca, deep water fish, hormone free chicken,
lentils, rice dishes, millet and much more. Cilantro is
a known for its chelating ability, especially for pulling
mercury from the blood. Salsa is a great way to enjoy more
raw, living foods!
12 finely chopped Roma Tomatoes
1 Sweet Onion
3/4 C. Cilantro
2 tsp. Sea Salt
Juice of 1 Lime
1 Garlic clove
1 chopped jalapeno pepper (more or less depending on how
hot you like it!)
Finely chop onion, cilantro and garlic. Mix with Sea Salt
and lime juice. Add the tomatoes to the mixture. Serve with
organic corn chips for dipping and enjoy!
Send us your own favorite recipes for keeping your family
healthy naturally! E-mail to recipes@heartlandnatural.com
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REFERENCES:
1. Lee, John R., MD, “What Your Doctor May Not Tell
You Premenopause”, p. 292.
Quote sources thanks to MotivationalQuotes.Com
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