Health concern

[Guest guest]

I just wanted to thank everyone for their support. I had my thyriod

checked a little while ago it is fine. I have always been anemic

eating meat or not so that is why I am tired a lot the memory issue is

new. We do eat too much sugar. We cook with electric and have a tester

in our house. There is construction acrss the road so I have to keep

dusting for my 5 year old who has severe allergies. I think I covered

everyones thoughts.The problem I have is my doctor wont do a blood

workup with me so I dont know. If you have a malabsorption problem is

there even a solution?

Hugs to everyone.

Steph

[Guest guest]

Perhaps it would help for you to describe a typical day's food/beverage

consumption for you and the children. Where are you getting the sugar?

 

 

 

Pat

 

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On Behalf Of mrswalp29

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 4:14 PM

 

Health concern

 

 

 

I just wanted to thank everyone for their support. I had my thyriod

checked a little while ago it is fine. I have always been anemic

eating meat or not so that is why I am tired a lot the memory issue is

new. We do eat too much sugar. We cook with electric and have a tester

in our house. There is construction acrss the road so I have to keep

dusting for my 5 year old who has severe allergies. I think I covered

everyones thoughts.The problem I have is my doctor wont do a blood

workup with me so I dont know. If you have a malabsorption problem is

there even a solution?

Hugs to everyone.

Steph

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

For me the sugar comes in coffee, diet soda and processed foods like crackers.

We eat pretty healthy but some foods are hard to give up. My kids have sugar

through homemade cookies we make once in a while. Other then that they eat well.

Thanks for caring

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Are you staying hydrated by drinking plenty of water? Coffee and diet sodas

are dehydrating and they are likely replacing a nutrient dense choice. Lack

of energy and headaches can be symptoms of dehydration.

 

 

 

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On Behalf Of Steph

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:56 PM

 

RE: Health concern

 

 

 

For me the sugar comes in coffee, diet soda and processed foods like

crackers. We eat pretty healthy but some foods are hard to give up. My kids

have sugar through homemade cookies we make once in a while. Other then that

they eat well. Thanks for caring

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Steph,

 

I mentioned sugar for 2 reasons. One, it overloads the panc and

adrenals. Two, it provides great food for candida and other critters

in the intestines. ( I hope I can say that word and not be kicked

off.) If people have candida, they almost always have allergies. One

study was done and 96% of people who had sinus trouble had fungus in

the nasal cavities ( of which the under eye is ). You need to

eliminate or at least cut down on sugar before you do anything else.

If you absolutely must have sugar, at least get organic sugar,

sucanat, maple syrup, date sugar or honey, etc. Cut down on even

juices and dried fruit, etc. I'll bet your son's allergies will be

almost nil in 2 weeks if you cut down or eliminate sugar. Also cut

down on dairy and wheat. Completely eliminate white flour. You

cannotabsorb things by eating denatured foods. Someone made a comment

recently that we will all die so why bother what kinds of food we eat

like Splenda. Heck, white sugar is healthier than Splenda. It is not

only a question of dying but quality of life. If people have a runny

nose all day or have to sleep 12 hours because their adrenals are

blown out or get cancer because their liver is overtaxed, life is not

too much fun. After you cut down on sugar I will tell you some

things to help with absorbtion. Let me knoow and I hope this helps.

 

GB

 

, " mrswalp29 " <mrswalp29

wrote:

>

> I just wanted to thank everyone for their support. I had my thyriod

> checked a little while ago it is fine. I have always been anemic

> eating meat or not so that is why I am tired a lot the memory issue is

> new. We do eat too much sugar. We cook with electric and have a tester

> in our house. There is construction acrss the road so I have to keep

> dusting for my 5 year old who has severe allergies. I think I covered

> everyones thoughts.The problem I have is my doctor wont do a blood

> workup with me so I dont know. If you have a malabsorption problem is

> there even a solution?

> Hugs to everyone.

> Steph

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks GB, I printed your e-mail for my hubby to read also he has headaches at

least once a week and once a month problems with vomiting. I have been tracking

this to see if it is a certain food but I will do your suggestions. we do buy

organic sugar and buy organic crackers but I know it is still a lot. I worry

about the kids getting enough calcuim they drink fortified orange juice and soy

milk. Thanks for your support.

Steph

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

that makes sense

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Steph,

 

I hope you can find out what's causing you to feel so awful, but

Rhodiola rosea (Arctic root) has been a huge help to me for similar

symptoms. Here's a short synopsis of what it is and does (from one of

Dr. Weil's email tips or newsletters): " A common complaint of older

people is waning energy. While eating a balanced diet and getting

regular exercise is the most reliable way to stay energized, tonic herbs

may also help to boost energy. One is Arctic root, or rhodiola. Used for

centuries in the traditional medicine of Russia, Scandinavia and other

countries, rhodiola (R. rosea) may enhance endurance, help reduce the

harmful effects of stress, and improve mood and memory. Look for

products standardized to 3 percent rosavins and 1 percent salidroside;

follow dosage recommendations on labels. If you like its effect, you can

stay on it indefinitely, perhaps giving yourself occasional breaks such

as two or three weeks off every four months or so. "

 

Vitanica and Nature's Way both sell veggie-cap versions. I did feel

kind of jittery/easily spooked the first week or two I started taking

it, but the difference in fatigue was dramatic. The only warnings I

recall apply to people who are bipolar, pregnant or nursing, but I have

a bunch of information about Rhodiola that I got through academic

subscription databases that I could send you if you want.

 

Peace,

Maureen

[Guest guest]

thats very interesting I wonder if I would be a good canidate though because I

suffer from seasonal depression.

Steph

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Steph,

 

That is good you buy organic sugars however any type of sugar can feed

candida and thus allergies. Here i s an article on magnesium. We do

need calcium but magnesium deficiency is a much greater threat.

However, if the body cannot digest things then it does not make myuch

sense to stuff it with more things. That mmeans more things will not

digest and undigested foods create more toxins.

 

GB

 

June Russell's Health Facts

Osteoporosis

 

All of us lose some bone as we age, but people with osteoporosis lose

an excessive amount. In many cases, it can be prevented and treated,

and all recent studies do not agree that high calcium intake has a

positive effect on bone health. The more calcium one ingests at any

given time, the smaller the percentage of calcium that is actually

absorbed. And there is research that has shown that when we adapt to a

low-calcium diet, we actually excrete less of it in our urine and

increase our absorption.

 

In 1988 the National Women's Health Network announced that women who

lived in countries where calcium intake was low had less osteoporosis

than women in this country who are on a high calcium diet. Recently, a

study published in the Journal of Applied Nutrition showed an increase

in bone density in postmenopausal women who took more magnesium and

less calcium than has been generally recommended. Calcium contains

properties that make bones brittle, while magnesium binds to protein

in our bones and keeps them supple. We suggest that you may need more

magnesium to make your bones more like ivory and less like chalk, and

that you find a product that will allow you to increase your magnesium

intake to 600-800 mg/day while limiting calcium supplements to around

500 mg.

 

While magnesium helps the body absorb and utilize calcium, excessive

calcium prevents the absorption of magnesium. Taking more calcium

without adequate magnesium - and what is adequate for one woman may be

inadequate for another - may either create calcium malabsorption or a

magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is helpful for PMS and helps the body

utilize B vitamins. Finally, high calcium diets may actually increase

the risk of stroke says a UCLA study in the Journal of Clinical

Investigation. Dairy products contain almost 9 times as much calcium

as magnesium, and grains and beans are needed to help balance the

amount of magnesium. Reduce your consumption of refined sugar and

alcohol to prevent excessive magnesium from being excreted in the

urine. Not only does sugar cause magnesium excretion, but also causes

calcium to be leached out of your bones.

 

Guy E. Abraham, M.D., a research gynecologist and endocrinologist in

Torrance, California, has given post menopausal women from 200 to

1,000 mg of magnesium a day to strengthen their bones (up to bowel

tolerance or loose stools but not diarrhea). These women showed an

average bone density increase of 11 percent in one year by increasing

magnesium (600-1,000 mg/day) and lowering calcium (500 mg/day).

 

Beware of Bone-Density Testing! There are accuracy problems with all

of the machines that measure bone density, and bone density is not

always the same throughout your body. To complicate matters more,

deposits of unabsorbed calcium - perhaps from arthritis - can result

in overreads, in which machines report a higher density than what

actually exists. The long-term safety of the osteoporosis drugs has

yet to be established and there are labels that warn of possible

digestive problems, so it might be wise to reserve the drugs for cases

of advanced osteoporosis. These drugs work by inhibiting bone

reabsorption. Most doctors ignore the information that has been in

medical journals and attempt to frighten their patients into taking

1,500 mg of calcium a day. The majority of nutritional supplements

contain twice as much calcium as magnesium, and numerous studies show

that most of this calcium doesn't get into the bones. Boron and

vitamins D and E are necessary for calcium absorption (the amount of

vitamin E should be 200-400 IUs daily - no more than 800 IUs per day).

( " Osteoporosis, " report from author of Women's Health Letter, Nan

Katherine Fuchs, Ph.D., 2001)

 

Four out of ten white women in the U.S. will fracture a hip, spine or

forearm due to osteoporosis. As many as five out of ten will develop

small fractures in their spine, causing great pain and a shrinking in

height. This amounts to a total of 15 to 20 million people affected by

a crippling and painful disease that is almost entirely preventable

and reversible. Bone mass should reach its peak in our late 20s or

30s, but because of poor diet and lack of exercise, many women are

already losing bone in their 20s (the drop in estrogen and

progesterone accelerates bone loss). Bones are living tissue and need

a good supply of nutrients and exercise because new bone is constantly

being made while old bone is being reabsorbed and excreted by the

body. For the vast majority of women, there is no need to take strogen

to prevent osteoporosis.

 

The most important element of bones is minerals; calcium, magnesium,

potassium, phosphorus and flouride. Equally important is the balance

between the minerals. Too much or too little can affect bone

structure. Testosterone and progesterone build bone, while estrogen

appears to indirectly slow bone loss. Bone mass begins to decline in

most women in their mid-thirties, accelerates for 3-5 years around the

time of menopause, and then continues to decline at the rate of about

1-1.5% per year.

 

Should you take hormone replacement therapy to prevent osteoporosis?

Although estrogen can slow bone loss around the time of menopause, the

missing piece to the puzzle is diet and lifestyle plus the

bone-building hormone progesterone - the natural hormone not the

synthetic progestins. The scientific evidence is clear that after 5-6

years, bone loss continues at the same rate with or without estrogen.

There are a number of pharmaceutical drugs being used to treat

osteoporosis, none of which work very well. Unfortunately, the old

bone which is saved by using fosamax is eventually structually

unsound, and after 3-4 years it has no benefit. For awhile flouride

was being tauted as an osteoporosis drug, but like fosamax, it only

slows bone loss temporarily - and the long-term consequence is an

increased rate of hip failure due to structurally unsound bone.

 

Even though getting adequate calcium is an important factor in

preventing osteoporosis, a lack of progesterone causes a decrease in

new bone formation and using a natural progesterone cream will

actively increase bone mass and density and can reverse osteoporosis.

Weight-bearing exercise is the only thing besides progesterone found

to actually increase bone density in older women. Osteoporosis is not

a calcium deficiency disease, it is a disease of excessive calcium

loss. Getting adequate calcium is an important factor in preventing

osteoporosis - and antacids tend to cause you to lose calcium - the

added calcium in antacids may only offset the damage.

 

A magnesium deficiency may be more common in women with osteoporosis

than a calcium deficiency, and trace minerals are also needed in

helping the body absorb calcium. Your body needs a certain amount of

magnesium in order to get the calcium to your bones - without

magnesium, calcium cannot build strong bones. Milk has a poor calcium

to magnesium ratio, so don't depend on milk to get your calcium.

Everyone should have at least 600 mg of easy-to-absorb calcium daily.

Although you can easily get that in a healthy diet, taking a

calcium/magnesium supplement is an excellent form of health insurance.

 

To be incorporated into bone, calcium requires the help of enzymes

which require magnesium and vitamin B6 to work properly, and we tend

to be more deficient in magnesium and B6 than we do in calcium. The

best absorbed form of calcium is called calcium citrate - avoid oyster

shell calcium, as it can be contaminated with heavy metals. If you are

female and over the age of 12, you should be taking 300 mg of calcium,

combined with 200 mg of magnesium every day. If you can find one that

includes B6, so much the better. Menopausal women can take 600 mg of

calcium with 400 mg of magnesium. A deficiency of vitamin D can cause

calcium loss - vitamin D stimulates the absorption of calcium. The

best way to get vitamin D is direct sunlight on the skin, and even a

few minutes of this exposure can cause the liver and kidneys to

produce vitamin D. This should be a priority for older people who do

not get outside.

 

As we age, we tend to produce less stomach acid, and for calcium to be

absorbed both vitamin D and stomach acid are required. For this reason

it is important to avoid antacids and the H2 blockers such as Tagamet

and Zantac, which block or suppress the secretion of stomach acid. The

last thing people need is less stomach acid. Heartburn and indigestion

are caused by poor eating habits and a lack of stomach acid. Alcohol,

coffee and smoking creates a negative calcium balance in the body.

 

Don't take antacids with aluminum and don't use aluminum cooking pots.

It has been shown that small amounts of aluminum-containing antacids

increase urinary and fecal excretion of calcium, and it also inhibits

the absorption of flouride and phosphorus, creating a negative calcium

balance. The calcium is being excreted instead of being utilized.

Diuretics, commonly used for treating high blood pressure, are

medicines that cause water loss in the body, and along with the water,

you lose minerals, most notably calcium, magnesium and potassium. If

you need a diuretic, try a gentle herbal one, such as dandelion root

in a tincture, capsule or tea.

 

What is so bad about flouride? There is good solid evidence that

flouridated water increases your risk of hip fractures by 20-40%.

While even eating a normal diet the average person exceeds the

recommended dose because so much flouride has been put into our food

and drink. Avoid flouride and be thankful if you live in an

unflouridated community. Cortisones give bones the message to stop

growing, so if you must take cortisone use a low dose natural

cortisone rather than the synthetic ones. I don't recommend CAT scans

because of the high level of X-rays, but the safest and most accurate

ways to measure bone are with Photon Absorptiometry, and Dual Energy

X-ray Absorbtiometry (DEXA), which is 96-98% accurate and uses very

low-dose X-rays. A newer technique for measuring bone loss measures a

substance in the urine that can indicate rapid bone turnover rate. One

of the best ways to find out if you are losing bone is to measure your

height every 6 months, and if you are losing height that is a sure

sign that you are losing bone in your spine. ( " The Truth About

Osteoporosis, " John Lee, M.D., well-known lecturer and author of

health books, March 2002)

 

 

, Steph <mrswalp29 wrote:

>

> Thanks GB, I printed your e-mail for my hubby to read also he has

headaches at least once a week and once a month problems with

vomiting. I have been tracking this to see if it is a certain food but

I will do your suggestions. we do buy organic sugar and buy organic

crackers but I know it is still a lot. I worry about the kids getting

enough calcuim they drink fortified orange juice and soy milk. Thanks

for your support.

> Steph

>

>

>

> Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Answers. Try it now.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the article I printed it for my hubby to read as well do you

happen to know if there is any treatment for people who cant absorb nutrients?

Steph

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Steph,

 

First of all cut out sugars and junk food and chemical. Only then can

one begin to digest. It depends on person. A good rule of thumb is

to use carminative or digestive herbs. Eat easy to digest foods. I

talk about kitcheree a lot because in India, it is used for sick

people and people without teeth and older people because it has

everything one needs. You can live on kitcheree and nothing else.

These are herbs that are normally not spicy but aromatic and easy on

the stomach. They would include cumin, coriander, peppermint,

oregano, ginger, rosemary, etc. Garlic is good for lots of things.

Also turmeric has many healing properties.

 

GB

 

, Steph <mrswalp29 wrote:

>

> Thanks for the article I printed it for my hubby to read as well

do you happen to know if there is any treatment for people who cant

absorb nutrients?

> Steph

>

>

>

> Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail beta.

>

>

[Guest guest]

GB, what is kitcheree? I use all of the other things you listed quite a bit even

turmeric. I hear of a lot if people who do veggie fasts with juice and raw

veggies and fruit but when I have tried that my sugar drops and I have headaches

and flu symptoms. Can I ask do you read a lot how does one go about educating

themselves?

Steph

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Steph

 

Kitcheree is a soup, sometimes almost like a gruel made from mung

beans and basmati rice along with turmeric, onions,ginger and garlic

and veggies with spices suited to the individual. It originated in

India. Recipe should be in files under soups.

 

Veggie fasts can help people depending on the genetic makeup, time

of year, type of fast and other factors. Headaches can be caused by

detoxifying or it can be caused by blood sugar. When fasting with

juices, it can overload the pancreas and adrenals. Some veggie

juices like beet and carrots have a lot of sugar as do most fruit

juices and can cause one's blood sugar to yoyo. FAsting is not for

everyone. My teacher gave a lot of different monodiets. He always

said they were better than fasting with water. Fasting with water

for more than 3 days can really deplete people. Actually a

kitcheree diet this time of year is a good mono diet for most people

since it is warm and has plenty of protein. Different diets depend

on the individual.

 

I do read a lot about health since 1970. It is an never ending

process. A good book to start with would be one about Ayurveda by

Dr. Lad.

Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing by Vasant Lad

 

 

GB

 

GB

, Steph <mrswalp29 wrote:

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> GB, what is kitcheree? I use all of the other things you listed

quite a bit even turmeric. I hear of a lot if people who do veggie

fasts with juice and raw veggies and fruit but when I have tried

that my sugar drops and I have headaches and flu symptoms. Can I ask

do you read a lot how does one go about educating themselves?

> Steph

>

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Steph

 

Actually Dr. Lad has a book of recipes and most of the recipes are

kitcheree. You can probably get it at Amazon or bn.com.

 

GB

 

, Steph <mrswalp29 wrote:

>

> GB, what is kitcheree? I use all of the other things you listed

quite a bit even turmeric. I hear of a lot if people who do veggie

fasts with juice and raw veggies and fruit but when I have tried

that my sugar drops and I have headaches and flu symptoms. Can I ask

do you read a lot how does one go about educating themselves?

> Steph

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks a lot GB. I love individuals who read and keep updated on taking care of

our health I soak all the info up so please know I appreciate your time. I will

look at the book this weekend. Steph

 

 

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