What just happened? We just gave birth!

Since the beginning of the third trimester of her pregnancy her body has been secreting progesterone abundantly. Progesterone is a “feel good” hormone, hence the cliche of the “radiance of pregnacy” expectant mothers experience near childbirth.

Suddenly the secretion of progesterone stops.

She may already have had low levels before she became pregnant, and  now finds herself without adequate levels of the “feel good” hormone.

How about testing her progesterone level and giving her some?

Isn’t this more logical than anti-depressants?

Also, how much blood did she lose? What if she was borderline anemic or anemic just before giving birth?

The quality of her blood may have become poor. Whenever a new mother comes to me feeling rundown and depressed I address her blood first. I suggest a supplement with Iron, B-12, folic acid and B6. Plus a potent B complex and trace minerals supplement.

For her diet, I tell her to eat blood sausage, rare or medium steaks, plenty of greens, sleep when the baby sleeps and take some fresh air.

A third aspect of post-partum depression is a low thyroid function. I refer you to a previous blog I wrote called The Thyroid Connection. You’ll find it as you scroll down.

So, what do we now know that can help us if we are suffering from post-partum depression or trying to help a friend who is?

There’s a  possibility of three organic causes of post-partum depression: low levels of progesterone, poor blood and low thyroid function. All three can be addressed with proper nutrition and supplementation.

You’ll probably think, reading this, of Andrea Yates, the woman who struggled with post-partum depression and eventually drowned her five children. Her problem at that time was beyond post-partum depression,  she may have become psychotic.

Do you know that one of the side effects of anti-psychotic drugs is psychosis? And if one stops taking these suddenly without proper weaning, one of the documented side effects is psychosis.

Why get so complicated when post-partum depression is actually easy to treat?

I hope this helps you. Talk to your doctor and insist on the proper lab tests so you can be treated adequately.

This is where the medical profession fails a lot of people. They use the big artillery of diagnoses, don’t find any pathology and then send the patient home with a prescription to hide the symptoms. What happened to taking a medical history? What happened to ” going over daily habits”?

Well if anyone would have bothered they would have found she goes to bed between 1 and 2 am, even on school nights. They would also find she hardly eats during the day, no breakfast, hardly any lunch, but spends the evenings eating macaroni and cheese. No wonder!!!! And she’s always tired!!!

With such a diet and life style her adrenals will start giving her problems, then her thyroid and she’ll put weight on, become anemic, maybe diabetic but for sure depressed as she has no energy.

What did the mom have to say? Not much. Have you talked to a teenager lately? She knew all these habits were bad and told her over and over but sometimes it takes a doctor to talk to these kids. YES!!! KIDS!!

So we worked out a vitamin and mineral program, a diet, a normal sleeping schedule and guess what! No headache this week!!!!

There was a time I had 3 teenagers in the house and I sometimes felt I was a drill-master, but one who loved her soldiers very much. As a parent you know what is good for them, ( if you don’t, you can surf the internet, read books and ask for advice) but basically a person that eats well and sleeps well is healthy.

There will be more blogs on basics.

I hope this helps.

Did you know that the american girl could start showing signs of hypothyroid function as early as 14 years old?

The basic cause of thyroid problems is low or no iodine in the diet.

Consuming iodized table salt is not the best recommendation but iodized sea salt is a good way to start an iodine supplementation. Eating fish from salt water, kelp, sea food and seaweed all help. It is rare a person will get enough iodine in the diet, so supplementation is important.

The thyroid problem has been recognized since 1829. The Lugol Solution was then introduced by a French Physician, Dr Jean Lugol. It contains 5% iodine and 10% potassium iodine. The recommended intake is 2 drops a day corresponding to 12.5 mg, you can still get this solution at www.clearwaterherbs.com.

I find it a little hard on the stomach. Standard Process provides Prolamine Iodine, the iodine is bound to a protein making it easier to absorb. This supplement is sold in doctors’ offices only: Chiropractors, MDs, Naturopaths and Acupuncturists. Your adrenals may need some support as well, so it is important to consult and get the correct nutritional progarm.

Here are some of the signs of a slow thyroid:

Tired, always tired, so tired I can’t do anything, overweight, hair loss, brittle nails, gaining weight but not eating that much…any one of these would get any one depressed  and grumpy.

Dr David Perry, in his book “Breast cancer and Iodine” makes the connection between breast cancer and thyroid conditions– a very good read. According to him the following conditions could all be due to a thyroid deficient in Iodine:

-infertility

-fibrotic disease of the breast (FDB)

-anemia

-weight gain

-constipation

- high cholesterol levels

-menopausal hot flashes

-depression

-menstrual cramps

- in children: growth retardation, delayed teething and mental deficiency.

I have found the lab tests not to be relayable anymore. I think the tested persons used to establish the markers for normalcy may have been suffering themsleves of hypothyroidism… a doctor should not only rely on testing but also on observation and the taking of a good medical history.

If you want to know how your thyroid performs here is the test which has been used successfully for decades: your BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE.

Put a thermometer on your night stand before you go to bed, making sure you brought it down to 96.

As soon as you wake up the next morning put the thermometer under your arm, in your armpit. DO NOT go to the bathroom or do anything, it could bring your basal temperature up. Just leave the thermometer there for 10 minutes.

A normal read is between 96.8 -97.8, a lower temperature  indicates a lowered thyroid function.

WHAT TO DO TO HELP YOUR THYROID:

-get some iodine supplementation

-take some essential fatty acids, fish oils

-Vitamin C

-B-complex

-minerals and selenium, it helps your cells accept the iodine

-L-Thyrosine, take it in the morning as it could keep you up, it’s an amino acid

- calcium (1,000 mg) and Magnesium (200-600 mg)  they act as co-factors for many metabolic processes.

FOODS TO AVOID as  they are known to suppress thyroid function:

- broccoli

-cabbage

-soy: soy milk, soy oil, soy nuts

-peanuts: peanut oil, peanut butter, peanut oil

-corn: corn chips, corn bread, popcorn, corn oil.

If your blood cholesterol is high it may be a sign of low thyroid function. No matter how much you exercise, how careful you are with eating fat free, your cholesterol level will never budge. The solution would be to look into your thyroid, not drugs.

ALLERGIC TO IODINE?

A good way to test if you are allergic to iodine is to apply some iodine tincture on your forearm and wait a few hours. If there is no reaction you are safe.

Some people have taken iodine in the past and have had diarrhea, headaches and/ or flu like symptoms. It may be due to a rapid detox not an allergic reaction. Simply stop taking the iodine and tell your doctor.

BOOKS ON THYROID

I beleive in educated decision about our own health. Here is a list of books, I hope will help you to a better health.

“Iodine”  “Why you need it, why you can’t live without it” by David Brownstein MD. Available at www.amazon.com or www.drbrownstein.com

“Breast cancer and Iodine” by Dr David Perry. MD, PhD

“Hypothyroidism-The unsuspected illness” by Dr Barner

“Solved: the riddle of illness” by Stephen F. Ludger MD

“Living well with hypothyroidism. What your doctor doesn’t tell you…that you need to know” by Mary J. Shomon.

I hope this helps you.

The answer resides in prevention. And prevention does not necessarily reside in drugs.

The heart is a muscle, it never rests and must have a constant supply of nutrients. A cramp in your calf muscle may be very painful but the consequences are mild compared to what could happen to your heart.

Even though all the blood from your body flows through your heart, the heart has its own blood supply known as the coronary arteries. We must pay attention to them. If they get blocked the muscle tissue they nourrish will die. The more extensive the death of these tissues the bigger the heart attack.

How could you know if you are at risk for a heart attack?

The first indicator is your family history. If your father, grand father, uncles or aunts died of a heart attack your chances are definitly good you’ll die of one too. Do make changes to your life style and eating habits. We’ll go into this later.

An other good indicator is: how overfed and under nourrished are you? Do you eat too much of poor quality foods?

The next indicator is: do you spend your days at a desk and you evenings in front of the TV?  Does your heartbeat go up over 150 when you go up a flight of stairs?  Can you actually go up a flight of stairs?

I grew up in Canada where we have social medicine. I graduated as an RN there. I remember a class we had on the social impact of social medicine. I remember this data: 80% of the population was paying for the 20% of the population that will not take care of itself through basics sensible good nutrition and hygiene.

Looking at how fat the Canadian women have gotten lately, not as bad as the American women I should say, I cannot but wonder if 40% of the population is paying for 60%. But actually it is the employer that is taxed and pays for social medicine, not the individuals. Michael Moore never mentioned that.

What can we do to help a heart be and stay healthy?

Magnesium is probably the most important mineral for the heart.

Co enzyne Q10 is important for any muscular activity. And we just mentioned that the heart is a muscle. It is an expensive supplement, but worth it.

Vitamin E or any other anti-oxidant are necessary. I like CATAPLEX E from Standard Process as it is a complex E, not just a part of E.

Vitamin C, Vitamin C and Vitamin C: Dr Royal Lee wrote an article in 1943 indicating that all cardiac patients were deficient in Vit C. Get a natural source such as Rosehips.

L Arginine and Creatine are  important amino acids that will keep your heart strong.

Enzymes: many cardiac patients have had a history of gastric and dibestive problems. They have lost the ability to digest proteins which eventually has weakened their heart. The enzyne to digest protein is protease. The heart contains more creatine than any other muscle. One can deduct then, that taking enzymes and eating beef’s heart could help a weak heart. My mom had a great receipe for beef heart.

Compex vitamin B: a deficiency of Bs could cause much damage to the heart, the primary effect of Bs or B compex is to permit a relaxation of the vascular system.

Foods: stay away from processed foods. Eat as natural and as fresh as possible, eat as organic as possible and never overeat. Eat vegetables, fish, beef, poultry, some fruits and some grains. Juicing vegetables on a regular basis is a very good habit.

 START NOW!!!!! GET UP AND START WALKING!!! Don’t go crazy, do what you can now. Do what your level of unfitness dictates you. I suggest a 5 minute walk outside every day for the very fat and out of shape. For the cardiac patient consult your doctor first. If you want to start an exercise regimen for the fisrt time in a long time and you are overweight consult your doctor too. Use common sense.

If you are on any drugs, consult your physician before you start a supplement program.

I hope this summary will help you get and keep a healthy heart.

Have a good day!

At home we get the Mountain Valley Spring water and we get it in the glass 5 gal. bottle.

This water has been cleaned of impurities, has naturally ocurring minerals and it tastes great. It is in a glass container so we don’t get leakage from plastic.

Now there is a lot of information out there on alkaline water, distilled water, reverse osmosis and all sorts of filters. I made my decision to get spring water after years of drinking and trying out different filter systems, different types of water. I like the taste of spring water and I feel good drinking it.

The most important point in choosing your water is to know where your water comes from. I would not drink any water from a well if the lands nearby have been covered with fertilizers and pesticides. I live in Florida and we have a well, all our neighbours use those chemicals on their grass and I would never drink this water.  We have a water purifyer system in our house, reverse osmmosis, and I don’t trust it could remove all traces of these chemicals. I had it installed so we woudn’t bathe or shower in those chemicals.

How to drink water?

How many times have I seen my patients carrying their bottle of water around where ever they may go and sip here, sip there and oops an other sip before I get on the chiropractic table. NO! Not the correct way to drink water. The sipping way done 100 times throughout the day will only hydrate your mouth turning off the thirst alarm. As your body is not hydrated, the alarm will turn on again in a few minutes.

The correct way to drink water is to drink 8-12-16 ounces at a time. Get the glass or bottle of water to your mouth start swallowing and keep swallowing. This way your body will be hydrated not just your mouth!

I suggest 2-3 liters of water depending on the amount of sweating done during the day.

This brings me to salt. You also need to replenish your minerals. I’ll cover this in a following  blog.

Enjoy your water.

Our clinic which provides chhiropractic care, Vax-D, Ion cleanse, nutritional advices and products has been at one of its highest in delivery and sale.

Could this be a national trend?

Could this be the fact that more poeple realise it is more economical to keep a body health than try to fix it once very sick?

Here are the basics of healthy living:

• good uncontaminated non-chemically treated water, 2-3 liters a day
• natural organic free range eggs, beef, poultry and fish
• plenty of fresh vegetables, some fruits and grains
• eat organic as much as possible
• sleep 7-9 hours a night, children 10-12 hours a night
• have a good posture: chest up and abds tight
• exercise daily
• bathe or shower  as needed daily and brush your teeth after meals
• keep your body free of parasites
• take minerals- they are essential to the absorption of vitamins
• have a positive out-look

The following blogs will adress each and every one of these points.

So here is your first tid-bit for a healthy living.

Enjoy!

In human and lower life form studies, it was found that it may protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease by acting as an anti-oxydant, anti-mutagen and anti-inflammatory.

As our baby boomer population is aging, Resveritrol could be the new fountain of health and provide a powerful tool to prevent and treat the many diseases of aging.

There are animal studies and human observation showing that a caloric restriction in the diet increases longevity and delays the onset of illness related to aging.

The drug manifacturers and scientists are on to something. They want to create a drug that will mimic the effects of caloric restriction and activate a certain gene (SRIT 1) as well as some other chemical reactions in the body. The drug will fool the body and pretend there is a caloric restriction. The scientists think this will reverse the age related illnesses and slow down aging.

While they spend time and millions of dollars making this drug, other studies have shown that resveritrol (naturally)  could accomplish a lot to slow down aging and the related diseases.

Why do most people get sick and sicker as they grow old?

Could it be due to what they’ve been eating or not eating? The stress? Undigested food? Or just eating too much and too often of the wrong food?

While the key to a healthy life resides in multiple daily actions, I personnally like Resveritrol and would recommend it.

Here are a few tidbits you need to know before buying any as it is an expensive nutrient.

You can find products containing 50% Resveritrol. This means 50% is trans-resveritrol and 50% cis-resveritrol. The trans-resveritol activates the SIRT1 gene which slows aging, but the cis-resveritrol does not activate the SIRT1 gene.

Products containing 99% resveritrol contain 99% trans-resveritrol, they are more expensive but better quality.

Emodin is an additive found in natural resin. It is usually found in the 50% Resveritrol products at 3% and in the 99% at 0.004%. It has an anti-viral, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer attributes, but it also loosens the stools. So, be advised if you buy the 50% product.

From all the data I gathered, a 1,000 mg dosage daily is recommended. If you want to take mega dosages, always consult with your doctor first.

Micronized (1-4 microns in size) resveritrol is also sold. It is supposed to be 220% more effective and 1 capsule equals 550 bottles of wine. Make sure you read the size of the micron on the bottle before you buy it. The smaller the micons the better the quality (1-4 microns).

One capsule of 1,000 mg of resveritrol equals 250 bottles of wine, one capsule of 300 mg equals 150 botles of wine. This is a lot of wine and grapes!!! No wonder it is expensive.

The FDA has ruled that Resveritrol is not toxic to humans. No study on humans have shown side effects.

One independent report suggested the content of phytoestrogens in wine and soy may adversely affect breast cancer patients, but the study was nowhere to be found. Naturally, the alcohol in wine as well as any other drinks will adversely affect anybody’s liver. It’s better to take Resveritrol than drink too much wine.

In summary, under eat ( stay on your appetite), eat good quality healthy food, no junk food, eat the good fats, take your omega oils, your vitamins and minerals and 1,000 mg resveritrol daily and you’ll grow old slowly and be healthy. That is my wish to you!

“Imagine for a moment that a medical doctor had created a miraculous remedy capable of curing any disease known to man.”

“In our imperfect world many research acheivements have been reduced to silence.”

This is a quote from the foreword of this book. I became quite interested, and the book was not a disappointment.

Dr Enderlein spent years as a bacteriologist researching, formulating and refining his theories of the life cycle of specific organisms and how they relate to disease.

The basic premise of medicine is that bacteria invade the body thus making a person sick. This is true for acute illnesses.

Dr Enderlein’s premise is that the blood and tissue cells contain small grains he calls “protits”. Changes in the body’s PH start a series of reactions that will lead to a mutation of the protits causing chronic illness if not stopped.

As of 1905, he knew that all cancer patients had parasites in their blood…1905!!!

His work was suppressed heavily, and during the Nazzi Reign, chemotherapy became more publicized and encouraged in the world of medecine. The book gives quite a depiction of these events.

The Protit is a living, non-moving, apathogenic (doesn’t cause disease) protein capable of developing into higher forms (14 stages) when the natural balance of the body is disturbed. When the PH value becomes more acidic, the protits start changing and could evolve into a disease. If the orgamism’s balance is not restored, he will be sick.

Out of the fourteen stages, the first four are beneficial; they help boost the immune system and fight the imbalance. But, if the mutation is allowed to continue, a chronic and life threatening illness may develop. A list of diseases from candida, TB, arthritis, heart condition, respiratory diseases, diabetes, leukemia and on and on is mentioned.

The book gives the following factors promoting the advancement and culmination of the protit: poor nutrition, lack of water intake, long term use of antibiotics, hormones, cortisone and other drugs. Abusive intake of alcohol, nicotine and addictive substances are also mentioned.

Dr Enderlein developed a series of biological medication and a whole chapter is devoted to them. They are produced today primarily by Sanum-Kehlbeck GmbH in Hoya, Germany.

The book also gives testimonials from American Doctors using these biological meds.

The second half of the book describes the “modern” approach to “treating” these illnesses and what biological medications could be used to “cure” those.

To summarize, the need to keep the blood PH around 7.2-7.4 is the key to good health and making sure your body is free of parasites.

In all, this book is a very good read. You should order one for yourself, and one for your doctor…

Here is the full reference:

“Hiden Killers”

by Dr Erik Enby with Peter Gosh and Michael Sheehan

Sheehan Communications

BOX 706

Saratoga, CA 95071

(408)354-4840

Clearwater Herbs

I hope it helps.