IS DHEA THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH?

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As we age we lose our ability to have maximum Adrenal gland function and the loss of this function leads to problems such as we normally see in aging.

DHEA as a precursor, stimulates the Adrenal gland to begin to release androgens and estrogens that start declining as we are in our 30's. Levels of natural DHEA are are reported to be low in some people with anorexia, end-stage kidney disease, type 2diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes), AIDS, adrenal insufficiency, and in the critically ill. Actually drugs like insulin, corticosteroids, opiates, and danazol will also deplete the body's natural production of Androgens and estrogens. It looks like a balancing act here, especially for diabetics.

Acne is a common reported side effect in clinical trials. The most common complaints in patients with HIV include fatigue, nasal congestion, and headache. In women, the most common side effects are abnormal menses, emotional changes, headache, and insomnia. There are rare reports of rapid/irregular heartbeats or palpitations. People taking DHEA supplements may be more prone to develop blood clots or liver damage.

Some of the uses for which DHEA has been used with various success:

Capsules/Tablets:
~Adrenal insufficiency/Addison's disease : 20-50mg doses taken daily by mouth for up to nine months

~Cardiovascular disease : 25mg daily for up to 12 weeks

~Crohn's disease/ulcerative colitis : 200 milligrams daily

~Depression : 30-90 milligrams per day

~Erectile dysfunction : 50mg daily

~Hypopituitarism : 50mg daily

~Muscle strength : 100mg daily for up to one year

~Obesity : 25-100mg daily for up to six months has been used

~Osteoporosis : 5-200mg daily has been used for three months.

~Schizophrenia : Up to 100mg daily for six weeks has been used.

~Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE): 20-200mg daily DHEA has been used for up to one year

Intravenous:

~Dementia (multi-infarct) : 200 milligrams of DHEA daily has been studied for multi-infarct dementia given intravenously. Safety is not established.

~Induction of labor : 10mg intravenously has been used, twice weekly after 38 weeks gestation until onset of labor.


Cream:

~Menopausal symptoms : A 10 percent cream rubbed over a 20-centimeter by 20-centimeter area on both thighs once daily has been used for vaginal discomfort associated with menopause.

~Skin aging : DHEA (5%) in ethanol:olive oil (1:2) was topically applied to buttock skin of volunteers 12 times over 4 weeks to help with skin aging in one study.

~Vaginal atrophy : 10% cream, applied to 20x20cm area on both thighs once daily has been used.

The Mayo clinic assigns the following grades to the efficasy of DHEA for the following reasons:
Adrenal insufficiency -B, Depression -B, Obesity-B, Systemic lupus erythematosus -B,
Alzheimer's disease -C, Bone density -C, Cardiovascular disease -C, Cervical cancer-C, Chronic fatigue syndrome -C, Cocaine withdrawal -C, Critical illness -C, Crohn's disease -C, HIV/AIDS -C, Menopausal disorders -C, Induction of labor -C, Infertility -C, Myotonic dystrophy -C, Psoriasis -C, Rheumatoid arthritis -C,
Schizophrenia -C, Septicemia-C, Sexual function / libido / erectile dysfunction-C,
Sjogren's syndrome -C, Skin aging -C, Fibromyalgia-D, Immune system stimulant -D,
Memory -D, Muscle strength -D,
explanation of grading: ~B Good scientific evidence for this use
~C Unclear scientific evidence for this use
~D Fair scientific evidence against this use (it may not work).

Check the source of this information of this information-the flagship of all Allopathic medicine-The Mayo Clinic.... Allopaths always think drugs work best.

However:I have seen Schizophrenics on drugs, not much help there, Also I've seen how helpful the very expensive treatments for Psoriasis are,* Not very*, so if these two examples are any indication a grade of B or C is so much better than the help you can get from conventional medicine. If the Mayo Clinic gives even grudging credit to DHEA it must have some benefit.

One word of caution/information however while wild yams are the source of DHEA the body can't just take wild yams and make useable DHEA from wild yams, it must be synthesized to function. From all the reasearch I've see this does seem t be the case.

Dr. Ray Salahian who has his own formulation of DHEA says "DO NOT TRUST ANYONE - NO MATTER WHAT THEIR CREDENTIALS - WHO SAYS A DHEA SUPPLEMENT IS SAFE IN HIGH DOSES WHEN TAKEN FOR PROLONGED PERIODS. Without a doubt, high doses of DHEA have side effects, sometimes quite serious.".

I've given you the gist of what I've found, please check out the sources for yourself and make up your own mind.

I'm eating a diet of locally grown whole fresh foods, purified water and, I'm taking :CellPower™ to cover the basics, also
FLAX SEED OIL for my colon, but of course
~Glutathione-the master antioxidant is a great helper to counteract many diabetic complications.
~4 essential minerals for diabetics
~SELENIUMhelps immune system,fights infection and aids circulation
~MAGNESIUMhelps to relax you, aids stress and muscle relaxing
~CHROMIUMimproves insulin sensitivity, and helps lower blood sugar.
~ZINC especially to help you heal.
~coconut oil


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~~~jokes and inspirations~~~
"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
~Albert Schweitzer

In a country as big as the United States, you can
find fifty examples of anything.
-- Jeffery F. Chamberlain

Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's
chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.
-- Lillian Hellman

Laughter is the closest distance between two
people.
-- Victor Borge

Character is what you have left when you've lost
everything you can lose.
-- Evan Esar
Never confuse movement with action.
-- Ernest Hemingway

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to
have patience.
-- Stanislaw J. Lec, "Unkempt
Thoughts"

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your
own children have teenagers of their own.
-- Doug Larson

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks
as much as you do.
-- Dylan Thomas
..in order to be a leader, you must do the things that
leaders do … and you must do them well.
-- Steve Ventura

~~~
I choose to be grateful...

For my huge heating bill because it means I am warm.

For the lady behind me in church who sings off key because it means I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing because it means I have clothes to wear.

For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been capable of working hard.

For the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours because it means I am alive, And have a job!



And finally, for too much e-mail because it means I have friends who are thinking of me
~~~
Just Stay



A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.

"Your son is here," she said to the old man.

She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.

Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.

The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.

He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.

Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.

Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.

Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.

"Who was that man?" he asked.



The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.



"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."

"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"

"I knew right away there had been a mistake,

but I also knew he needed his son, and his
son just wasn't here.

When I realized that he was too sick to tell

whether or not I was his son,

knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."

The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.
~~~

WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A
TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY
HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

~~~
While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I often take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds.

She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs.

One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
~~~
A man owned a small farm in Indiana

The Indiana State Wage & Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper
wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the
agent.

" Well," replied the farmer, "there's my farm hand who's been with me for
3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.

The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $150 per week plus
free room and board.

Then there's the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does
about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays
his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday
night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
"That's the guy I want to talk to --- the half-wit," says the agent.
"That would be me," replied the farmer.
~~~


That's all Folks, I wish you a blessed and healthy day, be happy, don't worry.
you aren't the one in control of the universe you don't need t0 solve it's problems today. Be grateful.

Sources
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/dhea/NS_patient-dhea
http://www.raysahelian.com/dhea.html

THERE IS NO LIFE WITHOUT SILICA

I know I said I was taking a break from writing but I was researching this and I got so excited words just flowed out of me. This is without a doubt one of THE most important blog entries I've written so far.

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Nobel prize winner, Professor Adolph Butenant, proved that life cannot exist with out silica; an essential nutrient that facilitates the calcium we take to do it's work properly and for metabolic work vital to life. Silica's absence results in skeletal deformity.

Often hormonal disturbances can be traced to a calcium-magnesium imbalance. Silica can restore this imbalance. Silica also benefits the assimilation of Phosphorous.

Taking calcium supplements cannot halt the progress of osteoporosis, because without Silica the calcium doesn't get in the body the way it's supposed to. Silica can stop the progression and the pain of osteoporosis. Post-Menopausal women, who are especially vulnerable can benefit even more, they will have fewer bone fractures, which account for more deaths in that demographic than cancer of the breast, cervix, or uterus combined.

A skeletal de-mineralization from lack of assimilable calcium results in bones that are porous and brittle. A bone is made up of mostly Phosphorus, Magnesium, and calcium but also silica, and it is the silica that is responsible for depositing the calcium et al in the bones where it belongs. Silica will also speed the healing of fractures, and reduces the scaring at the site.

As more and more research is done, they are finding out more and more that silica is turned into calcium, and is called by many scientists as a precursor to calcium.

Silica will also halt the progress of degenerative connective tissue diseases. Collagen is made up largely of silica, so a youthful appearance is also dependant on Silica, and we'll feel younger also.

Silica helps prevent hair loss, prevents cavities in your teeth and makes fingernails grow long and strong.

Oh, that's not enough? OK
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More Benefits!

• Silica has inhibitory effects on coronary diseases.
• Organic vegetal silica supplementation helps repair and maintain vital lung tissues and protects them from
pollution. By maintaining or restoring the elasticity of lung tissues, silica reduces inflammation in bronchitis.
It acts as a cough decreasing agent. Silica tones the upper respiratory tract (nose, pharynx, larynx) and
reduces swelling because of its positive action on the lymphatic system.
• Silica supplementation keeps menopause free of stress and helps to prevent many unwanted side-effects of
menopause; paramount being the development of osteoporosis. In men, too, the nervous system and glandular
network will gradually undergo changes that cause deterioration of vital body functions during menopause.
This can also be alleviated by using silica.
• Silica works with other antioxidants to prevent premature aging and to preserve youthfulness.
• New researches have found that antioxidants, like organic vegetal silica, protect against harmful radiation.
• Silica can help prevent kidney stones and heal infections of the urinary tract. It is a natural diuretic which can
increase excretion of urine by 30 percent, thus flushing the water-excreting system and restoring normal
function to these vital organs.
• The presence of sufficient silica in the intestines will reduce inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can cause
disinfection in the case of stomach and intestinal catarrh and ulcers. Silica can prevent or clear up diarrhea
and its opposite, constipation.
• Vegetal Silica will help normalize hemorrhoidal tissues.
• In regulating and normalizing the bowels, silica has a pleasant side effect; it can alleviate lower back pain,
which often troubles the elderly.
• Silica proves effective with female discharge, abscesses and ulcers in the genital area and cervix, as well as
mastitis (especially for breast feeding mothers).
• The intake of silica acts as a supportive treatment for inflammation of the middle ear. Because of the beneficial effectiveness on the lymphatic system, silica can be used for swelling of the lymph nodes in the throat.
• Silica can stimulate the immune system.
• Silica can normalize circulation and regulate high blood pressure (hypertension).
• Silica can decrease vertigo, headache, tinnitus (buzzing of the ears) and insomnia.
• Silica can help diabetes by promoting synthesis of elastase inhibitor by the pancreas.
• Silica can help arterial disease by strengthening the blood vessels.
• Silica can help prevent Tuberculosis.
• By improving the elasticity of the joints, silica helps rheumatism.
• Silica can help avoiding or alleviating Alzheimer.s disease by preventing the body from absorbing aluminum
and may flush out aluminum from the tissues.
• Silica can stimulate cell metabolism and division.
• Silica delays the aging process of the tissues; in younger people, the tissues typically contain more silica than
in older people.
• Silica increases mobility and reduces pain in osteoarthritis and sclerotic conditions.
• Silica beautifies hair with shine, elasticity and strength.
• Silica prevents wrinkles.

Silica is known to play a part in the integrity of the bones, arterial walls, skin, teeth, gums, hair and nails and has been used to alleviate eczema and psoriasis. Recently, research has focused on determining the role of silica in rheumatic disorders and arterial disease.

What a great idea it would be to begin an organic vegetal silica supplementation today.

In the past decade, and into the 21st Century, many well known doctors from across the globe have broken ranks with the conventional “Lipid Theorists” in espousing what they believe to be a more likely cause of arterial disease, and that is the accumulation of excess calcium plaque in coronary arteries. So all those rocky calcium tablets, tums, those multi's with all the promised calcium, the liquid supplements, once-a-month Boniva [hardy har har] you've been taking because someone said your bones needed calcium but forgot to tell you the whole story are only making you worse and you are wasting your money.
cellfood essential silica


(2)

Food Sources of Silicon:
*Beer *Beets *Bell peppers *Brown rice *Leafy green vegetables *Root vegetables
*Seafood *Soybeans *Whole grains *
Herb Sources of Silicon:
*Alfalfa *Horsetail

It can be purchased at an extremely reasonable price at:



As for me I'm staying healthy by using::CellPower™ to cover the basics, also
FLAX SEED OIL for my colon, but of course
~Glutathione-the master antioxidant is a great helper to counteract many diabetic complications.
I've also added D-3 [from Swansons] two caps per day to ward off the evil colds and flus, no Mercury-laden flu shots for me!
~4 essential minerals for diabetics
~SELENIUMhelps immune system,fights infection and aids circulation
~MAGNESIUMhelps to relax you, aids stress and muscle relaxing
~CHROMIUMimproves insulin sensitivity, and helps lower blood sugar.
~ZINC especially to help you heal.
~coconut oil


for the Omega-3~6 balance and losing weight
*************************************
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-----THE GARDEN GNOME



~~~Jokes and Inspiration~~~
What's on your mind, if you will allow the
overstatement?
-- Fred Allen

In times like these, it helps to recall that
there have always been times like these.
-- Paul Harvey

We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian
physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.
-- David Russell

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the
university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't
stifle enough of them. There's many a
best-seller that could have been prevented by a good
teacher.
-- Flannery O'Connor

~~~
A woman goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Christmas cards.

She says to the clerk, "May I have 50 Christmas stamps?"

The clerk says, "What denomination?"

The woman says, "God help us. Has it come to this? Give me 6 Catholic, 12 Presbyterian, 10 Lutheran and 22 Baptists."
~~~
Some celebratory terms this week ... just to keep you in the festive mood!

advent, carols, epiphany, Yule, Frankincense, manger, secular, wassail, nativity, baubles

1. secular songs to accompany dancing during communal celebrations

2. a trough or box used to hold food for stable animals

3. the four week period preceding Christmas which serves as a time of reflection in preparation for the celebration of the Nativity (from the Latin adventus 'coming')

4. the custom of toasting to each others health, a custom that has woven itself into Christmas traditions

5. an aromatic resin from the Boswellia Thurifera tree and used in incense, perfume and embalming fluids. One of the gifts presented to Jesus by the Wise Men

6. the birth of Jesus

7. a life changing event; the last of the 12 days of Christmas, this celebrates the revelation of Christ to the gentiles, as represented by the visiting Wise Men

8. shiny trinkets and ornaments, traditionally made from glass, used in Christmas decorations

9. ancient pagan festival celebrating the Winter Solstice and the coming spring around the 21st of December

10. not religious

And we mustn't forget about Festivus for the rest of us. See Seinfeld....
~~~
Did you hear about the two prospectors who were traveling thru' the desert the younger one had terribly chapped lips, the older one was seen occasionally sticking his hand under the tail of the pack horse and rubbing brown stuff on his lips, the younger guy croaked thru' cracked and bleeding lips, "Does that help? Will it cure my chapped lips?" "I dunno," replied the old guy, "but it keeps me from licking my lips!"
~~~
I know my company has made a big effort to be family friendly, but I was baffled when I read this holiday announcement posted on the bulletin board: "All employees are invited to the annual Christmas party. All children under the age of ten will receive a gift from Santa. Employees who have no children may bring grandchildren."

~~~
My religion consists of a humble admiration of
the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself
in the slight details we are able to perceive
with our frail and feeble mind.
-- Albert Einstein

Physicists like to think that all you have to do
is say, these are the conditions, now what
happens next?
-- Richard Feynman

Drive-in banks were established so most of the
cars today could see their real owners.
-- E. Joseph Crossman

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother
took me to see him in a department store, and he
asked for my autograph.
-- Shirley Temple
~~~
The Maker of all human beings is recalling all units manufactured, regardless of make or year, due to a serious defect in the primary and central component of the heart. This is due to a malfunction in the
original prototype units, code named Adam and Eve, resulting in the reproduction of the same defect in all subsequent units. This defect has been technically termed 'Sub-sequential Internal Non-Morality,' or
more commonly known as S.I.N., as it is primarily expressed. Some other symptoms include:
1. Loss of direction
2. Foul vocal emissions
3. Amnesia of origin
4. Lack of peace and joy
5. Selfish or violent behavior
6. Depression or confusion in the mental component
7. Fearfulness
8. Idolatry
9. Rebellion
The Manufacturer, who is neither liable nor at fault for this defect, is Providing factory-authorized repair and service free of charge to correct this SIN defect. The Repair Technician, Jesus, has most generously offered to bear the entire burden of the staggering cost of these repairs. There is no additional fee required.

The number to call for repair in all areas is: P-R-A-Y-E-R. Once connected, please upload your burden of SIN through the REPENTANCE procedure. Next, download ATONEMENT from the Repair Technician, Jesus, into the heart component.No matter how big or small the SIN defect is, Jesus will replace it with:
1. Love
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5 Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self control
Please see the operating manual, the B.I.B.L.E. (Believers' Instructions Before Leaving Earth) for further details on the use of these fixes.

WARNING: Continuing to operate the human being unit without correction voids any manufacturer warranties, exposing the unit to dangers and problems too numerous to list and will result in the human unit being permanently impounded. For free emergency service, call on Jesus.

DANGER: The human being units not responding to this recall action will have to be scrapped in the furnace. The SIN defect will not be permitted to enter Heaven so as to prevent contamination of that facility. Please assist by notifying others of this important recall notice.

You may contact the Father any time by 'knee mail.'
~~~~
It's been a terrific year y'all thanks for standing by me.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY, AND A WONDERFUL AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

SOURCES
(1)http://www.holisticwebs.com/cancer/silica.pdf
(2)http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/Diet_Nutrition/silicon.htm

more information, never just believe me, study for yourself!
http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20071104.htm
http://hairloss.about.com/od/preventinghairloss/a/Minerals.htm