Monthly Archives: August 2010

August Health Newsletter

Newsletters, , , ,

BENOIT & ASSOCIATES HEALTH EDUCATION NEWSLETTER                           **  AUGUST  **

For more information or for help with achieving your optimum health levels, please contact our office by phone:  250-748-6802   email:  natural-path@shaw.ca Website www.naturalpathremedies.com

Our blog offers ongoing health tips. Please check the articles added since the last newsletter and read those that may be of interest:

Restless Leg Syndrome, or RLS, can affect up to 20% of the population…..begins shortly after one goes to bed and can involve sensations including…….

Childbirth – tips on all stages of pre-conception to postpartum….

Annual Herbal Intensive, we tinctured Lady’s Mantle…….

If there is a natural health topic you would like to know more about, ask me with a  comment on my website blog and I will do my best to answer.

We are connected with many professionals offering classes and conference calls great ways to learn more about your health……see Education below.

Update:

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer ….. the last month +  on the west coast has been amazing sunshine! Bordering on drought and heatstroke, but frequent dips in the Cowichan River keep us cool.

We had three fabulous days of sunshine for our Annual Herbal Intensive with attendees from Edmonton, Vancouver, and Nova Scotia. Mark your calendar for the next one July 8- 11, 2011. We had fun making tinctures, oils, vinegars, Tinctracts of Heal All, (Prunella vulgaris), Mullein, Burdock, Vervain, a wonderful healing salve, and more. We infused, decocted, poulticed, made green drinks, tooth gel, aromatherapy spritzers, and learned many ways to utilize herbs to their best advantage.

A garden angel named Monica came and helped us for a month, so there were not really that many lazy days around here, as we spent hours in the garden. Between this and working on final edits for my book, The Christopher Columbus Approach to Cancer, has kept me busy, so you did not miss a July newsletter, as there wasn’t one.

My book which will be about 250 pages of information on natural approaches to cancer, including the Paw Paw program, dietary suggestions, lifestyle changes and more, should be out by October – hopefully in time for NSP Convention in Lake Louise. The price will be $29.95, plus S/H.  SPECIAL OFFER: If you order 2 books by September 15th, you will receive 1 FREE. That works out to a special price of only $20.00 per book. Phone or email our office to take advantage of this offer.

Education local and worldwide – colour coded, so you can quickly browse through to see which are of interest……..

Local:

Monthly dinner classes in Duncan

Back by popular demand – fall sessions at various restaurants. We’ll have a simple dinner with a class full of useful health information. These are open to everyone and anyone who would like to learn!  Dinner, class, handouts and samples should be in the range of $25.  First one is scheduled for:

Mon, September 20th. Candida – Can it be Sabotaging Your Health? Twisted Mug in downtown Duncan

Wed. October 13th Cleansing for your Health Romeo’s

Wed. November 3rd Healthy Alternatives to the Flu Vaccine Romeo’s

Tues. December 7th Stressed Out? Romeo’s

Mark your calendars now, then stay tuned for details!

You can register now for Sept. 20th class, as space is limited. Call:

Reiki Wellness     743-8122

Teya Naddelin     210-4082

or Benoit & Associates Health Education 748-6802

More course:  Cowichan Lake Recreation programs – register 250-749-6742

Oct. 12th Choosing Optimum Supplements using Biofeedback

Nov. 2nd Healthy Brain: Improve Concentration, Focus, ADD, etc.

Nov. 9th Weight Management – Basics, Cleansing, “diets”

Nov. 23rd Stress Management – just in time for Christmas!

In BC Lower Mainland Live and Dry Blood Analysis Certification Course

Qwest 4 Health carries on Michael Coyle’s legacy in excellence in teaching and practical understanding of the *native blood* with Live Blood Analysis and Oxidation Test (dry blood) courses.

Qwest 4 Health is now offering a 2 1/2 days basic certification course in Nutritional Microscopy with the added feature of mentorship with ongoing support to firmly establish the student in his own practice.

The course are offered in our main office in the South-Surrey location, On September 11,12,13.

Other arrangements are possible to suit specific need or location. Please check our website at www.qwest4health.ca to learn about us and get more info or give John or Diane a call at 604-531-3480

Available Worldwide:

Your Nature Your Health- book available in limited numbers

Back by popular request, I have reprinted of one of our best resources for the Nature’s Sunshine Chinese constitutional formulas. The book Your Nature Your Health by Sabuti Dharmananda, has descriptions of the excess and deficient elements, plus checklists for emotional and physical symptoms to help one learn how to choose the most appropriate formulas. Our Chinese formulas are truly amazing – when one uses the correct formula, changes can be noticed within hours or a day or two. Please contact our office to order. $21.95 & S/H.

Also: ongoing Teleconference – free Cancer Education every Monday night , 6-7 pm PST, with Donna Roth – call for numbers.

Nature’s Sunshine Annual Conference Wild West FUN & EDUCATION

Oct. 21st – 24th The conference registration package is now available on NSP website in the Events section under annual conference. Great speakers, Drs.McCallister, Balas, Hassay, Steven Horne, Judith Cobb. Let us know if you are interested in attending – we may be able to help with discounted packages.

Ongoing Compass Assessment Classes

Come to find out an extremely efficient, inexpensive step to excellent health.  Watch this 3 minute video : http://www.zytocompass.com/af/link.aspx?a=lbenoit

Assessments in group setting – fun and informative – are only $25, second time $20

– call office for dates & locations – we have people trained in this simple, effective Biofeedback assessment tool across Canada.

Success Stories

Weight Loss and Energy:

People are loving the NEW! Solstic Slim – enhanced weight loss with Grape, Yerba Mate, Green Tea & Damiana with natural Huckleberry flavour.

Both Solstics come in a box of 30 for $30 retail – members cost less – and each stick is good for 500 mls (2 cups).

Energy, tremors, diabetes:

I felt so exhausted all summer with no energy, no appetite, & bad tremors, it was quite scary.  All the medical tests I had done came back normal, including those ordered by the 3 specialists I was sent to.  On my own I finally decided to start taking adrenal support capsules & zambroza as I have been on thyroid medication since I was 9 years old & I have been a type 1 diabetic for 22 years and both those conditions are related to the adrenal gland.  I am very happy to report that I started feeling better and could function again within 3 or 4 days of taking the adrenal support capsules & zambroza and it was wonderful and such a relief.  Obviously those capsules are another excellent product as they sure helped me.

Sincerely,

R C

Healthy Baby
 Well it was a great pleasure producing such a healthy baby and being asked why I didn’t have stretch marks, why my varicose veins were nearly gone etc. I attribute that to good nutrition and the NSP supplements I have been taking for years.

Here is the list, some of which I would like to now continue to stay healthy with the new babe:

HSN (Hair Skin & Nails)
Marshmallow pepsin
Cal Mag  & D
Super-vits and min
Green Zone
Liquid Chi mineral Chi Tonic
Liquid chlorophyll

I have been drinking a cup of nettle and raspberry leaf tea everyday.  I was having mild signs of pre-eclampsia and my midwife here in Kelowna had me drink lemon water and nettle tea everyday.  Within about a week things started to settle down.  Too cool.  I also started having trouble with clotting.  I would get a simple blood test done and I would bleed and bleed and bleed.  I am hoping that the nettle tea will help with that since it has Vit K, is that right?  So, I will get the 5W (a US product available through Benoit Health) and then I will take the bottle to Jane.  My pregnancy hasn’t exactly been smooth so I am cautious. I just want to do what is best for baby and me. I started having contractions at about 22 weeks.  But I am now 31 weeks!  Yipee!!!  We will stay connected and I hope you are well.

Take care, Elana

Political Scene

Good time to contact your local MP about opposing Bill C-36, especially if they are Liberal, and likely to vote in favour of this bill that harbours possible devasting effects on our rights to choice in health care. Natural supplements are already over regulated, even though their history of safety far surpasses that of drugs.

http://vimeo.com/13024940

20 minutes, but the first 10 mins. tells all. IF you watch the last portion, about a natural supplement offering help for bipolar, contact me if you would like more info on how NSP’s Super Vitamins and Minerals in high dosages (like 6 per day) can turn a person’s emotional state around.

Removing natural products would harm millions of people

It is difficult to understand how Canadians would be served by subjecting NHPs to consumer protection legislation which is not structured to regulate health products.

NHPs are not being driven off of the market by Health Canada for safety concerns. As far as I am aware, there has never been a documented death caused by a natural health product in our 143 years as a country. This does not mean that NHPs do not carry a risk. Risk is, however, relative. We know for example that nuts and shellfish cause a number of deaths and hospitalizations each year. It is a statistical fact that NHPs for which we cannot point to a single documented death in all of our history, are safer than peanut butter and shrimp which cause a number of deaths each year.

If the government were really concerned for our safety, they should be petitioning the minister for stricter regulation of peanut butter rather than of NHPs.

Perhaps one of the more sobering opinions comes from Dr. Marcia Angell in her article, Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption, where she writes: “It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.”

Anf rom ~Dr. Abram Hoffer MD PHD FRCP(C) : “For the past fifty years I have been demonstrating that the use of natural nutritional treatment is and must be the most effective form of medicine and that when it is not used and the profession depends soley on the use of toxic drugs the results are abysmal.”

Humour

Check out this new drug:

http://www.havidol.com/

Spiritual and Emotional Tips

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE with…an Attitude Free Zone
We all make a difference somewhere, somehow, every single day. The question is, “What kind of difference do we make?”

Making a difference is the lifeblood of one’s existence and therefore of any organization we work for or contribute to. Everything flows from it and is nourished by it …it’s an attitude.

To create alignment between yourself and an individual that is problematic for you, the very best place to begin is with Behavior Modification’s #1 Rule: Before you can change anyone else you must first change yourself. So, what do you need to change? Your attitude!

Before you can change anyone else…. you must first change yourself

You simply cannot have an attitude and keep it a secret! If you don’t like an individual, you will not be able to work with them harmoniously or successfully. Your attitude determines whether you are a divider or a unifier. You cannot create synergy from constant discord and fault finding. While you may have concrete evidence that “they” are the problem, without taking the initiative to connect with them from a non-adversarial position you are in fact participating in the problem. You are either contaminating or contributing to an outcome based on what you’ve decided about any given individual or situation.

If you want an immediate improvement, you must be willing change your attitude: fear, judgments, entitlement, prejudices and condescending labels. In doing this you change your attitudinal energy for the better and this will positively impact and heal unproductive behaviors, seeing better and faster results than you could have imagined.

Change your attitude, and you shift the resistant energy between you and another quickly and in an easy, relaxed manner. The “energy” of your attitude is — and always will be – the key factor to the success of your interpersonal experiences.

How do you get to alignment? Get really honest with yourself, “What have I really decided about this person?” After you see how you’ve labeled them, simply decide to pull that attitude of yours back in to your own energy zone. Suspend judgment and you literally make an energetic safe space: an Attitude Free Zone – or AFZ as I like to call it – in an instant. When you do this, you are changing yourself and will powerfully and energetically influence what is happening between you and others involved in a productive direction.

If you don’t like something, change it.
If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

– Maya Angelou     Section 5: pg 82

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”    Max Planck, father of the quantum physics

Yours in health,

Benoit & Associates Health Education

Here to serve you…….

Restless Leg Syndrome

Healthy Solutions, , , , , ,


WHAT IS IT? Restless Leg Syndrome, or RLS, can affect up to 20% of the population. It is also known as Kborn’s syndrome. It usually begins shortly after one goes to bed and can involve sensations including itching  or crawling skin, pins and needles, cramping, jerking, or thrashing. Obviously it affects one’s ability to attain a restful night’s sleep with adequate REM time. (Rapid Eye Movement).  Unlike leg cramps, RLS is not usually stopped by gentle stretching or massaging.

RECOMMENDATIONS: As with all health challenges, the Four Pillars of Health need to be considered. These are covered in Chapter 6 of  Lorene Benoit’s book: The Paw Paw Program – The “Christopher Columbus” Approach to Cancer – The World IS Round and Cancer CAN Be Treated Naturally. These are critical to optimum health and prevention of all chronic conditions and diseases !

 

1. Nutrition

Follow Healthy Diet, ensuring that enough alkalinizing, vitamin rich vegetables are being consumed daily. Avoid nutrient-depleting foods, such as all sugars or all processed foods. These create an acid environment, which can cause widespread health conditions.    Positive life-long dietary changes can promote ongoing health and build the immune system. Look at broadening your healthy food choices, by adding new vegetables you have not tried before. If one is not consuming adequate vegetables, consider adding 1-3 tsp. Of GreenZone into your diet.

2. Exercise

Choose a form of exercise that suits your lifestyle, your interests and level of health, then  stick with it. Relaxing exercise such as yoga is excellent with RLS. This or any other form of gentle stretching and relaxation in the evening may help.

3. Emotional

Think positively as you begin taking the steps to improve your own health and you will reap the benefits. Practice mental relaxation or read meditative content before bed.

4. Supplementation

Herbs are nutrient–dense powerhouses which provide support to all body systems.

SUPPLEMENTS OF CHOICE :

  • HVP: This herbal combination of Hops, Valerian and Passion Flower provides nutrition to relax muscles and improve sleep. 2 – 4  during the day (depending on how much stress is in your life) and 2-3 before bedtime, with a warm cup of relaxing tea. HVP is particularly beneficial to individuals who awake repeatedly during the night due to nervous tension or an overactive mind.
  • Calc-Mag & D: a balanced formula in a herbal base that ensures absorption of these essential minerals.  1 with each meal and 1-2 at bedtime until symptoms decrease, then  gradually decrease.
  • Magnesium: additional Magnesium can make a world of difference. Besides being essential for many metabolic processes, Magnesium promotes muscle relaxation. Take 2 – 6 NSP capsules per day (at least 2 of those with evening Cal Mag) until improvement is evident. Once saturation is achieved, one will need less.
  • Melatonin: 1 capsule before bed helps many people sleep more soundly. Besides aiding sleep, this hormone also plays a vital role in aging and energy. As people age, they produce less melatonin. This formula contains Gingko extract for circulation, Siberian Ginseng to help reduce stress and aging effects, (an adaptogenic) and 30 IU Vit. E.

All the above supplements and more are listed alphabetically and easy to locate for more information and prices.

 

Other Considerations and Aids:

  • Warm bath with Epsom salts with 6-10 drops of therapeutic grade Lavender Oil can help relaxation.
  • Decrease or eliminate any caffeine beverages, such as caffeine, black tea or colas. Absolutely none after 4 pm. Replace with Rooibos, Chamomile or other relaxing herbal – caffeine free tea.
  • Smoking decreases blood flow to large muscles and is absolutely contraindicated.
  • If no improvement is noted, have a complete physical to rule out other conditions, such as thyroid, kidney, diabetes. Check blood iron levels – ferritin to ensure this is within range. If low, take I-X, a herbal iron formula, until within normal range.
  • If condition has existed for sometime, be patient with your body’s ability to heal.

 

©Prepared by:

250-748-6802

www.naturalpathremedies.com

Healthy Baby Making

Healthy Solutions, Pregnancy, , , , ,

STEPS TOWARD HEALTHY BABIES

by  LORENE BENOIT – BEd, CHC, MHH, NHC, CI…

PRE PREGNANCY:

It is always advised to be in optimal nutritional form before conception. Ask for “Daily Food Regime” handout. This can be achieved by full body herbal cleansing, including kidneys, colon, lymphatic, and cellular detoxification, such as the

TIAO HE PAK. A cleanse is a good way for both parents to eliminate unhealthy habits and prepare themselves for creating a new life. A clean system functions better. Proper nourishment with a whole foods diet and optimum supplementation, will contribute to balanced hormone levels. This will aid in conception, and well being for both baby and mom during the full nine months term, and after birth.

Folic Acid Plus is recommended for women planning on becoming pregnant, and essential during the first 3 months, to ensure normal spinal and neural development.  400 mcg. 200 mg. Vit. C in a base of bee pollen, rich in B Vitamins.

 

CONCEPTION, LIBIDO (before and after pregnancy):

X-A: Siberian Ginseng, Parthenium, Saw Palmetto, Alfalfa, Damiana, Sarsaparilla, Cornsilk, Garlic, Capsicum, and Chickweed.  Tonic used both in men and women to increase conception.

Maca: nutritive tonic that improves sexual desires for men & women, supports glandular system, promotes mental clarity and concentration; buffers the effects of stress (adaptogenic).

Women’s Formula: Helps stabilize hormonal balance, tone reproductive organs, regulate ovulation and periods, alleviate PMS, soothe nerves and muscle spasms.

 

HAVING A HEALTHY PREGNANCY:

Red  Raspberry Leaves – one herb that is renown for pregnancy. It can be used as a capsule, or opened and made into tea. It is safe and effective to take throughout pregnancy. It is high in iron and calcium fluoride, helps prevent birth defects, strengthens the uterus, and promotes flexibility for easier delivery. Women who take Red Raspberry usually have shorter labours. For post partum, Red Raspberry promotes less bleeding, faster uterine healing and helps lessen after – birth pain.

Wild Yam and Chaste Tree combination also has general positive benefits for all stages – pre conception, pregnancy and post partum. Health benefits include relieving cramps, pain, nervousness, indigestion, post partum depression and infertility; prevents miscarriage, increases milk flow.

The following formulas are excellent formulas to take during pregnancy as needed. Although some herbs carry warnings during pregnancy, remember that they are always safer than a pharmaceutical chemical, with its plethora of possible side effects. This includes antibiotics, anti-nausea, anti-gas, harsh laxatives. Always choose natural first!

 

MINERALS, TOXEMIA, GENERAL NUTRITION:

Mineralizing the blood helps prevent toxemia. Decrease red meat, white sugar products and white flour products; increase low glycemic vegetables.

Three: Kelp, Dandelion, and Alfalfa – concentrated, easily absorbed minerals

GreenZone is a concentrate powder full of greens, enzymes and complete nutrition. Can be blended daily in raw apple juice, pineapple juice; can add fruit. Zone balanced 40-30-30 for balanced blood sugar levels.

Chlorophyll, concentrated from alfalfa and flavoured with natural spearmint oil, chlorophyll helps builds blood and makes drinking enough water pleasant. Drink 3 cups/day to as much as desired, in hot or cold water.

Super Vitamins and Minerals provide a balanced formula in an herbal base, which enhances absorption and assimilation. Also add, Folic Acid, see above.

 

ANEMIA:

Iron is essential for the formation of hemoglobin, which carries the oxygen from the lungs to every cell of the body, including the fetus.  Pregnant women need extra iron.  The above suggestions will often prevent anemia, but some women need more. The following are very effective choices:

I-X: Herbal formula high in iron, manganese, phosphorous, B1, B2, Vit. C, A & Zinc.  Gentle laxative. Contains Red Beet Root, Yellow Dock Root, Red Raspberry Leaves, Chickweed, Burdock, Nettle, Mullein.

Yellow Dock is almost 50% iron, and it is also a gentle laxative.

 

CONSTIPATION:

Eat raw vegetables and fruits daily. Refer to Yellow Dock above. If needed, add:

Psyllium Hulls Combo – Psyllium hulls, licorice root and hibiscus. Gentle fibre formula can be taken daily, or as needed. Always drink a large glass of water with this. If still not having at least 1 BM daily, add LBS II, a lower bowel herbal formula, and/or Bifidophilus Flora Force.

 

FALSE LABOR:

Catnip & Fennel extract: drink a tea of this concentrate will help.

Lobelia 0.5 ml (1/2 dropper) every ½ hour is known to help relax spasms of the uterus. Lobelia is called the “thinking herb” in cases of threatened miscarriage (for short term use only). Lobelia is one of nature’s strongest natural nervines, making it also very useful during labour.

 

MISCARRIAGE:

Red Raspberry taken as capsules, or opened and made into tea helps prevent miscarriage.

C-X: Blessed Thistle, False Unicorn, Black Cohosh, Licorice, Squaw Vine, Sarsaparilla, Siberian Ginseng. . This formula was developed by Dr. John Christopher as a uterine tonic; balances hormones, also excellent for all stages of menopause, including peri and post.

Lobelia – see above under False Labour. Contact author for detailed description of lobelia.


GAS, HEARTBURN:

Papaya Mint chewable tablets aid digestion, or, when available, fresh papaya or will help.

Ginger in small amounts is also helpful, use capsules or open to make a tea.

Marshmallow Pepsin combination or Digestive Enzymes, which are a full spectrum enzymes formula also help improve digestion, thus lessening gas from fermenting food. Eat small meals.


CALCIUM / INSOMNIA:

Extra calcium is required during pregnancy. If dairy suits you, add natural, unsweetened yogurt to the diet.  The following herbal CALCIUM combinations will help, taken with Chamomile or other relaxing tea before bed, as night time is when Calcium is leached from the body to neutralize acids.   These combinations will also help leg cramps.

CA-ATC: Marshmallow, Alfalfa, Oat Straw, Slipper Elm, Irish Moss, Thyme, Passion Flower.

NSP also has Cal-Mag Plus D, Synerpro Calcium-Magnesium, Liquid Calcium Magnesium. All are balanced with Magnesium, Vitamin D, and in absorbable herbal bases. Ask for the best choice for you.


MORNING SICKNESS / NAUSEA:

Ginger Take 4 -6 capsules with hot water (or empty in water to make a strong tea) before rising.

B6 and Zinc are often deficient – 1 B6 and 1-3 Zinc per day. All of the following help – find what works for you:

Peppermint Essential Oil 1 drop neat or as a tea; refer also to Gas and Heartburn suggestions.

 

FIVE TO SIX WEEKS BEFORE DELIVERY:

The following formula will help the labour, delivery and recovery. Most midwives and many healthy Moms have used it for decades:

5-W:  Black Cohosh, Squaw Vine, Dong Quai, Butcher’s Broom, Red Raspberry. (US special order product  – available through Lorene Benoit Health Services)

5-W formula also helps to rebalance hormones after delivery and prevent post-partum depression.

LABOUR: The 5W formula, above will make this process easier. Lobelia during labour is very helpful to relax the organs and the mother in general. Not to exceed .5ml per hour. It can also be applied to labial area externally for natural pain reduction.

 

POST PARTUM:

Catnip and Fennel liquid extract is the best formula for baby’s colic, or other digestive upsets. Also safe and effective for constipation, fevers  and colds.

Wild Yam and Chaste Tree: to help rebalance hormones promoting progesterone activity. Helps alleviate  post partum depression, stimulates milk production, relieves muscle spasms and pain. Any 5W left over from before birth can also be used for this benefit.

All the above supplements and more can be found at TakeTheNaturalPath.myNSP.com, or by contacting the author for personal assistance.

As some formulas have multiple uses, you may choose to consult with a qualified Natural Health Practitioner to get the best formula for your circumstances. You may also wish to follow your blood type diet. An investment in your health at this time will reap life long benefits in the health of you and your child. For more information, please contact:

Lorene Benoit  & Associates Health Education, Duncan, BC,   250-748-6802

Phone consultations available, or call for referrals to natural health practitioners in other locations.