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 5/1/1999 Tips for Better Health! #5/99 Welcome to "Tips for Better Health!" Information to improve the quality of your life. """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" #5 May 24th 1999 Published by Timothy J. Long Copyright 1999 All Rights Reserved e-mail timothylong@longnaturalhealth
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" CONTENTS: 1 - Opening Letter: FINDING GOD IN THE GARDEN
2 - Feature Article: THE 24 HOUR URINALYSIS 3 - Product Sale Announcement 4 - Client Testimonial
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" OPENING LETTER: Finding God in the Garden Hello Everyone, We are experiencing a wonderful Spring. Many trees and flowers are in bloom. In previous Springs we had a killing frost that hurt the blossoms. Last year we even had giant hail stones that literally shredded all the new flowers we had just planted along with much of the new Spring growth. But this Spring the weather has been perfect. In the seventies, sunny and blue skies. After seven months of bare trees and cold, we sure are enjoying it! I am spending a lot of time outdoors planting vegetables and flowers, caring for our gardens, and working around the yard. It has given me time to think and reflect. I am reminded of something I am often aware of, but so many people I speak with do not seem to be. That is, how important the connection between our health, happiness, and Nature is. Clearly disease, and so much unhappiness in life, is created by us when we deprive ourselves of a full connection with Nature. Each and everyday I communicate with clients by phone or by email who are seeking answers to their problems. Sometimes the issue is their health, sometimes the issue is a relationship, or numerous other problems. During the past seventeen years I have been counseling people, I have formed a very strong conclusion: The major cause of ill health, stress, and unhappiness in people's lives is simply not having a strong enough connection with Nature. Furthermore, a strong connection and daily interaction with Nature fosters a strong connection to the spiritual world and with God. In yesterday's world, interacting with Nature was very much part of everyday life, but today, many people have little to no interaction with Nature. Today people just do not spend enough time outside in touch with Nature. Think about it. People live inside steel and glass, in foreign electro-magnetic fields, eating chemically processed, prepackaged foods devoid of life, absorbing countless hours of movies, videos, computer, and television that all amounts to garbage for the body and mind. People are numbing and destroying themselves. And then people are spending countless hours and dollars on therapies, supplements, doctors, and medicines to take away their ailments, and to balance their minds (nearly 4 million children on the behavior controlling drug Ritalin). I am saying that a person's aches and pains, be they physical or mental, are really symptoms of a greater disease I am defining as Separation from both Nature and God. Sadly, the majority are not seeking to bridge this separation, but instead they seek all kinds of pleasures and diversions, working to acquire all kinds of material items, gorging themselves with all kinds of stimulating junk foods, bombarding themselves with entertainment -- all in a vain attempt to avoid and escape from their pain and suffering. But this is a great mistake and will never bring true happiness and peace. Only an active, honest drive to end one's spiritual separation with God and Nature can bring true peace. Deeply involving one's self in Nature is key to the way home to one's soul and to God. Modern disease is a result of separating one's body and mind from Nature and the spiritual world. Modern medicine's failure is not only its refusal to recognize this, but through its extensive use of chemicals and technology is widening the chasm, exacerbating the problems, and creating greater and more complex diseases. I am encouraging everyone to find a few hours everyday to spend outdoors in Nature. To garden. Be creative. Plant all around your house (it matters not at all if you own it or rent, you are beautifying God's earth and your own soul.) Plant all kinds of things. Make a vegetable garden. Home grown vegetables without chemicals taste delicious, and picked just before eating are far more nutritious than store bought. This is therapy for the body and soul. I buy some of my plants already sprouted and I enjoy planting many things from seeds. The daily ritual of gardening, watering, and watching things grow and change each day builds a deep connection between our body and our soul; it is deeply healing. This is equally or more important than any medicine, herb, or supplement offered to anyone for any disease, especially for people with devastating and chronic diseases. Gardening and all it entails connects us again with the rhythms and cycles of the earth. I remember years ago convincing (with difficulty) a young woman who had very disturbed menstrual cycles, a lot of stress in her life, along with a lousy diet, to plant and care for a vegetable and flower garden. I remember her great excitement when telling me how her menstrual cycles came into sync with the moon, and how happy she was gardening, and how wonderful her life had become. Her eyes were dancing telling me all about her garden. The "Garden of Eden" is where we all belong. It is ours to create and to live in. We are the cause of our own suffering and our own hell. Healing ultimately is not found in a bottle of medicine or a bottle of health supplements. These are meant to help us up when we have fallen. But if your goal is to become whole without illness and disease then you need to reconnect your body and lifestyle with Nature. Get up and watch the sunrise everyday, and watch it set at the end of the day. Feed the animals and birds that come into your yard. Grow as much of your own food that you can. Make your yard beautiful with flowers. Live your life as close to the rhythms of Nature as possible. As I once again learned lately, stress is caused by ignoring our need to be in touch with Nature and the earth on a daily basis. Nature is a miraculous place that you can once again find and properly nourish your soul. Outdoors in the timeless eternal elements that make up and are part of our every cell, we can once again resonate with healing and wholeness. Each evening I am reminded this after I close down my office and head out into my own garden. All the best, Timothy Long PS Everyone is welcome and encouraged to leave their responses and share their own thoughts on the Discussion Board at www.longnaturalhealth.com
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THE 24 HOUR URINALYSIS I am sharing the follow article by Lita because it is a great introduction to the 24 Hour Urinalysis. This simple inexpensive test is an invaluable tool. I use this test daily in my practice with extraordinary results. It is a major key to why my clients are having such wonderful results getting well quickly. Enzyme nutrition certainly is the key to so many people's health problems. I especially see great results utilizing this approach to resolve bowel and stomach problems, asthma, allergies, weight problems, skin problems, and fatigue. -- Timothy The 24-hour urinalysis according to Loomis is a very important part of my method to determine enzyme deficiencies. Let me tell you why I think it is such an important test and how it differs from other urinalyses. First, do not confuse this test with the 24-hour urinalysis test that is done by M.D.'s to determine kidney function, or with the Reams urinalysis test which is based on a single random catch and varies widely according to whether the person has recently eaten. Urine samples collected every two hours will be significantly different. Everything changes: the pH, specific gravity, calcium content, and so on. The Loomis method requires collection of all urine produced in 24-hours. These fluctuations are averaged to give a complete picture of digestive and absorptive functions. Looking at a Loomis 24-hour urinalysis is also a sneaky way of peeking at the blood (the ECF or extracellular fluid). Why? The blood holds nutrients it needs and dumps what it doesn't want into the urine. If a substance does not appear in the urine, we know the blood needs and has kept it. Conversely, sometimes we see higher levels of substances in the urine than should be there, plus things that shouldn't be there at all (abnormal solutes). This tells us that the blood has dumped them. The blood also takes what it needs from the cells. In fact, cells will sacrifice themselves to the blood in order to maintain homeostasis. Also, the blood dumps what it doesn't want into cells. So, If we see no-no's in the urine, we know that these same no-no's are in the cells. Let me describe what we measure in this 24-hour urinalysis. Except for the chemstick which reveals abnormal solutes, this test is prognostic rather than diagnostic. In other words, you can predict what lies ahead if you do not clean up your diet and digestion act. Enzyme deficiencies lead to deviations in the normal physiology characterized by inflammatory conditions. If left untreated, these conditions lead to diseases. In the following discussion, I have listed the most common conditions and have not included more serious pathological conditions. I want to tell you just how much information can be gleaned from this simple test. The pH: When a healthy person eats, the urine becomes alkaline from the alkaline tide, the body's method of dumping alkalinity to compensate for HCI losses during digestion. In a healthy person, a first morning urine is very acidic because of the prior eight hours of fasting during sleep. The acid reserves are then released during the first meal and the urine then becomes alkaline. In a 24-hour volume, the average pH range in a healthy person is from 6.3 to 6.7. Most people are more acidic (lower pH) than 6.3, while fewer are more alkaline (higher pH) than 6.7. Of the two, it's better to be more acidic than alkaline because the body has more buffer systems to handle excess acidity than excess alkalinity. The further from normal the 24-hour pH is, the more symptoms. For example, excess alkalinity leads to calcium metabolism problems, anxiety, immune dysfunction and many symptoms connected with protease deficiency. On the other hand, excess acid reserves means not enough alkalinity is present to activate pancreatic enzymes in the duodenum. Specific Gravity compared to Volume: The normal 24-hour volume should be greater than 800 ml and less than 2400 ml with an optimum range of 1200 to 1800 ml. Five cups is equivalent to 1182 ml and 8 cups to 1892 ml. People should drink enough liquids daily to give an optimum urine volume, but forced liquid intake is not healthy. The kidneys can only handle about 1/2 cup an hour, so its better to sip than to gulp! You can determine kidney function or lack of it by comparing the urine volume to the specific gravity. However, the extent of kidney damage cannot be determined by this test alone. Just by comparing the specific gravity to the volume, we can determine the following conditions. Polyuria (excess urine volume above 2400 ml) may mean the patient is drinking too many liquids, eating a junk food diet, taking diuretics, or has allergies or underactive adrenals. Oliguria (inadequate urine volume of less than 800 ml) may mean the patient is not drinking enough liquids, is dehydrated, has overactive adrenal glands, impaired circulation (edema), or is recovering from fever, vomiting or diarrhea. A high specific gravity with a high or normal urine volume indicates the presence of abnormal solutes such as glucose (diabetes), protein (kidney disease) and so on. Which solutes can be determined by looking at the Chemstick, described below. A low specific gravity with a low or normal urine volume indicates difficulty concentrating the urine. This means that the kidneys are not cleansing the blood due to a congested lymphatic system. This can produce swollen glands, allergy symptoms, low back pain, frontal headaches, and nausea. In women, symptoms worsen during menses or pregnancy, and may lead to vomiting during either time. There is a special enzyme formulation for this, which contains enzymes plus herbs which nourish the kidney and help relieve lymphatic congestion. Chloride: The normal person will dump chlorides to compensate for excess acid reserves or hold chlorides to compensate for excess alkaline reserves. Thus, normally we should see a low (acid) pH with high urinary chlorides or a high (alkaline) pH with low urinary chlorides. There are common variations of these patterns. For example, people can become potassium deficient because of a junk food diet or taking diuretics. This produces an acid pH with low chlorides and polyuria. Low pH plus low urinary chlorides without polyuria is observed in patients who are salt deficient. Calcium: Of all the nutrients measured in the urine, the calcium level is the hardest to correct because of the many requirements of calcium metabolism, including normal pH, adequate protein digestion, proper hormonal balance, plus certain vitamins and minerals. Most of the patients I test are low in calcium, including those who eat organic whole foods and take calcium supplements. The only way to maintain adequate calcium is to eliminate refined foods which have been stripped of most nutrients, optimize digestion, and balance the endocrine (hormonal) system. Food intolerances and nutritional deficiencies: By comparing the urinary chlorides to the specific gravity, food intolerances resulting from enzyme deficiencies as well as nutritional deficiencies can be determined. Nutritional deficiencies can be corrected by providing a food or botanical plus the enzymes required to digest them. Combining enzymes with foods ensures digestion and enhances bioavailability. For example, high urinary chlorides plus a high specific gravity indicates a person who tends to be fiber and carbohydrate intolerant. This person may need irritable bowel support. Patients with irritable bowel symptoms, such as diarrhea, fall into this category. Conversely, low urinary chlorides plus a low specific gravity indicates a person who tends to be fat intolerant and may have liver and/or gallbladder problems and skin problems. This person may need a formula with fatty acids and botanicals that nourish the liver. Low chlorides plus a high specific gravity indicates a person who has trouble digesting protein. This person may need a formula to nourish the tissues of the large intestine. An incompetent ileocecal value, constipation, and other lower bowel problems may occur is this person. Conversely, high chlorides plus a low specific gravity is common among sugar intolerant people. They need a formula high in cellulase and sugar digesting enzymes (disaccharidases), such as sucrase (to digest sucrose), lactase (for lactose) and maltase (for maltose). These people may have malabsorption, decreased cell permeability and symptoms arising from these conditions. Sugar intolerance may also lead to depression, insomnia, emotional instability, and in severe cases, panic attacks. Vitamin C: Vitamin C is a threshold substance, meaning it is not excreted until the ascorbic acid level in the blood exceeds a certain value related to the degree of tissue saturation. Vitamin C deficiency is very common in people who eat refined foods, women during pregnancy and lactation, children, immune suppressed people and people with many diseases. The most common symptoms include fatigue, joint pain, bleeding gums and adrenal exhaustion. Most people confuse ascorbic acid and ascorbates with vitamin C. They are not the same. Ascorbic acid is the antioxidant portion of the vitamin C complex. Many people who take megadoses of ascorbates show severe vitamin C deficiency in this test. The enzyme formula for vitamin C contains a food source of vitamin C and no ascorbic acid or ascorbates. I have seen severe vitamin C deficiencies corrected in days with this enzyme formula. For more information on natural vitamin C versus ascorbic acid, see Chapter 22 of my book, RADIATION PROTECTION MANUAL. Indican: The indican level tells how bad your digestion is. The higher the indican, the greater the need for colon cleansing and food enzyme therapy. Partially digested food may directly enter the blood causing allergic reactions, or the colon where it putrefies (rots), forming a group of toxic phenolic substances called indican. Although the undigested food never goes back into the blood from the colon, the indican does and eventually passes through the kidneys and can be measured in the urine. The higher the indican level, the worse the symptoms, such as gas, diarrhea, constipation, halitosis, incompetent ileocecal valve, hiatal hernia, skin problems, breast pathology, sciatic, and even cancer. Dr. Ian Immerman found over 100 different conditions associated with high indican levels. Sediment: The sediment test can help determine the multiple digestive enzyme needed. A normal 24-hour urine has about 1/2-mI of sediment, the ash resulting from digestion, absorption and assimilation of foods. A normal sediment is calcium phosphate, the result of carbohydrate metabolism. Malabsorption, decreased cell permeability and sugar intolerance reduce the sediment, sometimes to zero. A high sediment means poor use (assimilation) of food and indicates nutrient deficiencies as well as fat intolerance. Urinary sediment increases with fat intolerance due to the presence of oxalates in addition to the phosphates normally present. In addition to enzyme formulas for fat and sugar intolerance, there is a multiple digestive enzyme for maintenance in adults with good digestion and for colicky babies, and a formula to help relieve gastric irritation, including ulcers. Abnormal Solutes: This is the only part of the urinalysis test that is routinely done in a pathology lab. A chemstrip is dipped into the urine to check for abnormal solutes such as glucose (diabetes), blood, protein (kidney disease), bilirubin (liver pathology), nitrites, bacteria and so on. This test is very important for me because it tells me when I should refer a patient to a medical doctor for a pathological condition. Now you will understand why I wrote the following joke in 1987: A very sick man came to visit Dr. Loomis. He said, Dr. Loomis, l am told that you take rejects from all the other doctors so here l am. I have been to all of them and I am still sick. Can you help me?" Whereupon Dr. Loomis said, "I don't know but I will try." With that, Loomis handed the patient a large plastic jug and said, "Bring me a refrigerated 24-hour urine in this jug. I 'll analyze it and put you on an enzyme program." The man was taken aback. He took the jug and muttered to himself all the way home! "This guy must be nuts to tell me what I need from my urine!" That day, Joe Patient went home and collected urine from his wife, his daughter and his dog. The next day, he presented his collection to Loomis, who, after analyzing it, came back to Joe and said, "I have very bad news for you. Your dog is pregnant, your daughter is no longer a virgin, and your wife is sleeping with the next door neighbor." Loomis has created two lines of enzymes which can be obtained from licensed health care providers. The NESS line was introduced in the 1980's. The Therazyme/Chirozyme line was introduced in 1995.
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That is it for this month. You will be hearing from me again before Yours in good health,
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