Re: Fibroids and Bioflavanoids

[Guest guest]

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> Bee, I've been on the program for 4 years with about once-a-week cheating, so

I'm not perfect. When I started going into menopause about a year and a half

ago, I increased my bioflavanoids to help with hot flashes. After the hot

flashes subsided in about 3 months, I continued to take higher doses of bioflavs

to try to balance my hormones to reduce large fibroids. Daily, I take 2 capsules

of Natural Factors Citrus Bioflavanoids (650mg bioflavs) plus 3 Natural Factors

Vitamin C Complex (500mg C + 625mg bioflav). Is this too much? What harm might

this cause? I've been having lower back and hand pain and I wonder if it may be

from too many bioflavs or if it's just healing or retracing. I take everything

else in the amounts you suggest.

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> I haven't been to a gynecologist for some time. After 4 years, I can feel

fewer fibroids on my left side and a larger, harder mass on my right side. My

internist wants me to get an ultrasound, mammogram and colonoscopy. I'm not

worried about the last two, but the uterine hardness and mass are a little

worrisome. Should I go ahead with the ultrasound or not bother and trust that

the fibroids will disappear in time as long as I'm following the program? The

internist also said I have a polyp at the opening of the cervix that a

gynecologist could remove (I had one removed in the same spot about 6 years

ago). Everything else has gotten better, though I still have some thrush,

dandruff and the back pain. Not bad for being very sick when I started! I

haven't had a cold or bladder infection in well over a year! Plus, I sleep like

a rock now. Thank you!

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+++Hi C.

Congratulations on your wonderful improvements!

Please do not misunderstand what I wrote about ascorbic acid and bioflavonoids.

My point is that bioflavonoids, etc. aren't needed for ascorbic acid to be

utilized and absorbed, but they aren't harmful either, and they do have other

health benefits.

However, you can overdo taking anything other than the supplements I recommend

too, since taking more of some kinds of nutrients can throw off the balance of

other. In other words, more is not better! Therefore supplements like

bioflavonoids should only be used for short-periods of time to assist your body,

but never long-term.

I haven't studied bioflavonoids in detail to understand how they work in the

body, however we know they aren't necessary in order to get healthy!

I think you should stop taking the bioflavonoids and just let the program do its

job.

All the best, Bee

[Guest guest]

Bee, thanks, I'll ease off the bioflavanoids. How about the ultrasound? A waste

of time? I don't have pain or other symptoms...

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> > > > I haven't been to a gynecologist for some time. After 4 years, I can

feel fewer fibroids on my left side and a larger, harder mass on my right side.

....the uterine hardness and mass are a little worrisome. Should I go ahead with

the ultrasound or not bother and trust that the fibroids will disappear in time

as long as I'm following the program? The internist also said I have a polyp at

the opening of the cervix that a gynecologist could remove (I had one removed in

the same spot about 6 years ago).

>+++Hi C.

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> Congratulations on your wonderful improvements!

>

> Please do not misunderstand what I wrote about ascorbic acid and

bioflavonoids. My point is that bioflavonoids, etc. aren't needed for ascorbic

acid to be utilized and absorbed, but they aren't harmful either, and they do

have other health benefits.

>

> However, you can overdo taking anything other than the supplements I recommend

too, since taking more of some kinds of nutrients can throw off the balance of

other. In other words, more is not better! Therefore supplements like

bioflavonoids should only be used for short-periods of time to assist your body,

but never long-term.

>

> I haven't studied bioflavonoids in detail to understand how they work in the

body, however we know they aren't necessary in order to get healthy!

>

> I think you should stop taking the bioflavonoids and just let the program do

its job.

>

> All the best, Bee

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[Guest guest]

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> Bee, thanks, I'll ease off the bioflavanoids. How about the ultrasound? A

waste of time? I don't have pain or other symptoms...

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+++Hi ,

The ultrasound may be a waste of time since you don't have pain, etc. Use your

own judgment about that. The questions to ask yourself are: If it confirms

what I already know will it help me in any way? Will I do treatments they

recommend?

Luv, Bee

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Bee, I agree. The fibroids seem to be going down, so I'll just keep

going without " doctor supervision, " or more like doctor pressure. Funny story

about my blood test. Everything was perfect except my cholesterol which was 515.

The doctor was shocked, but said that my triglycerides were puzzlingly low, only

52. She said the HDL and LDL couldn't even be measured because the overall count

was so high. I researched the subject and found that low triglycerides are an

indicator all by itself of a low risk of heart disease. My level is as low as

age group 10-29 and I'm 56!

I told my doctor I'd follow her advice to cut down on fats, but you know I

won't!!! Why tinker with success?

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> > Bee, thanks, I'll ease off the bioflavanoids. How about the ultrasound? A

waste of time? I don't have pain or other symptoms...

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> +++Hi ,

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> The ultrasound may be a waste of time since you don't have pain, etc. Use your

own judgment about that. The questions to ask yourself are: If it confirms

what I already know will it help me in any way? Will I do treatments they

recommend?

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> Luv, Bee

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[Guest guest]

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> Thanks, Bee, I agree. The fibroids seem to be going down, so I'll just keep

going without " doctor supervision, " or more like doctor pressure. Funny story

about my blood test. Everything was perfect except my cholesterol which was 515.

The doctor was shocked, but said that my triglycerides were puzzlingly low, only

52. She said the HDL and LDL couldn't even be measured because the overall count

was so high. I researched the subject and found that low triglycerides are an

indicator all by itself of a low risk of heart disease. My level is as low as

age group 10-29 and I'm 56!

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> I told my doctor I'd follow her advice to cut down on fats, but you know I

won't!!! Why tinker with success?

+++Hi ,

You are very wise to not tinker with success.

When your triglycerides are low most of your LDL (supposedly bad cholesterol)

will be the fluffy good kind and not the bad dense kind, but most labs cannot

measure them since they don't have the equipment. Most labs only do a

calculation in order to determine LDL. I thought they could count HDL, but

evidently they can't, so that must also be calculated and not measured.

When your body is detoxifying your body increases production of cholesterol

because it is needed to help the body detoxify itself. Also whenever there is

inflammation, which the body itself creates, the body increases cholesterol

production. Isn't it crazy " they claim " heart disease is caused by high

cholesterol when the body itself creates it in order to " try to " restore and

maintain its health?

All the best, Bee