Hello, I'm Agatha Thrash
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a staff physician at
Uchee Pines Institute
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which is a medical
missionary training institute
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in Seale, Alabama.
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We deal with
women's problems a lot there
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and some of the problems that
women have are quite unique.
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And one of my associates
and I will be discussing
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some of these problems
in the next half an hour
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and we hope you will join us.
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Welcome to "Help
Yourself to Health"
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with Dr. Agatha Thrash
of Uchee Pines Institute
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and now, here's
your host, Dr. Thrash.
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I suppose most of women's
problems actually involve
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the entire family...
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Because as anyone who knows
who has ever lived with someone
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who had premenstrual syndrome,
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the unhappiness of the
woman who is suffering from the
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premenstrual syndrome actually
spills over and involves almost
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everyone in the family.
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PMS or premenstrual
syndrome does occur before
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the menstrual
period actually begins.
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And some women have trouble
with it a good bit of the month.
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Not just at the
premenstrual time,
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but also in the
period around the ovulation
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or, for some women, they
have very few days through the
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entire month when they don't
feel uncomfortable with it.
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Some of the symptoms
include irritability, fatigue,
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just a sense of not feeling well
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They may have nausea and
vomiting, loss of appetite.
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They may have a
voracious appetite.
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They may have specific
enjoyment, or even cravings
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for various foods or drinks.
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And the problems
that women have with PMS
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can be quite pervasive
and involve her entire life.
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And, of course, those
things that involve women can
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involve the husband and the
children and even the neighbors.
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Because of the irritability
that the woman feels,
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sometimes she
involves everyone around her
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with that irritability.
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Now I'd like to make this
appeal to women who have PMS.
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It may be that you
do not feel well...
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It may be that you
feel like a witch...
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But you do not need to
make everybody around you feel
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or know that you
feel like a witch.
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What you must do is to realize
that other people have the right
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to feel good and to be happy
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and you have that great
privilege of helping them
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EVEN though you
don't feel like it.
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You still have that privilege
of helping them to feel good...
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And as women, to minister
and to nurture is a part of the
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thing that gives us the
greatest satisfaction in life.
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As so, we should recognize that
this is a part of what we can do
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even when we feel bad.
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Now, if you feel bad
with premenstrual syndrome,
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there are several
things that you can do.
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In fact, I'd like to
write on the board a list
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of all those possible treatments
that you can give to yourself
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When we think about the
fact that these treatments
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are standard... they
involve very simple things
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We do not have to spend a
lot of money to get these things
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and we do not have to go
to any large medical center
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All we have to do is to
enjoy those things that we have
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in our own homes as
good treatment areas.
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Now let's notice this...
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Well, I'll just make a
list of everything that you can
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draw upon to treat yourself.
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Let's start off
with hydrotherapy.
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"Hydro," of course, means water
and "therapy" means treatment.
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So any kind of treatment
that has to do with water,
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that's what you're
going to be dealing with
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when you deal with hydrotherapy.
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It may be steam. It may be ice.
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It may be water.
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It may be cold. It may be hot.
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It may be tepid.
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Whatever it may be,
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you will find that water lends
itself to a lot of different
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kinds of treatments.
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We'll be talking about
those doubtless, and we want you
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to recognize that as
you treat yourself for PMS,
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you have water treatments
available and they are
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quite effective.
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Now the second thing that
we have available is diet.
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You might think...
well, there isn't much in diet
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that could help me with
PMS but that isn't true...
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There are many things
in diet that can help you.
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Then, of course,
there is exercise.
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Now, exercise for PMS
can be vigorous, or it can be
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quite mild and it
can be specific...
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It can be just one area
involved in the exercise.
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And then, of course,
there is passive exercise...
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which is massage.
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Now we have always
thought of massage as being
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something that was
just psychologically nice
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But actually,
massage is a treatment.
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It changes the pH and the
circulation to various tissues
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and, of course, is
quite a good treatment.
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Then another treatment
that we have is herbal remedies
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Now you will notice that
I have put herbal remedies
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AFTER I've put
all of these others.
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Herbal remedies are good
remedies and I like them.
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BUT, herbal remedies
should not be the FIRST thing
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that you go for in any
kind of treatment routine.
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And then, here is another one
that should not be the first...
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and that is nutrient supplements
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Nutrient supplements
are such things as...
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vitamins and minerals but do
not go for that first either.
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Always start with
the other things first,
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and then go to
nutrient supplements.
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And then, there are
some special treatments
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that we might think of...
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Special treatments like
charcoal and a variety of
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things of this nature.
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And then, there is
also trust in Divine Power.
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Now again, we might not
think of trust as being a remedy
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but it IS a remedy.
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We have been given
trust in Divine Power...
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We've been given
prayer as a remedy.
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And we should, of
course, be mindful of the fact
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that there is a great power
in all of these remedies, but
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not to forget prayer.
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Now I would like to
start in talking with you about
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the things having to do
with the treatment of PMS
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with diet.
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I like to deal with diet because
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it's something that
everybody is doing every day.
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So I have asked one of my
associates, Valerie Schreiber,
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to help me to
present that matter to you
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because she's about
the best cook that I know.
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And I think that as you
see what she has prepared here,
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you will agree with that too.
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But before we get into that,
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I'd like us to just
consider some of the herbs
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that are available.
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And, she is going to talk
with you about some of those.
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Valerie, if you had a
patient who came to Uchee Pines
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what would you tell
her that she could do?
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How would you handle it.
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Okay, some of the first
things that I would probably
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talk to them
about besides diet...
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and we know that diet
is a major key in PMS.
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We know that high estrogen
levels in the body play a major
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role in PMS in
women's conditions.
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And so, some of the things
that I would talk to them about
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would be herbs...
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And there are various
herbs today on the market
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that you can go to your
local health food store...
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and that are made and
designed especially for women
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and the various
conditions that they have...
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Like, for instance, PMS.
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One of the ones that the
women love the most and they say
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it's a miracle for
them, is the "chaste tree"
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or chaste tree
berry herb that they use
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and women are always saying,
"Boy, that's just a miracle
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when I use this herb"
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And there is a nice formula
that you can put together
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...there's skullcap, dandelion
and chaste tree... seem to do
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wonders for women
during this PMS time.
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However, also we know
that phytoestrogens play a role
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and you can buy phytoestrogens;
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however, they are
made from a soy product...
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and so you can get it from
just eating good soybean dishes
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that you can have.
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A few more things that
I'd like to share with you
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is they have discovered in some
studies that excess estrogen
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is known to increase the
body's demand for B vitamins
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and especially B6.
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And B6 does play
a role in relieving
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extra fluid in your body as well
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And so that could be a
major reason why it helps them
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through the PMS time because
you bloat up and swell up
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and you have the irritability
which also B6 plays a role
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in the mental
processes and your emotions
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And some of the foods, and
I've told you this on another
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show... is
bananas... is real high in B6
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and your beans and
your nuts and naturally,
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your soybean products are,
you know, the Cadillac out there
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walnuts, whole grains have B6...
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So I would encourage you
women to increase these types
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of foods in your
diet on a regular basis.
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And, in case you have a
really serious condition,
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you might want to jump
start yourself by taking some B6
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and then incorporate
the foods at the same time
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and then eventually
you won't need to do that.
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Also, magnesium deficiencies
have been shown to be
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prevalent in women with PMS.
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So you may need to take
some magnesium salts that you
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could get at your
local health food store...
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But I also encourage
you, at the same time,
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start to incorporate
foods that are high in magnesium
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and those would be...
seeds, and the fruits that
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have a lot of seeds in it...
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like your berries, and
okra is a vegetable that has
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a lot of seeds in it.
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Grains...
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So if you incorporate, really
God's program into your life,
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you will find that ALL
these PMS and problems that you
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really have, will
begin to disappear because
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it's all in God's plant kingdom.
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Foods that you may want
to consider or take as a
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supplement for a short
time would be vitamin E.
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They have shown that vitamin
E decreases many of the symptoms
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of PMS including
headaches and depression,
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and breast tenderness, as well
as weight gain due to bloating.
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So again, we're back
to the plant kingdom...
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Almost ALL of
God's plant kingdom,
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the foods that we're
usually used to eating,
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have vitamin E
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...although the grains have
a higher level of vitamin E...
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your grains, nuts and seeds.
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And so, those are the things
that are important for you to
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use but I have another one that
I'm especially impressed with...
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and have had wonderful results,
not only with my own self,
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but with a number of
women that I have helped...
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And that is using the
natural "Pro-Gest" creams.
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Now, I know there are
many that are on the market
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and you can check with
your local health food store
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to find out which one
is the very best to use,
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and usually they
have the very good ones.
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Now I want to just read to
you a little bit about them
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from one of the companies that
says, Natural Progesterone Cream
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is a completely
natural nutritional supplement
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containing extract of a plant
known as the wild Mexican yam.
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Now, please don't get this
confused with the sweet potato
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yam because I've heard
women that have said...
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"Oh, I'll just eat
lots more sweet potatoes"...
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No... it doesn't come from that.
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This plant makes a substance
identical to progesterone
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produced by the human body.
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When applied topically,
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it absorbs through the
skin and is transported directly
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to the receptor
sites where it is needed.
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Because this form of
absorption bypasses the liver,
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receptor sites receive the
cream much more efficiently
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than oral way of
taking it, or suppositories.
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Now, how would you use the
natural progesterone cream?
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Well, in your menstrual
cycle, you would use it from
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day 16 to days 24.
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However, when
you buy these creams,
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they usually will have a nice
brochure for you that will show
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you how to do the
cycling with your creams
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but it's usually
from day 16 to days 24
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and you would put it on
your very thin, fleshy parts of
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your body.
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And you don't want to use it but
every 4 days in the same spot...
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So, what I
suggest that you do is,
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you get a sequence going
and the sequence would be
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right here above your breasts,
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underneath your arms
in the fleshy, soft areas
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...then at your midriff, your
tummy and then right between
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your legs and if you need
another spot, you can go down
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a little closer to your
knees, but on the inside.
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And then if you
have this sequence going,
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when you finish at
the very last spot,
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then you can start up
again, and work your way down.
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And you keep doing this...
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and that way you'll
never get it in the same spot
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more than 4 or 5 days apart,
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and that's what is
the very best to do.
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Now for women that are concerned
about the amounts of estrogen,
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because that's one of the things
that the natural Pro-Gest cream
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does... is it helps to balance
out your hormones because we
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have seen in studies... that
most of these women's problems
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and PMS and bad
menstrual cramps and so forth,
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are coming from high
levels of estrogen...
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And Dr. Agatha is going to
talk to us a minute about that
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as far as diet goes.
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BUT, for those
that are interested,
00:14:30.13\00:14:32.25
there is a lab in
Oregon called, "ZRT Labs"
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and they do a saliva test...
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and you can send to this lab
and you can get this little vial
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You just fill it with your
saliva, send it back to them
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and it's the most
accurate way to test hormones.
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And so I suggest for you
women out there that may be
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concerned about having high
estrogen because it plays a role
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in several female
cancers as well...
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that you may want to do this
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and you can do this
without a doctor's prescription,
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and it is definitely a licensed,
reputable lab that does this.
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That sounds good...
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and when you have a
patient who you are suggesting
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these things for... it's
effective for them, is it?
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Very effective...
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And once they find out that
they have an estrogen imbalance
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in their natural progesterone,
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they begin to use these creams
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and I have seen marvelous
things happen with women.
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I have seen... let me
just tell you about it...
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I have seen one
woman in particular who had
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some of the most
severest PMS I had ever seen...
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and then she had the worst
menstrual cramps I'd ever seen.
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And she began to use this cream
and she's normal... I mean...
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I couldn't believe
it... she was SO normal.
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I'm glad to hear
that about these...
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I have not used these
as much as you have...
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So I'm happy to hear
that they are effective.
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I've seen them in health
food stores and other places,
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but I've not know
that they were effective.
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We should make a distinction
between PMS and painful
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menstruation.
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Painful menstruation is
a serious problem of women
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but painful
menstruation is not PMS.
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It is a fact that a
person with PMS may also have
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painful menstruation.
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But it isn't essential
that the person with the PMS
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have painful menstruation.
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So let me just distinguish
between these two for you.
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With painful menstruation,
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the pain usually comes
on at least no more than
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one day before
the bleeding occurs.
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And so as you recognize that
the timing is also important
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whereas, PMS will often come on
a week or, at least several days
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before the
menstrual period and often
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with the onset of the
bleeding, the person no longer
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has the irritability and the
bloating and those other things
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that we often
associate with the PMS.
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So as you consider the
distinction between these two,
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do not try to treat PMS
in exactly the same way that
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you do painful menstruation.
00:17:08.83\00:17:10.41
Now, since painful
menstruation is so separate,
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we will take that up
as a separate topic...
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But now to go to the
diet things that you have
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available to you...
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I would like to ask Valerie
to help you to understand
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some of those things
since a bit of that manipulating
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of foods, while
much of it is very simple
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and very straight forward,
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there are some things that
it will help you if you see
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somebody who has dealt
with these problems in women
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a good bit.
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So, Valerie, as I look at
these wonderful things here,
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it just makes me sorry that
it's not dinnertime right now.
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Yeah... So what do you have?
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Well, we know that
phytoestrogens are so
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important in women's diet...
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And so, what I have
developed here is...
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I use soybeans or tofu...
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Now would you just tell
me what phytoestrogens are?
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Maybe someone there does
not know what "phyto" means
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and I'd like to really
tell you because... "It's plant"
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Yes... it just means plant.
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It just means "plant. "
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Yeah... and being a botanist
primarily, or I started out
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in botany... In my experience
with science I like to tell
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people that
"phyto" just means plant.
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That's probably a better way
to really tell you out there,
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is that it is plant
foods and so it's the important
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estrogens that we can
get from natural products...
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Isn't that just wonderful
to know that you can get
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your natural hormones just
from eating the foods that God
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has provided for us.
00:18:48.71\00:18:49.94
The plant hormones are
very similar to those that
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are human hormones. yeah.
00:18:53.86\00:18:56.10
Okay, so what I'm
going to show you here...
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I try to make it as easy in
the kitchen as I possibly can
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because my time is
limited and I know your time
00:19:00.86\00:19:03.57
is probably limited as well.
00:19:03.60\00:19:05.24
And so what I have done
is, I have made a cheese,
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but I usually start
out and I take tofu...
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and this is just a real
simple one, mom, for you at home
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that don't have
a real lot of time,
00:19:16.83\00:19:19.10
there are various ways that
you can use... oh.. Soy Supremes
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and different soy
flours but a REAL quick one...
00:19:22.42\00:19:24.95
is to just take tofu, and
you can use the silken tofu,
00:19:24.98\00:19:27.79
and you can use this tofu...
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Now there different
kinds of tofu, I understand...
00:19:29.31\00:19:34.55
This is the silken?
No, this isn't the silken,
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this is the firm and it's just
packaged a little different.
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There are some that are
packaged in little tubs with
00:19:41.50\00:19:43.41
water and then there's
the silken one that's on
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your regular shelves and
that comes in soft and medium
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and firm, I think,
and extra firm... Yeah
00:19:48.35\00:19:52.38
And so, when I start
out, many times I will use
00:19:52.41\00:19:56.12
the firm because I do a
couple of things with it.
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I blend it in my blender...
00:19:58.91\00:20:02.17
...this is a quick
one I'm going to show you.
00:20:02.20\00:20:03.83
You can buy Hidden Valley Ranch
Dip Dressing and it really has
00:20:03.86\00:20:08.76
absolutely nothing in it but
just parsley and garlic and salt
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And so there are no other
bad chemicals in it for you...
00:20:14.18\00:20:17.55
So it's a pretty good one to
use for a real quick dressing
00:20:17.58\00:20:20.61
Now, I START out that way...
00:20:20.62\00:20:22.33
and when I get through, it
has firmed up and now I have
00:20:22.34\00:20:26.76
sort of like a mayonnaise...
and you can probably see here
00:20:26.79\00:20:30.30
the consistency is
very much like mayonnaise.
00:20:30.33\00:20:33.22
And, so I'll leave that plain...
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Then, I will dip out some more
00:20:37.25\00:20:40.39
and I will put a seasoning
in this because I like to have a
00:20:40.42\00:20:43.20
spread for my bread...
00:20:43.23\00:20:44.63
And so I will then
put in, many times,
00:20:44.66\00:20:48.16
I'll put dill in this
one, or I might put basil in it
00:20:48.19\00:20:52.09
and right here, I have a
little bit of paprika on it
00:20:52.12\00:20:54.35
And you could see right here,
I will just spread this for you
00:20:54.38\00:20:57.95
It makes just a nice
spread for your bread.
00:20:57.98\00:21:00.90
And so after I finish that,
00:21:00.93\00:21:04.38
I still have some
left in my blender,
00:21:04.41\00:21:07.45
and now I have to add just a
little bit more water to do it
00:21:07.48\00:21:11.60
because it's too
thick for a salad dressing.
00:21:11.63\00:21:14.42
So, I will add
the water to it and
00:21:14.45\00:21:20.51
I will just stir it up this way
00:21:20.54\00:21:22.56
Now, I might say to
myself, "Hmm, I think I will put
00:21:22.59\00:21:27.78
a little bit of
basil... I love basil dressing.
00:21:27.81\00:21:30.42
So I'll sprinkle a
little bit of basil in it,
00:21:30.45\00:21:34.31
Smells good...
00:21:34.34\00:21:36.09
And I'll tell you, the smoke
flavor just gives a real good
00:21:36.10\00:21:41.70
delicious flavor
to the salad dressing.
00:21:41.73\00:21:43.40
So, I will just put
just a little bit in..
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don't have to put very much.
00:21:47.31\00:21:51.07
And see... what's nice about
doing this is the same batch
00:21:51.10\00:21:54.59
but you can have 3
different flavors...
00:21:54.62\00:21:56.52
...one for your spread,
one for your mayonnaise and
00:21:56.55\00:21:58.73
one for your dressing.
00:21:58.76\00:22:01.98
So now this is done,
and you can make it...
00:22:02.01\00:22:04.51
you know, if you like
a real thick dressing,
00:22:04.54\00:22:06.41
you can make it nice and thick.
00:22:06.44\00:22:08.21
I usually have just
about this consistency...
00:22:08.24\00:22:12.19
...just how you see
it happening right here.
00:22:12.22\00:22:14.10
And so now, I have a
wonderful dressing...
00:22:14.13\00:22:17.88
And what's so nice about
it, is I've made 3 things
00:22:17.89\00:22:21.50
out of one of these.
00:22:21.53\00:22:23.07
Now, then I'll have... you
know how you have your blender
00:22:23.10\00:22:27.08
and you look down in
your blender and you say...
00:22:27.11\00:22:28.67
"Boy, all that good leftover
stuff in there... I hate
00:22:28.70\00:22:32.18
to rinse it out with water and
just throw it down the drain"
00:22:32.21\00:22:34.50
So, I don't do that.
00:22:34.51\00:22:35.81
What I do is... that's
the day I make my cheese.
00:22:35.84\00:22:38.61
So then I take another
package of tofu like this.
00:22:38.64\00:22:42.79
I put it in here and I go
ahead and add the Emes gelatin
00:22:42.82\00:22:48.00
and various other seasonings
that I want to make my cheese
00:22:48.01\00:22:51.83
and then I go
ahead and make my cheese.
00:22:51.86\00:22:53.39
And then I feel like...
well, I've used everything
00:22:53.42\00:22:57.70
I have no waste, I guess
you could say, leftover...
00:22:57.73\00:23:00.89
Because I've got my spread,
my mayonnaise, my salad dressing
00:23:00.92\00:23:04.45
and I have my cheese.
00:23:04.48\00:23:05.67
And right here in front of me,
00:23:05.70\00:23:07.67
you will see that
I have a nice cheese
00:23:07.70\00:23:11.03
And this is a white cheese
that I make and it is absolutely
00:23:11.06\00:23:14.74
scrumptious.
00:23:14.77\00:23:15.98
And I'm going to cut
you a piece right now
00:23:16.01\00:23:18.27
and show you how nice
and firm this turns out...
00:23:18.30\00:23:26.82
...well, let me get it here...
00:23:26.85\00:23:32.79
You can see... It
looks really firm.
00:23:32.82\00:23:34.74
You put it on a nice sandwich
00:23:34.77\00:23:37.55
and you can see just
how nice and firm it is.
00:23:37.58\00:23:41.63
And I used just tofu
to do everything that
00:23:41.66\00:23:45.70
you've seen here today.
00:23:45.73\00:23:47.77
Well, I'm amazed that
so many things can be made
00:23:47.80\00:23:54.03
in one step...
00:23:54.06\00:23:55.03
You can make the mayonnaise,
the dip or the spread,
00:23:55.04\00:23:57.40
and the salad
dressing all in one step.
00:23:57.43\00:24:00.85
And that makes it so nice
for mothers that are busy...
00:24:00.88\00:24:03.45
is to be able to do it all
in one day and then it lasts you
00:24:03.48\00:24:06.10
for the rest of the week.
00:24:06.13\00:24:07.17
And I like that cheese...
I'm sure you spent a good bit of
00:24:07.20\00:24:09.89
time on that one...
developing that one just right.
00:24:09.92\00:24:12.92
And I like the garnishing,
when you garnish it nicely...
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.84
that makes the family
want to eat it... For sure.
00:24:15.87\00:24:18.65
Now, I hope that this gives
you a bit of a handle on PMS
00:24:18.68\00:24:23.34
and helps you to know
that you do not need to feel
00:24:23.37\00:24:26.56
hopeless and helpless
against this disorder.
00:24:26.59\00:24:29.34
It is due to some kind
of hormone imbalance...
00:24:29.37\00:24:33.17
But there are probably
also some sensitivities,
00:24:33.20\00:24:36.61
perhaps food sensitivities,
00:24:36.62\00:24:38.10
or perhaps other
kinds of sensitivities...
00:24:38.13\00:24:40.09
maybe pollution
in the atmosphere
00:24:40.12\00:24:42.95
or whatever that may also
be a part of the total syndrome
00:24:42.98\00:24:47.61
of PMS.
00:24:47.64\00:24:48.81
But we'd like to go into the
matter of painful menstruation
00:24:48.84\00:24:53.20
for you now.
00:24:53.21\00:24:54.18
Painful menstruation is
usually pain in the lower
00:24:54.19\00:24:58.51
abdomen but it may
also include the back.
00:24:58.54\00:25:01.01
It may include the
thighs or the legs, or it may be
00:25:01.02\00:25:05.37
the entire abdomen.
00:25:05.40\00:25:06.81
Some women have pain in many
different places with painful
00:25:06.84\00:25:10.69
menstruation...
00:25:10.72\00:25:11.69
and it is all due to
the same kind of thing.
00:25:11.70\00:25:14.04
It is sort of a
cramping of the uterine muscle.
00:25:14.07\00:25:17.52
The uterine muscle is
quite a firm and BIG muscle
00:25:17.55\00:25:21.92
and it is, of
course, quite strong
00:25:21.95\00:25:23.54
And if it cramps long enough,
or the blood vessels cramp
00:25:23.55\00:25:26.77
long enough, then of course,
you're going to get pain.
00:25:26.80\00:25:30.37
Or if certain
blood vessels dilate,
00:25:30.40\00:25:33.34
such as blood
vessels like varicose veins.
00:25:33.37\00:25:36.55
If they dilate a lot,
if they dilate long enough,
00:25:36.58\00:25:39.77
then you're going to
be having pain with it.
00:25:39.80\00:25:42.65
Now, because this
is due to cramping,
00:25:42.68\00:25:46.11
then there are some
simple things that we can do
00:25:46.14\00:25:48.84
...such things as massage, as
heat, as the application of ice
00:25:48.87\00:25:53.68
and whatever these things
may be that you decide on,
00:25:53.71\00:25:57.36
they are very
useful and will be helpful.
00:25:57.39\00:26:01.47
In fact, one of the very simple
things that a woman can do is
00:26:01.50\00:26:04.85
simply to drink hot water.
00:26:04.88\00:26:07.33
But certain hot herbal
teas are also extremely nice
00:26:07.36\00:26:12.06
and you can take those as well.
00:26:12.09\00:26:13.46
Once upon a time, there
was, I believe the name was
00:26:13.49\00:26:17.38
"Lydia Pinkham's Compound"
and I remember in my youth
00:26:17.41\00:26:22.27
...this was what every woman was
using and it was very effective.
00:26:22.30\00:26:26.78
My parents sort of poo-poo'd
the idea that there might be
00:26:26.81\00:26:31.91
anything wrong with...
or any beneficial thing with
00:26:31.94\00:26:36.20
Lydia Pinkham's Compound
because it also was sort of
00:26:36.23\00:26:40.75
used in jest a good bit.
00:26:40.78\00:26:42.36
But, there is no question but
that Lydia Pinkham's Compound
00:26:42.39\00:26:46.58
was helpful.
00:26:46.61\00:26:47.58
Now also, the use of
ice can be very helpful.
00:26:47.59\00:26:51.61
Ice can be applied
to the lower abdomen,
00:26:51.64\00:26:54.68
or it can be
applied to the back.
00:26:54.71\00:26:56.38
A hot bath can also be helpful.
00:26:56.41\00:26:59.67
A walk can sometimes be helpful.
00:26:59.70\00:27:03.54
We had one woman who worked
with us at Uchee Pines one time
00:27:03.57\00:27:08.00
who could be expected to
be absent from work 2 days
00:27:08.01\00:27:11.56
every month because
of painful menstruation.
00:27:11.59\00:27:14.44
And she would be
practically prostrate.
00:27:14.47\00:27:16.79
One time, she was
away from Uchee Pines
00:27:16.82\00:27:19.81
and it was not
possible for her to lie down
00:27:19.84\00:27:21.84
and so we said to her...
00:27:21.87\00:27:25.04
Why don't you try some
other thing and that other thing
00:27:25.07\00:27:29.59
turned out to be charcoal.
00:27:29.60\00:27:31.09
She took a big dose of charcoal
00:27:31.12\00:27:32.66
and then shortly thereafter
another big dose of charcoal
00:27:32.69\00:27:36.04
and 30 minutes after that...
00:27:36.07\00:27:38.17
another big dose of charcoal
00:27:38.18\00:27:40.45
and she was not in
pain at all that month.
00:27:40.48\00:27:44.35
So we were all thanking the Lord
for these very simple things
00:27:44.36\00:27:47.88
that can be SO effective
in the treatment of something
00:27:47.91\00:27:51.52
that can be as disabling
00:27:51.55\00:27:52.90
as painful menstruation.
00:27:52.91\00:27:53.91