Guest guest Posted August 4, 2001 Report Share Posted August 4, 2001 Since we have been having discussions about alfalfa, I thought I would run something I just found when cleaning out emails I got last month. The alfalfa tablets they use are made from the leaves, which apparently are not an avoid for anyone. Dr. D says in his Live Right book that only the alfalfa sprouts are an avoid for some of the blood types. The pills mentioned below can be ordered through my website shopping cart. The sprouts do not work the same (even in people for whom they are not an avoid) as the type of tablets used in the post below. A1+NSa+b-MN www.acupuncturetucson.com tenzin@... ------------------------------------------------------------ WellTalk on the Web: Kidney Dialysis and Alfalfa ------------------------------------------------------------ Kidney Dialysis and Alfalfa My name is Lepe and I am a registered dietitian. I was introduced to the Shaklee products in 1970. At that time, I was living in Los Angeles and I attended many meetings and learned from Dr. Shaklee himself the Shaklee way. I have known of the healing powers of alfalfa since childhood. My mother used to prepare a green drink for me made with alfalfa whenever I had urinary tract infections. All through the years I have used alfalfa faithfully for my family and me. I now work as a consulting dietitian at a hemodialysis clinic. Several months ago, I requested permission from the attending physician to recommend alfalfa to a patient for whom dialysis was less effective. He had to be admitted to the emergency room every other day for shortness of breath caused by fluid buildup in the lungs. At that point his prognosis was very poor. He was carried into the clinic by his son. The doctor did not think the patient would make it from dialysis to dialysis. The doctor permitted me to recommend that the patient take 2 Alfalfa with each meal. Improvement was noted after about a week; the patient was able to sleep lying down for the first time in many years. His lungs were no longer filling up with fluid. After two weeks he made such a dramatic entrance that everyone noticed as he cheerfully strutted into the clinic dressed in his cowboy hat and boots. All the other patients demanded to know what magical therapy this 76-year-old man was being given. The patient told them it was the Alfalfa. Since then, most of the patients in the dialysis clinic have been taking the Alfalfa and have shown consistent improvement. Not only in the way they feel, but also in the lab results which have shown improvement in albumin due to increased appetite. The hematocrit has increased, thus eliminating the need for EPO which is a very costly drug used to increase production of red blood cells. These are but a few of the improvements demonstrated by the patients on the Alfalfa therapy. We are not claiming that Alfalfa is a cure for renal failure; however, it has improved the quality of life for the patients at the clinic up to this point. We will continue to monitor their progress. Lepe, R.D. P.O. Box 1075 Alamo, TX 78516 (210) 781-3112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.