DOM'S NEWSLETTER
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June 7, 2010
 
A Christian-based newsletter for people with Fibromyalgia (FMS), Chronic Fatigue & Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) and their families.
 
23 topics below. Don't miss the RED ones. Readers' comments in BLACK. My comments in TEAL.
 
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1.  READERS WRITE

"I wanted to tell you that I really enjoy reading your newsletters."

"Thanks again for your newsletter.  I always find something useful."

"I love your newsletter."

  

2.  ROOT CANALS

Reader 1--

"My dentist wants me to have a root canal on a molar that already has a filling in it. She has stated that the tooth can be refilled, and which I have chosen to do, mainly because of the expense. It will be filled with metal amalgam rather than the synthetic material which it now has.  However, in the future I would love to know what to do in these cases and what other readers have done.  Should the tooth be pulled? or continuely repaired in some other manner?"

 Reader 2--

"I read the article on the root canals www.fms-help.com/060210.htm with great interest - I have a QRA practitioner that has told me I have a bad tooth - I think there is infection under it and it could be causing some of my problems - I also have arthritis and don't think it affects that but it doesn't help I am sure. This summer I am visiting a QRA dentist to get this taken care of and I hope it wil clear some things up for me."

Reader 3--

"I WENT THROUGH MISERY FOR ABOUT 2 YRS. WITH A TOOTH THAT WAS ON THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF MY MOUTH- GUM INFECTION- GOING TO A SPECIALIST (GUM WHO HE REFERRED ME TO- ALSO IN THIS CLICK OF THESE SPECIALISTS- BUDDIES) ----I THINK THEY GET THEIR KICKBACKS- MONEY WISE---THAT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE- SO MUCH PAIN IN THE UPPER SIDE OF MY HEAD- LISTENING TO THIS STUPID DENTIST AND HE REFERRED ME TO HIS BUDDIES DOWNTOWN WHO WERE ALSO EXPENSIVE.  WELL THEN I GOT THERE AND THEY DID THEIR SPECIAL ROOT CANAL ON THIS CROWN- THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD ME IT WAS TOTALLY CALCIFIED ON THE ROOTS.  SO I WENT TO A DIFFERENT DENTIST STILL HAVING PAIN AND TOLD THEM TO JUST PULL THAT EVIL THING OUT.  WHEN THE OTHER DENTIST FINALLY PULLED IT - THE WHOLE TOOTH DID NOT COME OUT.  HE REACHED IN AND PULLED THE REST OF THE ROOT OUT AND SET IT ON THE TRAY- WAS SHOCKED- IT WAS NOT EVEN CONNECTED TO THE MAIN TOOTH AND THE REASON THE X-RAYS WOULD NOT SHOW ANYTHING WAS BECAUSE MY REGULAR DENTIST HAD PUT A FILLING IN THERE (MERCURY TYPE) THAT COVERED UP THE ROOT NOT BEING CONNECTED TO THE TOOTH.   OH-- I WOULD LOVE TO SUE HIM- BUT CANNOT BECAUSE YOU SIGN A PAPER ABOUT THAT.   OH I ALSO HAD NUMBNESS IN MY MOUTH AND LIPS A WEEK AFTER HIS TREATMENT- WHEN I WENT TO HIM AND TOLD HIM THAT HE SAID  "THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE" - WELL THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME---BUT HE WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT.   IT WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW HOURS - LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BUT THEN IT CAME BACK A WEEK LATER---IT FINALLY DID GO AWAY AFTER A WHILE.   I ENDED UP PULLING THE ONES ON EACH SIDE OF THAT IN ORDER TO STOP THE POCKETING IN THE GUMS/INFECTION.   THIS WAS YRS. AGO AND I AM STILL VERY ANGRY ABOUT THAT- GOING ON SO MANY YRS WITH EXTRA PAIN SHOOTING ALL THROUGH MY UPPER HEAD ETC.    AND HE WOULD NOT EVEN LISTEN TO ME THAT I HAD A LOT OF PAIN IN THAT AREA---JUST KEPT GIVING ME MORE X-RAYS---SHOWS NOTHING--NOW I KNOW WHY IT SHOWED NOTHING!!!  WELL I HAVE PROOF - I SAVED THOSE TEETH- STILL HAVE THEM IN A DRAWER- OH DOM I AM STILL SO ANGRY ABOUT THOSE YRS.    I EVEN ASKED A DIFFERENT DENTIST WHAT IS THAT "NOVACAINE" STUFF?    HE SAID IT IS A MAN MADE THING--THAT THEY REARRANGE THE MOLECULES SOME HOW AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO DISOLVE IN THE SYSTEM AND I AM WONDERING IF IT IS STILL THERE MOVING AROUND IN MY BODY FROM PLACE TO PLACE GIVING ME THE PAIN- LIKE IT DID NOT DISOLVE AS IT SHOULD HAVE.   AND THOSE NEEDLES THAT GO SOOOOO DEEP INTO YOUR BODY--INJECT INTO THE BODY-- THINK ABOUT IT.   THEY ALSO SAID THEY DO NOT USE NOVACAINE ANYMORE IT IS SOMETHING ELSE NOW.  ALSO MY BROTHER IN LAW ALMOST DIED FROM A ROOT CANAL - HE GOT BACTERIAL MENINGITIS- ALMOST KILLED HIM.  SO I WOULD SAY  --  JUST PULL THAT EVIL OUT OF THE MOUTH---PERIOD."

Reader 4--

"Just a few comments about root canals. I had one on an upper tooth for about 10 years and it gave me grief for most of it! Had a crown put on it which then damaged my lower teeth as well.  The gum above the tooth got infected forming a pustule which I would draw out with a poultice of baking soda. The dentist could also puncture it if it got too big. Of course several courses of broad spectrum antibiotics... Penicillin...so this did not help my chronic yeast problems. The best thing I ever did was have it removed! I felt so much better afterward. The dentist was able to build up the teeth on either side to fill the gap for my bite. It does show a bit when I laugh but I don't care! My other teeth did move a bit and not in a positive way!"

 
 
3.  MRSA
 
From a reader--
 
"Comment on MRSA article at www.fms-help.com/060210.htm - it is so sad that hospitals do not take advantage of the technology that is already available to rid the hospitals of MRSA and many other infections - There are devices that can be installed in the ducts that have effectively gotten rid of these killers in hospitals - I have a portable unit that I take with me so I can protect myself since they won't."
 
 
4.  LYME
 
From a reader--
 
"This person may have developed huge overgrowth of yeast due to chronic antibiotic therapy.  i would strongly recommending adding probiotics now and gradually increase. you can feel worse before better as the yeast "die off" reaction occurs. Keep your bowels moving - don't get constipated and you should feel better."
 
 
 
5.  READERS' PRAYER CORNER
 
"Ms. D." - "I have been unemployed for quite a few months now and the stress and anxiety that I am living with is not helping my Fibromyalgia.  Please keep me in your prayers.  I have been trying to stay positive and keeping the faith, but some days I feel that I am losing my faith."
 
"Ms. C." - "My husband is going to need dialysis by end of summer and will be placed on kidney/pancreas transplant list. Need prayer to find donor fast and that his body will not reject the gift of life.  My niece is going into foster care. My child was sexually molested and we have filed a complaint."
 
 
 
6.  SUMA
 
From a reader--
 
"In your new newsletter www.fms-help.com/060210.htm (topic 16) your reader wrote about SUMA.  I looked it up and WOW!!!!   This stuff must really be something great and it even says one of the many things it is used for is CFS.  Here is the website with the information that I found below.  There are capsules also at the website but I see your reader used a powder?  Says he took a teaspoon. http://www.answers.com/topic/suma-alcohol"
 
 
 
7.  AMBIEN
 
From a reader--
 
"I too take Ambien and have for over two years.  The strange things I have done under the influence of Ambien could fill a book.  But it is after one in the morning and my Ambien is calling.  Hope we both get our beauty rest, I could certainly use some beautification."
 
 
 
8.  MACA
 
From a reader--
 
"This is the powder the reader talked about in number 16 in your newsletter www.fms-help.com/060210.htm.  Check the website.  They give information about their company and good information about their products.  It is interesting reading. http://www.maca-powder.com."
 
 
9.  OXYGEN CANISTERS
 
Question from a reader--
 
"I have a question about oxygen tanks. When I was in the hospital and placed on O2, my pain level drops. My o2 saturation is fine, but the muscles still seem to starve for oxygen. So recently I was at a truck stop and they have miniature canisters for sale and I am thinking of trying my theory out. Has anyone else tried this idea out?"
 
FROM DOM:  I felt the same way until I began using oxygen drops in my water in August 2009.  I have stamina 95% of the time with no fog, CFS crashing, etc.  My doc would not prescribe oxygen because he said my O2 level was fine, but I always felt like my brain wasn't getting enough oxygen.  Of course, we also know that CFS is related to heart function and blood volume.  And it is the blood that carries oxygen through the body and to the brain.  I also haven't been sick since then (a miracle for me).
 
 
 10.  LAVENDER FOR FIBRO PAIN
 
From a reader--
 
"I am writing about an article I recently read in Guidepost about how a woman with FMS began raising lavender and the oils from the blooms when inhaled helped with her pain. Not that it totally took it away, but helped. I am not sure if the stuff at stores would work or it has to be directly from a lavender bush."
 
FROM DOM:   I read the article too. I have a high quality lavender oil (distilled from lavender plants) - see www.fms-help.com/oilsstore.htm, but since I got rid of my fibro pain in 1996 (after 14 years of suffering) by using a powerful OPC (write dombush@bellsouth.net)  I have not been able to experiment with lavender oil for pain. Lavender and a blend called Peace & Calming help me with relaxation, anxiety, etc.   THERAPEUTIC GRADE essential oils http://dom.younglivingworld.com affect the limbic portion of the brain where our FMS problems are coming from.  Aromatherapy uses the olfactory (sense of smell) system to reach areas of the brain. Do a SEARCH at www.oil-testimonials.com/6861 to see what oils may help.
 
 
 
11.  TOTAL INSOMNIA
 
From a reader--
 
"My daughter [in her 20's] was not able to sleep.  Her doctor was afraid to give her sleep meds for fear that she'd stop breathing.  She had to go to her psychiatrist for help.  That doctor had to warn her that these meds could cause her to stop breathing.  My daughter told the doctor that if she didn't get sleep, she was going to cause herself to stop breathing.  So, with medication changes and other things, she is finally getting some sleep.  She now takes 1000 mg. chloral hydrate, 200 amitriptyline, 100 mg hydroxyzine, 2 mg. requip, and sometimes xanax.  It's alot, but she is getting some sleep.  She's also been seeing a hypnotist.  This has helped with the insomnia, and also congitive thinking.  We have purchased an Alpha-Stim.  This has helped reduce her pain levels.   In the last month, my daughter has been forcing herself to get out of bed.  She has been working in the [yard].  I truly hope that she continues on this path.  It's been over a month since we've been to the ER for pain (we were going at least once a week).  We had to look for the right doctor and we finally found one.  This doctor has referred her to some awesome specialists who have really helped.  So, it's important to find someone who you really like, and who believes in your condition."
 
FROM DOM:  Has anyone else used chloral hydrate http://www.drugs.com/mtm/chloral-hydrate.html or sleep?  This is the first time I've heard of this drug, but it sounds useful.  A complete list of everything I tried for sleep is at www.fms-help.com/sleep.htm.  A list of what I use now is at www.fms-help.com/what.htm.  I have great sympathy for anyone whose sleep clock is broken.  Mine stopped working properly when I was 16.  I suffered decades of wretched insomnia www.fms-help.com/insomnia.htm, but I am finally medicated properly.  Many of these drugs were not even invented until recent years.  I am now 58.  I am so very grateful for the docs who have believed in me, had compassion and helped me.
 
 
 
12.  HD TV & COMPUTERS
 
From a reader--
 
"I thought I was reading my own letter when I read the comments by Reader 1 in your last newsletter about HDTV and computer problems.  I don’t have an HDTV yet, but we are about to probably have to buy one, because my old TV just died, and apparently, all you can get is HDTV now!  Aaargghhh!  Also, I have the exact same symptoms with the computer and have to limit my use of it.  I also have noticed that using the computer during the day is not as bad as night, maybe because, like the other reader said, the contrast is worse at night, or maybe because my brain is not already so tired during the day.  It is very frustrating as my computer is my connection to the world, and I don’t know what I would do without it!  I wonder if laptop computers are just as bad?  I have considered buying one just so I can have it close by and check in on email and stuff during the day in short sessions instead of a larger chunk of time when I am able to go downstairs and get on my office computer.  One thing that helps me is printing out a lot of my emails or articles that I want to read and reading them that way instead of at the computer.  It is expensive as far as ink goes, but it is worth it!" 
 
FROM DOM:  See my 100 Tips for Coping with Fibromyalgia and Insomnia - Tip #3 http://www.fms-help.com/tips.htm#3 (computers).
 
 
 
13.  CURAMIN
 
From a reader--
 
"A reader asked about Curamin -- you said it's 'high powered turmeric.'  A few months ago at the vitamin store, I let myself be talked into buying some curamin for pain, 120 caps for $65, without first researching it. That is WAY too much for turmeric. It also has boswellia and phenylalanine (which your body makes anyway). I took them for 2-3 weeks without noticing any difference, so switched to something better and cheaper (creatine).  But last week, my new dr. suggested I take plain turmeric as an anti-inflamatory for my arthritis. He is a pill-pusher but in this case, all he was suggesting was ordinary everyday turmeric. I had bought a 4 lb. bag at the Indian store a while back for my dogs, and it was $10! So I bought a bag of 250 empty capsules for under $5, to make some for myself. They will be a mess to make (I'm too cheap to buy a capsule-filling machine) but the money saved is SO worth it!  I'm going to make capsules because I don't want to eat curry every day."
 
 
14.  A FULFILLING LIFE
 
Quote sent in by a reader--
 
"The lives of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your life.  If you try to regulate your own life, it will only be a mess and a failure.  Only the One Who made the brain and the heart can successfully guide them to a profitable end....Thus the Lord in His wonderful grace can arrange the life that is entrusted to His care in such a way that it will carry out His purposes and plans, and will be fragrant with His presence. Only the God-planned life is successful.  Only the life given over to the care of the Lord is fulfilled."
 
FROM DOM:  It says nothing here about being rich, healthy, or beautiful - just fragrant with His presence.  Such a great thought!
 
 
 
15.  BALTIC AMBER NECKLACE
 
From a reader--

"Since being diagnosed with (previously unheard of) FM last year, I have appreciated the knowledge you bring. My FM is very mild, but is still somewhat debilitating. I really feel for those with worse conditions. One thing I have found really helpful in the past few months is a Baltic Amber necklace. Sounds strange, I realize. My little grand daughter has one and my daughter swears that it has helped with teething. When I discovered an adults one, I thought “It can’t hurt”. I am in less pain, and I sleep better since wearing it. Apparently, the heat of the body releases oils which are a natural pain relief. I am not sure where your USA readers would get one. I got mine from Trade Me (trademe.co.nz) for $36 (NZ). Cheap, since it helps."

FROM DOM:  I found info on these at http://www.amber-teething-necklaces.com/healing_properties_of_baltic_amber.html and http://www.amber-teething-necklaces.com/amber_teething_necklace_for_baby_teething_remedy.html.
 
 
 
16.  CELL PHONES & BRAIN CANCER
 
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/06/03/new-large-major-study-links-cell-phones-to-brain-cancer.aspx
 
 
 
17.  NEURAGEN FOR SEVERE BURNING NERVE PAIN
 
From a reader-- 
 
"The reader who is in such pain that narcotics don't touch it www.fms-help.com/060210.htm --- I am on narcotics for some of my pain; I have different types  of pain; my fms seems to react nicely with narcotic, but NOT my spinal stenosis.  my nerve pain needs something different  altogether, and I DO NOT LIKE LYRICA..  it is supposed to help fibro, but it does not help mine.  and it does not help my nerve pain, either. I use Neuragen...a gel you can get from Walgreen's.  it is expensive, but you can get coupons online...you can dilute it with emu oil or grapeseed oil which is also good for driving the gel deeper into your skin.  IT has SAVED me from E.R!  I get terrible and painful flares...the pain is in my thighs and down my calves and i cannot stand nor sit nor lie down..i am up and down and running around as one of those headless chickens.  It is horrible. and I CRY ...I cannot sit long enough to get to a doctor... The latest flare, I called the doctor to (crying) say I cannot sit long enough to make my appointment.  I cannot drive, but even as a passenger, I cannot stay still.  I was actually informed  to NOT miss an appointment -even by calling in this sick  I could NOT drive or get in as a passenger.  ..I was told to GET there BY AMBULANCE if I have to, but to NOT miss an appointment or he would actually black-ball me.  I was informed that I would not be able to GET another doctor in Arizona to take me; and I would NOT ever, EVER get narcotics for my pain.  He is a pretty big doctor here...he has MOST of the rheumy docs under his roof.  I understand people who just willy-nilly do not show up...BUT I DO NOT DO THAT.  and this doctor kept me waiting for TWO HOURS while he literally chatted with a fellow doctor....i heard them in the next room.  I was a 'no show' three times within 12 months and he 'fired' me for that.  (I did not even know that rule)..but a no-show is even if I call in crying in pain! I never simply did a 'no show'  I always called.  I have been going to him for over 12 years and this is the FIRST year that I called in three times within a 12-month period!!!   I TALKED with them on the phone...and they simply told me to get in or I could never receive help again.....I took the neurogen - my husband had happened to find it while he was in line at the pharmacy ..GOD led him there...because the situation was so perfect!  I put that on...and it took 30 minutes, but after that time, I was able to sit long enugh to get into the car and get to the doctor.  the PA was so sweet.  she held my face (I was a mess...my tears soaked my clothing....and i begged her to not fire me...that I had no place to go....it is difficult to get a doctor to give narcotics for the pain. She gave me an injection of Tramadol and that calmed the inflammation down so that the narcotics culd work....and then the neuragen helped even more for the nerve pain.   the PA got a hold of the doctor, who had already written my letter of dismissal, and talked him into letting me have another chance!  DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?  I am on probation.   I no longer let the office make my apointments for me; i go home and make them when I have had a 'decent' week and it looks like I might be OK.  BUT I never know.  what do the Monday patients do?  IF we don't call in at least 24 hours ahead of time...i get it..BUT when I am sick all weekend and Monday comes around and I am still inpain..what to do ?  my pain was so bad I could NOT get there. I THANK GOD FOR THE NEURAGEN.  IT WORKED ENOUGH TO GET ME TO THE DOCTOR FOR MY INJECTION.  the nerve pain gets so bad that there is no describing it Neuroagen helps when my feet are on fire. literally, it feels like fire is set to them....and if i touch it to apply the neuragen, it feels like raw meat. but I DO apply it and get relief within 20 minutes.  THANK God for the Neuagen.  It is from Canada...new here in the U.S  Expensive, but when I am desperate, I pay the rpice. It is $15. for a tiny sample and $30. for a tiny bottle that i dilute with emu oil.... it is all cloves and oils of natural things...lot of lavender...but the combinationis amazing because it WORKS like NO other has ... but it does not last long....i use it to just give me RELIEF so I can use the bathroom...or get to the doctor."
 
FROM DOM:  You can order Neuragen at http://www.familydrugstore.com/Neuragen-s/2753.htm?Click=2&gclid=CMak3NPehqICFReenAod71uKWQ.  I wonder if this would help PHN (post herpetic neuralgia) from shingles?
 
 
 
18.  BLOOD SUGAR & DIABETES 1.5
 
From a reader--
 
"in regard to blood sugar www.fms-help.com/060210.htm, I have diabetes 2, but i was told years ago it is not the "normal" way people get it.  I was told by this doctor that it was due to the auto immune problems I have...I also had 'dawn' syndrome..where the morning glucose would be in 300's!!!  I keep my sugars under control with two injections a day (afternoon and evening) and a pill in the morning.  Well, Google this one: Diabetes type 1.5   YEP, it is partially from the diabetes 1 and partially from diabetes 2...and because of it, we have 'special' circumstances.  It is NEW information...but it might describe so many of US!  and it makes sense now what that older doctor had said.  You will find it very interesting." 
 
 
19.  CAMI SECRET
 
From a reader--
 
"Re: Cami Secret www.camisecret.com - do they all have lace?"
 
FROM DOM:  Yes, they all have lace.  I guess you could make your own - it doesn't look hard at all, but Cami Secret has a unique, soft plastic, garter-type fastener that attaches to bra straps to hold it in place, and I don't know where you can buy those fasteners.  The material is soft, silky and slightly stretchy.  They can be worn, low, middle or high, depending on the look you want.  I'm having so much fun with them!  There is another set I didn't buy (but maybe should have) that are animal prints.  They would look cute with black clothes.  The many different colors are shown at www.camisecret.com.  I got 9 colors - they come as sets of 3 (black, white, beige, gray, navy, brown, fushia, turqouise, and lavender) all for $20, but shipping was huge at $14.95.  Still, Cami Secret has expanded my wardrobe so much - I can wear clothes that I couldn't before, so it was definitely worth it.  (When ordering, just say NO to all the extra offers they bombard you with - the so-called FREE gift cards are really annoying, because you have to sign up for stuff that costs money then cancel, so why bother.)   
 
 
20.  TRAMACET FOR SLEEP 
 
From a reader--
 
"For myself I believe getting sleep is critical. My (Canadian) doctor prescribed 1 Tramacet daily at bedtime for sleep.  It is my miracle drug!  She has now given me up to 2 a day.  TRAMACET is a centrally-acting synthetic opioid analgesic prescription product containing tramadol (37.5 mg) and acetaminophen (325 mg). (http://www.chrgonline.com/news_detail.asp?ID=38862)  The tylenol in it works immediately to help me relax. I have a tendency to 'fight' pain relievers. At this time I mainly require Tramacet in the early spring , Fall and winter seasons. By the way do not take this on an empty stomach at bedtime or you will be awake with acid reflux! I take it early evening and fall into a more natural restful sleep. Many pillows, wedges, and memory foam help me sleep too by avoiding pressure points and cooling (pillows by Chillow.) White noise from a fan camouflages my husbands snoring!"
 
FROM DOM:  This reader sounds like me.  The only thing I would add is a black eye mask to block out any light.  A list of everything I've tried for sleep is at www.fms-help.com/sleep.htm.  A list of everything I use now is at www.fms-help.com/what.htm - I sleep "acceptably" most nights now.  Just wish I'd known about all this stuff and various meds that hadn't even been invented back in 1967 when I was 16 and my sleep disorder was just beginning www.fms-help.com/insomnia.htm.
 
 
 
21.  LISS STIMULATOR
 
From a reader--
 
"I am using the Liss Stimulator http://www.selfhealthsystems.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SP&Store_Code=SHS and am off all my antidepressants and anxiety meds plus I am feeling better and more energetic than I have in years! Dr. Shealey's protocol for fibro is worth a real good look and I would highly recommend it to others!   I also highly recommend the magnesium lotion. It is great for calming the nerves and tends to relieve some of the muscle tightness I have from the fibro.  I have a new MD who also believes in holistic medicine and she trained under Dr. Shealey.  I want to share this with all the fibro sufferers out there! I was nearly bedridden the last year and a half and now I am out shopping and planting flowers until dark!  I am also taking Korean Ginseng for my adrenal problems and I have added Melatonin (gel caps) to my bedtime along with 100 mg trazadone and along with the Liss machine I am finally sleeping better than I have for as long as I can remember.  I still only get around 6 hours at the most at a time but it is not interrupted like before! I was waking up every 2 hours and having such a hard if not impossible time falling back to sleep!  I hope this information helps others!!!"
 
 
 
 22.  SECULARISM'S ONGOING DEBT TO CHRISTIANITY
 
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/secularisms_ongoing_debt_to_ch.html - interesting article written by an atheist
 
 
 
23.  SWEETENERS
 
From a reader--
 
"I have tried several kinds of stevia, they were liquid and powder forms, white crystals, in one formula, bonded to white sugar, and a liquid, all were horribly bitter after the very first hit of sweetness. I think you can find unrefined stevia.  Have you tried stevia or heard from readers about it.  I've heard of Suconot and may get that.  What do you use?  All the health types scream against anything like Splenda, Sweet n Low, or Equal, so I am not doing that, but of everything so far, Sweet and Low was the one I could tolerate, but I won't get it either. I just got some Lohan to try, Chinese something stuff."
 
FROM DOM:  I dislike Stevia too - yech!  I also don't use Equal, aspartame, etc. after learning how bad this stuff is for your health.  A sweetener that is good tasting is Blue Agave Natural Sweetener (a liquid) at http://dom.younglivingworld.com - "Blue Agave nectar is a delicious, natural sweetener preferred by health-conscious people for use in foods and beverages. It has a low glycemic index rating, making it ideal for those with special dietary needs and those who wish to avoid sucrose or artificial sweeteners. Substitute sugar or honey with Blue Agave at a ratio of approximately 1:3/4."   However, I don't see anything too bad with using just a LITTLE bit of sugar.  I've heard that it is COOKED sugar (like in cakes, pies, pastries, cookies, donuts, etc.) that is so bad for you - not regular table sugar.  Comments?  Write dombush@bellsouth.net.
 
 

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