Monthly Archives: October 2014
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Posted: October 20, 2014Tags: what's that?AIR FRESHENERS: Work by coating your nasal passages with an oil film and/or reduce your ability to smell odors. Often containing Formaldehyde, a highly toxic ingredient, which can irritate eyes, nose, throat, and skin. High exposure can cause nausea, headaches, nosebleeds, dizziness, memory loss and shortness of breath. They may also include Phenol, a skin irritant that can cause swelling, burning, and peeling. High doses of Phenol can also cause cold sweats, convulsions, circulatory collapse, coma, and even death. Most Air Fresheners contain artificial fragrances, which are petroleum based. ALL-PURPOSE CLEANERS: often contains Propylene Glycol, a chemical that can cause nausea, convulsions, slurred speech, disorientation, and heart and kidney problems if ingested. Ninety percent contain Sodium Laurel (Laureth) Sulfate. Some all-purpose cleaners may contain Sodium Hydroxide (Lye), also found in drain cleaners, stain removers,Read more »
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The following is the ingredients listing form variety of commercially produced products.Read more »
Aveeno "active naturals" Lotion
Water, glycerin, emulsifying wax, ethylhexyl isonananoate, glycine soja (soybean) flour, propylene glycol isoceteth-3 acetate, dimethicone, cyclomethicone, polyacrylamide, stearic acid, phenoxyethanol, C13-14 isoparaffin, dimethicone copolyol, benzyl alcohol, fragrance, DMDM hydantoin, glyceryl laurate, laureth-7, methylparaben, cetearyl alcohol, disodium EDTA, butylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, isobutylparaben, iodopropynyl butylcaarbamate, glycine soja (soybean) seed extract, panthenyl ethyl ether, tocopheryl aetate, panthenol, BHT. May also contain sodium hydroxide, citric acid.Aveeno "active naturals" Stress Relief Body Wash
Water glycerin, cocamidopropyl betaine, -
Posted: October 20, 2014Read more »
There is conclusive evidence on the destructive consequences of the over use of antibiotics. Antibiotic pressure on an organism can be a cofactor in immune deficiency conditions. Antibiotics were originally prescribed to fight bacterial diseases. Once these drugs became major moneymakers, their marketing took on a life of their own. Unaware of the link to mass destruction of their immune system, an unsuspecting generation has upped its antibiotic intake through over-use (orally), through use in skin cleansing products, and ingestion through meat and poultry. This has created a potentially greater problem of the seemingly unstoppable advance of resistant bacteria. Bacteria, resistant to most or all of the known antibiotics, are menacing hospitals and their patients. Because essential oils are not patentable and profit expectations are zero, there is no corporate sponsorship and therefore there is hardly any current scientific exploration. Essential oils are no longer researched at
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Posted: October 17, 2014Categories: Natural LifestyleRead more »
Where do you start?
First thing you will have to decide is: “how real and natural are you willing to go?” You have been using chemical laden products your whole life on your skin and hair. You have to be concerned about your diet also. Probably you eat at least some processed foods that are laden with chemicals. Are you willing to change all of that or just part? How healthy do you see yourself 15 years from now if you continue as you are? You will have to "retrain" your nose on real scent. At first, smelling real essential oils and herbs will seem unpleasant. Your nose has been trained on chemicals... My recommendations for your healthy future: Stop using all those chemicals. Your life should be an 80/20 balance. 80% real, healthy, natural; 20% the stuff you can’t give up. This includes everything in your life; clothing also. If you have digestion, bowel, liver, gallbladder, or thyroid issues; you have internal toxicity issues. This is from heredity,