More on GMO

This video gives some fabulous insights on GMO.  It talks about how and why they are made and how and why they may be harmful.  Please watch and enjoy!

Decreasing Toxicity: Cleaners II

As a school counselor I'm well aware of the problems that harsh cleaners can do to young minds.  If you have any school age children in your home, your home detox is as important as your food and beverage detox. 

Harsh cleaners are known to effect the minds of students and yet they use these cleaners in schools anyway (unknowingly of course).  In this post, "harsh" can be defined as synthetic/ toxic ingredients that are potentially harmful to the body and environment.  According to one study, students did significantly worse on exams when they took it just after their school was cleaned (Bell, Peiper 2006).  There are nasty chemicals found in some cleaners such as paraben.  Several  sources say that parabens are found in cancer tumors.  According to my research I haven't found any "link" between paraben and cancer other than that, however, one article did say there is a possible link between harsh air fresheners and breast cancer.  When more information is available on that subject, I will definitely post about it.   

So start hunting for alternative cleaners to scrub your home.  Let me know your progress.  As always, questions, comments and furthermores are valued and welcomed.  For more community feedback, try the Making Changes forum on the Whole Health Destinations page.



Reference:

Bell, Rachel; Peiper, Howard; (2006) The A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. diet! (Bell, Peiper 2006) 

Decreasing Toxicity: Cleaners

By now you are on your way to much cleaner, healthier bodies and families.  Now let us look at something other than foods that effect our bodies.
The next step is to examin your house hold cleaners.  What do you use to clean the kitchen, bathrooms, floor tile and to freshen the air?  What do you use to wash your dishes?  Look over the ingredients in these products and look for parabens, phthalates and chlorine just to start.  These are all known to be toxic to the body and environment (Be Well My Friends will always support a healthy environment because a healthy environment supports healthy bodies).

I understand how hard it can be difficult to part with effective cleaners.  As the daughter of a nurse, I like my toilets, tubs and sinks clean and germ free when I am finished cleaning it.  There are natural, eco safe disinfenctants and cleaners available; these products are also effective.  Cleaning products made from eco conscious companies like Method, J.R. Watkins, Melaleuca and Seventh Generation are just a few of my personal favorites.

There will be more on cleaners in future posts.  In the meantime, I provided my favorite eco safe bathroom cleaners/ disinfectants below.  I actually use these cleaners and I find them to be very effective.  I use the Seventh Generation bathroom spray for cleaning surfaces, the wipes for day to day cleaning, the Bon Ami powder with the castile soap (tea tree oil castile soap is my FAVORITE to clean with) to clean the insides of the toilets, tubs and sinks and I dilute some tea tree oil castile soap in a bucket of water to wash the floors.  For more information, please click on the "Buy from amazon.com" button below the product of choice.

As always, questions, comments and furthermores are ALWAYS valued and welcome!




 

How is it going? (End of week 2)

How is it going?  This is the end of week two of our decreasing toxicity project, so by now you are drinking plenty of water (filtered or spring) eating more vegetables and fruits and less toxic/synthetic food like trans fats.

I know this kind of change is rarely if ever easy.  I had to give up some of my favorite foods because of toxicity and food sensitivities.  It may be comfort for you to know that I now no longer have a craving for most of those foods and I can make the ones that I still have a craving for using whole food ingredients.

Tomorrow, Monday we will take another step forward toward a healthier body and a healthier life.  I encourage more use of the forum.  I feel that it is a fabulous way to both teach and learn information.  Your feedback is most valuable to me even if it is a question.  Questions are NEVER dumb they are an opportunity for learning.  The so called “dumb” questions are a learning opportunity for those too embarrassed or too prideful to ask; and that STILL doesn't make it dumb.  If you are still not confident about your feedback, remember reregistration is required for the use of Whole Health Destinations for the benefit of those who would like to remain anonymous.  I hope to see more of you there and thank you to those who have participated already!

New Entries in the Forums

Please check out the Whole Health Destinations page and say hello to our newest registered member.  He started or replied to three different discussions including a recipe that was shared.  Please log in or register and offer your ideas as well.

Remember you questions, comments and furthermores are always, always valued and welcome!  I will be happy to see you in the new forum!  Be well my friends!

Organic Gardening

I openly admit that I have a lot to learn about gardening.  My parents and my mother in law are all trying to teach me.

We purchased our sweet comfortable house about a year ago.  I have a beautiful apple tree in my back yard that the birds got to before I did.  I don't have a lawn because the weeds are in power.  I have this wonderful backyard with many possibilities, but I've done nothing to tend to it because I don't know how.  When I saw it first, I liked the fact that it was big and plain because it was a blank canvas waiting for an artist.  The artist in me can see many wonderful possibilities, but I've just been too intimidated to go out and do anything.  I fear the question about whether I have a green or black thumb.

I'm reading about organic gardening to excite the dreamer in myself that envisions fruit trees and vegetable and herb gardens.  It is more cost effective to grow your own food, but there is work to do and skills to attain.

Please check out the Organic Gardening forum on the Whole Health Destinations page and share what you know.  I will note my progress in this forum as I hope to get advice.  Thank you for reading, and as always comments, questions and furthermores are welcome!

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The Meatrix

I'm really trying to give my business to restaurants that give their support to organic farms.  There aren't many of them, however, the few that I've gone to are very, very good.  I went to an organic pizzeria last night and I was in heaven!  There is another restaurant where they serve fresh free range chicken, freshly hunted elk and fresh fish along with organic fruits and veggies.  I perfectly understand why these foods are more expensive; there is less of it to go around.  I think that with the brilliant minds in this world, there has to be a better way to produce food without having to cram animals in tiny spaces and feed them antibiotics in order to keep consumers from getting ill.

I just thought that the following was a FABULOUS presentation.  It was cute, creative, and very informative.  In order to see the rest of Leo's journey, check out their website.

I want to thank the makers of this presentation!

Enjoy!