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Start your morning with a glass of water with fresh lemon juice squeezed into it. Paradoxically, lemon juice helps to promote healthy alkalinity in your body. Almost instantly, you will feel calmer and better able to handle stress. Lemon juice also helps you to absorb minerals, so be sure to drink it when you take any nutritional supplements.
When travelling, take along Grapefruit Seed Extract. Place 10-12 drops in beverages before drinking, a drop on your toothbrush along with toothpaste, and wash any fruits or vegetables you buy using a few drops in water. GSE kills over 800 pathogens. Using it every day will prevent dysentery, and help prevent contracting hepatitis or other viral diseases. As a bonus, GSE is also great for eliminating candida. It comes in a small unbreakable plastic squeeze bottle. Available at any health food store.
Got goose-bumpy skin on your buttocks? Beauty treatments won't help. This is a symptom of magnesium deficiency.
PET LIFE SAVER! Beep your horn in the winter time before starting your car! Roaming cats, as well as house pets and wildlife, may climb into vehicle engines for warmth during cold weather. Be sure to check under the hood before starting your vehicle and honk the horn to startle any animals seeking shelter inside.
Nance MacLeod DNM NOTL Natural Health Centre Virgil, ON
Did you overindulge at dinner, or do you have indigestion? Have a 'shot' of apple cider vinegar. It will aid in digestion and bring you relief. Also use apple cider vinegar on your salad to help digest your food and release the vitamins to be absorbed in your body.
Elizabeth Telega Vissual Affairs Photography Niagara Falls ON
Trying to lose weight? Try this! Keep a little journal for one week and write down everything you eat. If it goes in your mouth record it! You may be surprised by how much you actually consume and where you overindulge. You may want to bring your 'food dirary' to a nutrition expert to see where you can make changes. Record your exercise too! This simple act of recording could stop you from grabbing extras and inspire you to exercise.
Dr. Jacqueline Fairbrass N.D., R.R.Pr., n.d., School of Complementary Therapies Ottawa ON
Environmentally-friendly natural jewellry cleaner and tarnish remover. Use a glass pie plate or cake pan. Line it with Aluminum foil – crumpled up somewhat (shiny side UP). Place your jewelry so that each piece touches the foil. Boil 2 cups of water and remove from the stove. Add 2 or 3 tablespoons of baking soda to the water. Pour over the jewelry in the glass pan and let sit for about 5 minutes… Remove items as they become clean. Remove baking soda residue. Dry and gently buff with a soft cloth. Please be cautious with costume jewelry, etc.
Julie Oosterhof, Shaklee Independant Associate--Health Solutions 4U St Catharines ON
We all know a dog or two that has eaten their excrement. Add 1-2 oz. of pineapple juice to their daily meal. It does not harm the dog. The bodily discard will have an unpleasant odour making the dog walk AWAY!!
Tanya Balcombe, Clinic Director MediSCEN St Catharines ON
Grow your own food from seed! Savour the fruit of your labour, save the seeds and do it again next season. Share the seeds with friends or trade them for something new. Working in a garden is the best way I know of to keep grounded.
Leslie Thomas--Fairwind Organic Farm Sherkston ON
Did you know that there is virtually very little difference between sugar and cocaine? Both alter your mood and your behaviour. Both are addictive substances. Both can affect the "biochemical" structure of your body. Both affect your nutritional wellness (and in turn, your overall wellness). In fact, the only real difference between the two is that sugar is legal and it's cheaper.
Renee Rocheleau--Life Coach St Catharines ON
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE: Without help, a person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2 seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response
Maximize absorption of mineral supplements by taking with orange or cranberry juice rather than water. Acidic liquids help to break down alkaline minerals.
To get rid of lice safely on children or animals and leave the hair soft and shiny, simply use cheap hair conditioner containing coconut oil or paraben wax. Apply thickly and leave on for 20 minutes. Using a tight comb, brush through the hair thoroughly, pulling off the lice. Dip the comb regularly in water containing tea tree oil. Then rinse off the hair with water. Optionally apply a strong tea made by boiling feverfew leaves in water for 20 minutes. Cool and use as a final rinse. Tea tree oil and lavender essential oil may also be added to the cooled feverfew tea. Do not rinse off.
Natural insecticide can be made by making a strong tea made from feverfew leaves. Boil the leaves in water for 20 minutes. Cool and apply directly to plants. Feverfew tea also adds minerals to the soil. You may also plant feverfew around your garden to protect your plants. Aphids and other plant-eating insects avoid the spicy-smelling plant.
Here is a cheap way to nourish your face with vitamins. Slice a strawberry in half. Gently massage your face with it. Wait 20 minutes and then rinse off with water.
What Women Want Today Magazine
Here is a cheap chemical-free way to clean your silverware. Save the water used to boil your potatoes. Line the bottom of a pan with aluminum foil. Pour in the potato water. Place your silverware on the foil for 5 minutes. Rinse.
What Women Want Today Magazine
Cucumber slices are great for cooling a sunburn. Simply leave on for 15 minutes.
What Women Want Today Magazine
Microwaved water and other liquids get superheated but they do not always bubble when they reach boiling point. But, when moved or disturbed, the liquid will bubble out of the cup. Never heat any liquid for more than 2 minutes per cup. Let stand for 30 seconds before stirring or adding anything.
Chocolate, candy and alcohol can worsen menopause symptoms. But, stress is the worst culprit. During menopause, hormone production shifts from the ovaries to the adrenal glands, and eventually the fat cells in and around the abdomen. Prolonged stress taxes the adrenal glands, so the fat cells must take over. The more fat cells, the more estrogen is produced.
Niagara's Health Focus Magazine
Menopausal hot flashes can be dramatically reduced simply by gently detoxifying your liver with Milk Thistle.
Never use plastic containers or wrap to heat foods in your microwave, especially with foods containing fat. Dioxins leech from the plastic into your food. Instead, use ceramic containers and wax paper to cover food.
Johns Hopkins University
The common cold or flu is a manifestation of dehydration. To ensure you receive adequate amounts of fluids, divide your body weight in half. This is the number of ounces of fluids you require each day. Add lemon juice to normalize intracellular pH.
Human Spirit Magazine
Easy natural weed killer--Pour vinegar and salt directly on the weeds
WEIGHT GAIN is a symptom not a condition. It is your body's way of telling you that your inner body is malfunctioning and out of balance.
Lack of melatonin can lead to sleep disorders and may accelerate tumour and cancer growth. Complete darkness during sleep is required for your body to produce melatonin. Sleeping in a room with light from windows or hallways, or a night light prevents your body from producing sufficient melatonin, so use blinds on your windows and turn off all lights!
Health 'n Vitality magazine
MSG, a dangerous neuro-toxin commonly added to pre-packaged foods to make them taste better, causes changes in the nervous system and possible nerve damage. It has been scientifically linked to serious health issues such as weight gain, headaches, hives, mouth eruptions, insomnia, cardiac irregularities, numbness, tingling, asthma attacks, runny nose and swelling or dryness of the mucus membraines (nose, mouth, sinuses, vagina & intestines) as well as brain damage in children. So, watch your product labels! MSG or monosodium glutamate, has many derivitives such as 'natural flavouring', natural beef or chicken flavouring, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, hydolyzed protein, hydrolyed plant protein,, plant protein extract, sodium caseinate, yeast extract, textured vegetable protein, textured protein, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed oat flour, and corn oil. Most popular brands of infant formula contain some form of MSG. Vaccines also contain MSG
Health 'n Vitality magazine
Quickly boost energy and mental alertness by adding 10 drops of liquid oxygen to your water or juice. It neutralizes environmental toxins, purifies your water, and destroys infectious bacteria, parasites, microbes and viruses, so take it with you when you travel! Liquid oxygen will also alleviate jet lag, headaches, hangovers and altitude sickness
Feeling tired and sluggish? Your polarity may be reversed! Causes include wearing a watch on your left wrist, exposure to electro-magnetic fields such as a clock radio beside your bed or working at a computer, dehydration, and iron or potassium deficiency.
How do you correct your polarity? Drink a glass of water. Fold your arms in front of your chest. Press the pulse points of your wrists together so each hand is holding onto a forearm. Hold this position for 1-5 minutes until you feel a noticable shift in your body. ( It may feel like you are shorter or heavier or more bottom-heavy. ) You will notice a rise in your energy level after about 10 minutes
According to the World Health Organization, today's leading cause of dimentia and brain failure is iodine deficiency. Low iodine levels trigger fatigue, depression and brain damage. Even in the early stages iodine defiiency can lower IQ by 15 points. Due to widespread ingestion of iodine blockers such as chlorinated fluoridated drinking water and soybean products, 43% of the population is at serious risk.
Dr David Williams
Heavy sunscreen users tend to be Vitamin D deficient. Sunscreens block the production of Vitamin D.
Dr David Williams
Never perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a heart attack victim. It's a HEART attack---not a LUNG attack! Expanding the lungs reduces blood flow to the brain. Once it is starved of oxygen, the brain 'dies'.
Dr David Williams
Make arterial plaque and hardened cholesterol melt away by taking lecithin. Lecithin turns 'bad' cholesterol into 'good' HDL cholesterol. It makes the hardened chlosterol become soluable so it dissolves back into your blood and washes away.
Dt David Williams
Waistline fat is typically caused by Adrenal Fatigue. This happens when years of everyday stress deplete your adrenal glands of the hormones that keep your body toned. Without these hormones, your waistline thickens, your muscle tone worsens and you often feel tired as well. B vitamins support the adrenals.
Dr David Williams
Birth defects related to circulatory/respiratory system has now doubled in families living near farming areas. This is due to an increase in the use of chemical pesticides. The greatest increase occurs during the months of April-June when pesticide use is highest. Eating any of these fruits and vegetables will expose you to almost 20 pesticides.
Topping the list in order of danger are :
Nectarines ~ Pears ~ Sweet bell peppers ~ Celery ~ Peaches ~ Spinach ~ Potatoes ~ Cherries ~ Strawberries ~ Apples ~ Red Raspberries ~ Imported grapes
The solution? Go organic! Or wash your fruits and veggies in a solution of peroxide in water. Or purchase a TersanoTM ionizer
Although pesticide residues are present on most non-organic produce, these have the least amount of pesticides on them:
Blood is composed of plasma ( a pale yellow liquid), red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and blood platelets (throbocytes). Platelets take part in blood coagulation. White cells take part in immune response.
There are 4 blood types - A, B, AB, and O. Each blood type contains different chemical markers called antigens (proteins) in the red blood cells. Each blood type antigen has a unique chemical structure. Antigens (in red cells) are present at birth and are genetically pre-disposed, whereas antibodies develop during the first year of life.
The blood type of a donor must always match the recipient. Otherwise, the antigens from the donor and the antibodies of the recipient will agglutinate. Agglutinating means each molecule of antibody attaches to 2 molecules of the antigen, binding (gluing) red cells together. This causes them to burst, a condition that is fatal.
Blood type O has no antigen. Type O-negative blood additionaly has no rhesus factor, so it can be transfused without risk to all blood types
This difference in the inherent proteins among different blood types is the main argument for eating foods complimentary to your blood type. Your blood type antigen is liberally distributed thoughout your digestive system to target antigens that might cause harm. A chemical reaction takes place between your blood type antigen and the food you eat or the supplements you ingest. This explains why some foods may be harmful to the cells of one blood type, but not another
When you eat food containing protein lectins that are incompatable with your blood type, the lectin proteins target an organ and cause the cells to stick together, interfering with digestion, insulin production, food production, and hormone balance. Eatng according to your blood type eliminates digestive issues and inflammatory conditions
For instance, blood Type O's tend to have high levels of stomach acid, so they can digest meat. Type A's have low stomach acid, so they store meat as fat. According to the food-type diet, Type A's can eat grains and should be vegetarians. However, they cannot tolerate solanin (found in vegetables of the deadly nightshade family--peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes). Type O's cannot eat grains. They need high levels of protein, so they should be meat-eaters. Type B's can eat the most varied diet, including meat and diary. Type AB should eat some meat, unless it is smoked or cured
D'Adamo
Soils across the Great Lakes region are loaded with excess iron, a precursor to bovine TB. Iron interdicts copper and opens the pathway for infection
Acres USA
Cilantro is the best remover of aluminum in the body. Aluminum is contained in table salt, tap water, packaged groceries, antiperspirants, and pharmaceuticals
Acres USA
Magnesium is our most important mineral. It is the chief catalyst in photosynthesis. The centre of the chlorophyl molecule upon which life depends is 15% magnesium. Niacin (Vitamin B3) enables magnesium.
Magnesium deficiency is caused by coffee, alcohol, and carbonated sodas. Boron prevents magnesium loss via excessive urination
Symptoms of magnesium deficiency include constipation, kidney stones, foot, leg or neck cramps or spasms, tension headaches, foot odor, feet swelling, chronic muscle fatigue, goose-bumpy textured buttocks skin, stiff legs or ankles or aching bones in the AM, eyelid twitching, menstrual clotting, hypertension, over-active mind making you unable to sleep at night, ADD, anger, getting up to urinate at 3AM, or awakening with a start and heart palpitations
Chronic magnesium deficiency is hardly detectable by blood work. Look for vegetables dark green in colour to increase your magnesium intake. Magnesium citrate is the best chose for a supplement. As magnesium is alkaline, take it with juice so the acid can help digest it. Magnesium supplements may cause loose bowels
Acres USA
Acres USA
Your pancreas controls blood sugar levels and secretes digestive enzymes
Symptoms of imbalance include fatigue--esp mid morning and mid-afternoon, slight dizziness upon standing, lack of stamina, cravings, irregular heart beat, stressed out, low blood pressure, repoductive problems such as PMS, impotence, early menses
Causes of imbalance are dietary indiscretions, anxiety, stress, misalignment of thoracic vertebrae 9 & 10, eating too much sugar, contrisone, lack of sleep, coffee, colas, gall stones
Nature's Sunshine
Natural help for nausea or morning sickness ... Place your right hand on your solar plexus and tone the vowel sound E three times. The naurea will go away within a few minutes
Linda Sylvester
Healthy soil contains calcium, potassium, mgnesium and sodium. These 4 cations act as pH balancers and carry nutrients to the plant's sap system. Calcium is the principle carrier of nutrients, as it can cross the cell membrane and back out without causing damage
Acres USA
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