 The Healer's Nook's Yoga Mat Cleaner is a great example of a way to clean chemical free! Hello again, everyone. I know I've already recently posted a post for this week but I felt the need to make another post that I hope will be of great use for you all. I work at a daycare and I come into contact and use bleach so many times I'm sick of it. Then at home, on the weekends, I clean with chemicals such as bleach, comet, various sprays for various purposes, etc. It's gotten to the point that I'm practically choking even when using Lysol. These chemicals are so harsh on our bodies and my coworker / best friend and I talk daily about our pure hatred for bleach. My throat becomes sore and my head hurts and our noses start running. What really is happening here?  Chemicals such as bleach are powerful irritants and are highly reactive to each other and the environment. The fact that when you combine Oxyclean and bleach and it emits a toxic odor and will literally eat holes into your clothes is terrifying to me. So what is the better option? For those who have the option to make a different choice, natural cleaners are the way to go! Once my fiancé and I finish The Nook, I'll clean only with the most natural, non irritant cleaners I can make or find. There are so many options for natural cleaners, too! You just have to be open minded.
Here are some examples of the outcomes and the formulas for my cleaners:
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 Dandelion Taraxacum officinale is just one of the herbs that may help in aiding the healing of iron deficiency. Good evening everyone! Last week I opened the topic of how our diets tie into our health. This week I want to speak of nutrient deficiencies, but where to start? I've typed, back spaced, retyped, deleted, pondered, and finally came to a conclusion: I had to take this a nutrient at a time - too much to discuss! So this week I have decided to speak about not just any deficiencies, but of anemia - a common iron deficiency. But first, there are many nutrient deficiencies one can have. Over the next few weeks we'll discuss herbs and their aid in helping our bodies with vitamins and minerals. If you have any questions whether or not you are deficient, ask a doctor for a test. Now back to iron deficiency. Iron deficiency is actually the most common nutrition deficiency in women (can also be found in men, of course) and could be noted by some tell-tale signs:
Because of my iron deficiency, before I started supplementing through diet, I dealt with very cold hands that turned blue/black, severe muscle cramps, I was constantly tired, and poor memory and attention spans were just a few of my problems that I'm knocking off my list one by one. Severe iron deficiencies can lead to heart problems and even in some cases heart attacks. Thank goodness I've not had to deal with those, but I feel so sorry for those who have. Iron deficiency can come from the body not being able to absorb iron properly, or not getting enough iron through your diet. Heavy blood loss can cause iron deficiency, such as heavy menstrual flow. Pregnancy is another factor in many iron deficiencies. How do we curve this issue? Well, you can supplement iron deficiency through diet and even mineral supplement tablets. I prefer supplementing through diet, but I also take one tablet a day of my Nature's Sunshine Chelated Iron tablets with a glass of O.J. - the Vitamin C in the O.J. helps absorb the iron. (Vitamin B12 and folic acid also help absorb iron and B12 deficient anemia and folic acid deficient anemia exist.) By doing this, it's not such a big deal if I'm unable to properly include iron into my diet.  Contact me if you are interested in getting Nature's Sunshine products for a good price! There are certain herbs you can add into your diet that may help your iron deficiency.
Making teas, infusions, or even adding any of these to your meals daily will help your body receive iron. If you'd like to know how to make a tea or infusion, check out my post with the formulas. Making green juices out of vegetable high in iron such as the following will also help you receive your daily iron:
Don't forget red meat is also great for iron! I'm not much of a red meat eater, however, so I supplement in other ways usually. Now I'm craving a mixed salad with spinach, kale, red tomatoes, small pieces of cut up steak, garlic, onion, and a zesty lemon vinaigrette. Yummy! I hope this post has helped you learn just the basics of iron deficiencies and what you can do to help over come this common problem. If you have any questions, please contact me! Until the next post, good health to you and yours!  "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." - Hippocrates "Our health is often affected and controlled by our diet; this is why it is very important to make proper choices when fueling ourselves. With food being so easily accessible and often pre-made, we should be able to accomplish more with our time than ever before because we do not have to set aside the time allotted for hunting / gathering, and preparing our fuel. A lot of times, sadly, this isn't the case. Actually, a majority of our "free" or "spare" time is stationary by watching television or surfing the web. I'm guilty, most of us are. We could be doing so much with the time we have! Growing our own food, exercising, making something with our own hands instead of running out and buying it - these are just a few of the things we could do. We are amazing creatures, our bodies are unlike anything else in existence. We should respect our bodies and take care of them, as they will us. Food is a great place to start. We need a diet filled with nutrients that build and aid our immune systems. If you are nutritionally deficient, your body weakens and you become more susceptible to illness. Highly processed food is lacking in these nutrients and leaves us vulnerable. The best way to refrain from highly processed foods is to make the food you eat yourself because you can control what you put in your meals, and therefore, into your body. If possible, stay away from processed items such as:
Once again, the list could go on but start with keeping an eye out for these. Slowly cut these things out of your diet, and start gaining control of what you put in your body. Now, it depends on how you yourself prepare your food. We could avoid packaged food all day long but if we don't prepare our food right then it is for nothing. We already know that fried food isn't healthy and instead you should try baking, but did you know that if you boil your vegetables you might as well drink the water you boiled them in because that's where most of the nutrients go. It is better to eat your vegetables raw or steamed than boiled. Also, not cooking your meat all the way through helps preserve nutrients. (Be sure to take precaution measures to not fall ill to poisoning by under cooked meat.) It is proven that most nutrients are preserved when food is cooked under 115 - 118 degrees Fahrenheit. Some food is healthier cooked at higher temperatures because it destroys harmful bacteria (such as the harmful bacteria that can exist on chicken). Also, cooking food containing lycopene (a great anti-oxidant) can bring it out and help your body absorb it. I hope you will take your time and slowly start preparing your own food with a conscious effort of the nutrients (or lack thereof) that lie in your meal. The next post will be about signs of certain nutrition deficiencies and what can be done to help curve these issues. In the mean time, I wish you all good health to you and yours! |
Author: Tina PotterMaster Herbalist, I've graduated as an American Healthcare College Alumnus, I've become a member of American Herbalist Guild and author of survivalist series Survival Ember co-authored by professional survivalist Kenny Dietrich of Ashland, KY. I've been beyond blessed with the constant desire to learn and teach. COMMON SENSE NOTICE: I do not claim to diagnose, treat, or cure disease. What you do with the information I post is up to you, but it is advised to consult with a doctor before acting on alternative methods of medicine. I wish you all the best!
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