OK this is definitely a controversial topic. 
Big Pharma as Pharmaceutical Companies have a very powerful effect on our health environment. Without us really knowing, the medical model has been shaped around pharmaceutifcals. So much so that now its considered “normal” to take meds if you have symptoms, and its widely considered “quackery” to use nutrition and natural therapies.
Happy Mother’s Day to all you amazing ladies out there. I hope you got some love and appreciation from your special ones today.
I was sent this quote and feel its well worth sharing with you…
“A mother is a small portion of God’s love in action.
She looks with her heart and feels with her eyes.
A mother is the bank where her children deposit all their worries and hurt.
A mother is the cement that keeps her fanily together and her love lasts a lifestime.
So for a long time there has been many ruminations on the benefits of fluoride. As with anything relatively new I do severely question whether there is and what they are – especially since fluoride is known for its toxic properties. For an in depth discussion listen to this podcast that goes way deeper into the topic than I can go.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard of this concept which is not at all new, but is creating a bit of a buzz around the traps…
Grounding, or some call it Earthing.
To cut to the chase (and if you can’t be bothered reading thru this blog post!) what it means is that ya go outside and put your bare feet on the ground (or grass, or rock, or in the water). Do this and it will make you feel better.
Recently a friend of mine saw that I wouldn’t let my children have lollies (candy) at a birthday party.
“Surely one isn’t going to hurt him?” She said.
“Actually, it might” I replied.
Having a child with a behavioural disorder really ups the ante on the usual parenting stakes. I mean, its hard enough managing when you are presented with this gorgeous little bundle at the miracle which is birth…only to find that you realise that you have NO idea on what to do with your ‘pride and joy’ and wonder where the heck the handbook for your child is!!! To add in the “behavioural-issue” issue was enough to totally throw me off my game.
Next time you are opening a packaged food check out the ingredients label. If any of the following are present, think twice before you buy that brand again.
COLOURS
Artificial
102 tartrazine
104 quinoline yellow
107 yellow 2G
110 sunset yellow
122 azorubine, carmoisine
123 amaranth
124 ponceau, brilliant scarlet
127 erythrosine
128 red 2G
129 allura red
132 indigotine, indigo carmine
133 brilliant blue
142 green S, food green, acid brilliant green
151 brilliant black
155 brown, chocolate brown
Natural
160b annatto, bixin, norbixin
This is a short post just to recount a story that happened yesterday. It was a sad day in New Zealand as we observed the one year anniversary of the deadly earthquake that killed 185 people. Being a small country we are deeply affected by this tragedy, in many ways.
There was a 2 minute silence held right across the country. Even the school children stopped their play to remember the victims, and their families. Unusually, in the evening, I turned on the TV news. I wanted to catch up on all the goings on over the day. As usual the TV is like a magnet so a couple of minutes later both the boys were sat up beside me watching too. Actually I thought it was quite healthy for them to see the reports anyway.
I had a valuable lesson yesterday about how my attitude and approach can have a huge affect on a situation.
This is a short, but really good story which helped set me back on track …
We have got an abundance of cabbage at the moment, and I even took the first one out of my garden today – makes me feel I’m living the “good life” to be able to grab food from my garden!! As well as all fresh veges cabbage has an abundance of good bugs that help digest our food. Its essential to incorporate some fermented food in our daily diet for great health and energy. For more info on this see here.
So I am wanting to give you the quick low down on how I make my sauerkraut. You can buy it but it is really really simple and inexpensive to make.