You might expect a shampoo labeled “pure, natural and organic” to be, well, pure, natural and organic. So you may have been shocked — and not a little ticked off — to learn that many of your favorite natural body care products contain a nasty petrochemical linked to cancer.

The bad news broke in March at the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, California, with the release of product tests that found 1,4 dioxane, a probable human carcinogen, in 46 out of 100 personal care products marketed as “organic” or “natural,” including top-selling brands such as JASON Pure Natural & Organic, Giovanni Organic and Nature’s Gate Organics. The tests were conducted by author David Steinman and the non-profit organization Organic Consumers Association (OCA).
The timing of the release — in the midst of the world’s largest natural-products trade show — was no doubt calculated for maximum splash to capture the industry’s attention. That it did. And the waves haven’t stopped since.

After the press conference, lawyers for Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps — makers of products that tested clean of 1,4 dioxane (and financial backers of the tests conducted by Steinman and OCA) — threatened legal action against several companies. After discussions ended in a stalemate, Dr. Bronner’s filed lawsuits in April against 10 manufacturers and three organic certifiers for their use of alleged “fraudulent organic claims.”

In May, the California Attorney General’s office filed suit against four manufacturers of products that tested highest for 1,4-dioxane, for failing to warn consumers about exposure to a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer, as required by the state’s Proposition 65 law (see sidebar).
Two separate questions are swirling in the tempest: Should “natural” body care products contain toxic petrochemicals? And how organic should “organic” personal care products really be? Opinions are aligned on the first question and run the gamut on the second. But one thing is certain: the storm that has been brewing behind the scenes in the natural products industry for years is now out in the open, forcing manufacturers to confront some difficult issues that will define the future of the burgeoning $15 billion industry.

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(NaturalNews) On the heels of Olympian Michael Phelps’ deal with Kellogg’s to promote sugary breakfast cereals — a move for which he was widely criticized — NaturalNews has learned that Phelps is also involved in a deal with McDonald’s to introduce Chinese children to American junk food. According to Xinhuanet.com, a mainstream news source in China, Michael Phelps is serving as an ambassador for a program sponsored by McDonald’s to bring Chinese children to the Olympics and serve them American fast food.

But keep reading, and see why Michael Phelps may deserve another chance at being a true hero, and why I’ve personally volunteered to be his nutrition coach.

Pushing junk foods is an American tradition, it seems. Introduce a nation to our processed foods and junk foods, and in just one generation, its population will need our high-profit pharmaceuticals and chemotherapy drugs, too. Because once a nation starts eating American junk foods, degenerative disease is not far behind: Cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, infertility, behavior disorders and a whole lot more. These are the debilitating health conditions caused by eating fast food and junk food on a regular basis. (Just ask Morgan Spurlock of Supersize Me.)

Coke, Pepsi, McDonald’s… these are the food industry ambassadors of the United States, it seems, and in my opinion they only bring disease and death to the countries they target. Olympian Michael Phelps is currently an active participant in this “junk food imperialism” that’s sweeping through China, ensnaring hundreds of millions of children in a junk food diet that may doom many of them to deadly diseases later in life.

Of course, if you ask Coke, Pepsi and McDonald’s, all their products are perfectly healthy and there’s no relationship between fast food and poor health. Perhaps that’s what Michael Phelps believes, too. But no informed consumer (or even doctor) believes that anymore. It is now common knowledge that sugary soda pop contributes to obesity, diabetes and bone loss. It is also common knowledge that eating at McDonald’s on a regular basis is extremely unhealthy. Just look at the nutrition facts on a Big Mac: An incredible 29 grams of fat, 10 grams of heart-clogging saturated fat, virtually no fiber and over a thousand milligrams of sodium! And that doesn’t even count the fries and Coke that usually accompany it.

If we want to see China become a meat-eating, environment-destroying, health-suppressing, disease-infested cattle-factory abyss like much of America, then rounding up Chinese children and bringing them to McDonald’s is certainly the way to accomplish that.

Michael Phelps introduces Chinese children to McDonald’s

To see Michael Phelps serving as an ambassador to McDonald’s, actively engaged in recruiting Chinese children to become McDonald’s customers, is downright disturbing. Sipping sugary sodas, chewing on unhealthful, inhumane meat products and eating French fries loaded with acrylamides is not exactly the kind of habit a champion should encourage in others. And this doesn’t even mention the brainwashing and child behavior conditioning pursued by McDonald’s to imprint happiness on children’s impressionable young brains, even while they’re being fed extremely unhealthful foods that may ultimately harm them.

See the picture here of Michael Phelps bringing Chinese children to McDonald’s:

Sad, isn’t it? Here’s an Olympic champion using his fame to recruit innocent Chinese children into an American junk food restaurant. I guess the only saving point in all this is that when those children need organ transplants later in life, they will have easy access to them thanks to the organ harvesting black market in China which suddenly seems to have a whole lot of kidneys and livers available following the arrest and rounding up of free speech protestors and Falun Gong members.

If Michael Phelps is an ambassador of McDonald’s, in my opinion he is an ambassador of disease, death and bankruptcy. America is the world’s largest exporter of disease, and Michael Phelps appears to be right at the forefront of this effort.

But it’s not too late… can Phelps redeem himself? Keep reading…

What would Michael Phelps’ mother think of him pushing junk foods?

Astoundingly, Michael Phelps’ own mother has been teaching nutrition to local schoolchildren at the middle school where she works. NaturalNews has learned that Phelps’ mother, Deborah Phelps, “…designed and implemented an interdisciplinary, award-winning nutrition and food science curriculum, created a state-of-the-art food science lab and was a member of a variety of school improvement committees.”

This is reported on the Windsor Mill Middle School website in Baltimore, Maryland, where Deborah Phelps is the Principal of the school. You can read it yourself here:

http://schools.bcps.org/schools/cms/win…

What would Deborah Phelps think of Michael Phelps pushing McDonald’s and Frosted Flakes to children? If she cares about the health of children, she would likely be outraged at Michael’s actions, but we haven’t interviewed Deborah, so we can’t say for sure. What we can say, however, is that Michael Phelps’ promotions of McDonald’s and sugary breakfast cereals directly contradicts his own mother’s publicly-stated nutrition programs designed for schoolchildren.

Then again, Deborah Phelps probably isn’t being paid ten million dollars to design healthy food choices for schoolchildren. She’s simply doing it because she has a professional responsibility to her school’s children and it’s the right thing to do.

In the next article, I announce my willingness to volunteer as Michael Phelps’ nutritionist, helping him exceed his eight gold medals by preparing for the 2012 Olympics using the world’s most powerful superfoods and nutritional know-how. With superfoods nutrition boosting his performance to even higher levels, Phelps would truly be the greatest champion in the history of Olympic swimming.

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What is Lead?

Lead is symbol Pb, atomic number 82 on the periodic table. Its elemental traits are a soft, heavy toxic, poor metal. When first cut, its color is bluish-white, and tarnishes becoming dull gray after air exposure, and when melted into its liquid form, it becomes shiny silver chrome in appearance. Lead is a potent “neurotoxin” that accumulates in bones and soft tissues over time.

Lead is used in a variety of industries, including building construction, bullets, weights, lead-acid batteries used in cars, coloring element in ceramic glazes, fishing sinkers, candle treatments, sound-deadening layers for studios and organ pipes. It is also used in solder for electronics, combined with brass in reducing machine tool wear, used in ballast keel of sailboat and in high-voltage power cables. Lead is also widely used in sculptures and statues.

Before the harmful effects of lead were recognized in 1978, lead was used in many products and materials such as paint and gasoline. However, even though laws now prevent lead from being used in various products, lead hazards can still be present in and around homes by getting into the water, food, soil and dust, causing serious health problems, especially in young children.

How am I Exposed to Lead?

Most people are exposed to some amount of lead in their lifetime.

One of the most common lead exposures is from lead-based paint used in homes, which were built before 1978. Traces of lead can be found both indoors and outdoors of apartments, single-family homes, public and private housing in the city, suburbs or in country. Lead can sometimes be traced in the soil around a house, since the lead from exterior paint or leaded gas in cars could easily transfer to soil. When lead-based paint deteriorates, it turns into dust, which can work it’s way into households.

Some homes still have plumbing with lead solder. Unfortunately, drinking water with lead is invisible, odorless and tasteless. It is undetectable in water without special testing. In addition, boiling lead-contaminated water cannot get rid of lead.

People can also be exposed to lead from their jobs and hobbies. People who work with lead or use lead in pottery making, shooting ranges, refinishing furniture or other hobbies are more likely to bring lead particles on their clothes.

Other examples of lead exposure, include eating food and drinking liquid stored in containers made with lead, alternative medicines that uses lead and through contaminated air.

What are the Symptoms of Lead Exposure?

Lead is a toxic or poisonous metal that can cause nervous system damage, especially in children, possibly leading to blood and brain disorders.

Long-term exposure to lead and its salts could cause nephropathy and abdominal pains.

Lead exposure in children is usually left untreated because it does not show outward symptoms. However, high levels of lead undetected in their bodies, could in time, result in damages to the nervous system and brain, lethargy, nausea, headaches, hearing problems, slowed growth, sleeping troubles, constipation, stomachaches, irritability as well as learning and behavioral problems.

Symptoms of lead exposure in adults are more evident. Adults often suffer from headaches, severe abdominal pain, irritability and mood swings, memory loss, concentration problems, muscle and joint pains, high blood pressure, hypertension, nerve disorders, loss of motor coordination and reproductive problems in both men and women.

How do I Test Myself for Lead Exposure?

The Lead Testing Kit

The Lead Heavy Metals Test Kit is available to determine the levels in your body. Should the test determine that your levels are high, you may want to use Dr. Group’s Chemical & Heavy Metals Cleanse to reduce your levels. Cleansing can take a long time, sometimes as long as months. It’s recommended that you test your body levels periodically throughout the cleansing process to determine your progress.

Homes should also be checked for lead exposure by paint inspection and risk assessment, wherein qualified professionals determine the lead content of both indoor and outdoor spaces in homes.

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(NaturalNews) Stress is a big challenge in life nowadays. The sources of stress are many and the helpful ways to reduce stress are also plentiful. Common symptoms of stress include skin problems, impotence, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, fatigue, insomnia and frustration.

We don’t need to set a time to reduce stress, we need to incorporate some strategies in our daily life routine to prevent stress and reduce its effect on the body.

Here are 10 simple steps we can easily take to reduce stress:

1. Define your goals: we must define our life goals and begin to achieve these goals; this action will support us against stress because we will feel that we know what our life purpose is and why, and that we control our own lives.

2. Take control of your diet: we can use simple ways in our diet plans to reduce stress by avoiding some stimulants such as coffee, alcohol, tea and sugar and we can use chamomile tea as an alternative because of its calming and relaxing effect. We need to eat slowly in a calm environment to allow our digestive system to work well. We can use honey as an alternative to sugar but in small amounts (one or two spoonfuls per day).

3. Take hot baths regularly: after a very busy day or when we feel that we need to relax (I do this three times a week). You can take a hot bath by sitting in warm to hot water and the water level should be above the waist, using lavender oil can also enhance this relaxing experience.

4. Aromatherapy: in the office you can use aromatherapy to relax and avoid stress. One of the best ways is to use lavender oil on a source of heat and take in the scent; this is a great way to relax during the day when you need it the most.

5. Exercise: This is one of the important things you can do which will reduce stress and bring happiness. When we exercise, our brains release substances which bring feelings of happiness and relaxation; we need engage in some exercise regularly such as walking, dancing or swimming.

6. Breathing techniques: Yoga, meditation and Tai Chi all use deep breathing techniques. To meditate, simply sit with closed eyes and concentrate on your breathing. Breathing deeply regularly is great for health and from there, you can learn various other breathing techniques to gain enhanced benefits.

7. Relaxation techniques and self hypnotherapy: we can easily do this after the hot bath to relax even more, simply sit or lie down in a comfortable place with your eyes closed, imagine there is a spot light above your head and concentrate on it, then concentrate on your body part by part and try to relax the body and feel the relaxation deepening — you can also use a self hypnotherapy audio tape to help in this process.

8. Massage: this is a great way to reduce stress, I do this when other ways fail, I feel better after receiving a massage. You can get a professional massage or you can simply ask your partner to massage you.

9. Spiritual healing: prayers and the act of helping others are very important components for happiness and stress reduction. You will feel calmer and have a sense of inner peace.

10. Talking through your problems: talking about your feelings acts as a releasing mechanism and you will soon find that talking about your problems with your partner or best friend may help the solution to the problem come to light and will help to release blocked emotions.

11. Multivitamins: I take a Vitamin B complex regularly to decrease stress and this has been a great help in my stress reduction.

I hope that you find these suggestions helpful, my hope in sharing this information with you is that you can benefit from it. Reading about this is not enough to reduce stress, you must take action.

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If you were an alien visiting our planet, you might think Earthlings never age. Even as awareness about aging rises, most major magazines and television stations still fail to display vital, older people. Medical journals, on the other hand, harp on the infirmities of old age. It’s no wonder we fear and even deny our own inevitable aging.

Grower older can’t be avoided, but it doesn’t have to mean the loss of health, mind and independence. In fact, research seems to indicate the opposite. By paying a little attention to lifestyle, most older individuals can live active, healthy lives and we can all shatter those old age myths.

Myth #1: When I get old, I’ll become senile.

Many of us view the elderly as doddering old creatures, unable to think for themselves and constantly forgetting the most mundane things. In reality, senility only strikes five percent of Americans. The other piece of good news is that some age related declines in mental functioning can be prevented or even reversed.

When scientists from Tufts University reviewed a number of studies, they discovered that vitamin deficiencies account for many of the symptoms of senility. Just as vitamins are needed for normal nervous system development in children, they are required for normal neurological functioning in adults–young and old.

For example, low folate levels in the elderly can cause forgetfulness, irritability and possibly depression. Vitamin B6, a nutrient required to make many neurotransmitters, may lead to peripheral neuropathy (a disorder of the nervous system where the limbs feel numb or tingle) if deficient. The nutrient that ensures nerves are protected with a myelin sheath, vitamin B12, can be responsible for delusions and mood disturbances when levels fall below normal.

Most of us think that nutrition must be poor before these kind of deficiencies show up. However, researchers have found that seemingly healthy, elderly subjects can still exhibit low vitamin levels. In fact, an older individual can be lacking in certain vitamins for years without any hint of a deficiency. Symptoms, mental or otherwise, may not show up immediately and even the usual blood tests employed to detect lagging nutrients are not always reliable (1).

Myth #2: Old age means losing all my teeth.

If you’re not worried about losing your mind when you’re old, you might fret about losing your teeth. Periodontitis, or late stage gum disease, is the primary cause of tooth loss in adults. This condition commonly begins as gingivitis where gums turn red and begin to swell and bleed, a situation experienced by too many people. Fortunately healthy gums and avoiding false teeth are both reasonable goals.

The elderly of today are much more likely to keep their teeth than previous generations. Even so, dental disease is prevalent. The New England Elders Dental Study found the beginnings of periodontal disease in over 3/4 of the 1150 persons examined. Part of the problem, said these investigators, was that education and dental care for this population are overlooked by both dentists and the patients themselves (2).

The sad part of this situation is that proper dental hygiene and regular cleanings by the dentist are usually enough to stave off infection. Another simple and inexpensive way of preventing or at least halting the progression of periodontal disease is to store and replace your toothbrush properly. Although most of us are in the habit of keeping our toothbrush in the bathroom, this is not recommended. Bathrooms are the most contaminated room in the house. Healthy people should replace their toothbrushes every two weeks; those with a systemic or oral illness more often. Everyone should use a new toothbrush when they get sick, when they feel better and again when they completely recover (3).

Finally, an important aspect of both dental and general health is immunity. It has been determined that a suppressed immune system is associated with the rapid progression of periodontal disease. A Midwestern research group found that cigarette smoking was one habit that dragged down immunity and sabotaged periodontitis treatment (4). Other lifestyle behaviors that theoretically could do the same include poor eating habits, stress and other immune depressors.

Myth #3: The older I get, the sicker I’ll get.

It’s true that as we age, our physiology changes. These changes can lead to poor health if not addressed. But old age doesn’t have to mean feeling sick and tired. An important part of staying well into the older years is keeping your immune system operating at its peak.

Aging is generally associated with lagging immunity and consequently more infections especially of the respiratory system. However John Hopkins’ Professor Chandra discovered that when independent, apparently healthy, elderly people were fed nutritional supplements for a year, their immunity improved. Immunological responses were so marked that those who were supplemented (versus the placebo group) were plagued with less infections and took antibiotics for less days. It should be noted that these effects were achieved with a moderate amount of nutrients in a balanced formula; megadoses of some vitamins can actually impair immunity (5).

Besides taking care of your immunity with supplementation, diet, exercise and other measures, you can prevent many age-related diseases with specific health precautions. For example, there is evidence that smoking and low plasma levels of vitamins C and E, and beta-carotene contribute to cataracts (6). Dr. Dean Ornish showed that a one year program of stress management, moderate exercise, no smoking and a low-fat vegetarian diet may reverse the development of coronary atherosclerosis. Left untreated, atherosclerotic plagues usually continue to grow (7).

Many other chronic diseases can also be prevented or treated with lifestyle changes. Calcium and magnesium supplementation helps some individuals with hypertension. Most are helped by high potassium foods (fruits and vegetables), salt restriction and weight maintenance. Keeping blood pressure under control can also decrease the risk of a stroke.

Adult-onset diabetes is usually treated best with dietary measures such as reducing simple sugars, consuming a lot of fiber and taking chromium supplements (8). It’s estimated that half of all types of cancer are linked to diet. This explains why less fat, lots of fruits, vegetables and fiber, vitamins A, B6, C and E and zinc and selenium all appear to play a role in cancer prevention (9).

Myth #4: Lifestyle changes won’t help me when I get old.

It’s a mistaken notion that at a certain age, you reach the lifestyle modification point of no return. If you’ve used this as an excuse to cling to old, comfortable, unhealthy habits, it’s time to let go. Of course, it’s always best to live as healthy as possible as young as possible. But for those in their golden years, there’s still plenty of hope.

Two of the most difficult habits to break, smoking and a sedentary lifestyle, can, when discarded, yield great health results. In 1990, the Surgeon General at that time, Antonia Novello, MD, MPH, declared that “even people who quit smoking at older ages can expect to enjoy a longer and healthier life compared with those who continue to smoke” (10).

Although the incidence of cigarette smoking naturally declines with age, those who continue to smoke should be aware of the numerous advantages of quitting. In as little as 20 minutes, blood pressure, pulse and body temperature all return to normal. Eight hours later, oxygen levels in the blood rise. After a day, the chance of a heart attack decreases. In five years, the risk of lung cancer falls to about half and in five more years lung cancer risk almost parallels that of a never-smoker (11). All these changes occur no matter what your age when you quit.

Frailty in the older person can’t be totally blamed on aging. At least some weakness occurs because of physical inactivity. A regular exercise program not only decreases the risk of chronic illness, but can help prevent early death. Those who begin exercising later in life can slow or even reverse organ deterioration.

When elderly individuals exercise, they reap a number of health rewards. Aside from fighting chronic diseases, their heart is stronger, muscles are more fit and flexible, mood is enhanced, and falls and fractures are less frequent. While exercise alone probably doesn’t significantly extend life beyond 80 years old, it can improve your quality of life (12,13).

Myth #5: As long as I maintain the eating habits I had when I was younger, I’ll stay healthy.

Perhaps one of the biggest fallacies of good health is that nutritional needs don’t change with age. Just as children and teens have different dietary requirements than adults, so do the elderly differ in their needs from younger individuals.

Experts are still arguing about what and if diet needs change with age. Because of this it’s estimated that anywhere between 0 and 40 percent of the independent elderly are nutritionally deficient. A number of factors feed into poor dietary intake. Chronic diseases, both physical and mental, can cause nutritional problems. Various medications can impair nutrient availability or discourage eating due to loss of appetite. If you wear ill-fitting dentures, pain can prevent you from eating. Elderly who live alone may feel isolated and uninterested in eating.

But even if you are older and healthy, the very process of aging alters your metabolism and physiology. Stomach acid declines, thus affecting some nutrient absorption. Many older people feel full quicker because of an increased sensitivity to the satiety peptide, cholecystokinin octapeptide. Aging also dampens the body’s appetite center, and consequently eating. Finally, it’s suspected that an older palate doesn’t detect those tastes that drive us to the dinner table: salt and sweet (14).

Aging is inevitable. Poor health is not. Regular exercise, nutritious eating (appropriate for your age) and a lucky roll of the genetic dice can help you to age with grace and good health.

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(NaturalNews) Without question, these are tough times. Rampant inflation, sky-high gas prices, failed wars, domestic surveillance and secret prisons run by top U.S. officials… it all adds up to uncertainty and fear in the minds of many Americans. In this increasingly unstable environment, however, there’s one area where anyone can discover solid ground beneath their feet and face the future with a sense of certainty: Their health!

Why health? Because it’s the one thing you have near-total control over. Yes, I know, the drug companies and misinformed medical researchers have been trying to convince you for a long time that your own health is utterly out of your control. They claim diseases are caused by bad genes and bad luck, not by food, nutrition or exposure to toxic chemicals. They say bad health is just bad luck, like being struck by lightning. They even use the same terms, saying people are “struck by cancer!”

It’s all a lie, of course, cleverly designed to disempower the People and turn consumers into pitiful pill-popping victims of Big Pharma’s highly unethical disease mongering campaigns. The more you believe you’re helpless to control your health, the more you’ll cave in to Big Pharma’s “medicate everybody” approach to the sick care industry.

There’s a better way to protect your health

But I have news for you: There’s a better way; an optimistic, high-vibration, enlightened and completely natural way to gain confidence in the future of your own health: Empower yourself with information about superfood nutrition, miraculous herbal cures, underground disease cures and other similar information you’ll never learn from controlled, conventional sources.

If you read NaturalNews on a regular basis, you already realize this. NaturalNews serves this exact purpose: Empowering readers with lifesaving, life-changing information that can keep them out of the hospital, out of the doctor’s office and off the gurney forever! We reach well over 1.2 million readers a month right now, publishing more than fifty articles a week that offer revolutionary information on anti-cancer mushrooms, superfoods that reverse heart disease, free therapies that reverse disease and much more.

Have you ever wondered, however, where we get our own information? It doesn’t fall out of the sky. And I don’t pull it out of my derriere like Big Pharma’s dishonest researchers and their “selective publication” of drug trials. Nope: I get my information from in-the-know sources — top people in the industry who are on the true cutting edge of naturopathic healing. Folks who practice this stuff every day, who live it!

To get you an example, in just the last two weeks, I completed interviews with Dr. Julian Whitaker, Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Bruce Lipton. All three of these interviews will soon be featured right here on NaturalNews.com, but until those are ready, I wanted to introduce you to another one of my very top sources for “underground” health information: Dr. Jonathan Wright.

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The majority of us are simply unaware of the toxic ingredients that are in products we use every day. Did you know that most all toothpastes on the market contain Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), an ingredient that is known to dry out your mouth and cause canker sores? Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is such a harsh chemical that it can cause damage to the oral tissues lining the inside of your mouth. When these tissues shed, they feed the bacteria that create taste disorders and Halitosis.¹

Choosing organic toothpaste and mouthwash is a positive step that you can take for living green. Ideally, you should look for products that are chemical free, non-toxic, and USDA certified as organic. Is organic toothpaste and mouthwash hard to find? Not really. While you might have some difficulty finding truly organic products at your local retailer, this really depends upon where you live. Even if you do have some trouble finding organic toothpaste and mouthwash in stores, you should not have any problem finding a wide variety of them online.

Did You Know? As much as 89% of personal care products have not been evaluated for their safety.²

In order to find true organic toothpaste and mouthwash products, you will need to dedicate yourself to reading labels. Keep in mind that most commercial products contain a list of ingredients that, on the surface, are rather meaningless to most of us. When you see ingredients listed that you are not familiar with, take charge and find out what they are! This is a really good way that you can learn about the various types of chemicals that are routinely present in every day health and beauty items.

Dangers of Exposure from Non-Organic Toothpaste & Mouthwash

One of the main reasons that organic products in general have become so popular is because people throughout the world are becoming more concerned not only about their own health and well being, but about the health of the environment as well. Do you really want to brush your teeth and gums with harmful chemicals? Of course not! None of us do.

• Chemicals in toothpaste are responsible for drying out tissues in the mouth and could lead to canker sores
• Most mouthwashes can be harmful or fatal if swallowed
• Fluoride overused can cause mottling (a tooth disease), cancer, renal or kidney failure and more
• Chemicals found in bathroom disinfectants are used in some mouthwashes
• Ammonia, formaldehyde, and hydrogen peroxide are common ingredients in mouthwash

Many people mistakenly believe that truly organic products cost a small fortune. And, this makes them reluctant to seek out the products that they know would be better for them. The fact is organic products can be purchased for little or no more than the popular commercial brands. And with all that is at stake, it’s no wonder that organics are rising in popularity, and it’s not just toothpaste and mouthwash that are getting attention. You can review all your healthcare products because a frightening majority of them are made with many of the same harsh chemicals.

Did You Know? In the past 67 years, the FDA has only banned the use of 9 personal care ingredients. The EU has banned 450. ³

Another reason that organic toothpaste and mouthwash are important is because 60% of everything that you put onto your skin can be absorbed and inhaled. The majority of the commercial toothpastes and mouthwashes on the market today are manufactured with ingredients that are known to be dangerous. These toxins that we absorb and inhale from toothpaste and mouthwash can remain in our bodies throughout our lifetimes!

How to Choose Your Organic Toothpaste & Mouthwash

When searching for organic toothpaste and mouthwash products, try to avoid the ones that contain any of the following:

It is also important to ensure that the products you purchase are not animal tested. Cruelty free products are a more wholesome choice for you and your family to use.

It’s always your best practice to read the labels. Many products state on their labels that they’re “organic” or “natural” and really are not. They may contain a small amount of the good stuff, but the rest of their formula includes the bad stuff. Unfortunately, the bad stuff usually makes up the larger percentage of its content.

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Deep breathing is a critical piece of maintaining good health. Most people overlook it even though the majority of the population breathes rapidly and shallowly, probably indicative of the hurried pace of the world we live it.

Breathing exercises along with muscle relaxation do a number of good things for your life. This is a great exercise as you can see to improve your daily life. It is something you can practice any time you feel the need.

• It lessens your physical response to stress — use it whenever you feel stress setting in.
  • Relieving stress also helps to relax your bowels
• Helps to keep your mind clear — use it whenever you feel unfocused
• In increases the levels of oxygen to your organs — for this reason especially it should be implemented regularly.
  • Because oxygen is key to cleansing, it should be used whenever you perform the 6-Day Advanced Oxygen Cleanse (try for twice daily during the cleanse).
  • It helps when you use it as you sit on the toilet for your bowels to move.

How Do I Do This?

It’s a simple practice that you can use regularly or every once in a while.

• Inhale deeply, slowly, (over a span of about 4 seconds), through your nose
• Hold it for a count of 16 seconds
• Exhale through your mouth, (over a span of about 8 seconds)

Repeat this process nine times.

It’s important that this be a conscious activity for maximum effect. Remember to consciously control your body’s responses. For example, if you’re trying to relax your muscles, then you need to focus on the individual muscles telling them to relax. Often tension is an automatic response that turns into a state of being. So, you have to remind your muscles how to behave.

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After mentioning the idea of a raw foods restaurant directory yesterday, a friend sent me an email with a link to exactly such a directory that already exists! It’s called www.VegGuide.org and you can use it to search for vegetarian, vegan or raw restaurants in most cities. Check it out to find these restaurants in your areas.

By the way, here’s a warning for you on “vegetarian” restaurants: Most vegetarian restaurants use veggie foods loaded with MSG. It’s true! Even they don’t know their foods contain MSG, either, and sometimes they will tell you, “We don’t add any MSG.” Well, sure, they don’t add the MSG… it’s already in there when they buy the veggie patties in the first place.

The really dangerous ingredient to watch out for is yeast extract — a hidden form of MSG found in virtually all processed vegetarian foods. Personally, I’d rather eat a bacon double cheeseburger than a “veggie” burger made with yeast extract (which includes virtually all popular veggie burger brands, by the way). Be sure to read the labels on these products to avoid yeast extract. There are a couple of brands that don’t use any hidden MSG, but you have to read the labels to find out which ones they are.

Are people Driving While Medicated? (DWM)

During my stay in South Florida, I’ve discovered something far more dangerous than hurricanes…

Medicated drivers!

A significant majority of the population here, you see, consists of people well over the age of sixty-five, and thanks to Big Pharma’s disease mongering efforts, virtually all of them are on five or ten different meds (they lost count, but I assure you, it’s a lot).

Now that’s fine if they just want to sit at home and drool on the couch while pretending to poke at the TV remote, but when they’re behind the wheel, it turns Florida’s roadways into an action-packed game of “Dodge Granny!”

These medicated elderly drivers, by the way, are mostly from New York or New Jersey, and they don’t decide to move to Florida until they’ve lost at least sixty percent of their vision and any ability to rotate their heads. That’s why they don’t actually bother to look around before backing out of a parking space or driveway… they can’t rotate their necks!

Disturbingly, even when their vision and their minds are long gone, they still retain the legal right to vote (they elected a Bush family member as their Governor, after all…), so that means any legislation that might require medicated elderly citizens to stay off the roads will never be passed in Florida. It’s like trying to get anti-smoking laws passed in North Carolina. Just ain’t gonna happen, folks! At least not in this generation…

It’s no joke that Driving While Medicated (DWM) is a huge problem in America today. It’s at least as bad as DUI (drinking and driving), and in many ways it’s actually worse because it’s a problem the establishment refuses to acknowledge.

While it’s relatively easy for a police officer to determine if someone is drunk, determining if someone is over-medicated is a lot more difficult. Why? Because encountering a driver suffering from a complete loss of cognitive function who drives like an idiot is so common today that it’s considered NORMAL!

Tip: I’ve noticed that people who slap those pink cancer ribbons on the backs of their vehicles tend to be the most medicated drivers on the road. So when you see a pink ribbon on a car, interpret that as a sign of danger (if not outright stupidity, too, given that cancer cures already exist, and there is no need to “search for the cure” as is promised by the fraudulent cancer industry).

Wonder of wonders… the sheets aren’t toxic!

Continuing my saga with the local hotel operator, my wife spoke to the hotel staff today about the fragrance issue, and they listened to her. (I sorta alienated the staff yesterday, so we decided to play good-cop, bad-cop this time around.) It worked! They delivered a brand-new set of sheets purchased just today. The problem, though, is that the pillow cases are still soaked in toxic laundry fragrance chemicals, but we already bought our own pillow cases to solve that problem, so everything’s cool.

Whole foods: Episode IV

I was back at the Whole Foods juice bar today, ordering up a tropical smoothie when I noticed a sign for a “Jay Robb whey protein boost.” Wow! That was cool to see Jay Robb being featured at whole foods (his company makes the most natural whey protein and egg protein products in the industry). See www.JayRobb.com

So of course, out of loyalty to the Jay Robb brand, I said to the guy behind the counter, “Hit me with some Jay Robb, dude!”

His reply? “Somebody took it.” Yep, somebody stole the Jay Robb whey protein out of the Whole Foods juice bar. (Is Jay aware this is happening?) So instead, I went with the Nutiva hemp protein, which is also groovy (www.Nutiva.com), and it’s better since I’m on a vegan diet now.

Yes, I bend the vegan rules a bit when traveling, so I’ll slug down some whey protein on the road, but at home I’m actually on the SunWarrior protein (www.SunWarrior.com) which is made from raw, fermented brown rice protein. It’s super smooth, and it tastes a whole lot better than hemp protein (which is kinda gritty…).

To use Florida terminology, I am a timeshare vegan, which means I’m vegan when it fits my schedule (which is most of the time now, by the way, but not when I’m on the road). When traveling, I’m merely vegetarian. In truly desperate situations (like at airports after a four-hour flight delay), I may even eat some seafood or fish, but that’s always a last resort. That would make me a pescetarian, I suppose, even though I actually prefer to call myself a freshetarian.

Speaking of the “tarians,” how about this one: The Vegeterranean Diet! That’s a Mediterranean Diet, but without the meat. It’s a super-healthy variation on the incredibly popular and well-researched Mediterranean Diet, which has been clinically proven to greatly reduce your risk of dying from cardiovascular events. Somebody should grab the domain name on this idea before it’s taken…

Clear water? Really?

The ocean water in Clearwater Beach, Florida is not clear. It’s muddy. But the ocean water in Boca Raton is really clear. It’s actually blue, and you can see fish swimming in the waves when walking along the beach. I think the name “Clearwater Beach” is false advertising. They should rename their town “Murkywater Beach.”

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