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Anti-bacterial Soap

This morning I read an excellent blog post about antibacterial soap and why it's bad. It was a rant. But a good rant. I have the same opinion so I thought I would link to it and then add my own thoughts. Unfortunately I forgot which one of the bloggers I read wrote it. Can't link to it if I can't find it.

On an up note, I retaught myself how to link in my blogs. As soon as I find it again I'll link to it for you.

In the meantime, quit using so much antibacterial soaps and wipes, etc. It kills the good and the bad and makes super resistant bugs that are as unkillable as roaches.

Essential Oils

I used to do a blog specifically about essential oils. That's the blog I changed to Figments. I quit blogging about it for a couple of reasons. However, I still believe that essential oils are an important factor for good health.

I have dozens of stories, my own and other's, about how the oils enable the body's systems to heal quickly, efficiently. Faster and better than on it's own. 

If you haven't looked into using oils or tried them yourself I highly recommend it. Start with a couple of the common ones. Tea tree for cuts and scrapes and mild infections. Peppermint for headaches and stomachaches. Lemon is antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal. And it smells good. Lavender for cuts, scrapes, and especially for burns. 

Try to make sure you get 100% oil which is difficult to do. They work better when they aren't cut with fatty oils or chemicals. 

Listen To Your Body

If we could get in touch with our bodies they would tell us what we need. For example, when I have a headache my body isn't saying that I have an aspirin deficiency. It's saying that I ate too much sugar, or I'm dehydrated, or I'm stressed out, or I'm having sinus issues. It's my job to listen and figure it out.

I have to be a detective and figure it out but I think I'm more quaified than anyone else to figure out what might be going on with me.

And it's important to listen while it's still just whispering. Don't wait until it's screaming and in crisis.

Drugs Vs. Vitamins

My Mike asked me why take the long way around and use natural products to get healthy rather than the quick and easy way by taking a drug from the doctor. Well, basically that's what he said.

Here's why. Besides the chance of side effects and having to take drugs to counteract the side effects of the other drug you are taking until it becomes a vicious cycle of dozens of drugs.

When you take a drug that takes over a system in your body and does for it what your body should do for itself it weakens that system. And you become more likely to need a drug in the future. When you use natural products to enhance the body's ability to heal itself then that system becomes stronger. And you become healthier.

Here's two examples. Men that use steroids, among other things, often become impotent. The body thinks it has enough testosterone because of the drug and stops doing what it needs to do to produce the hormone itself. Leads to atrophy of the testes and decreased sperm production.

Diabetes. When you take insulin for diabetes, and I'm not saying you shouldn't if you have diabetes, your body thinks it has enough insulin and the pancreas shuts down completely. That's why you have to watch your blood sugar levels so closely. At a certain point that system in your body shuts down and you become completely dependent on the drug to maintain blood sugar levels.

So the best course is to allow the body to heal naturally using natural products to strengthen and enhance the systems in your body.

Degenerating or Regenerating

There is no status quo with your health. You are either degenerating or regenerating. What creates the difference?

I think it's simpler than most people realize. If you do more things to make yourself healthier than you do things that make yourself unhealthier then you will be regenerating.

Of course there are things that target specific functions in your body to the good or the bad. So you could be generally healthy but not getting enough vitamin A so your eyes aren't doing quite so well. Or you do good most of the week but binge drink on the weekend. How does your liver recover from that?

Generally though, try to do more of the good than you do the bad. And take your vitamins and minerals.