more product recalls - dont panic its organic

Many years ago - well really decades ago, if my memory serves me right, the slogan "Don't panic its Organic" was the catch phrase of the day.

At the time (1970s-1980s) health food stores were all the rage in my life from Bondi in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney to other locations including, Paddington and Randwick.

Well now in 2008, many years from Byron Bay, Brisbane, but now in Woy Woy, natural food still plays a major part in my lifestyle.

It really concerns me to read on about product recalls from China where it seems OHS & R maybe is not even heard of!

Is it western multi-nationals that have moved off-shore in an effort to make an extra buck, or is it some other reason?

Today I read about people becoming sick in Japan where "retailers pull frozen beans from China off the shelves after a woman fell ill eating a product which had 34,500 times the legal limit of pesticide,.

This is really serious stuff, apparently this was a middle class burb and not the cheapest place where one would buy second rate items.

This has gone way too far.

Let us reduce waste, save the planet for our children and be ethical in our living.

Love to you all and live and eat healthy till next time.

melamine, dairy recalls and chocolate health risks

Last week I wrote about the fallout that was likely to occur with the Chinese milk contamination debacle.

Unfortunately another item has been added to the list, this time a popular brand of chocolate product.

While I would again like to wish that this is a one off case, only time will tell how far the dangers of adding industrial chemicals to our food and body products will go before people revolt and manufacturers are required to take an ethical stand on the earths' safety and long term survival of our species.

Some tips:
Eat smart,
eat fresh,
minimise your chemical consumption,
drink plenty of fresh filtered water to allow your body to revive.

Purchase body products that are certified chemical free like a range is promoted at slsfree.com.au or can be purchased at Gnostic Healing Sanctuary in Woy Woy NSW Australia

Till next time love and enjoy life :)

Health hazards from chemicals in food and equipment

It has now been about a week since the scare about the chemical hazards that have been found in baby formula. More than 100,000 children have had some symptoms, some life threatening and while other may have been luckier.

At first it was thought that this was just another minor scare that has the potential to harm our loved ones and others. But in reality I was sure that this was just another tip of the iceberg contamination scare that unfortunately may occur again and again. In no way would this be wished to happen ever again.

Lead painted toys, children's toy containing highly toxic chemicals, toothpastes with toxic colours, heat packs with ethylene glycol, eyelash conditioners that contain prostaglandin cloprostenol, the list goes on and on.

Manufactures need to be held responsible for the toxic ingredients that are entering our environment and our bodies.

When purchasing products think simple and natural and organic. Less is best. Consider the long term reactions of unknown chemical ingredients to our environment and our bodies.

Love to you all :)

Today started off so well. Now several hours later I can write about my experience.

Coming back early from the shops with some fresh citrus for an early morning juice and fruits for the muesli, the dog (Jack) lead was in one hand the green back in the other.

Attempted to teach Jack to pick up the newspaper and bring it through the gate. But Jack had other ideas. His idea once the lead was off was to escape back to the outside world. So off I ran trying to stop him reaching the front. I fell over and slid on my hand while releasing the newspaper in the other.

I had ripped open my left palm on the pavers. Ouch did it hurt! Jack was surprised by my outbursts and came back to see what the commotion was about. We went inside the gate while my left hand was really stinging and my right knee was slightly tingling.

Immediately I tried to cleanse the would using boiled filtered water combined with cold filtered tap water. Some of the dirt was ingrained and would not shift.

Fresh aloe vera juice was placed on the ripped open skin with a sterile patch and padding on top to stem to blood flow. Homeopathic remedies were evaluated and Ledum was taken as well as a dose of Emergency Essence (Australian Bush Flower essence). The knee only has a small patch grazed @5c piece size, so I put a piece of Aloe Vera on the patch and taped down.

Later in the day I will take hypercercium which has antibacterial qualities and hopefully will help heal the wound faster.

All of the homeopathic remedies described above and Emergency essence were purchased at Gnostic Healing Sanctuary in Woy Woy.

Healing wishes to all. :)

Can drinking be good for you? - without fruit and vegetables in your diet?

The wonders of modern science and the value in statistics provides many wonderful examples of beat up media hype that should really not be published. This could lead people really believing this stuff and maybe even feeling healthy.

According to the results, people who consumed a large amount of alchololic drinks per week lowered their risk of having a heart attack or some other non normal cardiovascular dis-ease under the proviso of that they were smokers with very poor diets and little exercise. (Lucky to be alive would be a better study.)

Hello! this is some form of attacking the body from all fronts, the body does some amazing things and is is amazing that a healthy body can cope with the toxic load we shove on ourselves each day notwithstanding all the other chemicals our body ingests from all the other foods and packaged goods and the air we breathe.

Would it be better to cut out the smoking and excess drinking, use the money to treat the body to some natural therapies and eat more fruits and vegetables.

Natural therapies are of course available in Woy Woy at the Gnostic Healing Sanctuary, where one can seek help with addictions and also nurture our amazing bodies.

Love to all till next time. :)

Oral sex maybe the "new black" but does it help childless couples

It appears that news headlines are exposing that oral sex is in vogue, while this may be good for some, practicisng this regime may not help you get pregnant.

Falling pregnant is really troublesome for many young couples and some not so young >40 year olds.

Bringing children into the world using our wonderful bodies as a carrier should come naturally but with all the added stress and chemicals in use today it could be that this is taking a toll on our chances of falling pregnant.

Advocates say having a healthy lifestyle, eating healthy food maintaining our bodies may help.

Treat your self to some healthy organic food, reduce your chemical intake through chemical body and skin products and maintain the body with regular massages or other therapies is not indulgance it is just regular body maintenance.