A Simple Do It Yourself Soil Test

Perform your soil test by placing a sample into two separate cups or containers. Add vinegar to one. If it fizzes your soil is alkaline. If not, add some water to the second cup and stir. Add baking soda. If it fizzes you have acidic soil. If neither have a reaction your soil is somewhat pH balanced.
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Know your labels to differentiate between organic, non-organic and GMO foods and beverages. Keep in mind that any food or beverage that contains corn or corn syrup or corn fructose is toxic or acidic and GMO.

‎"Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease."–Hippocrates

As far back as the middle of the last century, it was recognized that the heart "overtaxed by constant emotional influences or excessive physical effort and thus deprived of its appropriate rest" suffers disorders of function and becomes vulnerable to disease (Hilton, 1863). An early editorial on the relationships between mind and heart accepted the proposition that in about half of patients, heart failure was precipitated by gross emotional upsets. Current research suggests that the progression of a number of diseases is influenced by the consequences of carrying effort beyond physiological tolerance into a condition of depletion and exhaustion that leads to dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system.

Unspecified negative emotional arousal, often described as stress, distress or upset, has been associated with a variety of pathological conditions, including hypertension, silent myocardial ischemia, sudden cardiac death, coronary disease, cardiac arrhythmia, sleep disorders, diabetes, digestive disorders, fatigue and many other disorders. Stress and negative emotions have been shown to increase disease severity and worsen prognosis in individuals suffering from a number of different pathologies. On the other hand, positive emotions and effective emotional self-regulation skills have been shown to prolong health and significantly reduce premature mortality.

*Heart Research: http://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart/clinical-research.html

“Up until a few years ago, the suggestion that someone could ‘die of a broken heart’ would never have been taken literally,” says Dr. Guarneri. “Recently, however, we’ve learned that emotions resulting from grief really can affect the heart, and in turn, overall health.”

Stress, overwhelm and other emotional factors also have a significant effect on the heart, as Dr. Guarneri discusses in The Heart Speaks. The highly acclaimed book describes her journey from a stressed, overworked conventional cardiologist to one who learned to integrate “whole person” mind-body approaches such as stress reduction, guided imagery, yoga, meditation, exercise and proper nutrition into her own life and the lives of her patients—with amazing results.
*Continue Here: http://www.scripps.org/news_items/3155-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-heart-the-heart-of-healing

Power of the Heart (VIDEO): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c3AVj66ahg

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Make your own fluoride free toothpaste

Make your own fluoride free toothpaste

Everyday it seems like more and more people are becoming aware of the health risks of exposure to fluoride not just in drinking water but in food, drink, and oral care products.  When it comes to toothpaste, there some great brands out there, but they usually charge nearly twice as much as traditional fluoride paste.  Not all hope is lost, though, you can make your own non toxic toothpaste!  Here is what you need...

Cocnut oil

Baking Soda

Stevia

Essential oil

Did you know that fluoride is more toxic than lead, used by the nazis to poison people, and was also used as rat poison?  It causes cancer, and compromises bone health.  Perhaps it is time to make a change.  Here are the steps to make your nontoxic toothpaste:

• Use a 50/50 ratio of coconut oil to baking soda.
• Add a few drops of essential oil from spearmint or peppermint for flavor.
• Add some stevia for sweetness.
• Keep the mix in a jar and use as needed, no need to refrigerate this mix!

Thanks for the great info rawforbeauty.com

HEALTH TIP: Did you know that over 70% of your immune system is located in your digestive system? Did you know that there are more neurons in the small intestine than in the entire spinal cord? Remember, a robust immune system is your #1 defense against ALL diseases. So, if you want to stay healthy, you must keep your gastrointestinal system (i.e. your “gut”) in a healthy state. 

Optimal gastrointestinal health depends on the ratio of good and bad bacteria (85/15 is optimal). The gut of every healthy person contains about 3½ pounds of probiotics (“beneficial living bacteria”) that produce essential vitamins and hormones and help your digestive system break down proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, as well as digest waste.

Most importantly they compete with undesirable micro-organisms such as yeasts, fungi, bacteria and parasites, which can result in all sorts of problems, ranging from cancer to IBS to allergies. Amazingly, there are over 400 species of microbes living in your gut which contain more bacteria than there are known stars in the sky!

A 2008 study shows that probiotics can modulate immune responses via your gut’s mucosal immune system. It was found that probiotics also have an anti-inflammatory potential, resulting in a decrease in serum CRP (a sensitive marker of inflammation) levels and a reduction in the bacteria-induced production of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Illness is oftentimes a result of previous antibiotics, which not only killed the “bad guys” but also killed the “good guys” and left the host susceptible to future infection, including candida overgrowth. So, in order to get healthy again, we need to add probiotics to our diets. Raw, fermented foods are brimming with health-promoting probiotics and have been staples of the human diet for thousands of years.

One such ancient food is sauerkraut, produced simply by covering cabbage with water and letting it sit for several weeks. Naturally occurring bacteria on the surface of the cabbage leaves thrive in this environment, chemically changing the cabbage and increasing its B vitamin content. Also, kefir is an excellent choice to obtain natural probiotics. A quart of kefir has far more active bacteria than you can possibly purchase in any probiotics supplement, and it is very economical as you can reuse the kefir from the original quart of milk about ten times before you need to start a new culture pack. Just one starter package of kefir granules can convert about 50 gallons of milk (use raw milk) to kefir. Fermented soy products (like natto and miso) are also good ways to obtain probiotics, but make sure that they are from ORGANIC soy, since over 90% of the soy in the USA is now GMO.

We also supplement with soil based organisms (SBO’s), which are natural probiotics from the dirt. Each day, Charlene and I take “Primal Defense” along with our other supplements. Interestingly, researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that radiation therapy patients who take probiotics prior to getting blasted can gain intestinal radioprotective benefits (“Probiotic protects intestine from radiation injury” pub 16-Nov-2011).

Several studies have shown that blueberries (and/or blueberry extract) restored brain responses to youthful speeds, improved overall appearance of skin (restoration of skin thickness, smoothness, radiance, firmness, and reduced wrinkling), improved eye cell survival (and reduced damage from light and reduced new eye blood vessel formation), and helped produce more active bone-reproducing cells and reduced post-menopausal bone loss.