Before you know it, the holiday season will be just around the corner. For most of us this means rushing to finish jobs before going on leave, kids being home from school, endless social events and family get-togethers, shopping for gifts – the list goes on! For some, this is the favourite time of the year, while others are filled with stress at the mere thought of it. If you’re one of the latter, read on!

The effects of stress

When you get stressed, your body feels under attack and automatically kicks into high gear to deal with the perceived threat. This is what is known as the ‘fight-or-flight’ response. Your heartbeat, breathing rate and blood pressure all go up, and the longer you feel stressed, the greater the physical demands placed on your body and the more likely your energy levels will be sapped. If you are exposed to stress long-term, it could lead to a host of lifestyle and health problems.

Behavioural problems:  To get immediate relief from feeling stressed, it’s not uncommon to seek chemical relief from alcohol or cigarettes. You may also start to feel that you don’t have time to exercise or eat properly, and you may be worrying so much that you sleep badly. These lifestyle factors are likely to harm your health.

Heart problems: When stress is intense and your body’s biological reactions are not channelled into physical activity, your raised heart rate and high blood pressure put tension on the arteries and damage them. The artery walls become scarred and thick, which can reduce the supply of blood and oxygen to your heart. This is when the fight-or-flight response can become lethal: your heart accelerates to increase blood supply to your muscles, but the blood vessels may have become so narrow that not enough blood reaches the heart to meet these demands. This can cause a heart attack.

Lowered immunity: Stress can also damage your immune system, which explains why you often catch colds when you are stressed. It can also bring on headaches and irritable bowel syndrome, and there have been suggestions of a link between stress and cancer.

Mental health problems: The negative thinking that is associated with stress contributes to anxiety and depression and more serious mental health problems.

The natural way to calm

Taking nutritional supplements is one good way to manage your stress. The fi rst option is a good B complex vitamin. B vitamins are not stored in the body so need to be replenished daily. If you are under stress or run down, symptoms such as cracks at the side of your mouth may indicate you need to take a B group supplement.

B vitamins work together to help maintain the health of your nerves. Adding magnesium to the mix will further help because this mineral relaxes the brain and helps neurotransmitter signals work more effectively. Magnesium is best taken in the evening, particularly if your stress is causing insomnia.

Herbal power

For mild anxiety and depression, a natural herb called St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) has been found to be as beneficial as many prescribed medicines. St John’s wort has a particularly valuable ability to stimulate nerve regeneration and repair. There has been much research on the effects of this herb, and it’s been found to work more effectively when taken in conjunction with passionflower (Passi-fl ora incarnata), a traditional sedative herb.

Another herb with sedative properties is zizyphus (Zyziphus jujuba). It is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine for the relief of sleeplessness, irritability, anxiety and nervous exhaustion, and has also been used to treat spontaneous sweating and night sweats, especially when accompanied by anxiety, palpitations and insomnia.

 Other helpful herbs include schisandra (Schisandra chinsensis), which has tonifying and restorative effects, hops (Humulu  lupulus), which calms the nervous system, and vervain (Verbena offi cinalis), a sedative and relaxant to the nervous system. These all help your body resist the effects of stress and strengthen and calm your nervous system.

Case Study

Mary* was so stressed out during and after menopause, she had trouble sleeping and was continually feeling anxious. She visited her local healthcare professional who suggested she take a combination of zizyphus, hops, schisandra, vervain and oats to help control her symptoms. Mary takes this all in one supplement before going to bed at night and says, ‘I can’t tell you what a miraculous effect it’s had on my life. I sleep like a log and am so relaxed. I only take one at night and it has restored my health. Thank you!’

*not her real name

However, climate change is a serious global issue and many of the choices you make on a daily basis contribute to it. By increasing your awareness of these issues, it can have a positive impact on you and your children’s future.

What is climate change?

Climate change is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases – such as carbon dioxide and methane – in the earth’s atmosphere. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere and make the earth warmer, causing damage to natural habitats and other serious environmental effects.

The average Australian household emits around 14 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year – more per person than any other developed nation. This is generated through everyday activities such as electricity use, travelling and breaking down waste and sewage.

Your choices can make a difference

The most effective and immediate way of limiting climate change is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. One way to do this is to use energy more efficiently.

Decisions you make on a daily basis have long-lasting effects and can influence greenhouse gas emissions for many years.

•  If you are planning to buy a new car, consider a hybrid. These cars use less petrol and emit much less air pollution and greenhouse gases.
• Every litre of petrol saved cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 2.8 kg.
• The most energy-efficient new family fridge will save more than 2 tonnes of greenhouse gases over its life, compared with the least energy-efficient new model of a similar size.
• Water-efficient taps can save up to 1 kg of greenhouse gases for every five minutes of tap use.
• Fan-forced ovens generate up to 35 per cent less greenhouse gases than conventional ovens.
• Avoid gas water heater units that have continuous pilot lights and save around 200 kg of greenhouse gas each year.

Article thanks to Herbs and Health Magazine Australia

1. Turn off TVs, computers, stereos and other electrical items at the power point. Even on standby mode most still use electricity.

2. Turn the tap off when brushing teeth or shaving. You can waste up to 17 litres of water every minute the tap is left running.

3. Don’t rinse dishes under a running tap – fill the sink with water and rinse that way instead.

4. Reuse jars, bags, envelopes and newspapers – don’t throw them away after only one use.

5. Say NO to plastic bags – take your own reusable bags with you when shopping.

6. Store food in reusable containers rather than wrapping in foil or plastic. Keep a set of cutlery and cloth napkins at work so you don’t use plastic and paper ones. Bring a thermos to work and drink from a ceramic mug you keep on your desk.

7. Reduce greenhouse gases by car pooling, cycling or using public transport to get to work once or twice a week.

8. Replace store-bought chemical cleaning products for homemade varieties. A cup of vinegar to a litre of warm water will clean floors and windows just as well, and bicarbonate of soda mixed into a paste with water will clean sinks, bench tops and dirty pots and pans.

9. Recycle garden waste. Turn leaves and lawn clippings into mulch. A well-mulched garden needs less weeding and less water.

Article thanks to Herbs and Health Magazine Australia

Glucosamine is made of an amino acid and a sugar molecule and is a raw material for making connective tissue in joint cartilage. In supplement form, it is derived from chitin, the hard material in crustacean shell. It can also be made from plant material such as corn, known as vegetarian glucosamine.

How does it work?

Glucosamine feeds and stimulates cartilage repair. It’s one of cartilage’s key building blocks and also encourages self-repair by stimulating the process that creates moisture-holding molecules.

Uses for Glucosamine

As we age, the body’s ability to produce glucosamine can decrease and this causes joint cartilage to lose it water holding capacity. The cartilage breaks and becomes less effective as a shock absorber, leading to joint stiffness. Supplementing the body’s natural glucosamine production has been shown in clinical trials to repair and rebuild worn or damaged cartilage. As the condition of the joint cartilage improves, pain is reduced and mobility increased.

What are the key benefits?

• Helps repair and rebuild damaged cartilage
• Can improve joint mobility and flexibility
• Symptomatic relief of osteoarthritis
• Helps reduce further cartilage damage
• Temporary relief of joint inflammation
• Temporary relief of joint pain

How does it compare?

Conventional osteoarthritis treatment involves anti-inflammation medicines. While they can be effective in relieving pain, they do not address the cause of the problem. Unlike these medicines, glucosamine has been demonstrated to effectively act on the cause of osteoarthritic pain – cartilage breakdown. By addressing the root the problem, osteoarthritis joint pain can also be relieved.

Where’s the evidence?

Given glucosamine works mainly as a structural compound to maintain cartilage, it’s more sensible to measure changes in joint structure, than pain reduction, to quantify glucosamine’s effectiveness. A review of a number of clinical trials that used X-rays to measure improvement concluded glucosamine can reduce the risk of osteoarthritis progression by 54%.

Glucosamine has also been shown in some clinical trials to work as effectively, if not better than some other commonly used arthritis medicines. Some studies show that it relieves pain and this is more marked in people with moderate to severe symptoms.

Does it really work?

Aside from the functional evidence above, thousands of glucosamine users are benefiting from the effects of glucosamine with about 400m tablets a year being consumed. In fact Choice Magazine found about 75% of their online members who were arthritis sufferers claimed they were experiencing a benefit from using glucosamine.

Many women have been motivated into natural remedies by watching their grandmothers make soaps, collect herbal remedies from the garden and make healing lotions. Whatever the reasons, many women carry that dream in their heart, but they also wonder if they have the courage, skill, and knowledge to run a home-based business either reselling, or crafting their own natural cosmetics and toiletries. This article we will focus on the many issues of that arise from selling natural toiletries at home.  

One of the first questions that come to mind is ‘Am I the right person for a home-based business and what would make person a good candidate?’

First off you must have a good sense of discipline. If you work at home you must be able to focus on one business task at a time, even if you have other household duties to complete such as the dishes in the sink, bills to pay or the messing bedroom. It might sound simple, but if you are someone who is dedicated to your household duties, and you have a hard time leaving them till last then you might not be a good candidate for a home based business. Also, the discipline must apply to your work schedule as well. When it the middle of the night and you know you have to get up in the morning for work you have to have the motivation to stop what you’re doing even if you haven’t completed everything you wish to accomplish.

Secondly, organization is a must; can you set up an office in a minimal amount of space?  Can you successfully carve out an area for your business that won’t take over into the family area?  Will you be able to tidy up from a day’s work so that it doesn’t intrude into times of the day when a partner, friends, or children want your full attention? You need to have the ability to organize you business as it is very important: without organization, your business can become a monster and can be quite invasive.

Thirdly, necessity can become your greatest motivator. If you are a stay at home mom then a home based business that is correctly run can be a great way to can be a wonderful way to produce more income for your family, as well as give you another passageway to use your talents. If your current job is not satisfying or stimulating enough , a home-based business can prove to be a creative and rewarding diversion, while again, providing that extra income that we all need. Another ideal candidate is a person with a disability, or lack of mobility. The internet has given many people who haven’t held a steady job in the past the opportunity to earn a income with their own home business. E-bay, E-commerce websites, and other venues, are all avenues for someone to create income, who cannot work a full day out of the house.

What venues can you use to sell your products? This is one of the most pertinent and challenging questions that new business owner’s face? What venue will create the quickest income? How much does it cost to have a table at a fair? Can I sell to my friends or office mates?

Mattie Horsley, owner of Makeup-Junkey.com states, “I market to anyone who is interested in more natural makeup, I sell through the internet or individual appointments or makeup parties.”  This is a typical approach for home–based businesses. Many women start off by selling natural products that they themselves like, to friends or office mates. Also common for crafters is that products intended for themselves get snapped up by family members and friends, until the seed of a business is born. Constant praise for handcrafted products is a confidence booster. Local crafts fairs, womens’ events, and health fairs, are wonderful ways to create an income in a short period of time. Always do research first on how many consumer there will be, and be familiar with the clientele before you set up a table. You need to understand their lifestyle, budget range, complexions (in the case of makeup), and the general theme of the fair. If it’s a farmers’ market, you can be sure that olive oil lavender soap will sell, but makeup may not do as well.

The internet is the gold boom or our age. People have become millionaires in as little as a year after launching E-Commerce sites, and it’s so convenient. All you need is a computer, and ‘viola’, you’re set! Of course, it’s not so easy, so how do they do it? If you are a one-person gig, and are not heavily financed, expect your sales to take off after years of hard work and little profit. That’s the unfortunate truth. You have to work very, very hard, and work very, very smart to make an internet site blossom into a real income. It’s a lot of sweat and tears, but it can be done.  I run a wholesale division and truthfully, some of my biggest vendors do no internet sales. The focus on fairs, seminars, and trade shows, do some traveling, and make a very good living staying far away from a computer. But by the same token, I have seen some natural products internet stores take off at a pace that is astonishing!

Should you produce your own natural products, or purchase them from a manufacturer?

What a packed question! If you really have a passion for making soaps, mixing different minerals together to create your own cosmetics, the go for it. Mattie Horsely says, “Creating your own makeup line is rewarding but it does take a lot of patience and work, make sure you know this before you get into it. I thought it would be easy, but after a year and I was still working on the products and colors, I learned that it does take a lot of work. It is such a great feeling though when you see one of your final products packaged up with labels from your very own company.” On the other hand, if you make 100% of the products yourself, pack all of the orders, package and label the products, answer phone calls from customers, file the paperwork, pay the business bills, order the supplies… it would be hectic. I hear women business owners express grief all of the time, “ I’m exhausted!”. No wonder. What is more sensible, in my opinion, is to make what you love to make, and make well, and then source the rest from reputable companies whose philosophies, ingredients, and company mission closely mimic your own. There is nothing wrong with this, and there is everything right with it.

Back when I had my first kiosk, and after a long fruitless search for natural skincare that I could sell to my customers, I began to make my own. I set up a lab in a warehouse next to my house, did heaps of research, and burned the midnight candle formulating, testing, and reformulating. I came up with a limited range of high-quality, natural skincare products that I was proud to sell at my kiosk. Then I had a baby! When he was about six months old, I remember going to my lab one Monday (which was the day that I had tagged as, ‘skincare production day’). I made a batch of lotion for a local salon, and it didn’t come out right. I made another batch, and the same thing happened. I realized that as much as I wanted that salon to have my lotion, that my heart was no longer in it. 

I was managing my kiosk, training and supervising the sales staff, doing payroll, closing the cart down at midnight on the weekends, and crafting all of the mineral makeup as well (that was my favorite part!). There I was locked away by myself on a Monday, working Tuesday through Saturday at my kiosk, and leaving my baby, and my toddler with a nanny. Sure they were right next door, but I made a decision right then and there to find someone to craft my skincare line for me, so that I could have a normal life. It took some time, but I finally found a couple of small companies whose owners had the same outlook as I did in terms of ingredients and manufacturing practices. I have never regretted that decision, and neither have my children.

How can you set up a workspace from your home?

For a home-based business, this is a big concern. Suburban homes often have the luxury of a garage that can be converted into a lab or shipping area. A guest bedroom or the corner of a dining room can serve as simple office space with a computer, space for files, and a phone/fax. A finished basement is another space that can absorb the needs of a small home-based business.
If you are considering starting a home-based business, make a list of the items for which you’ll need space, including: blending equipment, raw materials, such as oils, waxes, pigments etc, work tables if you will be crafting your own products, shelving, a desk for a computer and files, a table for a phone, and fax, a work space for packaging and labeling, storage room for finished products…and the list goes on. Compare the available space in your home with your list, and decide if the two are a good fit. You may want to have your cosmetics storage or manufacturing out of your home, and run the sales and paperwork from a home office as a compromise.
If you are going to craft products from your home, make sure to use completely different utensils for your business than for your personal use. If you are making a lotion, and the spatula can’t be found, don’t use a spatula from your kitchen. It’s unprofessional, and unhygienic.  Storage areas should be dry, clean, and relatively dust-free. Always consider if you were the customer. What would you expect from the company that you were buying cosmetics from?  Then do the same as the manufacturer.

How can you maintain a balance between work and family?

As women, we know how incredibly difficult this can be, even when we work out of the home. We seem to be hard-wired to multi-task, and to be worried about everyone, everything, and all the time! My dear friend, and supplier Kimberly Platko of Geografx-Cosmetics.com, and mother of two adorable nine-year old twins has this to say after years of running her business from a lab attached to her home: “Try to establish regular working hours, and do not work beyond those hours, unless there’s an absolute emergency. A home based business tends to suck you dry, and follow you everywhere, so setting and keeping to a realistic schedule will help you balance work and home life. If you have kids, and they are home from school for the holidays, I would suggest hiring a mother’s helper, which costs less than a nanny. Since you are home, you can handle any emergencies, so the mother’s helper can be younger, and thus more economical. “

My brother, who is an artist, works from home, and his office is right smack dab in the middle of his home. His wife, also an artist, and his children, spend most of their time either in the kitchen/family room, or the playroom, within feet of his office. How does he do it? He has clear guidelines for his work day, and enforces the guidelines strictly with his children. I remember once arriving for a holiday weekend. I was there for about 45 minutes, and didn’t know that he was there, until he materialized from his office to greet me!  He had been on a business call overseas, and couldn’t stop what he was doing.  His office door was closed, so he finished his work day, and then “went home”. I found the expression funny, until I realized that that is one of the ways that he maintains that discipline that is needed to work from home.  He leaves his ‘house’, and goes to ‘work’ every day at the same time, and his family respects that. 

How can you separate your personal and business finances? 

Kimberly Platko of Geografx advises, “I would suggest setting up a separate bank account for your company, and setting up a debit card for that account, so that you can purchase products online for your business. A lot of times, banks aren’t willing to extend credit to home-based businesses, so you need a way to be able to make purchases online. Keep careful records of any of your personal funds that you or your spouse use to start or maintain your business, and document repayment of the funds.” This is especially important if your spouse is officially or unofficially helping to finance your business by either paying some of your bills to allow you to use other work income, or business sales to develop your company, or by outright lending you money. If you’re not careful, this can become a black hole, and a source of resentment and frustration to your partner.

In conclusion, running a home-based business is a wonderful opportunity for the right person in the right place. Space limitations, personal characteristics and the strictures of family life can be a challenge, but need not be prohibitive. Many of the world’s most successful businesses started out as home-based businesses. A good example is Carol’s Daughter, one of the premier handcrafted spa care lines. Lisa Price, whom I had the joy of meeting, ran her business out of her Brooklyn town home for many, many years. It was only recently after Will and Jada Pinkett Smith invested in her company that she was able to move into a warehouse space.

Clever planning, enormous dedication, and the inspiration of combining the convenience of home, with the satisfaction of an extra income can lay the foundations for a rewarding and worthwhile business.

A Natural Hair Brush

Using a natural bristle like boar’s hair is a very good decision. The brittles in boar hair brushes are very similar to the keratin and absorb the dirt and oil just like your hair does. In addition the tips of the boar hair brush are rounded and gently massage your scalp and hair.

Kent hair brushes are available in boar hair. But avoid the Kent nylon hair brush if you want the best care for your hair. The nylon hair brush is not recommended since it is rougher on your scalp and is no where as good as the boar bristle hair brush. The nylon bristles are usually sharp and inflamed your follicles and break your hair when you use it.

Brushing Your Hair

To maintain good hair growth you need good circulation to your scalp. You need also need a clean scalp with little oil and dirt accumulating in your hair follicles. The boar hair brush helps you achieve this when you regularly brush your hair.

Brush your hair when it is dry. This prevents breaking of your hair. When you brush, the gentle pulling of your hair stimulates your scalp bringing in more blood to feed your hair. Also the slight pulling stimulates the release of oil from your follicles which lubricates your hair.

Brush your hair with a boar bristle hair brush twice a day for the best hair care – morning and night. For short hair brush for three minutes and for long hair brush five minutes.

By bending your head to the floor, when brushing, you will increase the blood circulation to your scalp. Now, brush from your neck forward to the front of your scalp, then, from sides to your crown. Lastly, brush from the front of your scalp to the neck.

Cleaning Your Boar Hair Brush

If possible, you should clean your brush every day. If you have two or more hair brushes then it will be easier to do this. Your boar bristle hair brush accumulates dirt and oils from hair when you brush. Without regular cleaning of your hair brush, this dirt and oil will redeposit onto your hair. Over time this added dirt and oil will plug up your hair follicles and lead to hair thinning or permanent hair loss.

You can clean your brush every day when you shower. Clean it with shampoo and scrub the bristles with your hand back and forth. After cleaning, you can dry the brush with a towel and let it sit until the next day. By the next day, it is ready to use and your other brush is ready to be cleaned.

Using natural hair brush such as a boar based brush is the best way to care for your hair. Gentle daily brushing invigorates your scalp and keeps you hair healthy. But remember to keep your brush clean, since your don’t want to put the dirt and oil on your brush back onto your scalp.

The alcohol in your drink is absorbed into your body through the stomach and small intestine. Food slows down the rate of absorption – that’s why alcohol affects you more quickly on an empty stomach.

From here, it’s distributed via the bloodstream throughout the body, reaching your heart, brain, muscles and other tissues. This happens very quickly – within a few minutes. Usually, though not always, this has a pleasant effect.

Your body can’t store alcohol, so it has to get rid of it – mostly via your liver. First, the liver changes alcohol into acetaldehyde – a highly toxic substance. This turns into acetate, a harmless substance, which is passed out in the urine. Some alcohol is also excreted through the breath and sweat.

Your body’s ability to process alcohol depends on various things, like your age, weight and sex. Your body breaks down alcohol at a rate of about one unit per hour – and no, there’s no way you can speed this up!

The poll talked to 500 doctors, and nearly 80 percent felt their colleagues were making the misdiagnosis because the symptoms of milk allergies were vague and common, usually consisting of things like skin rashes and diarrhea.

Milk allergies can be very distressing for a baby, and even fatal, but the poll found that many doctors do not know the best treatment for the condition, usually recommending a soy-based formula. Department of Health and British Dietetics Association experts noted that soy milk is rich in compounds called phytoestrogens, which mimic the action of the female hormone oestrogen and could hamper the long-term fertility of infants. Also, babies allergic to cow’s milk can often be allergic to soy milk as well, so they should be given special low-allergy or hypoallergenic milk like formulas based on amino acids.

According to the researchers, at least 10,000 babies are allergic to cow’s milk in the U.K., but some doctors argue that the condition is actually quite rare. Almost all of the doctors agreed that better information would help make diagnosing the condition in infants much easier, so the SHS taskforce — made up of pediatric health experts, including some on pediatric gastroenterology — has developed guidelines for doctors to be published next year.

“If a parent suspects their baby has a milk allergy then they should see their GP who can refer them to a pediatric dietician,” said Judith Moore, pediatric dietician and British Dietetics Association spokesperson. “If you take a good medical history then you can pick it up but it can be difficult to diagnose. The symptoms do vary so it can be hard to spot.”

Another obstacle is that many parents who do suspect their babies have allergies turn out to be wrong, which can discourage them from checking on symptoms. Unchecked food allergies can stunt infant growth, cause developmental problems, and even cause severe shock and death.

The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding babies as much as possible for the first two years of life.

“Consumers need to realize that milk from bovine creatures is not nutritionally compatible with human biology,” said Mike Adams, a holistic nutritionist and author of the Honest Food Guide. “Cow’s milk is designed to turn a baby calf into an 800-pound creature as quickly as possible, with an emphasis on proteins that most humans can’t even digest properly. It’s no wonder the majority of humans are in some way allergic to cow’s milk.”

Glass cleaner: Mixed with water or simply sprayed full strength on glass and mirrors, vinegar does a great job quickly and easily. Spray on and wipe windows dry with crumpled-up newspapers, and watch your windows sparkle.

Clean drinking glasses: Soak cloudy drinking glasses in warmed white vinegar for a few hours to remove the film. Simply wipe clean, rinse and dry.

Car cleaner: Use vinegar full strength to polish car chrome with a cloth, and see it shine! Use it on your car’s windshield and windows, too.

Clean the washer: Periodically run a gallon of distilled vinegar through your washing machine to clean it thoroughly, get rid of soap scum and clear out the hoses. Run the machine through the warm water wash cycle empty and then add the vinegar during the rinse cycle.

Furniture polish: Make your own furniture polish with one part vinegar and three parts lemon oil or olive oil.

Clean paintbrushes: Simmer paint brushes in pure vinegar, then wash in hot soapy water.

Wash walls: Wipe down your walls with a vinegar-water mixture, which helps absorb odors and clean surfaces.

Remove spots from glass: Use a vinegar-soaked cloth to remove spots from glassware or crystal.

Unclog drains: Pour boiling white vinegar down clogged drains to remove the clog.

Clean jars: Remove odors and stains from jars by cleaning them out with vinegar.

Clean old lunchboxes: Soak a piece of bread in vinegar and let it sit in the lunchbox overnight.

Clean and deodorize the garbage disposal: Make vinegar ice cubes and feed them down the disposal. After grinding, run cold water.

Clean the tea pot: Boil a mixture of water and vinegar in the teapot. Wipe away the grime.

Clean the dishwasher: Run a cup of vinegar through the whole cycle once a month to reduce soap build-up on the inner mechanisms and on glassware.

Clean the iron: Pour vinegar into your iron’s water compartment and let the iron steam itself clean. Remember to flush it with water when you are done.

Clean the microwave: Boil a solution of 1/4 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of water in the microwave. This mixture will loosen splattered-on food and deodorize the microwave.

Remove smoke smells from clothing: Add a cup of vinegar to a bath tub of hot water. Hang clothes above the steam.

Clean eyeglasses: Wipe each lens with a drop of vinegar.

Remove stains from furniture and upholstery: Remove stubborn stains from furniture upholstery and clothes. Apply White Vinegar directly to the stain, then wash as directed by the manufacturer’s instructions.

Natural air deodorizer: Heinz Vinegar is a natural air freshener when sprayed in a room.

Remove rust: Soak the rusted tool, bolt or spigot overnight in undiluted Heinz White Vinegar.

Clean the toilet bowl: Pour in one cup of White Vinegar, let stand for five minutes and flush.

Natural cleaning wipes: A cloth soaked with vinegar sanitizes kitchen counters, stove and bathroom surfaces. This is just as effective as antibacterial products and does not promote resistant strains of bacteria like commercial products can. This is also a cheaper and greener way to protect your loved ones.

Remove lint from laundry: Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.

Brighten fabrics: Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.

Remove grease from suede: Dip a toothbrush in vinegar and gently brush over grease spot.

Remove perspiration stains from clothing: Apply one part vinegar to four parts water, then rinse.

Clean coffee or tea stains from china: A mixture of salt and vinegar will clean coffee and tea stains from chinaware.

Clean coffeepots and coffee makers: Vinegar can help to dissolve mineral deposits that collect in automatic drip coffee makers. Fill the reservoir with vinegar and run it through a brewing cycle. Rinse thoroughly with water when the cycle is finished.

Longer-lasting pantyhose: Add one tablespoon of vinegar to the rinse water when washing, and your pantyhose will last longer.

PERSONAL CARE TIPS WITH VINEGAR

Vinegar in the bath: Add one-half cup of vinegar or so to warm bath water when bathing and get double benefits: softer skin and a cleaner bathtub with less work!

Hair conditioner: Vinegar makes a simple, inexpensive conditioner for your hair and helps remove the sticky stuff shampoo can leave behind. About a tablespoon will do it.

Dandruff treatment: Simply pour a few tablespoons of vinegar on your hair and massage into your scalp. Wait a few minutes, then rinse and wash hair like normal. Try this for a few days until you see results.

Weight loss: Vinegar naturally helps to remove fat from the body. Apple cider vinegar is especially good for this. Drink some in a glass of water a few times a day. Add a little lemon or honey for a nicer flavor. This will also help reduce your appetite.

Hair cleanser: Use one cup of vinegar in some warm water to rinse your hair after you shampoo. Vinegar adds highlights to brunette hair, restores the acid mantle and removes soap film and sebum oil.

Dry skin repair: Smooth a little vinegar on cracked, dried skin to help it heal.

Clean dentures: Soak dentures overnight in Heinz White Vinegar, then brush away tartar with a toothbrush.

Facial spritzer: Mix apple cider vinegar and water in a 1:1 ratio in a spray bottle. Refreshing!

GARDENING & YARD CARE TIP WITH VINEGAR

Clean clay pots: Remove white salt buildup on old clay pots by soaking them in full-strength vinegar.

Kill grass: Undiluted vinegar kills grass between bricks and sidewalk cracks.

Deter ants: Spray vinegar around doors, appliances and along other areas where ants are known to gather.

Keep cats away: Sprinkle vinegar in areas you don’t want the cat walking, sleeping or scratching.

Kill weeds: Spray full strength on weeds, but be careful not to spray it on the surrounding grass because it will kill that, too.

Freshen cut flowers: Add 2 tablespoons of vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.

VINEGAR FOR HEALTH CARE

Soothe sore throats: Suffering from a sore throat? Mix a teaspoon of vinegar with a glass of water. Gargle with the mixture and then swallow.

Remove calluses: Try soaking your feet in a combination of white vinegar and warm water nightly, and watch your feet soften noticeably.

Sunburn and bee stings: Soak a washcloth in vinegar and gently apply it to sunburned skin for cool relief. Reapply as needed as it evaporates. Besides sunburn, vinegar also soothes the itch and irritation of bee stings.

Arthritis tonic: Take two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water several times a day.

Soothe an upset stomach: Drink two teaspoons of Apple Cider Vinegar in one cup of water to soothe an upset stomach.

Mosquito bites: Use a cotton ball to dab mosquito and other bug bites with Heinz Vinegar straight from the bottle.

Jellyfish stings: Dot the irritation with vinegar to relieve itching.

Sinus infections and head colds: Add 1/4 cup or more vinegar to the vaporizer.

Wart removal: Mix one part Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar to one part glycerin into a lotion, and apply daily to warts until they dissolve.

FOOD & COOKING TIPS WITH VINEGAR

Stretch ketchup: Only have a little ketchup left in the bottle? Add a bit of vinegar and give it a good shake — you’ll have a bit more!

Boiling eggs: Add a bit of white vinegar to the water you’re boiling your eggs in, and the shells won’t crack.

Cooking cabbage: Add a bit of vinegar to the water you’re cooking your cabbage in to remove that stinky cabbage smell.

Cheese storage: Cheese will last longer if you store it in a vinegar-soaked cloth.

Whiter cauliflower: Add a teaspoon or so of white vinegar to your cooking water while cooking cauliflower. It will retain a whiter color.

Fluffier meringues: Add 1 teaspoon of vinegar for every three egg whites, and you’ll have fluffier meringues.

Tenderize meat: Soak in vinegar overnight.

Unsticky rice: To cook rice without sticking, add a spoonful of vinegar.

Remove onion odors: Eliminate onion odor on your skin by rubbing vinegar on your fingers before and after slicing.

Disinfect and clean cutting boards: Clean and disinfect wood cutting boards by wiping with full-strength vinegar.

Make buttermilk: Add a tablespoon of vinegar to a cup of milk and let it stand five minutes to thicken.

VINEGAR FOR PETS & ANIMALS

Stop your cat’s scratching furniture: Sprinkle or spray vinegar on areas you don’t want the cat scratching.

Fish bowl cleaner: Eliminate that ugly deposit in the gold fish tank by rubbing it with a cloth dipped in vinegar and rinsing well.

Pet drinking water: Add a teaspoon of vinegar to your pet’s drinking water to encourage a shinier coat and reduce odor.

Remove skunk odor: Use vinegar straight to remove skunk odor from your pet’s fur.

Parasites can pose a serious health threat. Parasitic worms may result in poor absorption of nutrients, and can contribute to fever, abdominal pain and anaemia. Disease-causing bacterial parasites (pathogens) include those causing tetanus, tuberculosis and syphilis.

How common are Parasites?

Most people are not aware of the danger to their health posed by parasites; nevertheless, if one looks in the right places, one can find a great deal of literature on the subject of parasites and the harmful effects they can produce.

Well over 80% of patients we check have some type of parasite or bacteria and the slight inflammation of the abdomen, and unrelated pains and aches, which indicate the presence of parasites.

In a pamphlet put out by a medical manufacturer in America, we read: “Colon therapy has an anthelmintic action (this means parasites are removed). We find that over 90% of the people we examine in our clinics have some form of parasites. The most common of all are tapeworms. Our skilled technicians report seeing green, brown, grey, yellow and white ones, and various combinations. Patients report seeing pieces of tapeworm in the toilet bowl, varying from a few inches to a few feet. (The longest one reported was 57 inches.) Various other parasites are seen, including hook worms pinworms, whip worms and many other exotic forms. Tapeworms are usually beef, pork or fish variety.

Many Vegetarians also have various parasites. Their eggs may be eaten with vegetables or fruit. Thread worms and hook worms may pass through the unbroken skin – they are sometimes picked up when one walks through the grass.”

In New Zealand, a large full-page advertisement for “Combantrin” (a commercial worm preparation), shows a small girl handing a pencil to a classmate. The caption reads: “The simple act of passing a pencil, sharing a book, using the same doorknob, or even sharing a house with untreated adults is all that is required for parasites to spread – No matter how clean your child may be, and no matter how careful you are. The symptoms caused by parasites may include: Loss of appetite, anal and vulval itching and scratching, disturbed sleep, occasional bed-wetting in younger children. These may seem like common occurrences in childhood, but unfortunately this is because the parasite problem is a common one.” We once told one of our patients that we thought her daily migraines were caused by parasites in her intestines. She was not surprised by this as she had just returned from Europe where she had taken her children to a doctor. The children had been restless and had indigestion. The doctor told her that he felt the children had pinworms, and it was the parasites that were causing the symptoms. She told the doctor that she thought it was impossible for her children to have parasites, as she insisted on the highest standard of hygiene. She had not seen any sign of worms in her children’s clothes or in their beds. But, the doctor insisted, and told her that over 90% of people in that part of Europe had parasites of one kind or another – so she should not feel ashamed or surprised that her children also had parasites.

Our diagnosis was correct, and when she took the herbs, her migraines and other aches soon disappeared. Yet, this patient had been to a number of doctors, and none of them had been able to do anything to relieve her headaches.

In an interview recorded in a health publication, Dr. William Kelley, famous cancer specialist says: “I find parasites in 92% of people. Everybody – rich and poor – the whole population have parasites. It is not restricted to lower classes at all. Pets are great carriers of parasites. Also, vegetables may carry parasitic organisms. “One day I had a lady who was a little over 5 feet tall and weighed 300 pounds! She was on a 400 to 500 calorie diet and starving to death. I said to her, ‘You’ve got so many worms, all you’re absorbing is the water!’ “This horrified her! Most people are upset at the thought of having worms. She started a bottle of special supplements I gave her, but nothing happened. So, she went to her family doctor who took a stool culture, but could not find anything. “The lady decided to finish the herbs by taking it regularly as directed. One night she was lying in her bed, and she felt a tickling in her throat and thought it is mucous. She went to the bathroom and coughed it up, put it in a Kleenex.  What they found in the tissue was the head and two more inches of a tapeworm that had come up in her throat. Many times, particularly in children, the tapeworm will come through the nose looking for food. “Parasites mimic many diseases such as heart trouble. I found this once in a nurse who had suffered with heart trouble and went to doctors for years, whenever she had these heart spells. I said to her “You should have gone to the vet.”  I said, “Because you have heart worms.”  She took her herbs and never had any more trouble. “Most stomach aches and colitis could have a parasite involvement. Liver damage may often be caused from parasitic worms. Sometimes a colony of worms will crawl up in the gall bladder and give you problems. This can be the trouble with overweight people. The worms are being well fed. The body is only getting the water and the calories but a fraction of the nutrients.”

In a Nutritional Almanac printed by McGraw-Hill and reproduced in part below, we read; “worms irritate the intestinal lining and therefore cause poor absorption of nutrients”  Signs of worms may include diarrhea, hunger pains, appetite loss, weight loss and anemia.

In “The Miami Herald” dateline June 25, 1978 (just 23 years ago!) an article appeared titled “Worms Outrank Cancer as Man’s Deadliest Enemy”. It reads: “One of every four people in the world is infected with roundworms, which cause fever, cough and intestinal problems. A quarter of the world’s people have hookworms, which can cause anemia and abdominal pain. Another third of a billion people suffer from abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by whipworms.”

Little research is being done on these parasite-related problems. The U.S. spends more than $US800 million a year on cancer research and all the nations in the world combined spend less than one twentieth that amount studying parasitic diseases.

Cancer researchers agree on one thing – that toxins and poisons in the body cause chronic irritation of tissues resulting in cancer.  Much evidence exists that cancer of organs and tissues is caused by chronic irritation of the cells by toxins in the body.

Almost all the books written by (so called) “quacks” claim that cancer can be cured by cleansing the body and ridding it of parasites and toxins. In other words, once the tissues stop being irritated by excessive quantities of toxins in the blood, the cancer not only stops proliferating, but may actually disappear altogether if the treatment is started in time. (Note that only the medical profession attempts to treat cancer by introducing more toxic drugs to the body.)

Vitaklenz contains all the herbs needed to rid your body of worms and parasites. Amoeba, Worms and other Intestinal Parasites Worms and Parasites

There are several types of parasitic worms which can live in humans, the most common being pinworms, tapeworms, hookworms, and roundworms.

Worms irritate the intestinal lining causing poor absorption of nutrients. Signs of worms often include diarrhea, hunger pains, appetite loss, weight loss, and anemia. Diagnosis can be made by examining the stools, or occasionally by inducing the vomiting of worms. The extent of intestinal damage can be determined by the type of worm, its size, and the number of worms present.

Pinworms are the most common parasitic worm in the USA. The chief symptom is rectal itching, especially at night. Pinworms are transmitted when the eggs, which lodge under the fingernails when a person scratches, contaminate food.

Tapeworms can be contracted from eating insufficiently cooked meats, especially beef, pork and fish. The most common tapeworm in the USA is the beef tapeworm, which can grow to a length of 15 to 20 feet in the intestines.

Hookworms are often found in the soil or sand. They can enter the body by boring holes in the skin of bare fee, or can enter the mouth if contaminated food is eaten.

Roundworms are most common in children. These worms can leave the intestines and settle in different areas of the body, causing diseases such as pneumonia, jaundice or seizures.   When a person is afflicted with roundworms, the body’s supply of all nutrients is depleted to the point that supplementation of all nutrients is necessary to restore normal health.

Dietary Deficiency

Although intestinal parasites are surprisingly common, there are no known studies showing the effect of dietary improvement on humans infested with them. It is known that a high intake of refined foods, particularly sweets, which supply little or no nutrient yet satisfy the appetite, cause individuals to become susceptible to pinworms which thrive on sugar.

Research indicates that in any type of parasitic infestation the diet should be unusually adequate and refined foods strictly avoided. Yogurt or acidophilus milk, or culture, appears to be especially helpful in cases of amebic dysentery and perhaps all intestinal infestations. Every effort should be made to maintain normal stomach acid, which destroys many parasites obtained from food.

Research had shown that parasites are particularly susceptible to a variety of herbs, which are lethal only to these organisms. To date, there is no known “cure-all” herb which kills all stages of a parasites larvae and eggs. As described, poisons and toxins in the body irritate the tissues, setting the stage for cancer. These same toxins also seem to allow the parasites to breed outside of their normal, natural, life cycle that usually involves leaving the host’s body. It seems that with the increase in environmental pollution, the parasites, in the presence of pollutants, can complete their life cycle within the host’s body.

Any anti-parasitic treatment must effectively kill all stages of parasite development, and must continue on beyond the normal incubation period of the eggs. Any short term treatment, (such as commercial preparations are) – cannot be effective. Commercial treatments usually focus on intestinal parasites, and adult worms only. As has been described above, parasites can crawl into the liver, pancreas, brain, lungs, heart, eyeballs – in fact any part of the body. Therefore, a total systemic anti-parasitic system of treatment is imperative. Such a treatment may involve electro-medical devices that destroy the parasite electrically, and pure herbal supplements known to kill all stages of parasite development.

CONCLUSION

There are two trains of thought on the matter and cause of cancers, leukemia, fibroids, HIV AIDS, and other diseases which modern medicine has yet to find a cure.

One train of thought is that modern medicine has the means to cure disease by introducing toxic and potent drugs, which are foreign to the physiology of any living body – human or animal. Or, surgically remove the diseased and suffering and dying organ.

The other train of thought is to harness the healing power of the body by removing the source of irritation, and providing nutrients for the body to build healthy new cells. By stimulating it with naturally occurring substances, such as are found in pollutant free, steroid free, hormone free, organically grown foods and herbs, and electricity – healing is naturally accomplished.