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I’ve Got Holiday Gift Ideas!!

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Tis the season…would you agree?

Here are just a few wellness product suggestions that might be useful to you during the holidays…

because sometimes, along with the holidays, comes …

a little holiday stress, a little holiday eating, a little holiday depression, a few children in the festivities, a few long days and long nights, perhaps a little stack of holiday baking dishes, and maybe just maybe there might be a need to spruce up your appearance??

Stress!!!

Try our product that relieves stress This safe and effective herbal formula promotes a tranquil state of mind without drowsiness. For anyone who is under stress and would like to feel calmer and more relaxed and yet, more alert please consider this product. May be used daily. Contains amino acids L-Theanine, L-Tyrosine as well as Beta Sitosterol and Ashwagandha which blunt the stress hormone cortisol, a hormone that over time can damage vital organs.

B-Complex - Essential for your nerves, brain and a pleasant disposition (something that might be especially useful this time of year!). Helps prevent cravings for sweets…helps metabolize them when you eat them anyway ( ha!) and burns them into energy.

Holiday Eating!!

We all over eat during the holidays! Make it easier on the gut, by taking something to assist digestion. Nutrients are better absorbed from your foods when digestion is working at it’s best.Consider Digestive Enzymes to help alleviate symptoms such as gas, bloating and feelings of fullness.

Colds and Viruses!!!

Natural Interferon is excellent for people with allergies and weaker immunity or high stress. It supports and stimulates the immune system, by increasing the activity of macrophages (white blood cells) and inducing natural interferon production. This product optimizes immune response against environmental irritants and airborne substances.

Vitamin C Most of us need extra Vitamin C in the wintertime, as it is water, lost to air, heat and light and really important for the immune system. Ours provides 500 mg released slowly over a 5-hour period.

Holiday Blues!!!

St John’s Wart— Clinical tests show that St. John’s Wort provides dietary support for uplifted spirits and a sense of well being due to the plant’s positive effect on a number of mood-enhancing neurotransmitters in the brain. Users report improved mood, alertness, productivity and energy without the side effects of pharmaceutical antidepressants.

Children!!!

Children’s Chewable- we know that our children are not getting all the nutrients they need. Especially during the holidays. Give them this daily nutritional insurance provided by our chewable multi-vitamin. The kids just love them! It’s simple and valuable. Our children’s multi-vitamin is the most complete on the market

Late nights … Long days…

Soy Protein– Great energy booster! This complete form of soy protein comes with less than 1 gram of carbohydrate. All this delivered from the same high quality source of soy while using the same water-washed manufacturing process. Its extraordinary versatility allows you to enjoy the health benefits of soy in a number of different ways: mix it in drinks, and now you can cook and bake with it.

and Dishes…lots and lots of dirty dishes!!!

Our Company is known for the most complete bio-degradable laundry and cleaning product line on the planet! Following the philosophy of the founder of the company and that science move forward the company completely revamped, upgraded and improved the entire collection!

A certain female daytime celebrity host touts this product as one of her absolute favorites

Here are a few products that can help with those dishes :

For the Dishwasher - recommended by many environmental groups and magazines. This patented product continues to be one of the ONLY automatic dish washing formulas containing NO phosphates and NO chlorine…clean clincher: one box of our “green and mighty” non-chemical, extremely concentrated powder equals 2 ½ boxes of Cascade!!

For dishes done by hand - Ours is fabulous non-toxic, non-polluting dishwashing liquid & a powerful grease cutter, yet so gentle, it can be used for washing hands & as a bubble bath. Literally, just a few drops provides ooodles of sudsy natural, sustainably sourced, plant – based effective cleaner for dishes. Has a delicious sortof a citrusy scent. I especially love what they have done with this product!! 70% more effective on grease than Method and Seventh Generation.

Let’s not forget parties !! Lots of gala events and entertaining!!

Look Great for the Holidays with…

Anti-aging Skin Care Customers are experiencing wonderful results from our anti-aging skin care line. Particularly impressive is the 400% reduction in fine lines and wrinkles after just 4 weeks in the clinical trials! Remember our products are beautifully packaged, reasonably priced and makes a fabulous gift! In the spirit of gift giving we can customize any combination of products to suit your individual needs and price range

Know anyone who might benefit from a nutritional consultation??  My business is based entirely on word of mouth referrals, don’t keep me a secret!! Give the gift of nutritional mentoring.

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PineSol Or Gatorade? Can Your Young Child Tell?

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The above image is from somewhere in google images my source said.

Don’t know about you but the image above really horrifies me.

Perhaps this has been passed around already or seen on TV or in a magazine somewhere, but this was the first time I’ve ever seen it.

I have not been in a main stream grocery store cleaning aisle in a really long time. Since 1993 actually.

I had no idea cleaning products went neon.

I have seen the neon artificially colored Gatorade. Why this appeals to anyone is completely beyond me.  Why a company thinks adding harmful colorant makes their products sell more is also beyond me.   Sno-cones, flavo-pops, m&ms, are just a few things that come to mind.  Why would I want to eat or drink something like that?

Neon Colored and Artificially Scented Cleaning Products?  Does having purple Pine Sol make cleaning more fun?  Is an orange scent really going to make it any less toxic?

I remember when my son was born, and before cleaning green,  how someone said they kept their cleaning products up high, above the kitchen sink, instead of below.  I grew up with my mom keeping everything under the kitchen sink, she used the toxic stuff, and for awhile so did I.  I never knew anything else.  The idea of a child drinking cleaning products just floored me – would a kid really do that?  Oh yes indeed they would.  Adopting the practice of keeping things out of harms way made sense.  I started keeping cleaning products above the sink.

Of course years later when I switched products all together and didn’t have that toxic stuff around I didn’t have to be concerned.

Something to think about:
90 % of suspected poisonings occur at home from household products – excuse me this says POISONINGS!!

NINETY Percent??

How about this one…

According to a 15-year study presented at the Toronto Indoor Air Conference, women who work at home have a 54% higher death rate from cancer than those who work away from home. The study concluded that this was a direct result of the increased exposure to toxic chemicals, many of which are found in common household products.

Death from working from home. Lovely.

Read a comprehensive toxic household chemical facts and statistics commentary here.

What’s Under Your Kitchen Sink?

Carpet Cleaners are extremely toxic to children. The fumes given off by carpet cleaners can cause cancer and liver damage.

Chlorine is the chemical most frequently involved in household poisonings and a potent pollutant. May cause reproductive, endocrine and immune system disorders.

Degreasers may contain petroleum distillates and butylcelosolve, which can damage lung tissues and dissolve fatty tissue surrounding nerve cells.

Drain Cleaners are one of the most hazardous products in the home. Can contain lye, which is a strong caustic substance that causes severe corrosive damage to eyes, skin mouth, and stomach. Can be fatal if swallowed.

Glass Cleaners may contain ammonia. Fumes from ammonia can irritate skin, eyes, and respiratory system.

Mold & Mildew Removers are often an acute respiratory irritant. May damage lungs, eyes and skin.

Oven Cleaners are one of the most dangerous cleaning products. Can cause severe damage to eyes, skin, mouth, throat.

Scouring Cleansers may contain butyl cellosolve, a petroleum-based solvent that can irritate mucous membranes and cause liver and kidney damage.

Toilet Bowl Cleaners are one of the most dangerous cleaning products. Can contain chlorine and hydrochloric acid. Harmful to health simply by breathing during use.

Tub & Tile Cleaners can contain chlorine and may contribute to the formation of organocholorines, a dangerous class of compounds that can cause reproductive, endocrine and immune system disorders.

P.S. I’ve got a great alternative to Gatorade

 

Oprah’s Favorite Things Includes Our Cleaning Products

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Oprah’s recommends! Now that’s leverage! Did you know that our green cleaning products are on Oprah’s Favorite Things List ?  She lists just 283 items, rather select wouldn’t you say after 25 years??  Gosh are we ever proud to be part of that!!  What ways are you seeking to switch to green? I’d love to help!!

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A Self Cleaning Bathroom!

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In the days of yore when all I used were chemical bathroom cleaners and typical soaps and shampoo’s from the grocery store I constantly battled with ring around the bathtub, slimy tile walls and an absolutely discusting shower curtain.

How about you ?

I felt it was a never ending battle. I also struggled with how ill I felt after I cleaned because of noxious fumes from the typical cleaning products I was using. Not to mention how positively itchy I felt after using petroleum derived skin care.

I seriously itched a good portion of my life.

Being able to clean green of course altered the chemical portion of that completely.

Three non-toxic, biodegradable products

A germicide

An all purpose cleaning product

and a scouring paste.

The most remarkable detail of using the above powerful green trio is that I could spray, scour, sanitize and mix all of these things together, without fear of a chemical melt down.

We all know that combining bleach and ammonia and other regular cleaning products is very very dangerous.

Mixing bleach and ammonia releases a gas so deadly it was once used as a chemical warfare agent. It can overwhelm a victim in less than a minute.

Yikes!!

After I was introduced to green cleaning products I was then introduced to a non-soap bar for everyday bathing.

A positively delicious oatmeal, vitamin e, wheat germ oil product that was such a shift from the squeaky clean Ivory soap I grew up with, or the Irish spring soap my husband seemed to enjoy ( gosh I hated the smell of that stuff)

I could hardly believe the difference this product made in my life.

My new non-soap bar was lovely smelling, ph balanced, and non-stripping to the skin. It actually protects the skins acid mantle versus destroying it.  I had horrific dry skin from using every day skin care products that were harsh, not ph balanced and derived from tallow ( animal fat ) and lye (the same thing that oven cleaners are made up of ).

I have introduced hundreds of people to this non-soap bar and they love it as much as I.

Here’s the deal

Soap products make soap scum – no other way to say it, soap leaves a horrific trail.

Use soap products you will have soap scum.

Use non-soap products - bar, body wash, moisturizers, shampoo’s and conditioners derived from plants and guess what?

No more soap scum. Not to mention no more dry skin.

No soap scum and you almost have a self cleaning bathtub.

I have not had a bathtub ring since 1993!

Come over anytime and look!

It’s beeee-aaa-uuu-tiful.

With regard to the discusting plastic liners for your shower?  Forget those.

I stopped using them ions ago.

I buy an all fabric cotton shower curtain – actually I buy 2 and wash one with the towels!

No more plastic touching my body, not more outgassing and no more mold.


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How do you celebrate Earth Day?
If you’re not cleaning green – what’s stopping you?

 

Vinegar For Cleaning Is The Same As Water

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The days of wanting to clean green have many of us considering  folklore solutions.  While vinegar is a classic alternative, in my personal experience it had me working WAY too hard to get something clean, yes — I thought my elbow grease was my green determination.

One has to suffer to be green and all.

Hey -  it just ain’t easy being green.

Vinegar left my home smelling a lot like a salad dressing.  I happen to like the smell of a salad dressing, but not as a part of my everyday smells decor.  I thought to myself – there has to be a better way.  As I experimented with cleaning products on the market, I found myself still applying way too much determination to my green cleaning efforts, seemingly these so called products just didn’t work.

When I discovered my organic cleaner, the signature product from a wonderful very established  wellness company.  I felt I had finally found something that cleaned beautifully!  As a matter of fact it simplified my cleaning tasks dramatically with its ease of use. I was astounded by the mutiple ways this product could be used actually defining multi-use to a new level.

An online discussion thread shared by Sue was very interesting. Sue’s biochemist husband verified the difference between vinegar and this amazing product. Thanks Sue.

Vinegar is a dilute solution of acetic acid, added to water it’s main effect is to lower the pH of water and make it more acid.  As a cleaner, it is not particularly effective except that it dissolves soil, which by the way so does water, and /or makes the pH low enough to distress bacteria on surfaces.

The product I clean with is a surfactant. It performs like a detergent to break up soil of various kinds so that they can be washed away.  In addition, because of it’s surfactant properties it will dislodge bacteria trapped in residue on surfaces so they can be washed away.  Also it disrupts the cell wall of bacteria ( which contains lipids ) and makes them very sick or dead.  While we are not clear how it might do on virus’s, it’s fair to say that as effectively as it removes residue from surfaces it stands to say that more virus’s would be washed away than with a less effective cleaner

Our product does everything vinegar does plus WAY  more.  Without the smell of a salad dressing!

Regulations limit us to say that this product is a germicide, this is also true of vinegar, it is utter folklore that make people believe that vinegar is an effective cleaner/germ killer.  In fact, plain old soap will disrupt the germs of any surface.

A reminder of the advertising ploy of anti-bacterial products on the market. Don’t go there.

Note also that all green cleaners are not created equal.

As a matter of fact some are down right harmful.


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