Tom's Blog on Life and Livingness
Seems like my nutritional products (180+ ingredients in my NutriBlast Greens Plus powder and 218 ingredients in my top nutrition bar) were 10 years ahead of the curve…
Researchers are just discovering Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Autoimmune Diseases, Celiac, IBS, Crohn’s, Skin Disease, Allergies, Neurological Conditions, Autism, Cancer… all these chronic and terminal diseases START in the gut. The great news is they can also be HEALED in the gut. This docuseries reveals how…
All #natural Sunblock!!!!
“If you are looking for an effective and 100% natural sun protection for you and your children, one that is not only non toxic, but actually #nourishing for your skin and body, this is a post for you.
A Number of plants produce oils with sun protective properties and I have been using them exclusively for the past 3 summers here on Mallorca, including on the skin of my now 20 month old daughter, who has never been touched by commercial sun screen.
Few days ago I decide to test a bunch of them on my husband who agreed for me to use his completely pale skin as a test subject and you can see the results on the attached pictures. This is from 1 hour exposure 15:00 to 16:00 on Mallorca, Spain.
Here are the brands and oils tested:
Nutritional Content and my experience of using the oils:
Carrot Oil
Rich in Carotene and Vitamin-A, both of which are powerful anti-oxidants, it helps promote youthful and supple skin.
Fushi – organic, cold pressed Carrot Oil
Orange in colour with a delicate smell of beta carotene (you know it if you ever took beta carotene supplements).
This oil requires little care in handling because of its colour, which can rub onto your clothing.
The good news is, in my experience it does not stain permanently and washes off without a problem and it also gives your skin a nice sun kissed glow.
I’ve used it on its on to maximize the sun protective factor or diluted with coconut or wheatgerm oil.
I use it on my skin during the mid day sun, without ever getting burned.
Wheat Germ Oil
Wheat Germ Oil contains high levels of Vitamin E as well as other vitamins, minerals, protein, linoleic, oleic, palmitic, and stearic fatty acids. This oil helps dry and cracked skin, Eczema, stretch marks, dull complexion, scars and sun burns.
Organic Wheatgerm Oil – Naissance Convive
Light brown in colour with a nice and fresh smell of unripened wheat grain if you ever had the pleasure of smelling it. It give the skin nice glow. Based on the result of my test, this brand seems to be more sun protective than the oil produced by Balenos Therapy.
Balenos Therapy – Wheat Germ Oil
This oil is light brown/orangy in colour and has a slightly toasted smell, similar to the smell of crushed mature wheat grain.
It strains a little when not rubber in entirely thus you may want to be careful when wearing light colour clothing.
The bottles are plastic and have a convenient applicator which makes using it easier, however the slightly toasted smell may not be to everyones liking. It also seems less protective to the other brand.
Raspberry seed oil
This oil is a very rich source of essential fatty acids and Vitamin E. The polyphenols help improve skin tone and elasticity and aid skin regeneration. It also helps maintain moisture while offering anti-inflammatory properties.
Raspberry seed oil cold pressed Neissance
Light gold in colour and with an appealing, fresh and leafy smell similar to the aroma of freshly dried hey.
This one is ideal to use on the face and on areas that tent to get burned easiest such as nose and shoulders. It undoubtedly has a very highly sun protective properties and I would recommend it to anyone with pale and sensitive skin, including babies.
As we all have different skin color and sensitivity to sun, I would encourage you to start with the oil with higher factor like Carrot Seed Oil or Raspberry Seed Oil and observe your skins tolerance and reaction to find what works for you. Re-applying is also essential.
Most importantly what I would like you to get out of this is that, there are safe and natural alternatives to commercial sun screens, which can be purchased in health food stores or online (I get mine from Amazon.co.uk).
Also, it is estimated that between 4,000 to 6,000 metric tons of sunscreen end up in the oceans worldwide, resulting in 10 percent of coral reefs being threatened by sunscreen-induced bleaching.
Last year Hawaii went as far as trying to ban sunscreen all together to protect their coral reefs. By adopting new practice of using natural oils over commercial sunscreen and by sharing this information with our family and friends we can help protect the oceans and ourselves from unnecessary toxins.”
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When he was an Outback Australian doctor he found 50% of the Aboriginal babies he vaccinated died from the vaccine. So he started looking. Dreadful thing looking. It explodes all sorts of lies the authorities would have you believe. Bad for population control. But I recommend it strongly for your survival!
Faith and begorrah! What will they come up with next!
Beta Glucan is a natural polysaccharide that is classified as an Immuno-Modulator; meaning, it “modulates” (changes) your Immune System to make it as efficient as possible. This fiber-like molecule works by activating every Immune System Cell in the body: Macrophages, Neutrophils, Basophils, Natural Killer Cells, etc.
Macrophages, specifically, trigger a host of immune functions that allow the body to produce the most complete, effective and appropriate immune response achievable. The activity of the body’s immunocytes (Immune Cells) determines how well your Immune System traps and consumes invaders that do not belong in the body.
When the body is confronted with foreign pathogens it sees as non-self (e.g., Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Cancer, Parasites, etc.), Beta glucan puts the immune cells on “high alert” to confront the attackers.
Simply put, Beta Glucan is the catalyst that makes our immune systems smarter, increasing the strength of our wellness forces.
https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/foods-rich-beta-glucan-10426.html
If you have high cholesterol, or at least worry about your cholesterol levels, you may know that eating oatmeal helps improve your numbers. While you may know that the fiber in oatmeal is responsible for lowering your cholesterol, you may not know that it’s a very particular type of fiber called beta-glucan that’s responsible for the benefits. Oatmeal isn’t the only food rich in this heart-healthy fiber.
Fiber 101
Fiber is a type of carbohydrate your body can’t digest. There are two primary types of fiber: soluble and insoluble fiber, both of which provide health benefits.
Soluble fiber slows digestion by forming a gel in your digestive tract and is the fiber associated with lowering cholesterol. Beta-glucan is a type of soluble fiber that offers a number of health benefits, including helping to lower cholesterol.
Insoluble fiber adds bulk to stool to improve bowel function and prevent constipation. Both soluble and insoluble fiber are further broken down into various types based on structure, function and food source.
What Makes Beta-Glucan Special
Beta-glucan is a viscous fiber, which means it forms a gel in your digestive tract. This thick gel grabs cholesterol as it moves through your digestive system to prevent absorption, and then eliminates it from your body. Getting 3 grams of beta-glucan a day may help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 8 percent.
The gel also improves blood sugar and insulin levels by slowing down digestion to decrease the release of sugar into your bloodstream and minimize the release of insulin, which may reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Foods Rich in Beta-Glucan
Oatmeal isn’t the only food rich in beta-glucan. Other food sources include barley, shiitake and reishi mushrooms, seaweed and algae. For frame of reference, one cup of cooked oatmeal has 2 grams of beta-glucan and one cup of cooked pearled barley has 2.5 grams. Although not as rich in the heart-healthy fiber as oats or barley, wheat and rye also contain some beta-glucan.
Tips for Getting More Beta-Glucan
In addition to making oatmeal your go-to breakfast, enjoy a bowl of vegetable barley soup with chopped shiitake mushrooms for lunch. You can also replace your usual starchy side dish, such as rice, with cooked barley to get more beta-glucan. Adding oats to your fruit smoothie adds both bulk and a little extra nutrition.
When baking, substitute some of your usual flour with oat flour. When making a stir fry, add shiitake or reishi mushrooms or chop them finely and saute them in oil to add bulk and flavor to your meatloaf and meatballs.
Please read how resin components (succinates and maleinates) used as preservatives in vaccines cross-link (dry up) in contact with lactic acid in tissues thus damaging brains and other organs and how to remove these harmful deposits from tissues:
https://medical-lies.blogspot.com/2019/04/poisonous-vaccines-mechanism-of.html
I know we guys are partly to blame for this. After all, we do enjoy our eye candy! But it can come at a high price! I received this letter from someone who has done more than the usual amount of looking into it…
Hello-
I’ve been a girly girl for most of my life. I started carrying around a purse when I was three, loved dressing up in fancy outfits for school dances, and used to drape myself in my mom’s and aunt’s “treasures and jewelry.” When I came to the United States at age nine, my proudest possession was my first real Barbie doll (they were hard to get in Poland), and I got my first “kid” make-up set at age ten — complete with pink lipstick and neon blue and purple eyeshadows!
My fascination with fashion trends continued throughout my teenage years. I loved reading beauty magazines and raiding the cosmetic aisles of Walgreens, where I worked as a pharmacy technician during high school, undergrad and pharmacy school.
By the time I was in my mid-twenties, I had caboodles of makeup, perfumes, lotions, hair styling products, and every other type of beauty “enhancing” potion. I dyed my hair numerous different colors, trying to determine whether blondes, brunettes or redheads had the most fun.
After I finished pharmacy school, I dabbled in cosmetic chemistry and experimented with creating my own highly effective (read: highly chemical) antiperspirant. I developed the formulation and experimented with raw ingredients in my apartment kitchen. My fiancé, Michael, (now my husband), was in business school at the time, and even wrote up a business plan for my antiperspirant. We had a mini “Shark-Tank” moment, presenting our product in front of venture capitalists that came to the class.
I never thought being a girly girl would be so detrimental to my health… until I started doing research for the “Toxins” chapter of my first book, Hashimoto’s: The Root Cause. Learning about the hundreds of chemicals that we, as women, put on our bodies every day — in the name of beauty — was a huge eye-opener for me. I had many “aha!” moments when I began to realize how harmful many of those ingredients are… and what they were doing to my body.
In this article, I’d like to share a little bit more of my personal journey with beauty products, including:
How the ingredients in personal beauty products can affect our health
Common toxic ingredients to avoid
How to find safer alternatives to conventional hair, skin, and makeup products
My favorite non-toxic beauty products