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Post by Angie on Oct 5, 2005 23:10:54 GMT -5
PK... I prolly shoulda put this in an e-mail or private message, but I was here already. LOL I was just over looking at your new sites, and I agree - there are natural cures for dang near all ailments. BUT, I also believe these work best in conjunction with spiritual/mental/emotional cleansing... whole body. I think one of the biggest and most evil threats to our general health is our food too. The additives, preservatives, pesticides, wax coatings, fertilizers - even the flouridated water we drink. All evil. Taking suppliments help - no doubt about it. But is this just another bandaid cure for a bleeding artery? I mean, unless you take a whole body - whole soul - approach... will it really be of benefit? Let's face it, the way you feel mentally has EVERYTHING to do with how your body resists disease. A good example of what I'm saying is the Cancer Treatment Centers Of America... there's one in Tulsa. They take the whole body approach and are creating miracles every day... curing cancer... saving lives. Just my thoughts on the matter, and I'm certainly no expert. I suppose someone could argue that if suppliments make you feel physically better - your mental state will automatically improve. ;D ~Ang
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Post by PK on Oct 6, 2005 8:27:18 GMT -5
I agree with you about a whole body cure---just not got that far yet. My head coming out of the fog is a big plus for me right now. Yeah I'm still a scatter brain, probably can't change that--but I'm not sitting here feeling sorry for myself like I was. Have my good days and my bad days and the bad days aren't as bad as they were. So yeah the mental state does improve. I'm starting to feel like I can even start doing a little exercise now (which will improve things even more) but before now--I just didn't give a shit. Not sure I can phrase this the way I think it..LOL...
The supplements have made me feel better. I haven't had but one nap in the past two weeks (compared to daily nap before). My mind is coming out of depression (slow process but working nonetheless). I actually care about stuff again (nother slow process). It could be all in my head--but it's so much better than it was before. Since the mind is getting better--the body is feeling better. I'm ready to start some physical aspects of the project now (yoga, aerobics, walking--something). When I start the physical and get over the initial thoughts of it's killing my outta shape ass (lol) then that will work on the mind even more----all gonna go in a circle. One is going to affect the other. Spirit (for myself anyway) seems to take care of itself when I don't actively pursue it. If I just leave it to nature and the natural cycyles of the universe (so to speak) it does better. When I try to make things happen on a spiritual level--it seems to shut me out. So--as Charlie Rich sang about--"I keep on rolling with the flow."
I will get all of those issues addressed on my sites--theres just sooooo freaking much that I want done there and I want to accomplish with it, that it's a bit overwhelming. In fact--I don't think I have a page for physical well being with links to yoga and stuff. Some of the links there aren't even ready yet, but think I forgot to add that in my notes.
I do have a slight problem. I want to work on my site most of the time. But I need to get started on this damn spring/fall cleaning around here too--so I'm kind of between a rock and a hard place and spinning my wheels. Energy level is not ready to tackle both at the same time..LOL...nutter reason for starting some exercise. The first week I will prbably do some exercise and then flop on the couch--wore out for the day. But after that I would start feeling better and the energy would pick up. I have a very long road ahead of me. It's like a grug addict coming off of drugs--the road is long, hard and bumpy.
But I know--without a doubt--that I am tired of feeling like shit, I am tired of not having the energy to enjoy my life, I am tired of the twenty pounds I carry around that is making my hip joint hurt like an SOB. When I had this 20 pounds gone--my hip felt fine. Now that it's back--it hurts. My brother has already had hip replacement surgery. If losing and keeping off 20 pounds will prevent that for me--then I am all for it. I don't want a new titanium hip..I like this old one just fine.
This is gonna get long--I can see it. Chris, of course, thinks I am just fine and gets mad when I talk losing the weight (he thinks I was too skinny when I lost it before). I told him--well I usually care about what you think, but in this case you will just have to live with my too skinny ass (once I get there) because I felt better then, my joints didn't ache then (ankles, hips or knees) I was comfortable in my own skin and I'm not now.
No, I am not that much over weight--people think I am skinny enough--but they don't live with the aches I do. And if losing some weight will make them better, then I think thats what I should do. Why go to some stupid doctor and get on pain pills when being just a little too skinny will work just as well.
Yeah granted, I had never been that skinny before, and I probably did look aneroxic to those around me---but I had muscle tone, I had shape. I was not skin and bones or puney like a super model.
Umm, I think I went off on a tangent..LOL. Oh well. I feels better now. Now I should get up off my ass and go walking or something. Nice cool front is here..I should take advantage of it.
Will let you know if I did or just blew it off in a later post..LOL..
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Post by Angie on Oct 6, 2005 22:15:28 GMT -5
“Greetings from Hanes We thought you would like to know that we have shipped your order for the Hanes Perfect Panty Sample. You should receive your request in 2-3 weeks.” Yeah baby - free drawers!! LMAO JT and I were having breakfast this morning and talking about nutrition, and he brought up some really interesting points to consider. Animals do not feed outside their natural habitat. The Natives migrated with the buffalo… but before the animals were killed to near extinction - this was not a very far migration - maybe 50 miles in the entire course of a generation’s life span. In turn, if you want to wipe out an entire isolated African tribe - visit them with a head cold and give them a package of our processed food products. This could well be because our physical bodies are acclimated to the climate and conditions in which we live. Our disease resistance is built upon exposure to bacteria within our environment as well. If we were to limit our diet to foods within our own natural environment, foods which have became acclimated and grown resistant just as we have, would we not be better off? Native animals to Arkansas would be swine, game poultry, quail, dove, venison, rabbit, squirrel, and on down the line - coon, opossum, rat. Beef is a borderline animal, it is native to Texas… migration could have been possible naturally… so even though the beef was imported here, it’s arguable that it could be considered native as well. Vegetables that are native would include turnips, collards, potatoes, tomatoes, okra, spinach, mustard greens, pinto beans, black eyed peas, soy beans, etc. But the cold weather crops such as lettuce, broccoli, radishes, cabbage, cucumbers, etc. are not native - they were all introduced here, or imported in. Native fruits are peaches, plums, a few varieties of apple, persimmon, strawberry, black berry, dew berry, mulberry, some grape varieties, muskidines, etc. Not citrus fruits, bananas, kiwi, coconut, etc. Native nuts would be black walnut, pecan, and hickory nut. Not brazil nuts, cashews, peanuts, or almonds. Native “spices” would be black pepper, unionized rock salt, garlic, onion, etc. And native “cures” would be cider vinegar, sage, black pepper, garlic, coriander, etc. Exotic spices are not native here - even tho they will grow if planted and cultivated. Unfortunately, there are no native Coke~a~Cola trees in Arkansas, no native coffee beans, and no native tobacco plants - well, unless you wanna smoke rabbit tobacco or grape vines. LOL So, we’ve decided to try a little experiment. For the next 6 months we’re going to only eat foods that are native to this area, preferably fresh if we can find them, or frozen if fresh isn’t available. Nothing processed like hot dogs, or packaged meals. My little herb and spice garden box won’t make it through the winter, even if I bring it inside, so I’m going to preserve all I can in olive oil in cork bottles to keep it semi-fresh, and dry the rest. Olive oil isn’t native to Arkansas - but it is pure, natural, and a fantastic preservative. I’m going to buy a small coffee bean grinder for unrefined salt and pepper corns too. I may also bring back the use of my cast iron cookware. It’s a botch to keep clean and non-stick, but the mineral residue from cast iron cooking is worth the hassle. No more “city water” for drinking either, and no bottled water - both have been treated. We’re going deep into the mountains Saturday to a natural underground spring and filling some drinking containers. Again, the mineral content and residue will be worth the task of collecting it and hauling it home. I’ve been collecting all the “old ways” I can, and trying to remember all I could from childhood. Sweet Gum trees make excellent toothbrushes. You take a small sprig, peel back the bark, then stub the exposed end until it frays out like brush bristles. Rub this over and between teeth, and it not only cleans and flosses, the sap contains a natural enamel booster and cavity preventative. T has half a million dollars worth of dental work in his mouth and the makings of a movie star smile - I wanna try to help him keep it. I also want to collect a couple feed bags of red clay from the mountain. It makes a good wet poultice for medical use, and can make terra cotta pots for my herbs. I’m also going to a few locations to collect nuts and fruits, I know where some black walnuts are, some apple trees, grapes and musk dines. If we have time, I’d like to collect some ginseng, yucca, garlic, wild turnips, and onions too. At some point I want to get some honey and honey comb too, sorghum molasses, lye (for soap), and more hog lard. As I find and remember more tips and tricks from the old days, I’ll try to post them here. ~Ang
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Post by PK on Oct 7, 2005 0:02:35 GMT -5
Sounds cool. We are kind of on that natural kick too. If the kids (and chris) would quit buying chips and candy bars I could do a lot better..LOL.. As for cast iron--it's about the only thing I use. I use regular cookware for boiling water and such, but most everything else gets cooked in cast iron.
We got on this thing years ago and got off of it. Now we are back on it again, but the reason we are on it again--besides the obvious feel like shit thing--is the fact that farm animals don't get the diseases we do. If they did, no one would be raising them--it would be way too expensive. Instead the feeds we give these farm animals is more nutritious than our human food---it's full of vitamins and minerals. I think we should eat horse feed, go out to the pasture and graze, zip by the salt/mineral block and have a lick, drink out of the pond--or stream if one is close by. We'd be much better off...wouldn't be any worse off anyway. And you'd be better going to your vet than to your medical doctor. Funny how a vet has to go to school longer to work on animals than a human doctor does. Oh and get this..I found a website for jobs you can do at home. One of the jobs is taking medical textbooks and writing out eflash cards. Q&A type stuff. You had to write it on a 10th grade level. Umkay, our doctors are gonna use these flash cards--and they are only for a 10th grade level. Maybe it's supposed to make the material easier to learn or something, but still. Isn't it a wonderful thought knowing that the person who is supposed to know more than you about health--is learning from a tenth grade level?
Another thing they did in the old days and poorer countries still do is to use their wood ash as a spice and cut their salt with it. There may be something to that. I haven't researched that yet, but it sounds good. I have tons of research to do--and that's one point I do try to make on my website is that ppl do their own research and figure out what's best for them.
I did some aerobics this morning and scrubbed the shelves over my sink in the kitchen--woot! Of course all my knick knacks are still dirty on the counter, and I am seriously thinking of taking all my decorations down and putting them in a box...then I never have to worry with cleaning them again..LOL. And I probably would if my shed wasn't already full of boxes that we haven't unpacked from the move up here. Yeah I know, it's been four and a half years---just a little procrasination here. I seriuosly don't have room for the stuff though.---and this house is bigger. My old house was just set up better I think.
I have to try to find some mint oil cuz the fleas are having a hay day over here. Chris won't let me bomb the house til he gets some stuff to spray under the house. I'm thinking I will just buy another pack of bombs tomorrow and throw them up underneath the house---this shit is getting on my damn nerves. I can't even sleep cuz I feel like they are all over me--almost like a tweaker--LOL.
I got my sample of Mary Kays mircodermabrasion. I used it last night and my face is still soft tonight...cool huh?. Too bad the shit cost $55. Bummer. Plus got a sample of kerasol...the foot cream. Haven't felt of my foot yet to see if it is still soft from last nights application. It suggests you try it on one foot for a week to see the difference. Got my coupon for a free Oust fan, will get that tomorrow when I go to town. Got tons of samples or free coupons on the way. Some of the stuff has gotten here pretty quick. I signed up for so much that I can't remember what all I do have coming..LOL
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Post by Angie on Oct 7, 2005 0:46:39 GMT -5
My Mom was making fun of me over the little samples… saying it was a dab of this and that, not worth a hoot. So I collected up some of the better ones, including the microderm one, and put them all in a little basket with a shower scrubbie, a bar of home made soap, and a bottle of sparkling juice and gave it to her. She called me the next day wanting another one! LOL She said she locked herself in the bathroom and had the whole treatment, lit candles, drank juice, used all the samples - and came out feeling like a Queen. I said… HELLO… how freeken’ often do we ever get to use $50 products?? Yes it may be a dab of this and that, but heck - once in a while - a dab is a good thing! LOL And sometimes the samples are full size products too, or coupons for free full size products. I’m mad at the Paris Wal-Mart, speaking of coupons. They won’t accept printables off the net. They said there’s been too much fraud with them, I guess people make mass amounts of copies or something… so they no longer accept them. That sucks… I had some really good ones too.
It’s funny you mentioned horse feed, that’s another example JT used, he said the horses ate better quality food than we did. Then I told him what you told me about the poultry feed - having growth hormones socked to it. He said yeah… they do it to beef and swine feed too. But cat food, dog food, horse food - hamster food - LOL - all better than the crap we eat. That’s some scary stuff. I talked to Mom earlier tonight about herbs that are ready in Arkansas this time of year, and she said about all I’ll find right now is garlic, onion, possibly turnips, and the grapes, berries, and black walnuts. Maybe some yucca root if the tines are still visible where I can find them, but the ginseng root’s “pointers” have all already fallen off - so finding it now would be really hard. And she warned me on mushrooms, which as much as I’d like to go harvesting - I’m too scared to. I could so easily poison us or send us to the moon. LOL
I wish I had the money to toss out practically everything in my kitchen and go buy all new natural ingredients, but I don’t. This will have to be a slow “phase out” process. As we run out of one product, I’ll replace it with a better one. So, for right now, we’re kind of shooting ourselves in the foot. For dinner I used frozen green beans from our garden, butter from a neighbor’s farm, small potatoes we grew - simmered all that down. Hog roast from a pig we butchered in the summer. Corn bread. And I made some deviled eggs. Mostly natural - but we drank store bought milk, and of course the mayo and mustard in the eggs was store bought. So was my salt and pepper. And I cooked with Pam. LOL Then JT and I shared a whole pot of Folgers. And T ate a Hershey bar before bed. *sigh*
I’m really curious to see what this change will make to JT’s cholesterol when we finally get it going good. By rights, he should go through the roof. Lard, pork, eggs - all no-no’s according to the “experts”. I told him it’s something we’ll need to really monitor… he’s at a high risk for another heart attack already. That cholesterol level going on up could end him. But he’s convinced this is the way to go. Get back to nature, and screw the “experts”. I’ll be adding in all the herbal treatments for high cholesterol too - so maybe - maybe - his won’t go higher. If it does, this little experiment will be over, and he’ll go back to lettuce and Lipitor. LOL
I did call Dr. Patty (not PK, lol) and run this plan by her. To my amazement, she wasn’t against it at all. She said a lot of her patients had been taking a more natural approach to diet and health care lately, many different plans and ideas, and all she suggested was close monitoring of JT’s levels and that he not go off any prescription meds until she’s tested him and made sure he can. Fair enough. And she said if I had time, it would be a good idea to keep a Journal of the progress - she’d be interested in reading it if JT’s health improves. That’s kinda cool - at least she’s open minded.
~Ang
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