Detox Your House and Cosmetics! What do you do?

[CapricornFarm]

Me neither. I wish the farmers would not use so much of it.

 

[Ebarnes-21]

Kid found ...

Inside a closed cardboard box for goodness sake!!!!

... as a last ditch attempt I led the mother around bleating, finally we get a muffled bleat and a bang and here's this little head pushing out of a cardboard box in the back corner of the shed.

How she got in I don't know, much less how it closed after her ...

KIDS!!!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yay! Happy ending!

 

[Ebarnes-21]

www.iron-clay.com/glyphosate-the-time-bomb.html

That page is the result of the research we did on glyphosate. Enjoy ...

 

[Junochick]

www.iron-clay.com/glyphosate-the-time-bomb.html

That page is the result of the research we did on glyphosate. Enjoy ...

Thank you for putting up that link I hope everyone reads it

 

[BonDEEroo]

Keep up the posts, really interesting and valuable information (on detoxing and on everything else too!)

We have stripped out from the house (as far as possible) plastic materials, particle board and MDF (we don't like breathing formaldehyde), and use eco-paints. Plus we eat organic food when we can and use a whole-house water filter (we're on town water).
We make our own soap.
Let spiders live in the house (apart from funnel-webs or red-backs) and use a fly swat not insecticide. Use essential oils like eucalyptus or tea tree oil for cleaning and insect repellent. We got a steam cleaner and don't buy cleaning products. Etc etc.

It's more work but worth it. The results are seen in our medical bills and how we feel.

Our opinion (for what it's worth), is that very very many modern health issues are caused by environmental factors and lifestyle choices, and prevention is better than cure.

 

[FrankHomestead]

Kid found ...

Inside a closed cardboard box for goodness sake!!!!

... as a last ditch attempt I led the mother around bleating, finally we get a muffled bleat and a bang and here's this little head pushing out of a cardboard box in the back corner of the shed.

How she got in I don't know, much less how it closed after her ...

KIDS!!!

What a silly goat! I hear about young goat antics a lot

 

[EggSighted4Life]

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In my personal experience, diet & nutrition was a world of change for my parents.
My mom suffers from bipolar depression and at one time was very suicidal. My dad admitted her to a mental hospital where the provided counseling and of course, medication. She became a zombie and had this constant slight nod that really scared me. She was a different person. Till one day she decided to take her condition into her own hands, stop the medication and completely change their way of eating to all fresh, organic foods, some of which she grew herself. She's happier now than she's ever been in her life and a joy to be around. Between the wholesome diet and the self-therapy of gardening and cooking to her heart's desire, she is a whole new person and loves life. this diet change also allowed my dad to stop his cholesterol medication which he had taken for years and was borderline diabetic.

Wow, congrats on your Mom's recovery!

I will note that you started out using the words "in my experience".. and say that I will probably never be without certain medications despite making just as many changes as I can. It's been a hard pill to swallow both figuratively and in reality.

Doing all those things (gardening, hiking, chickens and way too many others, AVOIDING cooking ) in addition to working towards finding the right meds with the right DR has brought me to a place where I am content. And though I am happy often enough, I have Joy everlasting!

@Ebarnes-21 I actually had you PEGGED for early 20's!

You've WAAAAY too much energy to be too far beyond that. But that's awesome, old dogs can learn new tricks from young pups.

What I really wanted to share today... didn't work great for me because my weather is just too cool to support the reaction required...

Using a plastic bottle (that you already have of course), cut the top and invert and secure it just like you would any other insect trap. Put a mixture of sugar water and yeast. We tried regular active dry and I have seen recipes that say use brewer's. I don't have enough experience with either, so I would use what I have on hand and is currently just the regular. (Though we are trying new healthier additions all the time) It is the CO2 reaction that is said to attract the skeeters. But supposedly not ALL skeeters are attracted to the CO2.

1 other method, dry ice inside (originally plastic zip lock) but I'm thinking maybe the same kind of inverted bottle set up might be great.

Please report back if you try either of these, indoors or out.

OH... come to find out at least 3 neighbors in different directions all not less 300 yards from me use poison for rats. 2 with chickens and or other grain fed animals (I know there are more because I can hear them in the 4th direction. And yet I still trap at least a few rats per week, sometimes almost getting myself while attempting to set it. I almost feel like.. if you can't beat them join them... So far, I'm still fighting the good fight without poison. Maybe rats only have a certain range they travel is why I still fight them despite my neighbors using "effective" poison?

1 of my neighbors even trapped and relocated 9 raccoons this past year.

 

[FrankHomestead]

Wow, congrats on your Mom's recovery!

I will note that you started out using the words "in my experience".. and say that I will probably never be without certain medications despite making just as many changes as I can. It's been a hard pill to swallow both figuratively and in reality.

Doing all those things (gardening, hiking, chickens and way too many others, AVOIDING cooking ) in addition to working towards finding the right meds with the right DR has brought me to a place where I am content. And though I am happy often enough, I have Joy everlasting!

@Ebarnes-21 I actually had you PEGGED for early 20's!

You've WAAAAY too much energy to be too far beyond that. But that's awesome, old dogs can learn new tricks from young pups.

What I really wanted to share today... didn't work great for me because my weather is just too cool to support the reaction required...

Using a plastic bottle (that you already have of course), cut the top and invert and secure it just like you would any other insect trap. Put a mixture of sugar water and yeast. We tried regular active dry and I have seen recipes that say use brewer's. I don't have enough experience with either, so I would use what I have on hand and is currently just the regular. (Though we are trying new healthier additions all the time) It is the CO2 reaction that is said to attract the skeeters. But supposedly not ALL skeeters are attracted to the CO2.

1 other method, dry ice inside (originally plastic zip lock) but I'm thinking maybe the same kind of inverted bottle set up might be great.

Please report back if you try either of these, indoors or out.

OH... come to find out at least 3 neighbors in different directions all not less 300 yards from me use poison for rats. 2 with chickens and or other grain fed animals (I know there are more because I can hear them in the 4th direction. And yet I still trap at least a few rats per week, sometimes almost getting myself while attempting to set it. I almost feel like.. if you can't beat them join them... So far, I'm still fighting the good fight without poison. Maybe rats only have a certain range they travel is why I still fight them despite my neighbors using "effective" poison?

1 of my neighbors even trapped and relocated 9 raccoons this past year.

Sounds like you found what works for you and, if it ain't broke don't fix it!
prob was the same damn persistent raccoon

 

[mobius]

Vinegar works OK for me ... as in, the smell disappears after half an hour LOL ... I don't really like it either, but I'm not sensitized enough to it to detect it after that. You probably would if you really hate it

I tried to use 4 Theives Vinegar instead, but that stunk!!

It also does slow down the sweating ... like I said its a very mild astringent.

(I'm glad you said that about deodorant/deoderant, I just learned the same thing!)

I think the detox thing is a balance ... some people are different, and it is a matter of how much do you want to ... actually everyone has a buildup of toxins, just some more than others. How much are you exposed to, how good does your metabolism clear it out, what problems are you genetically disposed to (or not) etc. How long is a piece of string? I plan on my piece of string being over 100 years long so I do everything I can.

4 Theives vinegar is much like theives oil. It comes from the same story, you know, 4 theives, france, bubonic plague, raiding houses with this secret cure to keep them safe.

Its unclear actually from the two stories whether they used the vinegar or the oils! My theory is they used both, although no story says this, but it would be the best way.

The vinegar is simply the same herbs, and a few others, steeped in vinegar.

No offense, we all have what works for us and what doesn't! My gripe is shampoo ... I use various horrible commercial paraben containing shampoos because I can't find or make something that doesn't make me feel like I've been tarred and feathered!

How many years Lol ah, you're going to be surprised probably, everyone is ... I'm 23.

Yes I guess I have developed a bit more knowledge than most 23-year olds ... I know just enough to know I don't know anywhere near enough, and probably never will, but that doesn't stop me from trying!

Salt for weeds ... well I've tried it ... I use it around the paths between my raised bed gardens. But the problem is, the two main weed species on the drive, namely Kikuyu grass (running stuff) and Onehunga weed (low growing stuff that looks innocent but has nasty prickles hidden for bare feet) are both almost totally immune to salt!

I wouldn't worry too much about changing your soil PH with vinegar. As this natural acid is rapidly broken down. It will be neutralized before it has a chance to build up. But unfortunately my nemesis (AKA natural superweed Kikuyu) is also immune to vinegar, borax, copper sulfate, baking soda, soap ...

Have you ever heard of the new organic herbicide they're making out of pine essential oil? I'm thinking of it for garden areas. It sounds like it works better than roundup! (Quicker, and kills seeds too). The drawback is the finished product you apply is about 25% pure essential oil. So, even though the oil they use is cheap bulk oil, still too expensive to use on the drive! (I live in the middle of a huge pine forest though, and I have a still ... I'm wondering ...)

For supplements, I a) use diet, b), grow my own herbs whenever possible, c) when I do use a supplement, I buy bulk powder, research its bio-availability, and if it is good, make capsules, if not, make liposome. Look it up, it is a lipid-based vehicle for supplements that are not naturally as bioavailable. Liposomal vitamin C, for instance.
I also check all the interactions, and synergies with the foods they would normally be in, and take a supplement with at least some of that food, and/or several other components of the whole food. For instance, I don't take just resveratrol, I take liposomal resveratrol with quercetin and a glass of red wine.

I also use colloidal silver, copper, even a little colloidal gold. The colloids are a recent addition, and it must be said I haven't had any colds this winter. I normally would because I only go to town once a month, I don't get exposed to cold viruses normally, so during winter I pick one up on a trip to town and usually get it harder than most. But this winter nothing, despite walking past several sniffing children, which would normally do the job. I suspect the colloidal silver to be responsible, but can't be certain yet.

I don't use Homeopathic remedies, I guess I am the odd one out here. I looked into them and came to the conclusion that the good studies showed placebo type results. There were studies that showed results in animals, and I have friends who swear by worming their sheep with a homeopathic remedy, but when I tried it and did fecal egg counts before and after it did nothing for mine. I suspect their sheep are low in worms anyway.

I had some homeopathic remedies myself which I could never say for sure if they helped or not. I used the last of the arnica on a goat with a broken leg ... I don't know if it helped her or the golden rod and anti-inflammatory tablets did, but she needed it more than me.

Now I'm perfectly happy to be convinced otherwise ... I'm not ruling it out, I never rule anything out. Actually I'm looking for more recent studies on the subject. But at this stage, I use herbal medicine instead, which I have studied extensively and has always worked well for me.

My ambition is to be completely self sufficient ... although running the tractor and generator, and paying the land rates, could be an issue!

Lovely post. Please research pure turpentine for the pine oil..just a thought