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Today would have been my mother's 87th birthday, had she stayed away from doctors and hospitals. She refused to believe that they could be wrong or that they could be dangerous. Sadly she found out too late that their medications could kill! Don't make her mistake. My 89 year old father has gotten smart and is doing great still off all 8 of his prescriptions and on herbs and minerals only Since the beginning of September. His prostate cancer still seems to be non-existent (I'm sure it's still there just dormant and shrunk to normal size), diabetes gone and he's off the DiaB formula after only five months, his blood pressure still runs 117 - 122/78 - 80, his chronic stomach problems are gone not to return, his heart arrhythmia hasn't reappeared and his blood is smooth and probably will never be a clot problem as it was with his prescribed heart medications and last but not least his facial neuralgia isn't bothering him... He says he will reach his goal to live to be 107. I doubt that but at least he can be healthy as possible as long as his body decides to hold up...

As the clouds and intermittent rain continue so does the allergies. All the rain over the last three months has made for a beautiful spring of wild flowers and early blooming trees, but it also makes for a miserable time for those with allergies. If you suffer with allergies get to work rebuilding a healthy immune system so it won't over react when the triggers hit it. It will take some work but is totally possible to do! By this time next year you can be free for that runny nose, eyes, sneezing, coughing, congestion and headaches. Dr. Garland does that little trick on an annual basis for those who are willing to work at it. One of the first steps in a healthy immune system is water. Today's ezine is dedicated to help you start that first process. Want Dr. Garland's help with your immune system email me!

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SPRING CLEANING WITH NONTOXIC CLEANERS
By Debra Lynn Dadd

Spring cleaning goes beyond normal everyday cleaning. It's a major project of home revitalization: to make everything new by removing dust and dirt, to make sure everything is in good repair, and to put things in order, so that you will have everything in your household in working condition for
the coming year.

Here are some tasks that are traditionally included in a major spring cleaning:
* Put away winter clothes and take out spring and summer clothing.
* Sweep and vacuum floors, walls, and corners.
* Wash floors and carpets?
* Clean window panes, sills, and frames. Replace thick winter curtains that keep heat in with light summer curtains that allow breezes through. Remove storm windows, hang up screens.
* Brush or vacuum stuffed furniture and remove spots.
* Wash every surface in every room that has accumulated dust or grime.

I like to finish a spring cleaning by bringing in loads of spring flowers and placing them in vases in every room.

USE NONTOXIC & NATURAL CLEANERS

With so much cleaning going on, I always make sure to use cleaning products that are simple, safe, and eco-friendly.

When choosing a cleaning product for a specific job, I use the least-toxic, most-effective product, in the smallest effective amount.

Cleaning products are the only household products regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission under the 1960 Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act, which requires products that contain hazardous chemicals to carry warning labels. In general, it is best to avoid using products that say "Danger," "Poison," or "Warning," on the label. Many safer products carry the "Caution" label, even though they are acceptable to use. Fortunately, the least toxic products voluntarily disclose their complete ingredients on the label, so you can determine for yourself the safety of the product. There are even cleaning products now made with organically-grown ingredients.

Nontoxic cleaning actually requires very few specialized ingredients. I do all of my cleaning with a squirt bottle of fifty-fifty distilled white vinegar and water, liquid soap, and baking soda. For laundry I use a natural soap powder and chlorine-free oxygen bleach. Other substances I have on hand for occasional cleaning needs are salt, lemon juice, borax, and chlorine-free Bon Ami scouring powder.

SIMPLIFY YOUR CLEANING

While scrubbing away at your spring cleaning, there are two things you can resolve to do in the coming year that will make cleaning easier. These will also reduce the amount of cleaning products you use, saving resources and money. But the most important thing to me is that they save time and reduce the amount of cleaning needed.

First, I incorporate preventive maintenance. I put a cookie sheet on the rack under a casserole that is likely to spill over, for example, which pre-empts the need to scour baked on food from the oven. If the casserole spills, the cookie sheet can be effortlessly soaked clean in a few inches of water in the kitchen sink.

I also keep in mind the adage "A stitch in time saves nine," which means if you take that first stitch to fix the tear before it gets bigger, you'll save having to make nine stitches later. In cleaning, this translates to wiping up the spill when it happens, cleaning surfaces before they are caked with dust and grease, just cleaning as you go while there's not much to clean. It's only when we don't clean that we may need harsh chemicals to tackle what would have been an easy job earlier.

"Clean your room well," say the Shakers, "for good spirits will not live where there is dirt."

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In some parts of the world green foods are in season or getting ready to pop their green little heads out of the ground waiting to be picked and enjoyed. Those greens are great health foods as well as tasty… Today let's cover two of those healthy nutritious greens!

Some people use these greens interchangeably and accept them as the same green. Kale and collards are similar in many respects, differing in little more than the forms of their leaves. They are, in effect, primitive cabbages that have been retained through thousands of years. The Greeks grew kale and collards, although they made no such distinction between them as we make today. Well before the Christian era the Romans grew several kinds, including those with large leaves and stalks and a mild flavor; a crisp-leaved form; some with small stalks and small, sharp-tasting leaves; a broad-leaved form like collards; and others with curled leaves and a fine flavor. "Coles" were described also in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 13th centuries by European writers.

Kale and collards have remained minor commercial crops in the United States, although collards are the standard winter greens in home gardens of the South. Neither crop thrives in hot weather as it gives the plants a strong, unattractive flavor. Cool growing weather, fall frosts, and mild winters, however, impart a high sugar content and fine flavor.

"Kale" is often used to decorate produce cases at the grocery store, but would better serve you as a steamed up batch of health building food for you and your family. Known for its detoxing properties, which is good for cleaning the body of its winter comfort food goop and preparing it to take on the summer BBQ's and beach parties! Kale is often called "borecole," and in America collards are sometimes called "sprouts." "Kale" is a Scottish word derived from coles or caulis, terms used by the Greeks and Romans in referring to the whole cabbage like group of plants. The German word Kohl has the same origin.

"Collards" is a corruption of coleworts or colewyrts, Anglo-Saxon terms literally meaning "cabbage plants." With much the same nutrients as Kale.

These leafy nonheading cabbages bear the Latin name Brassica oleracea variety acephala, the last term meaning "without a head." They have many names in many languages, as a result of their great antiquity and widespread use. Apparently none of the several principal forms of kale and collards that we know today are new. All have been known for at least two thousand years.

All varieties of collards appear rather similar, but the kales show interesting diversity: tall and short; highly curled and plain leaved; blue-green, yellow-green, and red; erect and flat-growing; in various combinations and gradations of these characters.

Both are full of nutrition;
Vitamin C, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin,Pantothenic acid, Vitamin B-6, Folate, Folic acid, Folate, Vitamin B-12. Vitamin A, Retinol, Vitamin A and Vitamin E along with minerals such as Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus,Potassium,Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, and Selenium. Along with important Amino Acids such as; Tryptophan, Threonine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Cystine, Phenylalanine , Tyrosine, Valine, Arginine, Histidine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, Glycine, Proline and Serine.

Kale and Collards is one of the best vegetables you can eat as preventative medicine. Touted to help prevent several types of cancer, in particular lung cancer. Each contains more carotenoids (anticancer agents) than just about any other green vegetable.

Leafy greens are officially "in season" in the winter months, but tend to be available year-round. Choose leaves that are crisp and fresh and have a deep green color, with no yellow tinge. Smaller leaves have a milder flavor, can be cooked whole, and often have stems tender enough to eat. With larger leaves, you'll need to cut out and discard the stems, and then chop the leaves into small pieces.

You will want to eat both either raw or cooked. Some of the carotenoids are destroyed during heat, but cooking but at the same time makes more carotene available for bodily use. Collards can be eaten raw but I believe has a better flavor when steamed… Collard greens have a much softer, sweeter taste than kale. When you combine the two greens in the same dish, the mild collard flavor mitigates the sharpness of the kale.

An extra half cup a day will give you cancer-blocking benefits. And smokers, you need to load up on them as it will boost your resistance to developing smoking-related cancers.

Store kale and collard greens in dry plastic bags in the refrigerator for up to three days. You can also cook the greens, and store them in the freezer in sealed plastic bags. They'll keep for months, so you can use them spontaneously in soups or casseroles when you don't have time to get to the store.

I grew up with the term "mess o' greens" when we were having them on the dinner table. That's southern speech. Greens of all kinds have been staples in the Southern U.S. Diet for as long as the south has existed, which is where my family resides. In just about every garden there will be an area of all types of greens but kale and collards seem to be the most prolifically grown…

Here is a suggested Kale recipe;

My favorite way of eating Kale or Collards and sometimes both mixed is Sautéed in Olive Oil

Wash well and dry one bunch of kale (or ½ bunch of kale and 1/2 bunch collards) and chop into bite size pieces. Chop a couple of green onions. Finely chop 2 cloves of garlic. Put one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil into a saute pan heated on medium low. Throw in kale, onion and garlic and sauté until wilted. I sometimes will add 2 Tablespoons of water and a dash, to taste of hot sauce; cover and simmer until tender. Either way is excellent.

Season with sea salt and squeeze on a little fresh lemon juice or seasoned Rice Vinegar along with those little green pickled peppers. Serve with fresh sliced tomatoes and hot corn bread!

According to folklore, collards served with black-eyed peas and hog jowl on New Year's Day promises a year of good luck and financial reward, hanging a fresh leaf over your door will ward off evil spirits, and a fresh leaf placed on the forehead promises to cure a headache.
Enjoy your green food and expect health!
Lena

Is It Truly CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) Or Something Else?

Sitting in a meeting with a young man about 30 years my junior and hearing him complain about his headaches and fatigue, I questioned him about his water intake? He promptly informed me that "water tastes nasty" and he seldom ever drank it.

I've heard that a lot over the years from patients who complained of CFS and/or headaches, joint, back or leg pain. For the few that would listen to me and followed my suggestion of adding several glasses of water to their daily intake, most found almost immediate relief and I would receive a phone call or a thank you card later.

I can honestly say I have only known one, of the many doctors I worked with, ask a patient about their water intake when stating those complaints! I have even heard doctors say that any liquid will do! Well, I don't believe your kidney, liver, pancreas, intestines or blood plasma would say that. Those organs are there to filter and clean and when they are overloaded with liquids that contain toxins, sugars, colors, chemicals they have to work harder and cannot clean and filter as efficiently!

What happens to your car's oil filter if you do not give it clean oil regularly? Clogs and blows the engine! Your body's organs will do the same thing when not given clean water!

Do you take a bath or shower in soda, juice, coffee, tea or alcohol? I thought not! If you did your skin would clog and you would be one grey, wrinkled sick mess. Same holds true for your internal organs! Water IS NECESSARY for your body's organs to work properly!

Are you one of those who does not drink water? Did you know that the research from the University of Utah, Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and several British research groups found that;

75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. That's more than half!

That 37% of Americans thirst mechanism is so weak that it's often mistaken for hunger pangs.

Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.

Could some obesity be caused by the organs needing cleaning? One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study. Are those truly hunger pains or dehydration?

Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue. Loss of energy, dizziness, headaches, back, leg and/or neck pains occur when the spinal column is even slightly dehydrated! Waking up with headaches and/or fatigue could simply mean your body needs WATER! Research over the years indicate that; 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.

Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

I suspect that a multitude of people who have been diagnosed with CFS is nothing more than chronic dehydration!

If you suffer from any of the above maladies I suggest you increase your water intake, daily! This does not mean you should be drinking that poisonous tap water that is unfiltered/unpurified. Water should not have a taste or smell and should be colorless. In this day that can only be obtained by having a water purification/filtration system of some type in your home! Bottled water isn't the answer either. Read Water Should Be Healthy!

Be healthy and drink water!
Lena

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