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Traditional Living in Modern Society

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Why Everyone Should Have a Bottle of Peppermint Essential Oil At Home

Peppermint is one of the most used essential oils. It’s loaded with many nutrients including Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Omega-3 fatty acids, iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, manganese and copper. Its main constituent is menthol, which imparts the famous heady, minty aroma. It is this unique combination of nutrients that makes peppermint oil so effective at restoring health to the body.

Like many other essential oils, peppermint oil has many uses for your health, beauty and you can also use it around your home. Following are some popular uses for peppermint oil:

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Why Apple Cider Vinegar is One of the Best Things You Can Use for Your Hair

Apple cider vinegar (ACV) has long been used as a natural hair care product to promote healthy hair in both men and woman. Did you know its acidity is close to that of natural hair?  It’s a powerful cleaning agent and a conditioner.

Raw apple cider vinegar (ACV) is loaded with nutrients. It brings back body and shine, decreases residue and clarify, can help with tangles and frizzy hair, stimulates the scalp, helps get rid of dandruff, and unclogs hair follicles.

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Baking Soda and Your Teeth: What Sodium Bicarbonate Does to Your Teeth

Did you know that baking soda has been used as a tooth cleanser for over 150 years?  Unfortunately, it got the reputation as being abrasive to the enamel.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Usually toothpastes are rated on a scale from 0 – 200 according to their abrasiveness.  This is called the RDA value or “Relative Dentin Abrasiveness”.  Pure baking soda has an RDA of 7.  Did you know the closest RDA to this is 35, which is Arm & Hammer baking soda toothpaste?

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The Product that is Supposed to Cure Yeast Infection Can Cause liver, thyroid and kidney problems

Vaginal yeast infections (and other yeast infections) are common due in large part to a diet high in refined sugars and other refined foods, and antibiotics which kill bacteria, including beneficial bacteria that helps us digest our food and keep yeast in check. Yeast infections are very common after taking antibiotics. Unfortunately, most women turn to vaginal creams. Did you know that most feminine care products contain toxic chemicals? These chemicals  can lead to serious health problems, such asbreast cancer, reproductive problems, asthma, and allergic reactions. Chemicals of concern commonly used in feminine care products include carcinogens, reproductive toxins, endocrine disruptors, and allergens.

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More Effective than Painkillers: Blue Lotus Relieves muscle spasms, migraines, and tinnitus

Blue lotus (nymphaea caerulea), also known as the Egyptian water lily, is a flowering water-lily native to Egypt but may be found growing in other parts of the world. The Blue Lotus flower is used as an aid for many ailments as well as for recreational purposes. Blue Lotus is reportedly used to relieve pain, to enhance memory, to increasing circulation, to experience feelings of euphoria and ecstasy, and as a sexual aphrodisiac.

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Thyme Destroys Strep, Herpes, Candida and Flu Virus

Another member of the labiatae, or mint, family, thyme is an herb native to the Mediterranean basin and comes in many varieties. There is only one plant, thymus vulgaris, but the composition of the oil distilled from the plant shows variations in chemical components based on the location or region the plant grows in, despite being botanically identical.

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Your Daily Habit Triggers Cancer, Specifically Leukemia

If you’ve added the artificial sweetener sucralose (brand name Splenda) to your diet because you think it’s a healthy alternative to sugar, you’re being dangerously misled. Research from the Ramazzini Institute has linked the popular sugar alternative to cancer, specifically leukemia.

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The One Product You Should Never Use In The Kitchen. It Causes Lung Failure and Cancer

Oh that infamous Chlorine Bleach… Most of us think that if you really want get things cleaned around the house, you most certainly should be using Bleach. After all my mother used it, my grandma used it and her mom before her used it. But on the other hand, there is more data coming out each day warning us about harmful, even hazardous effects of Chlorine Bleach on our health.

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Here is Why You SHOULD Be Supplementing with Magnesium Daily

Did you know that an estimated 68 to 80 percent of the United States population is deficient in the essential mineral magnesium? This deficiency is the result of agricultural practices, food preparation techniques, and dietary trends.

Most people do not realize that after oxygen, water, and basic food, magnesium may be the most important element needed by our bodies. It activates over 300 different biochemical reactions vital for your body to function properly.  There are over 200 published clinical studies(3) documenting the need for magnesium. Without adequate magnesium, the body accumulates toxins and acid residues, degenerates rapidly, and ages very fast.

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Apple Seeds and Cancer: What the Government Has Been Hiding From You for Years

The mere mention of consuming apple seeds, cherry pits, apricot seeds, or bitter almonds tends to cause almost panic attacks or angry reactions in some. Why? Cyanide is in them. So they’re justified in freaking out, right?

As a rumor based on too little knowledge, their concern is understandable. All you have to do is Google cyanide alongside any of the foods mentioned above and you’ll get a plethora of articles that all support the cyanide dangers from those seeds and nuts.

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