This is another Wellness/Health post...:)
I'm fascinated by health, wellness and how our bodies work. I think some of you follow my blog just to join along side of me in the health, wellness and whole food journey. I love it that you are on here with me learning and educating right along side of myself. I like to read. I like to educate on how God created food and how it can be used for healing. I like to share my education and I like to hear what others have to say on this particular topic.
I'm a skeptic. I'm not easily sold into anything! I research things for myself. I sit back and watch many times.
It is easier for me to do this because we are a healthy family. We do not need that quick fix. Jordan has had his challenges but over the years with him I found food "the way God created it" to be the best thing on his healing journey yet. God has done AMAZING healing work on Jordan's body the past year and a half and we are so thankful to have a new healthy energetic Jordan! At time we forget how bad a shape he was in. He loves life and he is excited for another great summer of friends, baseball and lots of energy!
I want to share a bit on me being a skeptic...:)
We spent countless dollars on Jordan over all of his twelve years!! We just wanted him well, I'm sure you would do the same for your sick child! I almost had a trail from my house to the Petersheim Natural Store close to us! I was often there for something... For pasty eyes, earaches, stomach flu, allergies and pretty much anything viral that came along, we needed a quick fix for Jordan so off to Petershiems I'd go!!
I heard and tried the popular (back in the day) "Body Balance" (it never took care of anything) I heard of and tried the popular "Prodovite". (It never took care of anything) I became a Melaleuca fan. (it was a winner and I still get a monthly shipment) I wanted something healthier then Clorox for cleaning and those strong smelling fabric softeners.
I became an "Essential Oils" fan after watching from the sidelines long enough. (these to were a winner and I cringe to think what I did without these oils! We look forward to the monthly shipment!)
I heard about but never really tried..."Sizzle" "Plexus" "Amway" "Shaklee" "MonaVie" and "Relive". I'm sure there are even more then this that I can't even think of right now.
I have people wanting me to get into many products that might help Jordan! I sometimes didn't know where to turn. I'm glad I'm a skeptic or I might have spent countless more money trying to help our Jordan!
I never liked all the big long "unpronounceable" words in all these so called "natural" quick fix for everything type of products. What is that stuff anyway!? Plus most of it is set up as MLM and this is kind of a flag right here for me...:) Somebody is getting rich off of me trying to keep my family healthy...:} Some of this is necessary, I realize...;)
But how do we know what is the right product!?? How do we know the best products to spend our or our husbands hard earned money on!? One product might work for one person but not for the next!? Someone else might get the quick fix they were looking for and for others it might take months or years to see or feel any kind of healing take place.
Those can be really long months or years to the person that is not feeling good! Health is wealth and without our health life just isn't what God created it to be. It can be long, drawn out and often not even fun. Life can whiz right by while the sick struggle to keep up! I realize until we are the sick ones we really cannot even feel for those that just don't know why they don't feel well. They struggle day to day just to keep going and often it even becomes a new normal that's blamed on aging, to little sleep and junk food. I realize there can be joy in the midst of pain, but our health really is something that we cannot put a price tag on.
What we use here as guards at our house or what we do here for Jordan probably wouldn't work for everybody. Finding what works for you and your body is key. I like to share what works for us but I don't want to make it seem like it's the only way or it will be a quick fix for every body's ails, because all bodies are different and they respond different to different things..;)
The research I have done over the past year or two keeps leading me back to the same place for us..."Food Heals". All of every body's ails? No. Sometimes it takes some help from other sources. My mom would not be here today had she not went for surgery for "Breast Cancer". It was an aggressive type of cancer and it needed immediate attention. Without this surgery we are pretty certain she would no longer be here with us today. Does the strong Chemo and other drugs do damage? Yes of course, but it was still worth it in this case!. We still have my mom, ... She just stopped in a bit ago and we had a nice long chat about life. "I love your drop in's mom " She means so much to me and I don't like to think of doing life without her.
Therefore I am very thankful for the knowledge, schooling and for those willing to work hard inside the medical field! We also use them here monthly for Jordan! Nurse Coleen is great at what she does and what she was taught to do! Without this medical side of things Jordan would probably not be here today. We are forever grateful!!
On another note, I have learned that it's also important to put up some "wellness guards". We need to do what we can to protect our health and that of our families. As mom's it kind of falls on us. In today's society we have lots of scary things creating havoc on health. We no longer eat foods the way God designed them to be eaten. We no longer grow food in soil the way that he created it to be because we have so many chemicals around us today. Our fruits, crops and pretty much everything green around us gets sprayed for weeds these days. GMO's were not created by God and Toxins are everywhere! We can't seem to get away from all of this. Children at younger and younger ages are having problems that didn't usually exist. New names for some kind of new ail is popping up everywhere.
I will share some of the " Wellness Guards" that I use here for us. I'm not the extreme type, at least I don't think so. (I hope not) I have a few people in mind that I think of as the "Extreme" and even a bit over the top. I can always learn from those people but some things that they do just seem so extreme to me...:) I might seem that way to some of you...:) I don't mind, but I like simplicity. Really I do. I like uncomplicated stuff. I like to use things with as little ingredients as possible. I like to spend as little money as I can and still help keep my family healthy. I like getting creative with food yet I like it kept simple. Not complicated or hard. Anybody can do it. This is why I like running to...Anybody can do it!" It takes no skill what-so-ever and it's simple enough for even a child to do...;)
Our Guards... We all take Doctor Mercola's simple vitamins. (sign up for his news letter on Mercola.com!) He has many. We do his Krill Oil, Vitamin C, Ubiquinol (brain health) and Probiotics. (Jordan takes Apex probiotics that need to be refrigerated). Jordan takes some APEX ENERGETICS cleanses now and then and I credit these to healing his gut. (along with diet change) Jordan does some ORTHO MOLECULAR PRODUCTS to. These are to help his brain and his gut work together to get it on the right track. Enzymes are also a part of Jordan's every meal. He does a few NEOLIFE products to. Jordan takes between 15-20 pills everyday. I feel good about them all. The research I have done on them seems to be just what he needs for the health issue that he has. Doctor Steve keeps us supplied with many of them as he walks along side of Jordan's journey. He is also our Chiropractor. "Upper Cervical" in Downingtown. It's been the best!!
We do "herbal tinctures" on the side right now. These were recommended by a friend from church for Dave's extreme bee allergy last summer. We didn't want to do the long immunization process. We looked into the root of the allergy itself and found that this might be the best way to fix this. (even though it is scary at times to not know for sure what would happen were he to get stung again!!) This tincture process is done through saliva testing. We tested everybody. Though we didn't have bad levels (other then Dave's few) we are working with herbal tinctures to correct these levels. (We hope to be done with these soon)
Dave takes "Bee Pollen" everyday. Through the tincture journey we got started making and drinking "Kombucha Tea". Also taking "Diatomaceous Earth". It's something that kills parasites and cleans the junk out of the colon. (it cleans the intestine wall of all the built up mucus and molds) The benefits go along with that of Kombucha Tea. They both remove toxins and have huge health benefits.!
I met the Herbal Tincture people in Florida and they were so interesting, I could have listened and learned from them every day that I was there and I still would never have learned all that they would have to teach me! I met with them a few times in the week that I was there, as our place was just up the street from theirs! They let me taste some "Fire Cider". They make it as a relish or ferment it and then squeeze out the juice and drink some everyday for health benefits. "Guards" as I like to call it..:)
I made my own today.... This is what is in it...
1/2 cup organic ginger root, grated
1/2 cup horseradish root, grated
1 medium organic onion, chopped
10 cloves of organic garlic, crushed or chopped
2 organic jalapeno peppers, chopped (I used some chili and habanero to)
zest and juice of one organic lemon
2 Tbs. of dried organic rosemary leaves (I used fresh)
1 Tbs. organic turmeric powder
organic apple cider vinegar
raw local honey to taste
Place all roots, fruit and herbs in a quart sized jar. Pour vinegar over all the ingredients, filling to the very top of the jar. Use a plastic lid or a piece of parchment paper on top before the lid goes on to keep the metal from touching the vinegar. Shake Well! Store in a cool dark place for one month. Shake daily. After one month strain out the pulp, pouring the vinegar into a clean jar, Squeeze out as much of the liquid as you can from the pulp, Add 1/4 cup of honey and stir until incorporated. Taste your cider and add another 1/4 cup of honey until you reach desired sweetness.
Take a bit each day for "Guards" or else keep it for those colds and sore throat or tummy aches that turn up. My kids like it. At least they do for the first few seconds...;) It burns a bit once swallowed but not to bad and not for long. I thought it might make bad breath but I haven't noticed it at all...;)
After chopping and then after one month...
Dave and I do plain vinegar water every morning. I put my few Tbs. vinegar (Bragg's) into a 20 oz. bottle of warm water with a lemon squeezed into it. I drink it over the hour that I pack lunches and make breakfast for the kids. Dave likes his in just a bit of water with some honey to get it down faster..;)
Mornings is when we take our supplements, tinctures, and stuff but we don't take everything every single day. Once you learn to read your body you will be able to tell when you need to be cleaned out. I think all need water right away in the morning to rehydrate but at times I skip the lemon or vinegar in it and even the DE is not taken everyday.
I feel like food can do the same things that all the other "Quick Fix" stuff can do. If given enough time it will even do it better in the long run. I like the idea of staying healthy through "Whole Food". I feel like this has been Jordan's best ever healer helper! Food!
Today we are spending thousands of dollars on natural products, supplements, colonics and colon cleanses are a big thing to! With a coated colon many nutrients never even get absorbed. We spend the money on products that are so expensive. (making other people rich) When in reality the body is so weighed down and toxic that it can't even absorb the so called "Quick Fix" products that we are spending money on!. Healing needs to take place with diet change and healing foods then those products can maybe do their job better. Maybe they can be great "Guards" or even help the healing process take place faster. I'm opinionated about not changing the lifestyle of unhealthy foods and just taking something in hopes that it will justify the junk food habits.
We all want the quick fix with no hard work involved these days but when it comes down to it... But the long run of sweat, dirt and tears always wins in the end. It is worth it and even though it's hard have the mind set "I can do hard things".
I'm still learning and I love to use my education to help others. Sharing what we do and what I learn with you on here is one way I can give back to those that help me. I love that we as a community want to help others. We all want to see each other well and be healthy and whole! We all want to share what works for us and the testimonies are many! I love this about Lancaster County! Some days I think we get sucked into every new thing that comes along,... but on another note I love that we share what works and then word gets around. Awareness is the first step to a change. Right now it seems many are becoming aware that Gut health is huge for over all well being. There are many "Gut Healing" products out there to choose from! If you are taking this Gut Healing journey it's hard. Find what works for you and stick with it. Help others with your testimony.
I'm off to get a run in today yet... Dave is meeting me for my run. I love that Dave and I run together. (most days) I hope that we did the very last "Snowy Run" last week-end! We hope to say good bye to snow on our shoes! We are excited for the Spring warmth that is ahead!!
Running is also something that we like to use as a "Wellness Guard" here ... I hated it at first but I love it now. quote..."Running does not get easier, you only become stronger"
Have a BLESSED Monday!!
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