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How to Make Your Foods, Water, and Air Safer for Your Health

The human body needs three main things to survive: food, water, and air. The cleaner these are, the healthier we’ll be. Sadly, the food we eat, the water we drink, and even the air we breathe can be full of harmful chemicals and toxins. But don’t worry; there are simple steps you can take to make them better for your health.

Food: Getting Rid of Toxins and Pesticides

Many of the fruits and vegetables we buy are covered in pesticides, toxins, and even tiny parasites. These harmful things can make us sick if we don’t clean our food properly. One easy and effective way to clean your produce is to use a chlorine dioxide solution, easily created by using a chlorine dioxide water purification drops two-part kit.

Here’s how you can do it:

Materials Needed:

  • Chlorine dioxide water purification drops two-part kit
  • Clean, dry glass
  • 1 gallon (4 liters) of water
  • Large bowl or container

Steps for Cleaning Fruits and Vegetables:

  1. Prepare the Solution: Mix 9 drops of chlorine dioxide Part 1 with 9 drops of the Part 2 activator in a clean glass and let it activate for 30 seconds.
  2. Dilute the Solution: Add the chlorine dioxide mixture to 1 gallon of water in a large bowl. Stir gently.
  3. Rinse the Produce: Put your fruits and vegetables into the solution. Make sure all surfaces are in contact with the liquid.
  4. Soak: Let the produce soak for 1 minute.
  5. Rinse Well: After soaking, rinse the fruits and vegetables with clean water.
  6. Prepare for Eating: Your fruits and veggies are now safe to eat or cook.

This process kills harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites, mold, and pesticides in your food, ensuring a safer and healthier meal.

Even if you grow your own food, cleaning your crops is still a good idea. Despite all the care and love you put into growing them, the plants can still be exposed to bugs, larvae, and toxins from the earth, air, and rainwater.

A Warning About Pesticides

Some people use artificial pesticides on their crops. These chemicals don’t just wash off; they are absorbed into the plants. If the label on the pesticide says “Not for human consumption” or “Dangerous if swallowed,” why would we eat food that has absorbed it? It’s no wonder that we see more health problems today.

As a natural alternative, chlorine dioxide can help safely remove these pathogens and toxins.

Cleaning Meat and Eggs

Meat and eggs can also carry parasites and toxins. Soak meat in a chlorine dioxide solution for twice as long as you would soak fruits and vegetables. Do not cross-contaminate by using the same solution for different types of produce or meat. Always make a fresh batch of the solution for each variety.

Do not save to reuse chlorine dioxide rinse solution, as its power is used up, it dissipates within 20 minutes or so, and it is reduced to useless saltwater after that.

Water: Purifying for Safe Drinking

Clean water is essential for good health. City water is likely to contain added chemicals, and even well or spring water can sometimes be contaminated. Chlorine dioxide is a great way to purify your water.

How to Purify Water with Chlorine Dioxide:

Follow the instructions on your chlorine dioxide drops for drinking water on the spot. You can also store water using unactivated chlorine dioxide (Part 1, sodium chlorite).

Materials Needed:

  • Unactivated chlorine dioxide (Part 1 sodium chlorite)
  • Clean, sealable containers
  • 1 gallon of water

Steps for Water Storage:

  1. Prepare the Solution: Add 2 drops of unactivated chlorine dioxide (Part 1) to 1 gallon of water and let it sit for 24 hours.
  2. Seal the Container: Ensure the container is tightly sealed to keep the water fresh.
  3. For More Water: Add one drop of unactivated chlorine dioxide for each additional gallon of water.

Stored this way, your water will stay fresh and free of foul odors for a long time.

Air: Breathing Fresh and Clean Air

Breathing clean air is as important as eating clean food and drinking clean water. Unfortunately, air pollution is a common problem, especially in cities. If you are lucky enough to live in the country, surrounded by acres of trees that provide you and yours with fresh oxygen, then you have the best environment possible for breathing clean air. The trees act as natural air purifiers, giving you clean air.

If you live in a city or a place with poor air quality, it’s best to avoid areas with heavy pollution. Some people also use oxygen machines at home to help improve the air quality they breathe while sleeping or relaxing. However, nothing beats the fresh air from nature.

Do the Best You Can

The human body is incredibly strong and can handle many harmful substances, but it’s always better to avoid toxins when possible. You can take the necessary steps toward better health by cleaning your food with chlorine dioxide, purifying your water, and avoiding polluted air. You may not be able to control everything, but every small step toward a cleaner, healthier lifestyle can make a big difference. Do the best you can with what you have, and your body will thank you.

 

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The Holistic Approach to Healing the Root in Our Toxic World

Amid our modern medical establishment, the understanding of disease and healing often gets lost in a cycle of symptom treatment. The mainstream approach, especially in Western medicine, isolates symptoms, classifies them as “diseases,” and prescribes treatments that focus on managing rather than resolving the core issues. However, many natural health practitioners see things differently. I’m not here to claim that all physical ailments can be resolved through nutrition alone. But in my experience, addressing the root causes of discomfort or disease, particularly with sound nutritional practices, offers profound results.

I am not suggesting, as Abraham Maslow once said, “If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Instead, I propose that most disorders, malfunctions, or infirmities often labeled as diseases are, at their core, the result of malnutrition. The quality of our modern-day food is so depleted that even fruits and vegetables, once pillars of health, are no longer as nutrient-rich as they were fifty or a hundred years ago. The natural vitality of these foods has been drained by over-farming, synthetic enhancements, and chemical pesticides, while their toxic load has increased.

A Toxic Environment

It’s not just the food that’s problematic. The air we breathe and the water we drink are also laden with toxins. From microscopic parasites to viral transmitters, from pesticides to hormonal disruptors, our environment is full of hazards contributing to the increasing disease rates. Is it any wonder that health issues are so widespread?

In this toxic world, American medicine continues to treat disease by focusing on symptoms. Specific symptom clusters define diseases, and those clusters are given a name. If you fit into that box, you’re given a standardized treatment, often relying on pharmaceuticals to manage the issue. However, this approach fails to recognize that each symptom is the body’s unique way of communicating an underlying imbalance or problem. It’s like hearing a fire alarm and simply turning off the alarm rather than finding the fire.

The Holistic Difference

Holistic practitioners, however, take a different approach. They see symptoms as clues, each pointing to a deeper issue that needs to be addressed. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, they look for the root cause of the disease. Success comes not from merely masking discomfort but from realigning the body and restoring its natural harmony. When this is achieved, true freedom from disease is the reward.

Take cancer, for instance. In our society, the mere mention of the word strikes fear into the hearts of many. Yet cancer is, at its core, a symptom, an indicator that something deeper is amiss. The body is waving a red flag, signaling that cells are malfunctioning due to an underlying issue. For a holistic doctor or natural alternative specialist, cancer is not something to fear but something to investigate further. What’s causing the body to behave this way? What has disrupted its natural balance?

Treat the underlying issue, and the cancer can dissolve. The cells can begin to behave normally again. However, the conventional approach to cancer treatment is quite different. The disease is often prolonged with treatments designed to manage symptoms rather than address the cause, resulting in an “incurable cancer industry” that grows in both size and cost year after year. In 2023 alone, the cancer treatment industry reached a staggering $223 billion, with projections indicating it will rise to $409 billion by 2028.

When you follow the money, you often find the true root cause of the afflictions that seem to plague modern society and do not originate inside the body. The money leads back to the medical industrial complex and those who run it. This offers some clues as to the true origins, motivation, and monetary interests.

Finding the Root Cause

Finding the root cause of a disease can be a complex, detective-like process. It’s not always as simple as applying a treatment to the area of discomfort. Blockages, past injuries, and even emotional trauma can interfere with the healing process.

Sometimes, the body holds onto past traumas or injuries, and true healing cannot occur until we acknowledge and treat the original cause. We must address the current symptoms and the hidden roots that may extend far into our past.

The Path to Health and Longevity

Living a healthy, long, and vibrant life today might seem elusive when our food, water, and air are saturated with toxins. It’s easy to feel hopeless. But there is hope—though it requires dedication, self-respect, and the willingness to carve your own path, often going against the grain of modern societal norms.

This means becoming mindful about what you put into your body and being vigilant about your food sources. Organic and nutrient-dense foods can still be found, though they may not be the most convenient or the cheapest options. It means drinking clean, filtered water and finding ways to reduce exposure to environmental toxins. And it means listening to your body’s symptoms as messages rather than nuisances.

True healing requires courage—courage to question the status quo, explore holistic alternatives, and take control of your health journey. While the road to health in a toxic world is not easy, it is worth traveling. By addressing the root causes of disease, nourishing the body with natural foods, and creating a toxic-free environment, you can unlock your body’s incredible capacity to heal itself and enjoy a life of vitality and freedom from disease.

In a world where quick fixes and symptom management dominate the healthcare landscape, the holistic approach stands out as a path that leads to true healing. At its core, disease is often the body’s cry for help—a signal that something deeper is amiss. We can achieve lasting health and vitality by addressing the root causes, realigning the body, and embracing a lifestyle that prioritizes natural nourishment and detoxification. And while it may require greater personal responsibility and courage, the reward—a life free from the clutches of chronic illness—is well worth the effort.

 

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Dangers of EMF in the Human Body

Dangers of EMF Exposure in the Human Body

As wireless technology becomes increasingly ingrained in the daily habits of people worldwide, questions of negative potential health effects have also been raised. While industrial manufacturers of wireless EMF producing products, and their allies in science, have repeatedly declared these products “safe,” serious questions remain in the scientific community as to what effects, both long term and short term, using EMP producing products such as cell phones, Wifi routers, smart meters, bluetooth devices, and even the electrical grid itself might have on the human population.

In this article I’ll cover some of what is known about the potential adverse health effects of wireless devices.

Are EMFs Potentially Harmful?

Among the scientific community, there is no broad consensus about the overall safety of wireless electronics. Currently, most commonly voiced opinion is the conservative position that, “more research is needed.”

However,  some scientists are raising the alarm. One article in the Journal of European Psychiatry claims that, “Low intensity microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce extensive brain damage and widespread neuropsychiatric effects.”

Fourteen effects that are considered proven side effects of even low level EMF exposure in the microwave and lower ranges – those typically produced by Wifi, cell phones, etc – are:

  • sleep disturbance/insomnia
  • headache
  • fatigue/tiredness
  • depression/depressive symptoms
  • dysesthesia
  • concentration/attention/cognitive dysfunction
  • dizziness/vertigo
  • memory changes
  • restlessness/tension/anxiety/stress/agitation/feeling of discomfort
  • irritability
  • loss of appetite/body weight
  • skin tingling/burning/inflammation/dermographism
  • nausea
  • EEG changes

The paper also proposes another 20 effects that may be linked to EFM exposure, but are not yet conclusively linked.

But, if so many effects are linked to EMF exposure in common household appliances, how can this be legal?

Why Current EMF Safety Guidelines Are Inadequate to Protect Users

Current safety guidelines for EMF exposure are only based on the expected temperature increases produced microwaves or radio waves are measured to produce in the human body. In essence, they are attempting to ensure you won’t microwave your brain. But these guidelines are not enough.

There are two reasons current EMF safety guidelines are inadequate.

  1. Safety guidelines underestimate average body size and levels of use, especially in cell phones
  2. Safety guidelines fail to consider secondary biological effects including activation of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs)

Most developed countries regulate EMF exposure of cell phones based on models that anticipate 30 minutes of usage by full grown adult males. And completely fail to account for smaller individuals, including children, who may be using wireless appliances for hours at a time.

Effects of Cell Phone EMF on Sperm Count

One of the most certain effects of cell phone use is decreased sperm count and sperm vitality in males.

Carrying an active cell phone in your pants pocket has been tested in many countries, and is virtually certain to cause reduced sperm count in all cases. Further tests have been conducted by giving males who don’t usually carry a cell phone, an active device to hold for a short amount of time, which also decreased sperm count markedly.

One study of male sperm potential linked the amount of time one uses a cell phone directly with lower quality sperm.

Why is sperm count so well tested? Sperm is easy to collect, and cheap to find willing participants. But, the results are thought to reflect on similar, yet hard to collect, body tissues such as female eggs, and neurological tissues in the brain and spinal cord.  While sperm count only directly affects men, lower sperm counts are an indicator of serious dangers for anyone in close proximity of a cell phone.

Adverse Health Effects of 5G Cell Phone Technology

One new worry on the horizon is the potentially increased harmful effects of next generation cell phone technologies including 5G.

Studies of existing cell phone technologies have already found measurable biological changes due to exposure to cell phone radiation. They say that:

In vitro studies reveal that EMF even below maximum permissible levels may induce changes in the blood-brain permeability barrier and disorders in active transport of Na+, K+ ions and release of Ca++ ions by cellular membranes.

While they also list a number of reported ill effects including:

  • headache
  • fatigue
  • general ill-being
  • muscular pains
  • nausea

This particular report concludes that more research is needed to fully establish the effects of cell phones on the human body.

Further research has found that cell phones measurably affect cognitive ability related to slow brain potential.

While, most research on 5G seems to indicate that it is no more dangerous than existing phone technologies, one research team has serious questions about established testing methods.

These researchers identify two areas where existing research fails, which may mask the true dangers of 5G EMFs:

  1. Effects of burst transmission and data content found in real world 5G usage
  2.  Synergistic negative effects of existing EMFs, as well as chemical and biological toxins

Together, these failings mask what the researchers consider to be “adverse systemic effects,” beyond the skin and eye irritation already widely reported by other researchers.

Effects of Low Frequency EMF from Power Lines

While not often considered as a potential form of EMF, grid power lines currently account for the majority of electromagnetic radiation on the planet, in terms of power transmitted. Studies have found low frequency EMF transmission, in the 50Hz to 60Hz range, to have significant negative health effects including:

These effects all happen at relatively low levels of consistent exposure. The type of exposure typically found in homes. Especially if you sleep or work near in use power chords.

While exposure to low level grid produced EMFs are certainly is certainly not a new phenomena, it is possible that effects of such exposure may be underestimated. Although certainly not the only cause, increased rates of cancer and obesity in the general population over the last 100 years may be linked in part to the proliferation of grid power throughout developed countries.

Additionally, compound affects of both low frequency and microwave frequency EMFs produced by cell phones, computers, and other wireless devices may have an even more profound negative health affect. Unfortunately, such combined effects are rarely if ever investigated by health researchers.

Wifi EMF Effects on the Human Brain and Sleep Patterns

Wifi devices, and especially Wifi routers or base stations, transmit a consider amount of microwave radiation, including potentially harmful burst operations and frequency variations due to data content.

Studies in the European Union have identified the presences of a Wifi router in the bedroom to be a significant cause of difficulty sleeping, or poor sleep patterns. This sleep study ruled out the placebo and sleep effects due to blinking lights by testing some people with unplugged routers, and some people with fake routers with only blinking lights, but no radio transmitter or receiver.

Since Wifi operates in the 2.4Ghz ISM band, it is likely that other transmitters that operate in the microwave ranges including bluetooth, wireless phones, baby monitors, and cell phones may have similar negative effects on sleep.

Harmful Effects of Smart Meter Related EMF

While the effects of smart meter related EMF are not fully understood, the addition of another high intensity microwave transmitter in near proximity to the home is likely to exacerbate already established harmful symptoms of household EMF exposure, including:

  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Nausea
  • Fatigue
  • Muscle Pains
  • Irritability
  • Memory Loss