Yearly Archives: 2011

Friday NOT Food – Lisa’s Lemon ???

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Today I’ve got a different kind of recipe for you. I love finding organic, natural home and body care products but many of them are pricey. Thankfully it is super easy, and inexpensive, to make some cleaning products for your home and body, that are great for them too.

 

I’ve tried a few different body/face scrubs that I’ve liked, one that I used years ago and loved, but is no longer available. So I decided to try to replicate it. I did it and I love it. It works great. It’s good for my skin. Perhaps you’d like to try it too.

 

Lisa’s Lemon Salt Scrub

Add a couple Tablespoons or so of Extra Virgin Olive Oil to approx. 1 cup unrefined sea salt. Add 1 Tablespoon oil at a time and stir. You want it to just hold together. Not too dry. Not too runny. Stir in the juice of 1 Lemon and a few drops of  Lemon Essential Oil from doTerra. That’s it. Store in a sealed container (such as Pyrex or a jar with a screw top lid.) It keeps well and will last you a month or more (as a face scrub).

See our essential oil website for more info on Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade™ Essential Oils.

 

Bedding for a Good (and Healthy) Night’s Sleep

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I wasn’t sure what to expect before I read the article. What was it going to suggest for bedding? Was it going to be against wool bedding? I was pleased to read the article and find it substantiated our choice of wool bedding.

When it comes to treating yourself to the best bedding possible – and thus the most optimal sleep experience – I fully recommend wool.

  • Wool provides the perfect four-season comfort no matter where you live. That’s because wool is naturally thermo-regulating – it’s insulating in the cold, and cool and breathable when it’s warm.

    • With wool, you’re assured that you’ll never be too hot or too cold.

  • Wool breathes naturally. When compared to other natural fibers as well as synthetics such as polyester, you’ll discover that wool offers unmatched breathability and comfort.
  • Wool is hypoallergenic, so when encased in all-natural cotton coverings, people with even the most sensitive skin, including those with fibromyalgia, can enjoy the soothing benefits.
  • Wool is a sustainable, ecologically-friendly resource. Unlike the impact of harvesting other natural bedding materials such as down, sheep continue to live long healthy, happy lives.
  • Plus, since wool is naturally flame-resistant, you can always feel safe knowing that you and your loved ones will always be safe. Even if you hold a match to wool, it will self extinguish in moments.
  • In addition, wool has an unmatched natural resilience – holding its crimp and loft longer than any other filling.
  • And, since wool regulates your body’s temperature, you never sweat AND since it wicks away moisture and dries extremely quickly, it naturally doesn’t provide an environment for dust mites to live in.

The benefits of wool are wound up in its natural scientific properties…

Read the rest of the article, by Dr. Mercola, here.

 

Health Heroes

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Jack LaLanne died a few weeks ago – at age 96. Although I didn’t follow Jack much, (my dh did moreso from his body building reputation) his mentor, Paul Bragg, was, at least partially, one of mine also. And Jack was definitely a Health Hero, one to look to as a good example. George Malkmus wrote a tribute to Jack today. Below is part of it. Click the link after the excerpt to read the rest of the article.

… As I said at the start of this article, Jack LaLanne is one of my Health Heroes, and one I have tried to emulate in my life these past 35 years. It is my hope that after reading Jack’s testimony above, you will make him your Health Hero as well, and that you will desire to emulate his diet and lifestyle as I have. Share this article with your children!

For the first 15 years of his life, Jack ate the world’s diet, and you have read the consequences he suffered as a result. But at age 15, when challenged by Dr. Bragg to change his diet and start exercising, he took up the challenge and almost immediately started to see his sickly and weak young body become healthy and strong.

Hallelujah Health Tip by George Malkmus
read the rest of the article here

Handel’s Messiah

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I listened to an audiobook, Handel’s Messiah: Comfort for God’s People, not too long ago. I love the music, and thought it would be interesting to learn more about it.

This audiobook certainly gave me a much deeper understanding of Messiah, everything I never knew – or had even thought – about this great music work. In depth info about the music itself, the history of it, the context of the times, the composer, and more. I truly learned and am thankful for the knowledge, but some of it was just beyond what I held great interest in. All in all, it was not wasted time, but I wish more music was interspersed.

I reviewed this audiobook under the christianaudio Reviewers Program. You can find the audiobook here.

What Water?

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The Hallelujah Acres newsletter just came out with a great response to a recent Mercola article. On this one, I do and have all along, sided with the position that HA takes.

Recently, one of the most popular website health advocates in America wrote in his newsletter that “distilled water is more dangerous than tap water.”

After reading the article — and knowing that the information shared was far from accurate — I asked Michael Donaldson, PhD., Research Director here at Hallelujah Acres to respond. …

While there is a sliver of truth there, the whole article puts distilled water in a false light. Such health advocacy is irresponsible.  Here is the rest of the story…

Read the entire article here.

Bottom line, distillers with a post carbon filter (as most are made) produces the best water we can drink. If you feel the need to remineralize your water (with minerals more bioavailable than the rock minerals originally in the water) do as we’ve suggested for years, adding a few grains of brown rice to the container of water or a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

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Lisa @ Me & My House

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