It’s that time of year again! Ragweed season starts mid-August and leaves many people teary-eyed, itchy and congested.
Today however, ragweed is just one of numerous allergens that afflict people worldwide and the number of new allergies increases yearly. Allergies are currently the fifth-most-common chronic disease in America, and medical costs to treat them can reach $3.4 billion each year. Also, nothing today seems to be too bizarre to have an allergic reaction to.
If you have ever suffered from allergies, you know the excruciating discomfort one can go through that many times prevents us from enjoying and carrying out everyday life activities.
Many people turn to drugs for quick relief, but unfortunately that is not the way to go for many reasons. Remember, every time your body acts out it is trying to tell you something and the solution is always about getting to the root of the problem, not just masking it temporarily. Many times too, the solution lies directly in our feelings and actions.
Hence, in the latest study scientists have discovered that even slight stress and anxiety can substantially worsen a person’s allergic reaction and the added impact of stress and anxiety seem to linger, causing subsequent days of a stressed person’s allergy attack to be much worse.
Seventh Generation says that it is “committed to becoming the world’s most trusted brand of authentic, safe, and environmentally-responsible products for a healthy home.” But how do these products really fare when it comes to the word “natural”?
Although many dish soaps today claim to be gentle and safe for your hands, they often aren’t and may not necessarily be when it comes to the environment as many are phosphate and petroleum based. Secondly, many people do not give much thought to the chemical residues left over on their dishes, which end up being consumed, if the dishes are not rinsed properly as is often done when doing the dishes quickly. Hence, it is important to find a health-safe and environmentally-safe dish liquid.
Fresh, local, wholesome, organic, nutritious food - those are words that I crave to have describe the food that I and all of us should eat.
However, in today’s times, they are just about as rare as cassette tapes, unless perhaps you have your own farm. And even then, most farms apply various chemicals to their crops and animals, none of which you want in your system and to add, treat their animals inhumanely.
So my search for such food is an ongoing journey. The first alternative to a grocery store was a local farmer’s market. We tried one, but found it very limited and organic produce was almost non-existent!
That is why I was thrilled, when a couple of days ago we had the great pleasure of finally going for a visit to a local, organic farm.
And what did we find there? Well, it wasn’t the ultimate solution, but it had one thing that was exactly what we were looking for…
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Fresh, local, wholesome, organic, nutritious food - those are words that I crave to have describe the food that I and all of us should eat.