A Healthy Environment

Health is not just about the foods that we eat. It is also about the environment we live in. The air we breathe, the water we drink and the land we walk on. Once the mind expands its health consciousness, thoughts turn to healthy practices that not only affect the individual, but the entire community. Household cleaning ingredients are products that typically contain chemicals that are bad for the body and the environment. Detergents, disinfectants and cleaning sprays contain bleaches, ammonia, chlorine and other chemicals that when inhaled or rubbed on the skin, damage the eyes, respiratory airways and the nervous system. In addition, these chemicals also pollute the environment. Cleaning products washing down the drain contaminate over two thirds of US Streams. Indoor air can be polluted up to five times more than outdoor air due to the use of these cleaning products. According to Annie Bond, author of the book, Better Basics for Home, It is easy to clean your home without harming your body using six non-toxic ingredients. Baking Soda is a great deodorizer and gentle scrub. Distilled White Vinegar is the perfect all-round cleaner. Great for glass, it also breaks up mold, scum and grease. Plant oils like lavender and tea tree are anti-fungal and disinfectants. Lemon is a deodorizer, grease cutter and stain remover. Olive oil is terrific as a wood polish. And lastly, plant based soaps such as olive, coconut and palm are gentle and are not derived from animal fat.

Thought for the Week: "The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer everyone else up."-------Mark Twain

Chiropractic Thought for the Week: "Within each of us is a spark. Callit a divine spark if you will, but it is there and can light the way to health. There are no incurable diseases, just incurable people."----- Bernie Siegal, MD

"Healing can be hampered and weakened, function can be altered, the immune system responses rendered inadequate by misaligned, subulxated vertebra." ------- Fred Barge, DC