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My Package Arrived: OraMD for Tooth Decay and Gingivitis (Bleeding Gums)

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Exciting times.  My Package Arrived in the post office: OraMD for Tooth Decay and Gingivitis aka Bleeding gums.  It comes with a book: “Healthy Teeth – Healthy Body” How to improve your oral and overall health… by Tom McGuire, DDS.  So it is book + bacteria fighter = healthy mouth.

2 weeks ago I was losing a battle with tooth decay.  I have my lower right molar with the big old filling coming off… I did not bother replacing it as it was too big and I was waiting for the magical tooth renewal via raw paleo diet.  But I was missing one big thing… oral cleanliness to the extreme.  I was lazy at tooth brushing because I spit out some blood.  So I’d rather do oil pulling with virgin coconut oil.  Apparently that’s not enough as my tooth decay progressed to excruciating pain I felt my jaw inflamed and I was getting temple aches.Continue Reading

Redmond Real Salt, Himalayan Salt, Sea Salt for Real Iodine and other Trace Minerals

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Lately I’d been sorting out our medicine / herbal / supplement stash and I came across something we haven’t opened or used… it was my teacher Barefoot Herbalist MH’s “Iodine / Potassium / Minerals” which contained Tree Iodine / Potassium extract, olive leaf, comfrey root, oak bark, horsetail grass, peppermint, lobella herb, cloves, oatstraw, glyceria, honey, maple syrup, sorghum molasses, oregano oil and tinctures… whew, that’s a lot.

Been thinking about the growth of my children lately. Maybe we are iodine deficient? And I do not believe for one bit that the global government mandate of spiking all salt supplies with iodine has any impact or is good at all. Thus I turned my attention to the salt being put in our everyday cooking.

The salt we had been using is from Ilocos and it is usually un-contaminated sea salt. Un-contaminated by chemical iodine.

Maybe I can find better salt than sea salt. Himalayan salt is widely sold in health food stores so I bought some for us months ago, just to try, but paid no mind much to it nor order our maids to exclusively use himalayan salt.

Lately I did some research and one company claims that himalayan salt contained a lot of iodine! Really? Naturally occurring meaning more biologically available? Beneficial?

So I asked the raw paleo diet community their experience with Himalayan Salt and some of them like it, some of them do not. And some suggested I try Redmond Real Salt.

Himalayan Salt comes from salt mines in Pakistan. Redmond Real Salt comes from salt mines in Utah, USA. They are different salt mines in different parts of the world, so I’m sure they have different nutritional profiles.

Why choose one or the other? Just buy both! And I did ask my wife yesterday to buy from both Himalayan Salt and Redmond Real Salt. The Himalayan salt she got was in big crystals, the Redmond Real Salt was finely ground in a convenient salt shaker.

The Himalayan salt tasted the same as the other himalayan salt brands I got earlier. The Redmond Real Salt as expected tasted different. Which tastes better? I can’t say, they are different. And they should be both in the middle of the table in the lazy susan for any family member who wants to add salt to their food.

I’m thinking cook the food blander… less salt… then have each family member add salt on his food… that way the salt remains raw, uncooked and is probably more beneficial. Probably.

Let’s see what improvements in our lives these expensive mined salts will bring.

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Liver Flush Diet and Colon Cleanse: Avocado Shakes and Not from Concentrate Apple Juice

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Amazing experiment and discovery. Lately I’ve been happily experimenting with different avocado shakes. The best ones I got were avocado + ice + apple + banana and avocado + ice + banana + a scoop of blueberry preserves or fresh blueberry from Sagada town… just drop in blender. Then I got into thinking I needed to cleanse my liver and experiment with coffee enemas. But to do that I’d wait for my next poop. Whatever, just force the poop by drinking lots of avocado shake. Also prepare the liver for flushing with a liter a day of not from concentrate apple juice. Continue Reading

A Novel Tool to Help Cure Cancers with Sinus Buster with Capsaicin

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Mr. Kelly Eidem has been spreading the word about curing cancers with a novel combination of the best fats, garlic and hot habaneros.  In his latest tool to disseminate cures and stop pain, he has found a fast and novel way to introduce hot habaneros active ingredient capsaicin into the blood stream via the sinuses.  This time he recommends the use of an over the counter nasal spray called the “Sinus Buster”.  The principle is you spray the hot chili capsaicin ingredient into your sinus… this has access direct to the blood stream and gives instant relief for blocked sinuses.  Direct to the blood stream means it makes blood vessels open up and where blood flows, healing occurs.Continue Reading

Raw Honey for Tooth Decay and Gum Disease / Gingivitis?

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Yesterday I was at my organic farmer’s stand and a new outfit was selling bee / honey related products.  What was interesting for me was the propolis and tea tree toothpaste.  It said it had something for tooth decay, tar tar and plaque.  And it was on sale, only 60 pesos per tube and the gel was almost black.  Interesting.  I bought 3 tubes.  Then on to research more about this at home.Continue Reading

Why I Switched to Organic Vegetables from Baguio Vegetables

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In the past years we’ve been trying to get all healthy, organic food, organic / wild meat and fish, organic vegetables. But those times when I felt lazy enough not to make that weekly trip to the organic farmer, I just gave money to our maids to let them buy regular “Baguio Vegetables” from the nearest talipapa or market. But only this summer in April 2012 we made that Mountain Province trip and went around to where the “Baguio Vegetables” are actually grown. Somewhere around Mount Data and this is what we saw…Continue Reading