Remember when BPA in plastic drinking products became public news?  There was a mad rush by marketing experts to solve the problem of a cancer causing agent in your food.

The quickest way to accomplish that dilemma was to reformulate slightly and change the name to BPS.   Problem solved for manufacturers, but not so for consumers.

The new re-marketing of personal care products spills "paraben-free" on labels and usually adds something organic or an essential oil to make you believe the product has only your health and safety in mind.  So what is replacing dangerous parabens as they  leave the scene?  

The new "no paraben" additives are often being replaced casually by PHENOXYETHANOL.  Is it safer?  Who knows.  It does have known dangers and is discussed as being connected to reproductive damage, brain issues and disruptions to the nervous system.  

Like most dangerous elements, the government entities that you trust, have little to say about the dangers and few regulations.  They mention problematic issues, but rely on any one body only coming in contact with small doses.  The problem is that the use is now too wide spread to count on being only slightly affected.  Your skin absorbs into your body and daily use of several of these additives can be harmful.  They are like fertilizer for future illness.

​A little bit of poison in a lot of personal care products adds up to trouble.  Because phenoxyethanol is used as a perservative, you will find it in many shampoos, cosmetics and lotions.  Unfortunately, you will also find it in items claiming to be natural.  This means reading every item on a label is the only way to find truly clean products.  If you aren't curious enough to research anything you don't understand, you can use the "If I can't pronounce it, I don't buy it" method.

Adding to the winding road to discovery you will find this product under many names.  You may see it listed by these and more.  HYDROXYETHYL PHENYL ETHER, 2-PHENOXY- ETHANOL, 2-PHENOXYETHANOL, 2-PHENOXYETHYL ALCOHOL, ETHANOL, 2-PHENOXY-, ETHANOL, 2PHENOXY, ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOPHENYL ETHER, PHENOXYETHANOL, and PHENOXYTOL ... CPS&Q.

Fluoride has made its way into our daily lives via public water providers.  The truth about how a poison, once part of Vietnam's Agent Orange crisis, came to being part of the public water supply is still somewhat mysterious.  We know the original claims were in regard to reducing dental cavities, but these claims remain in dispute. Often agencies within the same governments that provide fluoridated water, challenge the practice.  Even your bottled water is at risk of containing fluoride without your knowledge.

According to the Center for Disease Control, 2012 report on Community Water Fluoridation the percentage of the US population receiving community water with fluoridation was 67%.  Of the 52,734 community water providers in the US then, only 18,502 agencies were providing fluoridated water.  That means that these providers were serving large populations.  The states providing the largest populations with fluoridated water are California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas even though the question of efficacy and danger continue.

If we reduce the arguments for and against fluoridation of public water to the basic facts, there seems to be no reason for this practice to continue.  No matter which side of the fence is yours, the practice appears to be unfair and illegal.   Note the facts and decide if your health rights are being managed by the government without your consent.

Fluoride Facts:

1.  Fluoride is added to water not for the purpose of improving water quality, but for the purpose of preventing tooth decay and/or disease.  The FDA qualifies the use of fluoride for this purpose as a drug.  We are therefore, drugging unsuspecting users without informed consent, which we know is not legal.  Many are exposed against their will.  

2.  The use of fluoride is not universally accepted.  Most of Western Europe has refused fluoride because of the controversy surrounding it and the concept of mass drugging.

3.  If in fact fluoridation was a positive influence, water is not the correct method for dosing.  People consume water based on need of water itself and without regard to the amount of the drug being consumed.  It is easy to see that the amount of fluoride taken into a body cannot be regulated via the municipal water supply.  In that equation we must also calculate the amount of fluoride that is absorbed into the body via the skin during bathing or swimming, which almost no consumer can know.  We must also consider a bottle fed infant that ingests levels of fluoridation meant for an adult for which there is no research on outcome.

4.  According to fluoridealert.org fluoride is not an essential nutrients and no disease or tooth decay is caused by a lack of fluoride.  They also state that fluoride interferes with many enzymes and biological processes in the body. They quote many studies that prove fluoride interferes with the body’s biochemistry in fundamental ways.

5.  In more than 60 years of forced fluoridation there are still no studies to prove efficacy or safety and still the FDA classifies it as an “unapproved new drug.”  This makes the addition of fluoride without consent a criminal act. 

6.  The CDC in 2001 concluded that the benefits of fluoride were topical and not systemic.  With this in mind, why are we risking what could be a horrific outcome?

7.  Even the National Institute of Health has studied fluoride and determined that there is no significant relationship between tooth decay and fluoride among children.

8.  Research shows that tooth decay does not increase when fluoridation is  discontinued.

9.  Many sources agree that the studies that brought us fluoridation were flawed.  There is consistent evidence of potential harm and many sources, including the National Research Council, believe it may damage the brain.

10. Thirty-three independent studies from countries other than the USA report that exposure to fluoride will lower IQ.  Other studies focus on damage to the pineal gland, thyroid function, arthritis, bone density loss, kidney damage, bone cancer, and infertility with fluoride contamination.

It is time the practice of fluoridating public water be challenged, if for no other reason than we are mass drugging populations without consent.  It is unfair that those who cannot afford to filter their drinking and bathing water be subjected to fluoridation.

  



   I have fibromyalgia because I have pain.

   I don’t have pain because I have fibromyalgia.








Fibro-Facts:
Fibromyalgia is not classified as a disease.
Fibromyalgia is deemed incurable according to Mayo Clinic and medical professionals.
Fibromyalgia is an insurance code that gets a doc paid and stops any further investigation of cause.
Fibromyalgia describes my pain, but it is not the cause of my pain.

   
Most of us can't imagine that how the gut is feeling could make a difference to our sinuses. That's because we have forgotten just how the body works and what makes it tick in favor of drugs that reduce symptoms.  

Knowing that your gut can cause sinus infections, lethargy, inflammation, acne, yeast infections, IBS, fibromyalgia and an extensive long list of issues will change how you heal yourself.  You can save a lot of time, when you understand that the gut will tell you things are not right by producing illness.

Searching for the cause of multiple health issues is never easy.  Using traditional medicine, often causes common problems to be misdiagnosed as though they were independent to your overall wellness.  When we Search for the Cause, Not Just the Cure, we can find the root cause and end the cycle.    

This video is one such investigation.  You will see how common acne and migraines were tracked back to gut health and how after years of medicating incorrectly, the problems can be solved.  

If you would like to learn more about your gut health use the searchbar to locate articles on candida, IBS, and leaky gut. Home candida testing information can be found at  www.searchforthecausenotjustthecure.com/blog/candida-testing-at-home.

                       


            Your Tongue Will Tell You Secrets
​Without Words

When the doc says stick out your tongue and say ahh, is it your tongue condition and color they are wanting to
examine?  Probably not unless they are dealing with holistic, Chinese or Ayurvedic medicine, but that doesn't mean you should not be keeping an eye on your tongue.  It offers clues to your health.  

The color and condition of your tongue tell a story of your overall health.  Those who understand it thoroughly will take you right to the source of problems which is not always easy to do alone.  You can play a key role in  monitoring your health in just seconds and in the doing learn much about what your tongue is telling you.  

If you see a rosy pink tongue, you are looking good.  That pink screams health.  If it show patches of red, white, blisters, brown, black or yellow, there is trouble brewing.  Take note because a sick tongue did not happen casually and it has a definite message for you.  It is telling you that you are sick and although you may not feel sick, your body will falter at some point without care.  

These are not conditions that need brushing or cleaning of the tongue.  These are sign of illness that cannot be cleaned, brushed or scraped away.

The tongue shown above is from a woman experiencing several symptoms of illness.  She is at a lost to find the cause and wonders why her hand joints swell and why she is so lethargic.  She complains of weight gain, loss of energy, anxiety and exhaustion.   Doctors have told her she just has arthritis and offered drugs which she refuses.  As far as the weight gain and lethargy, the diagnosis is just "signs of aging".   

Just for kicks, I said, "let's see your tongue."  When I yelped audibly, she said, "Oh it's been this way for years."  That may be, but it is writing on the wall.  Your tongue is relaying a message that your body is in distress and needs your help.  A good  place to start to remedy a sick tongue is gut health by managing candida overgrowth which is her first plan of action.

Those with candida recognize a while coat as having a gut with candida overgrowth.  The degree can be mild to startling.  When you monitor your gut health with candida testing at home, you can easily watch the changes in your tongue while you begin to manage your gut.   To test for candida in  your own home, find  the very easy steps at https://www.searchforthecausenotjustthecure.com/blog/candida-testing-a t-home.  There is more information on candida, IBS, Leaky Gut Syndrome, fermented foods and probiotic recipes on this site.

If you find your tongue is telling you something you don't understand find a health practitioner that can explain your situation.  A naturopath, doctor of Chinese medicine or Ayurvedic medicine will be very helpful.

Stevia is a plant by the same name.  Its sweetness is about 200 times that of sugar and so, only takes a tiny bit to sweeten.  There are no reported connections to cancer or diabetes, yet manufacturers found a way to package problems for your body under the promise of offering you the safety of stevia.  

You must read every label now to find out what exactly in the product packaged to look like stevia.  Without a doubt, if you are using an individual serving package the sweetener has been extended with something.  Pure stevia in that quantity would overpower any single use.

There are many products being used as extenders to create a teaspoon serving and to lower production costs.  Most of these are things you would rather keep out of your body.  Many are corn products that are produced from GMO crops which bring another set of issues to the unsuspecting user.  Some of these products include:

• Lactose is a very common extender with the added side effects of inflammation and chemicals from cows fed GMO crops and treated with antibiotics.
• Dextrose is a simple sugar that is usually a GMO corn product.  Look for it in ordinary table salt too.
• Fructose is insulin resistant and is known to cause obesity and hypertension.
• Erythritol can occur naturally in foods, but is a manufactured sugar alcohol causing gas, bloat, diarrhea and is also a GMO corn product.
• Maltodextrin promotes the growth of candida in the gut with symptoms that mimic IBS, flu, chronic pain and fibromyalgia.