ORGANIC BEAUTY & BODY

Our "modern age" has come with a high price.

As a species, we no longer respect Mother Earth the way we once did. We eat, drink, bathe and breathe synthetic chemicals and compounds on a daily basis. And we create hideous pollutions in the process of making these items.

The cancer rates and other illnesses and diseases are higher in the United States than in any other country (even in our pets and animals!). There is a HUGE connection, and if you do your own research you will find these facts for yourself.

Once we rotated crops and used natural methods of fertilization and pest control. The "good foods" we eat no longer have the nutritional value they once did, being genetically engineered and chemically treated. And the prepackaged chemically packed foods we feed our children will shame us for generations to come.

Once we used plants as the main ingredients in medications, beauty mixtures, and cleaning. Ever read the labels of your cosmetics, personal products and cleaners? Research what those ingredients are... I was absolutely shocked! I thought I was using good products because they were marked "all natural" but even most of those are filled with toxins. It is estimated women come in contact with over 200 of these chemicals in their morning routine alone. It's Not Too Pretty. Even our clothes are filled with toxins, not to mention the cost of making them to our environment!

Being pagan and respecting nature as I do, I strive to enlighten those who do not realize this is the plague of this century and the legacy we will leave behind us. I have been researching and eliminating the over abundance of chemicals from my life for the past year and a half (May 2003) at time of this edit.

I have long suffered from migraines, but since ridding myself of most of the offending ingredients I rarely get them anymore. If it does happen, they are far milder than they were before I began the cleansing. I have also battled with Endometriosis since I was about 9 years old and most recently Dysplasia (see my story The Long Road To Recovery on Metafusium under Essential Health). I am convinced that childhood diet and the overdose of synthetic female hormones that I was prescribed for many years are to blame.

I feel far better now than I did at 21 or even at 12. I have revised everything in my life from cleaners to sundries to food. You can get organic cleaners, cosmetics, personal products, fashion and foods at wonderful prices as the demand has been growing over the past few years. Get educated, get organic and be well out there in the world! Your body and Mother Earth will thank you for it!