home grown food is the best!
Take a look at the toxic world we live in …
* Mankind has invented no fewer than 10 million new chemicals, approximately 3,500 of which are in your food, with an equal number in your homes and household products.
* Since World War II, nearly 80,000 new synthetic chemicals have been released into the environment.
* Over 350 different pesticides are used on the food we eat.
* Roughly 300 known harmful substances can be found in most blood samples these days.
* The average home contains 3-10 gallons of hazardous materials.
* Detectable levels of dozens of long-lasting synthetic chemicals (e.g., DDT, plasticizers, dioxins, benzene-related solvents) are foud in tissues of all living things on Earth.
* In the US alone, over 4 billion pounds of pesticides are used every year (that’s 8 pounds for every man, woman, and child).
* There are at least 5,000 chemical ingredients in cosmetics.
* Prescription medications are now showing up in our water supply.
Source Cited:
http://straightfromthegarden.com”
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Our bodies aren’t made to break down and ingest toxins, so the liver and kidneys that clean and maintain our other internal organs can begin to deteriorate due to the unnatural retention of the poisonous substances we pour into them.
Many people are now becoming savvy to the fact that our bodies aren’t a toxic waste dump, and that in order to rid yourself of disease you must first allow your body to do its job unhindered.
Eating organic food simply means the food hasn’t been grown using pesticides that get into the food through the root system and its skin; it also helps to use cleaning agents and cosmetics that don’t contain toxins.
We use Simple Green to clean floors and surfaces, and scrubbing/cleaning agents without toxic surfactants (which pollute the water we end up drinking.)
Which non-toxic products do you use?
