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How GMO Foods Turn Your Intestines Into an Insecticide Factory

The rise of GMOs in our food supplies raises a variety of issues, from environmental degradation to nutrient depletion, dependency on toxic agro-chemicals and government corruption — many topics with lots of well sourced information. Often falling into the cracks is the effect of GM foods on intestinal health. Why does it matter? Because intestinal health is directly linked to genetics, immunity and our overall health and well-being.

The History of GMOs

The GMO revolution was fueled by oil subsidies, government corruption and university funding (1). GMOs were engineered after WW2, based on a surplus military product. There was extra bomb making material that was found to work as fertilizer, so the synthetic fertilizer industry was created. There was excess nerve gas that could be used as an insecticide, and the insecticidal industry was created.

The primary reason GM crops are engineered is to allow them to drink poison (pesticides), and survive. They are inserted with foreign genes that allow them to what would otherwise be deadly doses of poisonous herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. These crops can be sprayed at extremely high doses, killing everything around them but leaving the crop intact. (2)

But it is not simply the poison in which they are coated that adversely effects on human health, it is also the essence of the modified genes themselves.

A GMO study was performed on rats. (Notably, no long-term GMO feeding study has ever been conducted on humans. ~ Editor) The first group was fed GM food, the second organic food, and the third group was fed organic food with the same pesticides that were sprayed on the GM foods. The results were startling: only the group eating the GM foods got sick. The third group would potentially develop health issues related to increased toxicity, but in the short term it was eating the GM foods proved to be fatal. (1) Why is that?

Let’s have a look at the biochemical foundation of the adage “We are what we eat”.

GM food manipulates the natural essence of these foods by altering their DNA, which is the inherited material of life. When the GM gene is introduced, the engineer has no control over where the gene introduces in the DNA blueprint. The DNA blueprint is composed of micro RNA, also found in all the cells of the body. Micro RNA adjust the reading of our cells, altering the RNA disrupts the gene itself; it distorts the balance of gene function. (3)

When GM foods are ingested, its micro RNA is picked up by the digestive system and not broken down, then absorbed by the cells of the body. This means that this altered DNA becomes integrated into our own genetic code, distorting DNA and genome. And this is irreversible. (4)

The distorted micro RNA also gets picked up by the DNA of the gut bacteria of our GI track (4), which is connected to the bacteria of the digestive system and feeds into every single cells of our body.

If that wasn’t enough, the new generation of GM seeds contain bacterial genes that enables the plant to produce natural toxic herbicides and pesticides, allegedly protecting the crop. These abnormal bacterial genes transfer to the normal bacteria that inhabit our gut, and we end up with a bacteria that produces herbicide and pesticides within our own intestines. (5)

This means that we now have an insecticide factory into our guts.

This affects our health in many ways. The guts are responsible for 65% of the immune system (1), as well as protecting our bodies from toxicity.

The entire length of your digestive (GI) tract is coated with a bacterial layer that provides a natural barrier against harmful invaders such as undigested foods, toxins and parasites. A healthy gut flora neutralize toxic substances like nitrates, plastics and antibiotics, inactivate histamine, chelate heavy metals, absorb carcinogenic substances. When the bacterial balance of the intestinal flora gets disturbed, the gut lining and wall gets damaged, allowing harmful bacteria, parasites and toxins to leak out into the bloodstream. The liver gets poisoned, the body’s biochemistry gets disturbed, the immune system gets destroyed and damage to organs and brain occurs (5).

So what can we do to reverse the damage?

There are many ways to heal your gut and restore well-being. The first obvious step would to completely ban GM foods from your diet. Look for organic or non-GMO labeling. Other good ideas are cutting down sugar and processed foods, avoiding antibiotics, eating fermented foods and supplementing with probiotics. Ingesting a spoonful of zeolite daily, using zeolite enemas or transdermal zeolite are good solutions. Zeolite absorbs toxins from the body, including GMO residues, restoring balance and wellbeing. A thorough detox protocol will also help rid the body of accumulated toxins, diminishing your body’s toxic burden and allowing it to heal itself over time.

Article sources:

Genetic Roulette – Seeds of Death. Gary Null Production

Tox-Sick, From Toxic to Not Sick. Suzanne Somers

Michael Antoniou, PhD. King College London School of Medicine.

Bruce Lipton, PhD. Developmental Biologist, Author “Biology of Belief”.

Dr. Nicholas Gonzales

Previous articles by Marie Be:

How to Detox the Body of Heavy Metals and Avoid Common Exposures

Preventative Detox: 6 Foods to Avoid for a Clean Healthy Body

BURN: Health Impacts of Sunscreen Found to be Worse Than UV Damage!

Natural Detox : Flush Your Toxins Down the Drain

Easy Home Recipe: Skin and Body Detox Cream

Skin Science – Debunking Cosmetic Industry Propaganda

3 Years After Fukushima: Behind the Skewed Data and Vested Interests

How Modern Symptom-Based Medicine Can Make the Sick, Sicker

Heavy Metal Toxicity Can Ruin Your Health

The New Agora - Earthsun - Natural Protection

Safe Sun Protection seems like another topic overloaded with information where nothing seems quite clear. This article intends to make sense of the whole issue...

Earthsun has been published in the The New Agora check it out on page 10 in their June Edition http://www.newagora.ca/

Sunscreen makes it Worse! Find out why!

Pigments in the skin help protect against damaging UV rays which can skin aging and damage DNA, resulting in cancer. People with lighter skin are able to synthesize vitamin D from the sun more easily, but are more susceptible to sunburns and cancers. There must be a balance between sun exposure for vitamin D and protection from the harm that comes with overexposure. While protective clothing is great, use of sunscreen is also recommended to protect skin from UV light.

Recently, a story appeared on RealFarmacy.com (RF) with the title “Scientists Blow The Lid on Cancer & Sunscreen Myth.” Except, of course, they really didn’t. The article argues against a great deal of conventional wisdom regarding sunscreens, including a number of false claims based on cherry-picked data. Here are some refutations to the biggest points made in the article:

Claim: “A study shows that women who limit Sun exposure are twice as likely to die from causes related to vitamin D deficiency.”

The article references a study that tracked nearly 30,000 Swedish women for 20 years and monitored sunbathing habits. The data showed that women who avoided sun were twice as likely to die as women who got more sunlight, but there were only two causes of death tracked: melanoma or “all-cause mortality” which is a catch-all.

However, the paper’s authors do not claim the lack of sun exposure is a cause for those deaths. It does, however, caution that people living in areas with decreased solar intensity should not limit their exposure based on recommendations for those living in areas where solar intensity is much higher.

Claim: “There is no evidence that sunburns cause melanoma, and people who use sunscreen are MORE likely to get melanoma than those that don’t.”

There are four basic varieties of melanoma, and there are genetic risk factors that make a person more susceptible to developing a form, and children who get more than five sunburns are more likely to develop melanoma later in life. There have been studies toimplicate UVA and UVB rays for certain kinds of melanoma, but not all of them. UVB rays are also the main cause of sunburn, which is likely the link sunburns and melanoma. RF refers to claims in papers written at least a decade ago, and there has been a great deal of research done since then.

The claim that more people who use sunscreen develop melanoma is based on a study that tracked sun exposure and sunscreen use in nearly 1500 people over a span of two years. The results did show that those who used sunscreen were more likely to develop melanoma, but there was a massive caveat left out of RF’s article. The median sun protection factor (SPF) was 6 (the CDC recommends SPF 15 or higher) and those who used sunscreen the most spent considerably more time in the sun than those who rarely use sunscreen.

RF’s implication that sunscreen is causing the melanoma is dead wrong; the paper itself states “sunscreen use, by permitting more time sunbathing, is associated with melanoma occurrence,” particularly when using sunscreen with a low SPF that isn’t as protective.

Claim: “Eliminating exposure to sunlight has created epidemic vitamin D deficiencies.”

Vitamin D deficiencies have solid links to diseases affecting bone density such as rickets and osteoporosis. There is also some evidence that it could also affect blood pressure,irritable bowel disease, heart disease, and a variety of other cancers. Medical professionals actually do recommend about 20 minutes of exposure to sunlight each day in order to synthesize vitamin D, though that time is somewhat arbitrary, based on the solar intensity in different locations and the individuals skin type. Use of sunscreen does block the necessary UV rays, but there’s a large difference in soaking up the sun for a few minutes for your health and heading out for a day at the beach without using sunscreen. As always, everything in moderation.

Vitamin D can also be obtained through food sources including fortified milk, certain edible mushrooms, fish, and eggs.

Claim: “Sunscreens contain endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that stay in the body and can cause cancer and harm the environment.”

A common ingredient in sunscreens is oxybenzone, which protects against wide range of UVA and UVB rays. Some believe that when the sunscreen is absorbed by the skin, oxybenzone acts like estrogen in the body and could increase the risk of breast cancer. However, there haven’t been any studies to show that this chemical acts like estrogen in a significant way or causes cancer, even when given at doses much higher than normal.

RF does cite that testing by the CDC revealed that oxybenzone exists in the blood stream in up to 97% of Americans, it neglected to mention that it exists in trace amounts and has not shown to cause any negative health effects.

The article also states that EDCs negatively affect marine life. While there have been UV-blocking chemicals detected in fish, there was no indication they were harming the animals at all. While EDCs entering the water are a point of concern, sunscreen isn’t regarded to be nearly as problematic as birth control. However, there are also many quality sunscreens on the market that do not use these chemicals and still help protect against UV rays and cancer.

Scientific Evidence: Cancer & Sunscreen Myth Unveiled

The epidemiological study followed 30,000 women for over 20 years and “showed that mortality was about double in women who avoided sun exposure compared to the highest exposure group.”

Researchers concluded that the conventional dogma, which advises avoiding the sun at all costs and slathering on sunscreen to minimize sun exposure, is doing more harm than actual good.

That’s because overall sun avoidance combined with wearing sunscreen effectively blocks the body’s ability to produce vitamin D3 from the sun’s UVB rays, which is by far the best form of vitamin D.

In the USA, vitamin D deficiency is at epidemic levels. Ironically, vitamin D deficiency can lead to aggressive forms of skin cancer. A ground-breaking 2011 study published in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that optimal blood levels of vitamin D offers protection against sunburn and skin cancer.

Additionally, vitamin D protects the body from diseases like multiple sclerosis, rickets (in the young), tuberculosis, inflammatory bowel disease, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren’s syndrome.

According to the Vitamin D Council, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently reported that “lack of sun exposure may lead to cognitive decline over time.”

A dissident dermatologist

Bernard Ackerman, MD, (deceased 2008) was one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of skin cancer and the sun, sunscreens and melanoma skin cancer risks.

Below are Ackerman’s views excerpted from an article in The New York Times (July 20, 2004), titled “I BEG TO DIFFER; A Dermatologist Who’s Not Afraid to Sit on the Beach”:

The link between melanoma and sun exposure (dermatology’s dogma) is unproven.There’s no conclusive evidence that sunburns lead to cancer.There is no real proof that sunscreens protect against melanoma.There’s no proof that increased exposure to the sun increases the risk of melanoma.

A 2000 Swedish study concluded that higher rates of melanoma occurred in those who used sunscreen versus those who did not.

Sunscreens: Cancer-Causing Biohazards

Elizabeth Plourde, PhD, is a California-based scientist who authored the book Sunscreens – Biohazard: Treat as Hazardous Waste, which extensively documents the serious life-threatening dangers of sunscreens not only to people but to the environment as well.

Dr. Plourde provides proof that malignant melanoma and all other skin cancers increased significantly with ubiquitous sunscreen use over a 30-year period. She emphasizes that many sunscreens contain chemicals that are known carcinogens and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC).

Environmentally, she notes: “In areas where there has been much exposure to ED [endocrine disrupting] chemicals, coral and other sea populations have died off and the prevalence of dual-sexed fish has risen.”

Dr. Plourde’s research on mice and sunscreen exposure also showed increases in both pup and maternal mortality as well as reproductive issues in subsequent generations.

Additionally, the book documents how sunscreen chemicals have polluted our water sources including oceans, rivers and municipal drinking water. Worse yet, testing revealed that 97% of Americans have sunscreen chemicals in their blood!

Dr. Plourde’s book also has a chapter on the importance of vitamin D3 to health, and she posits that the widespread vitamin D3 deficiency is linked to overuse of sunscreen combined with sun avoidance in general.

Credit: “Compelling evidence: Slathering on toxic sunscreen and avoiding the sun could jeopardize your health and shorten your life,” from naturalnews.com, by Paul Fassa

21 Beauty Uses for Coconut Oil

There are very few beauty products that we can honestly say are cure-alls, but coconut oil comes pretty close. You can use it for everything from healing scars to moisturizing dry knees. Recently, all the talk about relying on this oil for fresh breath got us thinking: What can't coconut oil do? The answer: mattify (and it took us a minute to come up with that one). Celebrities like Emma Stone count it among their favorite natural ingredients, and you should, too. We just stuck to the beauty applications here, but there are tons more tasks it can handle, from starting fires to losing a few pounds. So head to your local health-food store, pick up a jar, and allow this list to help you get creative with coconuts.

1. Makeup Remover. Even the most resistant waterproof mascara doesn't stand a chance against coconut oil. Apply it directly to the face as an oil cleanser, or let it sit on your skin with a cotton pad. Makeup will melt away.

2. Breath Freshener. Coconut oil has antifungal and antibacterial properties. Gargling for 20 minutes with a spoonful of oil (a.k.a. oil pulling) can help clear up germs in the mouth, leading to fresher breath, whiter teeth, and healthier gums.

3. Lice Remedy. Start this all-natural lice treatment with a rinse of apple cider vinegar. Once the vinegar has dried, apply coconut oil to the entire head and let it sit for 12 to 24 hours. Brush through hair with a fine comb, then shampoo.

4. Body Lotion. If you're a DIY mixologist, then coconut oil is a vanity essential. You can use this versatile oil as the base to make your own body moisturizer.

5. Cuticle Oil. Got cracked cuticles? Remedy peeling skin with a coconut oil balm right at the base of nails. It can also help your manicure last longer.

6. Makeup-Brush Cleaner. Cleaning your makeup brushes should be a monthly ritual. You can use a DIY cleanser that's two parts antibacterial soap and one part coconut oil.

7. Lip Balm. Coconut oil is the ideal remedy for chapped lips especially because it's semisolid at room temperature. Pack a bit in a miniature jar and smooth over lips throughout the day.

8. Stretch-Mark Cream. Expectant moms should keep a jar of coconut oil nearby to help ward off stretch marks, but anyone can use this as a topical treatment for scars. While the oil won't fade any marks, it can help prevent dark spots and blisters from forming.

9. Undereye Cream.Don't want to spend the extra money on eye cream? Use a dab of coconut oil on undereye bags and fine lines. It's light enough for the most delicate skin on your face.

10. Body Scrub. Mix half a cup of coconut oil with a handful of coarse salt or sugar to create an exfoliator. The moisturizing oil will last long after the grains have melted away.

11. Frizz Tamer. Flyaways begone with this smoothing treatment. Just rub a dime-size amount in your hands and smooth from midshaft to ends for frizz-free style that's high on shine.

12. Massage Oil. Warm coconut oil in the microwave and add a few drops of an essential oil, like lavender or peppermint, for a soothing massage mix.

13. Whitening Toothpaste. Run out of toothpaste? Grab the closest jar of coconut oil and add baking soda for a quick fix. Everyone will wonder how you got such a white smile.

14. Shaving Cream. Who said shaving cream has to lather? Use this balm as a base to get a closer shave that leaves legs smooth instead of dried out. You can also use it alone or with other ingredients in this DIY shave-cream recipe.

15. Dandruff Treatment. Dandruff and dry scalp go hand in hand. So send moisture right to the roots with a nightly coconut oil treatment. Just apply lightly to roots and massage in, which will also stimulate hair growth.

16. Body Oil. Why purchase a separate body oil when you can keep coconut oil near the bath? Just slather it on wet skin after the shower, then pat dry. You'll smell like a beach vacation all day. Plus, it has a natural SPF 4.

17. Itch Relief. Burns, bug bites, and bruises can all be soothed with a topical balm of coconut oil.

18. Deep Conditioner. You can use hot coconut oil as a preshampoo treatment to soothe dry hair before you shampoo and condition. Leave in for at least an hour for an allover moisturizing treatment.

19. Night Cream. Apply coconut oil at night for maximum moisturizing benefits. The antioxidants are great for smoothing fine lines and wrinkles while you sleep.

20. Leave-in Conditioner. Hydrate dry hair by using coconut oil as a leave-in conditioner. Apply a small amount to wet strands to seal in moisture.

21. Deodorant. Yes, you can make your own natural deodorant at home (and it works). Mix coconut oil with arrowroot powder, cornstarch, baking soda, and a scented oil for a DIY odor fix.

#coconut oil #organic beauty #organic skin care #beauty skin

Why is Coconut Oil so Beneficial for the Skin?

Coconut oil is famous throughout the world not only as an edible oil and hair tonic, but also as an excellent massage oil and smoothener for the skin. In the tropical parts of the world where coconuts are readily available and used in many ways, natives commonly spread coconut oil on their skin, as they believe that it protects from the sun’s harmful rays. So this natural oil, without any chemical or additives, can protect the skin in some of the hottest and sunniest places on earth better than our processed and artificial sun creams?

The question is, what makes coconut oil so beneficial for the skin? Before we can understand how coconut oil achieves all of its impressive benefits that people around the world claim, let’s look into the constituents of coconut oil and their respective properties that might make them useful for maintaining skin health.

Coconut Oil- Composition

Saturated Fats: Predominantly, these saturated fats are medium chain fatty acids or triglycerides. When applied on the skin, they keep it smooth to the touch. Due to the presence of these fats, coconut oil also retains the moisture content of the skin, as the fats eliminate moisture loss through the pores on skin. When ingested through the regular consumption of coconut oil, these fats deposit under the skin, thus keeping it healthy and smooth, giving it an even tone and reducing the appearance of the pores.

Capric /Caprylic/Lauric acid: These are not very different from the medium chain fatty acids, but it is still important to mention them separately here, since they have their own contributions. These three fatty acids have strong disinfectant and antimicrobial properties. As a result, when applied on the skin, coconut oil protects from microbial infections that can get into open wounds or even enter the body through the pores. This microbial action can be experienced even if coconut oil is taken internally, as the fatty acids boost the immunity when converted to monocaprins and monolaurins.

Furthermore, capric, caprylic, and lauric acids are easily broken down chains of fatty acids, meaning that they contribute to usable energy in a quick and efficient way. This can be a major boost to your energy levels before a workout, which is why these powerful acids have also been linked to weight loss and management. Losing weight is a good way to improve the quality of your skin by reducing excess fat, stretch marks, and folds in the skin which can be unattractive. Having a healthy, toned body means that the skin maintains its tight grip around the muscles and bones.

Vitamin-E: The contributions of vitamin-E towards skin care are well known. It is essential for healthy skin growth, repair of wear & tear on the skin, keeping skin smooth and protecting against cracking. Above all, it prevents premature aging and wrinkling of the skin, since it has good antioxidant properties. 100 grams of coconut oil has about 0.1 mg of vitamin E, thus enhancing it skin-nourishing properties.

Anti-Aging Cream: Traditionally, coconut oil has been praised and popularized for its anti-aging properties.

Proteins: Like coconuts themselves, coconut oil is rich in many proteins. These proteins keep skin healthy and rejuvenated, both internally and externally. Proteins also contribute to cellular health and tissue repair, along with a wide range of other essential activities within the body. For any damaged cells on or near the skin, a healthy of flow of proteins guarantees their replacement at a normal rate, whereas people with protein-deficient diets heal slower and often develop more obvious scars due to the extended healing time.

The best property of coconut oil that makes it so beneficial for skin is that it does not become rancid. When you apply it on the skin, it can work for a longer time, unlike many other oils, without it getting rancid. Due to these various beneficial properties of coconut oil, it is used as an important ingredient in several skin care creams.

#coconut oil

Uses of Coconut Oil for Skin Care

Coconut oil can be used for skin care in the following ways:

Lip Gel: Cracks in our lips can be a source of worry, discomfort, and embarrassment. When we apply chemical gels on the lips, it is possible to consume those gels accidentally, even though they are somewhat toxic. Some gels may be edible, but you still don’t want to eat those chemicals.

Coconut oil comes as an ideal alternative in such cases. It acts quickly and even if it goes in your stomach, it will only give you additional benefits, so everyone wins!

Skin softener: Most of us use several creams and lotions for softening our skin, especially the skin of the face and hands. Coconut oil is a great skin softener and helps you do away with dry skin. Simply take some coconut oil on your palms, rub your palms against each other once or twice and then on your face, hands, or wherever you want to see the moisturizing effect.

Coconut oil is also good for hardened and cracked feet, which may happen due to excessive cold or strenuous work while standing on your feet. The cracks in your feet will not vanish, but your feet will become softer within days if you apply coconut oil to the affected area.

As an exfoliant, including coconut oil as an agent with other exfoliating or grainy materials like salts and sugars can vastly improve the effects. You will successfully scrape off excess dead skin and clean out whatever substances have blocked the pores without irritating the skin. The natural soothing nature of the oil combines with the grainy, exfoliating material perfectly, and leaves your skin with an even color, closed pores, and a soft texture.

Makeup Remover: Coconut oil can also be used a makeup remover. This is not common, but women have begun using it for removing the makeup of the face and eyes, without worrying about the harsh chemicals of other removers getting into delicate or sensitive areas.

Skin disorders: It is claimed that coconut oil is good for several skin disorders such as acne, psoriasis, and eczema. Several readers have reported this benefit. However, scientific research is ongoing in order to prove or disprove these claims. Much of the research that is there speaks to its protein content, since the replacement of sick or dying cells that can occur with various skin disorders, are quickly replaced by new, healthy cells. In this way, coconut oil not only treats the infection by fighting the microbes, they also heal the damage or the visible marks of that skin disorder; it is a two-in-one solution!

How To Use Coconut Oil

For many who have never used coconut oil, its various applications can be confusing. You should try to buy coconut oil in a jar which has a broad opening. In colder climates, coconut oil can be solid, like a cream. However, in warm temperatures, it comes as a liquid. For skin care use, take some coconut oil, either solid or liquid, on your palm. Then, rub your palms together and onto the skin of the desired area. You can also put the coconut oil on a piece of cotton and rub the cotton onto your skin. However, it is not necessary to reapply coconut oil as often as other natural skin care oils. You only need a small amount to create a protective shield on your skin that will last for a long time.

Many people make the mistake of using too much coconut oil, and since the skin can only absorb a certain amount, the protective layer that the absorbed oil creates doesn’t let any more oil in! This means that if you use too much, too often, your skin will end up as an oily mess, and will look shiny or greasy, not to mention what it might do to your clothes! Then, go get yourself some coconut oil and bring your skin back to its natural beauty!

Life Preloved: 2014 Green Beauty Top 5

Green beauty has long been something I’ve always loved and recently I started blogging about it. As I think back to all the new green beauty items I’ve discovered this year, its hard to narrow it down to just a few favourites! But there are definitely a couple that stand out above the rest and here’s why:

1. EarthSun This is my top product for 2014 by a long shot and a disclaimer is needed here because I first discovered this product through my mom who was interested in being the sales rep for the area, she wanted to know my thoughts on it so I gave it a try. I’m very clear about what I think is just ok, what I don’t love and what I really love and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from EarthSun so I tried it with no expectations. The product is a green-ish colour and the texture looks hard at first glance but as soon as I dipped my finger into it and it melted on my face with a cocoa smell, I knew I loved it. It melted and dried into my skin very quickly and as I continued to use this everyday, I loved it even more. It made my skin very clear and considering that I have dry skin that often gets too familiar to a product that it soon stops working for me, EarthSun keeps it very, very moisturized. And here’s the best part as to why I love it so much; I didn’t burn once this summer. In the summer time, burns are expected and I wore this everyday and especially on days when I would go out the entire day on a 100km bike ride. EarthSun is so light on your skin and works as a sunscreen, moisturizer and detox that you don’t need to put on a bunch of different products, it does it all! EarthSun is organic, fair trade, raw, food grade and made in British Columbia, Canada. My mom is currently the Edmonton and northern Alberta sales rep but trust me when I say that I wouldn’t give it such praise as not just my favourite green beauty product of 2014 but likely one of my favourite products of all time, if I didn’t truly believe it. EarthSun comes in three different packages, each detailing the three ways it helps the skin; BioSheild (detox), Beleia (skin food) and SunSheer (uv protection) but all three products are the same product, just marketed different ways. The jar lasts me over six months, even with a little more use in the summer on my chest and top of the hands. All in all, this product is a must have for anyone!

To buy: $28 – If you’re in the Edmonton area, please contact my mom for product sales or wholesale inquiries: [email protected]. It’s also available at Teaz Pleaz at Mother’s Farmers Market, Edmonton. All other areas and inquiries, please visit www.earthforthesun.ca More about 2014 Green Beauty Top 5

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How much Chemicals does your Body Absorb?

During the previous hundred years, around 75,000 new chemical substances have been released directly into our environment. A toxic load of more than a hundred different foreign chemical substances are commonly found in populations in western societies and it is even worse in many developing nations where there are no strong environmental protection laws in place.

What may shock you is the quantity of toxins we absorb each and every year which, for the average adult in developed countries, has been estimated at 6kg (or 13 lb) of artificial chemicals. With the World Bank’s estimate of an average lifespan just under 70 years, this equates to an adult lifetime intake of over 310kg (or over 680 lb) of artificial chemicals. Even more surprising is that only a few long-term safety studies have been performed on these chemical substances.

#chemicals in cosmetics #chemical in body #poison

EarthSun nominated to BC awards, please VOTE!

Marie Be started EarthSun a year ago with the help of a microloan from Vancity. Within less than a year, her products were sold on every continent.

Marie takes pride in offering sustainable products with only organic and beyond fair-trade ingredients. Her vision, to educate the public into making healthy choices for themselves, has granted Marie to become an authority in the fields of transdermal detoxification, food-grade cosmetics and safe sun protection. She is now a guest speaker in nutrition schools and works in close collaboration with students through coop programs.

Marie hopes that EarthSun products will hit the mainstream within another year. She envisions to collaborate with many groups and individuals for raising awareness on healthy living.

PLEASE VOTE! http://sbbcawards.ca/award/emerging-entrepreneur/earthsun/

Pesticides in Food

Pesticides in food

The range of food products in supermarkets, markets, shops is a lot more diverse today although this has come at the expense of intensive farming, accelerating growth, making the food appear nicer, or to lengthen the time the food can be stored. To achieve this requires a chemical cocktail including agrochemicals, such as fertilizers, growth boosters, herbicides and weed killers, fungicides, and insecticides.

The US Environment Protection Agency acknowledges that sixty percent of all herbicides, ninety percent of all fungicides and thirty percent of all insecticides are suspected for causing cancer in humans.

While researchers at Stanford University found that, nutritionally speaking, there doesn’t appear to be that much difference between organic food and conventionally grown foods, compared with conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, organic produce has much lower change (thirty percent less) of being contaminated with pesticides.

#food safety #pesticide in food #chemicals in food #detox #detoxed body