UPDATED: 6 Feb 2013 (scroll down for HEALTH tips)
http://www.chronicsurvival.com/ ' From Seven Hills to the Seven Seas-A memoir of a boy adrift '
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http://www.lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListingClass=0&fSearch=inside+out+the+black+heart+of+the+motor+trade
' Inside out- The Black Heart of the Motor Trade '
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' Surviving Chronic Cretinism '
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The above links will find you in my world by way of a few books.
A place where I have been a long time ago, in a distant galaxy from where I find myself now.
Writing about it was cathartic, and now I find I would like to change the world for the better, without too much fanfare.
'From Seven Hills to the Seven Seas' is a story about redemption, retribution, confession and finding my faith again.......... http://chronicsurvival.com/
'From Seven Hills to the Seven Seas' is a story about redemption, retribution, confession and finding my faith again.......... http://chronicsurvival.com/
YOUR HEALTH
As promised, the link on Twitter and below re the Aloe Vera plant is my own experience with this wonderful shrub, but for a detailed overview please experience its uses after the video: you will be surprised at the extent of the applications of Aloe Vera............I might add at the end of the video I had actually blended the pulp with some filtered water, then poured it into the small pump bottle.
http://youtu.be/vC3SCs8nRdM
MORE HEALTH TIPS FROM MY DEAR OLD NAN WHO WAS UPRIGHT AND MOBILE WELL INTO HER EIGHTIES.
As promised, the link on Twitter and below re the Aloe Vera plant is my own experience with this wonderful shrub, but for a detailed overview please experience its uses after the video: you will be surprised at the extent of the applications of Aloe Vera............I might add at the end of the video I had actually blended the pulp with some filtered water, then poured it into the small pump bottle.
http://youtu.be/vC3SCs8nRdM
MORE HEALTH TIPS FROM MY DEAR OLD NAN WHO WAS UPRIGHT AND MOBILE WELL INTO HER EIGHTIES.
For your own health: drink a litre (pint and a half) of filtered water infused with a small lemon (with some pulp) every day. Don't have anything white in your diet if you can avoid it (sugar, bread, rice, pasta etc). Replace with wholemeal products and maybe use skim milk for tea/coffee, etc.
1 or 2 teaspoons of liquid chlorophyll in a large glass of water to start the day and REMEMBER always consult your doctor before taking anything mentioned here in my blog.
As a refresher have ONE drink of soda water (sodium intake should be considered) in a tall glass with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in it, maybe after dinner for the best results.
A little honey in herbal teas, especially green, dandelion, ginger and peppermint teas; chamomile tea and a little organic honey at bedtime is a good relaxant and will help you sleep (a good night's rest is a necessity and a key to good health). Sleep and fluids, according to my ol' Nana's health advise, is the key to good health. Flushing out impurities may relieve gout also; a good quality vitamin D and a good quality fish oil cap daily will help with arthritis and other ailments too, and sleep will relax the body so it can fight ailments naturally.
Keep up these fluids to fight a cold and flu. Also chicken broth is wonderful.
I have used 'senega and ammonia' for over 50 years when I have a cold or flu and/or a cough: cheap off your chemist shelf and has been around since Adam was a boy: beats all the other stuff hands down.
Again, always consult with your chemist/doctor/specialist.
Keep up these fluids to fight a cold and flu. Also chicken broth is wonderful.
I have used 'senega and ammonia' for over 50 years when I have a cold or flu and/or a cough: cheap off your chemist shelf and has been around since Adam was a boy: beats all the other stuff hands down.
Again, always consult with your chemist/doctor/specialist.
The above, as mentioned, fluid intake will alkalise the body to overtake the acid build up within the system. We in the West have up to 75% acid in our bodies when in fact we should have only about 25% acid and 75% alkaline. By following my advise, lots of fluids as described, will build up your alkalinity.
A half teaspoon of Bicarb of soda in a 10oz glass of water is also a good way to alkalise your system, especially after a big meal, although it has sodium content so, again, be careful if salt is a no-go.
3% bottle of peroxide off the supermarket shelf is a good mouthwash diluted by way of 1 part peroxide 2 parts water until it froths in your mouth then spit out (DO NOT swallow). Wash lips as it can be drying. As well as being a very good disinfectant for the mouth and a throat gargle, undiluted, watch it froth when applied to external cuts and abrasions as it kills the infection. Always use in moderation as it can kill good cells under the skin if overused.
3% bottle of peroxide off the supermarket shelf is a good mouthwash diluted by way of 1 part peroxide 2 parts water until it froths in your mouth then spit out (DO NOT swallow). Wash lips as it can be drying. As well as being a very good disinfectant for the mouth and a throat gargle, undiluted, watch it froth when applied to external cuts and abrasions as it kills the infection. Always use in moderation as it can kill good cells under the skin if overused.
2 teaspoons of sea salt diluted in a small mug of boiled water; cooled, put into a jar and kept as a mouthwash will alleviate sore gums and ulcers: use twice a day after cleaning you teeth and expel : use until soreness dissipates. Sea salt should always be used instead of normal salt IF you are a salt user.
Good Luck
And remember to consult your doctor/naturopath/specialist for advise before commencing any of my nan's home remedies.
Mark B
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.
OUR CHANGING PLANET
Here is some good old fashioned home grown advise for those who want to listen; after all, let's face it, the world as we know it is falling apart and for those who think otherwise, well, you're hiding your heads in the sand.
Call me a fatalist, nevertheless look around at the 7 billion faces who inhabit our world and you will see no encouragement for a disintegrating planet.
Sure, I have squandered my existence, and now I want to discourage you from squandering yours: I am sure not too many of you are misusing your time here in our present climate of unrest though; however, how long do you think our world can survive under the weight of so many people, who, ironically, are the ONLY cause of climate change? Let's face facts here: we are like a plague of locusts stripping everything before us to survive, dumping 3 times more rubbish into our oceans than the fish we are plundering from her; fracking ourselves out of existence by contaminating our air, our land and our waterways; hence no bees, dead fish washed up on our shores and birds falling from our sky; war, revolution, plague, starvation and death. And what are we doing? Still immersing ourselves in pitiful and pointless war, greed, celebrity fluff, oil, alcohol, drugs and narcissism. And if by chance the Arab Spring turns into an Islamic jihad winter: what then? Out of greed springs poverty; out of poverty springs terrorism.
In my 60 years on this planet I have never seen it in as much disarray, and believe me, there has been many a time I thought we would all go under a mushroom cloud.
So what can we do about it? Just one step at a time by being generous and giving whatever you can, whenever you can. Support your local community/industry and keep on your politians' backs if you see waste, stupidity, corruption and greed as their platform, all the while using YOUR hard earned money. Protest if you feel disenfranchised and never again 'feed the greed'. And don't forget to VOTE.
Be kind to each other.
