Thanks, Asada, for the list. I've been doing most of the things there for quite a while now. I read about all the crap that we are exposed to in Kevin Trudeau's book a couple years ago. I was so disgusted by it that I put it down and didn't read the whole thing until several months later. I was sickened because, essentially, to be healthy and do all those things, you really do have to have some money. And at the time, I was just waking up and couldn't handle it. I'm much better now:)
As far as the RO water goes: it is a wonderful contraption and I'm happy to hear they're coming down in price. But the problem with RO is that Mother has to pay for your clean water. Reverse osmosis wastes more water than is produced for you to drink, and it also takes electricity. Distilled water is not much better, for you have to use fuel (for a stove-top model) or electricity to run it. That wouldn't be so bad except in the long run your body pays the price for drinking distilled water for a long time. I've heard that it's not good for you. I think putting salt or minerals in it, as Barefoot Doc does, may preempt that damage by making it come back to life. I bought a nice stove top one that doesn't require electric, but after hearing that it's not the healthiest choice, I now only use it to make distilled water for my homemade personal care products. I finally found a water filter that does the same amount of work as an RO, and luckily it just came in today!! It's a Berkey water system. Wastes no water, takes no electricity, removes everything except the good stuff, and the filters aren't that much more than the worthless PUR filters I'd been using. The only thing it doesn't remove is fluoride and arsenic, but they do have a post-filter that takes care of those two (which I ordered). I can't wait to start using it. I'm so happy to have found this product. The upfront money was not that bad compared to other systems, and the filters are cleanable to an extent. I will only have to spend like 150 in filters every year, plus I won't use power to operate it, so I think it will be very much worth it.
I'm all about organic clothes, too. But the price is definitely out of my range. Lucky me, I took home ec
Organic and hemp fabric on the bolt is infinitely cheaper than the finished product, so that is what I've started buying so that I can make my own clothes. Of course, my skin is quite used to regular clothing so that's not on the top of my list, but it's there...
My food choices are so different now that I know what they're doing to our food supply. I just can't believe I (and everyone I know) had been duped for so long. I had no idea how bad it was. I never even really read the ingredients on most of the things I bought, if you can imagine!! AAARGH!!! Now I don't buy anything without turning over the box to see what's in it, including PC products. Regular shampoo and lotions and soaps are all poison!! I am still so mad at these huge corporations who only care about their f-ing money
And like Tim said, when you're raised that way to not know the difference, then who's going to tell you about it when you're in charge of your life? Thank goodness for Kevin and all the other courageous authors out there! My son already knows much more at 5 than I did at the age of 30! He's all about organic produce and eating good. I'm so happy:) He will never be one of their drones!!
Well, enough ranting; I'm expending too much energy on those corporate bastards...
Peace,
Debbie