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Hey sweetie...hope you are feeling good - your hubby did the sweetest things for you!
1)Sea salt is very mineral rich ie in a lot of the minerals your body needs for balanced functioning. Refined table salt is almost packed with additives, plus the chemical form of 'salt' it contains is not so balanced. It involves complicated human biochemistry which I can go into if you want me to, but its kind of dull for most people! A lot of people blame table salt for hyperthyroidism.
2)I don't use dandelion to do a poo actually - i use it for its liver cleansing abilities. i think it tastes awful though. Bleh!
3)There certainly are mixed reviews on organic food. The problems often lie in the fact that its easy for some manufacturers to twist the meaning of organic. its really irritating and unethical. I have studied Environmental Biogeoscience as my undergraduate degree and with all experience in nutrition etc I have come to the conclusion that organic is better in so many dimensions. Its a really longwinded subject but basically buying organic does these things : shows respect for the planet and our fellow human beings. when we buy organic coffee for example, we are much more likely to be buying it from a farmer who has not been abused by huge mutinationals like nestle (who are committing mortal sins in the way they treat local farmers in the developing world just to make their coffee cheaper on our supermarket shelves). We are buying from people who have cared enough about the planet and the future generations to start a business putting their beliefs into practise. From a chemical point of view - when I worked in date farms we had to put on these incredible protective suits to spray the dates with pesticides etc...after that, you think I would ever eat a non organic date!!! Each date only has a small residue on it, but when you eat a lot of them the residue lingers in your cells. I think these chemicals have a lot to answer for. A LOT!! Food that is organic has been allowed to reach its full sellable size in its own time - it hasn't been manipulated to grow big and beautiful and perfect looking - conventional produce is that perfect looking because its full of water etc - its nowhere near as nutritious. We are all well fed calorifically - but not with regard to trace nutrients and minerals. I truly believe this. And with respect to organic meat - I think its a disgrace how we treat animals. I've been to abattoirs, and also chicken farms. I have been vegan for months when I haven't been able to get my hands on organic eggs /chicken breasts. As you can tell, I feel very strongly about the matter.
however - I never ever lecture anyone about it. Each to their own and I never judge.I am just being opinionated because you asked me!
naturopathy is doing well in one realm and not so well in another. There are two types of naturopath - naturopathic physicians who study for four years - the first two in medical school with allopathic doctors. The other type are simply naturopaths. I would have loved to have been a naturopathic physician, I just do not have the money! I will be a naturopath. naturopathic physicians are probably going to get improved for insurance at some point soon. But pure naturopaths are very annoyed, because they feel that the physican types are squeezing the pure naturopathy OUT. The type that I am is the traditional type so we were there first! hahahahha :-)
I haven't reached the point in my study for giving advice on animal allergies....so don't feel comfortable helping you with it..sorry :-(
To become a naturopathic physician you need to go to one of teh five shcools in the US that teach it...To become a naturopath its a lot more wishy washy. i think I went into it a bit in a previous post - how I don't want to be associated with some of the institutions that claim to teach naturopathy. there is almost zero legislation. thats why its so hard out there. someone can complete a weekend course and call themself a naturopath. its awful because they can go all out of control and put someone on some crazy fasting detox or a whole range of herbs and they can really end up seriously hurting someone! I do not want to be like that. So I am under the guidance of a wonderful iridologist here in NYC, I was under the guidance of a different one in Israel...and study mostly on my own, meeting up with mentors for advice and problems and testing. Its very hard. I just know some day soon these colleges are going to be regulated and most likely banned and I do not want their certificates on my wall. as the law stands ANYONE can call themself a naturopath.AWFUL. be careful out there with these people - don't be fooled by loads of certificates - I could give myself one!!
To not have a BM for a month is VERY serious indeed. I was living away from home and had I had any idea how bad it was I would never have let it go that long. You can have complications with blood poisoning from all the toxins. Moreoever - when you are very C - you put the rest of the body's elimination channels under immense pressure - the liver, kidneys, skin, lungs...its a bad state of affairs. I will never let myself reach that point. That why I always advise people starting on a new regime to whip out the poos with suppositories - to start on a cleaner slate that one months poo!!
Lots of love XXXX

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