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Could it be that easy? That just by implementing 5 new habits into your daily routine, you could feel better, for ever more?

Yes, it is! And it’s not based on belief, although many believe it, it’s based on science, anecdotal evidence and years of spiritual practices.

Many cultures around the world understand the benefits of meditating even though they may not know what is going on physically, they are very aware of what is going on spiritually.

When you take the time to remove yourself from everyday life, even if just for a couple of minutes each day, it actually triggers physiological changes within your system. Changes that you may not think sound like much, but can be the difference between happiness and mental imbalances, between health and disease. How?

Meditation:
Visible changes can be recorded on a molecular level when an individual meditates according to research done by Dr. Joe Dispenza. Not only does it reduce cortisol levels, remove us from fight or flight mode, it can actually affect the expression of our genes.

According to new research by the universities of Coventry and Radboud, published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology, meditation can change our genetic destiny. So we no longer are bound to ill health because of our genes.

It’s called epigenetics, and according to Dawson Church Ph.D and Dr. Bruce Lipton, in research they have documented, we are not bound by the genes we’ve been given and powerless in the ability to change our future, indeed we can with our lifestyle choices. If you’d like to learn more, check out The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Intention by Dawson Church Ph.D.

Focus Your Attention:
Why is it so important to focus our attention? Because we can’t help what thoughts drift into our consciousness, but we definitely have the power to choose which ones we focus on. Which ones we mull over and look at from all angles.

A great indicator can be how you feel when you think about it? If when you think about something, it gives you a pit in your stomach. Leave that one back in 2022… if when you think of it, you feel butterflies… yes! Those are the ones to focus on, mull around and look at from all angles with endless possibilities from every perspective.

Just because you thought it, doesn’t mean you have to keep thinking about it, let it drift by like a wave on a beach, that one crashed.

Avoid That Which Doesn’t Serve You:
All of us have certain individuals, whether they’re family, friends or coworkers that just thinking about them can get you going…forget it, it’s not worth it. Not worth your energy.

You only have so much energy, either you’re going to use it for manifesting or you’re going to use it upset yourself. If you’re already tired, especially and then you spend all of your energy thinking about upsetting things that you can’t change… do you think it’s going to give you more energy?

Every single thought you think creates a chemical reaction in your body. Every emotion leaves an imprint on your system. Either your body is producing happy hormones like serotonin which feels really good…

Or you’re thinking about things that you don’t like… remembering what someone said or did that was wrong on some level. Whatever someone did that was wrong is very unfortunate, but if you can’t change it, you definitely don’t need to revisit it which can create disease producing chemicals in your body when there’s too much of them for extended periods of time.

This is a New Year, a new opportunity for growth on many levels. Changing our thoughts can change our lives. Our thoughts can lead to destructive behavior that you might not even consider such as stress eating, smoking, drinking, using drugs, being withdrawn.

Channeling our energy towards productive thoughts and behaviors, focusing our attention on our future. Using our energy to create what we desire in our minds instead of imagining the worst case scenarios, confronting issues head on when they come up. Not wasting the time that we are awake producing unhealthy thoughts, tormenting ourselves needlessly.

Set Your Intention:
What is that you want? If so much time is spent on imaging things you don’t want to happen and what you would say in that scenario, there’s not alot left on building the future you envision. What does it look like? What does it feel like? Imagine that, it will feel alot better.

Utilizing astrological influences in your intention setting can amplify your intentions to the Universe and remind you of what is you’re trying to create. Whether you choose to use, new moons, full moons, seasonal changes, eclipses, whichever resonates with you. Sit with yourself… see what you want… have you ever just asked yourself what you want and then listened to the answer? Why not?

Exercise 10 min. A Day:
Moving our bodies is essential to vibrant wellness. If you have a desk job, get up every hour and just stretch a little. Not moving enough can lead not only to obesity and disease but also a feeling of stagnation.

When we have a buildup or excess, it can make us feel sluggish, tired and like not doing much. But how can you be creating your future if you don’t feel like doing much? You need your energy.

Find 10 minutes in your day, even if it’s 5min in the morning and 5min in the evening, but you are worth 13 min a day. 10 min for exercise for your body, and at least 3 min. for your Spirit will ease your mind. Try it and see!

Happy 2023!

At Nature’s Mysteries Apothecary, we only use organic, therapeutic grade essential oils in our formulations. Why?

Purity Is Our Priority-The lifeblood of the plant, the compounds extracted to make an essential oil are essentially what keeps the plant healthy, what helps to keep it pest free, virulent and able to resist molds and fungus.

A plant that is diseased, full of bugs and withered would not make the best medicine. Quality is key….

Ylang Ylang

One essential oil that is found in many of our formulations because of its versatile nature is Ylang Ylang.

With its broad use of applications, you can find it in our pain, insomnia and anxiety relief products, specifically our Alleviation Roll On Gem Essence and Alleviate Pain Relief Spray as well as our Anti-aging elixirs because of its antispasmodic, anti inflammatory, sedative, antidepressant and hormone balancing properties.

It’s sweet, floral scent is responsible for its anti anxiety benefits. Also preventing signs of aging when applied to the skin. Known to promote a healthy, youthful glow.

Anti oxidant rich protecting skin cells from oxidative stress and DNA damage that can result in cancer cell formation.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass is another oil known for it’s many applications, a great anti inflammatory agent specific for relieving muscle pain, spasms and cramps, while relieving body aches.

It can be found in our Alleviate Pain Relief Spray as well as our Anti-aging formulations because of it’s astringent and antiseptic properties.

As a natural toner, sterilizing your pores, and strengthening your skin tissues, it blends nicely in our select Witch Hazel Facial Toners. Also known to promote a healthy glow!

Cedarwood

Cedarwood essential oil is another great anti inflammatory, antispasmodic agent found in our Alleviate Pain Relief Spray. Minimizing joint stiffness and discomfort, considered to be one of the best essential oils known for arthritis.

Frankincense

Frankincense is a favorite of mine found in our Alleviation Roll On Gem Essence, synergistically blended with Myrrh, Sandalwood, Chamomile, Rose, Lavender and Mint as well as select Witch Hazel Facial Toners.

One compound found in Frankincense worth noting are sesquiterpenes. Teeny tiny molecules capable of passing through the blood brain barrier going straight to the brain.

Because this is where most signals originate, in the brain, this a great place to start trying to restore balance in the body. Its ability to reduce pain and inflammation in the system is widely known as well as including anti-anxiety and depression-reducing benefits.

It also has the ability to prevent wrinkles, mask the appearance of large pores, even helps lift and tighten skin, which explains why it’s also in select Witch Hazel Facial Toners.

Being one of our Bestsellers, our Alleviation Roll On Gem Essence has 8 different therapeutic essential oils synergistically blended which is 6 too many for the rest of this blog.

Hopefully, by now you’re starting to see how important essential oils are when it comes to any kind of wellness regime.

Always confirm that you are using organic therapeutic grade essential oils and not fragrant oils.

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Well, kind of like it’s name implies, these Plant Allies help our body adapt to stress, in any way that our body needs which could mean different functions depending on the circumstances that the body is being faced with at the moment.

‘Adaptogens restore homeostasis within the body balancing hormones, lowering cortisol levels, produce positive stress response, increase recovery time after an illness and immune building function.

According to a Russian Dr., I.I. Brekhmann, who popularized the concept of adaptogens through his research, there are 3 criteria that they must fulfill:

1. Do no harm, place no stress on the body.

2. Assist the body in adapting to a wide range of
internal stressors (emotions, noise, pollution) as well as
environmental ones.

3. Has an amphoteric (normalizing) effect on the
activity of several body systems – especially the nervous
system, hormonal system, and immune system.’

Excerpt from, ‘Discover The Essence Of Plant Medicine, The Five Principles Of Lifesaving Herbs.’

The Cannabis plant is an adaptogen explaining it’s ability to restore homeostasis within our system. But it’s not the only one, there are many more but the beauty is that they all have the same effect on our bodies….well being.

Have you tried any adaptogens?

Discover The Essence Of Plant Medicine 🌿❤️

Of course, everyone knows that we need sunlight, but besides it providing Vitamin D, how else does it benefit us?

Number One: In relation with bone health and cartilage, sunlight enables the body to assimilate calcium. We can consume as much nutrient rich foods as possible, but if our bodies are not assimilating the nutrients, we lose the benefits. Strong bones are essential to us accomplishing all of our goals.

Number 2: Connected to the reproduction of red blood cells or hemoglobin, thereby associated with the avoidance of anemia and increasing the amount of oxygen in our blood. Symptoms associated with anemia are weakness, brain fog, mood changes, lethargy, pale skin, headaches, shortness of breath, loss of stability, irregular heartbeart, etc.

Number 3: As referred to above, not assimilating nutrients and absorbing our food properly, leads to deficiencies. Sunlight has an instant influence on our bodies ability to digest our food and assimilate nutrients.

You know there’s many more benefits than just those, but this is just a start for reasons why going outside and spending a little time enjoying the outdoors, everyday, is so important!

Obviously, too long in the sun isn’t beneficial, but 45 minutes of sunlight gives you your daily dose of vitamin D.

Discover The Essence Of Sunlight ☀️

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As a Pisces, I am so indecisive. Sometimes, making a decision can be so difficult, that I literally cannot make it. I try weighing pros and cons but then something tells me different. That goes against perhaps all of the obvious reasons not to. Because I have a feeling. Or a sense. It’s intuition. And now we now it’s heart centered.

Have you heard of the 40,000 nerve endings in our heart that we were not previously aware of. (I wasn’t anyway…) We now know that the heart is actually sending signals to the brain. Before, it was our understanding that the brain was the master controller in our bodies but this knowledge is proving otherwise, according to Greg Braden, researcher, scientist. and author. (He’s on of my favorite authors.)

For example, when hooked up to electrodes connecting the heart and brain to sensitive equipment capable of measuring subtle energies, it has been found that our hearts know what is going to happen before it happens.

When shown a series of images designed to elicit emotion whether it’s happy, sad, angry, etc., the heart knew the following image before it was shown and reacted accordingly. These images were shown at intervals of a few seconds apart. The research showed that the heart reacted to the images before the eyes perceived them. So it is not the brain or mind that has the knowing, the source is actually the heart.

It is now known that it is so much more than a muscle. The strongest magnetic field in our body is our heart. Not our brain. The electro frequency of our hearts is actually 60x greater than our brain. Heartmath Institute has been researching the human heart and how a strong collective emotion has a measurable impact on the geomagnetic field of the planet. They are also the ones who discovered the magnetic field of the heart is so much stronger than the brain. When magnetic fields of the planet are strong, people are more agreeable when they are low, we are more aggressive and prone to conflict. This research has been recorded and can be researched on your own.

The best part is that you can create a state of balance between your brain and heart so simply by meditating. And the profound effects of having these fields aligned can be measured now. By simply bringing your awareness to your heart and feeling gratitude, care, appreciation, etc. and slowing your breath and focusing on your heart and breath, you can not only bring about a state of coherence between your heart and brain that Dr. Joe Dispenza has lots of brain scans that you can see visibly the results of this kind of mindfulness. But you can also ask your heart for guidance when in this meditative state and see if you feel guided…

Have you heard of these 40,ooo nerve endings in your heart before?

Bright Blessings from the North East Kingdom ❤

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 Have you tried everything to feel better, including CBD, and nothing helped? Have you tried different diets that haven’t worked? Maybe your problem isn’t what you think it is. Are you familiar with the term acidosis?

You might recognize that some foods are acid forming and some foods are not. When analyzed a food can be considered either  acidic or base/alkaline. This is not the same as say an orange. While we think of oranges as being acidic they actually have an alkalizing effect within our bodies, as do all fruits and vegetables. 

The ideal acid alkaline balance diet would be 80% alkalizing foods and 20% acid forming foods. When we do not combine foods properly, that, among other things, can throw our bodies into a state of acidosis. Low-grade acidosis can become chronic if the body remains in that state for an extended period of time.

Chronic acidosis can cause many symptoms such as sunken eyes, lethargy, stupor, gastritis, constipation, bad breath, foul smelling stools, diarrhea, chest pain, abdominal pain, vomiting, rheumatoid arthritis, excessively low blood pressure, kidney stones, loss of bone mass, reduction of growth hormone, if bad enough it can cause cancer, coma and death, even. 

As cancer cells thrive in an acidic environment as do virus’ and bacteria, it is best to try to maintain a balanced diet. When battling cancer, the idea is to oxygenate your blood. Cancer cannot live in an oxygenated body. And you want to make your body as inhospitable to the cancer as possible.

The ideal pH for the body is around 7.0. 7.0 is neutral, if the body drops below 7.0, it is considered acidic, if the body goes above 8.0 it is considered alkaline.

The pH of our blood, saliva, urine, skin, gastric juices levels all vary:

Blood 7.38 – 7.43

Muscle is about 7.0

Salive 5.5-7.5

Urine 5.0-8.0

Skin 4.5-6.0

Gastric Juices 2.5

A one point increase in ph is the result of a ten fold decrease in hydrogen ions, H+. When the pH of our body is off because of acid forming foods in our diet, pharmaceutical medications, exercise, etc. our body has to use its mineral reserves that are stored in our vital organs and our bones to try to alkalize this condition.

Hence, calcium deficiency. The body starts drawing calcium from the bones. This is why another option for treating Osteoporosis might not be to add more calcium supplements. Continuing with an acid forming diet will not stop the extraction of the alkaline calcium from the bones by the body to correct the improper ph levels. A simpler option might be to adjust your diet.

Protein is acid forming, too much animal protein encourages this type of environment increasing the symptoms and discomfort of an acidic environment resulting in the body having to work overtime trying to correct the ph. Utilizing a lot of your bodies cellular energy where it could be used elsewhere.

Wondering what your ph is? The best indicator is urine tested first thing in the morning with 6 hours between the last.

PH stands for potential for hydrogen H+. Our bodies have three ways that we expel access Hydrogen, H+ molecules. One way is through our Respiratory System or lungs by exhaling. My professor likes to think of it as a Hydrogen, H+ exhaust pipe. Excess acids are stored in the body as fat.

Other ways that the body uses to excrete excess acid is through the urine. Our kidneys cannot excrete urine that is too acidic so it uses buffers to alkalize it so that it can be passed efficiently through the kidneys.

Another way our body balances it’s pH levels is through sweat. You will notice that the pH of our skin is much more acidic than the rest of our body. This is a result of the acid mantle on the skin which protects us from bacteria and such. 

Exercise is another way that our body levels or pH can become off. We inhale oxygen which is transported to the active muscles where it combines with waste products from energy conversion, carbon (C) and hydrogen H+ to form carbon dioxide and water. During strenuous exercises our body exceeds our oxygen supply and the body begins to use other alternate biochemical processes that do not require oxygen (anaerobic metabolism.) These processes generate excess acids H+ which enter the blood stream, if the body is not able to expel it it can build up in the muscles causing a ‘muscle burn.’

Remember I mentioned buffers, earlier? Lactic acid is a buffer. Buffers are carrier molecules that can accept and transport hydrogen ions to bodily tissue where they can be used for energy and excreted as waste. So while lactic acid has a place, when too much accumulates it is a sign that the body is in a state of acidosis. 

The most important buffer system in the blood involves carbonic acid, a weak acid formed from carbon dioxide dissolved in the blood, which is then exhaled.

Luckily, there are things that we can do to alkalize our bodies. Deep breathing techniques for one as oxygen is alkalizing. Avoiding alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceutical medications and processed foods because they are also acid forming. Eating more raw fruits and vegetables.

For athletes, acidified body tissue shows up as sports injuries. If the blood is too acidic, the muscles of the body absorb the acid making the tissue acidic. 

If you are not feeling the potential that you know you have because of these underlying conditions that no one seems to recognize or be able to treat, maybe it’s acidosis. 

This can be corrected with proper food combining. It might seem like a dramatic change from what you’re used to but if you feel better, you can get back to your old self. A raw food study conducted on an experimental group by Victoria Boutenko showed that after 2 days of eating raw foods, IQ levels rose by 40%!

I’m including some basic food combing concepts so you can plan your next meals…

Sending green healing energy from the North East Kingdom ❤

MMRV (ProQuad) (Frozen: Human Serum Albumin) 2/2020*  ~MRC-5 cells including DNA and protein, sucrose, hydrolyzed gelatin, sodium chloride, sorbitol, monosodium L-glutamate, sodium phosphate dibasic, human albumin, sodium bicarbonate, potassium phosphate monobasic, potassium chloride; potassium phosphate dibasic, neomycin, bovine calf serum

This information can be found on the CDC’s website, here is the link https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/b/excipient-table-2.pdf

I am also including a testimony from a doctor/expert that has so many credentials that I am just going to include one paragraph. Dr. Deisher has been trying to fight for transparency on vaccine labeling. Here are a few of her credentials~ ‘Theresa Deisher, Ph.D. (President, Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute , CEO and Managing Member, AVM Biotechnology). Dr. Deisher, an expert in the field of adult stem cell therapies and regenerative medicine, brings 18 years of experience in scientific and corporate leadership positions involving research, discovery, production and commercialization of human therapeutics. Dr. Deisher’s penchant for groundbreaking scientific discovery and her distinguished scientific research has resulted in 23 patents issued in her name. She has published numerous scientific manuscripts and is a frequent invited lecturer and guest speaker in the area of stem cell technology and regenerative medicine. Throughout her career, Dr. Deisher has been recruited by some of the country’s top biotechnology companies, including Genentech, Repligen, ZymoGenetics, Immunex and Amgen. She has managed and mentored undergraduate honors students, post-doctoral fellows, scientific executives and over 20 research assistants/scientists at all levels of responsibility.’

But her list of credentials goes on for many paragraphs and you can view this testimony at: https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/pcbe/transcripts/sept08/deisher_statement.pdf

According to Dr. Deisher, ‘Some childhood vaccines that are mandated prior to entering kindergarten are only available in the US produced using aborted fetal cells, these include MMR (mumps measles rubella) and chickenpox. Other mandated childhood vaccines are available from both animal or human sources, and yet parents and grandparents are not informed of this so that they can choose a vaccine compatible with their consciences.

Shouldn’t parents and grandparents know that when they immunize their children with a particular vaccine they are also injecting their children with DNA from an aborted fetus? Yet there are no laws that require drug manufacturers to inform the public of this.  The package insert for Varivax, a chickenpox vaccine, states that the vaccine contains “residual components of MRC-5 cells including DNA and protein”, but how many parents or grandparents, let alone pediatricians and pharmacists, would know that MRC-5, or WI-38, is a cell line derived from an aborted fetus, and that the contaminating DNA and protein listed on the package insert is the DNA and protein of an aborted fetus? If we have the legal right to know what is in our Big Macs, don’t we have the right to know what is in our vaccines and medicines?

The perceived link between childhood vaccines and autism has generated significant press and controversy since 1992. The suggested link has been, and is today, the MMR vaccine. Since 1983, the MMR vaccine in the US has only been produced using aborted fetal cells. Coincidentally, severe autism began to rise in the US in 1983, increasing from less than 1 child per 10,000 to 16-17 children per 10,000 (or about 1 in 500) by 1990. The aborted fetal produced MMR was introduced to the UK almost a decade later, and an immediate rise in autism levels was noted, which lead to the suspected link between the vaccine and autism.

I would ask all of you to support FLICA legislation, Fair Labeling and Informed Consent, to insure that consumers, whether for moral, philosophical or safety reasons, KNOW what they are giving their children in vaccines. The FLICA legislation would require not only informed consent, but education of each parent about alternative vaccines. With the approval of the creation of HUMAN-ANIMAL hybrids by the UK this past spring, this legislation is now gaining bipartisan and pro-choice support. Wouldn’t you want to know if your medicine contained DNA from a human-animal hybrid?

Aborted human DNA in our vaccines is not the end, it is only the beginning, as the creation of human-animal hybrids demonstrates. A new aborted fetal cell line has been developed, called PerC6, and licenses have been taken by over 50 partners, including the NIH and the Walter Reed Army Institute, to use this cell line for new vaccine and biologics production. The goal of the company that created the PerC6 is to become the production cell line for ALL vaccines, therapeutics antibodies, biologic drugs and gene therapy. We must know the consequences of contaminating human DNA before we wake up and discover that all newly approved recombinant drugs are produced by aborted fetal cells.’

The testimony goes on and there is alot more important information there to research in the link above. We need answers, we need transparency, we need more research. We need to protect our children, this is the whole premise for our decisions that we make everyday, we can’t stop when it comes to vaccines. We need Informed Consent. We have the right to know and to be told before our babies and children are injected what these medicines contain. The vaccine injured families wish they had been told of the possible risks before their children were injured or worse, killed. Parents are trusting their doctors to be offering safe alternatives to keep their children well and healthy. Doctors need to live up to this trust that is being instilled into them.

When one doctor who is engineering vaccines was asked how many aborted fetus’s he’s used he cited one experiment where they used about 72-76 fetus’s. That was just one experiment and he’s been doing this for decades….

There are whispers of a vaccine for Covid bypassing the animal trials, but we have to ensure the safety and efficacy with a guarantee of purity from anything before we give or inject our children with it. They are not guinea pigs, if your child is the one in how many that dies, you might wish they had researched a little more. There is nothing wrong with asking questions, remember. Our little ones are counting on us….

 

Our bodies have specific functions that vary according to different lifestyle choices. How often does your doctor ask you what you’ve been eating? When my husband had cancer and was in pain and we went to see multiple doctors and emergency rooms, repeatedly, noone ever asked him what he was ingesting or what he wasn’t ingesting. It was so irrelevant in the conventional medical system that any mention I made of  it was even laughed at almost, even. Like do you know where you are right now? Noone cares about food here, noone thinks food has any action that is going to improve this situation right now. And if you mentioned herbs, doctors REALLY look at you like you are crazy, those are just so dangerous and unregulated that we can’t even bring any of them into the hospital. Yet, way more people have died from pharmaceutical drugs than plants and continue to every year.

When my husband was in the hospital, I made him organic food instead of eating hospital food. I brought the blender and he drank smoothies everyday, took his vitamins and got better. Same thing when my mom was in the hospital, I made sure she ate good food and got specific nutrients that our bodies need to function at their optimum level.  The hospital definitely keeps people from dying and saves many lives, and we are lucky to have them when needed. But all of their methods, while lifesaving does not mean that they couldn’t be improved on with some basic nutrition and herbal remedies.

After my mom’s heartache, stroke, kidney failure and thyroid disorder emergency, and being unconscious for 4 days with a tube just taken out of her throat, they brought her some pork roast to eat for her first meal. And it wasn’t because she asked for it, she doesn’t even like that, but regardless, when I mentioned it to the hospital, they had her throat assessed and changed it to only liquid food. Hmmm….

So what I’m saying is there are many things that we can do to increase our immune function in ways that you might not have thought of that might be easier than you think and then you can feel strong instead of susceptible. The six plants in the picture can be incorporated as tea or capsules and will boost your immune system. If you know that you are actively making choices to improve your immune system than you know that you have a strong immune system.

One of the doctors before my husband started chemo when I asked them if there was anything (I meant supplement wise) that he could do to ease the side effects, looked at my husband and said, ‘People who go into it thinking this is going to be the end of me, it’s going to be the worst, for them it is, for those who go into it thinking I’m going to beat this and it’s not going to bring down, that’s the experience they have and they often beat it.’

That was from the Oncologist, he couldn’t recommend anything but your perspective going into it. This was at Dartmouth, and while I thought how amazing it was to hear a doctor recommend this, I knew there was more that we could do, but that just proved that your thoughts have ALOT to do with your outcome.

SO if that’s the case than improving your thoughts with more of ‘I know I’m strong because I am proactive in my health and wellness and don’t leave anything to chance.’ You are more likely to be and stay healthy than if you don’t do anything and just feel scared and rather like a sitting duck just waiting for it to come and get you, next. That doesn’t feel good and creates all kind of imbalances inside you.

I am trying to help you feel better, so here are 9 ways you can boost your immune function:

1. Get a salt lamp. Salt lamps are inexpensive ways to purify your air and not only that they increase the negative ions in your living space. Positive ions are created by cell phones, WIFI routers, etc. Staying home during these stressful times decreases the likelihood of you being exposed to many negative ions. Negative ions are found in Nature, created by waterfalls, streams, etc. that’s why it feels so good when you spend time with Mother Nature because there are sooo many negative ions that it is literally good for you! So you’re going to want to find one of those, an patient just called to ask me what I could recommend as she is elderly and lives in a condominium in the city so she really doesn’t have much Nature around and risks exposure going outside. I found her a salt lamp on Target’s website for like $7.99, we have them in every room, it’s an inexpensive way to purify your air and bring the outdoors in, so to speak to increase the negative ions in your space improving not only your mental state, but your quality of air and respiration. Other air purifiers are plants!

2. Take An Organic, Fermented, Food Based Multivitamin. Nutritional deficiencies can create all kinds of biochemical reactions in the body when it doesn’t have what it requires to perform it’s daily functions. Especially right now, that is one of the best things that you can give your body and your children especially who are growing and whose nutritional needs being met are crucial to their developing bodies. And it’s so easy, if you’re someone who is forgetful, try to get a One A Day so that you don’t forget to take it and start each morning off with it. Some vitamins’ doses are 3 a day which is fine if you can remember. Make sure they are at least Non-GMO if organic seems like a challenge. But if they aren’t good vitamins, you don’t need to take something that is going to create more imbalances like a synthetic or low quality vitamin can do, which would decrease your immune system defeating the whole purpose.

3. Take Vitamin C. Get a good organic, food based, fermented (vitamin C Complex would be first choice) vitamin. Acting as a powerful antioxidant in your body, as well as an essential nutrient, it has many functions it improves besides boosting immune function. A vitamin that your body does not store so making sure to incorporate foods that are rich in vitamin C is any easy way to boost your immune system as it boosts your absorption of nutrients as well. Eat oranges, strawberries, lemons, grapefruits, honeydew, kiwis, papaya, pineapple, peppers~green, red, broccoli, kale, parsley, tomatoes, peas. Replacing processed foods with fresh foods will increase not only your vitamin C intake, but many other vitamins, minerals and amino acids that your body uses to perform optimum function. Infants recommendation for 0–6 months is 40 mg/day and 7–12 months is 50 mg/day. For children the recommendations for 1–3 years is 15 mg/day, 4–8 years is 25 mg/day and for 9–13 years is 45 mg/day. Adolescents needs change recommending ~Girls 14–18 years have 65 mg/day, pregnant teens is 80 mg/day, breastfeeding teens is 115 mg/day and for boys 14–18 years is 75 mg/day. For adults~women age 19 years and older is 75 mg/day, men age 19 and older is 90 mg/day, women age 19 years and older is 75 mg/day, pregnant women is 85 mg/day and breastfeeding women should have 120 mg/day. The thing with vitamin C is, you know you’re taking too much when you start having diarrhea. Then you can just back off until you stop. Vitamin C is a potent ally to have on your side.

4. Increase your Vitamin D intake~it is estimated that 90% of adults in the US are deficient in this important vitamin, odds are you are one of them. Individuals who are overweight have an increased likelihood of displaying vitamin D deficiency symptoms, as well as folks who work indoors. Supplementing vitamin D can be as simple as making sure you spend 45 min. a day in the sun with out any sunscreen. This is a daily dose of vitamin D. If you can’t risk exposure by going outside for this duration, than supplement with some organic vitamin D. Some vitamin D containing foods are eggs, mackerel, wild caught salmon, cod liver oil, tuna fish and beef liver. Individuals ages 1–70 require 600 IUs daily, while children under 12 months require at least 400 IU per day and older adults require even more vitamin D and should aim to get at least 800 IU of vitamin D each day.

5. Go Outside, Take a walk in the woods. If you can’t because of your living situation, than you can just keep this info in mind for when you can. Spending 2 hours in the forest can increase your (NK) or natural killer white blood cells by 50% and it lasts for 30 days!! This study is research that has come out of Japan. It’s all in my book, Discover The Essence of Plant Medicine~The Lifesaving Principles of Herbs, these studies and many more. They call it Forest Bathing and for us in Vermont, some of us live Forest Bathing surrounded by Nature.

6. Turn Up The Tunes and Dance! I know you think I’m crazy, but you can read details in my book, dancing to your favorite music actually increases your white blood cells, increasing your immune function. Those are what your body uses to fight off invaders or pathogens of any kind, so if there is any way that you can easily do that, why not?

7. Increase Your Probiotics Consumption. 80% of your immune system is in your gut, if you don’t have enough friendly bacteria, you will be more susceptible to illness without them. They improve your gut health. And I say, ‘gut’ because that’s literally what it’s called. Antibiotics kill our friendly gut bacteria, whether they are necessary or not is irrelevant. Supplementation after rounds of antibiotics is imperative to restoring the delicate balance of your microbiome. These are seven types of bacteria that your body requires and that you are going to be looking for if you buy one~

• Lactobacillus acidophilus
• Lactobacillus bulgarius
• Lactobacillus reuteri
• Streptococcus thermophilus
• Saccharomyces boulardii
• Bifidobacterium bifidum
• Bacillus subtilis

Many foods have prebiotics and probiotics, by increasing your consumption of these compounds, you are increasing your immune function directly. Foods that you want to increase your intake of include: sauerkraut, yogurt, kombucha, kefir, apple cider vinegar, raw cheeses from reputable farmers not limited to dairy from cows, sheep and goat cheese are also high in beneficial bacteria and enzymes that are destroyed during the heating process, pickles, tempeh, miso, kimchi are just to name a few. But this is another easy way to build your immune system to be as strong as it needs to be.

8. Plenty of Rest. When I say rest, I don’t just mean sleep, although I do mean sleep is imperative to vital immune function. Lack of sleep can wreak havoc on your body, part of immune boosting is making sure your body gets enough rest, relaxation and removal from the worries of the world. Rest could mean reading a good book, taking a bath, meditating, listening to soft music and stretching, there are many ways to rest. Ease your mind. let go of your cares, remove your self from your current situation. Sit still. Be quiet. Listen to yourself. Listen to nothing. Just be. For as long as you can. You’ll feel better after, I promise.

9. Turn Off The Media. Take a break, you already know there’s a Worldwide Pandemic. For people who don’t like to miss stuff, you’re not gonna miss it, the whole world knows. Now there’s nothing more that you can do than be responsible. You watching the news 24/7 is not going to change anything. It will however change your physiology which can decrease your immune function if you are feeling fearful. Instead of your body focusing on functioning and it’s specific tasks at hand, now it’s got to deal with increased stress hormones and decreasing the inflammation they are causing, taking away their focus from their everyday tasks of metabolism, digestion, circulation, etc. Just be proactive, do what you can. Watching the news is not going to help you not get sick but washing your hands often, definitely before you eat, even if you haven’t left the house is going to have a direct action on whether you get sick or not. Watching the news makes you feel less empowered and more at the mercy of whatever is going to happen that they are projecting. It’s like a sitting duck mentality. If you are proactive, you wash down surfaces, germs could be lurking on door handles, toilet seat handles, refrigerator or cupboard door handles. It’s just ALWAYS good practice to wash your hands before you eat, your mom or dad or gram or someone told you that when you were little, common sense.

10. Use CBD. You know I’m going to say that, right? Either Topically or Sublingual matters not. It’s true, responsible for maintaining cellular homeostasis which is balance on all levels from temperature, glucose, appetite. Who doesn’t need that kind of balance? We actually have CB1 and CB2 receptors all throughout our bodies to receive the benefits that CBD oil has to offer. Not to mention it has antiviral properties. Meaning it will make you more resistant to pathogens.

Remember health comes from within, we have no receptors for pharmaceuticals. Take your health into your hands.

If you are being proactive, taking your supplements, eating right, boosting your immune system optimizing it’s function then you can feel empowered, more like a ‘Bring it!’ attitude because you know your body is strong and ways to boost it to make it stronger if it’s not as strong as you’d like. You know that you are not a victim of your body. YOU ARE THE MASTER, if you feel weak, CHANGE IT! Only you can and only you will. Do it for yourself, do it for your family and now, you’re even doing it for the planet.

I HOPE THIS HELPS! HAPPY NEW YEAR!