How To Make Toothpaste

A dear friend of mine, Diane Kidman, writes and runs DK Mommyspot and An Uncommon Thread and is also the author of "Herbs Gone Wild; Ancient Remedies Turned Lose". You can now purchase her book as an ebook on Amazon for only $.99! I trust Diane to always bring great remedies and recipes to her articles and posts, and that they have been tested and tried.

So when she posted on how to make toothpaste, I thought this was something I really needed to share with my readers. So I do not take credit for this recipe and give it all back to Diane. We must take Fluoride out of our lives as well. Don't let anyone tell you it's good for you. It was, back in the day, when it wasn't IN anything. But now it's not only in your toothpaste but tons in your water. (Unless you are on well water as I am). Having a filter on your faucet is the best protection from too much Fluoride.

So here's Diane's recipe:

While it may sound like a complicated process, learning how to make your own natural homemade toothpaste couldn’t be easier. Chances are, you already have some of the ingredients rattling around your kitchen; and if you don’t, they’re easy to find and inexpensive.
Here’s the recipe:
2 Tbs. baking soda
2 Tbs. organic coconut oil
1/2 tsp. organic raw honey
3 – 5 drops essential oil such as spearmint, peppermint, cinnamon or clove
Just a dash of sea salt or Kosher salt
Dump all these ingredients into a bowl and smash it all with a fork, mushing the coconut oil into the mixture until it looks just like – well, just like toothpaste. Scrape all the well-mixed paste into a glass container with a tight fitting lid and use just as you would your regular, expensive, and not-so-natural paste.
That’s it! You’ve just learned how to make a natural and homemade toothpaste at a fraction of the cost of store bought brands and is safe enough for even the youngest teeth in the family.


So with that..... I am off to the kitchen to make some toothpaste. Enjoy!
From my heart to yours ~ Angie Christine

Homemade Apple Chips

Homemade Apple Chips everyone in the family will love! I was making these in the fall and they are also great for the holidays.

Here's how to make your own healthy apple chips:

First use a small amount of olive oil to lightly grease your pans. Smear it around evenly with your finger tips. If you don't use the oil the apples will NOT come off. Believe me, I have tried both ways. You can use stone or metal cookie sheets. Both work nicely.

Next, slice up your apples. I use the Pampered Chef slicer. No I am not using the guard. But I do recommend it! (If you cut yourself, you can't say I didn't warn you! :) I rotate the apple around the core. Some pieces will be bigger than others. If you feel they are too big just break them in half. I use red and green apples for variation in flavor.

Thermography Breast Exams

Thermography Breast Exams are an up and coming way of replacing Mammograms. Every women is at risk for breast cancer these days. It is on the rise in younger women and not your "grandmother's disease" anymore. In the 1950's it was 1 in every 20 women ages 50 and up. Today it is 1 in every 8 women and as low as age early 20's. We must take time to do self exams and make those appointments to be checked by a physician.

I have talked in the past about self exams. As these are good for finding the tumors, by the time you find one on your own, it would have to be about 1" in diameter. That means it's already well advanced. So yes, finding it within the time span of one exam and another is important, but so is using technology to find it before you do. Meaning it would be even smaller and easier to treat.

What choice do you have when it comes to the detection device used? Here's a few tid bits on each machine and what it does.

 

Report: BPA in Kids' Canned Food

This report is taken from the Breast Cancer Fund's site. I subscribe to their updates and received this email on BPA's found in Kids' canned foods. Of course I believe all foods should be eaten as natural and as raw as possible. No processed foods! What is a processed food? If you bought it and it was made up for you already, it was processed by someone else and loaded with chemicals to keep it "fresh" on the shelf longer.

What happen to the old fashion days of making our dinner on our own? Oh yes, we are to busy. But are you to busy to be sick? Are you to busy to fight some disease in your family and make numerous trips to the doctor? I am.

Please take time to read the report below and take it to heart. It's not only for your heart's health but your children's as well.

Product testing by the Breast Cancer Fund has uncovered bisphenol A, the estrogenic chemical linked to breast cancer in lab studies, in canned foods marketed directly to young kids. BPA in Kids' Canned Food, the Breast Cancer Fund tested six different canned foods marketed to and consumed by kids:
• Annie's Homegrown Cheesy Ravioli
• Campbell's Disney Princess Cool Shapes, Shaped Pasta with Chicken in Chicken Broth
• Campbell's Spaghettios with Meatballs
• Campbell's Toy Story Fun Shapes, Shaped Pasta with Chicken in Chicken Broth
• Chef Boyardee Whole Grain Pasta, Mini ABC's & 123's with Meatballs
• Earth's Best Organic Elmo Noodlemania Soup