Organic Not Better? What The??

I saw an article yesterday from the Baltimore Sun that said organic may not provide the added health benefit we think it does.  That the "researchers" (I use that term loosely) don't have any evidence that long term exposure to pesticides on food causes health problems.

Are they kidding?????

And the best is that the Academy of Pediatrics, the same people who don't see any negative health effects from all the nasty ingredients in immunizations, are backing this up.

This actually blew me away as I was reading it.  Are they really trying to now convince the public that eating a diet of organic foods not treated with pesticides or fed nasty fertilizers isn't a healthier way to eat?  Especially for our children who's young systems and growing brains are susceptible to these types of chemicals.

I'm not sure where the "research" came from in this latest "study".  My guess would be Monsanto, or the non-organic food industry trying to convince us that it's ok to eat their product.

I know that I have a giant organic garden in my backyard and what I can't grow I buy organic.  The dairy products I buy are organic and hormone free, my meats and eggs come from a local organic farm (my Thanksgiving turkey is growing right now!),  and I wouldn't change that for anything!  My family is incredibly healthy and I would never be willing to "see what would happen" if we changed to buying  commercial produce and products filled with chemicals.

All you have to do is look around at all the little girls going into puberty way to young and all the kids with more health problems these days than ever before to see there is a problem.

Keep buying organic and non GMO for the health and safety of your family.  I for one am not buying into this latest attempt to convince us otherwise.

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Daughter's First Bee Sting Cure

We have a pretty large organic garden in the back yard and have since we bought the house when my daughter was a baby.  She has always understood that the bees in the backyard are good since they pollinate and help our garden grow.

Well, tonight she was on the patio and I went outside to check on her and she was standing with her face against the glass door.  When I asked her what was wrong she stated to cry her eyes out.  She said a bee had stung her on the finger.  This was the first bee bite of her 2 years.

I took her inside and immediately make a thick paste of baking soda and water.  I use it for everything so I figured "why not".  The paste worked like a charm.  It make the stinger come out and took her pain away.  YAY!

As my daughter started crying again, I asked her if she was still in pain and she said no.  Then she said, "Mommy why did the bee that pollinates our garden sting me, it hurt my feelings".  I love that kid!!!

So I have found yet another great use for the non-toxic baking soda I love.

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Things I Never Thought To Clean Before

The other day as I was cleaning the house, with vinegar and baking soda of course, when it occurred to me as I was cleaning the sink.....how does the sink drain and stopper get cleaned?  I had never done it and I am sure it needed it.

I decided to go get one of my extra bottle brushes and give it a shot.  I poured some vinegar in the drain then put some baking soda on the brush and started to scrub the inside of the stopper and the inside of the drain.

EWWWWW.  I was mortified.  There was so much black gross stuff coming out.  This nastiness had been living in the drain that we wash our faces and brush our teeth!

I went through the house brush in hand cleaning all the sinks!  It was disgusting.

I had never thought about cleaning it out before but something just struck me that all the water that goes through there must create some mold like the shower tile can.  Now it is a part of my cleaning routine and I will never let it build up like that again.  When was the last time you cleaned yours???

Give it a shot and see.

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