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Do You Love The Smell Of "Fresh Baked Bread"?

Do you love the smell of "fresh baked bread"? What memories does it bring back for you?
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Top 5 "Silent Killer" Ingredients of Scented Candles

When you hear the words, "silent killers" .... you may think of Carbon Monoxide, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, or Prostate Cancer for men? The effects of exposure to "silent killer" ingredients of scented candles over a period of time, however, can be just as devastating. 
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How Pet and Child Friendly Are Your Cleaning Products?

Have you ever examined the ingredients of your cleaning products?
A lung study showed that using traditional cleaners in your home once a week is the equivalent of smoking a pack of cigarettes per day. Even products advertised as “green” or “natural” may contain ingredients that can cause health problems.
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Identify Your Triggers - Fragrances

No doubt most of you have seen the reports about the dangers of second-hand (cigarette) smoke.  The past few years a newsecond-hand smoke” has jumped to the forefront .... it only takes an hour of burning a candle to have the same effect as smoking one cigarette. 

Figuring out what "second-hand smoke" triggers your symptoms, is key to getting on the road to wellness.
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What Is The Gut/Smell Connection?

One morning my husband and I were on our way to an event. We had eaten a nice breakfast. We picked up a young friend to ride with us. When we arrived about 15 minutes later we dropped off our friend and then had to leave. We were having such a hard time focusing and forming our thoughts. And, even though we had eaten breakfast, we were absolutely feeling this deep, hollow pit in our stomachs!! How could we possibly be hungry?

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My Freedom Journey

 
People, including doctors, thought we were crazy...all in our heads.  After all, how could normal, every day household and personal product smells affect your ability to function, to cause you to be incoherent and feel shaky inside, to have an emotional break-down?  Inside we were dying.  Outside we appeared normal. 
Fragrances were, and are, part of every day, normal life.....candles, laundry, cleaning, perfumes.  Everyone and their neighbor used them.  For us, we either had to isolate ourselves or suffer the following day or two with a toxic hangover.  Isolation is never a good option, especially with children.  During the summer it was impossible to go outside without inhaling someone's laundry or the recent lawn product application.  My husband was so bad one summer that he could eat constantly and, yet, still lose weight.  Every month I would get a sinus infection and/or chest congestion. 
Then came the food sensitivities and autoimmune disorders.  How could food cause my ears to be red and hot, my cheeks to flush, and cause my entire body to break out multiple times in a horrendous, red, itchy, inflamed rash only to burn when scratched and ooze yellow, sticky fluid?  Imagine, every day having gauze pads over the majority of your body under your clothes and hoping the rash doesn't drain so much that it soaks through your clothes.  It would take months to disappear.  People said "just get a cortisone/steroid shot" for relief.  They could not understand why that was not my choice
By discovering and eliminating my many triggers, finding a new, non-toxic way to support my immune system, my liver, and my thyroid, I have not had a major skin breakout for about 3 yrs and have been able to manage my autoimmune disorders without the use of standard medication. 
I finally found a way to acquire "Freedom from Toxins", "Freedom to Achieve Wellness", and "Freedom to Choose". 


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