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Things You Can Do NOW To Avoid Toxins and Poisons

Dr. Loretta Lanphier, ND, CN, HHP, CH

• Avoid pre-packaged and processed foods - This means almost all foods in cans, bags, plastic containers, boxes, etc. which amounts to over 70% of most grocery store's products!
• Shop the outside perimeter of your grocery store.  That’s usually where all the health-giving, oxygen rich foods are located. The dead, nutrition-void foods are in the middle! Try to avoid all food that is genetically modified.
• Eat truly organic or locally-grown foods.  Also try to eat foods that “in-season.”
• Consume only raw, hormone-free, free-range and organic dairy.  If using milk products raw and organic goat’s milk is the most easily digested.
• Wash all fruits, vegetables and meats in a solution of purified water and food-grade hydrogen peroxide or in one gallon of purified water plus 20 drops of Oxy-SC. Rinse thoroughly.
• Learn about organic gardening/composting and start your own vegetable, fruit garden.  Purchase the book Square Foot Gardening.
• Consume only healthy fats: flaxseed oil, hempseed oil, coconut oil, tea oil, olive oil.
• Eat only Alaskan salmon and halibut.  Farm-raised fish are just as toxic as fish from most of our waters.  Cold-water fish is always a better choice.
• Use natural cleaning products-like real soap, etc.
• Avoid DEET - use Neem gels.
• Get all silver/mercury fillings removed by a trained biological dentist.
• Wear organic cotton clothing and use organic cotton sheets, towels, etc.
• Use low or no VOC paints when painting the inside of your home.
• Avoid artificial air fresheners, toxic candles, dryer sheets and fabric softeners.  Essential oils can be used for fresheners and placed on cotton cloths to use a dryer sheets.
• Use natural or oxygen-based soaps detergents for clothing.
• Practice correct hand washing techniques. Warm purified water and soap for 30 seconds.
• If you must use dry-cleaning, make sure that you hang the clothing outside or in the garage for several hours before bringing into the home.
• Avoid MSG, aspartame, Splenda, pop, margarine, trans-fats, hydrogenated oils.
• Avoid toothpastes and shampoos with aluminum and sodium lauryl sulfate.
• Practice all-natural oral hygiene. Breath Fresh™ is a great all-natural ingredient mouth, breath and teeth cleaner/refresher.
• Make your own all-natural tooth powder: Thoroughly mix 3 parts baking soda (the cleanser and sweetener) with one part salt (the abrasive). Add 1-2 tsp. of very fine MSM powder. May also add Xylitol for taste. Mix well. Funnel the compound into a short small-mouthed glass container. This formula has a satisfying, different taste and leaves your mouth feeling very fresh and soothed. If you'd like, add a few drops of peppermint, wintergreen or cinnamon to the formula.
• Instead of flossing use an oral irrigator.  Add two drops of Oregasil™ to the water. Do not use oregano oil if you have bonding on your teeth.
• Use hair products that are safe and natural.
• Avoid deodorants with aluminum.
• Use all-natural skin care products and cosmetics. Remember that a chemical name means a chemical no matter if the parenthesis say “from xyz plant.”
• Avoid baking powder with aluminum.
• Avoid aluminum cookware; use glass, pottery, stainless steel or cast iron.
• Avoid plastic containers.  Don’t buy products that are packaged in any type of plastic.
• Avoid microwaves. They radiate your food and your home.
• Use glass containers.
• If you suffer from allergies, get a netti pot and practice using every day.  Place 3-4 drops of Oxy-SC™ in purified water to use as rinse. Oregasil™ is also great to take for allergies.
• Get a good water system for your home.  Our extensive research indicates that Wellness Filters provide the most healthy water for the body.
• Use ionic air purification for your home—especially living areas, bedrooms and kitchen.
• Use electro-magnetic frequency removers for cell phones and home.
• Many people spend 8-10 hours daily in an office building.  Read my article: Setting Up Your Office for Health.
• Get plenty of safe sunshine.  Before 10:00 AM and after 3:00 PM.  At least 30 minutes on at least 40% of your body every day.
• Go to bed before 10:00 PM every night.  Sleep in a dark, cool room. The body does the most healing and repair work between the hours of 10:00 PM and 2:00 AM.
• Drink half of your body weight in ounces of purified water every day.
• Work on negative and toxic emotions.  Learn the Emotional Freedom Technique, read up-lifting books, listen to soothing music, learn to forgive, laugh and to let go of anger.
• Walk or use a rebounder for 30 minutes every day.
• Use a FIR sauna 1-2 times every week.
• Get a chiropractic adjustment 1-2 times monthly.
• MOST IMPORTANT: PRACTICE TOTAL BODY CLEANSING -  Perform a liver/gallbladder/digestive tract/parasite cleanse 2-4 times yearly in order to keep unavoidable toxins moving out of the body.

About the Author

Loretta Lanphier, ND, CN, HHP, CH is a Doctor of Naturopath, Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Health Practitioner and Clinical Herbalist in Houston, TX and Founder / CEO of Oasis Advanced Wellness. Under her leadership, Oasis Advanced Wellness is known and respected as one of the leading natural health companies in providing safe and clean hi-tech natural health programs and wellness solutions. Lanphier is Editor and contributor to the worldwide Free E-newsletter Advanced Health & Wellness We invite you to visit us at Oasis Advanced Wellness, the PMS-Progesterone-Menopause Resource Center, the Acne Resource Center, the Glyconutrient Resource Center, the Allergy-Asthma-Sinus Relief Resource Center and www.oasisserene.com