November 11, 2012

Nutrasweet, Jelly, and MS?

Beverly’s Note: This article is reprinted in part from Dr. Mercola’s website. The full article is available here.
“Aspartame is the technical name for NutraSweet, Equal and Spoonful. While it’s one of the most commonly used artificial sweeteners in the world, it’s also one of, if not THE most dangerous food additive on the market today.
Aspartame accounts for over 75 percent of the adverse reactions to food additives reported to the FDA. (Italics are Beverly’s). Many of these reactions are very serious, including seizures and death.
Even though aspartame is touted as natural, it has a synthetic methyl group on one of the amino acids that rapidly breaks down to methanol (wood alcohol). The sweetness associated with Continue reading and leave a comment.

July 31, 2012

Colognes, Perfumes and Chemical Distress

We have a large sign in our offices: SCENT-FREE ZONE! We frequently ask visitors and new clients to evaluate the different fragrances they have on their clothes, skin and hair, and ask them them to rinse off any that they can. We get a variety of responses from folks until we explain the reason.

The first reason is that others in our Natural Health Center may be sensitive to the chemicals we call “fragrances”. The second is that YOU may be sensitive to these chemicals and not even know it! Continue reading and leave a comment.