Flax Oil and..

 Click the pic for this person's take on flax oil for beautifulness.  I also researched jojoba oil and grapeseed oil and castor oil today.

*Castor Oil ~ Studies Support Castor Oil's Efficacy as an Antimicrobial, Anti-Inflammatory, and Immunostimulant

All of these oils are oils that are anti germy pore clearing.  I keep reading to make sure it's organic when you buy it.  All of these oils are supposed to help with acne.  Crazy, I think it just must be getting the hang of using it and your own little personal mix, which I'm still working on.  But gotta say this, it hasn't made my hair greasy around the hairline like I thought and on my 3rd day when I wash my hairline is strangely LESS greasy.  This was a concern for me, also, strange but true, I feel like my face itself is less oily and greasy.  So my face status today, about 1 ugly zit and 3 annoying lesser ones I am riding out.  High hopes, people... high hopes...

ps I also started to take some lysine while my skin, *ahem* "works out" it's nasties while I'm getting use to OCM.  I have no intention of taking it long term.

Lysine = Great Skin??

Once a upon a time, many years ago, my husband struggled with canker sores, I asked the pharmacist what could help.  She said Lysine.  And they've been a staple in our med cabinet ever since, they really do heal them FAST.  I don't get them often but when I do, I use this.  I told my BFF about them of course and she told her sister, who had the side effect of suddenly really great skin, enough she got notice form co workers.  Google Lysine and skin.  I was all geared up to start this daily then read this . "Lysine is POSSIBLY SAFE for most people when taken by mouth at recommended doses for up to one year, or when applied to the skin short-term. It can cause side effects such as stomach pain and diarrhea."  So use with caution.

Soy, Good, or Bad?

Answer... bad, unless it is  non GMO-fermented which most is not.  Cancer, hormonely disruptive to all ages, think soy formula???  This article was super duper informative.  I always wondered, soy, good, right, health food, right? tofu, good right? nope.  Soy milk, good right? Pretty much all of it, not good.  We were drinking soy milk for a while... my mom kept telling me negative things about soy she read and heard, but it was right in the health food area of our grocery store... it had to be healthy right??  Isn't it funny the stuff we are pumping in to most all our food, GMO corn products, and GMO soy, it's in almost everrrrrrything we are eating.  Read those labels people, read, those, labels!!  And read this article ;) and spare yourself.

Phthalates, Hormones, Makeup, Yay!

 A Surprising Cause of Early Menopause more info from this blog.  (from k.snyder blog)
"A recent study, however, suggests a very surprising cause of early menopause: wearing too much makeup. Yes, it’s true! Makeup can affect your body’s sacred hormonal cycles. Who knew? Many types of makeup contain chemicals called pthalates – a family of chemicals also known as plasticizers. These chemicals are present in a number of petroleum products, and have been found in a number of articles humans use and absorb including makeup, nail polish, household cleaners, air fresheners and food packaging. Along with exposure to phthalates via makeup and household cleaners, packaged foods provide a significant source of phthalate exposure.
According to the study, women with the highest levels of phthalates in their urine went through menopause an average of 2.3 years earlier than their lower phthalates counterparts, and some women were going through menopause as early as 15 years prematurely.

Dangers of Phthalates

According to the Environmental Working Group, phthalates present a number of health hazards to humans, including:

• Disrupted endocrine function
• Reduced sperm counts in men
• Testicular atrophy
• Increased risk of liver cancer

Scary stuff. Further, the EWG states the effect of phthalate contamination in the human body is cumulative and the negative effects compound as levels increase. About 84 percent of the population shows phthalate contamination at any given time, according to the EWG. It’s so prevalent now that we’ve all most like had lots of exposure. Don’t let that dishearten you though, as there is lots we can do to prevent lots more future exposure (keep reading).

Haircolor, Hormones...

Original post date 10/27/08
Well I last colored my hair 7 months ago with all natural henna dye and itwas a pain, on for 2 hrs, I felt like it colored my grays blonde and taht stuff is a bear to get out, it's like dried dirt and it pulled a lot of my hair out with it. Since thyroid issues, from both the imbalance and my med which can cause hairloss, gotta ask the dr about that, I lose way too much hair when I shampoo. And now my ponytail's about half as big as it was.... kinda scary, I used to have annoyingly thick hair, as in I bought my own thinning shears, and now it's I thinking, ok scary, I can wrap the rubberband around more than once here. So anyway after reading how the haircolor you buy at the store is HIGH hazard, pretty much all of it, otherwise I would've colored by now, I researched and found this ecocolors brand. Here is a blog entry I found interesting too while researching. http://organic-skin-care.blogspot.com/2006/06/ugly-side-of-cosmetics.html. So if you care about haircolor toxicity check out the info, I personally don't need anything harsh causing anymore of my hair to fall out. And just check the database in my fyi section and search haircolor if you want to know the ugly truth about the stuff on the shelves.

*update: my hair is much thicker, hormones balanced I would imagine.  Since we are talking about hair I will throw this out there in case it helps anyone.  About two and a half months after I had my last baby, I was started dropping hair like CRAZY!!!  I even posted pics on facebook to freak people out ;)  wads and wads one night.  If you're freaking out about postpartum hairloss, it WILL stop in a few months and it will grow back, sure it looks kinda weird with all these little short hair growing back in but they are a welcome sight.  Another thing related to hormones.  Around the same time I also developed a case of hives that lasted 7 weeks.  So if you are freaking out about that, maybe knowing this could help you.  There were huge huge hives.  It was so strange, but they went away...I know they say 6 weeks is an acute case and beyond that is chronic.  I have my whole life gotten the random little hive, but these were huge, inch or 2 in diamter.  So if it helps anyone freaking out like I did. good.

Vitamins

 Original post date 9/11/09
I've been on the lookout for all natural vitamins since my mom got me all preservative conscious and was appauled that she had them in her vitamins. Obviously I could not remain content after that and I came across this brand Rainbow Light. You can also get them at Amazon as well as Iherb.com and probably many other places but I like the detailed info that iherb gives. Now I need to see if I can find them for children.

*update: I now use

Nature Made, Multi for Her with Iron & Calcium, 90 Tablets 

No Artificial Colors

No Artificial Flavors

No Preservatives

No Yeast or Gluten 

Switched because these are cheaper. :)