Perspective

Isn't saying "Hey!  That box of cereal is toxic!" a little extreme?  

Here is my perspective.

Just a couple things to note before reading this:


1.  What we put on our skin DOES affect our health and what goes on inside.  For example, women can stick a patch on their body and virtually become infertile for 30 days because of the chemicals on the patch.

2.  Our laptops, cell phones, microwaves, power lines, etc DO affect our health and what goes on inside.  EMF's are areas of energy that surround electronic devices.  According to WHO, electromagnetic fields affect us because our human bodies have their own electric and biochemical responses (e.g., nervous system, digestion, brain function, heart function). So exposure to EMFs can interfere with these systems.

3.  And of course (if you've ever read a post on this blog then you know) pesticides, insecticides, genetically modified organisms, and over processing of our food affects our health and what goes on inside.

Here is a little hypothetical story that I bet all of us can relate to:

You slept all night with your cell phone on the night stand charging.  The EMF's whirling around you for hours and hours.  You wake up, get a drink of water with sub lethal doses of flouride and many other toxins.  Then you take a shower in that same water.  You grab the loofah and slather your body with a sudsy mixture of around 30 or 40 chemicals.  Many of those chemicals are toxic.  Then you slather your scalp with 30 or 40 more chemicals, many of which are toxic.  You get out feeling all clean and grab a towel.  After putting on some lotion consisting of 20 or 30 chemicals, you get dressed.  You go to the kitchen for breakfast.  You want to be a little healthier today so you pour yourself a bowl of some Kellogg's Special K  cereal with skim milk.  You've now just consumed sub lethal doses of Genetcially Modified ingredients, and other processed ingredients that while are low in fat and sugar,  are foreign to your body and disrupt many different processes and cause adverse effects.  You've also just ingested milk riddled with growth hormones, insecticides, and calcium that is unusable to the body since the necessary enzymes to digest it were killed off when it was pasteurized.  The pasteurization process has also transformed fragile milk proteins that can actually worsen your health.  Ok, you're showered, dressed, and fed.  Good job.  Now you run to the bathroom to blow dry your hair.  You blast yourself with EMF's for about 5 minutes.  Then apply about 40 more chemicals to your face as you try to achieve that healthy glow with your makeup.  You quickly brush your teeth with toxic water and toxic fluoride toothpaste containing more toxic chemicals.
You grab your purse and keys, jump in your car, and take off to work.  Your cell phone is in your lap so you can glance at it while you're at red lights.  The EMF's are swirling around all of your reporductive organs.  You turn your favorite song up on the radio... the radio that is emitting more EMFs.  It is a beautiful day so your window is down and you are sucking in the pollution and chemicals and gases from the hundreds of cars in front of you.  You arrive at work.  Right before you enter you spray a little bit of perfume on, around 70 chemicals.... many of which are toxic.

Ok so just a quick recap...  It is 8:00 a.m.  You took a shower, made yourself look clean and presentable, fed yourself a "sensible" breakfast, took a nice drive in the car while enjoying the nice weather, and spritzed yourself with some flowery scented spray before walking into work.  You've only been awake for an hour and a half and already your body is literally bombarded with unnatural toxins!

It is true that you are not going to drop dead as you walk into work because you sprayed some perfume on your neck.  And no one expects you to stop using your electronics and stop wearing make up, BUT.... The world we live in today, and the lifestyle that we are all accustomed to is constantly bombarding us with these sub lethal doses of toxins.  We breathe them, we eat them, we drink them, we bathe in them, we slather them all over our bodies, we medicate ourselves with them.  We are led to believe that because the amount of toxins in EVERYTHING is so small that it is safe for us.  Well, that would be true if we were exposed to that small amount once or twice in our life.  But realistically we are exposed to these tiny amounts of toxins thousands (yes, thousands!) of times a DAY.

We are going to be exposed to toxins no matter what we do.  The world we have created is saturated with them.  But you can minimize your exposure and your family's exposure dramitcally if you change the things that are in your control.  By changing what you eat, which is the biggest exposure to toxins we as a society are facing, you can allow your body to heal itself.  And then, when you do come in contact with harmful toxins your body will be able to deal with them.

So when I say "That box of Kelloggs Special K is toxic!" I don't think it is extreme at all.  It IS toxic.  And I'm not going to let a company that stands to make money off of me purchasing their product tell me, "Oh, it's ok, it's just a teeny tiny bit toxic and it won't affect you."

I know the truth!