| RE: Bugs With Split In The End |
It does sound like you have earwigs. They love moist dark areas. Check around outside if you have layers of old dead leaves they are probably breeding outside and sneaking inside to the moist areas in your house. I agree with the other poster about the danger of boric acid. You can make a safe pesticide from 4 tsps of neem oil (purchased at most health food or vitamin shops) mixed with one gallon of distilled water and spray around the bottom of your doors, windows and other openings. Clean up any dead leaves and debris they might be using to hide in and spray around the base of your exterior. It works for all kinds of bugs but doesn't hurt most beneficial bugs like bees. Good luck! You can look Neem oil up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem_oil
You can see a picture and description of earwigs here:
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| RE: Soup Can Bread |
I always post this when I see people reusing cans for food items. Please read it and then research for yourself about the dangers of BPA in metal can linings.
Please please don't re-use empty food cans for any reason. Nearly all cans nowadays have a toxic plastic material called Bisphenol A (BPA) inside them to keep the metal can from affecting the taste of the food. Unfortunately the BPA is the same as has been used to make baby bottles and many other hard plastic water bottles that have recently been recalled at Wal-Mart and other stores.
BPA has been linked to breast cancer in women and early puberty in young girls. When they tested very low doses on mice and rats they found the same problems plus diabetes, enlarged prostate and prostate cells prone to cancerous changes among the many health problems it can cause. The food that is in these cans is also contaminated by the BPA but not as much as anything cooked in the can. When the can is heated by cooking anything in it, it can release up to 50 times more BPA than normally released into the original food inside the can. This means you are upping your chances for BPA poisoning big time. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Getting Rid of Red Ants |
I use epsom salts mixed with ground up orange peel that have been left in a jar overnight so the orange oil can soak into the epsom salts. Sprinkle it around any place you see ants and in ant mounds and they will move away quick. Here is the website I first found this on.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Lawns-725/Epsom-salt-orange-peel.htm
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| RE: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
Sorry in advance for the long post but I want to try to give you as much info as I have found since I only wish someone would have gave it to me. I would just send this privately if possible but maybe someone else struggling with CFS or Fibromyalgia can read it here and find hope.
Don't let people tell you it is not a "real" disease or something the doc says you have because he is too lazy to find out what you have. The Centers for Disease Control and US social security office recognize it is FOR REAL and causing pain and suffering to millions of people in the US and around the world. I am 46 now and have had CFS and Fibro probably since I was 13 yrs old. They didn't know what it was when I first started getting sick and always told me it was "all in my head".
I do believe these diseases can come from viral, chemical or injury causes but you can do things to feel better. I hurt my back at 13 and was on high doses of steroids that they never tapered me off of but just suddenly stopped them. Steroids can cause all kinds of havoc even with tapering them properly. When you don't taper them they can cause adrenal failure which supposedly only lasts a short while. I think that started a cascade of organ problems including my thyroid, pancreas, and adrenal glands. My thyroid took 16 years to be correctly diagnosed because no doctor ever did the $12.00 thyroid test or the more sophisticated T3 T4 tests. Then they put me on Synthroid. Contrary to a lot of posts here, Synthroid doesn't work as well as Levoxyl on most people. Also the generic Levoxyl doesn't work as well.
DON'T rely on just your doc for your thyroid, you can take your basal temperature (underarm)with an old fashioned mercury thermometer first thing in the morning before getting out of bed. Do this starting the second day of your menstrual period or any morning if post menopausal. If your temperature is averaging below 97 or so for more than 4-5 days in a row you are probably low thyroid. Here is a good website to find out more about basal temp:
http://www.becomehealthynow.com/article/conditionhypothyroid/702/
Thank God some doctors are recognizing that just because your blood test shows your thyroid level to be "normal" doesn't mean your body can use the thyroid hormone floating around in the blood. Some of us are thyroid hormone resistant like diabetics who are insulin resistant. I have many friends who it also took years to get their doctor to prescribe thyroid meds to them because their blood test showed "normal" even though they had every symptom of low thyroid.
I googled Australian water treatment and found that your water treatments include fluoride and chlorine which are both toxic to life in general and human organs in particular. Here in the States we have an epidemic of diabetes, heart disease, thyroid disorders, cancer and obesity. In humans, fluoride and chlorine are easily mistaken for iodine which the thyroid needs on a daily basis. These chemicals block up the receptors for iodine so even if you actually get enough iodine daily it won't be used. The first thing you do in the morning is brush your teeth with fluoridated toothpaste and then rinse with chlorinated fluoridated water. This causes your thyroid to become poisoned double time.
Chlorine is also toxic to the pancreas islet cells which will eventually stop making insulin which causes type 2 diabetes. Chlorine has been known to cause atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) since the first quarter of the last century. That is when they discovered young 20 something G.I.s dying of heart attacks and found their arteries were all clogged up from drinking heavily chlorinated water.
Both of these substances are waste products of the chemical industry that they used to have to pay to get rid of. Now the charge us to kill us with them. Many European countries and Japan won't use them but stupid U.S. is lead by the highest bidder not the health of their citizens. Japan used our water systems after the war and found within 20 years a HUGE increase of previously non-existant heart disease. They stopped using our methods. If you google fluoride and chlorine you will never want to use fluoridated toothpaste or drink chlorinated tapwater again.
In addition your country uses aluminum in its wastewater treatment plants like the U.S. Aluminum is sooo bad for people but these idiots won't admit it. It helps the solid waste to sink so they can clean the wastewater cheaper so who cares if it might be making Alzheimer's patients out of all of us. Fluoride and aluminum bind and human bodies will try desperately to put them in an unnecessary fatty area of the body. Guess where that is? Your brain. They have autopsied Alzheimer's victims and found aluminum/fluoride plague deposits in their brains. What are toothpaste tubes made out of? Aluminum. Fluoride could possible leech the aluminum out of the tube into your toothpaste. Check your deodorant and stomach medicines too as most contain aluminum. Don't use them if they do. I'd rather be a little stinky with indigestion and have a clearer mind and body.
Since April 2007 I started using non fluoride toothpaste and natural springwater. Many people argue that natural spring water contains fluoride. It does but it is a different kind of fluoride than the one in toothpaste and being used in water treatment facilities. The kind in toothpaste and water now was not the original fluoride that was tested waaay back when they first started to use it. Fluoride used to be used in higher doses as a medicine to kill overactive thyroids. Since I quit, my CFS and fibro have improved greatly and my Levoxyl dose has come down from 150mcg to 100mcg.
In the past 9 months I was also dxd with Type 2 diabetes. I beat it with evening primrose 1000 4xday, alpha lipoic acid 200 4xday, chromium 200 day. I also began taking ginkgo bilboa 3 times daily, and 300mcg of melatonin at 8:30pm or 9:00pm. I now swear by this combination for my CFS and fibro. The evening primrose and alpha lipoic acid helps tremendously with the pain from the fibro and I have much less flareups. The ginkgo and alpha lipoic helps with opening up the brain capillaries for less memory problems and seems to have helped with circulation problems like numb and tingly feet and legs. The melatonin helps you to sleep and it is converted to serotonin in the morning. This is why we are depressed we are generally low in melatonin and get lower as we age so there isn't anything to convert to serotonin (the happy brain chemical). I sleep so much better most days with this low dosage. I also started a super B and regular vitamin regimen specifically geared to cfs and fibro at around the same time.
I have been put on at least a dozen different antidepressives because my disease was "all in my head". Guess what? Anti-depressives suppress the thyroid even more so you can count on low thyroid once they put you on them. I would suggest you get on the vitamins first. You have to be on them for at least 3 mos to see a difference but what a difference. I was on Prozac for 6 yrs to prevent tension headaches/backaches from stress and got off it 2 mos ago and feel so much better and clear minded. I also suggest getting a full spectrum lamp to help your body to adjust to a natural circadian sleep/wake rhythms if that is a problem. The melatonin will help too but maybe not enough.
Something else to think about is do you have candida or internal parasites? Having CFS means you probably do. If you eradicate them you can get rid of irritable bowel syndrome and yeast infections like I did. You just have to be persistent. I had H. Pylori bacteria in my stomach and that is why I would have diarrhea and constipation in the same day and was highly malnourished. It took 6 treatments until I am finally H. Pylori free. My life is so much easier without having to know where every bathroom is. I also had irritable bladder and had to give up every kind of drink and juice except for occasionally drinking decaf tea or cranberry juice. NO sodas, beer, energy drinks or carbonated/caffienated beverages, they cause calcium loss and that causes other nutritional imbalances in your body.
I don't fall asleep everywhere like I used to and no more headaches. I can take a shower everyday and still have energy to walk 30 min a day with my two dogs and keep house and cook although I still have to limit myself so I don't overdo it. I don't work because I hurt my back again at 39 and I can't sit upright for more than 20-30 minutes without severe pain in my back. Then I have to take pain meds which of course make me more tired. Since I am feeling so much better and clear-minded I am searching now for legitimate work at home computer jobs.
My mother and her mother had fibro, my 42yr old sister and 43yr old brother have CFS. My 25 yr old half sister has Fibro so bad she had to get out on disability from the US Air Force. She didn't even know I had CFS and FM because I never told her. So these diseases possibly can run in families so beware for any kids you have.
People love to tell you to exercise and "just push through the pain" but each of us is different. I couldn't tolerate exercise AT ALL before this past year but all of my sisters and brother can exercise. My 42yr old sis walks 5 miles a day. (But her house is filthy and she never cooks, cleans or does laundry and she sleeps 12 hrs or more a day.) You have to use your own body's reaction to exercise and start SLOW like 5 min once a day and build SLOWLY like do 5 min X 2 a day after a week or two. If you get too tired or are hurting too much skip a day and then start back with less time. It took me a long time to build up to 30 min at a time. I still hurt like heck and am tired like a dog but I do know it is good for me so I do it as often as I feel able at least 4-5 x week.
Well, again sorry for the long post, I hope this helps you. God bless you and don't give up - you will have good days and bad days but God willing more good days than bad. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Crockpot Pineapple Bread |
I always post this when I see people reusing cans for food items. Please read it and learn or even research more about the dangers of BPA.
Please please don't re-use empty cans for any reason. Nearly all cans nowadays have a toxic plastic material called Bisphenol A (BPA) inside them to keep the metal can from affecting the taste of the food. Unfortunately the BPA is the same as has been used to make baby bottles and many other hard plastic water bottles that have recently been recalled at Wal-Mart and other stores.
BPA has been linked to breast cancer and early puberty in women and when they tested very low doses on mice and rats they found the same plus diabetes, enlarged prostate and prostate cells prone to cancerous changes among the many health problems it can cause. The food that is in these cans is also contaminated by the BPA. Google BPA or check out Wikipedia's BPA page and it will make you not want to eat anything in cans anymore, period.
Of course the chemical companies all say that the fears are unjustified just because a few rats and mice get sick doesn't mean anything. Sound like Big Tobacco some 20-30 years ago, huh? When the can is heated by cooking anything in it, it could release up to 50 times more BPA than normally released into the area inside the can. This means you are upping your chances for BPA poisoning big time. ... View related article. |
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| RE: White Worm on My Puppy |
If you check with your local Humane Society you can get your pup shots, dewormed and heart worm meds for much cheaper than at a regular vet. I am on disability and so can't afford a regular vet. The Humane Society uses real vets who volunteer their time and the money they get helps the shelter take care of all the animals.
I buy my flea control drops at the feed store. I buy for a big dog and then divide it up to work on my smaller dogs so that it is cheaper. The vet told me it was okay to do this even though the flea control company said it wouldn't work. Believe me it works just fine. I bought a few syringes without needles from Walgreens to help me measure out the flea drops. I just pour the drops in the syringe and carefully squeeze out the air while holding the syringe upside down and tap it a little to get all the bubbles out. You can get dewormer at the feed store too.
After you get your pup vaccinated and dewormed you can feed it garlic cloves once every 3-4 months or so to keep worms out of him. I do this and when I take my dogs once a year to the vet the worm test always says "no worms". The web page where I got this information is:
http://www.earthanimal.com/acatalog/petHealth_internalParasites.html
This seems to help with the fleas and mosquitos, too. Just don't give onions as they are poisonous to dogs. Garlic is only dangerous if fed alot in a short period of time. You can give aged Garlic capsules if you don't want a garlicky breath pup :) licking on you. Good luck with your pup. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Keeping Fire Ants Out of Potted Plants |
I use epsom salts mixed with ground up orange peel that have been left in a jar overnight so the orange oil can soak into the epsom salts. Sprinkle it around any place you see ants and in ant mounds and they will move away quick. Here is the website I first found this on.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Lawns-725/Epsom-salt-orange-peel.htm ... View related article. |
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| RE: Problems with Neighbors Cats |
I left this feedback for another question but it will work for cats or other animals pooping in your planted areas anyway. Since we did this we haven't had ANY animals using our garden for a latrine.
We used to have problems with rabbits, coons, and armadillos getting to our garden produce and container tomatoes. We were told about laying bird or deer netting down all around our garden. The critters don't like to walk on the netting and it doesn't harm them other than to scare them away. We just leave the netting down and cut holes thru to plant our garden. Lowes has a 7'x100' roll for about 13 bucks.
Something else I heard about but never tried is to buy an ultrasonic pest control. You plug it in and lots of critters can't stand the noises it emits while it won't bother you. I looked at them but didn't want to risk $20 on it but you might be desperate enough. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Suggestions For Cheap, Frozen Fish |
I love fish and don't like the "fishy" flavor of some fish either. Like the first poster said Tilapia is great and usually quite inexpensive. It can be pan fried with or without breading, baked and tastes great barbequed. I also love cod and flounder fillets which are usually cheap at Wal-mart and can also be made the same ways. Cod is what they use at Long John Silver's because it isn't "fishy". It is also a cold deepwater fish so it is considered one of the healthy fish like salmon which is usually more costly.
I did want to point out that catfish is one of my favorites but you MUST remove the dark centerline of ANY fish BEFORE cooking to ensure the least fishy flavor. Just cut a shallow line to make a 'V' under the centerline and lift it out. Also if you cut off the stomach area the fish will be more mild flavored. Most restaurants don't cut these off and that is why sometimes the fish tastes way too "fishy". The stores also sell catfish nuggets which are mostly made up of the stomach areas darker oilier meat. ... View related article. |
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| RE: Can Diet Affect A Dog's Disposition? |
First off, God Bless your daughter for giving him a home! And you for trying to find out what you all can do to help him adjust. Check the food you are feeding for corn, wheat or soy of any kind. Many dogs are allergic to these products and can act almost high or hyper when they are fed them. The dog food manufacturers use those products because they are cheaper. My 1 1/2yr old 10lb Chihuahua got into a Funyun bag I left on my bed and ate 2-3 whole pieces before I heard the munching and stopped him. You should have seen him bouncing off the walls. His eyes looked dilated like he was on crack cocaine or something! If you find out you have to switch out the food do it gradually like a little new with the old and increase the new each day for about 7-10 days to avoid the "runs".
Of course a rescue dog comes with baggage that he can't even begin to tell you about to unload. I would suggest enrolling him in a pet obedience class to try to socialize him and retrain his brain to trust people again. I went with my dog and there were 3 rescue dogs enrolled and by the end of the 8 week class they were so much more behaved and less anxious. ... View related article. |
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