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Blogging about my experiences with ecologically friendly products, practices and the Earth. For example: trying to lose weight with non-genetically modified (no GMO) soy products, or cleaning with 100% biodegradable cleaners.

Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2008

Anti-Aging conference call

Tuesday, August 26th 7pm-8pm EST


Do you want to feel younger and live longer?

I'd like to open up a FREE conference call to discuss the latest findings in Anti-Aging science and inform people of a revolutionary anti-aging supplement that's now available on the market. I will explain the biology of aging, and some of the findings from a collection of over 2000 clinical studies on how to prevent age-related diseases (cancer, diabetes, heart disease and more...), cellular wear-n-tear, and the low energy that is associated with aging.

There is a limit of 99 people on the call. If there's sufficient interest, I will book additional conference call dates.

Please RSVP for the call-in number, provide your name & your email address so you can be updated on any changes in the schedule. Please indicate whether you would like to be notified on other topics related to health and wellness, otherwise I will assume that you do not wish to be contacted about other topics.

Due to the nature of this topic, I personally think it's akin to a sin to hold back from telling as many people as I can about it. These new findings, this new natural product, may prevent deadly and crippling diseases, and may alleviate suffering for people with certain diseases or disorders, so I hope you don't mind my contacting you about it. I've been trying to consider how to politely inform as many people as possible and open up the opportunity to start living a much healthier life RIGHT NOW to as many people as possible.

Please invite your friends or family to attend the call!

Since some cancers or diseases may only be prevented, not cured, it is important that adults start using this product as soon as they feel comfortable doing so.

Criss Ittermann
Herbalist & Reiki healer

Thursday, August 7, 2008

The Science of preventing aging

[information from Dr. David Sinclair's live presentation at the Shaklee conference in New Orleans, LA]

Aging happens on the cellular level, and 4 things happen at the cellular level that contribute to the malfunction and death of the cell.

1) our DNA (or cellular blueprint) is under constant attack, and the DNA either can be damaged or can repair itself from there. Antioxidants protect our DNA from damage.

2) There are portions of our DNA blueprint related to the longevity of the cell, these genes can be triggered to increase the longevity of the cell. Resveratrol works to activate these protective genes.

3) Mitochondria are cells that live inside our cells, and they process sugar into an exceptional amount of readily-available cellular energy. As we age, mitochondria die off or misbehave, which lead to lower energy levels and eventual cellular death. Encouraging mitochondria to continue reproducing and remain healthy is vital to physical and mental energy levels.

4) As we age proteins and sugars link and become like sludge in our cells, interfering with cellular processes. Prevention of these cell-level "plaques" is vital to cell health.

Resveratol was found to help take care of #2. Antioxidants take care of #1. What if a single all-natural product would take care of all 4?

I can only discuss the product by name under a password protected website. Please join my mailing list so I can send you a password and reveal more details about this amazing product.

This product has been proven to work in clinical studies. It helps you feel younger, it will slow cellular aging processes, and you can live longer. It protects from health issues such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and more. For example, fish lived 33-58% longer. Mice lived longer without diseases associated with aging. Works best with a healthy diet & lifestyle, but can even help mitigate poorer health and lifestyle.

I'm not a scientist, and I'll have even more technical information on this exciting product later, including a new page on my website to outline this amazing breakthrough in natural nutritional medicine.

No preservatives, no artificial anything. The main ingredient for this amazing product is a blend of super grapes grown in the SouthEastern US.

Make sure to sign up on my mailing list! http://yourgreenclub.com/Main/MailList and I'll let you know when it's available for distribution. [ed- it's available now at http://www.shaklee.net/yourgreenclub/vivix ]

Friday, February 1, 2008

Dishwasher concentrate powder is like a hundred tiny hands in the machine!



I'm not a big fan of electric dishwashers. Energy-star-water-conserving or not, if they don't clean the dishes, you have to hand-wash the dishes yourself.

We got a dishwasher when we moved in. My partner hates hand-washing the dishes. I don't like hand-washing dishes, but I like hand-washing them after wasting water and electricity in the dishwasher even more. So after 1-2 years of using the dishwasher it started to leave a film of icky white stuff on the dishes, especially the top of cups, and hardly cleaning the silverware. Nothing I wanted touching my or my children's food. So I end up hand-washing the dishes. Bummer.

My roommate, the anal one who does most of the cleaning and hand dish-washing, is of basically the same opinion I am. If you have to re-wash, pre-wash, soak, spit, rinse and shine by hand, why the heck are you using the electronic dishwasher in the first place?

My partner doggedly insists on using the dishwasher. Me and my roommate wash by hand. It's a neverending battle. He's probably right that the residue and water sitting in the machine does it no good, but running it just for the sake of running it isn't good either.

That experience was with typical bulk-store-bought Members' Mark (Sam's Club) detergent -- your results may vary, mine stank. I bought it figuring that at least if I had to buy evil chemical waste producing dishwashing detergent, I would buy it in bulk and save waste on the garbage end of the cycle. Does anyone want a nearly-full container of conventional powdered dishwashing detergent? I didn't think so.

I may have a complete change of heart about the electronic dish washer. You see, I got the terrific starter kit for the green household cleaning products (and blogged about said green cleaning kit), and it came with automatic dishwasher concentrate powder. My partner had the conventional stuff out ready to use it, but he didn't run the dishwasher last night. I thought to run it this morning, and looked at the detergent sitting on top of the dishwasher. No Way, I thought. I put that box of detergent away, and I ran the load of dishes with the new eco-friendly dishwasher powder. One scoop in each cup -- it's a small scoop -- 2 teaspoon scoop. So 4 teaspoons of concentrate went into the machine.



And nothing's wrong with the dishes. They're mostly dry, we air dry the dishes -- there's a couple drops of CLEAR water on the rim of the bowl.

They don't smell like a dirty swimming pool.

They shine.

There are no spots -- I'm not a spot hawk, so don't quote me on this one, but I don't see the streaks and spots I've been seeing from the conventional detergent.

Everything is clean.

Everything smells safe.

I'm amazed. It's like a hundred tiny fairies were at work in my dishwasher making everything perfect. I had to blog about it immediately and let you know. I'm tempted to wake said partner and roommate and rush them into the kitchen to show them. That's why I have to blog. :) They'd kill me.

I hate having to say it, but your results may vary. Maybe we didn't have oatmeal this week. I don't know, but I know this load of dishes came out exactly the way I want them to!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Does one light bulb really make a difference?


I've already swapped out nearly every light bulb in my house for a compact florescent, but of course there's that "nearly". I figured I could go on a miniscule crusade to find just ONE MORE BULB to swap out. I found one.

This crucial little beauty is tucked behind a glass shield by the bathroom mirror. My roommate spends the most time in front of that bulb, and has a tendency to wander in and out of the bathroom in a ice-coffee-induced trance back to her computer for Just One More IM before she finishes her hair or brushing her teeth (or whatever other mystifying act she's performing). Of course, wandering in and out of the room does not require turning off said light. Even if aforementioned IM conversation becomes engrossing and takes up a half hour.




I swapped in a 26w in the place of a 60w bulb. If it's too bright, I can change it to a lower wattage bulb. That's a savings so far of 34w. If she uses the light for 2 hours a day (1 hour in the morning, 1 hour at night) for a whopping total of 72watt-hours a day that becomes 25KWH per year of savings. That's just savings from my roommate hogging the bathroom for 2 hours a day, not the entire family's use of that light.

On that savings alone, at the prices on my last (Orange & Rockland -- Orange county New York) bill: In a year I will save $1.39/year on the cost of the electricity and $2.01/year on the delivery of said electricity. A whopping $3.40/year savings on that one bulb, without counting any government surcharges. It doesn't seem like a lot, but since I've changed out about 18 bulbs in the house, if they're all only used 2 hours a day (most are used more, and some are lower wattage bulbs or were 100w bulbs swapped out to 26w bulbs - which saves 73w per bulb!) then I'm saving well over $61.20/year. That's definitely worth the cost of replacement, because some of those lights are on much more than 2 hours a day especially in the winter when the house is dark longer.

So, I can say for certain that YES, one light bulb does really make a difference. Please swap out your light bulbs today.