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Kitchen cures doctors swear by – CNN.com.

This article addresses simple cures using ingredients found in most kitchens.  I recommend taking it one step further and assuring that you are utilizing organic versions.  Good Life To Go offers a one stop shop for purchasing these and many more cooking products in organic, kosher and often gluten free forms.

Found in this article:

Honey – Be sure it’s raw.  If you can get local (within 50 miles of your home), even better.  Recent tests showed that most honey products in the average grocery store have very little actual honey in them.

Buy Raw Honey

Salt – I recommend Himalayan salts.  Himalayan salt is harvested from the heart of the Himalayan Mountains. Having formed over the last 250 million years, it is an amazingly pure salt-untouched by pollutants and toxins. Himalayan salt is naturally rich in many nutrients and elements, including calcium, magnesium, potassium, copper and iron.

Buy Himalayan Salt

Peppermint Tea – Organic Peppermint would be my recommendation.  As with any herb, a leaf like peppermint is very susceptible to environmental toxins.

Buy Organic Peppermint Tea

Oatmeal – Organic Oatmeal is important to avoid toxins, plus I find that the organic oatmeal we get tastes better!

Buy Organic Oatmeal

Meat Tenderizer – I would like to do further research to identify what is in the meat tenderizer that is helpful.  Some have MSG, which I do not recommend.

Organic Food Industry Bought Up by Corporations Like Coca-Cola | Occupy Monsanto.

There is a great chart in this article that shows which corporations own which organic food companies.  Very enlightening!  Support smaller, local organic whenever possible.

United States – Oil – exports – Historical Data Graphs per Year.

The amount of OIL EXPORTS for the United States almost DOUBLED from 2004 – 2008…why?  Profits for oil companies.  Don’t be fooled into believing them when they want to frack and drill.  Gas prices are not because of oil shortages.

Spring Sprouting

I’ve wanted to start my own sprouts for months! Finally I’ve taken the ten minutes out of my busy schedule to begin.

I found a mason jar and replaced the solid center piece in the jar lid with a screen. Measured (2) tbs of Organic Alfalfa Sprouting Seeds into the jar and covered with good water.

When I got up this morning I drained the seeds, added fresh, good water and drained again. I will do that once each evening, and once each morning for the next four days…then, like magic, they will be ready to eat.

It is my intention to grow each kind of sprouting seed available at Good Life To Go. I’ll report out on how to grow them and use them. This week I’ve started Organic Alfalfa Sprouts.

According to Wikipedia, “Sprouting is the practice of germinating seeds to be eaten either raw or cooked. They are a convenient way to have fresh vegetables for salads, or otherwise, in any season and can be germinated at home or produced industrially. Sprouts are believed to be highly nutritious and rich in enzymes which promote good health. They are a prominent ingredient of the raw food diet and common in Eastern Asian cuisine.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting

No GMO - No Monsanto

At Good Life To Go it is our commitment to you that we will not carry anything with ingredients that have been genetically modified.

It’s one reason we focus on certified organic and wildcrafted products.

We recommend that you do some research on GMO side effects and the power of Monsanto.

You can start here at the Organic Consumers Association: Millions Against Monsanto

Our goal is to provide dependable information on how to avoid chemicals and pesticides in your life.  We have added a number of categories to our list of potential topics:

• GMO
• Green Cleaning
• Herbs
• Natural Pets
• Organic
• Tea

Please join the conversation, share links to articles and other media that will help us educate people who are interested in owning their health and the health of their families.

We are changing the direction of our web site design. Our base site is now a blog-type site and will be a collection of valuable information. In the Knowledge Nook you will find information specific to the organic, eco-friendly, fair trade and/or wildcrafted products you’ll find at www.goodlifetogo.net/store. The Healthy Living drop down will be information on topics including, but not limited to, organics, GMO’s, alternative health modalities, recipes, pet and cleaning tips, etc. The Blog will be the ongoing conversation…wherever that takes us. Thank you for your patience as we transition from Arcadia to our next organic adventure.