 Here at Livingsafe.com.au we just love, love, love virgin coconut oil, the organic varieties only of course! Raw virgin coconut oil is one of the healthiest and most versatile oils on the planet, thanks to it being one of the richest sources of Lauric Acid, see our article here, The Benefits of Raw Coconut Oil, this oil has so many wonderful health giving properties that we are amazed that it has actually taken this long for the western world to catch on to what islanders have known for centuries, that coconut oil heals!
We thought we would provide you with our personal top 10 favourite uses for raw virgin coconut oil in this list below, so you too, can discover and benefit from all the great health properties that coconut oil has to offer. So go on out and buy yourself a jar of this amazing oil, but be sure to choose only reputable brands of raw VIRGIN, organic, cold-pressed and ethically obtained, coconut oil, (it should taste of coconut) and try these great tips out! Plus we have included a quick, super healthy and easy to make, Coconut, Cheezy, Vegan Toast recipe at the bottom of our list for you to try, it really is a delicious and much healthier alternative to vegemite on toast.
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 Japan has suffered terribly since the Fukushima radiation leak back in March 2011 and radiation contamination of food products being harvested from the seas around this area are especially of ultimate concern, but not only to those living in Japan, but also to the rest of the world who regularly consume imported Japanese food products, comprising of Nori and other seaweed products e.g Kombu and Wakame. Other forms of seaweed products commonly coming out of Japan, as well as other countries are Agar Agar, Carrageenan and Alginate, which are seaweed gelling substitutes for animal based gelatin and very common in vegan and vegetarian foods, toothpastes, baked goods, deserts and many more foods.
According to these independent tests done by Enviro Reporter on dried seaweed sheets from Japan, bought in the USA there has indeed been a worrying increase of radiation levels in these products since March 2011, when first tested. The problem is that it is hard to track down exactly which country the seaweed used to make your sushi roll has actually been harvested from, yes it could be
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 In recent years people have embraced eating organic food and using organic skincare, but still many people hold back on spending the extra dollars to sleep on organic bedding, or wear organic sleepwear. When you take a moment to think about it, it really doesn't make sense to hold back on changing what you wear and sleep on over to organic, especially since you spend such a large period of your life in bed. Fire Retardant chemicals are used in 99% of all bedding products, be it the mattresses, pillows, sheet sets, quilts and blankets and the same goes for baby and children's sleeping bags, grow suits and pjama's. Fire Retardant chemicals are linked to SIDS, Cancer and a whole host of illnesses and allergies.
There have been lot's of stories in the news about the health hazards of bedding products, read this report by CBN News- 'Is Your Mattress Making You Sick?', people are waking up after purchasing a new mattress with symptoms such as headaches, flu symptoms, dizziness, short of breath, sinus and other allergy related symptoms e.g sore throat, itchy eyes and more. Mattresses can be made up of all types of different synthetic materials, including the newest product, memory foam. Read this eye-opening article by Chem-Tox.com on a study done on mice to measure the toxic emissions coming out of crib mattresses. Here is another article Chem-Tox has written that is also worth a read, "New Mattress/Bed Illness Report". It makes perfect sense that people are actually waking up sick from sleeping on toxic mattresses and bed linen, as the volatile chemicals continue to 'off-gas' throughout the night and your lying right against them and in between them.
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 The educating of our young teenagers about sexually transmitted diseases and safe sex is something that is so very important and yet at livingsafe.com.au we strongly feel that there is still not nearly enough being done in this area. When HIV first became prevalent we saw ad campaigns for safe sex absolutely everywhere. A few years back there was also a TV campaign against Genital Herpes, but as of late, there has been very little in the way of bringing young peoples attention to the fact that sexually transmitted diseases are still around and that they too are at risk.
Nowadays children are sexually active a lot earlier than in decades past, I use the term children and not teenagers, because quite simply, an 11 or 12 year old having sex of any kind is still very much a child. The scary fact is that many young people are having sex and engaging in sexual acts without a proper education or understanding about STD's ( Sexually Transmitted Diseases). Pregnancy is one thing, but what about Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Chlamydia, HIV, Hepatitis C, Genital Herpes etc, these diseases can cause death and serious life long health issues. We ask, do you think today's average 12 year old would know how to protect themselves from these diseases?
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