Posted By: emmaspirit on

Monday, May 26th, 2008, 3:40 pm

Do you ever try to put a particularly tough day in perspective and calm yourself by saying “hey, it isn’t like I’m curing cancer”. As if curing cancer is commonly known to be the toughest task in the world and the act of doing so would justify all extraordinary and self-less efforts. What if you could help prevent cancer in you and your family partially through simple green living? What if this seemingly difficult task was made easier by adopting the principles of adopting an organic and eco-friendly lifestyle? What if you could help prevent cancer by changing the choices you make everyday?

Sound too good to be true? I know. I hear it everyday. People are immediately skeptical. My husband, Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, has been treating cancer patients for over 20 years with his own medical protocol based on personalized diets, nutritional supplements and a non-toxic, green lifestyle. He can best explain his treatment and results so I’ll provide a link to his website where you can find case studies, press, testimonials and details on his protocol.

What you won’t find on his website is what you can do yourself to create the safest, least toxic environment possible for you and your family. This is the best protection you have against disease, and you don’t need fancy doctors or health insurance. We live in an increasingly toxic world with chemicals in everything from the rugs we walk barefoot on to the home cleaning products we pour on the home surfaces we touch to the personal care products we put on our skin to the food we use to fuel our bodies. When you rid yourself of the toxins around you and your family, you enable your body to focus on healing itself rather than fighting off the chemicals and your body can live in a purer, more natural state.

Posted By: emmaspirit on

Monday, May 26th, 2008, 3:34 pm

Here are seven things you can to do today to get started on a path to a greener, healthier lifestyle for you and your family. While going green can be more expensive, I’ve noted the best values I’ve found in green type below.

1)       Toss out all the chemical cleaning products in your home and purchase safe, non-toxic cleaning supplies from companies like Shaklee (my favorite after 8 years of trying various brands)

2)       Buy organic food that hasn’t been treated with pesticides or chemical preservatives (good for you and tastes better too)

3)       Eat dark leafy greens and vegetables (e.g.: broccoli, kale, carrots)

4)       Buy lots of house plants (especially spider plants that  can remove 96% of carbon monoxide, and 99% of nitric oxide, both noxious gases, after only 24 hours)

5)       Drink home purified water (not soda or sugary juices or alcohol) in a safe, re-useable, chemical-free water bottle (no #3, 6 or 7 on the bottom of the water bottle)

6)       Use natural, organic, non-toxic personal care products ( I like to use an entire line of products that are developed to work together such as Nature’s Gate Organics, Pangea Organics, Dr. Hauschka)

7)       Sleep on organic bedding and in organic sleepwear (try wonderful and luxurious organic cotton and bamboo products from Under the Canopy and Dreamsacks) and now even Target has organic sheets!

Mary Beth Gonzalez

Tags: cancer, organic, healthy, green medicine

Posted By: minniesco on

Monday, May 19th, 2008, 8:09 pm

Wine Enthusiast Silent 16 Bottle Wine Refrigerator (Stainless Steel Trim Door) The newest, best, and greenest wine refrigerator is the Wine Enthusiast Stainless Steel 16-Bottle Wine Refrigerator. Named by the Wall Street Journal as the Best Overall, this eco-friendly device cools up to 16 of your best bottles of wine. All you need to do is put the bottles in the fridge, push the button for your desired temperature, and you will have chilled wine

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Tags: green wine

Posted By: minniesco on

Monday, May 19th, 2008, 8:08 pm

Wine Enthusiast Silent 16 Bottle Wine Refrigerator (Stainless Steel Trim Door)

The newest, best, and greenest wine refrigerator is the Wine Enthusiast Stainless Steel 16-Bottle Wine Refrigerator. Named by the Wall Street Journal as the Best Overall, this eco-friendly device cools up to 16 of your best bottles of wine. All you need to do is put the bottles in the fridge, push the button for your desired temperature, and you will have chilled wine. Posted 15 May 2008

Posted By: emmaspirit on

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008, 11:02 am

I think I’m making myself sick. When I’m not thinking about new ways to go green, I’m thinking about how to get rid of the things in my life that aren’t green. As my green options have increased, so does my anxiety over making my life even greener.

Seven years ago, when I first started learning how to live an eco-friendly lifestyle, green products and information on how to go green were not easily available. There were just a few local options for where to get local and organic food, and only a few companies (many online or catalog companies) who made non-toxic cleaning supplies, natural personal care products and organic sheets/towels. Back then, finding low VOC paint, reverse osmosis water filters, natural carpeting, natural fiber clothing and sustainable furniture was very difficult. Yet, committed as I was to this eco-lifestyle, I searched out and found the few, true, green companies and just resolved myself to knowing that I was doing my best.

Now, with so many new green companies and products launching, I’m like a kid in a candy store finding new green treats everyday online and in local stores. Green television programming, websites and blogs surround me. Organic tee shirts, bamboo pillowcases, non-toxic nail polish, natural hair color, sustainable sofas…and I want it all! And when I have gifts to buy for others, all I can think about are all the fabulous green gift options, even if the gift recipient is likely not to even notice.

So, my green friends, I ask you…

Is it green to worry so much about going green when that means your mind is consumed with more consumption?

Is it green to want to support new green companies when that means buying things that must be shipped by gas guzzling, carbon foot-printing trucks and planes across the country?

Is it green to recycle my non-green items when that means giving my non-sustainable and chemically sprayed furniture to others?

Is it green to donate my abandoned, unopened, toxic personal care items to the poor when that means they might be the ones to get cancer?

When I struggle with these questions, I remind myself to strive for balance. I’ll continue to try to dispose of my “non-green” stuff properly. When I can, I’ll buy locally so that I don’t expend energy on delivery. And, of course, spending is only one half of the puzzle. As excited as I am about all the fabulous new green products on the market, I’ll aim to just buy what I need, not what I want. And every day, I’ll just keep doing my best.

Mary Beth Gonzalez

Tags: anxiety, morality, life balance