1 Cor 10:31 (17 Jan 2016)
"headaches often?"

Headaches can be caused by many things, and yet it’s important to know :sometimes” the things are literally right under our noses!  (things we put into our mouths, perhaps sugar or yeasty foods like cheese or wine)  and other times headaches (in my case anyway)  are caused by synthetic fragrances!!

 

Have you ever considered that some of your ill health manifestations could be caused by perfumes and cologne?  And those nasty (smelly)  dryer sheets?  I can smell/detect anyone who uses those!  Mainly the “brand name ones” ~ it just instantly takes my breath away!  Almost brings on an asthma attack. And if I have to spend more than just a couple minutes around said person, I can literally end up with a migraine.   Still think the government agencies have our best health in mind?  Read on:

 

 

Snippets:

 

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry-generated Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) from the 1990s, the following is a list of chemicals in fabric softener products, most in untested combinations. Liquid fabric softeners additionally may contain formaldehyde.

To hide the chemical smell, companies load dryer sheets full of chemical fragrances, which are potentially carcinogenic.

Dryer sheets are designed to stay on clothing for a long period of time and slowly release their chemicals throughout the day, which leads to prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals.

The toxins in dryer sheets and their chemical fragrances enter the body both through inhalation or are absorbed through the skin.

Some of the symptoms experienced from prolonged exposure to the chemicals in dryer sheets include headaches, nausea, vomiting , dizziness, central nervous system disorders, blood pressure reduction, fatigue, difficulty breathing, skin irritation, difficulty concentrating and remembering, cancer, irritation to skin, mucus membranes and respiratory tract, and liver damage.

 

/END    Snippet from:  http://www.lifenatural.com/dangers_of_laundry_dryer_sheets.htm

 

 

 

So there you have it.   Some friends say they don’t leave their clothes in the dryer till they’re “dry as a bone” ~ this helps take out some static cling (according to them anyway)   Others say to use NATURAL fibers (such as cotton but no polyester).   Still others say to use a little white vinegar in the rinse water of your washing machine and supposedly this helps.

 

 

One such site that talks about the DANGERS of colognes & perfumes:  http://www.ourlittleplace.com/perfume.html

 

You can also find info at www.DrMercola.com  as well as googling or binging:  “perfume toxic”

 

 

I used to come home from church with a headache every single week!  The headache would then often times turn into a full blown migraine.  Have you ever had a 48 hour migraine?  To where you felt you were going to have a stroke, even as you merely walked down the hall to get to the bathroom?  Well, I have.  It all started with a visit from relatives and my aunt had sprayed (old fashioned) hair spray all over her hair in my bedroom “space”.  Then later she soothed a (name brand)  body lotion all over her legs.  That’s when the bong-bong-bong of the headache first started!!  First & worst one I ever had in my entire life!

 

 

These days I can no longer attend church (unless I hit the early morning service)  as it’s too much sense-surround (or perhaps I should call it SCENTS – surround)….. as I’m literally surrounded by 50 or more “different flavors” of cologne all around me!   So because I’m not as highly involved socially anywhere these days, I have few current friends & used to greatly lament that.  Over time though I have actually started THANKING the Lord for this … as the more people you’re around, it’s almost impossible to avoid fragrances…….

 

And the ensuing horrible headaches & murderous migraines for some of us!!  Then as though the health conditions in & of themselves were not enough to deal with, you’ve also got to try to help people understand WHY you must sit in the corner by yourself when you attend a wedding shower!!  And the idea of flying to Hawaii for a dream vacation is impossible.  You’d be trapped with all those hideous chemicals & fragrances!   You’d end up explaining yourself over & over & over again – most only sneer, or look at you like you’ve got 2 heads!  You know how it is, until they’ve walked a couple miles in your shoes, they can never possibly understand.  Nor will most even try.

 

 

BTW I need to clear my conscience as I’d mentioned on one of my previous Dove letters that I do not trust most doctors.  I wanted to clarify that I know there are some truly genuine, caring practitioners out there.  It’s like all vocations, you’ve got the good ones and the bad ones.  The ones I have little regard for are the ones (and unfortunately it’s my understanding they’re taught this in MEDICAL school….)  who just slap a Band-Aid on anything & everything!   Without ever once taking the time & effort  to investigate the cause.   Reason I’m bringing this up now?  No doubt there are some out there who’d tell me to just “pop a pill” for the migraines.  Fortunately I get very few these days.  But it is also my strong belief that medication “brings on” other, sometimes much more serious problems.  Example:  did you know that sometimes taking even a single antibiotic pill can totally shut kidneys down?   Look it up!  Personally, I do believe there may be a time & place for antibiotics, but (this is just my opinion)  not nearly as often as they’re quickly prescribed!  I believe this entire country is overdosed on them.

 

For facial & head pain,  I was once told by 3 different health professionals to take 8….. yes, EIGHT Ibuprofens DAILY!!!   You want to know what would have happened to my liver had I have taken such advice??

 

Some 20 years ago we were invited to a doctor’s home (went to the same church) and while he & his wife were giving us a tour of their home, couldn’t help but notice he had “box after box” stacked up of Prozac just outside his home office….. in other words, it was in the hall as there was not enough room inside his home office to fit it all in!!  This Dr. was a psychiatrist BTW.  Great people!  But they sure believed in medicine!!  His wife used to tell me how they’d go on this trip & that trip & eat out at fancy/schmancy restaurants – places they couldn’t afford, she’d say, had it not been for the pharmaceutical companies treating them or giving them kickbacks!!!   Always been a pet peeve of mine, something I think should be OUTLAWED in this country.   So just know any time you go to a MEDICAL Doctor, you are going to get MEDICINE!!!

 

I’m not saying not to take it, I’d never tell anybody that.  I’m just saying use your God-given brain!!  Pray about it!!  The Lord will let you know whether you should take something or not.

 

Know I’m rabbit trailing all over the place here, but I am adamantly opposed to blood pressure meds.  Everyone I’ve ever known who’s had a stroke was on bp meds!  My dad… a stroke, which led to dementia in only his ‘60s, which led to a nursing home, which led to death….

And various friends…. They literally KILLED MY AUNT (2 aunts actually).   They make you dizzy.  One aunt got up at night, fell over, hit her head….. killed her.  The other aunt fell, ended up in ER, went on life support….. “until”….. 

They made my mother fall, broke several bones, she died in the hospital.   Recently a new friend who just started on bp meds fell at the grocery store, blood all over the place, and now LITERALLY “has a hole in her head”!!!    “SIGH!!!”   Once a person is on them, s/he should never, never, never quit “cold turkey” as this can bring on severe spike in BP with all kinds of severe problems!!  But should one want to get off them, you always hear it is best to “wean off gradually”.

 

There’s a book on amazon (I wish I would have gotten when it was yet cheap) called, “The High Blood Pressure Hoax” by Dr. Sherry Rogers.

 

My naturalpath Dr. says that most people in this country are sick & tired because they’re ignorant, misinformed, or flat out lazy.  Case in point:  how many people do you know who take diabetic medication & then eat more sugar than anyone?!!   How many people pop cholesterol-lowering drugs & then dine on baked goods, blocks of cheese and very fattening (wrong kinds of animal fat) meals?

 

We are a fat, lazy, misinformed generation.  We want to eat what we want to eat  (reminds me SOO much of that Scripture in Phil 3!! ~ where someone’s god is their stomach!!)  yet we don’t want to be proactive and take charge of our health.  This country & this generation prefers to just pop pills.

 

Anyway, I started out telling you about dryers sheets & perfumes, then ended up telling you other things as well.  Prayerfully, perhaps someone will find it useful?...

 

 

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