Eclectic Post

That’s been my day, which is nice. No boredom at any rate! A little of this, a little of that. That has been RAIN!!! There’s been a lot of that, lately, in my wonderful northwest. It’s been so dark and cloudy that my Christmas cactus if blooming now instead of starting around Dec. 10th. Hopefully it won’t be all bloomed out by then.

But enough of that--today was beautiful with sunshine all day long. I was able to spend some time in my greenhouse. It was so wonderful. There was some rosemary that had rooted and needed to be potted. Got that done and then I just puttered around. Picked leaves and faded blooms and moved plants around and watered as needed. Just so nice to work with the plants again. I don’t realize how much I miss working with my plants. Wish my body would allow me to spend more time out there, maybe tomorrow. I picked some lovely pink geranium blooms and brought them in for a nice fresh flower arrangement. Not very fall looking, but they are fresh!

Also, I had some time for reading. Always so much that is interesting. I didn’t know that November is Diabetes Awareness Month and that it is a global problem. There doesn’t seem to be any consensus as to why type 2 diabetes is on the rise, nationally or worldwide. There will probably need to be more education on risks, signs and symptoms. One of the natural treatments that can be used, is cinnamon. It doesn’t take too many mg a day to make a difference. We have a relative who has used this and he is amazed at the difference it made in how his body reacted…very favorably for him. There is info on the web. Goggle diabetes and cinnamon.

Then I read an article about the “expensive urine” myth. We’ve probably all heard that before. I’ve been told that is what I am doing. Well, there is more and more nutritional research being done all the time. Tests have been done showing that the more vitamins consumed, the more that is absorbed or utilized by our bodies. Think of it like a sponge. If there are a few drops of liquid on a counter and you use a dry sponge to wipe up the liquid, the sponge is still mostly dry. But if you put a lot of liquid on the counter and use the same sponge, chances are it will be soaked and possibly dripping. It has absorbed a lot more liquid because it was there. Good health is not about the vitamins you excrete, it’s about the vitamins you retain.

And still more!! Orthomolecular Medicine News Service released this article, “Rigged Trials: Drug Studies Favor The Manufacturer”. I’ve read articles like this one before. Numbers can be presented in many different ways, it just depends on what outcome is desired. (That last sentence is my understanding of the article.) Also, our institutions of higher learning do not complain because they are getting money from the pharmaceutical companies to do the research. It is clearly not in their best interest to report that something else is better when the gravy train is elsewhere. “The result? Bias is now rampant in drug trials.” And do we really think that our government will do anything about this? It’s called “Follow the Money” and follow the men's careers. There seems to be a merry-go-round from Congress, the FDA, the Pharmaceutical Companies, the CDC, and I don’t know where else. All of these “businesses” have very generous salaries. So, I’ll just keep taking my vitamins and try to stay away from high priced drugs with side effects.

And then I needed to do some house work and tomorrow is garbage day, so it’s time to round up some things that need to be gone. We are trying to get rid of some of this extra “stuff”. I am finally able to throw out things that previously I just couldn’t toss. My daughter told me that she didn’t want to do it after I’m gone. I’ve got news for her, I’ll always have junk. It’s the nature of the beast!!!

I had a great day…as always,

Your Smiling Maven