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  • 10 Less Serious Reasons to Zap

    10 Less Serious Reasons to Zap

     

    You may have heard about Hulda Clark from a friend or family member. You may have come across any one of her books audaciously titled “The Cure For All Cancers,” “The Cure for HIV and AIDS,” and “The Cure For All Diseases,” among many others. You may have filed that bit of information in your brain for “Someday” when you need it, if you ever need it, which you may not, after all you’re healthy, you don’t have cancer, HIV, or any debilitating disease. You eat well, you exercise, you’re living the life.

    When I came across Hulda Clark’s book, “The Cure For All Cancers,” in 1997, I was 24 years old. My grandfather had been diagnosed with lymphoma the summer prior, went through aggressive chemotherapy that fall, and died of pneumonia that winter. I was disenchanted with the medical industry. Hulda Clark showed me an alternative to the way cancer was being treated by the doctors. It was knowledge I would apply to my family’s approach to cancer moving forward, but I was a relatively healthy young woman at the time. I didn’t have any dramatic condition to turn around.

    I decided that I would put my new knowledge to use anyway. I had some minor health problems to tackle. The first step was learning how to zap. My husband built a zapper and I used it. It was an easy change to my lifestyle. It didn’t hurt and all it took was a few minutes of my time. Through the years, I slowly changed my daily habits. I cleaned up my diet, body products, and environment. I replaced harmful dentistry as I was able to afford it. It is now over twenty years since I started. At 46 years old, I’m Mom to a teenager who doesn’t know life without a Hulda Clark Zapper and has had the benefit of growing up with healthy habits and in a household set up according to lifestyle recommendations published in Hulda Clark’s books.

    Hulda Clark wrote her books for people who were very ill but the healthy and health-minded can benefit from it as well. You don’t have to wait until you have cancer before you zap. Here are:

    10 Less Serious Reasons to Zap

    (Everyone is different and may react differently to the Hulda Clark Zapper based on unique conditions and environmental circumstances. As a merchant I cannot make any medical claims regarding our product. The following are my personal experiences and opinions.)

    1. Skin problems. I had acne as a teenager. By the age of 24 I had been to several dermatologists, taken one kind of antibiotic after another, and been subjected to various facial treatments. I zapped for about a year, during which my skin improved for a bit, then backpedaled into breakouts that made me not only doubt whether the Hulda Clark Zapper was effective, but also wonder if it was making it worse. I persevered, thinking I had nothing to lose anyway. It was already a year past when I started zapping before I realized, that I couldn’t remember the last time my skin had broken out. My skin has remained clear since.
    2. Eye infections. More than once while out on a walk I got dust in my eye, scratched it, and turned it into a stye or infection. I used the Hulda Clark Zapper to bring that infection down.
    3. Cold, cough, sinus infections. No matter how healthy you are, no one is immune from this. I know when I’ve overextended myself, overworked, and overexposed myself to infection. Usually a sore throat alarms me to this. I try to get ahead of it by zapping immediately. Once I get symptoms, I know it’s my immune system flushing the germs out of me. What takes a regular person two weeks to clear takes only a matter of days with the help of the zapper.
    4. Ear infections. I’m not prone to ear infections, but my husband and daughter are. A change in the seasons, getting water in the ear from swimming, or a cold can cause them. I’ve written a blog post about ear infections here, which includes a video of my daughter talking about her experience.
    5. Flu and fevers. As I mentioned above, my daughter doesn’t know life without a Hulda Clark Zapper. Anytime we’ve come down with a flu or fever, we zap, we rest, we take good care of ourselves. I’ve written about flu and fevers here.
    6. Headaches, migraines, muscle aches and inflammation. I believe the Hulda Clark Zapper brings down inflammation. We zap, we rest, we take good care of ourselves and get better.
    7. Food or water poisoning. If you ever travel or go out to eat, you are opening yourself up to anything that could get you. Undercooked meats, unsanitary conditions, unhealthy kitchen personnel. That’s why we keep a Hulda Clark Zapper in the car. I went to a family picnic once when my cousin had eaten a dairy dish that had sat in the sun too long. She was bent over purple-lipped close to the trash bin. I got the zapper out of the car and got her zapping while chit-chatting. Before she knew it her face had regained color and she was talking and animated again.
    8. Cold sores and cuts. We avoid infecting our cuts or cold sores by zapping. That pink puffy inflammation around cuts and cold sores go down. The body heals faster.
    9. Menstrual cramps. I have come to rely on zapping as a way to take care of myself that I reach for it as soon as I get any kind of pain. Menstrual cramps is one of them. I lay in bed and zap, rest, take good care of myself during that time of the month.
    10. Urinary Tract Infection. As a sexually active young woman newly wed, I used to get UTI, yeast, and vaginal infections. Back then I went to my doctor and got prescribed antibiotics, which messed with my birth control pills, and may have been contributing to the problem. Ever since I started zapping regularly, these problems went away. Of course I was also drinking more water and practicing better pee-after-sex hygiene to prevent these types of infections, but once in a while when it caught me, I used the Hulda Clark Zapper to get my body back to health.

    The Hulda Clark Zapper is a device that emits a frequency that is meant to destroy microorganisms. Hulda Clark researched and published her findings on the use of the zapper for very debilitating and some terminal diseases, but there are other ways the Hulda Clark Zapper has helped me and many people around the world.

    What about you? Are there other Less Serious Reasons you use a Hulda Clark Zapper?

    Hulda Clark Zapper for food poisoning

  • Strength and Grace

    Strength and Grace

    What’s amazing about having a blog that has been around for more than a decade is that I can quickly click through the posts to see my daughter growing up. From the moment she was born to this day, I am filled with gratitude and pride in her good health, strength, skills, and grace.

    I feel lucky to have come across Hulda Clark‘s work, which made a difference in my health long before I decided to become a mom. Following the Hulda Clark lifestyle gave me the confidence to raise a healthy child with as little medical intervention as possible. Our philosophy and methods are different from most families we know, but it’s hard to deny that whatever it is we do has brought us wonderful results.

    My daughter is now a Junior Olympic Level 6 competitive gymnast under the USA Gymnastics program. It’s challenging for the whole family because we have to spend a lot of time traveling to competitions. All this time on the road is exhausting and exposes us to a lot of elements. Imagine getting a food-borne illness from eating at a restaurant while so far away from the comforts of home. That’s why we always travel with our Hulda Clark Zapper. We zap preventively to keep us in top condition and keep it in our first aid kit in case of emergency.

    If your kids are into competitive sports, you know that our support as parents is essential to making it happen for them. I’ll do anything to help my daughter succeed. Being in good health is the foundation of it all. Wish us luck this competition season!

  • Zinc Oxide for Insect Bites and Skin Blemishes

    Zinc Oxide for Insect Bites and Skin Blemishes

    Zinc Oxide is derived from the rare mineral zincite. It was mentioned as a skin treatment as far back as 500 BC in Ayurvedic texts, and in ancient Greek medical texts in the first century. It can be found as the active ingredient in skin products such as calamine lotion, diaper rash cream, anti-dandruff shampoos and antiseptic ointments.

    Zinc oxide is approved by the FDA for use as a food additive. It has been listed as an ingredient in breakfast cereals as a source for zinc.

    Hulda Clark mentioned using pure Zinc Oxide in her books as a food-grade replacement for commercial deodorant. She pioneered the concept that we should only use skin products that are safe enough to eat. After all, our skin absorbs whatever we apply on it through billions of pores all over our body. Toxic chemicals in body products find their way into the liver and other vital organs, wreaking havoc on our health.

    When I was a new mom looking for a solution to diaper rash, I found that nearly all diaper rash creams list Zinc Oxide as its active ingredient, but the petroleum base it was in made me put that cream back on the shelf.

    It seems counteractive to have a known allergen and skin irritant as the base of an ointment that’s supposed to treat a diaper rash.

    Zinc Oxide for Diaper Rash:

    So I went back to Hulda Clark‘s recommendation and used pure Zinc Oxide to treat my baby’s diaper rash. It worked overnight! It made me feel at ease knowing I was not exposing my developing child’s immune system to a cocktail of harsh chemicals, whose sole purpose seems to be to prolong shelf life.

    Now that my daughter is grown, we still use Zinc Oxide to treat skin problems such as insect bites, pimples and all kinds of blemishes. When she caught chicken pox, Zinc Oxide kept her itch-free and under control.

    Zinc Oxide, labeled as Deodorant Zinc Oxide at NaturalHealthSupply.com, comes as a pure white powder in a plastic cup. Just add water and shake to make a cream. It’s inexpensive and lasts a long time. The cream dries up after a while, but add a little bit of water, shake and it comes back to being a usable cream.

    Try it and see what pure food-grade Zinc Oxide can do for your skin.

  • Morse’s Sauerkraut

    Morse’s Sauerkraut

     

    Sauerkraut is an Eastern European delicacy made of finely shredded cabbage fermented by lactic acid bacteria. It is an effective way to build probiotics, bacteria that is beneficial to the body’s digestive system. It is also rich in vitamins and minerals.

    Like most healthy food items, industry has figured out a way to ruin a good thing. Canned store-bought sauerkraut is heat-treated to extend shelf-life, so it is missing the live bacteria cultures that raw sauerkraut has to offer.

    Cody LaMontagne, owner of Morse’s Sauerkraut
    Cody LaMontagne, owner of Morse’s Sauerkraut

    Seek out a local source for raw sauerkraut. We lucked out here in Maine because Morse’s Sauerkraut is the most awesome place to get “unadulterated lacto-fermented unpasteurized ‘kraut” since the day Virgil Morse delivered his first barrel of pickled cabbage to the local store in Waldoboro in 1910. Today, Morse’s Sauerkraut and Euro Deli also sells the best pickles, various cheeses, butters, fine meats, and many other European luxury foods.

    Morse’s Sauerkraut serves amazing breakfasts and lunches in their restaurant, which gave us a chance to sample their pickles, sauerkraut and coleslaw on the side of their entrees. Everyone in the family loved it. Our bellies were happy!

    More about Sauerkraut:

    Morse's Sauerkraut and Euro Deli

  • Girl Power

    Girl Power

    Two winters ago, my then-9-year-old daughter asked her dad to help her in a big project. She had done electronics in the past, but this was the first time she came up with something to build it into. First they had to make the circuit. It’s a simple circuit, only meant to light up LEDs at the flick of a switch.

    #circuit for #ultraviolet #LED #light. #electronics #girlpower #kids #kidscrafts #maker #crafts

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    The switch is the trickiest part, since it needed to be soldered and definitely needed to be supervised by a parent.

    #soldering #electronics #switch #kids #kidscrafts #crafts #maker

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    My daughter drew up a pattern for her plush toy, cut up the fabric and sewed it up on the sewing machine. (I taught her how to use the sewing machine when she was 8. Before that, she’d been hand-sewing since she was 4.) Before stuffing it and while the toy is still inside-out, she and her dad set the wiring up.

    #electronics all wired together into the inside of my #plush #toy – #kidscrafts #kids #crafts #maker

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    By this time we’d been making toys together for years. She’s an expert stuffing stuffer!

    stuffing the bird. Almost done!

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    There’s her plush LED nightlight owl! It’s been her reading companion for two years now

    This spring, she wanted to make a companion for her plush owl. This time, building a circuit was a breeze, but using the soldering iron still needs parental supervision.

    #Soldering #electronic parts for Project Patchy Wink. #kidscrafts #girlpower #electronics #maker

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    Using the sewing machine, however, has become almost second-nature to this budding designer. Like a pro, she drew up a pattern, cut up the fabric, sewed it up, and built her electronic wiring while the toy was still inside-out. Here it is all ready to stuff.

    Project Patchy Wink before stuffing. #LED eyes are in. #electronics #girlpower #maker

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    And there’s my happy girl with Patchy Wink, her bedtime plush toad with LED light-up eyes. Girl power!

    Get your kids into electronics and making things. It’s a creative, educational and rewarding way to spend time together.

    Girl Power electronic maker of LED nightlight plush toy

  • How to Make Homemade Pasta

    How to Make Homemade Pasta

    My daughter has been making homemade pasta with her Dad for as long as she remembers. Preparing meals is a family activity in our home. It’s so gratifying to see my 10-year-old daughter competently handling knives and the stove, while conversing about our family’s health philosophy (in between silly stuff).

    We stopped eating wheat for a few years, but the complexity of blended flours trying to capture the texture and taste of wheat seemed more of a process than simply committing to using organic or non-GMO wheat flour products.

    We still enjoy coconut flour for making coconut muffins, arrowroot flour for making dry arrowroot cookies, rice flour for making rice cakes. But when it comes to making bread and pasta, there is nothing like good old wheat.

    Homemade Pasta

    Ingredients:
    1 cup semolina flour
    1/2 teaspoon salt, optional
    2 eggs or 3 egg whites, free-range and organic

    Combine semolina flour and salt. Add beaten eggs. Mix to make a stiff dough. On a lightly floured surface, flatten dough with a rolling pin. Jelly-roll the flattened dough and cut into noodles.

    Homemade pasta for dinner. #semolina #pasta

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    We used a curly knife to cut the pasta.

    My daughter chops the #pasta with a curly knife.

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    Bring a large pot of water to boil. Unroll the pasta and add to the pot of boiling water. Cook until al dente.

    Unrolling #homemade #pasta.

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    Serve with your favorite sauce. Or simply toss with butter, salt and herbs such as green onions and cilantro.

    #homemade #pasta #dinner with chopped #herbs. #cilantro #greenonions

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    Serves 3.

    Buon appetito!

    Homemade Pasta

  • Celebrate!

    Join me in wishing my husband a happy 50th! We’ve been counting down each month with tips for good health and longevity. This month’s tip: Celebrate!

  • Coconut Muffins

    Coconut Muffins

    Coconuts made quite an impression on my husband and daughter when we visited the Philippines. My home has coconut trees growing right on our front yard. One Sunday morning a boy climbed one of the trees with a machete and carefully lowered bunches of coconuts down to our driveway.

    harvesting coconuts from tree in the Philippines

    We drank fresh coconut juice and ate fresh coconut “meat” that day.

    Coconuts are nutritious and can be eaten in so many different ways: juice, “meat,” oil, milk. Here’s a healthy breakfast recipe that uses various coconut products:

    Coconut Muffins

    Ingredients:
    4 tablespoons organic virgin coconut oil, melted into liquid
    6 organic eggs
    1/2 cup organic coconut milk
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 cup organic coconut flour
    1/2 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
    6 tablespoons shredded unsweetened coconut

    Preheat oven to 400˚F. Grease a 12-muffin pan with coconut oil or use paper muffin cups.

    Beat eggs, coconut oil, coconut milk and salt. Add coconut flour and baking powder. Whisk until smooth. Pour batter halfway into muffin cups. Sprinkle with shredded coconut.

    Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Makes 12 muffins. Serve with raw honey for sweetening.

    This is based on a recipe found in The Candida Free Cookbook by Shasta Press. I skipped the Stevia for sweetening. Stevia is the sweetener of choice for people who are on a candida-free diet. Since my family and I are not, I took the liberty of topping the unsweetened coconut muffins with raw honey to taste.

  • My Daughter’s Homemade Lipbalm

    My Daughter’s Homemade Lipbalm

    I tend to skip the lipbalm. Instead of putting on lipbalm when my lips are dry I just drink more water and eat more hydrating fruits. Most lipbalm is made of petroleum, which is a burden on the immune system and obviously wouldn’t be helping me in the long run.

    Until I tried my daughter’s super awesome lipbalm.

    My daughter made this fantastic lipbalm out of healthy kitchen ingredients:

    2 teaspoons organic virgin coconut oil
    1 teaspoon raw honey
    a few drops vanilla or peppermint extract (optional)

    Ingredients for homemade lipbalm - coconut oil, raw honey and peppermint extract

    Mix them all up and store in a little plastic container. She made one by recycling a used HDPE juice bottle. Another time she upcycled plastic Easter eggs. My kid is amazing!

    If the weather is warm, keep your lipbalm refrigerated when you’re not using it to prevent the coconut oil from liquifying.

    I love my daughter’s lipbalm. I use it all the time. My lips stay soft and moist from the healing powers of coconut oil and raw honey.

  • Read

    Read

    One of the most rewarding parts of my day is reading to my daughter at bedtime. I’ve been reading to her from the moment she was born.

    When she was a baby, the sound of my voice soothed her as I read her short poems and sang her songs.

    When she was a toddler exploring her environment, soft books with tactile features amused her to no end.

    We read board books as she learned more about the world around her. She began recognizing images and putting them together with words. Her favorites were Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and Big Red Barn; and Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Lonely Firefly, and The Very Busy Spider.

    As she extended her command of language, her love for books grew. She got into Dr. Seuss and the poetry of Shel Silverstein.

    Long before she learned to read she had memorized Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, Skelly the Skeleton Girl by Jimmie Pickering, and Dr. Seuss’s One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.

    By the time she started kindergarten we were reading long form books. The first one was The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which began our journey through the L. Frank Baum series. After that we dove into the How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell. While waiting for the latest Dragon series release, we read all 7 books of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

    In third grade she started reading Roald Dahl on her own: Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and The BFG. At this point in time she already has a wide social life separate from me, and a great many interests she pursues on her own.

    I still read to her at bedtime, even though she can very well read by herself. We take turns, two pages each. We read The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black. We read Greek mythology and the book of Genesis.

    When I started reading to my daughter, I thought I was simply teaching her how to read and love books. What I’ve learned is that there is so much more to it than that. Most of the books I read to her, I had never read myself before. I was experiencing these stories for the first time with her. This was not a case of me, the elder, imparting wisdom to my young. We were sharing laughter, spontaneous bursts of tears, and epiphanies together. We were learning so much about ourselves and each other while we read. Most of all we’ve developed a language and a culture between us based on a literary bond we can draw upon as reference as we navigate the real world together.

    That is the gift of literature.