By Mary-Jane Liddicoat (click below to listen to the interview broadcast on TBSe FM 1013 Mainstreet 'Family Affairs' program 24 August 2011)
All kids love critters. What is a critter? The word comes from 'creature' and can refer to any living thing, including insects and other creepy crawlies.
Critters also include parasites, worms, fungi, moulds, flukes, viruses or bacteria that are lurking inside your body. How many of those do you and your kids have?
Probably more than you'd really care to know about.
What science today knows
Hundreds of millions of people may be infected with intestinal parasites. Some critters can live up to 25 years in the body, and under the microscope, they may be up to 10 meters long! Tape worms have a quarter of a million eggs, that can break open into the body.
Parasites can affect our entire system – eyes, digestive system, reproductive system, brain, sinus cavity, liver, muscle tissue, lymph glands, bones and more.
Many tumors when removed have been found to contain parasitic material. Tumors are thought to be the body's way of trapping worms and worm food (plaque) in order to keep us alive.
Our bowel, for instance, hosts over a kilo of up to 400 species of bacteria and other organisms to help break down food to absorb nutrients and eliminate waste.
If you are not flushing away all your waste every day or your guts are clogged, it will be harder for your system to get rid of the unhelpful critters.
These critters can contribute to seriously ill health and disease, including poor eyesight, tumours and cancer. If your child has eyesight problems you might want to check for parasites as a first pre-cautionary step. Worms are potentially deadly.
Nothing to fear?
Most critters get into our systems via our food, but they can also be due to contact with infected excrement.
While we might not be able to avoid critter contact, we can invite them to leave quickly and easily. How? By keeping your body healthy and clean.
The answer is not to smother your house and body with '99% germ killing' potions, which may contain potentially harmful chemicals which may both weaken your immune system and build up in your liver and feed the critters.
Maintaining good health and a clean body is the best approach. Here is a list of simple steps:
If you have a serious metabolic condition, like cancer, asthma, you might consider a faster approach using a one of the many available parasite purging remedies. Ingredients often include black walnut, clove, ginger root, anise seed, peppermint, fennel
As always, ask questions, be aware and choose what works for your body. Bodies are amazing things and usually drive themselves without any interference from our high brains.
So my invitation to you is not to put your higher 'educated' brain into overdrive with worry or concern. Rather, to ask your body what it might need to feel even better, and take if from there?
This article is for information and you should seek the advice of a health professional if you suffer from particular conditions. When you do, remember you can ask for additional information. Need a hand asking questions? Start here...
Or if you really want to know more fascinating things about critters, read on here...
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Mary-Jane Liddicoat is an ex-diplomat now looking at ways to create more ease, joy, prosperity and abundance in her communities. For more information visit www.conscious-living.asia and www.healthyhomes.asia. Mary-Jane lives between Seoul, Korea and New South Wales, Australia, with her Korean sculptor husband and their three children aged eight, six and two.
Critters also include parasites, worms, fungi, moulds, flukes, viruses or bacteria that are lurking inside your body. How many of those do you and your kids have?
Probably more than you'd really care to know about.
What science today knows
Hundreds of millions of people may be infected with intestinal parasites. Some critters can live up to 25 years in the body, and under the microscope, they may be up to 10 meters long! Tape worms have a quarter of a million eggs, that can break open into the body.
Parasites can affect our entire system – eyes, digestive system, reproductive system, brain, sinus cavity, liver, muscle tissue, lymph glands, bones and more.
Many tumors when removed have been found to contain parasitic material. Tumors are thought to be the body's way of trapping worms and worm food (plaque) in order to keep us alive.
Our bowel, for instance, hosts over a kilo of up to 400 species of bacteria and other organisms to help break down food to absorb nutrients and eliminate waste.
If you are not flushing away all your waste every day or your guts are clogged, it will be harder for your system to get rid of the unhelpful critters.
These critters can contribute to seriously ill health and disease, including poor eyesight, tumours and cancer. If your child has eyesight problems you might want to check for parasites as a first pre-cautionary step. Worms are potentially deadly.
Nothing to fear?
Most critters get into our systems via our food, but they can also be due to contact with infected excrement.
While we might not be able to avoid critter contact, we can invite them to leave quickly and easily. How? By keeping your body healthy and clean.
The answer is not to smother your house and body with '99% germ killing' potions, which may contain potentially harmful chemicals which may both weaken your immune system and build up in your liver and feed the critters.
Maintaining good health and a clean body is the best approach. Here is a list of simple steps:
- Stay healthy and strengthen your immune system by eating whole, uncooked organic foods, supplementing as required, and getting plenty of exercise and rest
- Drink plenty of water throughout the day
- Avoid processed food and eliminate excess sugar (parasites love sugar)
- Remove all sources of potentially harmful chemicals in your body and house, including in personal care, beauty, and cleaning products
- Remove rubbish from your house and office
- Wash sheets, towels and clothes regularly
- De-worm your pets
- Practice good hygiene around animals, handling rubbish, and after using the toilet - wash your hands even just with water!
If you have a serious metabolic condition, like cancer, asthma, you might consider a faster approach using a one of the many available parasite purging remedies. Ingredients often include black walnut, clove, ginger root, anise seed, peppermint, fennel
As always, ask questions, be aware and choose what works for your body. Bodies are amazing things and usually drive themselves without any interference from our high brains.
So my invitation to you is not to put your higher 'educated' brain into overdrive with worry or concern. Rather, to ask your body what it might need to feel even better, and take if from there?
This article is for information and you should seek the advice of a health professional if you suffer from particular conditions. When you do, remember you can ask for additional information. Need a hand asking questions? Start here...
Or if you really want to know more fascinating things about critters, read on here...
***
Mary-Jane Liddicoat is an ex-diplomat now looking at ways to create more ease, joy, prosperity and abundance in her communities. For more information visit www.conscious-living.asia and www.healthyhomes.asia. Mary-Jane lives between Seoul, Korea and New South Wales, Australia, with her Korean sculptor husband and their three children aged eight, six and two.
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