Happy Earth Month! A Whole Body + Whole Earth = WholeSome/Sum

A Whole Body + Whole Earth = WholeSome/Sum 

As we come upon one of our favorite days to remember… Earth Day, we are reminded how we are a part of this earth as the earth is part of us. What’s outside of us in our environment effects our inner environment… and to maintain and sustain and thrive we must take care of both.

 The environment  directly affects our wellness. For example, the air quality and our respiratory system, lungs, etc. Even how our heart functions. When we breathe air that has pollutants, it causes stress and damage. There is an abundance of Asthma, emphysema, even cancer worldwide. Let's take a look.

Water:

Our bodies are made up of almost 90% water. We have a filtration system that cleans the fluids in our body…. Our kidneys. If the water that we drink isn’t potable, it most certainly stresses the kidneys. There are many areas on the planet with unpotable water. Even in this country, it is highly recommended that a filtration system is used in most cities and suburbs. 

Earth: Earth and the Soil

With the depletion of topsoil, so much of our land turning to desert. That said, the nutrients that we get from the soil also is depleting.

Fertilizers to yield more crops as well as other practices to have more are actually causing great harm to our land and life.

 Here is a list of ways that by caring for the wellness of the planet you can also care for yourself:

Air:

• Try carpooling or writing a bicycle.
• Consider limiting what you burn: It said that burning incense and wood puts more CO2 into the air. Though we love the smell, especially on a cold winter night, there are cleaner forms of energy to utilize and stay warm.
• Aromatherapy… A wonderful to create scents in your environment that enhance focus or relaxation such as peppermint, rosemary,
• Even having wonderful aromas in your kitchen while you’re cooking uplifts moods and spirits.
• Being around fresh flowers… You know the phrase “stop and smell the roses”….this is certainly a wonderful way to breathe in the sweetness of life and change your brain chemistry.

 Water:

• Be sure to use a water filter so that the water you’re drinking doesn’t have chemicals in it, like fluoride, that are shown to affect brain health.
• Be aware of how fragile our water system is and don’t keep a faucet running. We’re so used to an abundance of water and it’s so important to remember how many Third World countries and even more modern countries, you can’t even drink out of a tap.
• Drink lots of water… Half your body weight in ounces every day.
• There’s a great organization called charity water that helps clean up water in Third World countries. Consider a donation.
• To support Daily Wellness, drink tea, nourishing broths,etc. Our bodies need lots of fluids
• And let’s remember the food we get from the water…. Fish, seaweed, crustaceans, etc. Be mindful of how much you take and how much you really need from the ocean. There isn’t an unlimited supply of anything on the planet.

Earth: 

• Eat Organic: As all of our food and sustenance comes from the earth. Whether our food is grown in the soil to feed us or the animals you consume…. That is how we get our nutrition. When chemicals are used to kill bugs, we are also eating those chemicals. They are very harmful to our bodies and to the animals. I highly recommend eating organic for the health of the earth and all living things.
• Consider Veganism: It’s also important to be mindful about your consumption of meat as especially with beef as most of our issues from greenhouse gas comes from the raising of cattle through the methane gases they emit which has been proven to result in 1/3 of the air’s pollutants.
• Reduce your use of Plastics: Plastics are created from fossil fuels which create methane and other harmful gases to animals, humans, etc.

        The following information is from this source

• About one third of methane emissions result directly from fossil fuels, particularly gas, which is partially composed of methane. If and when the use of fossil fuels declines to zero, we can expect the associated methane emissions to decline correspondingly.
• Another one-sixth of methane emissions come from landfill. As we transition from fossil fuels and abandon throwaway plastics, landfill will become increasingly rare and associated methane emissions will also diminish.
• Another third of anthropogenic methane emissions are derived from livestock. But we can reasonably expect these to decline as well, as a result of reduced fossil fuel availability. Artificial fertilizers will become more expensive, leading to reduced animal feed production; and livestock will be competing for grazing and forage land with the demand for biomass energy.

Soil Depletion

• Fertilizers help farmer’s have larger yields but at what cost? The health and nutrition of the plants and soil.
• Another factor is crop rotation which many farmers have stop doing as well as over cultivating and overgrazing. As Dr. Zach Bush states, “these practices destroy some of the beneficial microorganisms, symbiotic bacteria and fungi that supply nutrients to crops. If micro organisms are not present the crop cannot realize its fullest nutritional potential.” Source
• So go organic!
• Consider supporting the health of the earth by supporting this fabulous organization…us
• One of the main reasons that our Grace’s Goodness Broths are all organic is so we are supporting not only the health of your body but the body of the planet!

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