Swine Flu Curtails Blog

Sorry for the pun!

It has been awhile since I have written in my Blog. My daughter had the swine flu for over two weeks and then I have become quite ill. Unfortunately my computer is in her room, which she spent a lot of time sleeping.

If any of you have caught the "flu" or whatever is going around, you may have experienced the terrible headaches. I have so much to add to my Blog but my pounding head is keeping me from writing.

Hope to be bringing you Natural News Soon! Don't forget to turn your clock back tonight.
Annette

Natural Baby Wipes

Have you seen the ingredients which store bought baby wipes are made of? The chemicals are endless! Once I was in a hurry and tried my best to find a more "natural" brand. I took one that said Natural and Hypoallergenic on the package.

I took it home and guess what the difference was? All the bad toxic ingredients were the same (which I will go into detail in a later post) but they took out the alcohol and added Aloe. That in no way made the product Natural. You cannot just add Aloe to a product and call it Natural or can you?

The goal of my blog is to inform you of these terrible labeling practices, teach you how to be a better label reader and also to find truly natural products.

Here is a Recipe from Daisy Blue Naturals for Natural Baby Wipes; and I mean Natural!
2 cups distilled water
2 Tbs. Calendula-n-Honey Baby Wash
1 Tbs. Calendula-n-Honey Baby Oil (Not Mineral Oil)
2 drops of Australian Tea Tree Oil

Cut a roll of paper towels in half and remove the cardboard tube. Mix ingredients in a container (tall enough to close over 1/2 the paper towels). Add the towels and close tightly. Turn upside down to soak all of the towels.. When using, pull towels from the middle and cover tightly between uses.

The Baby Wash is free of sulfates and so gentle it can be used on baby from head to toe. The Calendula Baby Oil is Mineral Oil FREE and perfect for infant massage, cradle cap and soothing baby's skin. Tea Tree oil kills fungus naturally, can also be used for cradle cap and dozens of other uses.

Isn't Your Baby worth it?

Annette Rose
Daisy Blue Naturals

Butter verses Margarine??

Butter.....

Parkay !!!

Remember that commercial.
I do!

Here is the youtube video !





I am often asked whether to eat butter or margarine.
Growing up it was cool to eat margarine instead of butter. Better eating through better science, or so we thought!!

Here is how butter is made:

Milk a cow.
Skim off the cream.
Add salt.
Churn the cream until it’s thick and chunky and tastes awesome.

Here is one of the processes for making margarine:

Farmers grow seeds.
The seeds are harvested.
The seeds are crushed to extract some of the oil.
The rest of the oil is extracted by mixing the seeds with hexane, a chemical solvent.
The hexane is (supposedly) all removed.
The oil is pumped full of hydrogen gas and nickel powder.
The remaining oil is subjected to heat and high-pressure CO2 gas.
The oil is mixed with sodium hydroxide and passed through a centrifuge.
The oil is mixed with water and passed through another centrifuge.
At this point, the margarine is a gray, speckled, oily mass that doesn’t smell so good.
The oil is mixed with hydrated aluminum silicate that binds to and filters out the unwanted pigments.
The mix is heated again and the oil is extracted.
The oil is passed through a steam distillation chamber to remove unwanted odors.
Yellow food coloring and artificial flavors are added.

Margarine.
Mmm Mmm good!!!
Not !!!

So what would you rather eat?
Most margarines are chemically altered vegetable oils and contain dangerous and unhealthy trans-fats otherwise known as trans-fatty-acids. While vegetable oils have received good press coverage, most contain an abundance of omega-6 fatty acids, which may counter the healthy effects of omega-3 fatty acids.

So what are we supposed to eat?

Cardiologists say butter is bad, because it contains saturated fat which they argue is responsible for an increased rate of heart disease.

But is this fact or fiction?

Let us look back at history for a moment.
In America, the rate of heart disease soared during a period when saturated fats consumption fell sharply while cholesterol intake remained roughly unchanged.Before 1900, heart disease was rare in America, affecting about 8 percent of the population.

By 1950, heart disease caused 30 percent of all deaths in America. Today, it causes about 45 percent of all deaths.During this period, consumption of butter, which is high in saturated fats, fell from over 18 lbs per person per year at the turn of the century, to about 10 lbs per person per year by 1950.

Today it is even lower, yet the rate of heart disease continues to escalate.In the same period, Margarine consumption rose from about 2 lbs per person at the turn of the century to about 8 lbs per person.

Ok now.

Do we follow the advice of clever advertisers and marketers?

Or do we follow the logic of our ancestors who relied on a very low processed foods diet?

Listen to your ancestors !!!

They ate saturated fats.
They did not eat processed food.

Pass on the Parkay and vegetable oils. (Especially ALL Hydrogented Oils) !

Eat butter!!
To Good Health!!!

Eileen Dannemann Standing director, National Coalition of Organized Women (NCOW)http://www.progressiveconvergence.com/

Tender Touch for Breast Cancer Awareness

BREAST CANCER FACTS:

A woman in the US will die from breast cancer every 13 minutes.
212,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
Early detection is the best way to fight the disease.

Join Daisy Blue Naturals in the Fight Against Breast Cancer.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - dedicated to
increasing awareness of early breast cancer detection. To show our support,
Daisy Blue Naturals will donate $1 from every purchase of our special
Tender Touch Hand & Body Lotion to the American Cancer Society.
Your purchase helps to fund mammograms for those that may
not otherwise be able to afford them.

Tender Touch is a soft, lightly-scented lotion in a pure
vegetable glycerin base that includes coconut oil and jojoba
to soften the skin. Best of all, it’s paraben free. Parabens are
synthetic chemicals used to preserve products and a number of
studies have suggested a link between
parabens and breast cancer.

For a limited time: $13.00 #8066
October 1 - 31, 2009

http://4499.daisybluenaturals.com/

Holiday Gift Guide Starts Today! 10/1/09

Today, October 1, 2009 our spectacular Holiday Gift Guide has come out! These awesome products can be seen on my website at http://4499.daisybluenaturals.com/Products/Default.aspx?cid=116 or email me for a full GIFT GUIDE color page and Catalog at daisybluebyannette@wi.rr.com. We have something for everyone on your shopping list for the hard to buy, teachers, any woman, children and even men.

When ordering online: Please go to Enrollment and sign in as a Customer on my website which will have 4499 on it along with my name Annette Rose and contact information.

Do your kids miss Raspberry Larry products?

NEW IN 2009! If you're looking for VALUE, stop looking and click the 'Add to Cart' button NOW!! Every kid likes Raspberry Larry-and we've included their favorites: Raspberry Larry Lip Balm, Bar Soap, and Lotion. Comes ready to give in a spotted white Larry gift bag! #9539 Only $15, it's like getting the Bar Soap and Lip Balm FREE

Or try our Cranberry Fizz Ultimate Gift Set: Cranberry Fizz Lotion and Cranberry Fizz dye free soy wax candle $35.00 Comes already wrapped in a white box- because we care! All gifts come boxed or bagged. #9537

We think our Best Seller will be our: AWESOME ALMOND ULTIMATE GIFT SET:
NEW IN 2009! Looking for that gift for the person who has everything? They don't have this-so go ahead and become their favorite person when you get them this! Includes our phenomenal best selling Awesome Almond Body Butter and our 100% dye free soy wax candle. #9538 $35.00

We have not forgotten the Man in your life! Do you like your man to smell good? Does he like getting gifts from you? Both problems solved with one gift! Yemeri Gift Set
Includes Yemeri Bar Soap, Body Lotion and Body Spray and comes ready to give in an attractive black gift box. #9531 ALL 3 for $25 in the Black Box!


These are just a few of the many gifts we have for the Holidays, so pick up several for the people on your shopping list and of course don't forget yourself! You can also make your own gift from anything in our current Fall/Winter 2009 Catalog.

Remember every products from Daisy Blue Naturals is made with 100% Natural Products; contains No petroleum, phthalates, parabens, laurel sulfates of any kind or artificial colors or fragrances. I will cover these important ingredients on a post soon to come. Also there is no animal testing.

Feel free to contact me with any questions, orders, or to receive a Fall/Winter 2009 Catalog and our Holiday Gift Guide in the Mail. I can also email the Gift Guide to you in .pdf form.

Every Month Daisy Blue Naturals has Hostess and Customer Specials. We have added something NEW which is WEEKEND SALES! They run from Thursday night to Sunday at 11:59 CST. If you would like to receive these unadvertised weekend sales please contact me, as they are Great Bargain! My business email is daisybluebyannette@wi.rr.com

I would be pleased to help you in your Holiday Gift Shopping, Answer any Questions you may have, Send your loved ones a Wish List, Email you our Weekly Product Sales and Mail you a Catalog/Holiday Gift Guide.

Annette Rose

Independent Consultant #4499

Daisy Blue Naturals - For Truly Natural Products!

Welcome to My Blog

Welcome to my Annette's Naturals Blog. My goal is to help people learn about natural products and foods to better their lives. There is so much misleading information on this topic that I will do the best I can to help you become aware of what ingredients can be harmful to your body while offering alternate, safer suggestions.

Several years ago I started researching organic foods and really watched what I put into my body. I had no idea that what we put ON our bodies also goes Into our bodies and affects our health.

Currently I am an Independent Consultant for Daisy Blue Naturals where we sell truly natural alternatives to bath & body products offering an awesome skin care line, lotions, essential oils, laundry products, soaps and therapeutic products. I will explain how to use our products and why, including everyone's favorite; product sales.

Feel free to send me any questions you may have regarding natural products, how to use them, organic food or share a great organic recipe with us.