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City Water Is Full Of Toxic Chemicals
Because I suffer from Fibromyalgia which comes with a package of medical problems I've had to deal with over the last 25 years, anywhere from kidney to bladder infections, debilitating fatigue, cognitive fog, muscle and joint issues, digestive issues dealing with my gallbladder and pancreas, which thankfully are in remission right now. The "Evidence Based" medical doctors and the pharmaceutical industry almost killed me treating my symptoms. After I tried everything my primary care doctor gave me and my body and mind continued to disintegrate. By the By, at that time I was on one of the best health insurance plans in America. I have a cardboard box full of medical test data from all my doctor and hospital visits, including lots of emergency visits for bladder and kidney infections. Instead of giving up I threw all my medicine away after remembering what my Grandma Dorothy taught me, "Food is medicine."
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Steemit Bought Me A Traveler Propur Water Filter
All city water and much of our countries aquifers are polluted now. I try and drink purified water to limit chemical exposure so that my body has the ability to rest and heal rather than trying to shed toxins all the time.
25 Years Later
Over the last 25 years I've slowly changed my eating habits. I don't eat sugar or processed foods anymore. I eat a varied "organic" diet based on what my ancestors ate, which was small amounts of whole grains, animal and legume proteins, roots and tubers, and large amounts of dark leafy greens, with a small amount of fruit. I eat a lot of dark green fermented veggies, unpasteurized fermented vegetables are the best kind of probiotic, which will restore your gut flora and fauna ecosystem. I regularly took huge amounts of antibiotics for years because of kidney and urinary infections I suffered back in the 1990s. I also suffer from PTSD (childhood sexual abuse) and chronic pain I was on antidepressants as well, which are just as bad as antibiotics for killing off all the little bugs that live in your digestive system and digest your food. Without the ecosystem in your gut the body will fall apart and you will go crazy. I know because that happened to me.
Remember I live in Oklahoma, the land of Tornadoes! I have an emergency plan for natural disasters, being a country girl and all, I know nature can be unpredictable and so can people. Most of my emergency stuff is also part of my camping outfit as well. I store bulk grains and legumes for emergency and daily use, buying in bulk saves money, seeds for the next years garden, silver for hard currency, hand crank radio, a solar rechargeable unit for our digital devices, candles, water filters for our backpacks that also have guns and ammo, yeah I am a Buddhist that packs a handgun! I don't target practice regularly anymore but for most of my childhood and adult life we practiced monthly through the year, usually with rifles. I've practiced with handguns so I don't react to the kick. I don't like handguns the kick kind of freaks me out so I need to practice more to develop muscle memory.
