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Many people are electing to avoid the risk of chemical contamination of their bodies, families and homes. Fortunately, solutions for addressing change exist and are readily available. Choosing eco-friendly products allows us to live a natural, green lifestyle.

The benefits of sleeping on organic bedding, selecting organic foods and wearing organic clothing are numerous.

Organic Foods

The Organic Food Association tells us: It iss common sense; organic food is good food. Good to eat, good for the environment, good for the small scale farmers and farm workers who grow it.

Organic farming is all about health and wellness. To assure optimum health and resistance against illnesss, the natural balance in our own bodies and in the environment must be maintained. The use of artificial chemical pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, fertilizers, genetic engineering and drugs interfere with this delicate balance; with unknown and often harmful consequences! Organic farming methods affect much more than what can be seen or tasted.

The first line of a little known song asks the question, “How many dandelions this year will grow?” Indeed, in some parts of the North America hills are yellow with dandelion flowers in the spring. Most are either ignored or poisoned as a nuisance. If we had known what this article will reveal, we might have gathered them instead of treating them as a curse.

Though most people simply call it dandelion, its official name is Taraxacum officinale. The word dandelion is from the French phrase ‘dent de lion,’ meaning ‘lion’s tooth’ referring to the jagged-edged leaves of this weed. Dandelion the herb is one and the same with the yellow weed growing in your yard. But it has more benefits than most people know.

The entire dandelion plant is beneficial. The roots, for example, are eaten as vegetables or roasted and ground into a type of root “coffee.” The flowers are used in making wine, in cooking (dandelion flower cookies?), in making dandelion syrup or jam, and it is made into an oil to rub on sore joints. But the uses for the leaves are even greater.