A Personal Take on Synthetics
I’ve spent a lifetime of being corrected, and even sometimes being laughed at by my friends, but as time has passed, time and time again, I’ve been discovered to be correct (sometimes twenty years after the fact) when research studies break out…
Twenty years ago it bothered me. Today, I don’t care as much which is why I’m free enough to speak my mind about what I see wrong with the way the modern world is ‘doing’ ‘things’.
At five years of age…
When I was little, for no reason at all, I wouldn’t eat anything that had been wrapped in, frozen in, or sold in plastic packaging. Why? Because I was stupid enough at the age of 5 to ask my daddy where “plastic came from”. After his explanation I was pretty sure I didn’t want ‘that’ to touch anything I was going to put in my mouth!
It’s no wonder then, that I was a veritable stick right up till the age of 20!
Today…look at all the studies on BPA in plastics. (If you don’t know already, BPA is a synthetic estrogen developed by the pharmaceuticals 30-40 years ago. They re-worked the structure and used it as an agent of some sorts to make plastic when it was dismissed as being viable for estrogen use. Now tell me what you think of this and the last generations’ men and boys – do they seem a little off-kilter to you? Could it have anything to do with being fed synthetic milk in BPA laden milk bottles while they were babies? Laugh if you want to…I’ll see you in another 10 years when the rest of the studies are out.)
Learning About Food in the Grocery Store…
On my 15th birthday we had steak for dinner. It was delicious. Someone at the table commented that the cow must have been fed a lot of corn to give the meat that marbling effect which in turn make it so tender. “Corn? I thought cows ate grass?”
That’s when I began to learn about cows fed a steady diet of corn for the last months of their lives, and how that affects the cow’s health, and the injections they give the cow to make it want to eat more corn (even though the cow knows the corn is actually killing it).
Pretty forward thinking for 20+ years ago, but look at the studies today. Look at the research to support the effects on human health from eating beef from feedlots. Look at the people around you – they’re overweight, even when they’re eating from the recommended food guide.
Do we think this is all some random coincidence?
Entering the Menstral Cycle…
When I was 12 I became a woman. My periods were heavy and uncomfortable. They also never went away! If I can remember back that far, I bled 20 days out of the month. The family doctor put me on a pill as he was worried about me.
I shook. I was cold all the time. My periods were regular, but I was miserable. Here’s something else…I started to grow hair on my chin. I don’t know if that’s a symptom or something else was in play, but when I was told that the ‘pill’ had something in it from a horse’s body I stopped taking them and suffered naturally. Eventually everything worked out.
Peri-Menopausal, Life Today
So here I am, hormones out of whack, visiting the doctor at 46 years of age. He doesn’t want to put me on medications and I say “Amen!” However, I am aware that something is changing about my body and functions and I’m not wild about it! This is why I’ve been learning about bioidenticals.
Although bioidentical hormone therapy has been in use for over 30 years, most people don’t know about it. It’s easier to prescribe a pill, document the effect, change the prescription and worry about the details later. Sadly, the details can be devastating with synthetic hormone use – an increase in blood clots, breast cancer, stroke and heart disease, to name a few.
By the way, I’m not a forerunner in this train of thought and the research isn’t new by any means – it just hasn’t been widely publicized. This has been going on, talked about, studied and researched for at least 10 years.
“Mare piss and synthetic compounds can kill.”
That’s what I’d tell you if you were standing in front of me today. That’s what I’d say if you were a treasured friend.
End of rant.
