Now that we are in the heart of the winter cold and flu season, and most of us tend to not go to a doctor but prefer self-diagnosis and treatment, it can be very confusing to guess whether it is a cold or a flu and if and when we should go to a doctor….
Category: Richard’s corner
Feeding our dogs (Part III) a more natural diet
This is the third and final part of this series on feeding your dog and how to affect their health and longevity by the food that they eat. Part I – Feeding Commercial Dog Food vs. Real Food reviewed how the use of over-processed ingredients, GMO-based grains and fillers, and foreign-sourced low-grade ingredients (from China)…
GMO’s – here we go again with Monsanto, this time it’s our grass
Even though this grass problem started in Oregon, it is not the type that they smoke up there. This is about the grass grown on your lawns and that grows wild in the national parks. In 1997 Scott’s, the large company that brought you Miracle-Gro partnered with Monsanto to create a Roundup ready genetically modified…
Do freezing temperatures affect health food products?
Seagate ships products throughout the year. During the winter months, we ship products into some very very cold regions, such that the USPS and UPS trucks storage compartments can be well below freezing. Products left on porches or in mailboxes will be further subjected to sub-freezing temps. A customer Diane D. of Coon Rapids, MN…
A Lemon-a-day can keep the doctor away
Drinking a glass of lemon juice each day can give you a variety of benefits: *It is rich in antioxidants, neutralizing free-radicals. *It stimulates the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach to aid in digestion. *However, the alkalizing salts in the lemon will help cause the body to be more alkaline and less acidic….
Olive Oil cheating update
Seagate previously posted on this subject in a May 2016, Olive Oil Industry Growth & Cheating. That article detailed the flow of olive oil from Italy into the U.S., over 110,000 tons/year, and how most of it was adulterated either with other vegetable oils, oils from North African and Eastern European countries, or 2nd press…
A Question about Nasal Polyps and Olive Leaf Nasal Spray
A customer name Mary posted a question last week about her husband’s nasal polyps — would the Olive Leaf Nasal Spray help get rid of his polyps which have completely blocked the flow of air into his nose? Seagate Responded: Hello Mary, I happen to have had this same problem (unfortunately) about 15 years…
Sanitary Practices for your Nasal Sprayer
A no-brainer – nasal sprayers are inserted inside noses. The nose is an incubator of germs. Millions of germs can be found in just one droplet of the goo lining the inside of your nose and sinus cavities. When something like a nasal spray is inserted into this germ-rich area, and then not properly handled…
Feeding Commercial Dog Food vs. Real Food Part II
On 11/19/16 we posted an article about the general concept of feeding your dog prepared processed dog foods and how they may be affecting the health and longevity of your dog. Today’s article reviews some info. about these processed foods so that you may draw your own conclusions and decide how better to feed your…
Arthritis and auto-immunity Part 3 – theory
Seagate has been involved with joint pain, arthritis, and even at one point almost 20 years ago, with the local chapter of the Arthritis Foundation because of some of the products that we produce. Due to FDA regulations, and because this blog is discussing pain and this disease, there will be no discussion of treatment…