Guest guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 I don't mean to be rude, but I joined this group because it was called MINERAL MINERAL SUPPLEMENT. I understand sometimes people in groups can get slightly offtrack but this is ridiculous. I am very disappointed in what's happening here. Why isn't anyone discussing MMS? --- In , " Gaiacita " <gaiacita@...> wrote: > > I know what you mean. I have pondered this for a long time. Americans are > just so--um, smell freaks. They are always spraying something on some part > of their body. :-) We only want to smell certain things. I know other > countries don't feel this way. I have talked to Indians and their breath > smells strongly of curry. Ok--not my most pleasant experience because I don > t like curry, but--there is great medicinal benefits to curry. So--they are > probably much better off eating it, and smelling like curry, than not eating > it. Same with garlic. Smells " bad " , but how good it is for you! So--do we > say--the heck with what everyone else likes or dislikes, I'm going to eat > this because it's good for me. Or do we say--well, I know this will stink > me up so I'll only eat it before I go to bed, or on weekends, so I don't > offend the public? > > I gave my Mom a great blend of pain reliever to rub on her shoulder. She > told me it worked wonders--no pain at all. A few days later I went over and > she was hurting and I asked her why she wasn't using the tincture. She said > " well, it smells (of menthol) and I don't want to stink when I go to the > store " . I said--you don't know those people, what do you care what they > think you smell like? But, that's how we are raised--we must not smell of > anything other than perfume. And heaven help the ones who overdose on that! > Lol > > Truly, it's a hard choice. Here we are so sensitive to smells, and we all > want to smell nice, that we don't do what is best for our health sometimes. > Yes, there are products that say they don't have any smell to them, but it's > actually the chemical in the garlic that makes the smell that has all the > health benefits. No smell, little benefits. And even when they can isolate > the one chemical that smells that works, and descent it--you are still > loosing the benefits of all the rest of the chemicals and constituents in > the raw food. The scientists may say it's just this one thing that works > out of a type of food--but how do they know there's not a huge synergistic > effect by taking all the " parts " of the food together, as nature intended. > > Ok--as I don't want to be seen as someone who's just out to slap Alligin, I > ll shut up now. > > Samala, > > > -------Original Message------- > > Haha, that's my problem. I love garlic, I could easily eat a bulb a > day, but after about 2 cloves, those around me wish they weren't. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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