A Healthier Smoking Alternative (Save The Kids)

The World Health Organization estimated that tobacco cause over 100 million deaths over the 20th century. Tobacco caused illnesses and deaths can be prevented or reduced. Current smoking cessation devices have been around for years now and have been proven to be ineffective. A study found that 93 percent of over-the-counter Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) users relapse and return to smoking within six months. This shows that these treatments are 7 percent effective. Who do you think is benefiting from these ineffective products that are being backed by the government. Wait....there is hope.

Electronic Cigarettes, better known as e-cigs, dates back to 2004 and was first introduced in China. E-Cigarettes are currently being marketed as a Safer Alternative To Tobacco. Electronic Cigarettes consist of a battery, atomizer, and cartridge and produces a thick water vapor which resembles traditional cigarette smoke. The battery powers the unit, the atomizer changes the liquid (e-liquid) in the cartridge into water vapor and the cartridge hold the e-liquid. The e-liquid in the cartridge consist of nicotine dissolved in propylene glycol (PG) and/or vegetable glycerin (glycerol) or VG, flavor and other preservatives found in the food we eat on a daily basis.

The benefits of e-cigarettes are numerous: NO Tar, NO Carcinogens, NO Odor, NO Secondhand or Thirdhand Smoke just to name a few. There are numerous e-cigs for sale on the internet. The industry is currently in negotiations with the FDA in hopes of receiving their approval soon.

The reason for this post is to highlight the fact that hundreds of innocent kids are being exposed to second and thirdhand smoke and really don't have a voice. The 2006 Surgeon General's report noted that 60 percent of US children aged 3-11 years—nearly 22 million young people—are exposed to secondhand smoke. The report went on future by saying that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome, lower respiratory infections, middle ear disease, more severe asthma, respiratory symptoms, and slowed lung growth. Just by making the switch to electronic cigarettes will not only save the lives of over 22 million young people but we will also reduce the millions of dollars being spent on treating the illnesses caused by burning tobacco.

Five Star Ecigs, LLC is a small company that offers some of the best electronic cigarettes on the market. They are able to offer the best e-cigs because they test all their products for at least a month before offering them to their customers. They are also not in the business of building a brand but providing their customers with the best electronic cigarettes. because there are so many electronic cigarettes out there and there is no one electronic cigarette that will be right for everyone. If your interested in finding out more about Five Star Ecigs,LLC visit their website at www.fivestarecigs.com

New Natural Eczema Treatment (ViaViente) Update

I have not posted in a while. A lot have happened in 2009-2010. From the birth of our third daughter to a very exciting move to Oklahoma City. Over the pass year and a half our eczema treatment have worked to the point where we no longer have to treat our daughters eczema. They scratch every now and then but I feel that's a habitual pattern that they are slowly getting over.

I am still in the process of getting testimonies. I am also working on a ViaViente cream/gel that will be easier to apply.

New Natural Eczema Treatment (ViaViente) Testimonies Coming Soon

Please stay tune because I have some testimonies on the way. I have sent out several sample packs of Via to people with Eczema and I’ve already received positive feedback. I am sure I’m the only person who have used Via to control eczema so I guess it up to me to spread the word. If you are interested in a free sample let me know.

Stress and Eczema

My daughter has Atopic dermatitis (AD) and we have managed to eliminate most of the triggers excluding emotional stress that comes from many situations. As al parents know, kids emotions can be unpredictable at times and there is nothing we can do as parents. Stress will happen and flare ups/ itching will take control. If we as parents can learn to reduce the stress our kids experience we can lessen the frequency and, hopefully, the intensity of the flare-ups.

Prime example, my daughter had basketball practice today and she was not performing as good as she would like. She started to stress and get upset. Immediately she started to itch and scratch uncontrollable. I tried to calm her down but as the practice when on her condition got worse. This caused her to have a minor flare-up which we treat with Via.

As the flare-ups happen we need to come up with a way to deal with flare ups the natural way. That’s why we use Via as a natural treatment for our daughters eczema.

More Pictures of the Result from the last Eczema Treatment

As requested here is more pictures at different angles in different lighting. As you can see there is no sign of the Eczema around her eye or face. The before and after pics of her hand I think is night and day. You can see the patches of eczema are gone within 12 hrs of the first ViaViente treatment.

Result from our Eczema Treatment

It’s only been a couple hours (less than 12hrs) and the eczema is clearing up. You can see the inflammation is just about gone. The only thing is left is some dryness, skin discoloration from her scratching, and goose bumps because we keep our house cold at night to keep her cool when she sleeps. The longer we treat her the better her skin gets. Via Works, see for yourself.

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Eczema and Detergents

Some believe that some eczema cases are as a result of detergent as it acts as a irritant. According to http://www.solveeczema.org/, " Detergent-reactive eczema likely accounts for 25-60% of eczema, depending on the age group and locality. Discerning detergent exposures as the underlying cause in any given case is eminently non-obvious. The underlying mechanism for this type of eczema would also amplify asthma. This solution will not cure asthma, but could substantially minimize it. I have heard recently from at least one mother who got her son's lifelong asthma under control with these measures, even though he never had eczema."

A.J. Lumsdaine talks a little more about detergents in an email.


Detergents: Environmental Compromise of Skin Barrier FunctionDetergents compromise skin barrier function. They increase antigen penetration and load. Their use has increased precisely in step with the increases in eczema and asthma worldwide, over time and geography. In modern households, they are a major component of household dust and are in contact with skin and lung tissue almost constantly. They change the permeability and quality of the skin barrier, especially in people with certain skin type. (And if one factors in this issue in the research studies used to support the so-called hygiene hypothesis, one gets a more consistent picture. )

I have said all along that skin type is a factor in susceptibility to detergent-reactive eczema. In fact, atopy seems strongly correlated with this type of eczema. I have heard from numerous families where eliminating the eczema of a child by going detergent-free in the household also eliminated a parent’s eczema or allergies. But the expression of this type of eczema isn’t limited to just some people with certain genes, it’s a continuum. If detergents were strong enough, I believe eventually the entire population would be affected.

More importantly, when people with this type of eczema live in a detergent-free environment, over time, the appearance and quality of the skin changes. Typically, the skin becomes more substantial and supple. It normalizes and becomes less dry. After two months in a detergent-free environment, the skin of affected patients would look entirely different under a microscope. Babies, with naturally more permeable skin, are most affected.

So, to make a long story short, I personally think of the eczema and asthma increases in the latter half of the last century as entirely environmental. The genetic associations are interesting, but I don’t think it’s reasonable to think of them as a “defect” just because they are more frequently associated with an unhappy reaction to a new and artificial environmental influence that didn’t exist 100 years ago. Removing the environmental cause is a more logical and more productive perspective to take for problem solving.

Naturally, I have my theories about those environmental causes, and I don’t think it’s very complicated. It seems to me from everything I have observed, that the two biggest environmental reasons for eczema in the 20th century are detergents and antibiotics/diet (yeast), in that order. My web site has a discussion of what I believe are the more common types of eczema — despite how different they may seem, I think now I can tie all of them together in a very simple and logical way.

Source: www.solveeczema.org/