Let me pre-amble this article with a statement I have made at least a couple of times in other health-related articles of recent vintage. We are all unique individuals, each chemically different from one another, even though many of us are close enough to another that we can generally “group” ourselves into several “similar groupings”. Therefore, what works well for one person will probably work as well for everyone in that general grouping, will work but not as well for another general grouping, will do nothing good nor bad for another grouping, and will be bad for yet another grouping.

What follows works well for me; it may work exactly same for you, maybe even better. And it may be that my program will only work for you if you make a minor modification; or for another person if you make major modifications.

I learned back in ‘50’s and 60’s that every time I took a flu shot I got flu – three times, in fact. Once immediately after shot, again after 3 months, and a third time after 6 months. Every year, every flu shot, same pattern repeated. In 1967 I quit taking flu shots and I have caught flu since then about once every 5-6 years.

I have had varicose veins in my ankles since I was a teenager. I began taking massive doses of vitamin C – 2000 units a day – and vitamin E – 500 units a day, 2 or 3 times a week, about 1966 when I met a girl who said she took 1000 units of vitamin C daily, sometimes more, because her doctor prescribed it to help her varicose veins. Yes, I still have terrible varicose veins in my ankles but they don’t hurt and they apparently don’t impede my circulation.

In 1960’s I learned that I have a bad reaction to tetracycline, wonder drug antibiotic, about third time it was prescribed, and to “geocyllin”, one of penicillin family, but not to any of other family members. It sort of felt like a huge black hole in middle of my gut with a general feeling of extreme malaise. The Doctors decided this was an allergic reaction as it was repeated exactly several times.

And I learned in late 1960’s, that I had a bad reaction to Vitamins A, B (all), D, in fact, every vitamin supplement except C and E. What they did was raise my blood pressure over a period of use, say a month. My blood pressure would shoot up from 120/70 to 165/95 and take 2-3 months off vitamins to return to normal. The Doctors confirmed this as an allergic reaction.

During early 1980’s I began taking amino acid supplements and quickly learned I am allergic to amino acid supplements. I developed same reaction to amino acid supplements as I did to tetracycline and geocyllin. But also during 1980’s, due to a radical change of diet because I was goutish (I took medication to control gout from 1977 thru 1980, for 3 ½ years), I began taking zinc and selenium supplements, 50 mg each once a week, along with my vitamin C and E.

Beginning about mid 1970s I began noticing that I never seemed to catch colds, in fact hadn’t had one in years. This pattern continued. And while flu was going around and every one around me was getting sick I still only caught flu about once every 5 or more years. Others caught it every year.

In 1968 I played Santa at Christmas for a few close friends and their families. It was a fun thing to do and I sort of fell in Santa mode around Christmas time many years.

Here are some tasks that are traditionally included in a major spring cleaning: * Put away winter clothes and take out spring and summer clothing. * Sweep and vacuum floors, walls, and corners. * Wash floors and carpets… * Clean window panes, sills, and frames. Replace thick winter curtains that keep heat in with light summer curtains that allow breezes through. Remove storm windows, hang up screens. * Brush or vacuum stuffed furniture and remove spots. * Wash every surface in every room that has accumulated dust or grime.

I like to finish a spring cleaning by bringing in loads of spring flowers and placing them in vases in every room.

USE NONTOXIC & NATURAL CLEANERS

With so much cleaning going on, I always make sure to use cleaning products that are simple, safe, and eco-friendly.

When choosing a cleaning product for a specific job, I use least-toxic, most-effective product, in smallest effective amount.