February 7, 2023 • 22 mins
Tune in today as Eco Mama shares her journey to Florida, joining over 1,500 other amazing, independent creators in the podcasting arena, talking about what she recently learned about yeast infections, their causes and the crazy places they can develop on the body, and the importance of avoiding artificial flavorings in our food.
See episode 9 for Artificial Colors and the dangers that lie within them.
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(00:11):
Welcome back to the Eco MamaPodcast.
I'm Jaime Snell, and I'm excitedto be with you here today and to
tell you about some of thethings that I've been up to.
A lot of it has been behind thescenes with my small business,
and a lot of it has been with myfamily because that's what we do
over the holidays, but now we'rein February.
I'm gearing back into the realworld of life and work and
(00:34):
helping others, which isdefinitely something that I have
a passion.
So I just returned from pod.
It was a wonderful event.
There were 1500 of usindependent creators and we got
together and we shared ourstories and we learned together
from some professionals andsuccessful individuals in the
industry.
(00:55):
And we collaborated and wenetworked, and I've got new
friends.
I love it.
I love it.
I love it.
It was a good mix of, well, Iwould say there's all different
categories that were in there.
The.
For moms, of course it was.
There were people who liked totalk about beer, talk about
golf.
There was a lot of businessoriented podcast there, which
(01:16):
was good cuz that's helps melearn with on the business side.
But there was also some holisticcaregivers.
There were, quite a few where,end of life.
I was surprised to hear that.
I did not know that thosepodcasts existed.
But it was just really, reallyneat to learn all the different
things that people love to talkabout and love to learn about
that are available to us onpodcasting.
(01:37):
And so I'm grateful to have thisforum.
I'm super grateful to BuzzSprout.
I'm gonna give a shout out tothem because they sponsored me
to go, which was absolutelywonderful.
And I got to spend some timewith family and my daughter got
to go with me.
My middle daughter, she got tospend time with family and it
was just, it was a really goodtrip.
It was a good time.
Great people and so manytakeaways.
(01:59):
I was able to connect with somepeople and some of these new
friends that I have where we'regoing to be collaborating
throughout this next year andhelping push each other along as
we develop our podcast and worktogether.
And I have a few special guestsin store for you.
I can't wait.
A couple of these topics are alittle controversial, but I
think you're gonna love it.
(02:20):
So definitely stay tuned.
I will be announcing when.
Interview them and when theirshows will, when their shows
will air.
So you don't, so you're sure notto miss it.
And if you're not alreadysubscribed, go ahead and do so
now so that you never miss abeat or a chance to connect.
So here on the Eco Mama podcast,I wanted to share with you today
(02:42):
something that came up justyesterday.
So it's like hot off the fresh.
Hot off.
What would you say?
Hot off the frying pan or freshoff the presses.
unfortunately got a couple of,health Yuckies in the past week
or so.
One was a, An infection from acat scratch.
(03:03):
I think I got ringworm, whichwas just so gross.
And the other one is, yeastinfection.
So nobody likes to talk aboutthat stuff either.
However it happens.
And I was very, very surprisedto find out that my yeast
infection is not your typical,not your typical.
I'm not talking about the femaleparts.
The yeast infection, happenedin.
(03:23):
A crevice that, had heat and thereason that it had the heat was
because of the night sweats thatI'm having as I'm
perimenopausal.
Yes.
Welcome to the Eco Mama Podcast,where I will now be talking
about holistic ways to treatperimenopausal for women.
something.
I did not anticipate this soon,but I'm, I'm grateful to, to be
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here and to share what I'mlearning.
So one of the things that Ilearned about this, this yeast
thing, number one, Insanelyitchy so, so itchy.
I mean, but I learned that youcan get a yeast infection
anywhere.
You can get a yeast infectionbetween your toes.
I mean that, it's just a buildupof yeast that causes itching and
inflammation.
Under the arms, under thebreast, Anywhere that the skin
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can fold and hold onto heat,where you have excess sweating
and it doesn't have a time todry out and it's still hot and
it like bakes the skin and youget the yeast development.
So, lo and behold, I amdiagnosed with a yeast infection
of a kind that I never knewcould exist and ringworm crazy
stuff.
Right.
good news.
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Is that the same cream treatboth.
And did I go with theprescription cream?
You're damn right.
I did.
And the reason I did was becauseI was miserable for days.
Everything itched everywhere.
I had the yeast everywhere.
I had the ring worm, it wasmiserable.
I was like, just fix me.
I tried all the natural stuff.
I did hot sits cuz I wasn't toosure what it was that was making
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me uncomfortable.
So I got in the tub.
So call Hot sits where you justfill it as hot as you can and
you sit in the.
And you're trying to, reducewhatever discomfort you have
when, when you get hemorrhoids.
That's a great thing for that.
But, so whether it's, you know,under your legs or whatever, or
you have that discomfort.
So I tried the hat sits.
I tried, oh my gosh, I triedpreparation.
(05:11):
H you know, I'm like, is this ahemorrhoid?
What is this?
I don't understand.
And sure enough, long storyshort, I know tmi, right?
I just said, in the futureyou'll get to know me more than
you ever wanted to.
And here I am sharing so muchalready.
Anyway, I di, I digress here.
I got the medication for it andI got to talking with the
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physician's assistant.
I ended up going to a urgentcare center.
Not that I don't have a primary,I do, but I decided that if I
had to share those parts of mybody with someone that I'm not
used to sharing them with, andwhether it be someone that I
don't know and I could possiblynever see.
Well, I was wrong about thatbecause this pa that I met, it
(05:52):
was my first time meeting her,but she was so amazing that I
hope that I get to see heragain.
And the reason is because we gotto talking about medicine and
nutrition.
The big thing was on nutrition,but we got to talking about
holistic lifestyles.
She was telling me that if Iwanna minimize my night sweats
in the pyramidal phase, thatI'm.
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Then I need to adapt more to aMediterranean diet.
So I already naturally do get,we get farm-based deliveries
every other week for vegetablesand fruits.
I try to buy organic when I can.
I follow, EW g's.
Dirty 15 oh, dirty dozen andclean 15 when I go and buy food
for our family.
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Try to avoid things that haveingredients I've shared with you
in the past that I don't likeartificial colors or artificial
flavorings.
We try to avoid that at at atall costs, really.
I mean, that's something that Ihave.
My kids read the label whenwe're at the store and they ask
for something and I said, morethan likely I'll buy it for you
as long as there's no artificialcolors or artificial flavorings.
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Well, we're talking and shesuggest.
The Mediterranean diet, and thenshe's going over a list of
things that I sh, that I canhave and a list of things that I
should avoid.
And she said carbonatedbeverages.
I'm not a big soda fan.
actually I, I do like gingerbeer every now and again, and
I've just recently startedmaking my own ginger beer.
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I've yet to perfect it.
I'm following.
The Zero Waste Chef's, recipesfor it.
She's amazing.
If you haven't checked her out,zero waste chef.com.
Super simple.
She's also on Instagram when I'mfollowing her recipe for ginger
beer.
My first time did not work.
It was flat, but I didn't useorganic Ginger like she had
suggested I couldn't find it.
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I was really excited to try it,so I went ahead and.
And it didn't work.
She promised it wouldn't work.
She said it will not work withconventional garlic.
It must be organic.
So she was right.
Now I fast forward a little bitand then I went and got a big
thing of organic garlic fromSprouts, grocer near us.
And now I keep saying garlic.
I'm so sorry, ginger.
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You must have organic ginger.
I don't know why I was thinkinggarlic.
So organic ginger and thetraditional ginger did not.
Organic Ginger did work.
It worked so well that I didn'teven get to try the ginger beer
because when it, by the time itwas done fermenting and I
followed the directions, Iopened the bottle and it just
exploded.
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It spurt everywhere.
And actually I have one smallvideo.
It's not much because my soninsisted on taking it and he
turned it off too soon.
So you don't get to see thewhole thing.
But the first one I opened, Idid it in my kitchen sink
thinking.
I'll just open it a little bit,let some air out and we'll see
what happens.
I did not have a choice.
I I went to flip that top and itjust popped off.
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I tried to put my hand over it,which actually made it worse
because when you have pressurecoming out, think of like a
soda, or you shake up anythingthat is carbonated and it blows
up well, I put my hand over it.
So not only was it still goingup in between my fingers, it
went 10 feet that way, four feetthis way, cuz the wall blocked
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it.
It would've gone further ifthere wasn't a wall.
It went behind me.
It went all down the front of meand it went all over the
ceiling.
This thing was just everywhere.
And so the second bottle, I wentoutside to do it, and that's the
recording that I have and I'llprobably put that up somewhere.
Maybe I'll pop it in here foryou to see towards the end.
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So she says carbonated.
I say, oh, I don't drink sodas.
It's fine.
But, and I didn't even,actually, I didn't say that.
I just thought to.
What about sparkling water?
Because I love sparkling water.
I'm fine without sodas.
I'm making the ginger beer formy own experiments, something
fun and different to drink, butI don't buy Coca-Cola Pepsi
products, what have you.
But sparkling water, I'm like, Idon't wanna be, I don't wanna
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give up sparkling water.
I don't wanna sweat at night.
I don't wanna have yeastinfections in random crevices of
my body, but I do want sparklingwater whenever I want it.
So I asked her about it and shegoes, as long as it's not
artificially flavored orartificially sweetened.
And my little, like, that wasdog whistles for me.
My antennas went up and I waslike, you think that stuff's bad
(10:11):
for you too?
And she's like, oh my gosh, yes.
And I'm like, I'm all aboutthat.
And we started, we went on likea 20 minute conversation.
I think we spent more timetalking about our passion for.
Good nutrition and real livingand the importance of knowing
the ingredients of yourproducts, knowing the
ingredients of your food than wedid about my actual ailments.
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So turns out she is from a farm.
She's, gosh, she's beenpracticing.
She's in her sixties.
She's been practicing medicinefor over 40 years now.
Again, she's a PA, physician'sassistant at this urgent care
center.
So she's been practicing forover 40 years.
And she grew up in the country.
She raised four children in thecountry, all boys.
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And she's like, I never hadsicknesses.
My boys were never sick.
We ate the food that we grew orwe got it from neighbors.
We, you know, we didn't do thesebig box shops.
We just had what was natural forus.
Products we just had what weneeded, not too much, not to
overkill, simple things ofnature.
Everything we had we needed inthe country.
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And then now she's practicingin, the city.
I live near Greenville, SouthCarolina, and she's practicing
here and she's like, it'sinsane.
It's insane how many ailments Ihave seen in so much of.
Contributed by the environmentaltoxins that's found in our food
and our everyday products.
And I'm like, girlfriend, youare singing my song.
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I was so excited to hear thosewords from someone else.
And it's not that they, I don'thear them ever, but when you're
face to face with someone,especially a doctor, okay, or
someone who's been in themedicine field for so long and
to hear her opinion.
That natural is better.
It was just, I mean, it wasmusic to my soul.
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It really, really was.
So that brings me a verylong-winded introduction to
today's topic, which isartificial flavors.
So recently I did artificialcolors and I shared, just some
facts and stuff about that.
That was more like a focusFriday episode.
But today with artificialflavors.
I just wanted to share somepersonal experiences like I just
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did.
but I also wanna talk.
Why we should avoid it.
There are lots of things thathave been found in, tests and
studies that have been done thatit's just bad for us, and I can
definitely do a focus Friday onwhy and what it is and the stats
and all that jazz.
I'm not gonna weigh you down onthat today, but I just wanna
share that something that is onour no thank you list, it's
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something that we try to avoidas a family, as an eco Mama,
it's something.
I just try to stay away from, sothe artificial flavors, in
particularly artificialsweeteners.
Now you've heard that certainsweeteners are being found to
have more of a negative effecton us, and that's good.
I'm glad that that is coming outworldwide and it is getting more
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attention that we should avoidthe artificial sweeteners.
But diet soda is still a reallybig thing, and even my.
Bless him.
Love him.
He's a Diet Coke addict.
He has been drinking Diet Cokesince I was, since I could walk.
I mean, I don't know.
for 40 years and he lives inColorado and when I visit him,
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he's still guzzling that DietCoke, but I've given him such a
hard time over the years.
He doesn't do it in front of meanymore.
He, I mean, that's an addict,right?
When you, when you call someoneout on something that they can't
stop it and they keep doing itand they know it's not good for
them.
So then they start hiding thatthey do it cuz they don't want
you to call'em out.
so definitely a diet cookedaddict.
So I wished lo I wish to God hewould stop or even just switch
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to regular soda.
As bad as that is, just switchto regular soda, stay off the
diet stuff.
But even more importantly thanthat is the food that we eat.
they, they say, nutritionist saythe best way to avoid all the
artificial stuff is to shop theperimeter of the grocery store.
Well, you'd think, sure, noproblem.
Easy.
I will stick with fruits andvegetables and meats.
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I'm sorry to report that that'snot enough anymore.
So if you listen to theartificial colorings episode
that I had on the focus Friday,and I'll refer down to which one
that is in the notes.
But I shared with you thatfarmers and some of the larger,
big farms are actually injectingcolors into their products.
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And some of them are doing thiswith flavors too, to enhance
the.
It's horrible.
I don't know how it's allowed.
I don't know how it gets on theshelves.
I ca it can't be legal.
It shouldn't be legal, but it'shappening.
So they're doing this.
some of it's in the seatingprocess, so it grows, and then
some of it is just after it's,it's grown and they want it to
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look prettier on the shelf, sothey put it through this dying
process.
So it's mostly with the colors,but it is happening with the
flavors.
I don't know, with the chicken.
And the eggs and you know, like,which came first, the chicken
and the egg, right?
So I'm not too sure about that,if they're doing any flavor
enhancements on those.
But, anything that does come ina box.
So now we're gonna shift ourgears.
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So that's the fresh stuff.
Be careful, I mean, I.
I trust the organic labels, buteven more so, I trust the
farmers near me, and I do try tostick to that.
I, I try to get to know who'sgrowing my food if I'm not
growing my own.
There are ways to make thingstaste sweeter when you grow
them.
And I'm learning about this.
It's, oh, it's called pairinggarden.
Pairing.
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There's a term for it.
And, and, I'm gonna do anepisode later in the year on it
when we get more into thegardening season.
But it's basically where you puta couple different plants
together.
In your garden and it enhancesthe flavor of one or the other.
Some are also known to protectthe plant from certain bugs as
well as protect them from otherdiseases.
So it's really interesting, likethe science behind all of this
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gardening.
But I can't do everythingmyself.
I mean, that's part of why I amdoing this podcast to let you
know that you don't have to doeverything.
Just be aware of the mostimportant things and then make
decisions based on what'sconvenient for you and whatever
stage of life that you're in.
So, I trust the farmers that Igo to.
I go to the farmer's markets.
I order, currently I'm usingCarolina Farm Box, but there
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are, or Farm Box, Carolina,something along those lines.
But there are.
Lots of other co-ops that youcan get involved in, where you
can get to know who's growingyour food, what they use when
they grow your food, and howthey treat your food.
So listen, oranges shouldn'talways be bright orange and
bananas can't always be brightyellow.
It's the flavor of the food andmake sure that it's ripe and eat
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in season, Eden season.
So now that we transition theconversation into processed
foods, right, we should avoidthose to begin with.
But this is the 24th century andanyone with children.
that has influence of other kidsprobably knows how impossible
that is to never serve or neverhave processed foods in their
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diet.
There are some mamas out thereand God bless you, that can do
it, that can keep it strict.
But I surrendered one day andI've never gone back.
So I do still buy some thingsthat are boxed and processed not
to my liking.
Again, I have boundaries of whatI will buy, but.
there's some crackers out there.
There's some cereals out therethat have more sugar than I'd
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like.
They're processed with flowersthat I don't like.
However, I just try to pick theworst, and avoid that.
And then the rest we indulge innow, artificial flavors that
comes in, drinks it comes in,food, it comes in.
Let's see, crackers, candy,anything that's gonna give it
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like more of a strawberry I'mjust thinking of an article I
read last night, and I'll sharethat in a minute.
But anything that comes in likea, an extra flavorful, mostly
candies that's coming to mindright now, but.
Even some crackers.
If it says like, rosemary,garlic, you gotta read your
ingredients because did they useregular rosemary and garlic?
Because that's not hard to do.
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You can actually, I can make myown rosemary garlic crackers,
however.
It's probably cheaper to useartificial flavor, alcohol.
Some of these alcohols that aremade, like, I'm not gonna go
with any name brands right now,but some of the, cause I don't,
I'm not here to slander anyone,but be aware, like if it's a
flavored alcohol, make surethey're using natural flavors in
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that you don't want somethingartificially flavored in your
drinks.
And there are things that,bottles and packages that'll say
naturally and artificiallyflavor.
Stay away from those two.
because anything that, it's gota little bit, it could have a
lot, you just don't know whatthe portion is.
So just stick away from that andthen you'll be, you know, edging
your bets on the safe side.
So the story that I read lastnight, it was, I think it was a
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TikTok or something, and thisguy had done like eight things
for kids who grew up in thenineties that.
Still traumatize us to this day.
And one of the things was thosepedals that look close to a bear
trap and if you missed your footand you were going fast on your
bike, how it would come up andjust like take the skin off of
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your leg.
And I so resonated with that.
But then the next one was thestrawberry doll.
Okay.
I think the closest thing thatthey have to, that today for
children would be, there's thesepillows that are scented.
They have these horrible, toxicfoam balls inside of'em, and
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then they are scented withartificial scents, so it like
lasts.
My daughter actually has one,she got it for her birthday
present and it makes me gagevery single time I'm near it.
It smells like cupcakes andshe's had it two years and it
still smells like cupcakes.
I don't want this thing in myhouse, but I also, I'm not a
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legalist.
I try to pick and choose and itis still here, but I make her
keep it in her room.
I don't want anybody else to beexposed to it, yada, yada, yada.
So the strawberry shortcake, Ihad one and I absolutely loved
her.
I mean, she was my pride andjoy.
But the way this guy describedit, he said, you know, this was
such an intoxicating scentbecause I can only imagine how
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many.
chemicals.
I was inhaling every time Isniffed her hair, but I couldn't
get enough and I would steal herfrom my sister every chance that
I got.
And I would hide under thecovers and just sniff away as if
I was hiding a new addictionthat no one was allowed to know
about.
but I think about that today andit just, it makes me laugh.
But yes.
So toys.
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Artificial sense in toys.
That would be like a whole newcategory.
Scratch and sniff.
I try and avoid'em.
As a kid, I loved them, but nowI'm like, what on God's green
earth did they inject in that tomake it smell like that?
let's see, what's another one?
Artificial flavors.
Oh, jelly beans.
Hello?
What's your favorite jelly bean?
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Mine, orange.
does it have real oranges in it?
I highly doubt that.
So we don't really do flavorjelly beans anymore, but they
still exist and they still sneaktheir way into our life.
And Easter is usually the mostcommon time, especially if we do
a community Easter egg hunt.
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Let's see, what other foods arenotorious for artificial flavors
that we should avoid?
Well, I would say some of ourseasonings, some of our
seasonings, have all naturalstuff.
I like the stuff that I buy fromTrader Joe's, but then there are
also some seasonings that youcan get from less known brands.
That will have artificialflavors on them to enhance your
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food.
So watch out for what you haveon the labels with your
seasonings too.
I mean, when in doubt, just dothe real thing.
Don't sprinkle powdered butteron your popcorn.
Put in real butter.
Don't put.
Powdered milk into your cocoa,just add some fresh milk.
Now, of course, there'scircumstances.
If you're camping or you'reliving out in the woods, or it's
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Armageddon, you know, then yougotta deal with what you got.
But in the meantime, if you'vegot the convenience of the real
thing, choose the real thing.
You'll be better off for it.
Well, that's all I have for youguys today.
I hope you enjoyed this session,and thank you so much for
listening.
Again, if you have not already,please subscribe to my podcast
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and we will make sure that wehave everything in the show
notes that you need.
Have a wonderful day, and untilnext time, take care.
Welcome back to the Eco MamaPodcast.
I'm Jaime Snell, and I'm excitedto be with you here today and to
tell you about some of thethings that I've been up to.
A lot of it has been behind thescenes with my small business,
and a lot of it has been with myfamily because that's what we do
over the holidays, but now we'rein February.
I'm gearing back into the realworld of life and work and
(00:34):
helping others, which isdefinitely something that I have
a passion.
So I just returned from pod.
It was a wonderful event.
There were 1500 of usindependent creators and we got
together and we shared ourstories and we learned together
from some professionals andsuccessful individuals in the
industry.
(00:55):
And we collaborated and wenetworked, and I've got new
friends.
I love it.
I love it.
I love it.
It was a good mix of, well, Iwould say there's all different
categories that were in there.
The.
For moms, of course it was.
There were people who liked totalk about beer, talk about
golf.
There was a lot of businessoriented podcast there, which
(01:16):
was good cuz that's helps melearn with on the business side.
But there was also some holisticcaregivers.
There were, quite a few where,end of life.
I was surprised to hear that.
I did not know that thosepodcasts existed.
But it was just really, reallyneat to learn all the different
things that people love to talkabout and love to learn about
that are available to us onpodcasting.
(01:37):
And so I'm grateful to have thisforum.
I'm super grateful to BuzzSprout.
I'm gonna give a shout out tothem because they sponsored me
to go, which was absolutelywonderful.
And I got to spend some timewith family and my daughter got
to go with me.
My middle daughter, she got tospend time with family and it
was just, it was a really goodtrip.
It was a good time.
Great people and so manytakeaways.
(01:59):
I was able to connect with somepeople and some of these new
friends that I have where we'regoing to be collaborating
throughout this next year andhelping push each other along as
we develop our podcast and worktogether.
And I have a few special guestsin store for you.
I can't wait.
A couple of these topics are alittle controversial, but I
think you're gonna love it.
(02:20):
So definitely stay tuned.
I will be announcing when.
Interview them and when theirshows will, when their shows
will air.
So you don't, so you're sure notto miss it.
And if you're not alreadysubscribed, go ahead and do so
now so that you never miss abeat or a chance to connect.
So here on the Eco Mama podcast,I wanted to share with you today
(02:42):
something that came up justyesterday.
So it's like hot off the fresh.
Hot off.
What would you say?
Hot off the frying pan or freshoff the presses.
unfortunately got a couple of,health Yuckies in the past week
or so.
One was a, An infection from acat scratch.
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I think I got ringworm, whichwas just so gross.
And the other one is, yeastinfection.
So nobody likes to talk aboutthat stuff either.
However it happens.
And I was very, very surprisedto find out that my yeast
infection is not your typical,not your typical.
I'm not talking about the femaleparts.
The yeast infection, happenedin.
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A crevice that, had heat and thereason that it had the heat was
because of the night sweats thatI'm having as I'm
perimenopausal.
Yes.
Welcome to the Eco Mama Podcast,where I will now be talking
about holistic ways to treatperimenopausal for women.
something.
I did not anticipate this soon,but I'm, I'm grateful to, to be
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here and to share what I'mlearning.
So one of the things that Ilearned about this, this yeast
thing, number one, Insanelyitchy so, so itchy.
I mean, but I learned that youcan get a yeast infection
anywhere.
You can get a yeast infectionbetween your toes.
I mean that, it's just a buildupof yeast that causes itching and
inflammation.
Under the arms, under thebreast, Anywhere that the skin
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can fold and hold onto heat,where you have excess sweating
and it doesn't have a time todry out and it's still hot and
it like bakes the skin and youget the yeast development.
So, lo and behold, I amdiagnosed with a yeast infection
of a kind that I never knewcould exist and ringworm crazy
stuff.
Right.
good news.
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Is that the same cream treatboth.
And did I go with theprescription cream?
You're damn right.
I did.
And the reason I did was becauseI was miserable for days.
Everything itched everywhere.
I had the yeast everywhere.
I had the ring worm, it wasmiserable.
I was like, just fix me.
I tried all the natural stuff.
I did hot sits cuz I wasn't toosure what it was that was making
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me uncomfortable.
So I got in the tub.
So call Hot sits where you justfill it as hot as you can and
you sit in the.
And you're trying to, reducewhatever discomfort you have
when, when you get hemorrhoids.
That's a great thing for that.
But, so whether it's, you know,under your legs or whatever, or
you have that discomfort.
So I tried the hat sits.
I tried, oh my gosh, I triedpreparation.
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H you know, I'm like, is this ahemorrhoid?
What is this?
I don't understand.
And sure enough, long storyshort, I know tmi, right?
I just said, in the futureyou'll get to know me more than
you ever wanted to.
And here I am sharing so muchalready.
Anyway, I di, I digress here.
I got the medication for it andI got to talking with the
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physician's assistant.
I ended up going to a urgentcare center.
Not that I don't have a primary,I do, but I decided that if I
had to share those parts of mybody with someone that I'm not
used to sharing them with, andwhether it be someone that I
don't know and I could possiblynever see.
Well, I was wrong about thatbecause this pa that I met, it
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was my first time meeting her,but she was so amazing that I
hope that I get to see heragain.
And the reason is because we gotto talking about medicine and
nutrition.
The big thing was on nutrition,but we got to talking about
holistic lifestyles.
She was telling me that if Iwanna minimize my night sweats
in the pyramidal phase, thatI'm.
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Then I need to adapt more to aMediterranean diet.
So I already naturally do get,we get farm-based deliveries
every other week for vegetablesand fruits.
I try to buy organic when I can.
I follow, EW g's.
Dirty 15 oh, dirty dozen andclean 15 when I go and buy food
for our family.
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Try to avoid things that haveingredients I've shared with you
in the past that I don't likeartificial colors or artificial
flavorings.
We try to avoid that at at atall costs, really.
I mean, that's something that Ihave.
My kids read the label whenwe're at the store and they ask
for something and I said, morethan likely I'll buy it for you
as long as there's no artificialcolors or artificial flavorings.
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Well, we're talking and shesuggest.
The Mediterranean diet, and thenshe's going over a list of
things that I sh, that I canhave and a list of things that I
should avoid.
And she said carbonatedbeverages.
I'm not a big soda fan.
actually I, I do like gingerbeer every now and again, and
I've just recently startedmaking my own ginger beer.
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I've yet to perfect it.
I'm following.
The Zero Waste Chef's, recipesfor it.
She's amazing.
If you haven't checked her out,zero waste chef.com.
Super simple.
She's also on Instagram when I'mfollowing her recipe for ginger
beer.
My first time did not work.
It was flat, but I didn't useorganic Ginger like she had
suggested I couldn't find it.
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I was really excited to try it,so I went ahead and.
And it didn't work.
She promised it wouldn't work.
She said it will not work withconventional garlic.
It must be organic.
So she was right.
Now I fast forward a little bitand then I went and got a big
thing of organic garlic fromSprouts, grocer near us.
And now I keep saying garlic.
I'm so sorry, ginger.
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You must have organic ginger.
I don't know why I was thinkinggarlic.
So organic ginger and thetraditional ginger did not.
Organic Ginger did work.
It worked so well that I didn'teven get to try the ginger beer
because when it, by the time itwas done fermenting and I
followed the directions, Iopened the bottle and it just
exploded.
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It spurt everywhere.
And actually I have one smallvideo.
It's not much because my soninsisted on taking it and he
turned it off too soon.
So you don't get to see thewhole thing.
But the first one I opened, Idid it in my kitchen sink
thinking.
I'll just open it a little bit,let some air out and we'll see
what happens.
I did not have a choice.
I I went to flip that top and itjust popped off.
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I tried to put my hand over it,which actually made it worse
because when you have pressurecoming out, think of like a
soda, or you shake up anythingthat is carbonated and it blows
up well, I put my hand over it.
So not only was it still goingup in between my fingers, it
went 10 feet that way, four feetthis way, cuz the wall blocked
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it.
It would've gone further ifthere wasn't a wall.
It went behind me.
It went all down the front of meand it went all over the
ceiling.
This thing was just everywhere.
And so the second bottle, I wentoutside to do it, and that's the
recording that I have and I'llprobably put that up somewhere.
Maybe I'll pop it in here foryou to see towards the end.
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So she says carbonated.
I say, oh, I don't drink sodas.
It's fine.
But, and I didn't even,actually, I didn't say that.
I just thought to.
What about sparkling water?
Because I love sparkling water.
I'm fine without sodas.
I'm making the ginger beer formy own experiments, something
fun and different to drink, butI don't buy Coca-Cola Pepsi
products, what have you.
But sparkling water, I'm like, Idon't wanna be, I don't wanna
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give up sparkling water.
I don't wanna sweat at night.
I don't wanna have yeastinfections in random crevices of
my body, but I do want sparklingwater whenever I want it.
So I asked her about it and shegoes, as long as it's not
artificially flavored orartificially sweetened.
And my little, like, that wasdog whistles for me.
My antennas went up and I waslike, you think that stuff's bad
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for you too?
And she's like, oh my gosh, yes.
And I'm like, I'm all aboutthat.
And we started, we went on likea 20 minute conversation.
I think we spent more timetalking about our passion for.
Good nutrition and real livingand the importance of knowing
the ingredients of yourproducts, knowing the
ingredients of your food than wedid about my actual ailments.
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So turns out she is from a farm.
She's, gosh, she's beenpracticing.
She's in her sixties.
She's been practicing medicinefor over 40 years now.
Again, she's a PA, physician'sassistant at this urgent care
center.
So she's been practicing forover 40 years.
And she grew up in the country.
She raised four children in thecountry, all boys.
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And she's like, I never hadsicknesses.
My boys were never sick.
We ate the food that we grew orwe got it from neighbors.
We, you know, we didn't do thesebig box shops.
We just had what was natural forus.
Products we just had what weneeded, not too much, not to
overkill, simple things ofnature.
Everything we had we needed inthe country.
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And then now she's practicingin, the city.
I live near Greenville, SouthCarolina, and she's practicing
here and she's like, it'sinsane.
It's insane how many ailments Ihave seen in so much of.
Contributed by the environmentaltoxins that's found in our food
and our everyday products.
And I'm like, girlfriend, youare singing my song.
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I was so excited to hear thosewords from someone else.
And it's not that they, I don'thear them ever, but when you're
face to face with someone,especially a doctor, okay, or
someone who's been in themedicine field for so long and
to hear her opinion.
That natural is better.
It was just, I mean, it wasmusic to my soul.
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It really, really was.
So that brings me a verylong-winded introduction to
today's topic, which isartificial flavors.
So recently I did artificialcolors and I shared, just some
facts and stuff about that.
That was more like a focusFriday episode.
But today with artificialflavors.
I just wanted to share somepersonal experiences like I just
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did.
but I also wanna talk.
Why we should avoid it.
There are lots of things thathave been found in, tests and
studies that have been done thatit's just bad for us, and I can
definitely do a focus Friday onwhy and what it is and the stats
and all that jazz.
I'm not gonna weigh you down onthat today, but I just wanna
share that something that is onour no thank you list, it's
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something that we try to avoidas a family, as an eco Mama,
it's something.
I just try to stay away from, sothe artificial flavors, in
particularly artificialsweeteners.
Now you've heard that certainsweeteners are being found to
have more of a negative effecton us, and that's good.
I'm glad that that is coming outworldwide and it is getting more
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attention that we should avoidthe artificial sweeteners.
But diet soda is still a reallybig thing, and even my.
Bless him.
Love him.
He's a Diet Coke addict.
He has been drinking Diet Cokesince I was, since I could walk.
I mean, I don't know.
for 40 years and he lives inColorado and when I visit him,
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he's still guzzling that DietCoke, but I've given him such a
hard time over the years.
He doesn't do it in front of meanymore.
He, I mean, that's an addict,right?
When you, when you call someoneout on something that they can't
stop it and they keep doing itand they know it's not good for
them.
So then they start hiding thatthey do it cuz they don't want
you to call'em out.
so definitely a diet cookedaddict.
So I wished lo I wish to God hewould stop or even just switch
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to regular soda.
As bad as that is, just switchto regular soda, stay off the
diet stuff.
But even more importantly thanthat is the food that we eat.
they, they say, nutritionist saythe best way to avoid all the
artificial stuff is to shop theperimeter of the grocery store.
Well, you'd think, sure, noproblem.
Easy.
I will stick with fruits andvegetables and meats.
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I'm sorry to report that that'snot enough anymore.
So if you listen to theartificial colorings episode
that I had on the focus Friday,and I'll refer down to which one
that is in the notes.
But I shared with you thatfarmers and some of the larger,
big farms are actually injectingcolors into their products.
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And some of them are doing thiswith flavors too, to enhance
the.
It's horrible.
I don't know how it's allowed.
I don't know how it gets on theshelves.
I ca it can't be legal.
It shouldn't be legal, but it'shappening.
So they're doing this.
some of it's in the seatingprocess, so it grows, and then
some of it is just after it's,it's grown and they want it to
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look prettier on the shelf, sothey put it through this dying
process.
So it's mostly with the colors,but it is happening with the
flavors.
I don't know, with the chicken.
And the eggs and you know, like,which came first, the chicken
and the egg, right?
So I'm not too sure about that,if they're doing any flavor
enhancements on those.
But, anything that does come ina box.
So now we're gonna shift ourgears.
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So that's the fresh stuff.
Be careful, I mean, I.
I trust the organic labels, buteven more so, I trust the
farmers near me, and I do try tostick to that.
I, I try to get to know who'sgrowing my food if I'm not
growing my own.
There are ways to make thingstaste sweeter when you grow
them.
And I'm learning about this.
It's, oh, it's called pairinggarden.
Pairing.
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There's a term for it.
And, and, I'm gonna do anepisode later in the year on it
when we get more into thegardening season.
But it's basically where you puta couple different plants
together.
In your garden and it enhancesthe flavor of one or the other.
Some are also known to protectthe plant from certain bugs as
well as protect them from otherdiseases.
So it's really interesting, likethe science behind all of this
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gardening.
But I can't do everythingmyself.
I mean, that's part of why I amdoing this podcast to let you
know that you don't have to doeverything.
Just be aware of the mostimportant things and then make
decisions based on what'sconvenient for you and whatever
stage of life that you're in.
So, I trust the farmers that Igo to.
I go to the farmer's markets.
I order, currently I'm usingCarolina Farm Box, but there
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are, or Farm Box, Carolina,something along those lines.
But there are.
Lots of other co-ops that youcan get involved in, where you
can get to know who's growingyour food, what they use when
they grow your food, and howthey treat your food.
So listen, oranges shouldn'talways be bright orange and
bananas can't always be brightyellow.
It's the flavor of the food andmake sure that it's ripe and eat
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in season, Eden season.
So now that we transition theconversation into processed
foods, right, we should avoidthose to begin with.
But this is the 24th century andanyone with children.
that has influence of other kidsprobably knows how impossible
that is to never serve or neverhave processed foods in their
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diet.
There are some mamas out thereand God bless you, that can do
it, that can keep it strict.
But I surrendered one day andI've never gone back.
So I do still buy some thingsthat are boxed and processed not
to my liking.
Again, I have boundaries of whatI will buy, but.
there's some crackers out there.
There's some cereals out therethat have more sugar than I'd
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like.
They're processed with flowersthat I don't like.
However, I just try to pick theworst, and avoid that.
And then the rest we indulge innow, artificial flavors that
comes in, drinks it comes in,food, it comes in.
Let's see, crackers, candy,anything that's gonna give it
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like more of a strawberry I'mjust thinking of an article I
read last night, and I'll sharethat in a minute.
But anything that comes in likea, an extra flavorful, mostly
candies that's coming to mindright now, but.
Even some crackers.
If it says like, rosemary,garlic, you gotta read your
ingredients because did they useregular rosemary and garlic?
Because that's not hard to do.
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You can actually, I can make myown rosemary garlic crackers,
however.
It's probably cheaper to useartificial flavor, alcohol.
Some of these alcohols that aremade, like, I'm not gonna go
with any name brands right now,but some of the, cause I don't,
I'm not here to slander anyone,but be aware, like if it's a
flavored alcohol, make surethey're using natural flavors in
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that you don't want somethingartificially flavored in your
drinks.
And there are things that,bottles and packages that'll say
naturally and artificiallyflavor.
Stay away from those two.
because anything that, it's gota little bit, it could have a
lot, you just don't know whatthe portion is.
So just stick away from that andthen you'll be, you know, edging
your bets on the safe side.
So the story that I read lastnight, it was, I think it was a
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TikTok or something, and thisguy had done like eight things
for kids who grew up in thenineties that.
Still traumatize us to this day.
And one of the things was thosepedals that look close to a bear
trap and if you missed your footand you were going fast on your
bike, how it would come up andjust like take the skin off of
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your leg.
And I so resonated with that.
But then the next one was thestrawberry doll.
Okay.
I think the closest thing thatthey have to, that today for
children would be, there's thesepillows that are scented.
They have these horrible, toxicfoam balls inside of'em, and
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then they are scented withartificial scents, so it like
lasts.
My daughter actually has one,she got it for her birthday
present and it makes me gagevery single time I'm near it.
It smells like cupcakes andshe's had it two years and it
still smells like cupcakes.
I don't want this thing in myhouse, but I also, I'm not a
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legalist.
I try to pick and choose and itis still here, but I make her
keep it in her room.
I don't want anybody else to beexposed to it, yada, yada, yada.
So the strawberry shortcake, Ihad one and I absolutely loved
her.
I mean, she was my pride andjoy.
But the way this guy describedit, he said, you know, this was
such an intoxicating scentbecause I can only imagine how
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many.
chemicals.
I was inhaling every time Isniffed her hair, but I couldn't
get enough and I would steal herfrom my sister every chance that
I got.
And I would hide under thecovers and just sniff away as if
I was hiding a new addictionthat no one was allowed to know
about.
but I think about that today andit just, it makes me laugh.
But yes.
So toys.
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Artificial sense in toys.
That would be like a whole newcategory.
Scratch and sniff.
I try and avoid'em.
As a kid, I loved them, but nowI'm like, what on God's green
earth did they inject in that tomake it smell like that?
let's see, what's another one?
Artificial flavors.
Oh, jelly beans.
Hello?
What's your favorite jelly bean?
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Mine, orange.
does it have real oranges in it?
I highly doubt that.
So we don't really do flavorjelly beans anymore, but they
still exist and they still sneaktheir way into our life.
And Easter is usually the mostcommon time, especially if we do
a community Easter egg hunt.
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Let's see, what other foods arenotorious for artificial flavors
that we should avoid?
Well, I would say some of ourseasonings, some of our
seasonings, have all naturalstuff.
I like the stuff that I buy fromTrader Joe's, but then there are
also some seasonings that youcan get from less known brands.
That will have artificialflavors on them to enhance your
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food.
So watch out for what you haveon the labels with your
seasonings too.
I mean, when in doubt, just dothe real thing.
Don't sprinkle powdered butteron your popcorn.
Put in real butter.
Don't put.
Powdered milk into your cocoa,just add some fresh milk.
Now, of course, there'scircumstances.
If you're camping or you'reliving out in the woods, or it's
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Armageddon, you know, then yougotta deal with what you got.
But in the meantime, if you'vegot the convenience of the real
thing, choose the real thing.
You'll be better off for it.
Well, that's all I have for youguys today.
I hope you enjoyed this session,and thank you so much for
listening.
Again, if you have not already,please subscribe to my podcast
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and we will make sure that wehave everything in the show
notes that you need.
Have a wonderful day, and untilnext time, take care.
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