Have you ever had an ache that just will not go away? My sister has that, in fact several areas that hurt almost all the time. During a recent visit I could tell she was not comfortable, even though she didnt talk about it. From the car accident to the fall several years prior, there was rarely a time that she was free from pain.

I will admit that I cannot just sit idol when I see someone is in pain. I will offer whatever I can for someone who is not a medical specialist, like an ice pack or warm rice pack. This time I took out a bottle of Transderma magnesium oil. I know that sounds strange, but this stuff is topical, and even if it did nothing else she would get a little mini massage of the area, right? I suggested to her that she could apply some to her knee after her shower that evening.

To be honest, I completely forgot about the magnesium oil until my sister mentioned it later that night. She said her leg hurt. Not the leg she put the magnesium oil on, that one didnt hurt at all now, but now she felt the ongoing ache of the leg that she didnt treat.

So this whole magnesium oil experiment turned into a one-sided story, but in a good way. The magnesium absorbed in quickly, and the aches and pains that she had learned to live with disappeared. One sided, yes, for she had still not applied it to the other leg.

The dermal layer, our skin, can sweat as well as absorb. This is why it is recommended to wear gloves when handling chemicals. Transderma magnesium oil is formulated to be recognizable by the body as easily absorbed.

I still wondered how my sister could treat one side with the Transderma magnesium oil, get such good results, and still not apply it to the other side. All she had to say was that she was amazed to find out how much it really did bother her before she used the magnesium oil. I guess the comparison gave her a good idea of how much pain she carried all the time, in both legs.

It is a relatively basic fact that good nutrition comes from the earth. Newsflash ” over the past 100 years there has been a serious depletion in the value of our foods. This decrease in our food value has not gone without notice; in fact in recent years the International Medical Geology Association was formed to address these global health concerns.

I turned my focus to nutrition after reading an article, The Emerging Medical and Geological Association. Foods should be rich with both vitamins and minerals, and minerals are derived from many geological sources.

Not only are we faced with decreased food values, pound for pound, but we must also look at the many other issues affecting the primal source of life. Toxicity has risen due to the disturbances to the soil, and we must face the destructive nature of mercury and arsenic.

Health studies around the world in a vast array of medical concerns have identified both global and regional imbalances. For example, there are over 425 million people in China that are at risk for a thyroid condition called Goiter, and the low iodine content in bedrock. Goiter is a serious condition worldwide, mostly in the developing countries.

Lets focus a minute on iodine. In the USA the deficiency of iodine was known nearly a hundred years ago. Studies have continued worldwide since that time, and regulations created to include iodine in the average diet. The inclusion of iodine into diets has typically been through table salt, though that might be of concern today with so much emphasis on a low-sodium diet. But iodine is important, and deficiencies have been tied to low IQ, birth defects and miscarriages.

Our health and wellness will not be sustained through the grocery or health food, but through our actions to work with the earth. We still have choices we can make, both in our individual dietary choices and interaction with the earth. We can also join together in a global voice to care for our precious planet.