Many times, just getting the products with toxic ingredients out of your house can help alleviate asthma symptoms immensely. What toxic poducts you might ask, cleaning products including but not limited to bleach, lysol disinfectant, bathroom tile cleaners, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergents and even personal care products, (hair care etc., including Johnson's Baby Shampoo). I was unaware of how dangerous the products sold in the store actually are for asthmatics. I switched stores almost 4 years ago and now get all of my household and personal care products from a company called Melaleuca. They make and manufacture their own line of environmentally safe and cost effective products. I am also going to include a couple product experiences from parents of children with asthma:
Cindy, has shared Melaleuca with her family, friends, and every one she meets. One of the people she shared it with was her daughter-in-law, Vonda, whose daughter has asthma. I asked Cindy for all of the details and specifics and wanted to make sure I wrote it out and shared this with you because it is just so amazing. Cindy�s son and daughter-in-law had a little girl named Ashley. She was born a preemie weighing only 2 lbs and 3 oz�s. Unfortunately, this little miracle baby was also born with asthma. She is now six years old, but has struggled with it her entire life. She was on three inhalers as well as two breathing treatments a day. The Doctor she goes to has a machine that she has to take a deep breath and let it out and it measures her lung capacity (to put it plainly). The most she had ever gotten to in the last three years was 130. She also was in and out of the hospital around three or four times a year because she couldn�t breathe. When Cindy shared Melaleuca with Vonda and she had enrolled, she immediately put all of their cleaners and everything into a box and gave them away. She completely converted their home. She and her husband also washed all of their walls down with Sol-U-Mel and immediately washed all of their bedding and clothing.
Little Ashley began to show significant improvement. And, get this�as Of her last Doctors appointment a couple of days ago, her breathing Capacity is up to 250, she is down to 1 inhaler, and no longer needs the breathing treatments!!!!! Is that not just amazing?!?! I just LOVE being in this business!!! It is so amazing how much we get to help people!!! Ashley�s Doctor wanted more information as well because she was so impressed with the changes she saw. So Cindy gave her some brochures and the Doctor is going to give them to her other asthma patients. Is that too cool or what? Look how many people she may be able to help now!!!
Dated December 2003
Hi, my name is Tina Jones and I want to share what Melaleuca has done
for me. My daughter, Taylor, has severe-critical, persistent asthma,
eczema and some kidney problems. For the past three years, she has been hospitalized two times for over a week each and been to the ER about 2-4 times per month for breathing treatments.
She was taking 9 medications twice a day and her quality of life was not what a 10 year old�s should be. I found Melaleuca by searching the internet as I decided to keep her home this year and home school her and wanted to supplement my husbands income. Little did I know that I was about to change ALL of our lives! After my mentor got me on
the phone call and I started doing research on chemicals and toxins in
the home, I encouraged our Pediatric Pulminologist to do some testing.
Taylor reacted to ammonia, chlorine bleach and all the products I was using (deodorant, toothpaste, etc.) which I believe to be the formaldehyde.
We immediately COMPLETELY switched over to the Melaleuca products (via the value pack) and have since ordered many other products. I am very
happy to report that in 3 short months, my daughter has NOT been to the ER for a breathing treatment and we have decreased her medication to 6
medications once a day. WE HAVE DECREASED FROM 18 DOSES PER DAY TO ONLY 6!!!!!!! In addition to that, we have taken her off a very strong steroid creme for the eczema by using the anti-itch cream, Renew bath oil and the Renew lotion.
We are taking the vitamins and her energy levels are getting higher
every day. As a mother of a very sick child, I am so thankful that I have been introduced to Melaleuca. My daughter can run, play and be her normal active self and I can clean my house without fear of hurting my child.
Thanks Melaleuca and God Bless! Keep up the great work!
Tina Jones
Update Dated October 2005
It has now been two years since we became Melaleuca customers and I
Just wanted you all to know that Taylor is NOT on any medications regularly! She will take Flonase during pollen season as a precaution!
It has been an amazing two years! Taylor is running, playing, riding
horses, swimming and all the wonderful things that 12 year olds do!
Her eczema has NEVER returned and she has had only ONE asthma attack....she was at public school and in May they started doing end of year cleaning. THEY used bleach. We were immediately in the hospital, on oxygen, steroids and IV's! Because of her prior lung damage, she contracted pneumonia.
Normally, it would have taken her months to get back on her feet. Within TWO WEEKS, Taylor was breathing at 100% and was swimming in our pool! NO ONE in the world can ever tell me that these products are not the best thing out there.
The cleaning products, the body care and the VITAMINS....helped her to
repair and get back to "normal"! We are taking Vita-Bears and Provex
daily and she hasn't even gotten a cold!
Thanks for letting me share and hope that you are all having a blessed
day!
Tina Jones
PS...We, as parents, cannot control things outside of our homes, but we
sure can control what OUR home environment is like. My daughter is living proof of that! We are home schooling now and she is so much healthier!
If you would like more information on Melaleuca, please feel free to contact me either by telephone at ###-###-#### or via email at ____@____.com. I know Tina Jones personally and would be happy to have her talk with you.
Sincerely,
J. Penfield
www.juliepenfield.com
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