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Natural Cures for Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) in Cats… and People, Too

Last weekend, our 16-year old cat announced to me that she had a urinary tract infection by jumping up onto my freshly-laundered white bedspread, deliberately squatting, and dribbling a few drops of bloody urine onto the center of the bed.

Our 16-year old Russian Blue cat.

It was an effective message.

I scooped her up and deposited her in the backyard on a balmy spring evening to watch her stumble around trying to pee and rubbing her va-jay-jay on the grass. I could tell she was experiencing the burning and relentless sensation of needing to pee that characterizes a urinary tract infection. If you’ve ever had a UTI, you know what I mean. This poor cat was suffering.

It was a Sunday night, so I couldn’t get her into see the vet until the next morning anyway, and we needed to find a way to get through the night without her peeing all over the house in the meantime. Once again, I decided to treat her like I would a human patient. After all, cats are mammals, too.

The last time I doctored my cat was when in 2010 when she was diagnosed with Chronic Feline Renal Failure, and the signs then were similar to the ones now. I knew she was heading into serious dehydration if this irresistible urge to urinate continued unabated. Exactly three years ago, I had successfully pushed her Chronic Feline Renal Failure into remission by changing her diet and administering probiotics and supplements. Her lab tests came back proving our success and she stopped peeing all over the house. Since then, we had kept it in check through daily cranberry supplements and a low-protein diet. But she was undeniably suffering now. She needed a fast-acting UTI remedy.

Natural Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Remedy

I mixed up a homeopathic remedy of nux vomica and mercurius corrosivus and added it to her water bowl. I also put some into a vial with a dropper and squirted a dose directly into her mouth to get started. Within minutes it was obvious that something had changed for her: she was acting normally again. She was no longer squatting in inappropriate places, dribbling urine, or rubbing her crotch. I let her inside and she immediately went to her bowl to eat her low-protein dinner, and then curled up and slept soundly on the corner of our bed for most of the night.

It has now been three days since I gave her the remedy, and she hasn’t peed outside the litter box since. Her litter box deposits seem to be of normal volume and frequency again, and her appetite and disposition have returned. Phew!

The right homeopathic remedy can be just as effective on people as they are with cats. The trick with homeopathy is to figure out the right remedy; you’ll know it’s right because symptoms will drastically improve.

Even though I only list one homeopathic remedy (my amazing hay fever remedy!) for sale in my online store, I can prepare a remedy for almost any ailment and ship it to your door. Wanna know more? Just shoot me an email and ask!

Perfect Timing for Glorious One-Pot Meals

Reader question: You say that your one pot meals are ready, when you smell  the aroma then you have a 3 minute warning.  I lost my sense of smell about 4 years ago.  So how can I tell when it is ready? ~ Kathy M., Chesterton, IN

Great question, Kathy. There are many like you who’ve lost their sense of smell through head injury, seizures, poisoning, etc., but you can still make perfect Glorious One-Pot Meals.

You’re right that I emphasize the wafting aroma as the best way to tell when your Glorious One-Pot Meal is fully cooked and ready, but there is another way, too. In the 2009 version of the GOPM cookbook, on page 12, there is a Recipe Adustment Chart that tells you exactly how much cooking time you need for various size Glorious One-Pot Meals. For instance, the standard amount of time needed to cook a GOPM in a 2-quart cast iron Dutch oven is 45 minutes. A 3 1/2-quart pot will typically be ready after 53 minutes in a 450 F oven.

Have you tried this Glorious One-Pot Meals recipe for Feta Shrimp? Delicious and so easy! Make it gluten-free by substituting quinoa for the couscous.

Intestinal Absorption Map: How Your Intestines Absorb Nutrients

Again today I heard from another client whose physicians wanted to remove a section of their bowels in hopes this move would clear up their gut distress. My advice is always to hold on to all of your insides!Nutrient absorption sites in bowels

Every piece of the human body has a specific function and reason for being there in the first place, and if you remove it you may or may not find lasting relief. You may instead find yourself in a whole new nightmare.

Gastro-intestinal surgeons blithely perform colonectomies and bowl re-sections and then may send the patient home without any advice that their redesigned bowels will not be functioning like a normal, healthy person’s bowels should. These patients are often not adequately counseled in regards to moving forward with their diet in light of their altered digestion and nutritional needs.

In short, one section of your intestines is not necessarily just like any other. Check out this map of intestinal absorption sites to see how the nutritional receptors differ by location in the digestive system.

Losing a piece of intestine as a solution for IBS, Crohn’s Disease, or other mysterious abdominal problems should always be a  last resort. There are other solutions for IBS to try before allowing yourself to be eviscerated.

Do You Have IBS?

The term Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, gets tossed around so frequently that I find many who think it means something profound about their condition.

I hate to break it to you, but a diagnosis of IBS doesn’t mean much in the medical world.

For starters, anything that is called a “syndrome” is by definition “a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality”. If the signs and symptoms don’t appear to be related to a clear cause, a condition is called a “syndrome” rather than a “disease”. The signs and symptoms of IBS could include cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, diarrhea and constipation.

So, when you receive a diagnosis of IBS from a doctor, what he or she is really telling you is that they simply don’t know what is causing you to experience these signs and symptoms, but they’re going to group them together and call them “IBS”.

In my humble opinion, IBS is a cop-out diagnosis that does not identify the cause of the IBS symptoms in the first place. If you don’t know the cause of the distress, then how can you heal the body so that the symptoms disappear?

A few common causes of IBS symptoms:

Food and chemical sensitivities. We accept that there are people who are lactose intolerant or allergic to wheat, but did you know that you yourself may be sensitive to such seemingly harmless foods such as broccoli, chicken, rice, or honey? IBS symptoms may appear up to four days after you’ve eaten a food, which can make identifying the culprits difficult to impossible. MRT food sensitivity testing and following a LEAP diet is a fast and easy method of finding relief from IBS symptoms.

Parasites. You can be infected by parasites during foreign travel, camping, swimming in lakes or rivers, or simply from eating sushi or drinking water. At one point the city of Milwaukee was infected with cryptosporidium through the municipal water supply. Luckily, a good herbal parasite cleanse can get rid of most of these buggers and then your bowels will be happy again.

Bacterial imbalance. A course of antibiotics can destroy your natural gut biome and replenishing the good bacteria will help your digestion. The trick can be finding the right pro-biotic supplement for your body.

Digestive enzyme deficiencies. Chronic inflammation can lead to a desensitization of the villi whose job it is to analyze the contents of your stomach and call for the correct formula of digestive enzymes to break it down. The intestinal lining cannot absorb nutrients from food that is not broken down enough by the stomach. An enzyme urinalysis can pinpoint exactly what’s being digested or not in your bowels, and then you can supplement accordingly with the right plant-based digestive enzymes.

Natural Solution for Seasonal Allergies

It’s all over the news that spring allergy season has kicked off early across the country.

Honestly, I hadn’t noticed.

The hay fever that plagued me every spring and fall since childhood – the constantly dripping nose, itchy eyes and palate, and foggy brain– didn’t come this year. Or last year, or for several years now, come to think of it. I know I’m happily symptom-free right now because I found what I fondly call my miracle homeopathic hay fever remedy.

While it was obvious from the very first dose that this remedy would alleviate my symptoms within ten minutes after placing a few drops underneath my tongue, what I didn’t realize would happen would be the eventual eradication of my allergies to airborne pollen. But after using the remedy a few times a season for a few seasons, that seems to be what has happened.

Who’d have thought it would be possible to be free from seasonal allergies without pharmaceutical help?

This morning I noticed that one of my trees was budding. Flowering trees season used to be the worst time for me. Now, I can look at the buds on my trees and look forward to their beauty.

If you suffer from hay fever and are open to trying something new that doesn’t have undesired side effects, order a hay fever remedy for yourself and see if it works for you. What have you got to lose?

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