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Buying Local Honey: What You Need To Know  One of my favorite long-term food choices in our pantry is honey .  Storing honey is a popular choice amongst preppers. After all, its versatility coupled with the capacity to last a lifetime is a perfect investment for your long-term food stores. Many are aware of the additives put into honey and ultra-filtering that inevitably removes all of the health benefits it possesses in its natural state. In fact, recent laboratory tests have revealed that 76% of the honey purchased in common chain grocery stores has been ultra filtered. Why Buy Local? Buying locally will ensure you get the purest form of honey around. As well, purchasing in bulk quantities will help you add to your natural prepper pantries and save a buck at the same time.  When raw honey is left in its natural state and is unfiltered, it contains pollen, enzymes , antioxidants and many other beneficial compounds that researchers are just beginning t...

This Family Switched To Organic For 2 Weeks, And The Results Are Simply Amazing  Simply eating mostly organic foods for two weeks can dramatically reduce levels of pesticides found in the human body, a study in Sweden has found. The same study showed that members of a family who ate a conventional modern diet had high levels of pesticides in their urine . “The results of the survey clearly show that some pesticides are absorbed into the body through diet,” a summary for the pilot study states. “By choosing organic products, it is possible by and large to avoid the consumption of these chemicals through food.” The study was conducted by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute — an independent research body — at the behest of the Swedish retailer Coop Sverige AB. In the study a family (the Palmbergs) agreed to eat only organic for two weeks. The family ate a conventional diet for two weeks, and then researchers took urine samples from Mats and Anette Palmb...