Welcome to another episode of According to the Cassels! Today's installment is all about gardening and natural health on a dime, and who better to join us in conversation than powerhouse 'herbal lady', Peggy. With an absolute wealth of expertise on the benefits and usage of diatomaceous earth, as well as preparing and canning supplies for hard times, Peggy walks us through her journey with this truly magical supplement and how to dose it correctly. The importance of getting the right nutrients into your body cannot be understated, particularly in current times when our soil has been stripped of its nutrients and minerals by mass farming, and Peggy easily walks us through the long list of health benefits that diatomaceous earth holds. Plus, you’ll hear all about Amy and Tray's garden that they've built, and why growing your own food is like a savings account! This episode is jam-packed with information and tips that will intrigue and inspire you, so do your body – and your future – a favor and tune in now!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Amy and Tray have built a garden!
• Amy introduces our guest Peggy, who tells us all about diatomaceous earth and its healing properties.
• How mass farming and pesticides have decimated our soil of minerals.
• How a lack of silica is a huge contributor to disease. 
• Peggy recommends where to get diatomaceous earth for great prices, and how to use it.
• What is HERX: Peggy reflects on some learning curves in getting dosage right.
• Learning some of the extensive health benefits diatomaceous earth provides.
• Amy is excited to know that diatomaceous earth also kills Candida.
• How food today compares nutritionally to food 60 years ago.
• Talking about how canning recipes often require a ridiculous amount of sugar. 
• Peggy gives tips on her favorite meals to can herself.
• How having a garden is like having a savings account, it looks after you in the future!
• Peggy tells an intense story that sparked her journey with canning her own food. 
• How diatomaceous earth also pulls heavy metals out of your body.
• Some scarily common symptoms of bacteria and parasites. 
• Peggy reflects on her decades-long experience as a 'herb lady'.

Tweetables:

“We are lacking vitamins and minerals terribly. It's not just you or me or that person or the next person. It's the entire world.” — Peggy [0:11:07]

“You have to eat 100 carrots to get the equivalent of nutrition of one carrot in the 60s.” — Peggy [0:32:00]

“The soil is gone, you just can't replenish what it had in it, with the mass production that's being done for farming.” — Tray Cassels [0:32:14]

“A savings account of money is no different than having a savings account of food. The great thing is that your food is already there, you don't have to worry about going out and getting it, it's there any time you need it.” — @amy_cassels [0:35:01]

“I don't want to get paid. I want to give this away freely because God gave it to me freely.” — Peggy [0:50:25]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

DiatomaceousEarth.com on Facebook

Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth - Earth Eaters – LOL on Facebook

21 Symptoms of Parasites on Youtube

Amy Cassels

Amy Cassels on Twitter

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