ABOUT US
So, a little about us... I grew up in North Dakota where my father was a farmer and grew flaxseed.
I have always been an advocate for healthy living and I have loved studying and learning about health. I have tried many supplements, vitamins, health drinks and potions! I have even tried to sell some of the healthy tonics that I have found. Imagine my surprise when I found a WONDERFUL + ECONOMICAL Food that people love and that dramatically benefits their HEALTH and changes their lives --I love sharing health with other people! Some of the best things were:
I learned a lot about prevention and the benefits of healthy living when I lived in Papua New Guinea for ~25 years. In 1978, I left with my husband, Dean, and 1 year old daughter to go live and work in a small village in Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific. For 27 years we lived and worked in the middle of the Rainforest Jungle with the people of Nimo Village, 2 hours small plane ride and 2 hours boat ride away from any roads, towns, stores, hospitals, or other usual components of civilization. The Nimo people had no way to get even basic medical care and, although I had only basic medical knowledge, I started a clinic for the Nimo people treating malaria, burns, Tuberculosis, Ringworm and other fungal infections, many bacterial and viral infections. Many times I assisted mothers in birth helping teach sanitary ways to prevent infection, i.e. cutting the cord with clean bamboo vs dirty bamboo thus drastically decreasing the deaths of infants in Nimo. Some cases were complicated, such as patients who had been gored by a wild boar pig or stricken with strange tropical diseases. Without many resources to treat complicated diseases, often the best approach was to prevent sickness through public health education. I would love to post more stories and observations of my life in PNG, but maybe later on!!! I will also eventually put some photos of PNG and life in Nimo Village up here! :)
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