A little hair experiment

  So a few months back I had read that you could wash your hair with nothing more than baking soda as a shampoo and apple cider vinegar (organic with the "mother")as the conditioner.  I am constantly trying to reduce the amount of unnatural things in my life so I figured I would give it a go.  For probably about 3 weeks now I have been doing this and I am happy to report that my hair feels great, gets clean everyday and doesn't smell like vinegar!  So no more crappy shampoo (probably one reason the doc has a few less hairs up top! than he used to).  Turns out that shampoo acutally causes your hair to produce more oil. Check out this post from someone who has been doing this for 3 years.

http://thehairpin.com/2014/01/three-years-without-shampoo

  We also started making our own laundry detergent out of some simple old timey ingredients so keep your eyes peeled for a post on the Mitchler family detergent recipe (cost works out to 7 cents a load)!

Dr. V out

Moving right along..

  The doc has been busy at work these days but here I am with an update.  A few ideas that are on the agenda for the blog.  I'm hoping to post a recipe of the week that we will be enjoying here in the Von Mitchler house.  I also will do a feature item of the week to show you whats in "the doc's kitchen".  Hopefully we can sprinkle in some videos on juicing, cooking and learing the tricks of the trade on plant based (vegan) eating.  Stay tuned for scenes of our next episode (amazing race parallel) I know it's so old!

  One recent success story that I am very happy about.  A friend I work with and have spoken too about plant based eating and juicing and how it has reversed my son's allergies and helped my wife beat metastatic breast cancer, decided one month ago to take the plung and go vegan for 2 months.  I told him if he just did  it for 2 weeks he would see a big difference.  Well he has strictly stuck to the plan and has lost 17 pounds in a month.  Losing weight is great but it's the other comments that really interest me, "I feel great like I am a different person, mentally better", "I'm sleeping better", "lots of energy".  People always try to find excuses about eating healthy but I want you to note that this friend has done it on a very tight budget.  I always stressed to him to have plenty of food to eat (no need for portion control) so sometimes it was a little Asian when money was tight (lots of rice) but he stuck to the plan.  Hey, Asians have much lower cancer rates so like I say "if you want to beat cancer, eat like an Asian".

Doc V.

"a juice a day keeps the doctor away"

In the beginning

Ok so this is just getting off the ground I know but I was informed by my wife this past weekend that she liked my writing when I did the "Mitchler Manifestos" back in the day so I guess I better get busy making a difference in this world.  The purpose of this blog is to inspire others to a healthier life.  Through my families experiences over the past few years I have come to learn a fair amount, about food, health, and life.  Everything I have learned and experienced I feel can be a great benefit to others. So my mission is to bring this information to you.