Returning, Here and Now

I have been neglecting MS Primary Progressive in favor of Instagram to do some 1-minute videos and try other approaches 2 Share. But this allows more pictures and more organization. It was suggested I change the name because people don’t relate to Primary Progressive as being a type of Multiple Sclerosis. The people who have it certainly understand.

I am blessed because after 35+ years Primary Progressive it has been changed to Secondary Progressive. I must be doing something right.

My other WordPress account is titled Urban Arboretum Diary; tho’ it is really about trees and shrubs in our environment in St. Louis. Considering trees and shrubs deal with the same things as us:  disease, environment, weather, neglect, weakened immune systems, injury, etc. there are many health conditions and reactions that are similar.

Charlotte Schneider, Missouri Forester 40+ plus years, Certified Arborist 20 years,
Health advocate, Author Female Forester Forever & Our Little Urban Arboretum
                                  @anotherapproachtohealth.com

What do Minerals do for Us — Trees, and People

It isn’t fair to have all those great pictures on my phone//computer and not be able to use them, but I respect copyrights. Just ask your phone these questions…….

Minerals, Trees, and People

I asked my smart phone ‘ What if my tree is not getting enough manganese?’ ( You could do this with any element on the Periodic Table of Elements.) It showed pictures where green chlorophyll was lost in patterns between veins.

I pondered, ‘What if my tree was getting too much of an element, like potassium. The phone showed me pictures of leaves with different patterns and some fertilizer burn along the margins.

Personally, I was taking a potassium supplement. I asked the phone ‘What if I were getting too much potassium?’ I listened and decided to take potassium naturally, with foods and plant-based supplements rather than a chemical-based supplement.

The human gut picks up minerals better when it is alkaline. But trees and shrubs need more acidic soil to extract their minerals or they become chlorotic.  Ask your phone for pictures of chlorotic plants.

What if there are toxins in the soil, like pesticides and heavy metals?  My phone showed me pictures of leaves responding to toxins in the soil.  As an arborist I have certainly seen lots of this in the Urban environment.  Toxins affect the DNA of trees, causing erratic growth of cells in leaves and decline of the tree’s health.

How does the human body respond to toxins in our environment, in food, drinking water and the air we breath?

Charlotte Schneider, Certified Arborist,  Missouri Forester 25 years, Healthcare Advocate

primary progressive multiple sclerosis survivor