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- Susan Morrow -

“Take care of your body. It’s the only
place you have to live.”

– Jim Rohn

Around 10 billion pounds of soap are produced each year, and in the U.S.,
about one billion toothpaste tubes are sent to landfills each year. We use a lot of hygiene
products and for good reason. Keeping our bodies and teeth clean is a vital part of keeping

our overall health good.

According to the Global Soap Project, 44% of deaths caused by diarrhea could have been
prevented through simply washing hands with soap. So imagine a world where suddenly
our supplies of hygiene products like soap and toothpaste have dried up.

Our grandparents didn’t live in a world where mass consumerism reigned. They were able
to create their own hygiene products from simple, readily available ingredients.

It’s easy to make your own products, and I’ll give you some recipes here that will give you
the knowledge to make sure that you can keep your and your family’s health in good
condition.

Soap Making – The Old Fashion Way

Unlike a previous chapter here you’ll find the old fashioned way of making soap.

The use of soap has a long history going back many thousands of years. The first
archeological evidence for soap comes from an excavation of ancient Babylon. This soap-

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