NITMIX

This is one of our most common struggles:

How do you overcome bad advice? In this instance the
advice that head lice are present and spread via the
environment.

Here is the question-

Dear Sirs,

I signed up for your email letter series. I have not yet
purchased the product…I have questions. You say that
cleaning and laundering everything is a waste of time.

That these head lice are just that, “Head Lice”.

But please explain to me then, how they can go through
a classroom at school at such an alarming rate?

My grand daughter has been suffering almost since school
started with head lice. I think mostly it is due to the
fact that her mother is not consistent in combing through
the hair, and perhaps with the cleaning too.

So when I read your letter I was stunned.

I do think the primary function in getting rid of them is
the combing…however, I don’t see if they are so hard to
get off the head, how they can go from kid to kid so easy.

I sure would appreciate your help, thank you.

Sincerely, R*********

And here is our reply

Hi R*********

Thank you for your message,

I am glad to see that you are working your way through
the evidence and making up your own mind.

Let me offer you an example

Extract from the Korea Times today.

” Removing the nits from the hair is not sufficient. Mom
also must wash (in hot water) your sister’s bed linens,
towels, clothing, hats, brushes, combs, scarves, coats,
toys, upholstered furniture and anything else she comes
into contact with. Things that cannot be washed should
be vacuumed and/or sealed in plastic bags for two weeks.”

The Concord Journal

“Even after treatment, parents should continue to check
their kids twice a day to make sure all the nits are gone,
Richards said. She also recommends that parents wash all
bedding and clothing and vacuum around the house and in
the car.

Health24.com

“To eliminate all lice and successfully prevent re infection,
wash all clothing, towels and bed linen in hot, soapy water,
and dry them in a hot dryer. You can also disinfect bedding
and other items such as hats and clothing by placing them in
a sealed plastic bag for 14 days. The nits will hatch in about
a week and die of starvation. Brushes and combs can be
disinfected by soaking them in hot, soapy water for 10 minutes.”

It is just cookie cutter journalism, they read it in one persons
paper them cut, copy-paste.

Never, ever do they cite their source for such “advice”

If you go to the correct journals via Medline or Google Scholar
and search for evidence in the professional literature for lice
in the environment you will find no evidence whatever that head
lice are present.

Try reading Richard Speare from James Cook University

http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/phtm/PHTM/hlice/environ1.htm

http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/phtm/PHTM/hlice/papers/counahan-2004.pdf

and the all time kicker

http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/phtm/PHTM/hlice/speare-2002.pdf

Head lice are head lice not house lice.

If you really want to know how they spread so easily just
watch a class of children for a day and count the number of
times they come into intimate contact with each other.

It is so common we fail to see it!

In 7 years of supplying NITMIX I have never ever had a parent
say ” Boy, all that cleaning really did the trick!”

No, it never happens.

If you want to get rid of head lice, take head lice off
children’s heads. Anyone who tries to make it more
complicated than that is quite frankly talking rubbish.

Hope that helps

Regards

John Owen

CEO NITMIX Ltd

Natural Head Lice Treatment and Prevention