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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Antibacterial Hand Soap versus Essential Oils

Triclosan is the antibacterial agent found in antibacterial soaps and other personal care products. The EPA considers it a possible risk to human health and to the environment. Studies have shown that plain soap kills just as much bacteria as an antibacterial soap.  Antibacterial soaps could spawn resistant bacteria and contaminate ground water.

Antibiotics create super germs through evolution by the survival of the fittest.  The strongest or resistant bacteria survive to create a new generation of strong germs that are no longer affected by the antibiotic that helped create them.  In response, pharmaceutical companies develop more powerful antibiotics that can destroy the resistant strains. 

Most hand soaps have antibacterial properties and contain harmful chemicals and fragrances. Essential oils affect the hostile bacteria and leave the friendly bacteria intact (which strengthens the immune system) while antibacterial soaps kill all bacteria, good and bad (which weakens the immune system).   Antibiotics have a specific chemical make up identical in every batch (easier for bacteria to build a resistance to).  Essential oils have a very complex structure with hundreds of constituents (soil, air, water, sun, etc) and are different in every batch.

Articles:
Check out this article about hand soaps and sanitizers.
Check out this article from WebMD about Antibacterial soaps.
http://purehomeandbody.com/oilblends/thieves/essential-oils-powerful-against-listeria-bacteria/
http://aromatherapy4u.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/thieves-foaming-antibacterial-handsoap-with-thieves-essential-oil/

For more information about Thieves Foaming Hand Soap from Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO), check out the following link: http://www.youngliving.com/natural-hand-care/Thieves-Hand-Soap

Which soaps will you use and why?

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Thieves Overview

Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a product called Thieves, which is a blend of cinnamon bark, clove, eucalyptus, lemon, and rosemary.  What is the story behind the name?  During the 15th century plague, a bandit of four thieves doused themselves with oils to protect themselves while robbing the dead and the half dying.  They did not get sick.  When captured, they were offered a lighter sentence in exchange for their recipe.

Thieves enhances the immune system function, purifies the air, and kills surface bacteria.  It is anti-infectious, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-septic, and anti-inflammatory.

When diffused, it can kill 99.96% of the microbes within 12 minutes.  Now, wouldn't you want to inhale something natural rather than using Lysol, Febreeze, or Glade Plug-Ins?

How can I use Thieves to help me maintain a healthy immune system?  You can put 1 or 2 drops on the bottom of your feet every morning and every evening.  Diffusing Thieves can kill the airborne bacteria.  Taking Inner Defense soft gels can boost up your immune system.

Young Living Essential Oils has the following products with the Thieves oil blend:  inner defense, household cleaner, wipes, spray, lozenges, toothpaste, mouthwash, floss, foaming hand soap, bar soap, and hand purifier (sanitizer).   Check out:  http://www.youngliving.us/pdfs/thieves_booklet.pdf

Check out this article on how to use Thieves:  http://www.secretofthieves.com/pdf/33WaysToUseThieves.pdf

Thieves is so powerful that it kills black mold.

Since there is a lot of research and information about the specific products, I will write other blogs with more detailed information.

Stay healthy!!!!

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http://oilsforhealthyliving-heidi.blogspot.com/2011/11/antibacterial-hand-soap-versus.html
http://oilsforhealthyliving-heidi.blogspot.com/2011/12/are-hand-sanitizers-good-or-bad.html

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

How Can We Build Up Our Immune Systems?

•             Eat healthy making sure that you intake less processed foods, white flour, and sugar while eating more organic and alkaline foods that are nutrient dense, especially those with vitamin C.   Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a product called Inner Defense which is a softgel that contains Thieves, oregano, thyme, and lemongrass which are great for immune support.

•             When taking a multi-vitamin, make sure it says “whole food source”.  90% of a synthetic vitamin passes right through you and are a waste of money.  Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a multi-vitamin called True Source.

•             Try not to eat irradiated or microwaved food because it kills the enzymes.  You want to eat live food.  Enzymes are the building blocks in our body as they remove toxic substances from our blood such as free radicals, they eliminate old fat and proteins that cause cardiovascular problems, they prevent allergies, degeneration, disease, and much more.  It could take up to 2 or 3 years to build up our enzyme reserves.  Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has an enzyme product called Essentialzyme.

•             Restore the alkalinity in your body.  If you are sick, you are too acidic.  When this happens, extra mucus is created, which causes inflammation, which results in disease.  You can buy PH test strips at the pharmacy.  To get your body more alkaline, you can eat foods that are more on the alkaline side.  Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a product called Alkalime

•             Free radicals come from sources outside your body, such as tobacco smoke, toxins, or pollutants, and can damage your body’s cells, proteins, and DNA by altering their chemical structure. They can cause aging and illness.  Eat foods that are high antioxidants.  Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a product called Ningxia Red.  It is a nutrient-infused wolfberry drink that has the highest levels of antioxidants on the ORAC scale to help support immune function, cardiovascular health, nourish the eyes, and promote healthy liver function.  All you need is one ounce a day to maintain your healthy immune system.

•             Many of us do not realize that the bowel is the source of core health and vitality.  If the bowel is not working properly, optimal health is impossible and the body is vulnerable to numerous conditions.  Between 70 to 85 percent of the immune cells in our bodies are present in the gastrointestinal tract.  Most Americans 40 and over have between 3-15 pounds of impacted fecal matter they are carrying.    Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a cleansing trio kit which includes Essentialzyme, ComforTone, and ICP.

•             By building bowel health, probiotics supports normal elimination, improves digestion, boosts immunity, and reduces yeast. Probiotics are sometimes known as healthy intestinal flora or beneficial bacteria, and are in fermented foods like yogurt and sauerkraut.  Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a probiotic product called Life 5.

•             Raise your frequency.  A few of the things that lower frequency include: heavy, processed, and junk foods; negative words, thoughts, actions, and feelings; negative people and situations; artificial synthesized materials such as fluorescent lights, synthetic fabrics, synthetic foods, vitamins, and medicines; working at a job you hate; and mainstream radio, television, and newspapers - particularly the news.  The only way to keep the body vibrating high is to heal the past trauma, eliminate limiting beliefs and lead a healthy physical, mental, emotional and spiritual lifestyle.  Sickness begins when the frequency is lowered.  By using essential oils, which have high frequencies, we increase our own.  Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a vast array of essential oils that can do just that.

•             Drink one-half your weight in ounces of water to flush out the toxins per day. If you don’t like drinking plain water, try adding one of the Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) citrus oils for flavor.

•             Get plenty of rest.  The average adult should sleep 7-8 hours.  Sleep debt is the effect of not getting enough rest and sleep; a large debt causes mental, emotional and physical fatigue.   Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has a product called Sleep Essence as well as lavender and a blend called peace and calming to help you sleep.

•             Reduce your stress.  Prolonged and chronic stress weakens the immune system.   If you learn to handle stress and relax, you will be much happier and healthier and you will function at a much higher level.  You can do this by learning to meditate, finding fun activities that help you to relax like walking or a massage, and by changing your thought patterns to alter your emotions and your behaviors.  Knowing how stress affects the immune system can be the key to becoming healthier and happier.  Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) has many essential oils in which you can diffuse that can help you meditate and relax.   

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http://oilsforhealthyliving-heidi.blogspot.com/2011/11/thieves-overview.html

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Weight Loss and Restored Vitality

At the Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) 2011 Convention, there were breakout sessions.  Below are my notes from one of them that was about weight loss and restored vitality.

In the 1970's, 10% of the people were obese.  Now, 80% are obese.  That's a 150% increase!

Today, 67% are overweight and of those, 34% are obese where the BMI = 30-34.  17% of children are obese.  $117 billion in direct and indirect costs.  40% increase in doctor visits, medications, and procedures.  1.1 million deaths from cardiovascular disease.  There are > 23 million diabetics.  1.4 million cancer cases for 2007, which was the #1 killer. 

80% of your health is determined by stress factors such as poor nutrition, environmental chemicals and negative emotions.  Stress can turn into heart disease, thyroid problems, diabetes, cancer, high cholesterol, impaired immune function, increased bone loss, excess weight, and impaired memory.  Negative emotions can deteriorate your health.

There can be 200 cancer toxins in your body.  Research has found over 287 chemicals present in umbilical cords and 217 of them are toxic to the brain.  Of those 208 caused birth defects and 180 cause cancer.

Xeno-Estrogens, which are xenohormone that imitate estrogen can cause breast cancer, endometriosis, weight gain, fibrocystic breast disease, migraine headaches, premenstrual syndrome, ovarian cysts, endometrial cancer, benign prostatic hypertrophy in men, restless leg syndrome, birth defects, and prostate cancer.  An increase in body fat stores more estrogen.  Today, there are 50% less sperm in males since the 1970's.

High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is the main cause of obesity.  It was introduced in the late 1970's and in the main stream food since the 1980's.  HFCS stops the signal to the brain to stop eating.  You always get signals to feed yourself from cells and the brain.

Standard American diet mainly consists of processed foods, lack of antioxidants, foods causing silent inflammatory reactions, and wrong nutrients.  Caffeine decreases the blood flow to the skin and it increases fat cells.  Caffeine is one of the deadliest chemicals to the body similar to cocaine.  Coffee has a lot of pesticides in it.  Decaf coffee has an ingredient that is similar to dry cleaning.

The anti-nutrients in our diet are hydrogenated oils, HFCS, processed foods, fast foods, candy, sugary drinks, and GMC.

Green tea can be toxic as it contains high levels of fluoride.  You don't know what they mix with green tea.  An average cup of tea contains 8 mg of fluoride (which reduces hypothyroid back in the 1920's).  No chemical causes cancer as fast as fluoride.  On the same note, triclosan is a known carcinogen in toothpaste.

HFCS:
- suppresses production of leptin (causes appetite to increase and impairs insulin sensitivity both of which cause weight gain)
- reduces insulin sensitivity
- major cause of obesity
- contributes to diabetes epidemic
- increases blood triglyceride levels, LDL, and fat deposition

In 1900, .4% had diabetes.  Today, 20% have diabetes.  23 million people have type 2 diabetes which accounts for 95% of all cases.  Environmental toxicity leads to silent inflammation in the body which causes disease like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity.

Causes of weight gain: decreased leptin sensitivity, clogged liver and colon, hormone imbalance, lack of enzymes, nutritional deficiencies, heavy metal toxicity, genetics, yo-yo dieting, xeno-estrogens, lack of sweating, lack of breakfast, pasteurized foods, eating before bed, lack of sleep, processed foods, lack of exercise, trans fats, poor circulation, poor eating habits, and irradiated foods (microwave).

Need to provide our bodies with proper nutrition, hormone balance, and stick with USDA organic as much as possible.  Our bodies don't digest man made products well like supplements.  It needs to be whole food source.  Not all supplements are created equal and many are a total waste of your money.  Progesterone helps digest fat.  If you have thyroid problems, you may have low progesterone.

Young Living has whole food source supplements that can help supplement your dietary needs, check it out:  http://www.youngliving.com/essential-nutrition

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Enzymes

The biggest takeaway from the Young Living Essential Oils (YLEO) 2011 convention for me was enzymes and how important they are to your well-being.  Below are my notes from the convention.

Our bodies create over 3,000 different kinds of enzymes.  We should have millions of enzymes when we are healthy.  When our enzyme reserves start to diminish, we have bi-polar, cold, flu, arthritis, allergies, autism, Parkinson's, inflammation, cancer, digestive problems, heart disease, hormone deficiencies, stroke, headaches, cancer, and autism. 

Enzymes are produced by living organisms.  They contain amino acids.  Enzymes are the catalysts that create many essential biochemical reactions.  They facilitate chemical reactions in the body very quickly.  Without enzymes, some metabolic processes would happen very slowly or not at all.  Every daily biochemical function in the body requires enzymes to facilitate the building of compounds from the body's raw materials, transport elements throughout the body, break down substances such as food, and eliminate toxins and chemical waste in the body.  Enzymes deliver nutrients to the body in order to make use of those food elements.  Enzymes need minerals and vitamins to function.  Enzymes free minerals, vitamins, proteins, and hormones to engage in body functions.  Enzymes play a major role in every metabolic process in the body from glandular function and support to hormone productions and toxic waste disposal. 

Enzyme production decreases in the absence of live food as well as disease, stress, aging, and petrochemicals.  The inhibitors are aspirin, Tylenol, ibuprofen, antibiotics, cleaning solvents, household cleaners, microwave radiations and heat over 120 degrees.  Headaches are caused by an enzyme deficiency and if you take aspirin or ibuprofen, you are inhibiting enzyme production.  Allergies are a by-product of enzyme deficiency.  Arthritis is not a disease, it is an allergy (quote from Gary Young).  You can't create a hormone without a protein and you can't create a protein without an enzyme.  Enzyme deficiency causes nightmares and restless leg syndrome.  People can be allergic to phenols because of enzyme deficiency and some oils have high phenols.

When you fast, you don't deplete enzymes.  When you eat dead food (microwave), you deplete enzymes, by using the ones in your reserve.  Estrogen helps the skin.  If you are a vegetarian, you may have a lack of estrogen and need to supplement it with lipase.  Enzymes facilitate digestion and assimilation.  Every food has enzymes and carrots are very high in natural enzymes.  Amylase is in breast milk and if you didn't get enough as an infant, you will have allergies.

After digestion is completed, enzymes will break down.  They will pass into the blood stream as amino acids.  They become building blocks in the body.  Protease, amylase, and other enzymes will enter the blood stream to clean out foreign materials such as free radicals and potential allergens, which create gluten intolerance and other allergies.  Enzymes make their way back to the liver and pancreas and are used again.

What can enzymes do for us?
- Clean clogged arteries of plaque
- Empty stomach of undigested fat
- Prevent stroke and heart attack
- Enzymes eliminate old fat and proteins left deposited from years causing cariovascular problems
- Protease reduces inflammation processes and enhances circulation and the immune system by improving and increasing the surface area of the red blood cells, allowing it to transport more oxygen
- Enzymes are effective in weight regulation - overweight people are lacking in lipase
- Enzymes prevent allergies and degeneration such as: gluten and lactose intolerance, leaky gut, acid reflux, and heart burn, environmental allergens, colds, coughs, flu, degenerative disease
- Help clear the body of undigested proteins and meat: undigested starches, sugars, and carbs will ferment fats, turning them rancid.  Toxins create a host for disease such as candida, leaky gut, brain fog, fatigue, hypoglycemia, depressions, allergies, and fibromyalgia.
- You heal faster with enzymes, it facilitates circulation and oxygen
- Enzymes stimulate the brain, alertness, and memory attention

The FDA has approved enzyme therapies for treating cancer, cardiovascular disease, removal of dead tissue, gastrointestinal conditions, pancreatic conditions, and removal of toxic substances from blood.

What does this all mean for us?  Build up your enzyme reserves if you don't want allergies or cancer.  The enzymes break down the protein shell of cancer cells.  It might take up to 2-3 years to build up the reserves.  Clean the liver and increase the enzymes to help with diseases.  Essential oils have enzymatic activity and when you use essential oils, you are stimulating enzyme production in your body. 

THERE IS NO ONE MAGIC BULLET
IT IS A LIFESTYLE WITH THE FOCUS OF VITALITY
ONLY YOU CAN CREATE IT BY MAKING PROPER CHOICES

New 2011 Convention Product:
ESSENTIALZYMES-4™ is a multi-spectrum enzyme complex specially formulated to break down the excessive fats and carbohydrates found in the modern diet. Essentialzymes-4 contains both animal- and plant-based enzymes and utilizes dual-release technology for improved enzyme absorption.


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