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The information provided herein is for educational purposes only; it is not intended as diagnosis, treatment, or prescription of any kind. The decision to use, or not to use, any information is the sole responsibility of the reader. Use common sense! . . . Don’t think about “treating illness”, but rather think about “achieving wellness”. February, 2014 Volume 16, Issue 6 Young Living Essential Oils Inside this Issue 1 Featured Product --Stress Away 2 When Injuries Happen 3 4 5 What’s in Your Perfume? Auto Immune Diseases and YL Oils Fluoride Toxicity 6 Food Fraud 7 Testimonials and more Give me wealth without health and I will consume my wealth to get health. Give me health and I will create wealth. Editor: Victor and Mary Ann Hunter 1000 So. Leebrick St. Burlington, Iowa 52601 319-752-8593 [email protected] www.huntershealthylifestyle.com www.youngliving.us www.oil-testimonials.com Healthy Essentials Featured Product Stress Away Stress Away is the perfect on-the-go natural solution to combat normal stresses that creep into everyday life. This unique blend of: Vanilla--the warm sweet aroma of vanilla calms and reduces tension. Lime—the delicious scent of lime is robust and refreshing Ocotea--has a cinnamon base with a kick of exotic luxury. Cedarwood--with one of the highest known levels of sesquiterpenes, cedarwood works with the brain to improve relaxation. Copaiba--supports the Stress Away blend with the powerful constituents beta caryophyllene. And Lavender--the floral scent of lavender which is calming and eases any tense mood. It smells so good that a person could eat it. Just imagine---- Vanilla, cinnamon, and lime with a touch of cedarwood, then a splash of Lavender and Copaiba. WOW!!!!!! is all I can say. Enjoy!!!!!!! Benefits: a.. Reduce stress any time, anywhere with the convenience and portability of an essential oil roll-on. b.. Use Stress Away in anticipation of events or situations that may cause mental tension. c.. Lessening normal everyday stress can lead to improved sleep and elevated state of mind. Product Story: Stress Away is the first product to be named by Young Living Distributors as well as the first to contain the unique stress-relieving combination of Young Living Therapeutic Grade (YLTG) lime and vanilla essential oils. With all these oils in Stress Away it helps to reduce mental rigidity and restore equilibrium. It also features powerful plant constituent, such as the cedrol found in cedarwood and the eugenol that occurs naturally in vanilla. Cedrol can help induce relaxation, while eugenol works to reduce nervous tension. All of these ingredients are expertly blended with the exotic scents of ocotea, Young Living's exculsive Ecuador single. Adding to the uplifting aroma of Stress Away is a subtle hit of lime, from Young Living's unique coumarin-free lime essential oil. Regular lime, like most citrus essential oils, contains coumarins that are potentially photosensitizing and damaging to the skin. YLTG lime essential oil minimizes any skin sensitivity, particularly when used in while in the sun. Did You Know: a.. Ocotea essential oil is derived from the tall ocotea tree and has a long history of traditional usage in Amazonia. b.. Copaiba is the only essential oil extracted through tapping, similar to how maple and rubber are gathered. c.. The vanilla in Stress Away does not contain water, unlike most vanilla oil sold on the market today. How to use: Shake well and apply generously to wrists, neck, arms, or anywhere you love experiencing essential oils. <><><> There is a nationwide stress disorder. Chronic emotional burdens create weakened immune system and cardiovascular disease. Stress breaks down DNA. People with severe stress age 10 years faster than those who manage stress. Stress spikes cortisol . . . . . . Our. Health . .is Our . Wealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . February, 2014 which spikes insulin. Normal morning cortisol should be 20-25. Ingredients: Copaiba- anti inflammatory, anti spasmodic. When stressed it causes soreness in muscles. This helps. Vanilla Pamfolia- Appetite suppressant, Cedarwood- calming, sedating, helps with Human Growth Hormone (HGH)—which helps the immune system. Lime oil- anti inflammatory, ester acetates Lavender-esters aldehydes are all calming. Has 50% sesquiterpenes which increase the parasympathetic and helps with relaxing. Suppresses stress. Relaxes. <><><> Copiaba has about twice as much of the valuable anti-inflammatory molecule, beta-caryophyllene, as does ocotea. These two oils are definitely the highest in this molecule of any oils that I know of. They make helichrysum look like kindergarten! Both oils also contain about 8% of a very rare anti-inflammatory molecule called alpha-humalene, making them the top 2 anti-inflammatory oils that we have. And of course, both are found in Stress Away! What a great oil blend! I love taking a capsule full of copaiba internally every day or two, just for good measure. Marc Schreuder says that stress triggers inflammation and inflammation triggers disease. It's possible that if we can reduce stress (Stess Away?) we can reduce inflammation, and, therefore, disease. <><><> A good friend of mine uses Stress Away when she feels a migraine coming on. She just rolls it on all over at the base of her skull and neck and anywhere she feels the pain starting. She said it stops the migraine from coming on. Of course, she uses it at the very first sign of the migraine coming on. --Tammy <><><> I find it to be very helpful at the dentist and when I get a blood draw I swipe on 2 my wrist and the blood just flows out. Normally they have to poke and prod and it is hard to fill the tube. I also use it when I take my parrot in to have his beak and nails trimmed. It was usually a very traumatic event on the both of us until I noticed that when I doused myself on the drive in to the vet that the bird recovered quicker. Now I add some tissues to his cage with Stress Away and he is back to eating right away as opposed to taking a few days before his is back to normal. It seems to diffuse the trauma. My grandkids want to have that on hand when they get their shots. --Peggy B. <><><> I just went thru an ugly divorce. Add three young boys into the fray. Argh. When they come home from dads we use Stress Away and/or Peace & Calming. Within 30 minutes life is more bearable for everyone. Just one swipe anywhere on the body works wonders for us. --Janelle When the injury is to a joint or bone? My first choice is still LAVENDER immediately to minimize swelling and bruising. It is truly amazing how little bruising there is when Lavender is applied immediately after an injury. Next, layer the oils of the RAINDROP COLLECTION + COPAIBA directly over the joint or bone injury. It takes only a few minutes, and the oils will minimize pain as well as accelerate healing. Continue layering the oils from Raindrop Collection multiple times a day. When I had my spinal fracture, I had the oils of Raindrop Technique layered over the injury morning and evening and used what I call my Magic Oils for Pain as often as I needed them, even every 30 minutes if necessary! I found them to be absolutely amazing both for pain relief AND for healing the fractured bone. “Magic Oils for Pain” When Injuries Happen All of us have injuries from time to time from the minor bumps and bruises to major accidents. What is the FIRST thing to do when there is ANY kind of injury? For me, I always reach for LAVENDER first. * Lavender will stop bleeding, both externally and internally so swelling will be minimized and healing can begin immediately * Lavender brings oxygen to the cells, a critical factor in healing * Lavender can be dropped directly into open wounds * Lavender relaxes the injured person, and everyone else too NOTE: NEVER APPLY ICE as ice will slow down the circulation. This will extend the time for healing. After the bleeding is stopped, I like to use HELICHRYSUM directly in the wound. If there is a joint sprain or a broken bone, I would reach for SACRED FRANKINCENSE next. * Layer BELIEVE + COPAIBA + PANAWAY + DEEP RELIEF Numerous times I was told, “At your age, bones don’t heal!” and “At your age, muscles atrophy” and “At your age, tendons and ligaments don’t heal” . . . and on and on . . . Well, MY bones healed in record time, and I have no residual challenges! Dr. Peter Minke says VALOR is the first thing that is used for any injury at his home. In fact he said that his children don’t ask for “Mommy” or “Daddy” they call out for VALOR! What is the FIRST oil used in Raindrop Technique? VALOR! Marc Schreuder said that he feels the most important oil to use after an injury or for pain is STRESS AWAY. Pain is magnified when we are tense and fearful. Is it possible to use ALL of these oils? Certainly! I still would use LAVENDER first because I have had . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . such great success with Lavender over the years, and I always have it with me because it is such a versatile oil. The wonderful thing is that you can layer a number of oils safely. When you layer a number of oils, there is a very good chance that you will give the body exactly the perfect combination of molecules to come to balance, and BALANCE is what creates health and wellness. What other oils would be appropriate for various injuries or for pain? * PAN AWAY * BALSAM FIR * LEMONGRASS (great for tendons and ligaments) * PALO SANTO * MARJORAM (perfect for muscles) * RELIEVE IT * DEEP RELIEF * PEPPERMINT (wonderful antiinflammatory) Remember, Gary Young always says, “If you don’t have the oil I suggest, then use what oils you have! How about CHRONIC PAIN? If the pain is from disease or illness, it may be quite important to CLEANSE and ALKALIZE the body. Inflammation causes pain and compromises immune function. For any chronic condition from arthritis to gout . . . to eczema and autoimmune diseases, the body must be cleansed, alkalized, and supported nutritionally. How do we do this? * NINGXIA RED: 180ml/day diluted in 180ml water * LEMON: 30-40 drops/day in capsules or in water * JUVACLEANSE: 1 drop over liver morning and evening and 3-7 drops in capsule at night (or under tongue) “The Morphine Bomb” Gary Young gave a formula for pain of any type. He called it the Morphine Bomb. Just put 5 drops each of SACRED FRANKINCENSE, BALSAM FIR, and COPAIBA into a capsule. This can be repeated as often as necessary. I personally find that layering these oils topically is extremely effective for me. They are actually the oils that I used in my “Magic Oils for Pain” minus Deep Relief. There are many other essential oils that can be beneficial, but these are the very basic ones. Editorial Note: My favorite oil to grab for any injury is Trauma Life. But just use anything you have. Essential oils help calm, balance, and rejuvenate injured or diseased bodies. More Care for Your Oils Oils and Light Essential oils should always be kept in opaque containers or dark colored bottles. If see an oil sold in a store in a clear bottle, it is a fraud or the packager did not know any better. Light can destroy oils. The aroma and therapeutic value of essential oils is made possible due to the minute size of the molecules. Long term exposure to light causes the molecules to polymerize, or join together into large molecules. They then lose their aroma and are no longer able to enter our body tissue. Short term exposure is fine, but not days, weeks, or months. Oils and Air Extended exposure to air will cause oils to oxidize or take on extra oxygen atoms which will change their chemistry, or destroy it altogether. Worse than oxidation is the threat of volatility as the delicate components in the oils evaporate. Oils and Water Oil and water does not mix in general so there will be only a slight change to certain constituents in an oil, but should not change the therapeutic value. Oil Adulteration The composition of a true therapeutic grade essential oil is not an act of humankind. It is an act of God. We do not control it. It is controlled through the plants. What we can do, is control the process of getting the oils out of the plants through proper distillation. Essential oils contain more than chemistry. They contain life force which is preserved when distilled correctly. Preserving the life force depends on maintaining the balance of ingredients present in the original plant. Adding other compounds or deleting them will not add to the value and will reduce the healing properties. A synthetic ingredient will poison the oil and damage or kill its life force. The only thing safe to add is a neutral base oil or another essential oil. Oils and Xrays If you take an oil through x-rays at the security gates of airports, will it be harmed? Probably yes, but only minutely and it often repairs itself. Oils contain no living cells like our bodies that can be damaged. The most that can happen is a few molecules may be fractured into pieces, or the frequency can be lowered, however, the frequency should return to normal in about 72 hours. Shelf Life The shelf life of pure, unadulterated essential oils is indefinite. Oils found in Egyptian tombs were still aromatic and effective after thousands of years. As long as they are not exposed to extreme heat or light, they will last for years. Refrigeration does not extend the life of oils that have been distilled properly. Oil blends that contain some fatty oils will have a shortened shelf life. Let your nose determine if an oil has gone bad. One Person Can Make a Difference Chick-fil-A says it’s removing highfructose corn syrup from its white buns and artificial dyes from its sauces and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 February, 2014 dressings as part of a push to improve its ingredients. The fast-food chicken chain says the reformulated buns are being tested in about 200 Georgia locations, while the sauces and dressings will be tested starting early next year. It says it also removed a yellow dye from its chicken soup and that the new recipe should be in all restaurants by the end of this month. It’s also testing a new peanut oil, with hopes of a rollout early next year. The changes come after blogger Vani Hari wrote a post in 2011 titled “Chickfil-A or Chemical Fil-A?” on her site, FoodBabe.com. It noted that the chain’s sandwich had nearly 100 ingredients, including peanut oil with TBHQ, a chemical made from butane. Hari, based in Charlotte, N.C., continued writing about Chick-fil-A’s ingredients. Jodie Worrell, who works in Chick-filA product strategy and development, confirmed the changes in an interview and said the company has been working on improving the ingredients in its foods for several years, starting with the removal of trans fats. High-fructose corn syrup was also recently removed from other dressings. “We’ve been systemically going through (the menu),” she said. David Farmer, vice president of product strategy and development, noted that Chick-fil-A would likely keep making changes. “More and more these days, we’ve become a kind of food culture. People seem to care a lot more about what’s in it, how it’s made and where did it come from,” he said. Chick-fil-A, based in Atlanta, has more than 1,700 locations in 39 states and Washington, D.C. Then last year, the company invited her to its headquarters to spend the day talking with executives. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/chickfil-a-artificialdye_n_4379189.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living “They took my concerns and started developing a road map of how to address them,” Hari said. On Wednesday, she said she was notified about the changes in an email from the company. What’s in Your Perfume? Ingredients in packaged and fast foods are coming under greater scrutiny as more people look to stick to diets they feel are natural. Last year, for instance, PepsiCo Inc. said it would remove a controversial ingredient from Gatorade in response to customer demand, and Kraft Foods recently confirmed to the AP that it was reformulating select varieties of its macaroni and cheese to remove artificial dyes. Still, companies typically don’t like publicizing such changes because it could bring unwanted attention over other ingredients or other products. Chick-fil-A, for instance, hasn’t made any announcements about its recently reformulated products. 4 By Dr. Mercola Spritzing on perfume or cologne is a daily ritual for many, not to mention that the vast majority of personal care products – shampoo, lotion, deodorant – contain fragrances of their own. There’s a dirty little secret the fragrance industry would rather you not know about, however, which is the extreme toxicity of many of these products. Hidden behind their pleasant scents are typically chemicals linked to hormone disruption, reproductive problems, and even cancer. Many perfumes sold at department stores, big-box retailers, and virtually everywhere else can aptly be described as poison – and this means that you could very well be sacrificing your health by wearing them… ‘Fragrance’ Can Contain Virtually Anything I caution against using any synthetic perfume or cologne, or any other synthetically fragranced personal care product, as they're almost always loaded with synthetic chemicals that have been linked to cancer, reproductive toxicity, allergies, and more. And although the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actually has direct authority to regulate harmful ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products, it doesn't exercise it… The Environmental Working Group (EWG) explains: “When you see ‘fragrance’ on a personal care product's label, read it as ‘hidden chemicals.’ A major loophole in FDA's federal law lets manufacturers of products like shampoo, lotion, and body wash include nearly any ingredient in their products under the name ‘fragrance’ without actually listing the chemical. Companies that manufacture personal care products are required by law to list the ingredients they use, but fragrances and trade-secret formulas are exempt.” What does this mean for a healthconscious person like yourself? When you purchase a fragrance, it could contain any number of the 3,100 or so stock chemical ingredients used by the fragrance industry. What blend is in most products you buy, exactly, is virtually impossible to ascertain, aside from testing it in a lab – and this is actually what the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics did… 14 Secret Chemicals Found, on Average, in Fragrance Products Laboratory tests commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and analyzed by EWG, found a total of 38 chemicals not listed on the labels in 17 name-brand fragrances (such as Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Bath & Body Works, Old Spice, Calvin Klein, and more). The average fragrance product contained 14 chemicals that were not disclosed on the label (along with another 15 that were listed!). The report noted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Among them are chemicals associated with hormone disruption and allergic reactions, and many substances that have not been assessed for safety in personal care products. Also in the ranks of undisclosed ingredients are chemicals with troubling hazardous properties or with a propensity to accumulate in human tissues. These include diethyl phthalate, a chemical found in 97% of Americans and linked to sperm damage in human epidemiological studies, and musk ketone, a synthetic fragrance ingredient that concentrates in human fat tissue and breast milk.” Who’s Looking Out for the Safety of Fragrance Ingredients? The Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1973 requires cosmetics companies to list ingredients on labels, but it exempts fragrance, leaving consumers in the dark about what’s in such products. The FDA, however, is equally in the dark about fragrance ingredients, and has not assessed the vast majority of such chemicals for safety when they’re used in spray-on personal care products – and certainly not their much enhanced, synergistic toxicities when blended together. So if the FDA isn't doing the job of investigating the safety of these ingredients, who is? The fragrance industry is allowed to regulate itself, through a trade association known as the International Fragrance Association (IFRA). This association is responsible for conducting safety tests to determine the ingredients safe for use for their own industry – but this association has not evaluated the majority of the chemicals either! According to the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics’ report, 66% of the secret chemicals, and 19% of the listed chemicals, found in product tests have not been assessed for safety. Making matters worse, even for the chemicals that are tested, there are serious questions about whether the industry's research institute is really as "independent" as IFRA claims it to be. Dr. Samuel Epstein, M.D., chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, and author of Toxic Beauty, warns: "This testing is minimal and restricted to local effects on human skin, and short-term toxicity tests in rodents." Which Toxic Poisons May Be Lurking in Your Favorite Fragrance? The term “fragrance,” under US law, actually means a combination of chemicals that gives a perfume or cologne its distinct scent. These ingredients may be derived from petroleum or natural raw materials, or they may be produced synthetically. Perfume manufacturers typically purchase fragrance mixtures from companies that specialize in developing fragrances (known as fragrance houses) and then combine them to create a unique scent. It is this chemical combination that is typically kept protected as a “trade secret,” while other chemicals in the products (solvents, stabilizers, preservatives, dyes, and UV absorbers) may be listed on the label. So what is a typical fragrance actually made of? Some common offenders include: Parabens: Synthetic preservatives known to interfere with hormone production and release. Phthalates: Another synthetic preservative that’s carcinogenic and linked to reproductive effects (decreased sperm counts, early breast development, birth defects) and liver and kidney damage. Synthetic musks: These are linked to hormone disruption and are thought to persist and accumulate in breast milk, body fat, umbilical cord blood, and the environment. According to EWG: “An analysis of the chemical contents of products reveals that the innocuouslooking ‘fragrance’ often contains chemicals linked to negative health effects. Phthalates, used to make fragrances last longer, are associated [with] damage to the male reproductive system, and artificial musks accumulate in our bodies and can be found in breast milk. Some artificial musks are even linked to cancer. And if you've got asthma, watch out -fragrance formulas are considered to be among the top 5 known allergens, and can trigger asthma attacks. The same kinds of chemicals are often used for fragrances in cleaning products, scented candles, and air fresheners. To avoid those unpleasant side effects, choose fragrance-free products, but beware labels that say ‘unscented.’ It may only mean that the manufacturer has added yet another fragrance to mask the original odor.” Fragrances Impact More Than Just the Wearer Have you ever gotten a headache because someone sitting next to you is doused in perfume? Or felt dizzy, nauseous, irritable, confused, or fatigued due to fragrances worn by coworkers at the office? These are signs that you likely have a chemical sensitivity to fragrance, and it's more common than you might think. So anytime you or someone else wears a fragrance, it not only poses a health risk to the wearer, but also potentially to anyone around him or her, who will be exposed to the scent whether they like it or not. Our powerful attraction to fragrances is now being manipulated by advertisers and marketers to sell products, as well, raising some serious health and ethical concerns. Your sense of smell is one of your most primitive senses and is hardwired deep into primitive areas of your brain. According to Dr. Stuart Firestein of Columbia University, your olfactory system is very closely connected to your limbic system, which is said to contain your most basic drives. So it's not surprising that scent is powerfully connected to both emotion and memory. Product manufacturers know this, and as a result fragrances are added to far more products than you may realize, often to mask the odor of noxious chemicals but also to appeal to your emotional side. Fragrances are even . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 February, 2014 added to medications (inhalers and sports creams), furniture polish, dental floss, nail polish, paper, some disposable razors, and even construction materials such as paint and varnish. Many stores now use "scent branding" to draw people in, like bees to honey— and KEEP people in. Customers in ambient-scented stores have been found to shop for 20 to 30 percent longer. Non-Toxic Fragrances Are Available Avoiding toxic fragrance does not mean that you must forgo all pleasant scents in your home or personal care products, as truly natural options are available (although if you are sensitive keep in mind that botanical extracts can also cause reactions in some people). Organic essential oils are one option (you can even add them to your own non-fragranced lotion, for instance), and may be found in some safe fragrances that are 100% naturally derived. This includes essential oils and isolates that come from botanical ingredients such as flowers, fruits, seeds, bark, leaves, wood, and other natural raw materials. They may cost more, and the scent may only last a couple of hours after each application, but they won’t pose the health risks of synthetic fragrances. Another option, of course, is to forgo fragrance entirely… in fact, a woman’s natural scent has been found to be more seductive than perfume, scoring another point for the power of nature! Editorial Note: There are many wonderful smelling essential oils that can be worn as perfume. Each person may have their own preferences. Mine is Peace & Calming. Others are Ylang Ylang or Lavender, but some people prefer some oils over other due to the chemistry in their body reacting with the oils. Then consider the cleaners, body care products and cleaners used in the home. After reading this article, I am certainly glad that we use YL products for nearly everything. 6 Story: My 14 year old grandson came in the other day wearing a cologne. I had to ask him to stay clear of me as I couldn’t take the odor. It was like something hitting me in the face. the severity of the flair. I don’t even like to walk too close to Bath & Body Works because the smell if offensive to me. I would guess that is because I have been using the oils for so many years now. My body knows to stay clear of toxic substances. When she has a flair up she uses Deep Relief Roll On, peppermint, and Ortho Ease massage oil. Autoimmune Diseases and Young Living Oils by: Joan Luellen I have a good friend in her 40's who was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in 2010. She would get pain in her joints that would last for days, It took the doctor about a year to decide it was RA and he sent her to a rumatologist. He put her on Methotrexate and Prednisone. The Methotrexate did get rid of the painful flair ups but it also had negative affects on her liver. The Prednisone put her into oestiopenia and would have had her in a wheelchair in about 5 years if she hadn't gotten off of it. She was also on Morphine for a bad back and Promethazine for the nausea caused by the morphine. Because she had no immune system from these drugs she would get pneumonia about six times every year and was a prisoner in her own home because every time she went out she got sick. In 2012 she started using Young LIving products and decided she would use these to get off all those drugs if possible. So she asked her RA doctor if he would help her and he got really mad and yelled at her. So she then went to her family doctor and he was thrilled that she wanted to get off the drugs and try another way. So with this doctor’s help she went through the withdrawal from the morphine and got off all drugs completely. Here is her protocol Sulferzyme: 8 in the morning and 8 in the evening--if she gets a flair up she'll bump this number up to 10-12 in the morning and evening depending on Omegagize; 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening BLM; Goes by weight Today she lives a normal "pharmafree" life. She feels so much better, looks better, skin is glowing again, her old personality is back. She has had only one cold since she got her immune system back, no pneumonia at all. Her periods have come back too. She asked both the doctors the same question about using immune building things with RA but got no answer from either one of them, so based on her experience, it doesn't hurt you to bump up your immune system. As we all know, everyone is different, and this protocol may work differently for different people, but this is what she did and it worked for her. I am not prescribing a treatment or diagnosing anything, just telling what one person did with Young Living Oils and supplements. And one positive side effect from this protocol is she has no back pain. She was on morphine for 10 years due to degenerative disc disease and rods in her back. Fluoride Toxicity By Dr. Mercola The absolute best way to help fluoride toxicity is to prevent it in the first place, which is why we are so passionate about removing it from the water supply because it is so hard to remove once it is there. One of the risks of adding fluoride, a known poison that bio-accumulates in your body, to public drinking water supplies is what may happen if the dosing is off. This is just what happened earlier this month in one Australian town, where a suspected electrical fault may have allowed fluoride levels to reach nearly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . double the guideline amount in local drinking water. High Levels of Fluoride Mistakenly Added to Australian Drinking Water Routine daily monitoring revealed the elevated fluoride levels, which reached 2.8 milligrams per liter (the Australian Drinking Water Guideline is 1.5 mg/L). The levels may have remained elevated for several days. The fact is that there is a very real possibility of other equipment faults mistakenly dosing populations with dangerous levels of fluoride, and fluoride exposure can easily reach toxic levels. For example, poison control should be called if you swallow a quartermilligram of fluoride from toothpaste. Meanwhile, just ONE glass of legally fluoridated water can contain this amount of fluoride. What is also interesting to note is the Australian drinking water guideline for fluoride. It’s set at 1.5 mg/L, whereas in the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a nonenforceable recommended guidelines of 2 mg/L, which is intended to protect against “cosmetic” issues like dental fluorosis. The enforceable regulation for fluoride – the maximum contaminant level -- is set at 4 mg/L. Only if fluoride levels exceed this amount can the EPA take action to reduce levels. Perhaps this explains why, even at allowable levels, 41% of adolescents in the US currently have dental fluorosis from overexposure to fluoride. Dental Fluorosis Is Not Just a Cosmetic Issue Dental fluorosis -- a condition in which your tooth enamel becomes progressively discolored and mottled -is one of the first signs of over-exposure to fluoride. Eventually, it can result in badly damaged teeth and worse... It's important to realize that dental fluorosis is not "just cosmetic" as the EPA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest. Dental fluorosis can also be an indication that the rest of your body, such as your bones and internal organs, including your brain, has been overexposed to fluoride as well. In other words, if fluoride is having a visually detrimental effect on the surface of your teeth, you can be virtually guaranteed that it's also damaging other parts of your body, such as your bones. Millions of People Routinely Ingest Fluoride at Levels That May Cause Harm It’s important to understand that even at levels deemed “safe” by health officials, fluoride may still pose a significant risk to your health. The fluoride added to municipal water supplies is a toxic byproduct from the fertilizer industry— a rarely discussed fact that effectively nullifies most, if not all, studies pertaining to fluoride; they simply have not studied the exact same type of fluoride being added to our water. That said, there are 25 studies showing that fluoride reduces IQ in children, including a recent study out of Harvard, in which the authors noted: “The results support the possibility of an adverse effect of high fluoride exposure on children's neurodevelopment.“ A separate, particularly striking, animal study showed that fluoride ingestion had a profound influence on the animals' brains and altered behavior. Pregnant rats given fluoride produced hyperactive offspring. And animals given fluoride after birth became apathetic, lethargic "couch potatoes." Other research has linked fluoride toxicity with the wideranging problems listed below. Increases lead absorption Disrupts collagen synthesis Increases manganese absorption which is also linked to lower IQ in children Crippling skeletal fluorosis and bone fractures Genetic damage and cell health Increased tumor and cancer growth Disrupts immune system Inhibits antibody production Brain damage and lowered IQ Dementia Arthritis Severe eye problems, including blindness Impaired thyroid function Bone cancer Inactivates 62 enzymes Muscle disorders Fluoride May Be Dumbing Down Future Generations There is not a single process in your body that requires fluoride, but swallowing this toxin has been found to damage your soft tissues (brain, kidneys, and endocrine system), as well as teeth (dental fluorosis) and bones (skeletal fluorosis). It’s also known that over time fluoride accumulates in many areas of your body, including areas of your brain that control and alter behavior, particularly your pineal gland, hippocampus, and other limbic areas. One of the most concerning aspects of widespread water fluoridation, however, is that, assuming you live in an area that fluoridates water, and you drink from the municipal water supply, you’re being exposed to a toxic drug-like substance every time you take a sip. This is reckless, as you cannot control the dose ingested, or who receives it, and there’s no medical supervision. Water fluoridation clearly violates your right to informed consent as far as medical decisions go, and it may also be making future generations less intelligent across the board. As Dr. Bill Osmunson, an avid supporter of fluoride opposition, stated: "No one fixes IQ. This is an irreparable, irreversible damage that's happening to our public. When you look at the bell curve of human distribution of intelligence, at the very bottom, way down there at the end, is what we scientifically call the mentally retarded. When you skew IQ five points down, that means that you're doubling the number of mentally retarded and you're halving the number of gifted and everybody else moves on down." Unfortunately, rather than taking the precautionary approach and stopping fluoridation until we can be absolutely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 February, 2014 certain it is safe, our policymakers, who pay lip service to the science that they say informs their decision-making, continue to blindly forge ahead, refusing to give the scientific evidence the attention it deserves. The good news is that US cities and other countries are taking action to end this dangerous practice. In 2013, fluoridation was rejected by voters in Wichita, Kansas and Portland, Oregon. Israel also announced it will end its mandatory fluoridation program, and Ireland has proposed legislation that would make water fluoridation a criminal offense! Canada has also seen a 25% drop in fluoridation programs over the past five years as a result of increasing public awareness about the associated dangers. Do You Drink Fluoridated Water? Eat More Lycopene One of the ways that fluoride does damage is by inducing oxidative stress and altered antioxidant defenses. Oxidative damage is, in turn, associated with the development of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. One study found that fluoride administration induced oxidative stress, but when lycopene, an antioxidant, was also given, it helped to minimize the toxic effects of fluoride. Lycopene, a carotenoid antioxidant that gives fruits and vegetables like tomatoes and watermelon a pink or red color has long been suggested to be more powerful than that of other carotenoids, such as beta-carotene. It’s found in tomatoes (especially cooked tomatoes), apricots, guavas, watermelons, papayas, and pink grapefruits. If you drink fluoridated water, it makes sense to try to increase your intake of lycopene and other dietary antioxidants to potentially decrease the fluoride’s toxicity. Another option is to purchase a water filter that removes fluoride. The three types of filters that can remove fluoride are reverse osmosis, deionizers (which use ion-exchange resins), and activated 8 alumina. Each of these filters should be able to remove about 90% of the fluoride. By contrast, "activated carbon" filters (e.g., Brita & Pur) do not remove fluoride. of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention's (USP) Food Fraud Database, which already has more than 1,300 records of food fraud published from 1980 to 2010. Editorial Note: Tell the dentist you do not wish to have fluoride treatments and ask if fluoride is in the cleaning compounds they use on your teeth. If so, as for a fluoride-free compound. A recent update, which added in cases from 2011 and 2012, increased the number of records by 60%, or nearly 800 new records, and includes some foods you very well may eat every day, like olive oil, honey, seafood and orange juice. Check the ingredients in your toothpaste. Young Living toothpastes do not contain fluoride. They can be swallowed safely. Magic Pill? There is NO magic pill ! That's what I had to tell my friends when they said "the oils don't work". First we are all toxic. Anyone using toxic stuff in their home, on their bodies or eating toxic "food" need to cleanse first. The oils will detox first before getting to disease. We all need to take responsibility for our health because no one can or will do it for us (especially the healthcare system, it is broken). Always search out the cause. Food Fraud: What Are You Really Eating? A growing number of cases of “food fraud” are occurring in the United States, such that you may not be able to tell what you’re really eating just by looking at the label. Worse still, most of these cases are not highly publicized incidents like the recent scandal of UK supermarkets selling “beef” burgers that actually contained horse and pig meat. Instead, they’re ongoing cases of blatant misrepresentation among some incredibly common foods. What Is Food Fraud? Food fraud, defined as “the deliberate substitution, addition, tampering or misrepresentation of food, food ingredients or food packaging, or false or misleading statements made about a product for economic gain,” is the focus In some cases, the foods were diluted with ingredients not listed on the label. In others, the food was something entirely different than it claimed to be. Still others contained undisclosed “clouding agents,” including the cancercausing, reproductive-system-damaging plasticizer Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), which was added to fruit juices in order to make them appear freshly squeezed. USP found that 877 food products from 315 different companies contained fake clouding agents. In every case, the food fraud revealed that what you think you’re eating may be far from reality, and the manipulation of food and food ingredients may be far more widespread than anyone realized. Dr. Jeffrey Moore, senior scientific liaison for USP, explained: "While food fraud has been around for centuries, with a handful of notorious cases well documented, we suspect that what we know about the topic is just the tip of the iceberg.” The 10 Most Common Fraudulent Foods 1. Olive Oil Even “extra virgin” olive oil is often diluted with other less expensive oils, including hazelnut, soybean, corn, sunflower, palm, sesame, grape seed and walnut. 2. Milk Milk was found to contain vegetable oil, whey, caustic soda, cane sugar, detergent and even toxic compounds like melamine and formaldehyde. 3. Honey Honey is often not “honey” but instead a mix of high-fructose corn syrup, sucrose syrup, invert beet sugar, water and essential oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Saffron It’s the world’s most expensive spice, but it often contains adulterants such as glycerin, sandalwood dust, tartrazine (yellow dye), barium sulfate, borax, marigold flowers and even colored corn strings. 5. Orange Juice Lemon juice, sugar water, paprika extract, marigold flower extract, and a synthetic sugar/acid mixture may all be lurking in your favorite orange juice. 6. Coffee Coffee, whether ground or instant, is a likely source of hidden “ingredients” like roasted corn, ground parchment, barley, coffee twigs, potato flower, malt, chicory and caramel. 7. Apple Juice This childhood favorite may contain corn syrup, raisin sweetener, malic acid, beet sugar and other juices, such as grape, pineapple, pear and fig. 8. Tea Hiding inside your tea bag may be sand, sawdust, starch, China clay, used tea leaves and color additives. Some tea bags, meanwhile, are made with plastic, such as nylon, thermoplastic, PVC or polypropylene. While these plastics have high melting points, the temperature at which the molecules in polymers begin to break down is always lower than the melting point, which could allow the bags to leach compounds of unknown health hazards into your tea when steeped in boiling water. Even paper tea bags are frequently treated with epichlorophydrin, which hydrolyzes to 3-MCPD when contact with water occurs. 3MCPD is a carcinogen associated with food processing that has also been implicated in infertility and suppressed immune function. 9. Fish Seafood fraud is actually very widespread, as according to the nonprofit ocean protection group Oceana, nearly 60% of fish labeled "tuna" in the US is not actually tuna. A shocking 84% of “white tuna” sold in sushi venues was actually escolar, a fish associated with acute and serious digestive effects if you eat just a couple of ounces. One-third of all fish samples tested across the US were found to be mislabeled, substituted for cheaper, less desirable and/or more readily available fish varieties. For instance, 87% of fish sold as snapper was actually some other type of fish, and the USP found that monkfish was sometimes actually puffer fish, which can also cause poisoning. 10. Black Pepper This spice is often adulterated with juniper berries, papaya seeds, starch, buckwheat flour and millet seeds. Other foods that made frequent appearances in the fraudulent food database include: chili powder, lemon juice, tumeric, shrimp, cooking oil, maple syrup. Reading Food Labels Is No Longer Enough to Ensure Healthful Food It seems quite clear at this point that food fraud is on the rise, and while many have started reading food labels, those labels are increasingly being found to be less than truthful. Even if your food is not being illegally diluted with undisclosed adulterants (or being misrepresented as a different food entirely), many corporations hire lawyers to carefully craft words that are just barely on the side of being legal. Each of the following label items are often used in deceptive ways that may lead you to buy a product you'd otherwise avoid: 1. Vitamin and mineral claims 2. The "All Natural" label 3. The "Organic" label 4. Misleading nutritional facts 5. Dangerous ingredients not required to be listed on any food label For instance, labels like "all-natural" and "organic" can also be sorely misleading. The first means virtually nothing when it comes to processed foods, and the only organic label worth paying attention to is the USDA Organic seal. Nutritional facts, meanwhile, can be off by up to 20% before breaking any regulations, and currently you have no way of knowing if a food contains genetically modified ingredients as labeling is not required. While reading labels on the products you buy is important, when it comes to food, you're far better off limiting or eliminating foods that require extensive labeling or listing of ingredients in the first place. Whole foods – the kind that have little to no labeling at all – are those that will be best for your health as well as least vulnerable to fraud. Tips for Avoiding Food Fraud and Finding Safe, Healthful Foods If you value food safety and authenticity, you'll want to get your produce, meat, chickens, eggs and dairy from smaller community farms with free-ranging animals, organically fed and locally marketed. This is the way food has been raised and distributed for centuries. The closer your foods are to the way they’re found in nature, and the closer you are to the actual source of your food, the greater your changes of finding pure, unadulterated food for your family. When you buy the bulk of your food from a local farmer or community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, you can get to know the person who is supplying your food and even ask questions about its growing conditions. This way, when you pick up a gallon of, preferably raw, milk or a jar of honey, you’ll know it’s pure and exactly as it’s being represented. Most people should be able to find a farmer’s market, local farm or CSA in their area,but in the event you’re still buying some of your food at chain supermarkets, the following tips can help you to find REAL food: 1. Choose food in the least processed form possible, such as lemons instead of bottled lemon juice and whole black pepper or coffee beans in lieu of ground 2. When buying fish, purchase the whole fish whenever possible, which makes it more difficult to switch species. Also, if the price seems too low, it’s probably because you’re buying a different fish than is actually on the label 3. Stick with stores and brands that you know and trust; while not a foolproof strategy, natural food stores generally have a better track record than big box stores or chain supermarkets If you want to learn more about the types of food fraud that may be impacting foods you commonly eat, you can both search the USP database and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 February, 2014 report fraud directly at www.foodfraud.org. YL Deodorants Cherie Ross, in one of her conference calls, suggests using the Meadow Mist or Mountain Mint deodorant at night. She calls it an extremely powerful lymphatic system detoxifier. She says that people who use it during the day sweat and perspire more because the filtering organs are not working to detoxify the body. The oils in those deodorants are lymphatic system detoxifiers and the oils are detoxing but the filtering organs aren't functioning well so it comes out through the skin and through the lymphs and you have this sweaty stinky mess. She says one of the best things you can do is use the Meadow Mist or Mountain Mint at bed time. Use it under your arms, on your throat, your collar bone area, all the way around the pectoral muscles or the chest. Use it around the knees, behind the knees, around the ankles; the groin area is another huge lymphatic area where the legs attach themselves to the trunk of body. Use it at night time and you will notice a huge shift in how you are feeling because what will happen then is that you will start to detoxify, especially if you are drinking enough good pure water you will notice that you have more toxins coming out in your urine in the morning and that is exactly what you want to happen. Testimonials I introduced YL essential oils to my sister who has 5 children (all under the age of 10) and had been battling strep throat in a vicious cycle it seemed. I convinced her to give Thieves essential oil a try. She was so willing to be over the kids all being sick that she agreed to give it a try. I suggested she rub it on the soles of their feet, mix a few drops in vinegar to wipe down the house (door knobs, counters, etc), mix a few drops in their toothpaste (she squirted out an 10 amount into a covered container and added 1-2 drops -- remember it's a hot oil so you need quite a bit more toothpaste to Thieves EO). She did rub it on their feet (diluted with coconut oil), and in vinegar to "wipe down the house", but the girls didn't care for the toothpaste (too hot for their lips) so she gave them a drop in a spoon of honey instead. Within just a few days they were all feeling better. One of the girls started to have symptoms again about a week later, and she repeated the applications. They have had NO more episodes of strep throat in her household since doing this -- and that was 5 months ago. --Deb When our daughter was three and my husband wasn't completely on board with the oils yet he still insisted on her having shots, much to my disagreement. This set of shots were to be the first she received in her arm and not thigh. I had used the oils on previous shots to help ease her sickness after the fact. This time was much different, this time the shot "toxins" and Mercury settled in her neck. She ran a slight fever and fell asleep- when she woke, she could not move her head or neck, was screaming in pain and spiked a fever at 105 degrees. His family was pressuring me to take her to the emergency room and have a spinal tap, I reasoned with my husband that we should try oils first and then called my upline and she instructed me to put Frankincense and Coriander (to push out the heavy metals) on her spine every 15 minutes and if her fever did not come down place her in a tub with lukewarm water with 2-3 drops of peppermint and her fever should drop within five minutes. By the time I received these instructions and hung up the phone, Alina was slumped over on the floor, passed out from fever. I applied the oils to her spine as my husband drew the bath with the peppermint. My husband was timing me and told me I literally had five minutes or he was taking her to the emergency room. As promised by my dear friend her fever was within a manageable range within five minutes and we continued with the application of the Frankincense & Coriander every 15 minutes until she started to come around, settle down and finally fall asleep for the night. We were completely exhausted and grateful that again the oils worked just as they should, the way God intended for them to and the way Gary Young distilled them to. My husband is now a firm believer in the oils and ask him to retell the story now and he will tell you he literally could see the light in her eyes go out he was losing his child-as the mercury crossed the blood brain barrier. Too many children have been subjected to the negative effects of these so called safe drugs and are now autistic. After that he agreed no more shots! Wuhoo, what a triumph for both of them and so much gratitude on my part for my husband because he finally saw the light and came from the "Dark Side" LOL. The protocol I used after that before she headed into public school was Thieves on her feet in the morning and White Angelica for overall protection. There were days when she asked for Citrus Fresh (because she liked it and said overall it grounded her) or her favorite blend of Lavender & Lemon. As long as we used Thieves on her feet she never got all the other illnesses that the other kids did. Because we opted out of shots we had to sign a waiver for her school, but Florida was relatively easy to deal with on that level. So I hope it is the same for you. Just some things to consider, hope it helps. Our daughter is just getting ready to turn 8 years old and told Gary Young when she met him at Convention (Kids Camp) that she is an Oily Baby and has been working for him since she was three years old. She is already asking me when she can have her own business so she can help people, kids and animals. Kids like her are the future of the company. Thank you Gary Young! --Jeannine The oils and good food are investments in your health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .