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Resveratrol’s benefits for heart health have been known for years. As a matter of fact, 17 years ago 60 Minutes aired an episode on the French Paradox (watch the video here.) The French Paradox suggested that despite their diets high in cheese and wine the French had lower incidence of heart disease when compared with Americans.

But new studies conducted by Harvard University have found that Resveratol does more than just help maintain a healthy heart; it may hold the key to longevity. Scientists found reservatol triggers a survival mechanism in a gene that extends life.

This gene, and its survival mechanism, is found in almost every living being. In studies when Resveratrol was given to mice in high concentration scientist found it significantly extended life by preventing a number of illnesses. Further, these results are the exact same results obtained from the most effective diet in the world for anti-aging to date – the Calorie Restriction diet.

The calorie restriction diet dramatically limits the intake of calories while maintaining a nutrient dense diet. This diet has been studied since the early 1930s and has not only extended the lifespan of laboratory animals but has also reduced the incidence of virtually all diseases of aging such as:

Cancer

Heart Disease

Diabetes

Auto-immune disorders

Neurological decline

Alzheimer’s Disease

Parkinson’s Disease

Osteoporosis

Read more about the studies here.

What’s most exciting about this new discovery is the ability for Resveritrol to mimic caloric restriction without actually having to restrict caloric intake. Certainly taking a supplement would be far more appealing than drastically reducing calorie intake – perfect for us food loving Americans

Resveratrol is found in foods such as red wine, grapes, blueberries, and the highest content can be found in peanuts. However, in order to get a high concentration of this nutrient and obtain the benefits found in the studies one would have to consume large quantities of wine and other food.

The Life Extension Foundation, a global authority on nutrition, health and wellness, recommends 20 - 250 mg. per day. In order to get 1-3 mg. of resveratrol you would need to drink 1 liter of wine. To get the median of 135 mg. you would have to drink 45 liters of wine – per day.

Clearly this is a hard feat to accomplish and highlights the importance of supplementation. Even Dr. Oz suggested in Oprah’s episode that in addition to a good multi-vitamin one should be taking Resveratrol to provide their body with this anti-aging, disease fighting nutrient.

The good news is that since there’s so much buzz surrounding Resveratrol you will have lots of opportunity to purchase some for yourself. The bad news is that many of the resveratrol formulas will more than likely isolate Resveratrol thereby leaving out the other synergistic vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and phytonutrients that it needs to be most effective. For this reason you will want to consider purchasing a whole food formula when purchasing your fountain of youth

Purchasing a whole food formula will provide you with the best resveratrol available. I recommend Young Living’s True Source Multi-vitamin. Young Living’s True Source multi-vitamin is made from nutrient-dense super fruits, vegetables, and other plants. It includes grape extract and resveratrol ensuring the full spectrum of synergistic nutrients to provide you with optimum health benefits. And all of this is delivered to you in easy to take daily packs.

Learn more about True Source multi-vitamins here……

These new findings are exciting and certainly science is well on its way to finding that elusive fountain of youth!

Order your True Source Multi-vitamins with Resveratrol here!

Sources: Growing Evidence Links Resveratrol to Extended Life Span – Life Extension Magazine March 2007 Fountain of Youth In a Wine Rx - CBSNews

Recommended Reading The Longevity Factor: How Resveratrol and Red Wine Activate Genes for a Longer and Healthier Life

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Yours in Scentsible Wellness,
Elizabeth

The Missing Link is an inspirational CD by Young Living’s own Gary Young. It contains what may be the most life-changing information available today and explains why essential oils are the missing link in our search for vibrant health and longevity.

Gary Young gives a powerful introduction to essential oils as an alternative to traditional methods of healing. He explains many health conditions that can be treated using essential oils and how essential oils have the potential to replace antibiotics in treating new and more virulent forms of disease (46 minutes).

If you want to learn more about Essential Oils and how to incorporate them into your life then this CD is just for you.

Would you like to win this CD? There are two ways to enter this holiday give away:

You can send me a direct e-mail by clicking here or if you use twitter you can send a tweet containing “I’d like to win the CD” to me @ElizabethDunphy

I will be holding the drawing and contacting the lucky winner on Christmas day.

Good luck and as always, if you have any questions about essential oils and how you can use them in your life, please contact me. I’d be happy to help!

Yours in Scentsible Wellness,
Elizabeth

Why inhale essential oils in the first place?

Because essential oils affect the brain and the brain affects the rest of us! Essential oils, naturally, have the ability to help us by bringing about a feeling of calmness or alertness. They can stimulate appetite or a feeling of being full. They can help us feel romantic, grounded, and empowered. They bring back memories and help release trauma. In short, essential oils affect the way we feel and the way we feel affects everything!

Below is a list of 10 pleasant-smelling essential oils to diffuse and enjoy!

Cassia - This essential oil is antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal, making it a wonderful oil to have in your breathing space when people are coughing all around you. And it smells a little like Christmas Candy!

Clary Sage - This essential oil is believed to be beneficial for hormone balance, insomnia, and other symptoms of PMS. You may find it calms you, making it a wonderful oil to diffuse during stressful [and hormone-upset] times!

Cedarwood - An essential oil high in sesquiterpenes which means it can affect the emotion center of the brain. It also encourages the pineal gland to release melatonin which fosters deep sleep. Breathe in this oil during times of congestion, coughs, and bronchitis.

Frankincense - Diffuse this fragrant oil when you would like to increases spiritual awareness and stay focused while you are meditating. Breathing in Frankincense may also improve your attitude and elevate your spirits!

Geranium - Another great essential oil for stress. While it calms and balances you, it may help to release negative memories. Diffusing this oil may bring you to a higher level of well-being emotionally so you feel more peaceful and optimistic.

German Chamomile - Diffuse this essential oil for a “breath of calm” in a busy day! German Chamomile may help you to dispel anger and steady your feelings bringing you back to a clear, calm state of mind, helping you to feel better emotionally and to sleep well.

Lavender - This wonderful essential oil is well known for it’s calming, relaxing and balancing effect on the emotions. These properties make it a good oil to diffuse when you are dealing with nervous tension, high blood pressure or depression. Diffuse this in the bedroom for a good nights rest.

Lemongrass - This essential oil is fun to diffuse because it helps to make one more intuitive. It is also purifying and a natural insect repellent. Diffuse it to stay awake and feel less irritable!

Ylang Ylang - This relaxing fragrance balances male-female energies. It seems to give you what you need to come into balance. It brings your energy up if it is low and helps to calm you if you need grounding! It also has aphrodisiac properties. Think: calm, balance, confidence, peace, joy.

Peppermint - This fresh cool-scented essential oil is known as “The Happy Oil”. If you are on a weight-reduction diet, you may like to know that Peppermint has been studied for its ability to affect the brain’s satiety center; the part of the brain that makes us feel full after we’ve eaten enough! It’s also good for headaches, focusing, and depression and can help clear the sinuses!

These comments are not meant to replace conventional medical treatment.

References:
Essential Oils Integrative Medical Guide by D. Gary Young
Aromatherapy for Common Ailments by Shirley Price
Aromatherapy for Dummies (I couldn’t resist!)
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©2007 Terra Cotta Pendants About the author: Lori Gosselin has been studying and sharing information about essential oils since 1997. She has witnessed many profound changes in people when they begin diffusing essential oils into their everyday lives. Together with her family she started Terra Cotta Pendants in 2003. Terra Cotta Pendants, the “diffusers you wear”, allow you to experience the desired benefits of a chosen oil, via inhalation, effectively and effortlessly throughout your day. http://www.terra-cotta-pendants.com

Cleaning a cold air diffuser is easier than you think and requires little effort. All you need is a pair of pliers, a needle or pin, some soap and water, rubbing alcohol or good ol’ vodka

Following are the steps to clean your diffuser and ensure that you are receiving the benefits from your aromatherapy diffuser and that its working optimally:

1. Turn the diffuser off, remove the glass nebulizer piece and tubing attached to the pump.
2. With a pair of pliers GENTLY wiggle the silver piece with the hole in it side to side while pulling up. Be gentle as you don’t want to damage this piece.
3. With the metal piece off you will notice a notch facing the area where the oil enters the nebulizer area. Part of the notch is filled with a little clear stick, leave that alone.
4. Take a straight pin or needle and clean the tiny area beside the clear stick. You may need to fish around a little to get all the chunks out. Sometimes it is gummy or has little fuzzies.
5. Once the silver piece is removed soak it and the base of the diffuser in hot soapy water. I find Thieves Household Cleaner works best at dissolving the oil in and around the base.
6. Gently scrub the well with a toothbrush. Check the silver piece to be sure that the hole is not clogged. If it is simply take a needle or a pin and poke the hole to remove any clogged oil.
7. Reassemble the diffuser by re-attaching the metal piece (make sure to press the piece all the way down to the bottom) and the glass nebulizer.
8. Add about 1/2 ounce of rubbing alcohol to the well of the diffuser. If you don’t have rubbing alcohol Vodka will do!
9. Diffuse the alcohol in the nebulizer for a few minutes.
10. Empty any remaining alcohol from the well of the diffuser and run the diffuser empty for a few minutes to dry.

That’s it! Your aromatherapy diffuser should be up and running optimally again.

Did you break the glass nebulizer or want to change the look of your diffuser? Would you like an appliance timer for your diffuser? Diffuser World has many different glass nebulizers and timers to outfit your aromatherapy diffuser. They even have air pump replacments. Click here and enter discount code 246 to enjoy %5 off your entire order!

If you need help with your diffuser or want to learn more about diffusing essential oils, contact me and I’d be happy to help you!

Yours in Scentsible Wellness,
Elizabeth

But do you really know how those oils or products are processed? Do you know the quality of those oils?

Here are eight key elements that make Young Living different from any other firm in the world:

We-

1. Own organic herb farms and custom-built essential oil distillation facilities on three continents.
2. Have one of the largest libraries of scientific review papers on essential oils in the world.
3. Have a president who has devoted almost a quarter century to studying and growing therapeutic-grade essential oil.
4. Have company leaders who have published twelve research papers and nine books on the therapeutic benefits of essential oils and herbs.
5. Have a president who has studied at nine foreign universities.
6. Have a founder who has spoken at the United Nations conference on essential oils.
7. Have a staff of essential oil experts who regularly travel the world searching for the finest essential oils being produced.
8. Offer totally unique and natural products that get immediate results.

As the world leader in essential oils we have yet to identify any real competition. The inevitable entrance of new oil sellers in the marketplace is an opportunity to further set ourselves and our products apart. We established the Young Living therapeutic-grade standard and we will continue to lead the way. With our commitment to plants, preparation, purity, and potency, we guarantee the products we deliver remain undiluted from seed to seal and are the best quality essential oil available.

Excerpted from the 2008 Young Living Fact Sheet.

Choose wisely, choose the best, choose Young Living Essential Oils. Its that simple!

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Do you need help understanding essential oil use? Do you need help ordering your Young Living Products? Contact me, I am ready to help.

Yours in Scentsible Wellness,
Elizabeth

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The author has posted some yummy looking recipes using essential oils to flavor your adult beverages. What a concept!

I have used essential oils to flavor my water and I have used them to flavor my food but I have never flavored my cocktails. But why not?

Check out the interesting drink recipes. The one that I found most appealing is the cinnamon wine.

The recipe calls for Cinnamon Essential Oil which is noted for its warming properties that help invigorate and rejuvenate the mind and body. Interestingly, in Egyptian times it was used in mulled wines and love potions.

Because I was completely freaked out and in need of a quick fix I wasn’t prepared to handle the situation in a natural way and I certainly wasn’t thinking of sitting down and researching home remedies for head lice. I just wanted to get rid of these nasty creatures and get rid of them NOW! So, I did what most people do and ran right to the local drugstore and purchased the first lice treatment product I could find. This was regardless of the fact that it was, for sure, chemically laden. I was a woman on a mission.

While I was applying the lice treatment the stench of chemicals was incredibly powerful. I couldn’t help but wonder how caustic this product must be and what kind of effect it would have on us. Add to that my misery of having to re-apply the product to two of my four children because the first application was ineffective.

For the next 4 days I became Monkey Mom and Laundry Queen all at the same time and I had lots of nit picking time to ponder such phrases as “do you have to be so nit picky”, “what a louse” or “this is louse-y”.

When I had a chance to research head lice and head lice treatments I found that the product I used contained lindane, a chemical which is structurally very similar to hazardous banned pesticides such as DDt and Chlordane. Lindane, according to Wikipedia, primarily affects the nervous system, liver and kidneys and may be a carcinogen and/or endocrine disruptor. Great right?

My research also enlightened me to the fact that head lice are becoming resistant to the insecticides and pesticides currently on the market very much like germs are becoming antibacterial resistant due to the overuse of antibacterial products. These products are turning head lice into super head lice. This came as no surprise to me given the need for two applications of these chemicals to my children.

Below is a video by CBS News on the Super Lice and how this is not a myth.

Pesticide resistance is a good reason to turn to essential oils for the treatment of head lice. Essential oils are derived from plants and, like humans, no two plants are exactly alike. This individuality allows the compounds that make up the essential oil, the plant’s lifeblood, to be unique. This uniqueness prevents any lice or germ from replicating the oil and from allowing it to become stronger.

You can be sure that if there ever is a next time I have to deal with head lice or nits there is no question I am using my essential oils. That is, now that I have them on hand!

Don’t get caught without your essential oils. If you have concern over head lice this year and don’t want to use chemicals to treat them may I recommend you make sure you have these 100% Therapeutic Grade Oils in your home too:

The Essential Oils Desk Reference, 3rd Edition’s recommendations for head lice treatment

Single Oils:
Eucalptus Radiata, Lavender, Peppermint, Thyme, Geranium, Nutmeg, Rosemary

Blends:

Head Lice Blend:

• 4 drops Eucalyptus Radiata
• 2 drops Lavender
• 2 drops Geranium

Application

Dilute 50-50, 1 tsp. applied to scalp. Massage into enire scalp, cover with disposable shower cap and leave for a least 1/2 hour. then shampoo and rinse well. Use the following rinse:

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Head Lice Rinse:

• 2 drops Eucalyptus Radiata
• 2 drops Lavender
• 2 drops Geranium
• 1/2 ounce vinegar
• 8 ounce water

Mix into a container with a watertight lid. Shake vigorously, then pour over hair making sure every strand is rinsed. This should be done leaning over bathtub or sink. This is not recommended if you are still in the bathtub as lice may cling to other body hairs. Dry naturally. Repeat daily until lice and eggs are gone.

Ahh, just typing that out smelled good

Don’t have head lice but looking for Head Lice Prevention? Try adding 2-3 drops of Tea Tree Oil into your Shampoo or Conditioner. Lice don’t like the smell.

If you have any questions or need help ordering please let me know. I’d love to help!

Yours in Scentsible Wellness,
Elizabeth