It’s a lovely late summer evening, I have the windows open to enjoy the beautiful night air while working, and… Ugh! About 10 minutes ago I started getting a headache from the smell of a neighbor using a dryer sheet. My throat and eyes are feeling irritated and are burning too. Dryer sheets have got to be the nastiest things on the market… well, that’s not entirely true, there are far more toxic things sitting on store shelves for unsuspecting consumers to buy. But dryer sheets rank right up there with all those other toxic products for unsuspectinghopper’s.
It is so easy to get scented clothing in the dryer and not expose everyone and the enviorment included, to those disgusting toxic chemicals.
Here’s what is required to make GREAT smelling non-toxic dryer sheets…
One bottle of your favorite superior quality essential oil, such as Young Living (you don’t want to buy anything less than superior because they contain toxic chemicals too) and a damp cloth (like an old wash cloth).
You add 2-4 drops of your chosen essential oil to the dampened washcloth and toss it in the dryer with your clothes.
That’s it! It literally takes 2 seconds to make your own non-toxic dryer sheets!
The environment will love you for it, your neighbors with open windows will love the scent – they’ll even get the benefits of aromatherapy, you’ll be eliminating the toxic chemicals that get absorbed through your skin while you’re wearing your clothing, the factory making the toxic dryer sheets will be putting fewer chemicals into the air and environment (hopefully they’ll even stop creating them because people will stop buying them!), and your clothes won’t have that nasty synthetic artificial scent that smells disgusting when you’re out and about in the world.
If it sound like I hate dryer sheets… you’re right, I do. With a passion. I cannot wait for the day when those disgusting things are no longer a consumer choice! Apologies to those of you who are not aware that there are better options… I’m just feeling sick to my stomach from the smell.
Good essential oil choices for making your own dryer sheets:
Thieves, Citrus Fresh, Peppermint, Lavender, Joy, Peace & Calming, Sacred Mountain, Sensation, Inner Child, Into the Future, Harmony, Gentle Baby, Believe, and Clarity.
For pennies, you could be using something that smells good and is good for all living things. I highly recommend using essential oils instead. And provided you use Young Living essential oils to make your own dryer sheets, you’re not going to stain your clothing – other brands put all kinds of extender oils in them which can stain clothing.
Additional Recommendation for Those Who are Going ‘Green’ / Eco-friendly
Try using 1-2 teaspoons of Thieves Household Cleaner in place of all laundry detergents and all laundry products – you’ll save money, won’t be polluting the environment, your clothes will smell better, and again you will not be absorbing toxic chemicals in laundry detergents. The Thieves Household Cleaner can also be used to replace every single cleaner currently in your home. Check it out and try some, you’ll be glad you did!
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss
Compounds from therapeutic Clove essential oil can inhibit growth of oral pathogens Streptococcus mutans (the bacteria in our mouth that causes tartar/plaque/cavities is killed by Clove essential oil), Actinomyces viscosus, P. gingivalis, and P. intermedia. This is terrific news for those who are looking for alternatives to chemical ingredients and fluoride found in most dental care products. The savvy consumer will also want to know that all clove essential oils are not created equally, but I’ll discuss that later in this article.
Importance of Brushing Teeth with the Best Dental Products
Researchers at Tokyo Dental College noted that more than 300 different species of bacteria are found in populations of several hundred billion in the human oral cavity. They estimated that this number reaches a thousand billion when the mouth is not sufficiently cleaned.
“More bacteria per square inch live [on the back of the tongue] than on any other part of the body.” ~ Dr. John Richter founder of the Richter Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Breath Disorders
“The terms oral health and general health should not be interpreted as separate entities. Oral health is integral to general health.” ~ the Surgeon General, 2000
Brushing is not enough to eliminate the bacterial, fungal, and viral presence in the mouth, these microorganisms typically hide between teeth and under the tongue.
Brushing mechanically removes between 30 to 60 percent the plaque and pathogens, it still leaves 40 to 70% of microorganisms.
Benefits of Clove Oil
Therapeutic Clove oil scores 10,786,875 on the ORAC scale (That’s no typo – it is almost eleven million!)
The essential oils of thyme, clove and cinnamon possess significant inhibitory affects against 23 different genera of bacteria. ~ International Journal of Food Microbiology.
Clove (Syzygium aromaticum), from the Orient, is hailed as an oil of great abundance; those who possessed it were considered wealthy.
Clove oil is one of the most antimicrobial and antiseptic of all essential oils.
Clove is anti-fungal, antiviral, anti-infectious, and antibacterial.
Clove works as a general stimulant and is used to treat sinusitis, bronchitis, cystitis, and cholera.
Clove Oil vs. Clove Oil
Most Clove essential oil is from other parts of the tree (not the bud). It’s much cheaper to distill these other parts as they produce more essential oil. The reality… the finished product is inferior because it does not contain all of the compounds that are beneficial. And this is what you find in most dental care products if they contain clove.
There are dozens of ways to distill an essential oil. There is only one way to do it right… and that makes all the difference!
How many other toothpastes and mouthwashes did I try that also contained Clove oil? Dozens!
And there are dozens more on the market with Clove oil, Tea Tree, and Cinnamon. What do they all have in common? They’re inferior in any number of ways and will not produce the kind of results I’m speaking of in this article.
While the essential oils from clove bark and leaves ‘may’ smell perfectly fine, the truth is… ONLY the essential oil from the Clove ‘bud’ contains the beneficial constituents and ONLY when the clove buds are distilled at the right temperature and proper length of time will you have a superior essential oil that contains all of the natural benefits.
“In addition to causing cell lysis in organisms responsible for plaque, gingivitis, and oral malodour, studies have shown that essential oil mouthwashes have strong activity against the gram-positive microbes such as Streptococcus mutans, that cause dental caries.” ~ R. Seymour, School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle, UK
“The potential value of antibacterial agents in control of plaque and gingivitis is now well established. One mouthrinse product containing essential oil has also shown promise and has been the subject of numerous short and long-term studies. Based on the findings of these studies, the product has been accepted by the American Dental Association.” ~ J. Moran, University of Bristol Dental School, UK
Inferior essential oils = a waste of money!
Thieves Toothpastes were tested at Weber State University and found to have potent antimicrobial properties against a wide range of oral microbes, including:
Streptococcus oralis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Candida albicans
Therapeutic-grade essential oils have proved to be more effective as antiseptic mouthrinses than the FDA recognized plaque-control antiseptic drugs such as stannous fluoride.
Jean Valnet, MD, used essential oils for decades in his clinical practice stating:
“Essential oils are especially valuable as antiseptics because their aggression toward microbial germs is matched by their total harmlessness toward tissue.”
My friends who are in health care field have told me they see fluoride emergency cases all the time. Interesting how this is not common knowledge and the average person never hears about such things.
Ingredients in Thieves Ultra Toothpaste
Calcium carbonate, essential oil concentrate containing peppermint essential oil, Thieves® essential oil blend (a powerful blend of clove†, cinammon bark†, lemon†, Eucalyptus radiata†, and rosemary†, zinc oxide, deionized water with papain, xylitol, vegetable glycerine, essential oil base (thymol from Thymus vulgaris), Eucalyptus globulus†, and methyl salycilate from wintergreen†, xanthum gum, zinc citrate, Lecithin, and stevioside [stevia].
There is a Warning label on your toothpaste, even on all-natural brands? Look at the label on the box or tube.
Or, that the lining of the mouth has a 90% absorbption efficiency?
Even if you don’t swallow any toothpaste, you’re at risk from toxic chemicals. The mucus membranes inside the mouth are one of the most direct routes to the blood, the brain and other cells of your body, since the mucosal lining inside the mouth has about 90% absorption efficiency.
Both conventional and alternative medicines are often applied to the mucus membranes of the cheek or under the tongue for just that reason; it’s one of the fastest and most effective way to get chemicals into the body.
Popular toothpaste ingredients are so scary we are warned not to swallow more than what is used for brushing.
A 1999 study published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology found that an essential oil mouthrinse containing thymol (found in thyme), methyl salycilate (found in wintergreen), menthol (found in peppermint), and eucalyptol (found in Eucalyptus globulus) was far more effective than a stannous fluoride antiseptic.
The eugenol in Clove has a long history of use for pain relief in dentistry and for rheumatism, arthritis and headaches.
Alcohol is not recommended to kill oral bacteria as it has been found to dramatically increase the incidence of oral cancer.
Promoters of fluoride mouth rinsing set the acute toxic dose of fluoride at 2 mg/kg body weight, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan at 2 to 5 mg/kg,5 and some other investigators at 8 mg/kg. However, 0.1 to 0.8 mg/kg of fluoride has been estimated to have caused fluoride poisoning in the USA, resulting from troubles with fluoridated water systems and from ingestion of fluoride- containing products by mistake, more.
Unsettling News
While watching the news last night one of BP’s spoke-persons made a comment that the dispersant’s used in the Gulf oil disaster are no worse than those found in your toothpaste… hmmmm… at the beginning of the disaster I heard on the news that the dispersant being used was one that was banned from use in Europe because it’s horribly toxic.
There’s still enough oil in the Gulf that equals 5 times that of the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989… surely Mother Nature didn’t clean it all up over the past few weeks!
Few noticed in November 2007 when the American Dental Association (ADA) alerted its members via e-mail of a possible problem with giving babies fluoridated water: The ADA, fluoride’s biggest advocate, wrote that parents of infants younger than a year old “should consider using water that has no or low levels of fluoride” when mixing baby formula.
However, while public health agencies in some states, such as Vermont and New Hampshire, immediately issued warnings in the media based on the ADA alert, other states took months to relay the message. For instance, Florida’s Department of Health put the message on its website four months after it was issued along with a note that read: “Mixing formula with fluoridated water poses no known health risks.”
Clearly, there are plenty of conflicts of interest going on in all of the large industries and institutions. Until ethics and complete honesty are restored (I’m not holding my breath) – I certainly do not want fluoride, BP chemical dispersant’s, or any number of other known toxic chemicals in my mouth or being absorbed through the lining of my mouth. How can they possibly say these things are OK!? They can’t be thinking we’re that gullible… can they???
Evelyn Vincent
Article by Evelyn Vincent, Young Living Independent Distributor #476766
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss
Studies are showing puberty is beginning as early as age 7!! How scary and sad. Why is this so? Researchers are coming up with ideas of: the types of foods that are being consumed AND household products and personal care products. Da……….
It is a grossly unfortunate situation. It has happened, I believe, yes because of the bad, processed and fast foods that come from animals pumped up with hormones and fed grains that have been grown in chemically fertilized grounds. Plus the large percentage of household cleaning products, personal care products and supplements, that are laden with ingredients that are bodies understand are not beneficial for consumption, because of the chemicals and toxins that are in them.
A little girl age 12 told me (this is now summer of 2010) that girls in her school are having sex at age 8!! My mouth dropped to the floor. Our conversation went on for sometime after that.
Who is to blame? Does it matter? What matters is RIGHT NOW we all need to make the appropriate changes in our lives and to teach our children how to take a turn on the road they are currently being led down, and show them what to do to correct what has been wronged of them. This way the change begins and they will be able to lead the future in a much healthier way.
Start today by:
Buying or grow “real” organic vegetables and fruits.
Purchase a “green” household cleaner that is safe to use, no need to wear gloves or a mask, and can replace ALL cleaners in your home.
All of this can be introduced into your home slowly. You don’t need to “break the piggy bank” to purchase all at once. (Read how to save money) The important decision is to begin to make these important changes and as you are, teach our children so they are aware of what you are doing for them and for future generations.
Our children have been dealt a stinky deck of cards, witho,t knowing or understanding and it is up to us to fix it. I pray that whomever reads this article will make the right choices to make such an important difference for our children and the children of the future.
Please contact me with any comments and if you are in need of help in making these positive choices.
Have you been thinking about exploring the possible healing properties that essential oils have? Maybe you have made a trip to your local natural food store, or other stores that carry small selections of essential oils. Perhaps you have purchased some essential oils from a store, or online from a company that sells essential oils.
What has your experience been? Are you able to use any of the oils internally? Do you know the history of the company that is providing the essential oils? Do they have their own farms? Do they process the essential oils and put them through strict testing to ensure their potency and purity? It is very important to know these answers.
Why? If you have purchased inferior or adulterated essential oils, you could very possibly have adverse reactions. This could be a “turn off” for you. And you may decide not to use essential oils to help you towards achieving optimal health.
So what is your option? Finding a reliable, ethical company that DOES provide quality, safe essential oils, that’s what!!
The Young Living Promise: Plants – Preparation – Purity – Potency
Plants
An oil’s potency can be affected not only by selecting the proper plant to cultivate, but also by where the plant is grown, the quality of soil in which the seed is planted, and even the time of day it’s harvested.
Young Living has extensive experience selecting the correct species of plant for desired oil potency, planting under optimal conditions, using ideal soil and natural methods to encourage growth, and knowing the precise time to harvest each crop. Only those plants that produce the most active and widest array of therapeutic compounds are selected.
Preparation
Once the optimal soil, plant, cultivation, and harvesting conditions have been adhered to, the plants must be distilled properly in order to meet YLTG standards. Young Living uses a gentle, proprietary technique for steam-extracting the most potent essential oils, which remains unmatched throughout the essential oils industry.
To meet YLTG distillation standards proper temperature must be maintained throughout the distillation process, and pressure, length of time, equipment, and batch size are strictly monitored.
Purity
YLTG standards prohibit the acceptance of any diluted, cut or adulterated oils. Every product Young Living produces—essential oils, oil blends, nutritional supplements, or personal care—meets strict purity standards.
Every batch of essential oils is subjected to rigorous, state-of-the-art analysis at the Young Living chemistry lab. Using some of the most advanced equipment in the world, our scientists subject every batch of essential oils to Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer testing, and heavy metals analysis. Oils that exhibit even the slightest hint of possible adulteration or tampering are rejected.
Potency
The culmination of the preceding three stages, Potency means that the naturally occurring compounds contained in each essential oil product are of the highest and most consistent bio-active levels. Without strict adherence to the YLTG standard in the Plant, Preparation, and Purity phases, the final product would not have the necessary potency to create the desired effect.
Young Living has four farms equipped with distilleries—located in Mona, Utah, US; St. Maries, Idaho, US; Simiane-la-Rotonde, France; and Guayaquil, Ecuador, and most recently has set up a distillery in Oman, for distilling the highest quality Frankincense essential oil. Having our own farms and distilleries allows Young Living Essential Oils to maintain its position as the world’s leading grower, distiller, and provider of pure, potent essential oils.
On our Young Living farms, the cultivation, harvesting, and distillation processes of each batch of essential oils are carefully controlled. Extensive laboratory testing and independent audits are conducted to ensure Young Living’s quality exceeds industry standards. Experimentation performed on Young Living farms helps guarantee the consistent quality of Young Living essential oils, and allows for increased research and development opportunities.
It’s this hands-on experience of growing, distilling, sourcing, and testing essential oils that led to the development of the Seed to Seal™ process. This method, exclusive to Young Living Essential Oils, ensures that each Young Living essential oil product delivers the quality results customers have come to expect.
Young Living has over 150 essential oils, along with personal care products, pet care products, nutritional products, children’s products, household products and an antioxidant whole food energy drink. All of our products are infused with essential oils, which not only makes are products unique, but even more therapeutic and beneficial for ourselves, family, friends and our pets.
Young Living therapeutic-grade essential oils and products are free of harmful chemicals and toxins and are definitely “Green”!! Essential oils may help you physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. They are mankinds first medicines that God provided to us when he created our earth, by supplying plants, trees, shrubs, flowers and fruits with essential oil life in them.
Our essential oils can be used topically, internally, cooking, breathing them in, along with diffusing. You can be reassured of the quality and safety when using Young Living essential oils and products. Now you need look no further for quality essential oils.
Pick an ailment or a situation from A-Z, and there is most likely an essential oil that may help your situation. From anxiety, pain, fear, cancer, colds or flus, depression, cuts or burns, to immune deficiency. But remember, the key to obtaining a change, is with knowing that you have in your hand quality essential oils.
Please contact me with your questions. I will do my best to direct you towards making changes in your life with essential oils and healthy products for you, your family and your friends.
The Prophecies of the Hopi Elders is one I find interesting and filled with loads of wisdom and grace. I have often thought of how vastly different this country would be than it is today if the first white settler’s landed with an attitude of gratitude and open-mindedness. Rather than of a mindset of what could be theirs and the bounty that could be taken and exploited for its riches.
Ingidgenous peoples lived on the North American continent for at least 10,000 years (though some archeologists say they have found artifacts in eastern North Carolina dating back to as much as 30,000 years). The people had lived here in such a balanced way with the environment that the landscape was unchanged for millenia. Within a short period of time, 100 years, this contenent went from one of great bounty and beauty to one of exploition and destruction. Sadly that same path continued right up to this current day.
The fact is… the earth and its resources are NOT here for humankind to exploit, use, and discard.
The question arrises… are our toys and gadgets, big houses, shopping malls, beauty salons, vehicles, etc., which we regard so highly as symbols and prizes of our success (monitarily and as a species)… is it worth it to have our western way of life be so important and worthy of waging war, lying, cheating, and manipulating for?
To live on the most amazing planet we know, yet not place a much higher value on it than we do on our ’stuff’, and witness it stuggle against humankind for its very own survival… makes me wonder… is our ’stuff’ and our lack of self-responsibility that much more significant than living in balance with a system, planet earth, that supports and sustains us?
We will never know what our country would have looked like and felt like had the settler’s took just a few minutes and simply ‘questioned’ the beliefs they landed with. What if… they abandoned much of their beliefs and truely learned from the native people what this continent was about and learned how to live with this bounty in more respectful and self-responsibile ways…
(Part 1) Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Elders Speak part 1)
“We talk about my Rights, my Rights… but we never talk about Our Responsibility.”
(Part 2) Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Elders Speak part 2)
“Mankind, is the only one who does not give back to the natural cycle, we take and we take, without giving back.”
(Part 3) Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Elders Speak part 3)
“Indians have got gold fever, just like the white-man. We used to look at the white-man, he was so crazy when it came to gold… now, we look at our own people and they’re running around with the same look in their eye… and it’s not so funny anymore.”
(Part 4) Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Elders Speak part 4)
“It’s your responsibility to be responsibile for All life, All Life… we are a family.”
(Part 5) Indigenous Native American Prophecy (Elders Speak part 5)
“…it’s important to keep the balance.”
What are ‘You’ doing differently?
Evelyn Vincent
Article by Evelyn Vincent, Young Living Independent Distributor #476766
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss
As a woman, many of us are plagued with various symptoms due to hormone imbalances. Unfortunately in most instances medical doctors prescribe synthetic pharmaceuticals that are laden with a list of potentially harmful side effects. Synthetic progesterone raises the risk of breast cancer as the ingredient MPA is a known carcinogen.
Lowered progesterone levels cause:
Post menopausal syndrome
Migraines
Hot flashes
Night sweats
TMJ
Insomnia
Neuropathies
Low libido
Hair loss
When I was menopausal, I refused going on birth control pills when my doctor prescribed them. One therapy that helped me with my hot flashes was to blend tofu, vanilla soy milk and fresh fruit. I was relieved of my hot flashes in less then a week and they never returned!! Not all women can drink soy milk so this is not an option.
Most common causes of low hormones in younger women is pituitary damage, which may be caused by gymnastic, and/or cheer leading falls, motor vehicle accidents, surgery, trauma, shock, tumors or intense stress.
Estrogen Dominance
Backache
Bleeding
Bloating
Bitchiness
What are our options? Are you in search of a purely natural product that may help to:
Relieve PMS Symptoms
Hot Flashes
Migraine Headaches
Postpartum depression
Insomnia
Hair Loss
Lack of Libido
Elevate mood
Reduces breast cancer risks
Heal nerves
Improve bone density
Improve endometriosis symptoms
Progessence™ Plus serum may be just what you need. It is formulated for maximum performance. All natural, USP-grade super-micronized progesterone from wild yam is melted in vitamin E and essential oils for optimal absorption. Studies indicate that limonene from frankincense and bergamot and menthol from peppermint oil can enhance substance penetration through the skin. Progessence Plus does not require the cycling of application sites.
Product Story
Progessence Plus allows women to have natural balance the way nature intended. Specifically formulated by Dr. Dan Purser and D. Gary Young, Progessence Plus maximizes the effects of progesterone by utilizing an innovative delivery system. Pure USP-grade super-micronized progesterone from wild yam is melted into a therapeutic-grade essential oil-infused serum that enhances substance penetration through the skin.
Containing frankincense, bergamot, and peppermint essential oils to aid in absorption, Progessence Plus is the first-ever progesterone serum on the market. It is portable, has a pleasant smell, and does not require the cycling of application sites like other progesterone supplements.
Primary Benefits
+ Naturally encourages the body’s optimal balance.
+ Serum is portable, better smelling, and absorbs more quickly than other progesterone supplements.
+ Most progesterone supplements require cycling of the application site—this is not necessary with Progessence Plus serum.
Product Use
For women only. Can be used by all menstruating females over the age of twelve.
Begin using one day after menstrual cycle ends. Apply 1–4 drops twice daily on neck area. For added effect, apply 1–2 drops along forearms twice daily for 21 consecutive days. Discontinue use for 7 days then repeat.
Do not exceed two applications per day. Does not need to be rotated on different areas of the body or cycled throughout the month.
Cautions
+ Keep out of reach of children. If pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult a health care practitioner prior to use. Do not use in conjunction with contraceptives containing progesterone.
+ This product contains a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer. (More information available upon request)
+ Progessence Plus should be used after—not before—a warm bath or shower.
+ This product should not be used with medically prescribed progestin’s.
Symptoms of nausea may occur within the first couple hours as the body gets used to the progesterone; apply more and they will dissipate.
Individual needs may vary. Dosage and duration could vary from person to person based on age, current progesterone levels, and menstruation (pre menopausal, post-menopausal).
If used at bedtime, Progessence Plus may be calming and help aid sleep.
Benefits of Progessence Plus Serum (human P4 made from wild yam) may:
Cools arteries
Prevents 98% of hot flashes, day/night sweats, post menopausal symptoms, migraines.
Improves post-partum depression
Aids in weight loss
Re-grow hair
Mood elevator
Reduce acne
Helps 95% of TMJ inflammation
Reduces cancer risk
Good for insomnia
Heals nerves
Decreases endometriosis symptom
Improves bone density
Improves libido
Aids in weight loss
Progessence Plus serum is a natural alternative option that may help women to feel better, physically and mentally, which is a benefit to themselves and to those around them that love them. We know how our hormones can change our moods and at times those around us suffer. Why not try Progessence Plus and see what a difference it may make to your well being.
I look forward to hearing from you with questions you may have. Please contact me.
There are many things we can do daily that conserve energy, reduce monthly expenses, and improve the quality of our lives. Some are:
1. Use ceiling fans! They use 1/10 of the electricity as A/C. My results: my electric bills have dropped $150 to $200 a month! This does keep the place comfortable most of the time, when I feel too hot I take a shower and use my Young Living essential oils. So for the couple of really hot days we have per month I am sure happy to make this trade-off and be saving hundreds of dollars every month!
2. Dry laundry on a clothesline – they will smell better too!
In 1998 The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History mounted an exhibition titled “American Clothespins,” which consisted in part of displays of patent models of clothespins from as long ago as the 1850s. People came in droves. Those old wooden pegs inspired a huge outpouring of nostalgia. Then one day Barbara Janssen, the curator behind the exhibition, was walking through the museum and saw a boy turn to his father and ask, “What’s a clothespin, Dad?” It’s no wonder the child had never seen one before.
Nearly 60 percent of American homes are now equipped with automatic clothes dryers. It’s in the shadow of the dryer that quaint old clothespins and clothespin doll kits turn up on auction at eBay. The device has become so superfluous that Janssen herself, the leading expert on its evolution, has no use for it beyond its appeal as a collector’s item. She once purchased a pack with playful flower-shaped heads at Target, but not to hang garments with. When asked if she has a clothesline, she replies, “Of course not. I use a dryer.” And, let’s not forget about the clothesline to hold the laundry and clothespins!
3. Use the “Air Dry” setting on the dishwasher – better yet, hand-wash dishes and use a dish drain.
4. Use a pressure cooker rather than the stove. They’re fast and keep the food moist and more nutritious. I don’t recommend microwaves as they are not beneficial for our food or our health.
5. Use an outdoor grill. Cook meats, poultry, and veggies on a low and slow temp – they will taste better and they’ll be more juicy and tender. I do not recommend charcoal grills though as the chemicals from lighter fluid and from the charcoal get into food. For instance, get the least expensive cut of beef that’s 2 1/2 – 3 inches thick, braise it, add some chopped onions, 1/2 – 3/4 cup red wine, a bunch of carrots (chopped to about 1 inch in length), 6 cloves of fresh garlic chopped fine, fill the braising pan with water to cover the meat & carrots, put the pan in a 325 degree F oven for 4-5 hours (remove the lid for the last hour). Guaranteed to be the most tender, juicy, flavor-filled easiest meal you’ve had in decades! Serve with green salad and a baked potato (put the potatoes in the same oven, at 325 they will take 2 hours to bake). Drizzle the sauce over potatoes, and enjoy!
6. Wear light-weight and light colored clothing. A wet bandanna around the head or neck is also cooling to the body.
7. Let your hair “air-dry.” Hair dryers make our hair horribly dry and brittle, causing drying and split ends. I haven’t used a hair dryer in over 40 years and the texture of my hair is “silky” – I also only use Young Living’s shampoo & conditioners, no sodium lauryl sulfate or other poisons! They are extremely concentrated too, so a small amount goes a long way! For instance, two bottles of conditioner last me a year – NOW THAT’S Savings!!!
8. Keep your car cool while parked. Use one of the many window shades. Of course, having a light colored car will help significantly too.
9. Indoor lighting – I have BIG concerns over these compact fluorescent light bulbs. Sure they may save the home user some money but I think the serious risks far out-weigh the savings – by the way – do NOT throw them in the trash, they contain mercury! I don’t find them to be ‘Green’ at all – read my article to learn what they’re not telling us about them. It’s probably better that we get to bed early anyway, rather than stay up late with artificial lighting – our ancestors used to get about 18 hours of darkness during the winter in temperate climates and had better levels of melatonin than we have.
10. Become a “wholesale” member with Young Living! You will save 24% off retail pricing, you can buy what you want when you want, the only thing you have to do to maintain your wholesale pricing is have a total of 50PV (about $50 wholesale) worth of purchases a year – that’s almost nothing! You can save 10% to 20% more by joining the Essential Rewards program – buy whatever you want every month. A very cost-efficient way to get ‘Green’ and save a lot – it ends up being cheaper than buying generic brands in the store! Check it out, and let me know if you have any questions. Or, buy at wholesale pricing – and – make some money sharing Young Living!
14. Start a garden! If you have horrible soil and are lazy or too busy to build sup your soil consider having a Straw Bale Garden or Container Garden! If you’re doing a container garden do NOT buy pots and things, get creative and re-use things such as old wood or plastic crates, metal or plastic dish pans, old colanders, etc.
15. Use cloth napkins instead of paper napkins or paper towels! They feel luxurious and are washed and reused!
16. Use a smaller trash can in the kitchen! This helps to eliminate stinky-rotten odors and keeps the insects down too. The garbage gets taken out more often creating a much more sanitary space to live in. How we ever became convinced that tall trash cans in the kitchen was a good idea I will never understand, it’s disgusting!
17. Compost! Here’s an article I wrote on my cheap compost bin to make: No Turning, No Fuss Compost Bin This is the best designed compost bin I’ve ever had.
18. Walk or ride a bike! Whenever we don’t use vehicle transportation it benefits us far more than we realize. My thoughts and a tip on How to Beat Summertime Heat – it’s been hot and I’m getting tired of enough not being done.
Evelyn Vincent
Article by Evelyn Vincent, Young Living Independent Distributor #476766
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go." ~ Dr. Seuss
With more people becoming conscious of global warming and chemicals used daily in homes causing us very real harm I find it surprising to hear that some consider using Equal or Sweet ‘n Low as a ‘Natural’ ant killer. It’s as if they think these sugar substitutes are as harmless as regular cane sugar. For those who think cane sugar is bad for your health they would be happy to know they”ve been ill advised by marketing. Taking a closer look at this industry we find…
The artificial sweetener industry actually has it’s roots in the ant poison industry, strange but true. They were working on a new ant killer when one of the scientists discovered this poisonous substance was incredibly sweet… and that is where the story of sugar substitutes begins, as a product made to kill ants.
Aspartame was endorsed by the U.S. FDA as a safe product in 1981, and has been ever since, and recommended by many doctors as a good alternative sweetener.
By the 1990’s, the FDA had a list of 92 symptoms reported to them by 10,000 consumers, a list revealed to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. This alone is enough to make you seriously question… “who” is the FDA working for??? It’s certainly NOT us!
Sold commercially as NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, Equal-Measure and Canderel – aspartame can be found in more than 6,000 products, including but not limited to:
Diet sodas, juices, energy drinks, and flavored waters
Chewing gum
Table-top sweeteners
Diet and diabetic foods
Breakfast cereals, such as Fiber One (just to name one!)
Fiber supplements, such as orange flavored Metamucil
Jams and jellies
Any number of sweets
Crackers and cookies
Adult and children’s Vitamins (simply read the label)
Adult and children’s Toothpaste
Prescription and over-the-counter medications (what I use in place of these)
Alka Seltzer Plus
Some Tylenol medications
According to the industry-run Aspartame Information Center – a propaganda masterpiece – the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), as set by the FDA, is 50 mg/kg. That equates to about 20 cans of a 12-ounce diet soda if you’re a 150 lb. adult, or six 12-ounce cans for a 50-pound child. That’s what they consider a low enough dose of the stuff to not kill you as dead as an ant with this ‘natural’ ant killer.
The ADI for tabletop sweeteners is 97 packets for adults, and 32 packets for children.
The Aspartame Information Center’s “myth” section goes on to make this statement:
Aspartame: Great taste without the calories for today’s healthful lifestyles
“Despite the overwhelming documentation of aspartame’s safety, unfounded allegations that aspartame is associated with a myriad of ailments, including multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and lupus, have continued to be spread via the Internet and the media by a few individuals who have no documented scientific or medical expertise.
Recently, several governments and expert scientific committees (including the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Commission, the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency, the French Food Safety Agency and Health Canada) carefully evaluated the Internet allegations and found them to be false, reconfirming the safety of aspartame.”
The FDA’s ‘OWN’ records include these common symptoms associated with aspartame:
Spasmodic Torticollis (involuntary spasms in head and neck)
Unsteady gait
Skin problems and lesions
Obesity
Genetic damage and birth defects
A decline in kidney function
This list does not sound to me like misinformation being spread around the internet about some poor helpless good for you food product! Is anyone else feeling more like these big companies get more protection than ‘we’ do?
Additionally, does it make sense that what was once listed, aspartame, by the Pentagon as a “biochemical warfare agent” is now an integral part of your modern diet?
Almost two-thirds of the complaints filed fall into the neurological and behavioral category; consisting of mostly headaches, mood alterations, and hallucinations. The remaining third fall into gastrointestinal issues.
The approval of aspartame has been the most contested in FDA history. The sweetener was NOT approved on scientific grounds, but rather due to strong political and financial pressure.
I’m no rocket scientist (and in this case I don’t think it’s required), but it seems to me that an item does NOT go from being listed as a “biochemical warfare agent” to a perfectly safe food to eat without there being some hanky-panky at play.
But in this case, what was developed as an “ant killer” very quickly became a food ingredient! Not because it didn’t kill ants (it does kill them) but because it is super sweet and some ingenious folks decided it could be used as a sweetener and they’d make more money.
What happens when a woman sets up her own 8 year aspartame experiment with 1,800 rats…
“I did my aspartame experiment because my family was addicted to diet soda. After researching the effects of aspartame, I strongly believed the artificial sweetener might one day lead to their illness and even early death.
Most influential in my research on the aspartame molecule was The Bressler Report. Dr. Jerome Bressler, M.D., led an FDA task force to attempt to validate the authenticity of a study done by G.D. Searle, the pharmaceutical company that held the patent to the ‘sweetener.’
Dr. Bressler’s team did the Searle audit between April 25, 1977 and August 4, 1977 of study PT #988S73, a 115 Week Oral Tumorigenicity Study in the Rat. The rat study was supposedly done by Searle to examine the adverse effects of the crystalline form of aspartame’s breakdown from phenylalanine, 50% of the chemical’s composition to SC-19192, diketopiperazine (DKP).
Bressler’s force found irregularities in Searle’s experiment– missing raw data, errors and discrepancies in available data, exclusions of animals, and animals that had masses removed and were then returned to the study.
It is clear Searle misrepresented the carcinogenicity of DKP and hid incriminating data from the FDA.
One unreported tissue mass in Searle’s study measured 5.0 X 4.5 X 2.5 cm. Equivalent to 2 in. X 1.75 in. X 1.0 in. – a significant sized tumor that should be visible to the naked eye, hard to miss.
I was convinced I would see tumors and possibly other harmful effects to convince my family and friends to avoid aspartame,” writes Victoria Innes-Brown, M.A.
“Because my family members were addicted to diet soda, at first I wanted to put Diet Pepsi in my rat’s water bottles. That idea was short lived. After turning a filled bottle upside down and attaching it to a cage, the liquid immediately started flowing out—carbonation pressurizes the bottle—so diet Pepsi wouldn’t work. It was just as well, because the cost of the soda would have been prohibitive over the course of the experiment.
The National Institute of Health evaluates a packet of aspartame-based sweetener such as NutraSweet contains 40 mg of aspartame.
I decided on putting the NutraSweet in their drinking water, at the rate of two packets—a total of 80 mg of aspartame–per each 8 oz of water.
A 12-oz diet soda has about 180 mg of aspartame, 15 mg of aspartame per oz., the amount in approximately 4.5 packets of NutraSweet.
According to the industry-run Aspartame Information Center website, a conservative estimate of the maximum dose of aspartame for humans per day, the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI), as set by the FDA, is 50 mg/kg, approximately twenty cans of 12-ounce diet soda for a 150 lb. adult and six 12-ounce cans for a 50-pound child. Tabletop sweetener ADI is 97 packets for an adult and 32 packets for a child.
The animals in my study weighed on the average of 1 pound for males and 0.66 pounds for females. The ADI for the males was 16.9 mg, for the females 13.5 mg
To put these numbers into perspective, the aspartame received by my rats daily, was equivalent to two-thirds the aspartame contained in 8-oz of diet soda.
Most studies are done on rats that are genetically identical. According to a friend who runs a rabbit and mouse lab for a local bio-tech company, ‘Some vendors sell strains of rats that have gone through 30 generations of brother and sister in-bred mating.’
This concept seemed counter-intuitive to me. How do these strains of rats represent the general population? In “Mean Genes”, Jay Phelan and Terry Burnhan write: “Almost all animals avoid mating with close relatives because it makes for bad babies. From mice to monkeys, animals are reluctant to have offspring with siblings.
I bought my rats at PetCo and bred them for my experiment. I purchased rats of different colors, to get a genetic verity. I also attempted to breed rats that were not brothers and sisters, to avoid in-breeding mutation.
I found most of the observable symptoms occurred during the last third of the rat’s life-span, illuminating the information that the adverse effects of aspartame are cumulative.
I chose to allow my rats to live out their natural lives. I honor them for their sacrifice and for showing the way for the rest of us.
I put NutraSweet in their water starting in March, 2002, and the last of them died in November 2004. The experiment lasted a total of two years, eight months.
Even though I had read the Bressler Report, I was struck by the number and size of the growths. Eleven females and one male developed tumors. That’s 37% of the females on aspartame.” by Victoria Inness-Brown http://myaspartameexperiment.com
Interestingly, studies conducted by the manufacturer of aspartame, 12 of 320 rats fed a normal diet and aspartame developed brain tumors, while none of the control rats (not fed aspartame) developed tumors. And five or the twelve rats were given a low dose of aspartame.
Other studies showed that aspartic acid, one of the main ingredients in aspartame caused damage to the brains of infant rats.
In 1981, an FDA statistician stated that the brain tumor data on aspartame was so “worrisome” that he could not recommend the approval of NutraSweet.
A review conducted in 2008 by scientists from the University of Pretoria and the University of Limpopo found that consuming a lot of aspartame inhibited the ability of enzymes in the brain to function normally and may lead to neurodegeneration.
According to the researchers, consuming a lot of aspartame can disturb:
The metabolism of amino acids
Protein structure and metabolism (which coincides with the obesity epidemic)
The integrity of nucleic acids
Neuronal function
Endocrine balances
Breaking Down the Parts of Aspartame
Aspartame causes nerves to fire excessively (because aspartame is an Excitotoxin like MSG and some other chemical food ingredients), which can lead to a high rate of neuron depolarisation. The chemical in aspartame responsible for this is aspartic acid, aspartame is 40 percent aspartic acid, when consumed it significantly raises your blood level of aspartate, which leads to a high level of those neurotransmitters in your brain, where they slowly begin to destry neurons.
Aspartame is 50 percent phenylalanine and excessive levels can cause a decrease of serotonin, which leads to emotiona disorders and depression, schizophrenia, and seizures.
Methanol, or wood alcohol, makes up the remaining 10 percent of aspartame. Methanol on its own is a poison and it breaks down into formic acid and formaldehyde – a deadly neurotoxin – in your body. Methol poisoning can lead to: vision problems, headaches, ear buzzing, dizziness, nausea, gastrointestinal issues, weakness, numbness, shooting pains in your extremities, behavioral disturbances, and memory lapses.
In a peer reviewed, well-controlled 7 year study it was found that as little as 20 mg a day of aspartame can cause cancer in humans.
One 12 ounce can of diet soda contains about 180 mg of aspartame… do the math!
I find it interesting that the types of diseases and health challenges many are faced with today quite possibly stem from nothing more than what can be fit in your average sized kitchen cabinet or fridge. The lies, manipulations and marketing cnditioning from the food industry and product industries (cleaning and personal care products) is equating to disease epidemics that the human specics has not encountered in all of history.
Aspartame, in everyday diet foods, is ruining our health and making us fat and diseased!
It’s about time we woke up from our long and lazy sleep and begin reading labels again!
What You Can Do Will Make A Difference in the Quality of Your Life
2) Educate yourself and read labels! Read Aspartame Disease – an Ignored Epidemic by H.J. Roberts. And watch this 90 minute video Aspartame: Sweet Misery A Poisoned World (this is the mvie Coke, Pepsi, and the diet food industry don’t want you to watch!)
3) Tweet this article, post to your FaceBook page (simply click on the icon(s) at the bottom of this article, it’s easy!) and share it with your friends so they can make educated choices and get healthier!
4) Try EFT to help you break your aspartame habit. Or, simply aviod consuming anything with aspartame if you’re not addicted to the habit.
5) Stop buying foods and products that contain aspartame! Buying these products only gives them more money to convince even more people to junk on their toxic wagon.
Young Living has an excellent line of supplements that do NOT contain any toxic sweeteners, they also have an excellent and efective edible toothpaste Thieves Ultra Toothpaste and Thieves Mouthwash (see PDF Booklet and web page for more on Thieves products)
Aspartame – The World’s Best Ant Poison by Jan Jensen (June 2006 Idaho Observer)
We live in the woods and carpenter ants are a huge problem. We have spent thousands of dollars with Orkin and on ant poisons trying to keep them under control but nothing has helped.
So when I read somewhere that aspartame (Nutrasweet) was actually developed as an ant poison and only changed to being considered non-poisonous after it was realized that a lot more money could be made on it as a sweetener than as an ant poison, I decided to give it a try.
I opened two packets of aspartame sweetener, and dumped one in a corner of each of our bathrooms. That was about 2 years ago and I have not seen any carpenter ants for about 9 to 12 months. It works better than the most deadly poisons I have tried. Any time they show up again, I simply dump another package of Nutrasweet in a corner, and they will be gone for a year or so again.
Since posting this information I have had many people tell me of their success solving ant problems with this substance, when nothing else worked.
We found later that small black ants would not eat the aspartame. It was determined that if you mixed it with apple juice, they would quickly take it back to the nest, and all would be dead within 24 hours, usually. I have found that sometimes it will kill them, and sometimes it does not. Not sure why, may be slightly different species of ants or something.
Fire Ants: We got our first fire ant hill about 2 weeks ago. Poison did not work. We tried aspartame and the ants ignored it until we got a light rain. It was just a sprinkle, enough to moisten the Nutrasweet and ground, but not enough to wash it away. They went crazy, hundreds of them grabbing it and taking it back into the mound. When I checked the mound 2 days later, there was no sign of the fire ants. I even dug the mound up some, and still saw none of them.
How does it Work: Aspartame is a neuropoison. It most likely kills the ants by interfering with their nervous system. It could be direct, like stopping their heart, or something more subtle like killing their sense of taste so they can’t figure out what is eatable, or smell, so they can’t follow their trails, or mis-identify their colonies members, so they start fighting each other. Not sure what causes them to end up dying, just know that for many species of ants it will kill them quickly and effectively.
As with any poison I recommend wearing gloves and washing any skin areas that come in contact with this poison, and avoid getting it in your mouth, despite anything the labeling may indicate.
I suspect it will work for other insects such as yellow jackets as well, but have not tested that yet.
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