Essential Oils

Multigreens vs. NingXia Greens

Liz James · September 25, 2023 ·

Are you team MultiGreens

or team NingXia Greens

? (PS…. NingXia Greens is free this month … among other goodies, with a qualifying purchase!)

What’s the difference you say? Let’s take a look here……. (lots of info here….. the graphic is the cliff notes version

, but I know some of you are like me and love deets!)

MultiGreens & NingXia Greens at a glance…

Ningxia Greens

* Think of NingXia Greens as a superfood greens powder to add to smoothies, drinks, foods, etc.

* Gut and immune health-focused fruit and vegetable powder with 2–3 servings of fruits and vegetables in every scoop

* Contains a vast array of superfood fruits and vegetables, including health-supporting mushrooms

* Contains plant-based omega-3’s plus prebiotics and enzymes to aid absorption

* Each serving contains 50 fermented whole foods, five varieties of immune-supporting mushrooms, and wolfberry fruit and sprouted leaves

* Available as a powder to mix into food and drinks

* Contains the ‘MultiGreens’ essential oil blend: Rosemary, Lemon, Lemongrass, and Melissa

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MultiGreens

* Think of MultiGreens as a daily ‘salad in a bottle’ full of plants containing incredible health benefits.

* Focused liver and glandular health and supports energy and healthy iron levels

* Contains spirulina, alfalfa sprouts, barley grass, bee pollen, eleuthero, Pacific kelp, and more

* High in amino acids and chlorophyll

* Available as capsules that can be swallowed or opened and added to food and drinks

* Contains the ‘MultiGreens’ essential oil blend: Rosemary, Lemon, Lemongrass, and Melissa

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But can you use both?

Yes! In the same way you’d eat multiple fruits and vegetables and a salad in a day, you can get added benefits from using MultiGreens capsules and NingXia Greens powder every day. In fact, they work well together and allow you to provide support digestion from the belly to the intestines! Support immune and gut health with NingXia Greens and energy levels, adrenal health, and liver with MultiGreens!

NINGXIA GREENS

Formulated with superfood ingredients, greens, and premium essential oils, NingXia Greens takes the guesswork out of your nutrition needs. All you have to do is scoop, stir, and enjoy!

KEY INGREDIENTS

* NingXia wolfberry fruit powder and sprouted leaves: Also known as goji berries, wolfberries come from an ancient plant, long praised in China for its powerful health benefits.

* Maitake, reishi, turkey tail, shiitake, and enokitake mushrooms: A source of soluble fiber known as beta glucans, these mushrooms help support a healthy immune system and help prevent and repair oxidative damage. These mushrooms are high in antioxidants, vitamins (including vitamin D), and minerals and have been studied for use in cardiovascular health, cancer prevention and reducing inflammation.

* Fermented Superfood Blend: A fermented superfood blend that delivers nutrients that are difficult to obtain from a typical diet, this proprietary combination also contains enzymes to support optimal digestion.

* Purslane: An edible succulent, this ingredient is one of the few vegetables that’s rich in plant-based omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals—including copper, magnesium, iron, manganese, and potassium, vitamin E, and vitamin C. Purslane is also a uniquely rich source of 184 phytochemical compounds, including phenolic acids, alkaloids, and flavonoids, which act as antioxidants.

* Secale cereale flower pollen extract: A non-allergenic and sustainably sourced extract that contains full-spectrum nutrients such as amino acids, phytosterols, fatty acids, carotenoids, flavonoids, vitamins, minerals, and enzymes, this extract is clinically shown to display antioxidant and detoxifying capacity and maintain cellular oxidative stress through significant decrease of GSSG (oxidized glutathione).

* MultiGreens proprietary oil blend: Rosemary, Lemon, Lemongrass and Melissa essential oils

NingXia Greens full ingredient list:

Apple, Banana, Lemon, Wolfberry sprouted leaves, Alfalfa, Kale, Parsley, Broccoli, Fermented superfood blend (Grape, Brown rice, Carrot, Apple, Daikon radish, Cabbage, Celery, Cucumber, Banana, Onion, Burdock, Spinach, Pear, Orange peel, Tomato, Sweet pepper, Mung bean sprout, Eggplant, Lotus rhizome, Pumpkin, Shiitake mushroom, Ginger, Lettuce, Garlic, Japanese parsley, Udo, Asparagus, Bamboo grass, Clover, Kombu, Dandelion, Plantain, Green pea sprout, Japanese cedar, Parsley, Turnip, Pineapple, Strawberry, Knotweed, Chive, Chinese cabbage, Enokitake mushroom, Garland chrysanthemum, Mugwort, Oriental celery, Leek, Green perilla, Wakame seaweed), Chlorella, Ginger, Green pea, Maitake mushroom, Reishi mushroom, Turkey tail mushroom, Spirulina, Amla fruit, Moringa, Purslane, Wolfberry fruit, Secale cereale flower pollen extract, MultiGreens proprietary oil blend [Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) leaf oil, Lemon (Citrus limon) peel oil, Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) leaf oil, Melissa (Melissa officinalis) leaf and flower oil] bromelain, cellulase

HOW TO USE

* Mix 1 scoop in 4–6 ounces of water or a beverage of your choice.

* Stir 1 scoop into a protein shake made with Pure Protein Complete to support muscle recovery.

* Mix with 2 ounces of NingXia Red and 1⁄2 cup of coconut water or orange juice for a fruity, nutritious start to your day.

* Add 1 scoop to a fruit smoothie for an extra dose of fiber and plant-based omega-3s.

* Take with a probiotic like Life 9 or an enzyme complex like Essentialzymes-4 for additional daily wellness.

MULTIGREENS

MultiGreens capsules benefit the body much like eating a large salad: nutrients, fiber, amino acids, and more that help the liver process everything we throw at it. MultiGreens are also great for supporting glandular health – adrenal, thyroid, pancreas – and all those greens are good for energy levels.

KEY INGREDIENTS

* Bee Pollen: high in protein, vitamins, and minerals including potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins; supports the body’s response to inflammation and helps protect the liver; full of antioxidants including flavonoids, carotenoids, quercetin, kaempferol and glutathione

* Barley Grass: a nutrient-rich superfood loaded with vitamins A, C, E, and K as well as B vitamins and antioxidants

* Insoluble fiber: feeds the good bacteria in the gut, helping with digestion and intestinal health.

* Spirulina: a source of chlorophyll, antioxidants, and magnesium that protects against oxidative damage

* Choline: an essential micronutrient necessary for numerous bodily processes including nerve function, cholesterol processing, brain development, muscle mobility, and liver function

* Eleuthero root: an adaptogenic herb that soothes cortisol and boosts the body’s resistance to stress

* Alfalfa leaf: high in chlorophyll, calcium, iron, potassium, phosphorus, vitamins C and K

* Pacific Kelp: contains iodine vitamins, minerals and antioxidants – all of which are vital for a healthy thyroid and hormone balance and function

* Amino acids L-arginine, L-cysteine, and L-tyrosine: help the body with proper circulation, cellular metabolism, liver function and production of dopamine and serotonin.

* Rosemary essential oil: helps balance the endocrine system and cleanse the liver

* Lemon essential oil: high in limonene, a constituent known to strengthen the immune system

* Lemongrass essential oil: a highly cleansing oil that supports the liver

* Melissa essential oil: supports healthy intestinal bacterial balance, the body’s response to inflammation, and overall health

MultiGreens ingredient list:

Bee pollen, Barley (Hordeum vulgare) grass juice powder, Spirulina (Spirulina platensis), Choline (as choline bitartrate), Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus) root, Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) aerial parts extract, Kelp (Laminaria Digital) whole thallus MultiGreens Oil Blend: Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) leaf oil, Lemon (Citrus limon)† peel oil, Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) leaf oil, Melissa (Melissa officinalis) leaf/flower oil, Amino acid complex (L-Arginine, L-Cysteine, L-Tyrosine) Other Ingredients: Gelatin, Silicon dioxide

Young Living Continues Its Scientific Excellence

Liz James · September 14, 2023 ·

I love that Young Living is on a constant quest to give us the very best. Not all essential oils are created equally… I’d never even consider asking a WallyWorld or even a Whole Foods brand to do what I’ve asked YL oils to do over the years. There’s a reason for that.

If I’m going to ask an oil to “do something “, I need for it to be able to consistently “do that thing”, and I also need to trust that the oil is even capable of “doing that thing”. Do you trust your oils enough to rely on them to “do that thing”?

Drop a GIF that represents one “thing” your EO’s help with.

https://www.facebook.com/100083339792107/posts/290911263696865/?mibextid=CDWPTG

#ThanksYL

Chris Bowerbank YL

Seed to Seal Science pillar: Advanced instrumentation (EA-IRMS)

I would like to introduce you to our newly installed arrivals in the Young Living Analytical Laboratory at GHQ: Elemental Analyzers (EA) for the Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometers (IRMS)!

Our new Thermo Scientific EA IsoLink #IRMS Systems perform automated isotopic analysis of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen using bulk samples (solids like plant leaves, branches, flowers or resin, or liquids like essentials oils and vanilla).

These EA systems provide precise and sensitive measurement of #isotope fingerprints— carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen isotopes— creating a unique chemical signature of each sample. This will provide our #scientists unique insights into the history and origin of #plant sources from around the #world.

These new EA systems support Young Living’s unending quest to combat adulteration of essential oils and are proof of #YL‘s continued support of our world-leading #authenticity program at the D. Gary Young Research Institute.

Conifer Tree Oils Stop The Crazies

Liz James · September 13, 2023 ·

Wednesday PSA

For the nerdy inclined

, here’s an interesting study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00226-023-01490-6 (Title: Utilization of essential oils mainly from Cupressaceae trees in the work environment creates a psychophysiological stress-relieving effect. )

Recap:

Study results suggest that certain conifer tree oils may help calm the crazy.

Inhaling our “fir” friends may be beneficial in helping the body’s relaxation response. (We live way too often in the fight,

flight,

or freeze

state of mind.)

Pro Tip: If the rest of your office (or home) tends to lean toward the cray cray meter, consider diffusing the situation.

xoxo~ liz

#ThanksYL

#appreciatingtrees

#BYOHD

#TakeChargeOfYourHealth

#takechargeofyourenvironment

Young Living’s September Free Gifts

Liz James · September 1, 2023 ·

Kicking off September

ya’ll! Can you believe we are already well into the second half of 2023? In addition to

football and

falling leaves, Fall always brings an uptick of unwell days in households everywhere. Thankfully, WE HAVE TOOLS!

Since you are here…. you have access to them, and this month some of the best wellness tools are FREE with qualifying purchase.

Orange Vitality: Orange

is such an amazingly charming secret weapon. Sure, it smells amazing, but pretty is as pretty does. It offers digestive support and immune support (among many other things. Don’t forget to check out the scientific research

available on the Young Living website. A quick peek there on orange revealed 6 studies (there’s way more than that out there in Pubmed should you really want to dive deeply).

Thieves Chest Rub: I’ll just say this….. It’s silly not to take advantage of this freebie right now, because when the

hits the airways, you want ALL the tools handy right then right now. Thieves Chest Rub (on the chest, back, and/or bottoms of feet) is a massive game changer. You’ll pat yourself on the back for getting this freebie before you actually need it.

Nutmeg: Now, you might be thinking…. what can I use nutmeg for besides making some killer fall recipes?

Nutmeg supports cognitive

and immune function. A lesser-known fact (we should all do a challenge and try using it this way for a month)…… nutmeg may be useful for people who tend to wake up too early

or in

the middle of the night!

I’m excited to try this for a month before bedtime and see if I notice a change in my own sleep patterns!

Just like Thieves Chest Rub, when the proverbial poop hits the oscillator, you need tools on hand STAT. Raven is one you need on the bench to run in and play. It plays well with its teammates. There are some great study articles on the YL website (go look!). Here’s a peek at a few titles for the nerdly inclined like me

“Suppression of inflammatory and infection responses in lung macrophages….”

“Effect of eucalyptus oil inhalation on pain and inflammatory responses after total knee replacement: a randomized clinical trial”

I might just be most excited about the FREE NingXia Greens as this month’s freebie. We’ve been drinking it regularly since it was introduced last year. (My favorite power drink is NingXia Greens + YL Inner Beauty Collagen + NingXia Red + Zyng

). The NingXia Greens is a daily dose of 60+ fruits, vegetables, herbs, algae, and mushrooms. I challenge you to find a better way to get all that micronutrient-dense, digestive and immune-supportive help in a single supplement. This is a supplement that has been on my order every single month since it was introduced….. but not this month since we will be getting it for free

. (and that YL-branded glass is pretty cute too!)

Did you learn something new in this post about a product you thought you knew? What are you most interested in trying for the first time or using in a different way than you might have used in the past?

Happy Game Day!

xoxo~ liz

August Young Living Freebies

Liz James · August 1, 2023 ·

When I was little, summer seemed to whiz by (and that was back when school started back around Labor Day week!)….. nowadays, it’s a blink and a nod, and kids (at least in our area) start back to school next week. Can you believe it? Happy August friends!

Here’s the scoop on the gift-with-purchase goodness to start the month off right!

Ginger vitality: I don’t recall seeing this one as a freebie before, and if it’s not one in your arsenal/wellness tool bag

, let’s chat for a sec. Ginger, first and foremost calms queasy stomachs….. A drop or two in hot water for Ginger tea……. sneak it into lunch boxes in the form of healthy gingersnap cookies (lots of recipes out there…. add a little extra oomph with a few drops of Ginger to the batter

. Fragrance-wise…. did you know that the aroma of ginger is historically known to promote feelings of courage? Makes sense, right?…. A queasy stomach often results from fretting about something (like a new school year situation)

Lemon is great for 101 different things…. while it actually has stomach-calming properties too, it’s also a key ingredient to our “world famous

” LLPC recipe…… if you struggle with seasonal sniffles and aren’t familiar with this favorite, ask a WiW old timer…. it’s the best for making things right! It’s also key in helping the lymphatic system function more optimally too.

Life 9: I can speak for hours on the benefits of a great probiotic’s effects on gut health. All probiotics are NOT created equally…… if you’ve never used Life 9 before, I challenge you to get it for free this month, and then take it daily for 30 days. In fact, I double-dog dare ya! See if you don’t feel the difference. Remember, good gut bacteria (as is your pooping ability) largely regulate your immune system. If you struggle with either of these (or heck, if you struggle with emotions that tend to upset the gut, oftentimes, getting a good gut balance, often straightens those things out too!)The best thing about free stuff is that you can try it for free and decide if it fits your healthy journey well. I’ll say this tho….. those of us who know Life9 intimately

use it daily!

Plus, it comes with that cute little supplement case!

Finally, MultiGreens! Is this a regular for you already? I tend to alternate between MultiGreens and NingXia Greens (love them both…. NRG is a powder and MG is a capsule and they are different products, but they are both VERY green

). So many people (big and little peeps alike) don’t get enough “greens” in their diet (Green M&M’s or green gummy worms don’t count….. in fact, that’s all the more reason to get the good greens into your day!) MultiGreens allows you to “get the greens in” and thereby helps your thyroid, nervous, and circulatory systems in ways your body may be telling you you’ve been missing them (are you reading your body’s clues?). Never tried it? This is another tool you’ll get to try for free!

Happy August friends! Which freebie are you most excited to get?

xoxo~ liz