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Dairy Digestibility

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The beginning of my personal health journey was raw milk….. you might even call it my “gateway” to learning the truth about all the things we have grown accustomed to believing to be true but are actually complex lies with a thin vein of truth to them.
Lactose intolerance is often a misnomer/misdiagnosis. More often than not (tho there is a low % of exceptions), the real culprit is either what has been done to the milk through the pasteurization, homogenization, and additives to make milk uniform in color. The other key piece of this is milk genetics: A1 vs A2 milk.
…… and the reason we have our sweet herd of A2/A2 Jerseys.
 
Unlocking Dairy’s Digestibility: Understanding the A1 vs A2 Beta-Casein Difference

Interesting Study on the Influence of the Father’s Diet

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Such an interesting article! We (hopefully) tend to be cognizant of a mama’s health impacting a fetus/baby’s health and future health, but rarely do we think about what impact a man’s health has on the contribution of a child’s health outcome beyond uncommon genetic anomalies.
” A study found that after a 12-week high-fat diet [from ultra-processed foods], father rats had newborn daughters with approximately 30 percent reduced pancreatic beta-cell mass. Beta cells are crucial, as they produce insulin. “
We are largely what we eat…. and so are our babies! Nutrition is key to health (as is exposure to chronic …. even “low grade” chronic toxicity). Do not underestimate the impact your environment has on health outcomes.
xoxo~ liz
a father’s diet shaped his children’s health

Got Acne? Don’t Get Cancer too!

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Oooh boy.🙄 Here we go again. I can’t count the number of times I used prescription and OTC products containing benzoyl peroxide (BPO) growing up in the 1980’s. Thankfully, I only had a spotty acne history (ha! accidental pun there 😁), but I had lots of friends and family members who relied on benzoyl peroxide to treat some pretty hardcore acne. Now, we find out that BPO can pretty easily turn into the carcinogen benzene under the right conditions (for example: BPO product sits in a hot🔥☀️ transport ✈️🚢🚂 container or a backpack or bag in a☀️🔥 hot car and things go south ☠️ pretty quick).
I’ve talked to numerous people over the years who have discovered (just like I have) that perhaps our society’s propensity for skin cancer doesn’t lie in being in the sun a lot…. rather it lies in the toxins we put in our body and on our body. Clean up the toxin load, and interesting changes occur. I’m a blue-eyed blonde. I can be out in the sun all day and will not get burned… often not even get pink. That didn’t used to be the case. I used to get sunburned at least a few times a year in my much younger years. What changed? 🤔
The last 23 years of learning what toxins do to a body, and making some educated changes!
I wouldn’t be surprised if someone were to dig deeper, that this new BPO information wasn’t so new after all. “They” are quite good at hiding information for the sake of the $$.
If you’ve got kiddos in the acne era of their lives, avoid the benzoyl peroxide acne formulations. Young Living has a stellar acne spot treatment that zaps zits like a champ. No BPO…. just clean ingredients! Pair it up with the charcoal bar soap (or the mask you might have gotten as an order freebie a few months ago!), and you’ve got your dream team for your favorite teen (or maybe yourself….. tho if you have an adult acne, we should chat because root cause varies, and the skin is just a mirror to what is really going on inside. )
Link to order safe (no BPO) acne treatment products here: https://www.youngliving.com/us/en/myaccount/wishlist…
Know better. Do better. Live better.
 
hugs friends, Liz

Pregnancy Hormones and Depression

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prenatal antidepressant exposure
There’s a time and a place for Western medicine, and with that, it should always be accompanied by risk vs. benefit and informed consent.
 
Pregnancy is one time in a woman’s life when hormones (including the thyroid) and life in general have the potential to go wacko. I’ve seen waaaaaaay too many women prescribed antidepressants while pregnant while being assured that it’s “safe” for their baby. In the same appointment, not giving the mama the space/time to talk out the reasons they may be experiencing some anxiety or moody blues, or the extensive labwork to confirm that there isn’t a nutrient or transient hormone imbalance, etc. I’ll also add that it is just not common for a western medicine oriented practitioner to give a mama some healthy options for improving mood/mindset during pregnancy (instead of meds).
 
For the last year, so much has been finally revealed about SSRIs (cliff notes version: They do not do what the drug manufacturers have stated that they do in the way they’ve been stated that they do it🧐).
You may recognize SSRIs by name: Lexapro (escitalopram), Zoloft (sertraline), Prozac (fluoxetine), Paxil (paroxetine), Celexa (citalopram), etc. They are among the most prescribed medications in the USA.
Back to the question. Are taking SSRIs during pregnancy worth it? Informed consent is where this is at….. Would you…. if you knew that prenatal SSRI exposure had an effect on fetal brain development, particularly in brain regions critical to emotional processing, and may be associated with future susceptibility to anxiety disorders, hyperactivity, and maladaptive processing skills? (You can read more about one of these studies here: https://jamanetwork.com/…/jama…/article-abstract/2676821 )
 
Another representative (there are many) study, (found here: https://jamanetwork.com/…/jama…/article-abstract/2808722 ), has found that antidepressant use in pregnancy is associated with neonatal withdrawal syndrome, preterm birth, congenital disabilities, developmental problems, cardiopulmonary problems, and even death.
 
How might each of these outcomes have been more likely avoided, had a healthcare professional, listened and gotten a mama plugged into a support community or counseling professional who could have helped her alleviate some of the stressors common in today’s world (and exacerbated by pregnancy)….or run labs and identified a deficiency root cause and addressed that with nutrition and supplementation instead….. or given her coping strategies such as yoga for pregnancy, true nutritional counseling, exercises, calming (and safe!) herbal teas and other non harmful herbal🌿 based strategies. ( If you’ve been around the “alternative mindset/ holistically minded community, you know exactly what you’d reach for 😉. And if you haven’t, it’s time to find your tribe who can help you. It’s not healthy living on an island alone.) ?….. instead of prescribing an SSRI💊.
 
If you have a helpful healthy tip for an expecting mama, show them some community love, and drop it here.
Mindful Monday friends. Have a great one 😘 xoxo~ liz
 

Young Living’s July Gifts

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Good morning friends! Happy 4th of July weekend! 🎆☀️It’s hard to believe that half of Summer is already over. YL brings us gifts with purchase products this month which focus on prepping kiddos for a great start to the school year. ( Never fear…..even if you don’t have kids, you’ll benefit from these products! 😁)
 
10 Bonus PV with a 100PV Loyalty Order. Man ‘o man, if you have been with YL for long enough to realize the massive health benefits (fewer trips to the doctor) ….. and economic benefits💰(ex: it’s more economical to buy Thieves household cleaner for ALL your cleaning needs …. use it to clean everything from cleaning your windows to washing your dog safely!…. than it is to buy the variety of toxic cleaners), then you’ve probably already joined the savvy consumer group that uses Loyalty Rewards (a subscription box program that allows you to choose what’s in your box each month.
Here’s a recap of LR: https://www.youngliving.com/us/en/learn/loyalty-rewards ) In a nutshell, Loyalty Rewards make YL shopping, even more, cost-effective than it already is!
 
Peace and Calming: This is a mom favorite for kiddos who may need a little help unwinding. Use in the diffuser at night, or on the bottoms of the feet or wrists. It is also a fantastic oil for helping combat anxiety and nervousness whether you are a kid or an adult (or a dog who might be nervous about fireworks).
Room Spritzer Bottle: a sweet bamboo-topped glass bottle to make your room spray (much healthier and cheaper than toxic commercial room sprays!). (To make a spray, add several drops of your essential oil of choice to about a tablespoonful of either witch hazel or vodka, and fill the rest of the bottle with filtered water).
 
Lavender Bath Bombs: a warm bath with one of these bombs is a terrific way to wind down at the end of the day (and another stealthy way to chill a child who may not be all that interested in bedtime 😉. If you find that this works for your kiddo, it’s super easy to take a handful of Epsom salts, add a few drops of lavender, peace and calming, or another calming oil directly onto the Epsom salts before putting in the bathwater (that way the oil will disperse throughout the water as opposed to sitting on top of the water)….. super economical!
 
Kidscents MightyVites Chewables: Kids can be picky when it comes to eating, and it doesn’t take long for them to be depleted of the micronutrients that are needed to be healthy💪 and have a sharp mind🧠. Not all vitamins are created equal; many contain synthetic dyes and fillers with neurotoxic activity (causing hyperactivity, ADHD, allergy symptoms, etc). MightyVites is a clean tasty absorbable vitamin that will give your kiddo what he/she needs without the unwanted junk. (These vits are also a great option for someone who doesn’t swallow pills well, including the elderly).
 
Enjoy your month and remember, Lavaderm (even a DIY lavender spritz works well) is fantastic for sunburns. It’s hot and crispy out there! And if you’d ever like some help trying to figure out what might be the best product fit for you or your family’s personal situation, please know you can always reach out to me or another YL educator, and we’ll be happy to help!
 
If you aren’t yet a member of the YL family, I’d love to help you find solutions to your needs. Contact me to arrange a complimentary consult!
xoxo
 
~ liz
PS: if you are going to the Young Living Convention this month, let me know…… I’d love to meet you! I’ll also have a booth at AromaShare prior to the convention.

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