What is it about clove that makes it an Autumn favorite? It just smells and tastes like a cooler month’s season
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Clove Essential Oil Power
Preventive Health & Root-Cause Medicine
No More Eye Dis-ease
I’ve been studying the effects of wolfberries (aka goji berries) on the eyes. Our family has a pretty strong history of age-related macular degeneration, and I love my peepers and don’t want to lose them in my twilight years.
Thankful I found NingXia Red 10 years ago, and IlluminEyes a few years ago!
Do you have eye dis-ease history in your family tree?
xoxo~ liz
Energy and Sleep in 3 Simple Steps
I’ll preface this post by talking about a little experiment I did last month when Nutmeg was a freebie. You might recall that I had shared that I had read that taking a few drops of nutmeg at night (or using it in a roller bottle over adrenals) before bed can help with sleep. I committed to doing this for a month.
UPDATE: I’m not stopping! 
….. who would have thought that nourishing your adrenals before bedtime could be helpful for sleep?!
….. who would have thought that nourishing your adrenals before bedtime could be helpful for sleep?!When your adrenals are already struggling, you might think… why stress ’em out by adding one more thing on your “to-do” list? Not this time friends…… give it a try. This month, in addition to my new bedtime BFF Nutmeg, I’m adding En-R-Gee into my day. (I already get the early morning sunshine as I do my a.m. farm chores at sunrise )
)Want to join me?
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Do you ever feel crazy because technically you’re “healthy” and “fine,” but you always feel drained and depleted?
Do you struggle to recover after a sickness, a stressful event, or even a few late nights?
Do you start your day and run out of gas before you even begin, only to get energetic late at night and repeat the cycle all over again?
Have you tried everything to help your hormones, blood sugar levels, cravings, and weight but all the things people tell you aren’t working?There may be two tiny little glands in your body that need some love. Your adrenals.
The adrenal glands are small organs that sit on top of the kidneys. They maintain and boost our energy, kind of like a car shifting into first, second, and third gear as we go about our day.
They also help our bodies survive during times of stress. Since many of us live in a state of constant stress, they wear down quickly.
The adrenals are part of the endocrine system. Also known as the suprarenal glands, they’re involved in producing over 50 hormones that drive almost every bodily function, many of which are essential for life.
Adrenal glands play a huge role in stress response. Here’s how it works:
• Your brain registers a threat, whether emotional, mental, or physical.
• The adrenal medulla releases cortisol and adrenaline hormones to help you react to the threat (the fight-or-flight response), rushing blood to your brain, heart, and muscles.
• The adrenal cortex then releases corticosteroids to dampen processes like digestion, immune system response, and other functions not necessary for immediate survival.
• Your adrenal glands are also responsible for balancing hormones.
Our adrenal glands aren’t meant to always be firing. They are there to jump in when needed and not be running the whole show. But excessive caffeine, lack of sleep, emotional stress, demanding schedules, hormonal imbalance, diet, alcohol abuse, and always pushing ourselves to the max can damage the adrenals to cause them to fatigue. This pushes us into a ‘survival mode’ both physically and emotionally.
Fortunately, supporting your adrenals can be a pretty simple process. But functioning when they have given up? Almost impossible. So let’s give them the TLC they deserve!
How can we help our adrenals?
We’re going to grab two oils.
• Nutmeg
• En-R-Gee
Inexpensive. Simple. Life changing.
Each day you will do the following three things:
• Diffuse En-R-Gee every day in your home.
• Apply Nutmeg over your lower back (adrenal area).
• Get 15-20 minutes of sunlight exposure within three hours of waking up
The last thing you need when you’re fatigued are complicated steps or having to remember a bunch of things. That’s why you do it with us.
Why Nutmeg and En-R-Gee?
Both of these oils have unique properties perfect for supporting stress recovery, moving your body out of its fight or flight stress responses, and calming the emotions responsible for our survival instincts running the show and stealing our energy.
xoxo~ liz
Heart Rate Variability
What is Heart Rate Variability? … and why would it matter to each one of us?
… and why would it matter to each one of us?In a nutshell:
HRV is a scientific measurement of the body’s overall health.Overall health is determined by the body’s capability to recover and adapt to changes in the environment.The ultimate measurement of health is Heart Rate Variability.A consistently low HRV is consistent with poor or declining health.I was reading about HRV a few weeks ago, and I wondered if essential oils could have an impact on improving our ability to “bounce back”. Being the super curious nerd that I am, I started researching and found some super interesting studies. I won’t include all that I found here, but I did want to share one compilation with you.
It’s so easy to become complacent in what we do. Sometimes we fall off the wagon because we forget the “why” we fell in love with something in the first place.
Use your oils daily and often! For the “just the facts” crowd, here’s the abbreviated outcome. Lavender improves Heart Rate Variability which helps the body more quickly move from the Sympathetic Nervous system response (fight, flight, or freeze) into Parasympathetic Response (rest, recover, and digest).
Who is your buddy when you need help bouncing back? ….. Lavender!
….. Lavender!xoxo~ liz
Science Confirms Effectivity of Turmeric
Someone met me the other day and said, “Oh, you’re the rebel pharmacist!” Why yes, I’ll carry that title proudly (tho I prefer to think of myself as well-rounded and not afraid to speak the truth!
One of the pharma science fields I really love is called pharmacognosy… ” the branch of knowledge concerned with medicinal drugs obtained from plants and other natural resources.”
“It’ll never work “….. says who?
Do you ever wonder why more doctors don’t suggest something like turmeric (which has stellar success in supporting a healthy inflammatory response)? There are, in fact over 2600 studies on the effects of turmeric in the body. In fact, turmeric has been found to compare favorably to a variety of pharma products (you’ll need to read the attached article to fully understand how important this piece of information is….. legit.
Which brings me to this question: YL’s Golden Turmeric. Have you tried it?
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A combo of Turmeric, Boswellia resin (Frank baby!), and ginger working together to support the body’s natural response to inflammation, immune response, joint health, mobility, and recovery.
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The unique water-dispersible Golden Turmeric makes it 24X more bioavailable than standard turmeric extracts. Example: the tiny 1/2 tsp scoop of golden turmeric (300mg) is equivalent to 1,926mg of standard extracts found elsewhere. (I don’t know about you, but if I was battling something that was affecting my quality of life, I’d go for the big guns!)
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Bonus points! Golden Turmeric also contains prebiotics to support healthy digestion and a healthy happy microbiome (essential for a well-functioning gut-brain axis, right?).
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How to use it? Mix 1/2 teaspoon in 6-8 oz of water, juice, or milk of choice and enjoy once daily!
Who knows….. you might even be able to avoid a pharma or two in the process! (And THAT would be a very very good thing!)
or two in the process! (And THAT would be a very very good thing!)Have you been able to kick something to the curb because of a YL product? Do tell… I’d love to hear your stories!
Happy Wednesday friends!
xoxo~ liz