Gary Young introduced the two new health bars:
Apricot & Apple/cinnamon
with frankincense and citrus oils.
He spoke at length about the NEW PowerMeal with:
Rice protein, Rice bran - the best fiber
Wolfberry powder (16% protein)
Apple fiber, Inulin, Lecithin
Stay tuned for more...

Young Living Essential Oils and Founder Gary Young continue to set the pace for the alternative healthcare industry as global leaders in the research and development of innovative essential oils and health-related products. Using the highest quality therapeutic-grade essential oils and leading-edge technology, Young Living has developed a new line of products designed to help people of every age live healthier, happier lives.

Start Living Kit with Cleanse/Core Essentials
Start Living Kit with Everyday Oils
Start Living Kit with Ningxia Red
Start Living Kit with Theives

What's the Start Living Kit you say??? Simply put, its everything you need to get going with Young Living essential oils and the Young Living business opportunity.

Learn more by clicking the 'PRODUCT LINE' link at my website: http://www.youngliving.org/iloveoils

Convention updates are coming soon!!!

The National Cancer Institute's website is documenting levels of evidence for use of essential oils, not just in treating cancer, but also in its effect on conditions such as pain, anxiety, and depression.

The last few cases in this link show documented improvements, but there is a wealth of essential oil info on this site if you just use the search box.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/aromatherapy/HealthProfessional/page8

These suggestions come from KTVZ television in Oregon:
To gain the benefit of the following scents, apply them to a pillowcase, your clothing, or a tissue, and inhale deeply.

• For anxiety and stress try breathing in the scent of lavender, Roman chamomile, rose, spearmint, or bay laurel.
• To overcome nausea or lack of appetite, inhale peppermint, cardamom, ginger, or spearmint
• Get rid of insomnia by experiencing the aromas of Himalayan cedarwood, lavender, or sweet marjoram.
• For radiation burns, try diluting 12 to 20 drops of neroli, lavender, or blue tansy oil per ounce of aloe vera to make a soothing ointment
• To ease muscle pain, augment one of the carrier oils (almond, jojoba, grapeseed, or coconut) with rosemary or black pepper.

http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=8248740&nav=menu578_10_2_2

"Fragrant basil fields are already part of the landscape in Europe, Asia and some parts of the United States. This aromatic herb provides a variety of essential oils which are used in foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics worldwide."

Looks like the USDA is really interested in the results of crop rotation recently when it comes to producing essential oils. Basil is important to me because it is used in the Raindrop Technique. However, growing methods have alot to do with essential oil quality, and Young Living is likely way ahead of everyone when it comes to testing these methods. If you've heard Gary Young talk about testing Paulo Santo like we did here in Detroit recently, you know what I'm talking about. These are great articles demonstrating the growing interest in essential oils and how to use them.

USDA - Boosting Basil in Mississippi

USDA - Essential Oils for Pest Control

April 15, 2008 article in Lancaster New Era...
An increasing amount of research is delving into the questions of whether aromatherapy can improve sleep, ease pain and anxiety, reduce the respiratory congestion of colds and flu, relieve constipation, reduce post-operative nausea and even help grow hair. In most cases, further investigation will be needed before doctors here are convinced that aromatherapy works, but there is already good evidence that certain scents can help induce relaxation and improve sleep...   Another intriguing study, in Scotland, showed that a combination of cedarwood, lavender, rosemary and thyme oils promoted hair growth among patients with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair to fall out.
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/219814

Come see my essential oils and massage therapy booth.

May 1 through May 4 at the Michigan International Women's Show.

In Michigan this image is a sure sign of spring. Enough mountain bike to carry 250 lbs of biking trail anticipation draped with the padded wintry Thinsulate gloves for the still brisk ride. This quasi-season story is not without essential oils though. After trekking the first mile and a half of bike path, he and  the kids were back for more clothes and a mouthwash of peppermint oil to rejuvenate the early visions of a warm summer bike ride. It worked. The family was back runny noses and all after another mile and a half, lungs full of exhilarating springtime air accented with peppermint breath.

The organic and natural personal care industry generates about $5 billion a year in sales and is expected to grow to $11 billion by 2009, according to the Natural Marketing Institute.

If you're looking to start your own business, please contact me about opportunities sharing essential oils.

Consultants at Wythenshawe Hospital found that using a vaporiser to spray essential oils into the atmosphere killed off micro-organisms. In the final two months the natural essence blend was removed from the machines and MRSA levels in the air increased - and there was an MRSA outbreak in the ward.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6471475.stm

Combining low levels of essential oils could enhance food's antimicrobial power and remove adverse taste effects, suggests a new study from Ireland. Paula Bourke and co-workers studied the efficacy of essential oil combinations, including rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, sage, lemon balm, and marjoram, against food-borne pathogens such as Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Promising results were obtained from these initial experiments for oregano in combination with basil, thyme or marjoram, with an additive efficacy of the oregano combinations against B. cereus, E. coli and P. aeruginosa.
http://www.foodqualitynews.com/news/ng.asp?n=84508-essential-oils-rosemary-e-coli
How about some chemical free sulfites for wine?

Test your love of essential oils: (only one answer for each question)

Which essential oil is your favorite?
   Plese let me know why.
   My favorite is lavender (lavendula augustafolia)
   because it works on everything for me.

How do you use your therapeutic grade essential oils?
   Perhaps your most used distribution method is:
   Apply directly to skin.
   Drink oils.
   Diffuse into the air.
   Other. (let me know what it is)

How do you determine if your essential oil is safe?
   'Organic' claim on the label.
   3rd party certification.
   Satisfied with government regulation.
   Company reputation.
   My friend told me.
   I can just tell.
   They're all safe.
   Other. (let me know what it is)

Where do you buy your therapeutic grade essential oils?
   Young Living [industry leader]   
   Other (let me know what it is)

What do you use essential oils for most often?
   Nutrition.
   Energy level.
   Science of Medicine (prevent, determine, fix disease)
   Clean the house.
   Clean the husband.
   Other. (let me know what it is)

Send me [ susie@iloveoils.com ] your answers and we'll publish some of the results soon.
  

Essential Oils Now Used In Mainstream Medicine
Mark Johnson Reporting

FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News)
The healing powers of essential oils have been known for centuries.  Now a Fort Worth hospital is the first in North Texas to take those powers to a clinical level.
Megan Morrison's high risk pregnancy has kept her on bed rest for the past six weeks.  Her clinical aromatherapy sessions at Harris Methodist Hospital are new.
"I can definitely tell a big difference," Morrison said. "I'm definitely much more relaxed than if I was just to go take a hot bath."
Nurse Susan Shields is trained in clinical aromatherapy.  It's centuries-old tradition which uses pure essential oils. Harris Methodist has the only certified program in North Texas.
She said, "What we're using is a combination of bergamot, [and] citrus vergania, which is the true lavender--the relaxing lavender.  It does not replace any of the medical treatment that goes on here.  It is in addition to; it is complimentary; it enhances."
Shields says there's a big difference between the oils used at Harris and those you can buy at a department store.  "We can predict what the effect is going to be because we know the chemical composition of the essential oils," she said.  "We know how to most effectively use them for the clinical effects that we're looking for."
In Morrison's case, the goal is to relieve tension and anxiety.  Does it work?  She's convinced.  "It gives me something to look forward to in the day and just helps relax me," she said.

http://cbs11tv.com/local/essential.oils.lavender.2.690747.html

Years ago my husband and I used to work out together at the local fitness club, Peter loved to go in the steam room. I could never breathe in there so I decided one day to bring in my peppermint oil and inhale it while I was sitting in the room. Wow did it make that place smell so good. No more smelly men! Anyway, Peter even liked how it smelled so he asked for a drop or two. I told him to inhale it and place a little amount on his forehead, 'to help lower your body temperature'. Normally when instructing anyone to use peppermint on their forehead, I recommended that you use your finger and run it along your hair line. Well, since my husband is receeding in his hair line, he decided to just take his whole hand and rub it on his large forehead. So, since it is powerful for a headache and when applying peppermint it has a warming cooling sensation to the skin (similiar to Icy Hot), we were able to sit much longer than usual in the steam room. Droplets of water that fall from the ceiling landed on his forehead and ran right into his eye. Yikes! One thing that you never really want to do when an oil gets hot is add water because it intensifies it. Peter is OK! It burned only shortly. He can still see and his glasses perscription hasn't changed. : ) But it sure was funny watching a 240 lb. man running out of the steam room crying!

I had cracked my tooth on a tortilla chip and lost the current filling that was in there, and man did that hurt. I looked up in my essential book about tooth aches and used all the oils they recommended. Oils for pain and discomfort and oils for numbing the teeth. It was to no avail and my tooth was still throbbing. Of course, it was on a weekend when the Dentist was closed. Then I just started putting every oil I could think of on the jaw line of my face, and as soon as Frankincense was applied the pain immediately stopped and the throbbing disappeared. Any time after if I drank something cold or ate again and the pain returned, I grabbed my Frankincense and it immediately took it away again. Would you believe I forgot I had a chipped tooth!

Recent tests done on restraunt drinking water found ecoli bacteria. This was probably from lemon peels placed in the water. I am so grateful to have lemon oil around to place a drop or two in my water. Not only does it taste great, but it helps fight bacteria without adding ecoli to my water. Lemon oil also smells great and they say it helps balance ph. I also use lemon oil in my diffuser and in a squirt bottle to clean glass.

Peter asked me to write about my favorite oil. Boy is that hard to choose. There are so many. But I guess as of right now, I would have to say Lavender. Nicknamed the Mother of all oils, it is one of the oils that you can use for everything. I have used it on bumps and bruises, I use it often in my massages. It smells wonderful when you use Rosemary and Lavender together in a hot towel compress during a massage. I just used a Lavender on my daughter's toe after she dropped a book on it. She stopped crying and hasn't complained since. I currently keep it in my purse, and my oldest daughter used it for her teenage acne. She uses it on her face before she goes to bed. It's made her face look beautiful and helps with a restful nights sleep. Have you used it recently?

Welcome to our new Essential Oil Blog! In this new version of our website, we want to give you some information on why essential oils are beneficial for your well being. This information about essential oils is very new, and is constantly being updated and improved. I love oils, and hope to enjoy finding out more about them ,and about how to use them. I hope you will to.