Aromatherapy

Natural Options for Lowering Cholesterol and Clearing Up a Sinus Infection

Friday night, I attended the introduction session for using Essential Oils (specifically Young Living brand) for increasing your health. I’ve attended this session many times, but I always learn something new. Here are a few highlights:

For those with high cholesterol, pay attention. Cholesterol was something our grandparents never had to worry about (or at least not mine) since they didn’t know what it was or how it reacted in the body back when they were around. So, measuring cholesterol levels is a relatively new thing. We all know the “bad” effects of cholesterol, but what are the good? Good cholesterol is needed for bone density and brain function. As you age, your body naturally starts to increase its cholesterol so it can protect against bone breakage and seizures or dementia. Interesting that with the urging of the medical profession to keep your cholesterol lower as you age, we have an increase in osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s and dementia. Another thing about cholesterol is that it takes a healthy, functioning liver to keep your cholesterol levels appropriate for your body. So an increase in your cholesterol usually means a damaged or malfunctioning liver. The most popular statin drug that is used to combat high bad cholesterol is very damaging to the liver. Hmmm. If you are unlucky enough to be on one of these “statins”, you know they tell you to not eat grapefruit. Now here is the kicker: if you use Grapefruit (medicinal grade) Essential oil, it can lower your cholesterol and lower your triglycerides! Cool! The side effects of using Grapefruit essential oil – it cleanses your liver. Gimme some of that, right?

On to our children. A lot of kids have what is termed “chronic sinus infection” and are put on round after round of anti-biotics all to no success. How about this testimonial we heard about this exact issue. This person’s child had just as we state above, chronic sinus infections and missed on average 1-2 days of school a week. Nothing the doctors gave him was working. A friend suggested trying essential oils. “Dad” took them home and his wife claimed “yuck, those things stink.” So he figured this is a lost cause. He returned back to his friend who suggested using them and told her what happened. “Who does the cleaning in your house?” was the next question. “Well, I do,” he said. “OK, try this, throw away all of your household cleaners and I mean ALL of them. Then use this, Thieves Cleaner which is safe, non-toxic and filled with immune boosting essential oils. But you have to use ONLY this cleaner for all your cleaning duties.” He did and after using this cleaner for 1 month, his son had not missed a day of school that entire month. He may or may not have had a sinus infection but sinus irritation from all the toxic cleaners he was inhaling. Just think of what you could do for your animal and human family if you just switched your cleaners to the Thieves cleaner.

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