The Energy Drink Scam -- Do Energy Drinks Actually Help You, or Just Give You a Fatter Gut?

by Mike Geary, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutrition Specialist
Author - The Truth About Six Pack Abs

Today I have a little rant on energy drinks...

I receive a ton of questions about all of these new "energy" drinks that have hit the market over the last few years. They seem to be all the rage, and they promise you the world with outrageous claims of all of the super energy that you are going to have, and how you'll become the best athlete in the world, start lifting cars over your head, and get a perfect body.


So a couple questions arise:

Are these "energy" drinks really any good for you?
Do they actually increase your energy?
Do they really have some sort of magical energy formula?
Will they help you lose weight?

First of all, let's look at what most of these energy drinks are usually made of. Most of them are simply carbonated water loaded with gut-fattening high fructose corn syrup (or other added sugars), caffeine, the amino acid taurine, and some crappy artificially-derived vitamins added for show to trick you into thinking there's something healthy about these concoctions.

Let's start with the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Well, here we've got empty calories that will go straight to your belly fat, and that are possibly even WORSE for you than plain old refined sugar (although that's up for debate, but semantics in the big picture). Some energy drinks use other added sugars instead of HFCS, but it doesn't really matter, because they are all gut-fattening empty calories with no nutritional benefit.

Ok, so you say that they also have low-sugar or sugar-free varieties as an alternative to the HFCS-laden energy drinks. Yes, but now you have the problem of the harmful chemicals in the artificial sweeteners which have their own set of health dangers.

Another problem with artificial sweeteners is that there are some research studies that indicate artificial sweetener use leads people to inadvertently consume more calories and gain more weight in the long run... in addition to having a negative hormonal effect in the body. I won't go into all of the details on that topic because that would fill up an entire discussion by itself.

Just trust me that artificial sweeteners and artificial chemicals in food in general, are ALL bad news for your body! It's never a good idea to try to "trick" your body with artificial tastes.

What about the caffeine?

Well, first of all, caffeine doesn't in itself provide "energy". Technically, the only substance that actually provides energy is calories (from carbs, protein, and fat).

However, caffeine can be an aid for livening or waking some people up, by means of stimulating the central nervous system.

Instead of caffeine artificially added to some carbonated "energy" drink, I'd rather get my caffeine from a natural source like green, white, or oolong teas (or my new favorite - yerba mate teas), which actually provide very powerful healthy antioxidants too!

Keep in mind though, if you're a regular daily coffee drinker, you probably have some level of addiction to caffeine and probably wouldn't receive too much benefit from the caffeine in an energy drink anyway.

Tip: try to drink more tea and reduce your coffee intake to only a couple days per week max to reduce your dependency on caffeine. Most teas contain much less caffeine than coffee, and some teas (such as green, white, and oolong) contain synergistic phytochemicals that work to slow the response of the caffeine that they do contain. This means you get a milder response from the caffeine in green, oolong, or white teas compared to the harsher jittery response that some people get from coffee.

Now what about that so called magical blend of taurine and B-vitamins that they load into these energy drinks?

Well, big deal...you get taurine in almost any protein source. And the vast majority of those artificially added B-vitamins are simply coming right out into the toilet in your pee. Vitamins are best obtained naturally from a REAL food source, not artificially added to some carbonated drink. Your body just doesn't use fake sources of vitamins as readily as natural sources from real food.

So as you can see, in my opinion, I give all of these energy drinks a big time THUMBS DOWN! Don't fall for the ridiculous marketing of all of these so-called "energy drinks".

Instead, here's my recipe for my own home-made energy drink:

1. Make a big iced tea mixture using green tea, white tea, and yerba mate tea. I like to add a little fruit flavor, so I'll use 1 tea bag of a raspberry or blueberry hibiscus tea, and then use 2-3 green and/or white tea bags, and 2-3 yerba mate tea bags, and make a gallon container of iced tea. I just use a small amount of stevia to lightly sweeten the batch of tea.

2. I buy a container of organic coconut water from a health food store, or buy fresh coconuts to obtain the coconut water from the inside.

3. For my healthy energy drink, I mix a half of a glass of the white/green/yerba mate iced tea mixture and fill the rest of the glass with the coconut water.

This is actually a delicious and truly healthy energy drink instead of the chemical-laden crappy energy drinks that everybody is getting suckered into buying these days.

The green, white, and yerba mate teas contain a small dose of caffeine along with a diverse mixture of powerful antioxidants and synergistic phytochemicals. Plus, the coconut water is a rich source of electrolytes and a diversity of vitamins and minerals. Coconut water is known to provide a good instant energy source, and also contains a small dose of medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), which are healthy fats that are readily used for energy and also aid your immune system.

So enjoy this natural healthy energy drink, knowing that you're doing your body good instead of filling it with chemicals with normal store-bought energy drinks.

As usual, feel free to email this link to your friends and family or share it on your blogs, forums, or facebook pages to help your friends live healthier.

Raw for 30 Days DVD

Please go to http://www.rawfor30days.com/cmd.php?af=1265379 to purchase your Raw for 30 Days DVD.  There are other books and DVD's that can also be purchased on this site.

Raw for 30 Days - "You ARE what YOU EAT"

Raw food is "Alive". To feel alive. Eat food that is alive. 50-80% of you food raw.

The sicker the person, the more raw, fermented foods I recommend.

For a regular diet, supplement your raw foods with your cooked whole foods, and limit consumption of raw dairy and pasture fed met.

Cancer Success Stories

When a person recovers from an illness that gave themselves and their families a very close look at death, that story should be told - over and over and over!  What better way to do it than through writing a book or publishing the information on the web.

Here is a website that gives you the top 50 blogs about cancer survivors.

May God bless you!

Here is the website...

http://radiologytechnicianschools.net/top-50-cancer-survival-inspiration-blogs/

-Steffanie

Online Wellness Summit - Incredible!

Please go to this website to register ASAP

http://wellnessrevolutionsummit.com/cmd.php?af=1268444

All the books I've read, all the CD's I've ordered and listened to, all of the conferences I've attended, all the knowledge, all the healing, all of the inspired people that have been placed in my path...

I've found an INCREDIBLE way to get that knowledge in the shortest amount of time possible.

Please check out this website.  Please enroll.  There is so much valuable information there.

Learn how to CURE diabetes - even Type I diabetes.

Learn how to reverse ANY health condition you may be struggling with.

I am on MST (Mountain Standard Time).  I will set my alarm to listen in every day at 5pm.  I want to be there to ask questions when the webinars are given.  However, if I happen to miss that time, I can listen to the rebroadcast.

There are options for very little to purchase the downloads, the transcripts or the CD's.

If you need healing for you or someone you love, please listen to the summit.

I GUARANTEE the information will bring peace and healing.

With love,

Steffanie England

Speedy Recovery for Ultra Marathon Runner and Cyclist

MJ Assist®

Whether from a long day on your hands and knees in the garden, a training run for your upcoming 10K race, or keeping pace with your teenagers on a weekend mountain hike, we all experience occasional muscle and joint discomfort associated with today's active lifestyles. As we age, our bodies don't seem to respond the same way they did when younger, and we may experience muscle and joint discomfort more frequently. Many of the over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceutical solutions for muscle and joint discomfort can be accompanied by negative side effects such as stomach discomfort resulting from the inhibition of the COX-1 enzyme which protects the stomach's lining. MJ Assist® is an all-natural alternative for temporary easing of muscle and joint discomfort. MJ Assist's fast-acting formula is made with safe and gentle therapeutic-grade essential oils that support your body's response to physical activity without harmful side effects.

Deep Blue® Roll On

According to recent studies, more than half of us are sufferers of ongoing discomfort. Deep Blue® is dōTERRA®'s soothing solution to this challenge. Wintergreen, camphor, peppermint, blue tansy, blue chamomile, helichrysum and osmanthus work together to ease achy joints and sore muscles. Its effects are deep and penetrating with sustained results. Once gently rubbed into the area of discomfort, Deep Blue's cool therapeutic benefit will be felt almost immediately. For topical use only. Packaged for convenient application in a roll-on bottle. For topical use.

Other athletes, cyclists, tri-athletes, marathon runners etc. use the doTERRA oils in their training program as well as during competitions.

Here is a testimonial from an Ultra Marathon Runner and Cyclist who used the dōTERRA products to recover quickly from his 100 mile competition.  Usually it took weeks to recover but this avid marathon runner and cyclists was up and going within two days.

"So how did the dōTERRA oils help me?  My blisters and tendinitis, with continued application of essential oils healed. I returned to work with little ill effect on Monday, and my knees hardly bothered me at all.  In fact, on Tuesday, I was headed down to Moab for a 100 mile mountain bike ride on the White Rim Trail with some college friends – to unwind.  My leg muscles were still fatigued, but I barely noticed the monster blisters and sore knees I had suffered from three days earlier.

I plan on continuing to use dōTERRA oils for these ailments and others for many miles to come!”

This article was originally posted at http://doterrablog.com/. For more information on the oils, go to www.mydoterra.com/nzau. Look for the MJ Assist under "wellness" and DeepBlue under "oil blends".

Staying WELL while Traveling - Using Essential Oils

Family Physician® Kit from dōTERRA
I REALLY wish that the company that sells this product would have been in existence 12 years ago when I spent several months in South America. I contracted lice, scabies, was bitten by something that swelled up my forearm until it looked like I'd slid a cucumber under my skin while out of the US. During the winter I was so sick that I felt like a knife was plunging into my lungs every time I coughed, and diarrhea was an every day occurence. It was extremely frightening when I had that bite on my forearm and to watch it grow from being the size of a quarter to the length and size (the swelling) of a cucumber. I was given a remedy injected into my body from the Dr. in that remote part of the world that I felt travel through my body, numbing everything as it made it's way through me. I ended up passing out for two days because of the vaccine I was given. OH HOW I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT ESSENTIAL OILS AT THAT TIME. It would have saved me from all the sickness, the vomiting, the diarrhea etc. If only I had known!

Fast forward ahead 12 years. I know so much about food, herbs and essential oils. With the knowledge and application of that knowledge brings great peace. This knowledge has blessed my life and the lives of my children, extended family, neighbors and those who attend my events.

When I traveled with my family to New Zealand and Australia for several weeks while I was teaching, I had my essential oils with me. I had more oils than what are listed in the Family Physician kit, but I feel like the oils in this kit are the ones, if I had to choose only 10, would be the ones I'd bring with me while traveling. These oils are the purest oils you will find anywhere in the world. They are CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade). Because of this certification, the company tests to make sure the chemical constituents in the oils are at the levels they should be at to be considered "therapeutic grade". You CAN take these oils internally. I feel 100% comfortable applying the oils to my newborn baby's feet when we were adding additional protection for her or to add comfort.

The Health Center where I work carried 7 different lines of essential oils at one time. Once we discovered dōTERRA, and learned of the remarkable difference between dōTERRA and all of the other essential oil companies, we set aside (for some future day) all of the thousands of dollars of oils from the other companies (thinking we'd have a nice emergency oil stash in case there was ever a community crisis or need) and we stocked the shelves with our dōTERRA oils.

UNBELIEVABLE! After one year, the owner of the center pulled out the old oils in storage and wow! Nearly all of the oils from the other companies had gone rancid and smelled nothing like they should have. Essential oils, when they are pure last from 30 to 1000+ years. We are absolutely in love with these oils from dōTERRA. You can feel the amazing life they have in them. When I introduced people to the oils in Australia and in New Zealand, the words they gave to describe them were "they are alive". They said "you can feel the amazing energy that they have". They could sense while just holding them how powerful they were. Then when they tried a small drop of the oil it was incredible to see the reactions from Doctors, Naturopathic doctors, Veterinarians, Aromatherapists, Massage Therapists etc. They couldn't believe the difference in smell, touch or taste. It was like they had never before in their lives experienced the power that essential oils have when they are 100% pure - as God intended.

The Dr. , that I worked with in New Zealand, introduced me to his colleagues by saying that he had used many different modalities for healing, but he had never found anything that worked so powerfully and so quickly as the dōTERRA oils did. I felt honored to teach all of these medical professionals about dōTERRA and about the experiences I've experienced, and what those around me had experienced when they've used the oils to heal themselves or their loved ones. I loved watching these wonderful men and women as they carefully took notes about each oil and oil blends and the healing power each one has.

Here is a little bit about the Family Physician® Kit and the oils that are in it.

Note: The Family Physician kit includes tips for using the oils, as well as an audio CD featuring dōTERRA®'s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David K. Hill. In the audio presentation, Dr. Hill teaches listeners how to care for their family's everyday health needs with simple and safe methods using the ten essential oils included in this kit. I'm keeping my advice on how to use each oil as briefly as I can, but the CD goes into more depth as to how to use each oil. The kit includes 5 ml bottles of Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint, Melaleuca, Oregano, Frankincense, Deep Blue®, Breathe, DigestZen®, and On Guard™ to help families address a multitude of health issues.

Below each oil, in green type, is an explanation of how I would use the oil or oil blend while traveling.

Breathe
Respiratory Blend

Respiratory issues are prevalent in modern society, and dōTERRA® essential oils are a perfect way to ease breathing consistently for a sustained benefit. Breathe is a remarkable blend of CPTG® essential oils which combine to do just that, help you breathe easier. A proprietary blend including laurel leaf, peppermint, eucalyptus, tea tree, lemon and ravensara cleanses and soothes the airways, and can easily be applied topically to the chest, back, or bottom of feet. Its pleasant aroma is calming to the senses and perfect for night time diffusion allowing for restful sleep. For aromatic or topical use.

My husband uses this for his allergies. My mother uses it to stop her asthma attacks. She's been out of the ER ever since I gave her a bottle of dōTERRA's Breathe (It's been almost a year now that she hasn't had to go to the ER when in the past she was admitted to the hospital several times a month for her asthma). I left a bottle of Breathe and Onguard with the dear friend who watched my baby when we were in New Zealand and Australia. My friend, her husband and children got sick while we were gone, but after talking to my Mom, my friend used the Breathe and Onguard on the bottoms of my baby's feet to keep her well and to also use on everyone else to speed the healing process and to provide immediate comfort.

Deep Blue®
Soothing Blend

According to recent studies, more than half of us are sufferers of ongoing discomfort. Deep Blue® is dōTERRA®'s soothing solution to this challenge. Wintergreen, camphor, peppermint, blue tansy, blue chamomile, helichrysum and osmanthus work together to ease achy joints and sore muscles. Its effects are deep and penetrating with sustained results. Once gently rubbed into the area of discomfort, Deep Blue's cool therapeutic benefit will be felt almost immediately. For topical use only.

This oil would have been fantastic at relieving all of the aches and pains that I had from walking around so much during my time in Chile. My husband gets debilitating neck pain sometimes when he doesn't have a good pillow or bed to lay on at night. The DeepBlue works to alleviate the pain and to heal the injured or strained muscle or area. It works fabulous on little kids that have growing pains in their legs. I remember how my Mom would rub my legs at night when I was going through growing pains as a child, but it would never stop the pain. My kids have found immediate relief when I rub the DeepBlue combined with FCO (Fractionated Coconut Oil) or with Coconut oil. It can be applied to the neck if you feel a migraine coming on. There is an oil blend called PastTense that was made specifically for those who suffer from migraines.

DigestZen®
Digestive Blend

Many essential oils have been recognized through research as powerful agents to help restore normal balance in the digestive system. DigestZen® takes advantage of these well-established therapeutic compounds in a proprietary blend of pure essential oils. Ginger, peppermint, tarragon, fennel, caraway, coriander and anise each have specific attributes which add to the overall efficacy of this potent blend. When used internally, dōTERRA®'s DigestZen brings soothing digestive relief. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.


DigestZen is fabulous for any type of stomach discomfort. I had the opportunity of sharing the oils with a man whose daughter was throwing up on the airplane. She was right in front of my seat. It made me nauseous hearing her throwing up. My kids looked at her with horror in their faces. I got out the peppermint oil and gave it to her father to have her smell. It was able to calm her enough to where she wasn't throwing up any more. If she were my daughter, I would have applied DigestZen over her abdomen. My kids get immediate relief of stomach pain using DigestZen. When I returned home to my little 3 month old baby, my milk supply wasn't what she needed to be completely satisfied. Until we were able to get her raw goat milk, we used an organic formula. After a few days on the formula she cried and I knew she was constipated. I applied the DigestZen to her little tummy and to the bottoms of her feet. Within minutes she was calm and within the next couple of hours she had several bowel movements. I also gave her some plain filtered water in her bottle to help assure she was hydrated while the oils worked to cleanse her system.

On Guard™
Protective Blend

On Guard™ is dōTERRA®'s unique, proprietary blend formulated to support healthy immune function. Wild orange essential oil, combined with clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus and rosemary offer a fragrant, natural and effective alternative to synthetic options for immune support. On Guard, with its unique aroma, is one of our most versatile blends. It is also safe to use on counter tops, as a non-toxic way to cleanse surfaces, or to purify the atmosphere by diffusing. On Guard is superb for eliminating and controlling pathogens due to the potency of its constituents. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.

This is by far my FAVORITE OIL BLEND. It is antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal. This oil is applied on my children's feet daily when there is some type of illness going around or when we are in areas where the kids are going to be exposed to unseen dangers. I can have them take a drop of OnGuard under their tongue to stop throat issues, I can put a drop on their hands to kill the bad bacteria, but keep the good bacteria, it can be diffused in the hotel to kill any pathogens, mold, viruses or bacteria. It is incredibly powerful stuff. I listened to a scientist tell about how powerful OnGuard is. Even diluted down 10K x's it's original strength it still had "inhibitory effects" over salmonella, e-colli, etc. I also take along the OnGuard hand wipes and lozenges while traveling and use the OnGuard soap in the hand dispensers that I have at home. If I were going to be living out of the US for several months or years, I would assure I always had OnGuard Essential Oil with me so I could use it as preventative medicine, and to share with others as well to stop illness, in all of it's ugly forms, immediately.

Frankincense Essential Oil
Boswellia frereana

Perhaps the most precious of the ancient oils, frankincense is highly sought after by modern consumers for its many uses, including relaxation, immune support, and mood enhancement. For aromatic, topical or dietary use.

When in doubt? Use FRANKINCENSE. If Frankincense had a tag line it would be "I help the body remember how to be perfect". It truly is a remarkable Godlike oil. I have a reverence for this oil due to how it has helped me personally. Dr. Hill recommends taking 2 drops of Frankincense AM/PM. I did what Dr. Hill recommended by taking the Frankincense (2 drops under my tongue AM/AM) and it reversed a condition that the Dr's felt like I needed to receive an operation for. Dr. Hill healed his wife's Uterus using Frankincense. Studies have shown that it kills cancer cells. This is an oil that I apply to my children's foreheads when I think they need protection or mental or emotional clarity. This oils should be in every person's home and should be used regularly. When in doubt...use Frankincense.

Lavender Essential Oil
Lavandula angustifolia

Our most popular oil, lavender has been cherished for its unmistakable aroma and its therapeutic properties for thousands of years. Lavender is widely used and accepted for its calming and relaxing qualities. For topical, aromatic, or dietary use.

This is a wonderful calming oil. My daughters LOVE it. If anyone gets sunburned or burns themselves in any way, Lavender provides immediate relief and promotes healing and is antimicrobial to fight off infection. Pink eye has lasted less than a day at our house because I apply lavender under and over my children's eye. My baby started to have one eye that started to get infection in it. One day of applying lavender every couple of hours and she was no longer producing the mucus in her eye. This is a great oil to rub on your kids feet before they get on a plane. Or put it on their pillows to help them relax more on the plane. With 4 kids under the age of 8, they were very well behaved the entire 14 hours to our destination there and back home as well.

Lemon Essential Oil
Citrus limon

Another favorite, this essential oil powerhouse is cold-pressed from lemon rinds to preserve its delicate nature and potent properties. Lemon is known as a powerful aromatic, topical, and internal cleanser that can be used to complement many other oils. Diffusing lemon in a room can cleanse the air and uplift mood. It can also be used on surfaces throughout the home as a non-toxic cleaning booster. For aromatic, topical or dietary use.

Whenever you drink water while traveling, I highly recommend that you put a drop of lemon essential oil in your drink. This is an oil that I carry in my purse. The oil helps support the liver to rid the body of toxins. It kills bacteria, parasites, germs etc. that may be lurking around in your beverage. Even at the resort, we used lemon oil in our water. Be sure to use glass glasses and not plastic ones. The citrus oils attach themselves to petroleum and other wastes and draw them out of the body. They do the same to a Styrofoam or plastic cup. Very powerful, very pure and highly recommended for those wanting to prevent diarrhea before it happens.

Melaleuca Essential Oil
Melaleuca alternifolia

Recognized by its more common name "tea tree", melaleuca has been revered for its cleansing and regenerative properties, especially for the skin. Composed of more than ninety different compounds, melaleuca has limitless therapeutic applications. For aromatic or topical use.

While on a nature hike in Australia, I fell off the small smooth path and one of my feet landed in a black stinky mud. It was obviously swarming with bugs and insects. It was a horrible feeling to have to continue walking for several minutes with the mud (parasites, viruses, bacteria included) smashed up against my foot and my sandal. It was a huge relief to find a stream of water to wash off in. It gave me cold chills thinking about what had possibly entered my body through the largest pores on my body found on the bottoms of the feet. The thing that kept me calm was knowing that once I was back at the resort I would apply melaleuca to the bottoms of my feet. It prevented me from getting sick from eating food that had been expired for several months unknowingly, and I knew it would kill any parasites etc. I should have also taken the melaleuca internally, but I doused the bottoms of my feet with it and OnGuard when I got home and took OnGuard internally as well.

Oregano Essential Oil
Origanum vulgare

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, used oregano as a cleansing agent as well as for digestive and respiratory support. High in antioxidant activity, oregano contains phenolic acids and flavonoids. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use (dilute when using topically).

I put Oregano on the bottoms of my kids feet to fight off serious illnesses. When a friend's little boy contracted swine flu, I brought her over a bottle of Oregano, a bottle of Breathe, one of Lemon and one of OnGuard. Out of all the oils used, this friend uses Oregano the most. Her little boy who suffers from asthma, who had been diagnosed with RSV and on top of that diagnosed with Swine Flue, was out playing with his sister a day and a half after I gave them the oils. The Mom was extremely grateful and she told me she was positive it was the oils that helped her little one recover so quickly. Even I was surprised at the results when I saw my neighbors husband out playing with both of his kids a day and a half later after I gave them the oils. DO NOT put Oregano anywhere on your kids other than the bottoms of their feet. Dilute with FCO. It is incredibly powerful stuff. If you take Oregano internally, I recommend that you also take a pro-biotic as well because the oils is so powerful at killing bacteria, viruses etc.

Peppermint Essential Oil
Mentha piperita

Peppermint is popular in countless forms, from toothpaste to chewing gum. As an essential oil, it is useful to ease breathing and as a digestive aid*. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use.
dōTERRA®'s collection of single essential oils represents the finest aromatic extracts available in the world today. Each oil provides the living essence of its source botanical, gently distilled from plants that are nurtured and carefully harvested throughout the world. Each oil is 100% natural and passes strict standards of purity and potency. A beautiful palette of botanical energies, they can be used individually or blended for personalized essential oil therapies.

For those who suffer from allergies, 2 drops of peppermint under your tongue, 2 drops of lavender, and two drops of lemon is the secret ingredients for getting off ALL of your allergy medications. I have MANY neighbors and friends who LOVE these three oils for getting rid of their allergies. I carry peppermint in my purse at all times to help keep me alert, for helping my breath while giving lectures and while traveling, and it is incredibly invigorating yet calming at the same time. Peppermint has worked for me in an emergency to get my young child's fever down that came on suddenly when we were traveling and staying somewhere very far from any medical care. I was extremely grateful for my oils. My husband and I enjoy the cooling sensation Peppermint gives if applied to the neck, or chest, but my kids prefer to have it applied to the bottoms of their feet.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

To Purchase the oils, go to http://www.mydoterra.com/kiwi. There is an option to sign up for a wholesale account which gives you an instant 25% savings.

For those wanting additional discounts up to 55%, or who are interested in doTERRA as a business, call me and I can give you more details about how to maximize your return on investment. We didn't sell many oils at the Health Center until we replaced our old oils with the doTERRA ones. Please tell me about your business and I will work to get you in contact with someone that is in a similar industry. My number is 1.801.879.3506.

Blood-Brain Barrier / How Essential Oils Work

FYI: Melissa Oil and Frankincense oil... a couple drops under the tongue two times a day - combats depression.

Blood-Brain Barrier/How Essential Oils Work - by David Stewart, Ph.D.

(Thank you Julia)

It would be more accurate to consider the Blood Brain Barrier a sieve or filter through which only molecules of a certain size or smaller can penetrate. Most of   the molecules of the substances used in chemotherapy are too large to pass through the   Blood-Brain Filter which is why doctors say that chemo doesn't work on brain cancer. Some of   the molecules get through, but not the whole suite of drugs intended. When it comes to  essential oils, small molecules are what they are made of. That is why they are aromatic. . . .

Back to the so called Blood Brain Barrier: Essential oils are mixtures of  dozens, even hundreds, of constituents all of which are primarily composed of Carbon,  Hydrogen and Oxygen. The molecules of Essential oils are all very tiny and most of   which can pass through the Blood Brain Barrier. All essential oils are principally composed of a   class of organic compounds built of "isoprene units," where each unit is a set of five connected carbon atoms   with some hydrogen's attached. Molecules built of isoprene units are all classified   as "terpens."

Terpenes are what make essential oils unique in the world of oily substances. Terpenes with molecules containing only one isoprene unit are called Phenylpropanoids and   are found in Clove (90%), Basil (75%), Cinnamon (73%) and to a lesser extent in most   other essential oils. Among other functions, Phenylpropanoids cleanse receptor sites.

Monoterpenes (substances containing two isoprene units or ten carbons atoms   per molecule). Monoterpens are found in most essential oils, but especially in   Spruce (38%), Valerian (34%), and Juniper (14%) as well as Cistus, Fir and Pine. Among other functions, Monoterpenes reprogram the DNA at a cellular level   which is why healings via essential oils are often permanent, ie the miswritten   codes in the cells has been corrected.

Sesquiterpenes (substances containing three isoprene units or fifteen   carbon atoms per molecule) are principally found in Cedarwood (98%), Vetiver (97%),   Sandalwood (90%), Black Pepper (74%), Patchouli (71%), Myrrh (62%), Ginger (59%), as   well as Vitex, German Chamomile, Spikenard, Galbanum, and Frankincense (8%). Sesquiterpenes deprogram miswritten codes in the DNA.
There are also Diterpens (substances containing four isoprene units or   twenty carbon atoms per molecule), as well as Triterpens and Tetraterpens containing   thirty and forty carbons per molecule each respctively.

All of the Terpen family of molecules are small enough to penetrate the   blood brain barrier.
Sesquiterpene molecules have the capability of carrying oxygen, like   hemoglobin does in the blood. Hence they are oxygenating to human tissue and are   especially effective in fighting cancer cells which cannot tolerate oxygen.

However, the combination (triple punch) of Phenylpropanoids,   Sesqueterpenes, and Monoterpens is especially healing with cancers and every other type of   illness. That's because with this combination you: (1) first, you clean the receptor sites allowing proper transfer of   hormones and proper information between cells; (2) second, you deprogram or erase the wrong information from cells stored   in the MRNA and DNA; and (3) third, you reprogram the cells with the correct information so they can   function properly and effect a permanent healing. To one extent or another, most essential oils contain some of all three of   these three types of terpens which is the secret to their healing power.
So there you have it in a nutshell: The Blood-Brain Barrier and the   chemistry of how Essential Oils Work to bring about healing. 

www.NVIC.org (Truth about Vaccines)

This information was taken from the NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER (NVIC)

Go to http://www.nvic.org/ to expand on the below information that was copied from their website...

Vaccine Laws and State Requirements
Learn about your state vaccine laws and exemptions

 

Advocacy Portal
Register today to be a NVIC Advocacy Team Member to join with other like-minded grassroots activists working to protect and expand vaccine exemptions in your state! 

 

Diseases and Vaccines
Weigh the benefits and risks of vaccines for yourself or your child

 

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Hepatitis B vaccination has been recommended by federal health officials since 1991 for all infants and children.
There are now hepatitis B vaccine mandates for children to attend daycare or school in 47 states, despite strong evidence that the health risks of doing this outweighs the benefit for your child.
Three hepatitis B shots are part of the standard government-recommended childhood vaccination schedule, with the first dose given at 12 hours of age in the newborn nursery of most hospitals.
But hepatitis B is a primarily blood-transmitted disease associated with risky lifestyle choices such as unprotected sex with multiple partners and intravenous drug use involving sharing needles—it is NOT primarily a "children's disease."
As Dr. Jane Orient of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) so eloquently testified to Congress:

"With hepatitis B vaccine, the case for mandatory immunization with few exemptions is far less persuasive than with smallpox or polio vaccines, which protected against highly lethal or disabling, relatively common, and easily transmissible diseases...
"For most children, the risk of a serious vaccine reaction may be 100 times greater than the risk of hepatitis B."

There are more reports of serious adverse reactions in children than there are cases of childhood hepatitis B reported in America and, despite what you may hear in the media, reactions can be serious.
Just this month, China Daily reported 44 children became sick and were taken to the hospital after receiving injections from a "bad batch" of hepatitis B vaccine. After examining the side effects of this vaccine, you might wonder if every batch is a "bad batch."
In 2008, French authorities launched a criminal investigation of two vaccine company managers (from GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur) for failing to disclose dangerous side effects of their hepatitis B vaccines. 
When babies die after hep B vaccinations, most of the time their deaths are automatically attributed to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) without investigation into whether the vaccine caused the baby's sudden death.
When a baby's death is listed as "SIDS," rarely does anyone ask about the deceased infant's vaccination history to find out whether there were symptoms of vaccine reactions before death.
Hepatitis B vaccine as a contributing cause of "sudden infant death" cannot be automatically ruled out if a baby dies suddenly after getting a hepatitis B shot, especially if there were symptoms of a potential vaccine reaction before death such as:

• high pitched screaming or prolonged crying for many hours or days
• collapse/shock (pale skin, blue lips, unresponsiveness)
• excessive sleepiness (failure to feed, baby cannot be easily awakened)
• fever, diarrhea or vomiting
• hives, rashes or swelling of the body
• convulsions (jerking of fingers, hands, arms, legs)
• other serious change in mental, emotional or physical behavior

Is Your Baby Really at Risk for Hepatitis B?

There are two primary circumstances in which your baby would be at significant risk for contracting hepatitis B and both are quite rare in the U.S.:

1. If you are pregnant and are a carrier for the hepatitis B virus, your baby could be at risk for being infected during childbirth. However, you can easily find out if you are hepatitis B positive by getting tested while pregnant.
2. Your infant could be at risk for hepatitis B infection by receiving a blood transfusion using hepatitis B infected blood. In America, all blood products are required to receive proper screening for hepatitis B virus and other pathogens prior to use. There is no way to achieve 100 percent safety with blood transfusions, however.

Universal hepatitis B vaccination might be a good idea IF the vaccines gave lifelong immunity and were very safe but they are not.

Hepatitis B Infection, in a Nutshell

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that affects your liver, and spreads through direct contact with the body fluids (particularly blood and semen) of an infected person.
The symptoms are similar to the flu—weakness, muscle and joint pain, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, low grade fever, diarrhea, and in some cases, a swollen liver and jaundice (yellowing of your skin and eyes).
In many cases, carriers of the hepatitis B virus exhibit few or no symptoms. Most infected people don't require hospital care and the majority recover without complications and are left with natural, lifelong immunity.
If the infection becomes chronic, however, it can be very serious. Twenty percent of chronic cases eventually progress to liver damage, and potentially even cancer, resulting in about 4,500 deaths annually in the United States.
There is some debate about the prevalence of hepatitis B in American adults.
As of 2005, there were 5,119 cases of hepatitis B reported in the U.S. However, U.S. authorities estimate more than one million Americans have chronic hepatitis B infections.
Other authorities say true carriers of the virus represent less than one tenth of 1 percent of the population in North American, Europe and Australia, which amounts to about 300,000 people in the U.S.
So the range seems to be somewhere between 300,000 people and 1.25 million people in the U.S. who are carriers of the hepatitis B virus.

Adverse Reactions to Vaccines Far Outnumber Hepatitis B Infections

According to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), operated jointly by the CDC and FDA, there were 36,788 officially reported adverse reactions to hepatitis B vaccines between 1992 and 2005. Of these, 14,800 were serious enough to cause hospitalization, life-threatening health events or permanent disabilities.
And 781 people were reported to have DIED following hepatitis B vaccination.
Vaccine adverse events are substantially underreported—some estimate by as much as 90 percent—even though the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 mandated that all doctors and other vaccine providers report serious health problems, including hospitalizations, injuries and deaths following vaccination. The 1986 Act did not include sanctions for failing to report to VAERS and so most vaccine providers do not file a report. Many vaccine reactions are not even recognized by medical personnel as vaccine-related.
Historically, hepatitis B very rarely has infected children in America. In the U.S., less than 1 percent of all reported hepatitis B cases are in children under age 15.
Before the hepatitis B vaccine was mandated in the U.S., how many cases of hepatitis B were reported in children compared to the number of reported health problems following hepatitis B vaccination?
To answer that, let's look at the figures for 1996 included in a special report and press release published in 1999 by the National Vaccine Information Center:

• In 1996, 872 vaccine adverse events were reported in children under the age of 14 who had just received the hepatitis B vaccine, or a combination vaccine with hep B as one component
• 48 children died following hepatitis B vaccination
• In 1996, only 279 total cases of hepatitis B were reported in children under the age of 14 during that entire year

Are public health policies directing children to get three doses of hepatitis B vaccine creating more health problems than they are preventing?

List of Medical Conditions Now Linked with Hepatitis B Vaccines is Disturbingly Long

What sorts of reactions have people had to the hepatitis B vaccine?
Common reactions include the following symptoms: fatigue, muscle weakness, fever, headache, irritability, and joint pain. But there have been reports of disabling neurological and immunological disorders that have developed following hepatitis B vaccinations as well.
You can find many of these tragic cases presented in peer reviewed medical journals over the past twenty years. (For scientific references, go to this page.)
The array of serious health problems people have reported experiencing after hep B vaccinations is quite shocking:

• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Guillain Barre syndrome
• Bell's Palsy
• Diabetes
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Lupus
• Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia purpura
• Convulsions, and brain disorders such as encephalitis (brain swelling) and brain demyelination
• Immune dysfunction
• Visual and hearing impairments, including optic neuritis
• Pancreatitis

According to a study in the United Kingdom, hepatitis B vaccines may increase risks for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) by a factor of three. Researchers discovered that people showed a three-fold increase in the incidence of MS within three years of being vaccinated. They weren't able to determine if the vaccine triggers the disease in those already susceptible, or if it speeds up the onset.
In addition to MS, studies also reveal a link between hepatitis B vaccines and the development of type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent). In New Zealand, the incidence of type 1 diabetes rose 60 percent among children following a mass hepatitis B immunization campaign.
J. Barthelow Classen, MD, a researcher investigating vaccination and diabtes, estimates that the U.S. has 10,000 new cases of diabetes each year, costing $1 million in lost productivity and medical expenses, as a direct result of hepatitis B vaccination.
According to Burton A. Waisbren, MD, a cell biologist and infectious disease specialist, "Some babies who have little or no chance of getting hepatitis B will suffer unnecessary damage to their nervous system" after getting hepatitis B shots.
A study published September 2009 in Annals of Epidemiology found that giving hepatitis B vaccine to infant boys more than tripled their risk for an autism spectrum disorder. This was doubly concerning because an earlier study by the same researcher group, using a different database, found the same results.
Yet another study, this one published in the journal Neurology in 2009, revealed that children who received a particular hepatitis B vaccine were more likely to develop "central nervous system inflammatory demyelination" than children who did not receive the vaccine.
Given all of these serious risks, why did public health officials recommend that every infant be vaccinated against hepatitis B in the first place?
And why did state legislators pass laws requiring the vaccine's use by children?

Your Baby is an Easy Target!

If infants and children rarely acquire hepatitis B, then why must they be vaccinated at birth?
The rationale for this national vaccine policy is fundamentally flawed.
The policy was, in part, based on the fact that adults, who are at high-risk for being infected with hepatitis B (namely, mostly those who are IV drug users or are engaging in unprotected sex with multiple partners, or prostitutes) are difficult to reach and do not get vaccinated.  Infants and children are a much easier population to control, and easier to access.
The thinking was that hepatitis B could be prevented in the U.S. with mass use of hep B vaccine by all infants and children so they would be protected from birth and early childhood.  However, a policy that attempts to prevent an infectious disease in adolescents and adults by vaccinating infants and young children assumes the vaccine provides long lasting protection.
 Science has proven this is simply not the case for hepatitis B vaccine.
Of course, like a runaway train—or should I say, runaway GRAVY train—the hep B vaccine quickly became a huge moneymaker for vaccine manufacturers assured of a stable, predictable market. Hepatitis B vaccine mandates for children in almost every state has kept that market profitable ever since.
But does the hepatitis B vaccine even work the way it's supposed to?

Hepatitis B Immunity Fades After Just a Few Years

Hepatitis B vaccine requires three doses for "seroprotection" (vaccine induced antibodies measured in the blood).  However, all vaccines only confer temporary, partial immunity and the length of time you are protected from hepatitis B after receiving the vaccine series has gotten shorter and shorter as studies have revealed antibody levels decline much more rapidly than vaccine developers and policymakers expected.
Consider these findings:

• In a study involving dental healthcare workers published in the New England Journal of Medicine, it was demonstrated that within just 5 years after vaccination, antibody levels had sharply declined or no longer existed in 42 percent of hepatitis B vaccine recipients.
• A study in the American Journal of Public Health reported a significant antibody loss in 36 percent of healthcare personnel after just 3 years.
• Still other studies have found more than 60 percent of vaccine recipients are no longer protected from hepatitis B after 5 years, and one found that HALF of vaccinated people were not protected after 4 years!

So, if seroprotection is gone in less than 5 years, your baby is being subjected to ALL of the risks of the hepatitis B vaccine with NONE of the promised benefit.
Antibodies will have disappeared long before your child is old enough to potentially make lifestyle choices that could place them at higher risk for hepatitis B infection.

Your Baby Does NOT Respond Like You to Vaccination

Neonates are hit with their first hepatitis B injection within 12 hours of birth. Even premature infants are hit with hep B vaccine while in Neonatal Intensive Care Nurseries!
What does this do to your infant's immature, developing brain and immune system?
Russell L. Blaylock, MD, board-certified neurosurgeon and vaccine expert, has written an extensive article about the danger of excessive vaccination during brain development.
He explains that your baby's immune system is very complex, and at birth is incompletely formed. Studies in both humans and animals have shown that immune reactions to vaccinations differ depending on age—so, your baby will have a very different reaction to a vaccine than you will.
This has been shown to be true for hepatitis B vaccine.

How Vaccines Damage Your Infant's Developing Brain and Immune System

A 2004 study looked at the immune reaction in newborns up to the age of one year who had received the hep B vaccine to see if their immune reaction differed from adults getting the same vaccine. What they found was that infants, even after age one year, did react differently. Their antibody levels were substantially higher than adults (3-fold higher), and it remained higher throughout the study. 
In essence, they found that babies responded to the vaccine by having an intense, persistent and completely abnormal immune response.
To simplify this very complicated topic, this abnormal immune response to hepatitis B vaccination could ultimately result in your child developing permanent brain and immune system dysfunction.
According to Blaylock:

"The human being has an unusual brain development in that there is a prolonged period of maturation and neuroanatomical pathway development occurring years after birth.
The most rapid brain development occurs during the last trimester of intrauterine life and two years after birth – what is referred to as the brain growth spurt. It is the areas regulating higher brain functions, such as emotions, emotional control, thinking, complex memory and language function that is last to develop.
What this means is, during the first two years of life, your child's brain is undergoing rapid and very critical development, and the more advanced cognitive portions of the brain continue their development even later – much later."

Add to this the potentially damaging effects of hepatitis B vaccine ingredients, including aluminum adjuvant, yeast protein, formaldehyde and other chemicals, and you have a noxious cocktail that could have permanent negative effects on your child's health and development.
A syndrome that has recently been linked with hepatitis B and tetanus vaccines is called "macrophagic myofasciitis"—a reaction to the aluminum adjuvant in vaccines. Victims of this syndrome suffer severe muscle and joint pain and weakness.
It is known that aluminum accumulates in your brain and results in neurodegeneration, leading to diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. But aluminum also activates microglia, which can result in brain inflammation.
According to Blaylock, these neurologically damaging processes may also be contributing heavily to today's exploding autism rates.

Government's "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" Approach

Before we began giving hepatitis B shots to infants within their first 12 hours of life, the U.S. had one of the lowest hepatitis B infection rates in the world (unlike in Asia and Africa). Less than one half of one percent of all mothers giving birth were hepatitis B positive.
Current U.S. policy mandating that infants and children receive hepatitis B vaccine is based on an exaggerated perception of the prevalence of hepatitis B both before and after the vaccine was recommended for all children in 1991.
The pre-licensure "safety studies" for hepatitis B vaccine were woefully inadequate, consisting of only a few thousand babies, born to infected women, who were given the vaccine and monitored for less than a week.
The "long-term" vaccine studies in America," boil down to a national, uncontrolled experiment being conducted on innocent babies, who are getting bombarded with one vaccine after another throughout childhood, starting with a hepatitis B shot at birth.
It certainly isn't the first time American children and adults have been used by doctors and scientists as guinea pigs!
So what's the bottom line when it comes to hepatitis B vaccination?
Your newborn infant is being deliberately exposed to life-threatening health risks from a vaccine to theoretically prevent infection with a virus that he or she has almost ZERO percent chance of being exposed to in childhood!
This is bad policy based on bad science, and it's time to make some changes before damage to the health of future generations is beyond repair.

What You Can Do

All of this information is meaningless unless you can take some sort of action that will move you, your family and your community toward better health. So, here is a list of what you, as a consumer, can do:

1. Educate yourself, your family, and your community by circulating this newsletter among your friends, neighbors, doctors, lawyers, teachers, school principles, nurses, local newspaper, TV and radio stations. Send a copy of this newsletter with a personal note to your elected representatives.
2. The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) provides information for consumers about vaccines and diseases and works to protect vaccine choices. Register today for the NVIC Advocacy Portal, an online interactive database and communication system that will help YOU protect vaccine exemptions in YOUR state.
3. Report vaccine reactions to the federal government (VAERS) and to the NVIC Vaccine Reaction Registry by visiting the NVIC website. This reporting is EXTREMELY important and necessary if we are to accelerate change.
4. If you are pregnant, get tested for hepatitis B disease. If you are infected, your baby is a candidate for vaccination, and you should explore all sides of the issue with your physician.
5. Stand up for your informed consent rights. If you are opposed to the hepatitis B vaccine for your baby at birth, you can amend the "consent for medical treatment" forms you sign upon entering the hospital before giving birth by writing on the form that you do not give consent for your baby's hepatitis B vaccination in the newborn nursery.
6. Vaccine exemptions: Although hepatitis B vaccines may be "mandated" for your child to attend school, each state offers different legal exemptions (medical, religious, and philosophical). Research your state's specific vaccine requirements and find out what kind of exemption to vaccination you are allowed to exercise in your state.

My Appeal to You

Don't sit this one out! We need to take action NOW.
Tell your friends and your family. Tell everyone. With a little bit of effort, we can make big strides toward preserving our freedom to make voluntary health decisions affecting our future, especially our children's future.
One of the top goals for NVIC is preserving your freedom of choice about when to use vaccines. This non-profit charity has been fighting for your right to make informed VOLUNTARY vaccine choices since 1982.
Mercola.com and NVIC are dedicating Nov. 1-7, 2010 Vaccine Awareness Week in a joint effort to raise public awareness about important vaccine issues. Vaccine Awareness Week will feature a series of articles and interviews on vaccine topics of interest to Mercola.com newsletter subscribers and NVIC Vaccine E-newsletter readers.
During this Vaccine Awareness Week, NVIC is launching the online NVIC Advocacy Portal that will give you the tools you need to take action to protect legal medical, religious and conscientious belief exemptions to vaccination in YOUR state.
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• State Vaccine Requirements
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ABC News 20-20 1999 Hep B part 2

ABC News 20-20 1999 Hep B part 1