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Mar 26, 2013 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Testing Essential Oils: What is an essential oil?
In the world of science, especially for testing purposes, an essential oil might be defined as: a viscous fluid composed of volatile aromatic, and other, compounds created through the natural processes of plants. To continue the scientific look into essential oils, started in my article “Top 10 Questions to Ask
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Mar 19, 2013 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Top 10 Questions to Ask Your Essential Oil Distributor or Store
There is a growing interest in the use essential oils for health and a growing number of sources. Here is a list of 10 questions you should be asking your supplier to ensure that you get the most out of the oils you purchase and use. Just how safe are
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Dec 11, 2011 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Beat the Blues, Beat the Blahs and Get Inspired
Winter time and the holiday season can make people sing the blues instead of caroles, Seasonal Affective disorder is becoming the reason behind the blahs and when that happens inspiration is lost. We become lethargic with little energy or desire to do anything. It is at times like these that
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Nov 08, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Ten Tips For Winter Wellness
A friend of mine sent me this article about 10 tips for staying healthy during the holiday and winter season. They are simple tips for men, women and children to stay well. The wonders of nature do not end with the last leaf falling from the tree – they are
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Oct 04, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Government, Religion, Business, MLM and Network Marketing – Which Is A Pyramid
Pyramid schemes abound. How can you tell what is a pyramid scheme and what isn’t? Can a pyramid be good, or are they all bad? (See the FTC website for more information about pyramid schemes as applied to businesses.) Here is how you can tell what a pyramid is… A
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Oct 03, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Multi-Level-Marketing is a Viable Business Model
Many people fear that MLM (multi-level marketing) is a scam/pyramid/non-working business model. Granted there may be businesses out there that use MLM as a business model that are scams or pyramids. Most are not. However, as a business model, MLM is a viable business model. I am going to take
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Sep 27, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Autoship Programs – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Autoship is system whereby a company rewards loyal customers with lower prices. Many companies make use of it to provide a constant stream of product to their customers. It is used mostly by companies that sell consumables, however, some companies that do not sell consumables use it as well. It
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Sep 03, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
What are essential oils and how do we get them?
What are Essential Oils? Strictly speaking essential oils are the aromatic volatile lipid-soluble portion of the fluids of a plant containing odiferous compounds. They can come from any part of a plant including, but not limited to, the stems, branches, fruits, flowers, seeds roots, bark, needles and leaves. Essential oils
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Sep 02, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Why Essential Oils (Don’t) Work
I have heard stories that essential oils don’t work. Guess what, allopathic medicine doesn’t always work either. Have you heard the news that antibiotics, such as penicillin, is at the end of the road? Have you heard about MRSA and other resistant superbugs (which, by the way, have evolved because
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Sep 01, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
My Introduction to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy
Essential Oils were not an option for maintaining health, prevention or healing where I grew up – which was a fairly isolated cove in central Pennsylvania where there were three towns of 2-3 thousand people in each and a smattering of smaller towns and villages. It is conservative by nature
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Sep 01, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Emergency Preparedness – what’s in your kit?
Disasters can occur anytime. Fortunately, for the most part, occur at certain times of the year. Here in the U.S. in the Northeast most disasters happen in the winter with blizzards, while in the Southeast it usually happens in late summer to early fall with hurricanes. In the Midwest it
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Aug 31, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
What can NingXia Red do for you?
Energy Level of Volunteers at a Large Event In the fall of 2005 I attended a 3 day intensive for personal development seminar and in the spring of 2006 I volunteered to work at the next one. I took along some NingXia Red singles to drink because I felt I
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Aug 30, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Easy Peppermint Essential Oil Chocolate Milk
I love chocolate milk. I love peppermint bark. The other night it hit me – why not combine them for a special treat? Take 8oz. of your favorite milk. Add your favorite chocolate milk mix (include a little extra to make it thicker and richer. Blend well. Add 1/2 to
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Aug 15, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
An Ode to Thieves (a poem about the history of Thieves essential oil)
My girlfriend is an essential oil distributor for Young Living and loves Thieves Essential Oil based products. So, one night a few years back she took me out to dinner at Panera’s and told me to write a poem about thieves for her blog. Republished here by my permission and
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Apr 12, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Mold on TV
I enjoy watching shows like “Holmes on Homes“, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and “Income Property“. One thing I have noticed about these shows lately is that more often they are encountering mold. Best estimates are that 70% of homes have mold at a level that could be hazardous to health.
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Apr 11, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Mercury, Autism and the Court
Recently a ruling was handed down by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, aka the vaccine court, that there is no link between the presence of the heavy metal mercury in thimerisal and autism. It seems to me that this is a familiar deal — for years (hundreds of years
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Apr 10, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Always use caution when using essential oils
I was reminded of this when the other day I met up with a friend who told that they were under a lot of stress which resulted in high blood pressure. She has been under a doctors care and taking high blood pressure medicine. At the time of our meeting
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Feb 14, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Aroma and Spirituality
Aroma and sprituality have been intertwined from before recorded history. It predates Paganism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, the romans, the Greeks, and ancient Egypt. The earliest known expression of religion dates back 100,000 years to the Neandertals. The cave site of Shanidar located in the Zagros Mountains of Kurdistan in Iraq, shows that
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Jan 25, 2010 | Post by: Curt Siters No Comments
Valentines Day Gift Ideas
Valentines Day is fast approaching and soon everyone will be looking for the perfect gift for their special someone. There will be chocolates and flowers – especially roses – as well as other assorted gifts, dinners and movies, a day at a spa and other things as well. The problem
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Dec 05, 2009 | Post by: Curt Siters 4 Comments
Can essential oils raise your frequency?
Ever since I learned about essential oils having a frequency I have tried to find information on how frequency would affect healing. To date all I have uncovered is a lot of quoting from one or two sources about what frequency is (most of which are wrong) and what the
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