F O U R years ago I started making decisions on having healthier products in our home. I had no idea what I was doing. I knew nothing about oils, toxins or what to look for in the ingredients. In fact, I was super skeptical mainly because I thought it was a new trend. I thought it was just something "hippies" were doing. Oils have actually been around forever (all my believers said AMEN! haha) There is peppermint or spearmint in your toothpaste, right? There's lavender in your lotion, right? Well, they aren't the actual oil itself. That taste and smell was actual made in a lab with toxic chemicals. Those toxic Chemicals have been proven to cause bad side affects to our bodies and health, research it.
Fast forward to today after a crazy 4 years with another baby added to our family, family health issues and a heart transplant for my dad, I am yearning for more information to help keep our family healthy and avoid toxic chemicals as much as possible. The desire goes beyond helping my family but also helping other families to be more aware. Americans are getting sicker by the day! Children are getting cancer at a rapid rate. Autoimmune diseases are being diagnosed daily. Friends, we have to do better for our families. In order to do better we need to know better! Avoiding one specific thing isn't going to help. It's a life style change. It starts with what we are brining into our homes.
I don't write this to set you in a panic mode or set fear in you. This isn't to overwhelm you. I say all these things because I once had no clue. I wish I would had known sooner. My heart beat right now is to help make every home more aware and have less toxins lurking in them. After spending countless nights in the hospital with my dad over the past year and half I witnessed a lot of sick people. It was so sad. I desire for other families to be more aware of what they are actually using in their homes and on their bodies. I am still currently ditching and switching products in our home! click here for more information on harmful chemicals lurking in your home. This is a great place to start.
Want to make it even more simple? Download the Think Dirty app on your phone and start scanning away. You want your products to be zero in the rating. Cleaning and personal products don't have to disclose whats in their ingredients like food products. (resource) I believe a law was passed last year (resource ) but it will take years maybe even a decade for us to really see that come into play. On the back of food labels you will see exactly whats in it. It will tell you how much sugar is in it or if it contains high fructose corn syrup. For personal care and cleaning products if you see the word fragrance in an ingredient, that word can actually hold up to 3,000 chemicals! Again, synthetic fragerances have been tested and are doing harm to our bodies. They are finding over 200 + chemicals in new born babies and their umbilical cords. (resource) Fragrance lurks in everything. Baby products, cleaning products, soaps and shampoos...everything! That is alarming friends. These toxic chemicals have been linked to certain cancers, infertility, hormone disruption, autoimmune diseases, skin issues, asthma and more. resource
I've had many friends ask "where do I even begin?" Thats a great question! My advice for you would be to start with one room in your home. For us I started in the room we used the most and that was the kitchen. Thats where I burned my candles, thats the room I had most of our cleaning products (under the sink locked away because...chemicals). I ditched the candles and switched to a diffuser with pure oils (just because a company slaps a leaf on their product doesn't mean its pure, thats just marketing) For my cleaner we use T H I E V E S cleaner. This cleaner is a all purpose cleaner. It can clean windows, counter tops, floors and bathrooms. This is the only cleaner I use for everything. When I open my cabinet I don't have tons of bottles filling up space. I have just one! I may have some DIY stuff I've made with my oils for cleaning but thats it.
I encourage you to find a company you trust and start making the switch. For us that was Young Living. They have a seed to seal guarantee (go here) and own their own farms (click here to check them out) all over the world that haven't been sprayed with chemicals. Theyare the purest company I could find. They have nothing to hide. They have an amazing rewards program that you get money BACK to your YL account. Its higher than 5% at target. All their products are highly concentrated so you can stretch it out and it will last a lot longer. One bottle of T H I E V E S actually will make over 20 bottles of cleaner.
So friends, start being more aware. start today with looking at those labels and what you are using. Your new journey starts today, it just takes little baby steps. You. Can. Do. It! Find a company you know and trust! you won't regret it.
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I hope you were encouraged today friends!
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*Disclaimer* I am not a health professional. The information I share is not meant to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any specific disease. This information represents what an independent distributor of young living essential oils have chosen to do to take charge of my own personal health and the health of my family.
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