In this newsletter I will share with you how I am losing weight with essential oils and Young Living products. (I lost 13 pounds the first month!) Summer is a great time for weight management, and getting into my forties it's even more important to stay healthy and keep it off.

Work pro-actively now, so you don't get caught with your pants down (actually they may not get up over the hips to begin with) ten years from now. I'll recommend the products that are really helping me.

Enjoy your August! And remember to stay cool with peppermint! Yvonne Lewis
www.Essential-Natural-Remedies.com
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The information provided here is for educational purposes only and is not intended as diagnosis, treatment, or prescription for any disease. The decision to use, or not to use, any of this information is the sole responsibility of the reader.

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In this issue:

1. Losing Weight With Essential Oil Products, The Growth Hormone Factor
2. Are Your Essential Oils Therapeutic Grade?

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1) Loosing Weight With Essential Oil Products, The Growth Hormone Factor

Not being a fan of diets AT ALL I was not able to settle on a form of weight loss. But I wanted to lose weight badly. This was affecting my whole personality.

Then one of my best friends visited in June, who I had not seen in three months, and I hardly recognized her. She had lost over twenty pounds in those months with a well known diet by Dr. Simeons and injections with human growth hormone or hGH.

The injection part really threw me off and I wondered if such things are legal but after researching learned it is done regularly and is relatively safe if not overused and prolonged.

A Bit About Human Growth Hormone (hGH)

hGH is produced by our pituitary gland but diminishes rapidly with age and increased body fat levels.

By the time the average person reaches 60 , the pituitary gland secretes only 25% of the growth hormone that it did at age 20.(The truth behind growth hormone, D Gary Young)

Did you just read that? 25%!

As levels of hGH, Gamma Aminobutyric Acid(GABA) and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1(IGF-1) in our body get low, the hypothalamus gland in the brain signals the pituitary gland to secrete hGH.

The liver converts newly secreted hGH into IGF-1 which is directly responsible for carrying out the effects of hGH.

And the effects of hGH on the body are:

• redistributing body fat
• burns fat and builds muscle
• great for the immune system
• moodlifter
• good for heart tissue
• improves memory
• skin rejuvenator
• improves sex drive
• extends life

Why does hGH decline with age , even when the pituitary is still able to secrete plenty of it?

1. There is a loss of hypothalamus sensitivity as we age.
2. Our livers are not functioning optimally (it's already overtaxed, cleansing synthetic ingredients out of our body, alcohol, medications etc.)
3. Many of us suffer from a lack of deep sleep
4. And a lot of us stimulate our blood sugar levels too much resulting in high blood sugar levels and diabetes.

So how can we safely unlock the weight-loss and anti-aging powers of growth hormone?

I decided I did not want to go with the injections of hGH because of possible negative side-effects, like insulin resistance, diabetes, fluid retention, carpal tunnel, and lowered output of the body's own growth hormone.

I remembered buying this little book many years ago, called "The Truth Behind Growth Hormone, It's Promise and its Peril". (Essential Science Publishing $3.50 1-800-336-6308) and thought:

What if I could combine the recommendations from this booklet, and the diet from Dr. Simeons and so naturally unlock the anti-aging and weight loss power of growth hormone with my essential oils and essential oil supplements.

That was exactly ONE MONTH AGO. I started Monday June 29th at 178 pounds and I am now at 165. I LOST THIRTEEN POUNDS!

My energy is fantastic, my moods are better, my monthly cramps did not occur this time, I am sleeping well, and it seems my weight is disappearing from the RIGHT places.

Here are the key elements to naturally stimulating hGH

The Liver: This organ is responsible for converting hGH into IGF-1. It is Insulin-like growth factor that produces all the positive changes in the body like improved fat distribution, better eyesight, and weight loss.

Ingredients that support the liver:
Chinese Wolfberry (Ningxia Red Juice®, Sulfurzyme®)
dl-methionine (JuvaPower®)
Choline (JuvaPower®)
Beet root (JuvaPower®)
L-taurine (JuvaPowr®)

The Hypothalamus: Unless the hypothalamus sends signals to the pituitary to produce hGH nothing will happen and levels in the body decline. Researchers believe the hypothalamus is desensitized by petrochemicals in the body (herbicides, fungicides medications and synthetic body products)

Sensitizing the hypothalamus:
L-dopa amino acid (Ultra Young®)
Essential oils high in sesquiterpenes (myrrh, clary sage, sandalwood, frankincense)
Other oils that stimulate the hypothalamus (conyza canadensis, peppermint)(Thyromin®)

Deep Sleep: Most of our hGH is released during slow-wave deep sleep, which becomes shorter and shallower as we age.

Improving deep sleep (delta sleep):
Melatonin
Essential oils to improve deep sleep (lavender, valerian)
St. John's wort

Amino Acids: Important building blocks, these specialized proteins all safely promote the natural release of hGH:
GABA (Ultra Young®)
L-glutamine (also promotes lean muscle tissue)
L-arginine (Ultra Young®)
L-ornithine (Ultra Young®)
L-lysine (Ultra Young®)

Besides taking in new supplements and essential oils the following lyfestyle changes increase levels of hGH in the body

1. Avoid petrochemicals
2. Increase potassium intake (wolfberries!, Alkalime®))
3. Multi-hormone replacement (Prenolone+®)
4. Fasting and diet (lower glucose levels in the system)
5. Support the thyroid ( Thyromin®, myrtle essential oil)
6. Exercise

Now put all this information together and start your own program

I'll describe my daily program. The supplements and essential oils are very important and have made the biggest difference physically and mentally.

- If I had to pick just one product that set the weight loss in motion it was Thyromin® for me.
- I started using the Ultra Young spray two weeks into the program and am seeing a big difference in muscle definition.
- The Prenolone is definitely balancing out hormonal issues, such as cramps and mood swings. I have not exercised a lot other than the occasional hike and much more stretching and yoga.

Daily Food Regimen: Click here for the official hGH diet plan by Dr. Simeons. It is very low calorie and only recommended for 23-40 days. Eating less food stimulates the pituitary to make more hGH. Personally I have added 250-500 calories to Dr. Simeons plan because I am not doing daily hGH injections. I figured my plan would be a little slower and eating only 500 calories a day would be quite unhealthy without the injections.

I eat more fruit in the morning, take the occasional handful of healthy nuts, and have a slightly bigger piece of meat or fish.
I also do not forgo one or two glasses of wine a week. Just choose the right night for them. I mean, why can't loosing weight be fun, right?

Breakfast: Tea with a teaspoon of Agave Syrup and one to two drops of Frankincense or Lemon essential oil.
Small piece of fruit - apple, handful of strawberries, blueberries, orange, 1/2 grapefruit.

Lunch: 100 - 150 grams of veal, beef, chicken, white fish,lobster, crab or shrimp. Prepared without fat. Broiling with a few spices on it works great.
Choose one veggie - spinach, chard, chicory, beet greens, salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, cucumber, asparagus, cabbage. Prepare without any fat or dressings. Again, I love putting them on the grill or under the broiler. Change things around with spices.
One Italian breadstick (the hard ones you use with soups)

Dinner: Same three choices. You could prepare a soup with a lot of the veggies and add a bouillon cube for flavor.

Snack: You could eat the above two breadsticks for a snack when you're hungry.
Use the juice of one lemon to flavor your water. Drink lots of water.

These are the essential oils and supplements I use every day:

• Sandalwood
• Frankincense
• Myrrh
• Lavender
• 1 ounce Ningxia Red juice
• 1 Thyromin
• 1 tbsp. JuvaPower
• 3 x day UltraYoung oral spray
• 1tsp. Alkalime in glass of water at bedtime
• 6 Sulfurzyme
• 1/4 tsp. Prenolone+ cream

Other supportive essential oils: myrtle, peppermint, Dragon Time, 3 Wise Men.

- I use the high sesquiterpene oils behind my ears and at the base of my neck for fast absorption.
- I use supportive essential oils on the bottom of my feet, stimulating the bottom of the big toe with reflexology (brain function).
- I use lavender in the ultrasonic diffuser for two hours at bedtime for deep sleep. I started this program because I wanted to do something different and prove how well essential oils work with the system.

I had no idea I would feel this fantastic a month later and receive great comments from people on how good my skin looks, have I done something different to my hair? And my energy has tripled.

I am slowly adding more food items but still extremely careful with flour and pastas. Next is improving the amount of exercise I do. I'll keep you updated on the progress!

All the above products are available from Young Living. If you are interested in ordering them and would like more pricing or other information -
Call me at: (828)-719-9886
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E-mail me at: yvonne@essential-natural-remedies.com

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2) Are Your Essential Oils Therapeutic Grade?

So I found a bottle of Birch (Betula lenta) oil for $5.95 on the shelf. At this time, according to Young Living, there is no sustainable supply of therapeutic grade birch bark available, in the world! They are searching hard.

That has to make you wonder: what is in that $5.95 bottle? Could it be a high grade therapeutic birch oil? Hmmmmm....... Are you still going to apply it to your skin undiluted?

Birch is an incredible anti-inflammatory essential oil, the natural form of aspirin. To test things out I applied a drop of the cheap oil to my wrist and compared it to a drop of therapeutic grade birch oil I still keep tucked away in my supply.

There was a huge difference. The cheaper birch turned my skin slightly pink and gave a stronger tingling sensation. After several minutes the fragrance changed considerably and I was left with smelling something like camphor and spearmint.

The real birch was gentler on the skin and the fragrance faded but still smelled like birch after several minutes.

So always ask these questions before you buy your oils at the health food store and start applying them to the body: (From Essential Lifestyle, volume 2, number 1)

• Do the oils "feel" natural with a subtle fragrance that is rich and delicate?
• Does the fragrance of the oil change from bottle to bottle?
• Does the supplier send each batch of oils through at least five different quality analyses before distribution?
• Are the tests performed by independent labs?
• Are the distillation facilities on-site?
• Does the supplier use low pressure and low temperature to distill the oils?
• Are the distillation cookers made from stainless steel?
• Does the supplier send representatives to inspect the farm and distilleries?
• Do representatives ensure that no synthetic chemicals are used in any of the cultivation, harvesting, and distillation processes?

Such distinctions make Young Living essential oils pure, therapeutic-grade, and the finest quality available.

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