1. Lavender - Great for everything under the sun, the mega oil.  Use it for it's cleansing and calming properties.  It is excellent for supporting respiratory, skin, immune, muscular and glandular systems.

2. Frankincense - Frankincense has been popular since ancient times and is centering, comforting and elevating. It is associated with spirituality. It is thought to have antiseptic and astringent properties that may help improve skins appearance. 

3. Lemon - A must for every aromatherapy kit as it has an uplifting fresh citrus scent.  It has some immediate purifying qualities and may help to settle the digestive system.  Also ideal for use in homemade cleaning products. 

4. Peppermint - Peppermint is refreshing, cooling, uplifting and restoring and is traditionally used to address a wide range of health concerns

5. Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca) - Tea Tree Oil has a soothing penetrating aroma. It is a natural solvent and thought to have antiseptic properties.

6. Orange - Orange oil has a pleasing citrus aroma that activates the artistic creative intuitive part of the mind.   Can also be used as a natural pesticide.

7. Grapefruit - Grapefruit essential oil is energizing and refreshing. It has a crisp refreshing smell.

8. Eucalyptus (Globulus) - Eucalyptus oil is thought to function in a fashion similar to that of menthol by acting on receptors in the nasal passage thereby facilitating healthy breathing

9. Lavender Chamomile - helps to rejuvenate and relax by balancing the mind and body.

10. Dragon’s Breath™ Essential Oil Blend - has long been used as incense in India to neutralize negative energies.

Yum cholesterol, eat up! Despite the fact that for decades doctors have demonized cholesterol as a molecular monster, these days the conventional understanding has changed. Earlier this year the United Sates Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee reversed its longstanding words of wisdom about avoiding egg yolks, shrimp, lobster and other cholesterol containing foods, proclaiming that the much-maligned substance is “…no longer a nutrient of concern”. No longer a nutrient of concern? Great, it’s about time! But what’s missing from the lifting of the medical and social stigma associated with eating cholesterol-containing foods is some actual love for what the under-appreciated biochemical really is and what it does to keep the body healthy.

Cholesterol is an anabolic (building) chemical. It plays an important role in the production of the hormones of youth, fertility, and growth. Its mere presence tells the body that anti-aging and repair can proceed and its production is stimulated by stress and tissue breakdown, which, in just the right amount, functions as growth signals. This partially accounts for our societal tendency to have higher blood cholesterol levels than we actually need. Our cultural inclinations to long term chronic stress and degenerative diseases, along with high blood sugar and insulin (there’s a reason that diabetes and elevated blood cholesterol go hand-in-hand), not to mention the physiological burden of nutritional deficiencies, are the ultimate cause of elevated cholesterol and the real bad guys in the epic decades-long drama called “CHOLESTEROL-MANIA”.