Your health truly manifests itself from the inside out. While a balanced diet, regular exercise, and effective stress management are self-explanatory foundations of a healthy lifestyle, minimizing toxic load can be just as important. Vital organ function and toxic load can influence your health as much as any other controllable factor.

 

Identify Toxins

A toxin is any substance that places undue stress on the body. Toxic load describes the sum of toxins accumulated within your body and the burden they place on vital organs.

 

We're exposed to countless toxins every day from sources we may not even be aware of. Every breath you take, every bite you eat, every minute you stand in the sun, and every chemical (natural or synthetic) you encounter exposes you to substances that can positively or negatively impact your health. Your lungs, digestive tract, and skin are the most vulnerable pathways that are regularly exposed.

 

Natural Solutions Using Essential Oils

 

There are three ways to benefit from essential oils: aromatic, topical, and internal.

 

Aromatic: You have a really easy way to enjoy the aromatic benefits (or benefits delivered through the air) of dōTERRA® essential oils: diffusion. Diffusion is a simple tool in your toolbox that has a major impact. Most hazardous pollutants you encounter actually come from indoor chemicals, including air fresheners, candles, and plugins. Fragrances are also well-known irritants and sensitizers. Chemicals like phthalates are often used in fragrances because of their unique structures and lingering smells.

 

So how do you make your house smell like home? Diffusing pure essential oils!

 

Topical application of essential oils is a popular and time-tested method. But using essential oils on your skin can be a bit more complicated than applying commercial body lotion. You generally apply essential oils only where you need their benefits so you can enjoy a localized effect.

 

 

doTERRA's Wellness Lifestyle

I love these lifestyle steps!  Think of your health like Jenga blocks-if you remove the foundation, it all topples. These steps include nutrition, digestion, movement,  metabolism, rest and manage stress and reducing toxicity has an impact on your health and well-being.

 

These wellness principles are the same lifestyle factors that impact overall health.

 

Nutrition: Every system in your body requires adequate nourishment to function, which is why it's important to eat a diet that's rich in proteins, vitamins, and minerals.  I always use this analogy of a car.  If you put bad gas in your gas tank, you will sputter and chug while driving and thus damaging your car's engine.  It is the same for us humans.  Bad food in, equals bad results later.  This can express itself as low energy and eventually dis-ease in the body.

 

Digestion (Gut Health): Your gut health impacts nutrient absorption as well as your immune and mental wellness.

 

Movement: Exercise supports your body in many ways, including a healthy immune system.

 

Metabolism: Your metabolism is your body's way of regulating and managing energy. We need to level out those glucose spikes to ensure an optimal and effective metabolism.

 

Sleep: Adequate sleep impacts your health in so many ways, including hormonal and metabolic wellness.  We need to stop proclaiming that "I don't need but a few hours of sleep!"  That is utter nonsense.  Sleep (besides eating properly) is the best thing we can do for our bodies.  Here's another analogy.  Our electronics need charging in order for them to work properly.  It's the same for our bodies.  Our bodies need recharging and when we are resting and sleeping, our bodies repair themselves.

 

Stress: Ongoing stress can negatively impact your short-term and long-term health.  I know this firsthand!  After a decade of constant stress (loss of a job, aging and sick parents, the state of the world, etc.) in 2021 my body gave out.

 

Exposure: Studies have previously shown environmental exposure to pollutants can affect almost every bodily system.  It is so important to limit the toxic exposure the best we can.

 

Managing Toxic Load

Managing your toxic load is one of the most important aspects of overall health maintenance, but it's rarely addressed. During your daily routines, simple yet necessary tasks like eating, breathing, exercising, and running errands expose your body to numerous toxins and health threats. Minimizing exposure to toxic substances and eating a primarily whole-food diet is foundational for supporting your body's internal filtering and cleansing systems, but sometimes you just need a boost.

 

Good News!

Fortunately, your body has several defensive mechanisms to protect these vital body systems. It starts with the mucous membranes that line your nose, mouth, and throat, which are meant to trap foreign particles. Inside your digestive tract, trillions of microorganisms called probiotics  (good bacteria) that maintain digestive efficiency and support immune response. Finally, the liver and kidneys identify and eliminate toxins from your blood.

 

When it's functioning properly, your body is a toxic load–minimizing machine. You can maintain these protective mechanisms by minimizing exposure, supporting vital organs, eating a healthy diet, and regularly detoxing.

 

• Minimize exposure
• Support vital organs and protective processes through a healthy diet
• Participate in regular detoxification.

 

Powerful Juice Blend

 

Here's a great juice to try featuring  Cilantro essential oil, a powerful cleanser, and detoxifier.* You can also substitute Cilantro with Celery Seed, a cleansing essential oil that improves overall digestion.*

 

Ingredients:

• 3 kale leaves
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 lime
• 1 apple
• 1 cucumber 
• 1 drop Cilantro essential oil or Celery Seed essential oil

 

Instructions:

1. Combine all the ingredients except the essential oil in a juicer.
2. Juice and then add the essential oil.
3. Add more Cilantro or Celery Seed to taste.

 

 

 

Cleanse & Restore

doTERRA's Cleanse & Restore kit has all the tools you need to support your body. Innovative products with an easy-to-follow 30-day routine that helps you minimize your toxic load.

 

dōTERRA Lifelong Vitality Pack® (LLV)

As your body detoxes the daily chemicals its exposed to, it will deplete its nutrient reserves and will need extra support.  The more toxic exposure, the greater its need for copper, iron, zinc, and magnesium.  These vitamins and minerals provide your body with specific health benefits.  When certain nutrients are missing, your body doesn't receive the resources needed to function properly.   Supplementation helps ensure your body receives adequate vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients to support overall function and proper toxin cleansing.   This was the genesis that created dōTERRA Lifelong Vitality Pack®.

 

GX Assist®

A healthy digestive system affects all the body's facets and functions.  Eating a whole, unprocessed food diet, supports a healthy digestive system.  GX Assist® gives the body a little extra assistance with essentials and caprylic acid to help cleanse the digestive system to function at its maximum potential.  Supporting a natural detoxification by creating an unfriendly environment for toxins in the digestive tract that addresses immediate detoxification needs.

 

GX Assist® blends Oregano, Tea Tree, Lemon, Lemongrass, Peppermint, and Thyme essential oils to purify and cleanse the digestive system and possibly improve internal microbial balance.   Caprylic acid is a lipid derived from coconut oil and supports digestive health.

 

GX Assist® is ideal for both annual digestive cleanses and monthly support.  Take one to three capsules per day for 10-days out of the month to support a healthy digestive environment.

 

 

PB Assist+

Is a powerful probiotics defense formula that promotes a positive balance and proliferation of beneficial bacteria that are necessary for digestive health.

 

Many probiotic supplements can't pass through the stomach acid unaffected.  PB Assist®+ protects its probiotic cultures as they pass through the stomach with a unique time-release double-layer capsule.*

 

Each serving of PB Assist®+ delivers six key strains of beneficial bacteria for proper food digestion and six billion CFUs of active probiotic cultures and soluble prebiotic fiber to support proper digestive function, particularly in the colon and intestinal tract.* Supplementing your diet with probiotics promotes a healthy intestinal tract, digestive comfort, optimal metabolism, and absorption of nutrients in the GI tract.* Recent studies suggest a healthy balance of probiotic gut bacteria also helps the body maintain healthy immune system function.*

 

DDR Prime® Cellular Complex

Cells are the foundation of all living things that provide information for bodily functions. Cellular functions progressively degrade with age.  This process can be expedited by poor nutrition, sedentary habits, stress, toxic exposure, and other unhealthy choices.  When cellular functions are compromised, cellular growth and regeneration are altered, negatively impacting normal, healthy processes.

 

DDR Prime® Cellular Complex blends CPTG-Certified Pure Tested Grade® Frankincense, Wild Orange, Lemongrass, Thyme, Clove, Summer Savory, and Niaouli to provide powerful antioxidant support for cellular health, function, and vitality.  Take daily to protect against oxidative stress and support normal cellular functions. I take this daily!!

• • Frankincense & Wild Orange promote a healthy response to free radicals.
  • Clove provides powerful antioxidant properties.
  • Niaouli and Thyme support cellular immunity and overall cellular health.
  • Summer Savory supports the body's natural oxidative defenses.
  • Lemongrass can protect against environmental threats.

 

Zendocrine®  Detoxification Complex

Provides whole-food extracts in an enzyme delivery system to support the cleansing and filtering functions of the liver, kidneys, colon, lungs, and skin.  Zendocrine Detoxification Complex should be used with Zendocrine Detoxification Blend Softgels.  The softgels include CPTG-Certified Pure Tested Grade® Clove, Grapefruit, Rosemary, and Geranium essential oils.

 

The 14 active whole-food extracts in Zendocrine®  Detoxification Complex

Including milk thistle seed, psyllium husk, and safflower petals, targets specific cleansing organs, providing protective cleansing and filtering functions in the body.   Amylase, cellulase, magnesium yeast, and manganese yeast help you absorb the whole-food extracts.  This absorption process is critical for supplements to do their job!  If your body can't absorb these nutrients, it will eliminate them through your urine. 

 

Zendocrine®  Detoxification Blend Softgels

Helps the body cleanse better and purifies those organs (kidneys, lungs, skin, colon, and liver) that need it the most.  Take one to two softgels to safely and quickly support a healthy liver function.  The powerful antioxidants can fight against free radicals, which slow bodily systems, leaving you feeling heavy and weighed down.

doTERRA's Is a versatile essential oil and is known for its purifying properties.  It aids in digestion when taken internally.  I love adding a drop of doTERRA's Lemon essential oil to my water or tea to help promote a healthy digestion.  Flavoring your water with natural solutions such as Lemon and other citrus oils can help you drink more water, which helps with hydration and detoxification.   Please note when adding any citrus essential oils to your beverages, make sure you drink from a glass, stainless or ceramic vessel.   Citrus oils will degrade plastic and thus cause more harm.   A great experiment to show the power of Lemon is to add a drop or two on to a piece of styrofoam.  Make sure the styrofoam is on a plate and watch it disintegrate.

 

dōTERRA TerraZyme®

The ten active enzymes in dōTERRA TerraZyme® (often deficient in cooked, processed, and preservative-laden foods) help with digesting proteins, fats, complex carbohydrates, sugars, fiber, and other food nutrients.  TerraZyme reduces digestive nutrient production demands, thus freeing resources for optimal metabolic enzyme production and activity.

 

TerraZyme can be used as targeted support for specific food intolerances of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, such as lactose.

 

Take one to three capsules with meals throughout the day.  If your meal includes lots of fresh, raw foods, take one capsule.  If your meal includes highly processed cooked foods or products known to cause GI discomfort, take two to three capsules at mealtime.   Small changes to your digestive schedule should resolve within a few days.

 

30-day Cleanse

The doÌ„TERRA 30-Day Cleanse was created to help rid your body of toxic load and to support the overall function of the body's systems and organs.  There are three 10-day phases: Activate, Reset, and Renew.

 

Days 1 - 30

Support healthy digestion and metabolism.*

• • doTERRA TerraZyme^®: one to three capsules with meals daily

Cleanse yourself.*

• • Lemon: one to three drops with water three to five times daily
  • Zendocrine^® Detoxification Complex: one capsule two to three times daily

 

Days 1 - 10 / Activate

Support vital filtering organs.*

• • Zendocrine Softgels: one softgel two to three times daily

 

Days 11 - 20 / Reset

Cleanse the intestinal tract.*

• • GX Assist^®: one to three softgels with meals daily

 

Days 21 - 30 / Renew

Support healthy digestive function and immunity.*

• • PB Assist^®+: one to three capsules with meals daily

Support cellular health.*

• • DDR Prime^® Cellular Complex: two softgels with meals daily

 

 

Let's Get Started!

I've curated a special Cleanse and Restore Kit to help you get started.  This includes a free one-year membership for you to purchase other non-toxic products from dōTERRA at 25% off retail prices.   Other membership perks include free shipping with orders over 100 PV, and if you sign up with the Cleanse and Restore Kit, dōTERRA will send you a FREE Pebble Diffuse ($33 retail value) Simply click on the button below and edit your shopping cart of the items you would like to purchase.

 

 

Once your account is set up, you can share with friends and family using your referral link.  doTERRA's Refer a Friend program is the simplest way to stack dōTERRA Dollars that you use to pay for anything on doTERRA.com.

 

For those of you who are interested in earning additional compensation and bonuses, reach out to me and I'll you how easy it is. You'll receive all the benefits I mentioned above, plus a personal dōTERRA website!

 

I invite you to hop on over to my Insta and/or Facebook pages this month. I will share how you can use your doTERRA essential oils in the kitchen when you are cooking, baking, and drinking your favorite beverages. Adding essential oils to your daily meals will add a powerful taste and potent health benefits that can support your overall well-being.

 

  

Until the next time,

Be Well, Deanna

Peace. Love. Oils.