2012 Modification Summary
Over the last six years, Young Living has been experiencing unprecedented growth. In that time, Young Living’s global growth has increased at a rate of 15% year over year, and the number of active distributors and leaders has tripled.
Due to these rapidly rising numbers, we are averaging an increase in commission payout of a quarter of a percent per month. With our commission payout currently at 48.6% (compared with the industry average of 42–45%) we will soon find ourselves with an unsustainable rate. At that point, we will not be able to maintain a consistent budget that allows us to support normal business functions and growth, as well as our high level of support to our members.
Since 2005, Young Living has been able to avoid making changes to its compensation plan, something that is unheard of in this industry. However, in order to remain a sustainable and fiscally responsible company, Young Living has made some modifications to the policies and procedures, compensation/bonus plan, and the Essential Rewards Program.
Policies and Procedures
• What has been modified?
• Duplicate Accounts
• Trust Accounts
• Sponsor Changes
• End-of-Month Qualification Ordering
• Enroller/Sponsor Policy
• Preferred and Professional Customer Options
Duplicate Accounts
Customer names, mailing and/or shipping addresses, ACH (auto check), credit card numbers,
SSNs, and TINs are limited to one account only. Distributors who do not adhere to this policy
will be issued a letter and will have 30 days to respond. If the distributor fails to respond within
30 days, their original account will remain active and any duplicate account(s) will be placed on
hold.
Trust Accounts
Trust accounts must be run by a trustee, an independent individual without a distributorship.
Any commissions made on this account must be placed in a trust fund. The trustee must
provide Young Living with legal documentation proving that both of these requirements are met.
If proof is not provided, Young Living will review the account and determine if further action is
necessary.
Sponsor Changes
A distributor can move themself from under their original sponsor, but cannot move members
within their organization. Distributors of any rank can move themselves after six months of
inactivity, or six months without placing an order.
A new member may request a sponsor change within five business days of enrollment by calling
Young Living Customer Care, or within 30 days of enrollment by sending a written request to
Young Living’s Corporate Resolutions department. A member’s upline or sponsor may not
request a sponsor change for members in their organization. Any sponsor change may affect
upline bonuses.
No duplicate accounts can be involved in a sponsor change. If a duplicate account is found, the
change request will be denied, and the duplicate account will be cancelled. All sponsor changes
must be requested in writing and approved by Corporate Resolutions.
Qualification Ordering
Sponsors will no longer be able to place orders on downline accounts for the purpose of bonus
buying, gifting for volume, or backdating. If orders are placed with the intent to qualify, Young
Living will recoup commissions that had been paid on those orders. Distributors caught or
suspected of placing orders with the intent to qualify them will be contacted by Young Living and
may face corrective action up to and including forfeiture of commission, commission retractions,
and/or termination of account.
Enroller/Sponsor Policy
In order to simplify the sign-up process, the Enroller option will be eliminated. Distributors may
still place new members in their organizations; however, there will no longer be any Enroller
benefits, such as Start Living Kit, Star Performance, and Matching bonuses. Sponsors will now
receive those bonuses. This policy will take effect January 1, 2012.
Preferred and Professional Customer Types
As of August 1, 2011, new members will no longer be able to sign up as preferred and
professional customers. The only member types remaining will be customer and distributor. All
existing preferred and professional customers will have the option of becoming a retail customer
or wholesale distributor. To become a distributor, they must purchase a Start Living Kit or place
a one-time order of at least 50 PV, and provide a Social Security Number or TIN. If they do not
provide this ID number by November 30, 2011, they will automatically become retail customers
on January 1, 2012.
Compensation/Bonus Plan
What has been modified?
• Commission Qualification and Payout
• Personal Rebate Bonus
Commission Qualification and Payout
As of January 1, 2012, a minimum order of 50 PV will be required for any distributor to qualify
for a commission check or bonus. Customer PV will no longer count as your personal PV or
qualify you for monthly commissions; however, PV from retail orders will continue to qualify or
count toward your OGV and PGV totals.
PV at the end of the qualification period, or calendar month, will not be the PV amount that will
be used for commission or rank qualification. Rather, the PV at the end of the processing period
will be used for rank qualification and bonus calculation for the prior month. The processing
period is the time between the end of the month and the beginning of the commission run;
typically falling between the 5th and 8th of each month. Order returns, cancellations, or
adjustments made for the prior month will be reviewed when commissions are calculated and
rank is determined. Please note that returns made at any time may still affect previously earned
commissions, bonuses, and/or rank and cause them to be recouped. This will help Young Living
avoid paying commissions on orders that did not generate revenue for the company.
For example, Jane Doe is attempting to qualify for Silver rank. She has two Executive legs on
the last day of the month. On the third of the next month (during the processing period), some of
the orders in Jane’s downline were cancelled, modified, or returned. Therefore, after the end of
month adjustments were completed, only one of Jane’s Executive legs still qualified as an
Executive. Thus, Jane will not qualify as a Silver; nor will her group volume totals at the end of
the month count as her commission totals once the commission run starts. According to the
adjustments, Jane will now be paid as an Executive.
Personal Rebate Bonus
As of August 1, 2011, the Personal Rebate Bonus will be discontinued. This will allow us to
reinvest those funds into areas of the business that will better serve our members.
Essential Rewards Program
Essential Rewards Program
Team Performance Bonus
Essential Rewards Program
In order to simplify the Essential Rewards Program, we have created some new automatic
shipment options.
Essential Rewards: 50–99 PV Essential Rewards Plus: 100+ PV
Convenient, automatic order Convenient, automatic order
Discounted shipping Discounted shipping
Rewards points
Grace month
If an order is between 50 and 99 PV, it will be considered an Essential Rewards order, and will
offer the benefits of automatic, convenient, first-priority shipping, and a discounted shipping rate.
Distributors who place a 100+ PV order will receive the full benefits of the Essential Rewards
program, plus Rewards points, and one grace month per rolling 12 months.
After August 1, 2011, there will no longer be a limit on how many monthly points can be earned;
however, distributors may redeem a maximum of 350 Essential Rewards points per month.
Starting January 1, 2012, Rewards points will expire on a rolling 12-month basis. Any existing
points on a YL account as of January 1, 2012 will not expire until December 31, 2012, allowing
distributors more time to redeem points they have accrued.
Distributors must call the Young Living Customer Care Department to declare their grace month
before the next month’s order is shipped. Distributors must have an active Rewards Plus order
to redeem points, and cannot redeem points in a grace month. Following the grace month, they
can begin accumulating points again at the same rate as before. If the distributor misses more
than one month, or drops below 100 PV without declaring a grace month, all Rewards points will
be forfeited and the rate of accumulating points reverts back to 10%. Please keep in mind that
the Essential Rewards template will remain active and continue to process on the selected date
each month unless changed or cancelled by the account holder.
Essential Rewards Achievement Bonus
The Team Performance Bonus will now be known as the Essential Rewards Achievement
Bonus. New distributors will learn to build and grow organizations that are wide and deep
enough to achieve sustainability, longevity, and maximum earning potential. This bonus will also
provide a good jump start and quick return for these distributors, and will help them succeed in
the long term, by generating steady unilevel commissions and generational bonuses. All of the
following modifications will take effect January 1, 2012.
Payouts and PGV Requirements
As shown in the table below, payouts will remain the same, but PGV requirements will increase.
Increasing the required PGV will help distributors to stabilize and strengthen their organizations
as they build, leading to higher unilevel commissions over the long term.
Payout 1st Structure PGV 2nd Structure PGV 3rd Structure PGV
L1 $100 1,500 2,500 3,500
L2 $500 1,500 2,500 3,500
L3 $2,000 1,500 2,500 3,500
Structure
In order to qualify under the modified bonus plan, all structures will be required to have six
distributors with Essential Rewards orders of 100 PV. Once you have three complete levels
allowing you to reach the $2,000 payout, you have one structure.
The maximum number of structures one distributor can earn will be three. This means that in
order to qualify for the maximum number of structures, a distributor will need a minimum of 18
personally sponsored, or front line, distributors with Essential Rewards Plus orders.
Please remember that bonuses are subject to change without notice.
Any Questions or Concerns?
We want you to know that we made these modifications to help our distributors continue to grow
and succeed, and to help the company achieve sustainability and longevity. We appreciate your
understanding and want to remind you that we are all here to support you as you adjust to the
updated policies. Please contact your Regional Sales Manager, Sales Manager, or General
Manager with any questions. You may also contact Young Living Customer Care at 1-800-371-
3515 or custserv@youngliving.com or Young Living Resolutions at 801-418-8900 or
resolutions@youngliving.com.
We are extremely appreciative of our leaders who have made our record growth possible.
Young Living has a very bright future ahead of us, and we look forward to continuing the journey
with all of you.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Role of Essential Oils, by Robert Tennyson Stevens
Oils provide a dramatic increase in the electrical potential of our Human bodies. Negative thoughts, stored in the body, surrender more readily when a higher vibration is present, just as darkness surrenders to light.
The ease of light to eliminate darkness is a simple example of the power of Grace. Pure plant essential oils which contain various frequencies of sunlight have the ability to transform limited experiences and beliefs stored in our bodies.
My mentor, Marion Jager, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, had the good fortune to have a Biblical understanding of the use of essential oils. She is now with her Heavenly Creator. During many years of study with her, I experience hundreds of miracles with the use of specific oils
Marion taught me:
1. Essential Oil is the "essence" of the marriage of the Earth and the Sun through photosynthesis.
2. The human body is made up of many bodies, not just physical.
3. Thought forms attach at different parts of the body.
4. Thought forms have short-circuited our best efforts.
5. Oils protect from all kinds of Friction: Mechanical, Mental, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual.
6. Oils keep the parts from rubbing against each other.
7. The barriers, doors or chakras have 7 major openings which connect to the endocrine system.
8. Chakras are transformers like electricity.
9. Chakras (the gate of feelings) are the only port of entry or exit of our thought forms.
10. Reactive patterns make prison doors of our chakras. Oils loosen the hinges.
11. Oils open the gates, energy centers or chakras of our bodies and only open from the inside.
12. Resentment, jealousy, anger, fear, guilt, blame, shame, lust or whatever, are thought forms.
13. The most Sainted of us have hidden prides, pleasures, fears, and thought forms to redeem or trade in on good (God) energy.
14. We require the good energy redeemed, unlocked and the blocks taken out.
15. We have created these blocks, we can remove them.
16. Oils help release us quickly from old thought forms, patterns and habits of thought.
17. Oils polarize, or reverse the vortex of thought forms and physical conditions from negative to positive polarity. Like a whorl wind or whorl pool, they disappear.
18. The Oils help the thought forms cease to spin counter clockwise and cease to exist, restoring the newly qualified energy with creativity and love.
19. The Oils are volatile and move freely in the unseen finer bodies or Aura.
20. Jesus taught the use of the oils to the Disciples, not to the masses.
21. The influence of odors upon the Finer Bodies has been a guarded temple secret down through the ages.
22. Essential oils are anesthetizes to the intellect, which can be a barrier to belief.
23. The function of Oils is to raise the frequency or the vibratory rate of slow, dead, heavy, negative thought forms.
24. Oils synchronize the rate of vibration with health and positivity, dismissing negative thought forms.
25. Use the Oils free from condemnation or guilt, with a determination to "go and sin no more", to clean the old foundation before building a new beautiful life and character.
26. To transmute our debts with the use of essential oils;
1. Accept responsibility for having misused good
2. Forgive ourselves
3. Forgive each other
4. Ask forgiveness from those we have wronged throughout all time and space.
27. You may experience tears, sighs, laughter, pimples, rashes, burping, etc. as the old thought forms are released/transmuted/forgiven.
Peppermint Oil - for thoughts and feelings of domination
Wintergreen Oil- for thoughts and feelings of fear and doubt
Ginger Oil - for thoughts and feelings of desire, lust, and lower nature struggles
Valor (Sassafras Oil) - for thoughts and feelings of confusion and hesitation to make a choice
Olive Oil - for thoughts and feelings of hating life
Jasmine Oil - for issues of the Heart
Rose Oil -for thoughts and feelings of lack of Spiritual Identity
Mastery Systems
(Our New Address) 5475 Old Haywood Rd, Arden, North Carolina 28704
Office:828-891-7500 Mobile Cell: 828-989-9293
www.masterysystems.com (videos on line: IAMYOURVICTORY.COM)
The ease of light to eliminate darkness is a simple example of the power of Grace. Pure plant essential oils which contain various frequencies of sunlight have the ability to transform limited experiences and beliefs stored in our bodies.
My mentor, Marion Jager, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, had the good fortune to have a Biblical understanding of the use of essential oils. She is now with her Heavenly Creator. During many years of study with her, I experience hundreds of miracles with the use of specific oils
Marion taught me:
1. Essential Oil is the "essence" of the marriage of the Earth and the Sun through photosynthesis.
2. The human body is made up of many bodies, not just physical.
3. Thought forms attach at different parts of the body.
4. Thought forms have short-circuited our best efforts.
5. Oils protect from all kinds of Friction: Mechanical, Mental, Physical, Emotional and Spiritual.
6. Oils keep the parts from rubbing against each other.
7. The barriers, doors or chakras have 7 major openings which connect to the endocrine system.
8. Chakras are transformers like electricity.
9. Chakras (the gate of feelings) are the only port of entry or exit of our thought forms.
10. Reactive patterns make prison doors of our chakras. Oils loosen the hinges.
11. Oils open the gates, energy centers or chakras of our bodies and only open from the inside.
12. Resentment, jealousy, anger, fear, guilt, blame, shame, lust or whatever, are thought forms.
13. The most Sainted of us have hidden prides, pleasures, fears, and thought forms to redeem or trade in on good (God) energy.
14. We require the good energy redeemed, unlocked and the blocks taken out.
15. We have created these blocks, we can remove them.
16. Oils help release us quickly from old thought forms, patterns and habits of thought.
17. Oils polarize, or reverse the vortex of thought forms and physical conditions from negative to positive polarity. Like a whorl wind or whorl pool, they disappear.
18. The Oils help the thought forms cease to spin counter clockwise and cease to exist, restoring the newly qualified energy with creativity and love.
19. The Oils are volatile and move freely in the unseen finer bodies or Aura.
20. Jesus taught the use of the oils to the Disciples, not to the masses.
21. The influence of odors upon the Finer Bodies has been a guarded temple secret down through the ages.
22. Essential oils are anesthetizes to the intellect, which can be a barrier to belief.
23. The function of Oils is to raise the frequency or the vibratory rate of slow, dead, heavy, negative thought forms.
24. Oils synchronize the rate of vibration with health and positivity, dismissing negative thought forms.
25. Use the Oils free from condemnation or guilt, with a determination to "go and sin no more", to clean the old foundation before building a new beautiful life and character.
26. To transmute our debts with the use of essential oils;
1. Accept responsibility for having misused good
2. Forgive ourselves
3. Forgive each other
4. Ask forgiveness from those we have wronged throughout all time and space.
27. You may experience tears, sighs, laughter, pimples, rashes, burping, etc. as the old thought forms are released/transmuted/forgiven.
Peppermint Oil - for thoughts and feelings of domination
Wintergreen Oil- for thoughts and feelings of fear and doubt
Ginger Oil - for thoughts and feelings of desire, lust, and lower nature struggles
Valor (Sassafras Oil) - for thoughts and feelings of confusion and hesitation to make a choice
Olive Oil - for thoughts and feelings of hating life
Jasmine Oil - for issues of the Heart
Rose Oil -for thoughts and feelings of lack of Spiritual Identity
Mastery Systems
(Our New Address) 5475 Old Haywood Rd, Arden, North Carolina 28704
Office:828-891-7500 Mobile Cell: 828-989-9293
www.masterysystems.com (videos on line: IAMYOURVICTORY.COM)
Friday, March 25, 2011
15 Questions to ask Representatives of Essential Oil Companies
1. Does your company own any herb farms?
2. Does your company have their own fully equipped testing laboratory to verify an oil’s composition?
3. Does your company routinely send their oils out to independent testing laboratories for verification?
4. Does your company have anyone on its staff with a trained “nose.”
5. Does your company regularly visit the distilleries and farms of their suppliers to verify quality?
6. Do the farms where your company grows herbs have labs on site to test for determination of the exact day and time for harvest to insure optimal quality?
7. Are your company’s crops harvested at the peak times to obtain the highest quality oils?
8. Are your distillery personnel skilled in both the art and science of extracting the highest quality oils?
9. Does your company employ different distillation techniques and equipment for different oils?
10. With your company, when mistakes are made, are inferior batches of oil discarded or sold?
11. Do your company’s cookers have domed heads or cone heads?
12. Does distillation of oils with your company include supplemental solvents?
13. Does your company bottle directly from the still without modification of any kind?
14. Has your company tested its oils side by side in the same lab with Young Living oils to make a fair comparison?
15. How long has your company been around?
2. Does your company have their own fully equipped testing laboratory to verify an oil’s composition?
3. Does your company routinely send their oils out to independent testing laboratories for verification?
4. Does your company have anyone on its staff with a trained “nose.”
5. Does your company regularly visit the distilleries and farms of their suppliers to verify quality?
6. Do the farms where your company grows herbs have labs on site to test for determination of the exact day and time for harvest to insure optimal quality?
7. Are your company’s crops harvested at the peak times to obtain the highest quality oils?
8. Are your distillery personnel skilled in both the art and science of extracting the highest quality oils?
9. Does your company employ different distillation techniques and equipment for different oils?
10. With your company, when mistakes are made, are inferior batches of oil discarded or sold?
11. Do your company’s cookers have domed heads or cone heads?
12. Does distillation of oils with your company include supplemental solvents?
13. Does your company bottle directly from the still without modification of any kind?
14. Has your company tested its oils side by side in the same lab with Young Living oils to make a fair comparison?
15. How long has your company been around?
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Follow up notes from Ann Blake Tracy Ph.D
Ann Blake-Tracy, holds a Ph.D. in Health Sciences with the emphasis on Psychology, and serves as the executive director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness. She has specialized for 20 years in adverse reactions to serotonergic medications, and has testified
before the FDA on antidepressants. Since 1992 she has testified as an expert witness and consultant in SSRI related court cases around the world.
www.drugawareness.org & www.ssristories.com
ANTIDEPRESSANTS - OUR SEROTONIN NIGHTMARE – TIME TO WAKE UP!
PROPERLY PRESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE #3 LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN AMERICA
• PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TAKEN AS PRESCRIBED – Killing as Many Every Week as We Lost in the 911 Tragedy
• Prescription Drugs = Another 911 Weekly
• But When You Add in the Number of Drug-Induced Cancer and Heart Attack Deaths Prescription Drugs Would Likely Become the #1 Cause of Death in America
REVELATIONS 18:23-24 WARNING – A GREAT DECEPTION IN OUR DAY
• 23. “. . . for thy merchants were the great [rich & powerful] men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
• 24. “And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and all who were slain upon the earth.”
SORCERY = PHARMACOPIA (MEDICINE FROM A PHARMACY)
• The Greek translation of “sorcery” is “pharmacopeia” or “medicine from a pharmacy.”
• So John is warning that in our day the whole world will be “deceived” or lied to about prescription medications & the end result will be the deaths of “prophets, saints, and all good men.”
“LIES, DAMNED LIES, & MEDICAL SCIENCE” – The Atlantic Monthly Magazine
• November, 2010 The Atlantic Monthly published a long interview with Dr. John Ioannidis, one of the leading scientists in the world. Entitled Lies, Damned Lies, & Medical Science this highly respected Greek researcher stated that 90% of medical research is bogus/tainted by industry $$$. Additionally he did not know if it was possible for medical science to recover from this great “deception.”
SEROTONIN/ANTIDEPRESSANT LIES
• The Promises of Peace Through Serotonin
• Hypothesis: Elevated levels of serotonin relieve depression
• Truth: Elevated levels of serotonin produce depression
SEROTONIN THEORY IS BACKWARDS!!
Serotonin is high in depression, anxiety, mania, psychosis, etc., not low!
Research has been clear since the 50’s that the most damaging thing to the serotonin system is the impairing of one's ability to metabolize serotonin. Yet we are told that is exactly how SSRI antidepressants exert their effects
1996 USC MUTANT MICE STUDY
• In a genetic experiment gone wrong these mice lacked the enzyme that breaks down serotonin leading to their brains being awash in serotonin – the exact therapeutic model for the SSRI antidepressants. But these mice were the most violent animals the researchers had ever seen & it was determined that the elevated serotonin produced the violence.
DR. JOHN MANN
• In 2001 Dr. Mann was called to testify in behalf of Glaxo Pharmaceutical to defend their SSRI, Paxil, in a mass murder/suicide where a mild mannered loving father & husband took Paxil for only two days & then shot his wife, his visiting daughter, her infant daughter & himself. Dr. Mann was compelled to testify in this case that, according to his own years of research, when serotonin metabolism is impaired it produces impulsive murder & suicide. He then testified that the SSRIs impair the metabolism of serotonin. This impairment of serotonin metabolism is what is suppose to be the therapeutic effect!
ISRAEL: 1950’s DR. FELIX SULMAN – INITIAL RESEARCHER INTO SEROTONIN
Found that those individuals who could not metabolize serotonin, thereby resulting in elevated serotonin levels, suffered from:
Migraines
Hot Flashes
Tension & anxiety that came from nowhere
Pains around the heart
Difficulty breathing
Impulsive behavior
Would cause rabbits – the most docile of creatures to become aggressive
Would cause pregnant women to abort, subsequently pregnant woman were given serotonin to induce labor.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH: RESULTS OF IMPAIRING SEROTONIN METABOLISM
Migraines
Hot flashes
Pains around the heart
Difficulty breathing
Worsening of bronchial complaints
Tension and anxiety which appear from out of nowhere
Depression
Suicide – especially very violent suicide
Violent crime
Substance abuse
Hostility
Arson
Psychosis
Mania
Organic brain disease
Autism
Anorexia
Reckless driving
Alzheimer's
Impulsive behavior with no concern for punishment
Argumentative behavior
THE MOST COMMON ANTIDEPRESSANT-INDUCED COURT CASES:
Divorce
DUI
Assault
Stalking
Robbery/Shoplifting
Embezzlement/Fraud
Rape/Older Females Molesting Young Underage Men
Arson
Suicide by cop
Murder
Murder/Suicide Attempt
SEROTONIN-INDUCED CRIMES DATABASE: (www.ssristories.com)
A few high profile cases:
Unibomber (3 Dead & 23 Hurt)
Connecticut Lottery Shooting – majority of workplace shootings (5 Dead)
Columbine-majority of school shootings (15 Dead & 24 Injured)
Egyptian Air Suicide Flight (217 Dead)
New York City Subway Bomber (48 Hurt)
Crown Prince of Nepal (Entire Royal Family Shot by Crown Prince - 10 Dead)
Andrea Yates – majority of mothers killing children (5 Children Dead)
Comedian Phil Hartman & his wife- majority of murder/suicides (2 Dead)
Wyoming Paxil Murder/Suicide (5 Dead)
Princess Diana & Dodi Al Fayed (3 Dead)
From our database of 4300 cases posted at www.ssristories.com
ADDITIONAL CRITICAL POINTS:
SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS
• Have been the most prescribed or near the top for years.
• In February of 2008 the information came out to the public that the initial studies on antidepressants were hidden from the public as well as the FDA by the drug makers showing that these drugs are no more effective than a placebo.
• These drugs fit perfectly 16 of 17 points in a CIA list for a perfect mind control drug
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH’s STAR*D STUDY
• The National Institutes of Health decided to do a study to show the true efficacy of SSRI antidepressants. It was called the Star*D study. In the spring of 2008 we were told they had found a 67% benefit in treating depression with SSRIs. One year on the medications only 3% were okay, but it took them another year to announce that to the world. [When antidepressants bring in $86 Billion per year it is easy to understand the delay!]
7–10% LACK THE P-450 2D6 LIVER ENZYME
Lacking this liver enzyme system a patient cannot metabolize antidepressants & therefore will reach toxic levels of their medication very quickly resulting in “involuntary intoxication.” We know that 7% - 10% of patients genetically do not inherit a functioning P450 2D6 liver enzyme system. Toxicity = adverse reactions, physical or mental.
A young American man (18) shot and killed his father after only three weeks on Prozac. He was just granted a new trial after tests showed his liver enzyme is impaired or lacking.
PAXIL – 7 X BREAST CANCER
• Antidepressants produce a greater rate of breast cancer. With Paxil the rate of increase has been shown to be a 700% increase!
REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER (RBD)
Initial studies with the SSRI and SNRI antidepressants showed that REM sleep was being repressed by the drugs. Prozac represses REM sleep by 50%. The brain will go into REM during periods of wakefulness to compensate for the lack of REM allowing for acting out in a dream state – often referred to as a psychotic break. This is how sleep deprivation produces psychotic breaks. Anything that represses REM sleep can and will produce psychosis or psychotic breaks or dreaming during periods of wakefulness.
Known as the REM Sleep Behavior Disorder or RBD in which there is no paralysis during sleep thus allowing one to act out dreams or nightmares. Generally RBD is a nightmare causing 80% of patients to hurt themselves or someone else - even to commit homicide.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAUSE CRAVINGS FOR ALCOHOL
45 out of 100 who have had previous alcohol problems will increase heavy drinking if given an antidepressant!!!
They also produce alcohol cravings in those who are not drinkers – example Princess Di’s driver Henri Paul
Antidepressants also increase the blood alcohol ratio leading to DUI charges
WEB MD ESTIMATES RATE OF ANTIDEPRESSANT-INDUCED MANIA/BIPOLAR
1/3 of those who take antidepressants will go manic/Bipolar
Manufacturers of antidepressants produced new antipsychotics as their next mind altering medications after their antidepressants – knowing that the antidepressant use would cause such a demand for these drugs??? The new antipsychotics are DOUBLE in price!
SEROQUEL – DEATH DURING SLEEP
• So strong is this new atypical antipsychotic that our healthy young vets, generally on a combination of an antidepressant, tranquilizer & Seroquel, are dying in their sleep.
• A support group has been formed for those families who have lost vets to suicide, hostility or sudden death resulting from these atypical antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs. The group is headed by Stan White who lost one son in combat & another to sudden death.
[PLEASE PUT FOLLOWING FDA WARNING IN A BOX HERE]
US FDA WARNING ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS
“Patients of all ages who are started on antidepressant therapy should be monitored appropriately and observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, or unusual changes in behavior.
Families and caregivers should be advised of the need for close observation and communication with the prescriber. . .
Pay close attention to any changes, especially sudden changes, in mood, behaviors, thoughts, or feelings. This is very important when an antidepressant medicine is started or when the dose is changed.”
Call a healthcare provider right away if you or your family member has any of the following symptoms, especially if they are new, worse, or worry you:
• thoughts about suicide or dying
• attempts to commit suicide
• new or worse depression
• new or worse anxiety
• feeling very agitated or restless
• panic attacks
• trouble sleeping [most common antidepressant side effect]
• new or worse irritability
• acting aggressive, being angry, or violent
• acting on dangerous impulses
• an extreme increase in activity and talking [mania]
• other unusual changes in behavior or mood
[END FDA WARNING]
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
For more information on any of these subjects Dr. Tracy’s book & CD explaining safe withdrawal & methods to rebuild after the use of an antidepressant are available at www.drugawareness.org. You will also find there:
DVD of a two hour lecture given in her hometown of Safford, AZ where many have died as a result of the use of these drugs.
BIPOLAR SHMIPOLAR! – a DVD with Dr. Tracy explaining what exactly Bipolar Disorder is (which few doctors seem to know) & how you can even get rid of it.
REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER – a DVD on the most frightening of all the adverse effects of the antidepressants.
FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME – a DVD on the false memories that have become so common since the inception of the first SSRI antidepressant leading to many false arrests & imprisonments. It can happen to anyone.
SSRIs, SEROTONIN & SPIRITUALITY – a DVD on the adverse effects of elevated levels of serotonin upon the ability for many to feel God in their lives & why that is.
THE HISTORY OF MIND CONTROL – the SSRIs fit 16 of the 17 key points the CIA lists as requisite for their perfect mind control drug. As we go through the history of mind control in America & the world & then compare it to what we know about SSRI antidepressants, the impact is chilling.
Dr. Tracy also does private phone consultations for both antidepressant withdrawal support & consultations as an expert witness in criminal proceedings in court cases resulting from antidepressant use. You can order any amount of time from a half an hour or more for consultations with her at www.drugawareness.org.
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy can help in mild forms of depression. It may ease mental fatigue and help with sleep. However, if you, or someone you know, are severely depressed, additional support and therapy are necessary. Aromatherapy is more effective when used as a Complementary therapy, assisting other therapies.
Uplifting Oils Soothing Oils
Bergamot
Cypress
Lemongrass
Rosemary
Sage Chamomile
Geranium
Jasmine
Lavender
Marjoram
Neroli
Patchouli
Rose
Sandalwood
Ylang Ylang
Essential oils used for depression:
basil, bergamot, cedarwood, clary sage, frankincense, geranium, grapefruit, lavender, lemon, jasmine, myrrh, neroli, rose, sandalwood, spruce, orange, and ylang ylang.
Essential oils that can have a positive influence on feelings of anger, which are associated with depression: rose, chamomile, ylang ylang, and rosemary.
If the depression is associated with a loss, then essential oils helpful for grief and bereavement: lavender, rose, frankincense, neroli, hyssop, and marjoram, should be included.
Many of the essential oils used for depression are from flowers and fruit. These essences have an uplifting effect on the mind and emotions.
Inhalation blend for mild depression
4 parts Clary sage essential oil
4 parts Ylang ylang essential oil
3parts Geranium essential oil
2 parts Basil essential oil
1 part Sandalwood essential oil
Mix the above essential oils in an amber glass bottle, Label. Use three to four times daily.
Essential Oil Blend for Depression
Basil
Clary sage
Jasmine
Rose
German chamomile (matricaria recutita)
Mix the oil together. Place it in a bowl of steaming water (2 or 3 drops), or in a bath (5 or 6 drops ), or on the edge of your pillow (1 or 2 drops).
Camomile-Bergamot Blend
before the FDA on antidepressants. Since 1992 she has testified as an expert witness and consultant in SSRI related court cases around the world.
www.drugawareness.org & www.ssristories.com
ANTIDEPRESSANTS - OUR SEROTONIN NIGHTMARE – TIME TO WAKE UP!
PROPERLY PRESCRIBED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE #3 LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN AMERICA
• PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TAKEN AS PRESCRIBED – Killing as Many Every Week as We Lost in the 911 Tragedy
• Prescription Drugs = Another 911 Weekly
• But When You Add in the Number of Drug-Induced Cancer and Heart Attack Deaths Prescription Drugs Would Likely Become the #1 Cause of Death in America
REVELATIONS 18:23-24 WARNING – A GREAT DECEPTION IN OUR DAY
• 23. “. . . for thy merchants were the great [rich & powerful] men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
• 24. “And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and all who were slain upon the earth.”
SORCERY = PHARMACOPIA (MEDICINE FROM A PHARMACY)
• The Greek translation of “sorcery” is “pharmacopeia” or “medicine from a pharmacy.”
• So John is warning that in our day the whole world will be “deceived” or lied to about prescription medications & the end result will be the deaths of “prophets, saints, and all good men.”
“LIES, DAMNED LIES, & MEDICAL SCIENCE” – The Atlantic Monthly Magazine
• November, 2010 The Atlantic Monthly published a long interview with Dr. John Ioannidis, one of the leading scientists in the world. Entitled Lies, Damned Lies, & Medical Science this highly respected Greek researcher stated that 90% of medical research is bogus/tainted by industry $$$. Additionally he did not know if it was possible for medical science to recover from this great “deception.”
SEROTONIN/ANTIDEPRESSANT LIES
• The Promises of Peace Through Serotonin
• Hypothesis: Elevated levels of serotonin relieve depression
• Truth: Elevated levels of serotonin produce depression
SEROTONIN THEORY IS BACKWARDS!!
Serotonin is high in depression, anxiety, mania, psychosis, etc., not low!
Research has been clear since the 50’s that the most damaging thing to the serotonin system is the impairing of one's ability to metabolize serotonin. Yet we are told that is exactly how SSRI antidepressants exert their effects
1996 USC MUTANT MICE STUDY
• In a genetic experiment gone wrong these mice lacked the enzyme that breaks down serotonin leading to their brains being awash in serotonin – the exact therapeutic model for the SSRI antidepressants. But these mice were the most violent animals the researchers had ever seen & it was determined that the elevated serotonin produced the violence.
DR. JOHN MANN
• In 2001 Dr. Mann was called to testify in behalf of Glaxo Pharmaceutical to defend their SSRI, Paxil, in a mass murder/suicide where a mild mannered loving father & husband took Paxil for only two days & then shot his wife, his visiting daughter, her infant daughter & himself. Dr. Mann was compelled to testify in this case that, according to his own years of research, when serotonin metabolism is impaired it produces impulsive murder & suicide. He then testified that the SSRIs impair the metabolism of serotonin. This impairment of serotonin metabolism is what is suppose to be the therapeutic effect!
ISRAEL: 1950’s DR. FELIX SULMAN – INITIAL RESEARCHER INTO SEROTONIN
Found that those individuals who could not metabolize serotonin, thereby resulting in elevated serotonin levels, suffered from:
Migraines
Hot Flashes
Tension & anxiety that came from nowhere
Pains around the heart
Difficulty breathing
Impulsive behavior
Would cause rabbits – the most docile of creatures to become aggressive
Would cause pregnant women to abort, subsequently pregnant woman were given serotonin to induce labor.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH: RESULTS OF IMPAIRING SEROTONIN METABOLISM
Migraines
Hot flashes
Pains around the heart
Difficulty breathing
Worsening of bronchial complaints
Tension and anxiety which appear from out of nowhere
Depression
Suicide – especially very violent suicide
Violent crime
Substance abuse
Hostility
Arson
Psychosis
Mania
Organic brain disease
Autism
Anorexia
Reckless driving
Alzheimer's
Impulsive behavior with no concern for punishment
Argumentative behavior
THE MOST COMMON ANTIDEPRESSANT-INDUCED COURT CASES:
Divorce
DUI
Assault
Stalking
Robbery/Shoplifting
Embezzlement/Fraud
Rape/Older Females Molesting Young Underage Men
Arson
Suicide by cop
Murder
Murder/Suicide Attempt
SEROTONIN-INDUCED CRIMES DATABASE: (www.ssristories.com)
A few high profile cases:
Unibomber (3 Dead & 23 Hurt)
Connecticut Lottery Shooting – majority of workplace shootings (5 Dead)
Columbine-majority of school shootings (15 Dead & 24 Injured)
Egyptian Air Suicide Flight (217 Dead)
New York City Subway Bomber (48 Hurt)
Crown Prince of Nepal (Entire Royal Family Shot by Crown Prince - 10 Dead)
Andrea Yates – majority of mothers killing children (5 Children Dead)
Comedian Phil Hartman & his wife- majority of murder/suicides (2 Dead)
Wyoming Paxil Murder/Suicide (5 Dead)
Princess Diana & Dodi Al Fayed (3 Dead)
From our database of 4300 cases posted at www.ssristories.com
ADDITIONAL CRITICAL POINTS:
SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS
• Have been the most prescribed or near the top for years.
• In February of 2008 the information came out to the public that the initial studies on antidepressants were hidden from the public as well as the FDA by the drug makers showing that these drugs are no more effective than a placebo.
• These drugs fit perfectly 16 of 17 points in a CIA list for a perfect mind control drug
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH’s STAR*D STUDY
• The National Institutes of Health decided to do a study to show the true efficacy of SSRI antidepressants. It was called the Star*D study. In the spring of 2008 we were told they had found a 67% benefit in treating depression with SSRIs. One year on the medications only 3% were okay, but it took them another year to announce that to the world. [When antidepressants bring in $86 Billion per year it is easy to understand the delay!]
7–10% LACK THE P-450 2D6 LIVER ENZYME
Lacking this liver enzyme system a patient cannot metabolize antidepressants & therefore will reach toxic levels of their medication very quickly resulting in “involuntary intoxication.” We know that 7% - 10% of patients genetically do not inherit a functioning P450 2D6 liver enzyme system. Toxicity = adverse reactions, physical or mental.
A young American man (18) shot and killed his father after only three weeks on Prozac. He was just granted a new trial after tests showed his liver enzyme is impaired or lacking.
PAXIL – 7 X BREAST CANCER
• Antidepressants produce a greater rate of breast cancer. With Paxil the rate of increase has been shown to be a 700% increase!
REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER (RBD)
Initial studies with the SSRI and SNRI antidepressants showed that REM sleep was being repressed by the drugs. Prozac represses REM sleep by 50%. The brain will go into REM during periods of wakefulness to compensate for the lack of REM allowing for acting out in a dream state – often referred to as a psychotic break. This is how sleep deprivation produces psychotic breaks. Anything that represses REM sleep can and will produce psychosis or psychotic breaks or dreaming during periods of wakefulness.
Known as the REM Sleep Behavior Disorder or RBD in which there is no paralysis during sleep thus allowing one to act out dreams or nightmares. Generally RBD is a nightmare causing 80% of patients to hurt themselves or someone else - even to commit homicide.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAUSE CRAVINGS FOR ALCOHOL
45 out of 100 who have had previous alcohol problems will increase heavy drinking if given an antidepressant!!!
They also produce alcohol cravings in those who are not drinkers – example Princess Di’s driver Henri Paul
Antidepressants also increase the blood alcohol ratio leading to DUI charges
WEB MD ESTIMATES RATE OF ANTIDEPRESSANT-INDUCED MANIA/BIPOLAR
1/3 of those who take antidepressants will go manic/Bipolar
Manufacturers of antidepressants produced new antipsychotics as their next mind altering medications after their antidepressants – knowing that the antidepressant use would cause such a demand for these drugs??? The new antipsychotics are DOUBLE in price!
SEROQUEL – DEATH DURING SLEEP
• So strong is this new atypical antipsychotic that our healthy young vets, generally on a combination of an antidepressant, tranquilizer & Seroquel, are dying in their sleep.
• A support group has been formed for those families who have lost vets to suicide, hostility or sudden death resulting from these atypical antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs. The group is headed by Stan White who lost one son in combat & another to sudden death.
[PLEASE PUT FOLLOWING FDA WARNING IN A BOX HERE]
US FDA WARNING ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS
“Patients of all ages who are started on antidepressant therapy should be monitored appropriately and observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, or unusual changes in behavior.
Families and caregivers should be advised of the need for close observation and communication with the prescriber. . .
Pay close attention to any changes, especially sudden changes, in mood, behaviors, thoughts, or feelings. This is very important when an antidepressant medicine is started or when the dose is changed.”
Call a healthcare provider right away if you or your family member has any of the following symptoms, especially if they are new, worse, or worry you:
• thoughts about suicide or dying
• attempts to commit suicide
• new or worse depression
• new or worse anxiety
• feeling very agitated or restless
• panic attacks
• trouble sleeping [most common antidepressant side effect]
• new or worse irritability
• acting aggressive, being angry, or violent
• acting on dangerous impulses
• an extreme increase in activity and talking [mania]
• other unusual changes in behavior or mood
[END FDA WARNING]
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE
For more information on any of these subjects Dr. Tracy’s book & CD explaining safe withdrawal & methods to rebuild after the use of an antidepressant are available at www.drugawareness.org. You will also find there:
DVD of a two hour lecture given in her hometown of Safford, AZ where many have died as a result of the use of these drugs.
BIPOLAR SHMIPOLAR! – a DVD with Dr. Tracy explaining what exactly Bipolar Disorder is (which few doctors seem to know) & how you can even get rid of it.
REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER – a DVD on the most frightening of all the adverse effects of the antidepressants.
FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME – a DVD on the false memories that have become so common since the inception of the first SSRI antidepressant leading to many false arrests & imprisonments. It can happen to anyone.
SSRIs, SEROTONIN & SPIRITUALITY – a DVD on the adverse effects of elevated levels of serotonin upon the ability for many to feel God in their lives & why that is.
THE HISTORY OF MIND CONTROL – the SSRIs fit 16 of the 17 key points the CIA lists as requisite for their perfect mind control drug. As we go through the history of mind control in America & the world & then compare it to what we know about SSRI antidepressants, the impact is chilling.
Dr. Tracy also does private phone consultations for both antidepressant withdrawal support & consultations as an expert witness in criminal proceedings in court cases resulting from antidepressant use. You can order any amount of time from a half an hour or more for consultations with her at www.drugawareness.org.
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy can help in mild forms of depression. It may ease mental fatigue and help with sleep. However, if you, or someone you know, are severely depressed, additional support and therapy are necessary. Aromatherapy is more effective when used as a Complementary therapy, assisting other therapies.
Uplifting Oils Soothing Oils
Bergamot
Cypress
Lemongrass
Rosemary
Sage Chamomile
Geranium
Jasmine
Lavender
Marjoram
Neroli
Patchouli
Rose
Sandalwood
Ylang Ylang
Essential oils used for depression:
basil, bergamot, cedarwood, clary sage, frankincense, geranium, grapefruit, lavender, lemon, jasmine, myrrh, neroli, rose, sandalwood, spruce, orange, and ylang ylang.
Essential oils that can have a positive influence on feelings of anger, which are associated with depression: rose, chamomile, ylang ylang, and rosemary.
If the depression is associated with a loss, then essential oils helpful for grief and bereavement: lavender, rose, frankincense, neroli, hyssop, and marjoram, should be included.
Many of the essential oils used for depression are from flowers and fruit. These essences have an uplifting effect on the mind and emotions.
Inhalation blend for mild depression
4 parts Clary sage essential oil
4 parts Ylang ylang essential oil
3parts Geranium essential oil
2 parts Basil essential oil
1 part Sandalwood essential oil
Mix the above essential oils in an amber glass bottle, Label. Use three to four times daily.
Essential Oil Blend for Depression
Basil
Clary sage
Jasmine
Rose
German chamomile (matricaria recutita)
Mix the oil together. Place it in a bowl of steaming water (2 or 3 drops), or in a bath (5 or 6 drops ), or on the edge of your pillow (1 or 2 drops).
Camomile-Bergamot Blend
Monday, January 10, 2011
interesting notes for the New Year !
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s ok to get angry with god. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s ok to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; god never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, and then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words “in five years, will this matter?”
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business. . .
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously, no one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. Good loves you because of who god is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative –dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You ready have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with bow, but it’s still a gift.
2. When in doubt, just take the next step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s ok to get angry with god. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s ok to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; god never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, and then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words “in five years, will this matter?”
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business. . .
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously, no one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. Good loves you because of who god is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative –dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You ready have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with bow, but it’s still a gift.
Monday, November 29, 2010
outline my 5 steps to success using this module of duplication
Thank you for the opportunity to share and converse with you. I would like to start by saying in the world of networking your success is measured by your ability to duplicate.
Webster Dictionary Duplicate is… To make an exact copy of/ To make twofold; double/ To make or perform again; repeat.
I will outline my 5 steps to success using this module of duplication.
Essential Rewards $ 100 pv
Business insurance/guarantees you a check when someone orders in your organization
Discounted shipping
Free products
Using products/ be a product of the product. Walk your talk.
Be prepare
Create a sharing kit
Business cards
Develop a testimonial based on experience
Learn to give testimonial from heart (1st person)
Facts tell- stories tell
Keep it simple and to the point
Share with everyone (team bonus)
Go to all YL events
When writing my book Guerrilla Multilevel Marketing, my co-authors Jay Levinson and James Dillehay observed after interviewing social and professional networking’s they all built their businesses differently. No one said this . . . we noticed they all had one thing in common –“They didn’t let negative thoughts influence them.”
Failure list of the famous by author unknown
Einstein was 4 years old before he could speak.
Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school and was considered “unpromising”.
When Thomas Edison was youngster, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He was counseled to go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.
F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21, but his boss would not permit him to wait on customers because he “didn’t have enough sense to close a sale”.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
HOW TO TELL WHICH PLASTIC CONTAINERS ARE SAFE AND WHICH ONES LEACH CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS INTO YOUR FOOD
BOTTOM LINE/ NATURAL HEALING- SUMMER 2009>3
LATELY, THE NEWS MEDIA IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TELLING MY PATIENTS FOR YEARS: PLASTIC CONTAINERS CONTAIN CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS THAT CAN LEACH INTO YOUR FOOD.
THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PLASTIC AND CANCER WAS DISCOVERED IN 1987 AT TUFTS MEDICAL SCHOOL. AT THE TIME, RESEARCHERS THERE WERE CULTURING BREAST CANCER CELLS IN TEST TUBES. AS IT HAPPENED, THOSE TEST TUBES WERE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. CHEMICALS IN THE PLASTIC LEACHED INTO THE TEST TUBES, CAUSING THE CANCER CELLS TO GROW LIKE CRAZY!
SINCE THEN, DOZENS OF STUDIES HAVE PROVEN THE PLASTIC-CANCER LINK. WE NOW KNOW THAT WHEN LAB ANIMALS ARE EXPOSED TO THESE PLASTIC CHEMICALS, THEY DEVELOP CANCER. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU KEEP FOOD OR WATER IN CERTAIN PLASTICS, SOME OF THE CHEMICALS LEACH INTO THAT FOOD OR WATER.
BUT NOT ALL PLASTIC IS ALIKE. WHILE SOME FORMS OF PLASTIC ARE HIGHLY TOXIC AND HIGHLY VOLATILE, OTHERS ARE SAFER AND MORE STABLE.
HOW CAN YOU TELL WHICH ONES ARE SAFEST AND WHICH ONES ARE DANGEROUS? SIMPLY LOOK AT THE RECYCLING NUMBER ON THE CONTAINER. (IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE TRIANGLE WITH A NUMBER INSIDE IT.) THEN FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:
- CONTAINERS WITH 3,6 OR 7 ON THE BOTTOM ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS OF ALL. THEY CONTAIN A DANGEROUS AND VOLATILE CHEMICAL CALL BPA, AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.
- CONTAINERS WITH A 4 OR 5 ON THE BOTTOM ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED SAFE. BUT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY USE THEM SPARINGLY. AND YOU SHOULD NEVER USE THEM TO MICROWAVE.
- CONTAINERS WITH A 1 OR 2 ON THE BOTTOM ARE THE SAFEST. THESE INCLUDE CLEAR WATER CONTAINERS, AS WELL AS MOST CLOUDY CONTAINERS YOU NORMALLY FIND WATER OR MILK IN. THESE CONTAINERS, CALLED PETE AND HDPE, ARE SAFE FOR STORING FOOD AND DRINK. BUT AGAIN, YOU SHOULD NEVER USE THEM TO MICROWAVE.
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