Posts Tagged ‘digestion’

The Magic of Enzymes

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Gary taught about enzymes at the recent Florida and Australia conventions.

Enzymes are found in every living cell, whether in plants, animals, or humans.

Ancient people believed that plants were magical. They watched them come out of the ground or watched a tree that put on a bud and sometimes a flower; then a leaf; then change color over the spring, summer, and fall. Then the leaves fell off and turned brown.  Ancient people believed that plants were magical because they saw this process.

They also learned that when they killed an animal and hung it in the trees, the longer it hung there and the more it aged, the better flavor the meat had and the more tender it was.

Why did this happen?

An enzyme releases into the meat when the blood stops circulating, which starts the aging process. The meat eventually starts to rot and smell because it’s decomposing. Enzymes are there just like they’re in the leaves of the trees to turn them brown, decay, rot, and go back into the soil. It’s part of the cycle of life where everything is nurturing and feeding life.

Without enzymes, plants, trees, and grass could not grow. Seeds would not germinate, flowers would not bloom, tomatoes would not turn red, and bananas would not turn yellow.

Enzymes are involved in every process, like digestion, breathing, and even thinking.  To go through a process of just thinking about getting up this morning even required enzymes.

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The Essential 7: Lemon

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

The Essential 7™ is a collection of seven of Young Living’s premiere single oils and oil blends. YL’s Doug Corrigan and Karen Boren are guest bloggers for a series sharing information that will teach you the many ways the Essential 7 kit can enrich your life.

Who knew the fragrance of lemon essential oil could be so calming?

DOUG:  An essential oil that jumps off the page to me with regards to the Essential 7 and emotions is lemon, which is an oil on which we have a lot of research in regards to mood and emotions.  Maybe you could talk about that, Karen.

KAREN: A study was done at the Mie University School of Medicine in Japan, where they found out that lemon seemed to have the ability to calm people down. Lemon not only calmed their anxiety, but it made people feel happier and able to deal with problems better.  They also found in the study that lemon oil would restore balance following stressful incidents. So I can’t think of anything better to have in a little emergency kit for when, as an example, the kids just took a huge can of peanut butter and slicked down the tiled hall to make a slide.

DOUG:  You’ve been in my house, I guess!

KAREN: I mean, there are all sorts of incidents that happen! Sometimes in a stressful moment, you try to calm down and count to 10. Instead, grab a bottle of lemon oil, take a deep breath of it while you count to 10, and you will be able to deal with that stressful situation more calmly.

DOUG: A lot of times our digestion is poor because our liver and gall bladder sometimes need to receive a little stimulation, and that’s when using lemon oil is great to start the day. Drinking a little lemon oil in your water can really help the detox process and start your day on the right foot. Instead of drinking some coffee, which is exactly the wrong thing to do for your digestion, why not stimulate your digestion with a little lemon oil. Then all of a sudden your body will be ready to take on everything that’s coming its way, instead of starting the day in the red, as far as health goes.

KAREN: Finally, this is just a purely household hint.  I just get so irritated with price stickers that are on things I buy. When I get home, I try to scrape them off but to no avail. Lemon oil dissolves those stickers and leaves the product, whatever it is I bought, clean as a whistle.

To be continued.

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Find The Products That Work For You

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

In today’s post, Gary Young encourages Young Living distributors to experiment in finding the products that work best for them.

comfortone3Because of the devitalized foods that we’re eating, digestion is an area where we need so much help. I’ll continue working in bringing products to you that I feel will help overcome the deficiencies that exist in the present food chain.

But folks, if you’re going to build a healthy body, you’ve got to get back to basics and you’ve got to cleanse. And it’s not just once a year or once in a lifetime: Put your body in a state of continual cleansing. And I found this really, really important: My wife, Mary, takes ComforTone™ just about every single day since I’ve known her. You have to find the things that work well for you.

Don’t be afraid to experiment! Don’t wait for me to tell you what to do! Don’t wait for me to tell you to take three of this and six of those and ten of that. Just use the product and experience it. But be patient! You need to realize we may have spent 40 or 50 years taking advantage of our youth to make our old age miserable, and it may take 10 or 15 years to bring it back into balance. But the moment you quit, you’ve lost. And you know I feel that I probably understand as well as anyone the discouragements that come with rebuilding your body and overcoming pain and overcoming dysfunctional glands and organs. No one knows that better than those who have been there. And those who haven’t been there just thank God that that wasn’t an experience you needed in life because it’s not easy and it’s not necessarily fun. But the flipside of that, it brings you a fabulous education that you can share with others and help them to overcome and rebuild their lives.

So that’s where it’s at: Don’t hesitate! It’s going to be really exciting to have all of you out in the field participating in this research. So many of you have had experiences you’ve shared with me that I’ve been able to pass on and share with others. And the outcome has been marvelous, so don’t hesitate in doing that!

—Essentially Yours,
D. Gary Young

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