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Episode 272: What’s the Deal with Essential Oils?

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Ep. 272: What's the Deal with Essential Oils?

 

In this episode, Stacy and Sarah wade into essential oils and parse out what the risks and what the benefits of using them might be.


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The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 272: What's the Deal with Essential Oils?
  • News and Views (0:41)
  • Stacy fully recommends Stranger Things, a show she watches with her children and dressed as the cast for Halloween

  • Come see Sarah on Book Tour! And pick up some Vital Proteins! Come and meet her! Good times and hugs! And RSVP!


  • Meanwhile, Stacy bought Essential Oils. She couldn't wait for Sarah's research.
    • She's using them in oil diffusers to make her boy and lizard smelling house smell better without using toxic fragrances.

  • But she needs to know if they help people, if they're toxic and if they kill cats


  • Sarah's links on Essential Oil scientific research!
    • Sarah found thousands of studies on essential oils, so focused on reviews

  • Aroma Therapy and Essential Oils (An overview of use of essential oils as aroma therapy for cancer patients)

  • Ingested essential oils can cause liver damage.

  • Biological effects of Essential Oils -- a review

  • Essential Oils’ Chemical Characterization and Investigation of Some Biological Activities: A Critical Review

  • Major bioactivities and mechanism of action of essential oils and their components


  • Sarah's research!
    • First of all, divide essentially uses in two ways: use as aromatherapy and use topically or orally.

  • Essentially oils are volatile compounds (they reacted easily with the environment), complex components and usually have a strong odor extracted from botanicals.

  • Extracted by steaming them out or pressing out, not solvent extraction

  • Over 3000 essential oils are out there, and each one has 20-60 chemicals that make it up. Among those, 2-5 are the dominant, key compounds.

  • Scientific research seems to indicate the synergy of all the compounds may be key to the effects of essential oils, not just the presence of the key compounds.

  • Key compounds: triterpenes, aldehydes, alcohols,
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