November 03, 2017

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

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1 hour 4 minutes

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.

Click here to listen in iTunes

If you enjoy the show, please review it in iTunes!

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,

...more

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November 03, 2017

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

Listen Later

1 hour 4 minutes

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.

Click here to listen in iTunes

If you enjoy the show, please review it in iTunes!

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,

...more

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