12/18/23: Essential oil VS antibiotics

Happy Monday my friend,

šŸŖ»Did you know that are certain flowers that can bloom all year?! Of course extreme climates are the exception, but itā€™s cool to witness natureā€™s ability to adapt to lower temperatures.

Monday Motivation

ā™»ļø BE THE CHANGE: A high school freshman was curious about the potential risks of overusing antibiotics, so he ran this low-budget science project to compare Oregano oil to Amoxicillin. His interest stemmed from personal health challenges and the benefit he received from essential oils on his healing journey. Not medical advice, but a quick 2-min powerful demonstration of a young citizen scientist!

šŸŠ RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Upgrade your holiday salads with this from-scratch zesty orange ginger dressing recipe from Sadia of Pick Up Limes. (I love her blogā€™s recipe library because you can use very specific filters to exclude common allergens and certain food ingredients, and even search by ease and ā€œtime to makeā€!)

šŸ„ SUPERFOOD SPOTLIGHT: Growing in the wild on birch trees in cold climates, the adaptogenic chaga mushroom has been shown to have massive health benefits and superfood status. Studies reveal chaga may have anti-cancer and anti-tumor effects, reduce inflammation, and improve immune response. The prebiotic properties may even balance out gut microbiome dysbiosis.

 

šŸ§  MIND: Could kundalini yoga help boost memory function in aging women? A 12-week study found that kundalini yoga, which includes a lot of chanting, singing, meditation, and gentle poses, ā€œmay benefit the region of the hippocampus impacted by stress,ā€ and saw an increase in connectivity in the brain region of women mostly in their 60s.

šŸ’†ā€ā™€ļø BODY: Many of us realize how important lymphatic stimulation is for the body to detox. One beautiful way to practice self-care while increasing circulation is gua sha, an ancient tradition in Chinese medicine. Through gentle scraping motions with a smooth stone (often jade or rose quartz), gua sha helps ā€œto relieve acute or chronic musculoskeletal pain, improve circulation and reduce inflammation, support the immune system and address upper respiratory illnesses, and release tension in areas where there is restricted movement.ā€

ā„ļø SPIRIT: Winter Solstice is this week in the northern hemisphere, and it always feels like an intuitive time to reflect within. My fiancĆ©e introduced me to this introspective guided solstice meditation called ā€œBefore The Light Returnsā€ on the Insight Timer app, and I wanted to share it with you. Itā€™s best listened to with headphones. Let me know what you think!

 šŸ§ Brain Regeneration

If you want a healthier brain as you age ā€” just like any other part of the body, your brainā€™s cells need to recycle and clean out their wastes.

The problem is, over time wastes and toxins build up as cellular junkā€¦ which could contribute to serious neurodegenerative problems like memory loss, brain fog, Alzheimerā€™s, and dementia.

Dr. Ron Rosedale, a world-class longevity and metabolic disease expert, has been developing a simple solution to help reverse and even in some cases prevent cellular junk from poisoning your healthy brain. 

Best of all, anybody can do it from the comfort of their own home ā€” without any doctor visits or drugs filled with side effects. 

Heā€™s sharing his work in a no cost Masterclass you can register for below: 

Dr. Ron Rosedale says, ā€œIā€™ve wanted to show people not only what you can do to protect your brain health and prolong youthfulness but also how to do it in an effortless way. My goal is to give people all of the right tools in a step-by-step fashion that will work for anyone, really even for people who haven't paid attention to their health at all, previouslyā€¦ā€

When you sign up for the free Masterclass today, you also get a complimentary copy of his new report '20 Mushrooms and Herbs to Improve Memory and Prevent Dementia & Alzheimerā€™s 

Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do, but it wonā€™t get you anywhere.

Vance Havner

To a healing future,

Rob

P.S. A few cool finds from Rosedaleā€™s report:

  • Page 10: Scientists in Singapore found that seniors who made this one tweak to their diet had up to 50% lower risk of age-related cognitive and memory decline!

  • Page 17: The mushroom with three critical vitamins proven to lower dementia and Alzheimer's risk (you might already have this in your house).

  • Page 49: How to restore a sluggish memory with the most powerful stress-busting spice ā€“ helps increase blood flow, helps prevents inflammation, and helps reduces the damage caused by free radicals.

Go HERE and reserve your spot for the masterclass ā€“ itā€™s free, along with the mushroom and herb report!