Gut Health

On this Black Friday, I want to tell you to that many of our loved ones are suffering with a variety of maladies that they simply need help with.

For me, to give a gift is to bless someone with something they need.   But then, to educate them on how to effectively use it.  And continue to educate with further products that could possibly help them. 

One of the greatest issues we are facing currently in our society is the medical and pharmacological entities prescribing more and more medications to people, effectively putting a band-aid on a problem that could potentially be helped with a change in diet, appropriate exercise, some good quality supplements, and yes, essential oils.  

What I am NOT saying is to stop taking your medications.  What I AM saying is to prayerfully study other options for you that do not have side effects, or that could cause you to need a domino effect of other medications in the future to "fix" the side effect of this one medication.  

Unfortunately in our society today, we have to do the research on how to take control of our health.  But with each one of us that creates a "rabbit hole" of needing to find the right option for our own bodies.  We are each created fearfully and wonderfully by God and as such, each of our needs are different.  So it is up to us to become our own greatest advocate and researcher for every single medication, supplement, food,  exercise, and essential oil out there to see whether the benefits outweigh the detriments.   With all of this research, there isn't a "one and done" type of answer where one type of diet/plan/exercise/supplement/essential oil is a one size fits all type of situation.  

How do we begin?  PRAYER!

Pray about everything, from finding out about what GMO wheat does to your gut, to repairing your gut with LIfe 9 and NingXia Red.  Click those links and read all about how those 2 items help your body!   I have a friend who has been on both of those since the beginning of C0v!d!  

Pray about those wonderful organic green leafy arugala and spinach that you found at Aldi's and look up the vitamins and minerals in both of those foods and how often you should eat those things to get maximum benefit for YOUR body and the bodies of those who you are in charge of.  

Pray about the use of sugar in your diet and how you should use it, or if you should use it.  What kind of substitutions can you make to help remove it from your diet?  Why?  Take a look on any search engine about the detriments of sugar.  

Pray about the exercise you do and how much you should be doing.  I need to increase my daily walking, adding in a few more low impact exercises to help strengthen my arm further, and to help strengthen my back due to osteoarthritis.  I find that when I'm up and moving that it hurts less.  When we first moved to southern Georgia in 2015, just the move helped the back pain decrease.  I only felt the hurricanes coming, whereas in Pennsylvania, I felt every dip in the barometric pressure in my back.  Now, I need to continue to add some basic stretches to keep my back strengthened to keep the pain away.  What do I do when the pain comes?  I have my hubby roll some Deep Relief on the muscles beside my spine as well as on top of my spine.  I've been researching and here very soon I plan to delve in to the CBD Muscle Rub, as well as many of the other CBD products to help with greater health.

These are just things that I use on a regular basis, but where do YOU start?  

I want to ask you some questions to get you started.  I want to help you get the most bang for your hard earned buck and if a diffuser and an essential oil kit isn't where you need to start, we can go a different direction.  I can completely tailor your orders to fit your life and the needs you and your family have.

Disclaimer:  I am not a medical doctor, and I cannot diagnose or treat any illness you may have been diagnosed with.  

That said, I will HIGHLY recommend every single time, that you take the suggestions of potential supplements to your Dr and have them read the ingredients list and get their official "Okey Dokey" first before ordering.  If you have medications that some oil or some other supplement may interfere with, you need to be aware of that as well.  

But, if you're looking for a life change, health supporting, start replacing toxins in your home type of beginning, I just might have what you're looking for.  You can go to the top of this blog page and click the "Contact me" feature above.  I will get back to you to help you.

If you're looking for a business opportunity, of course go ahead and click "Opportunity" and see what that's all about.  I'd love to talk with you about it and get you started.  

What about gift giving?  Let me know what you're looking for and I can point you in the right direction!  If you'd like to bless a loved one with a Premium Starter Kit with 12 of the most awesome oils, I can help you there, too.  

If you'd like to schedule coffee at a local restaurant, I'd love to do that, too!  Just let me know and we can do that, too!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Love & God Bless,

Regina Graham 

One day you're out with your grandson, daughter-in-love, husband, and son enjoying a local strawberry farm, playing on the playground, seeing how bees work, tractor rides, and watching all the animals.  Then, later that evening, the little guy starts to vomit throughout the night.  Then the rest of the family starts dropping like flies!  

Yup!  This has been us this week.  And there's nothing as iirritating as thinking that upset in your stomach could be the looming sickness that means you're next!   That really plays on your mind, messes with your plans, and kinda throws a monkey wrench in to everything.

So, what do I do to try to keep myself from getting so sick? 

First, I keep eating nutritiously.  When I go for comfort foods, yes, they're comforting, but usually not packed with nutrients.  So, Chicken soup with home made broth and/or organic bone broth is in the crock pot along with frozen veggies, and brown and indian wild rice for the B vitamin boost.  We have lots of water based foods that help keep the fluids in our bodies as well as our colon moving well. 

...speaking of colon...

Second, we take LIfe 9 probiotic with 17 billion active cultures.  It is a timed release capsule, releasing in the small intestine where it does it's best work to help keep the gut flora balanced and in check.  When we do get sick, as soon as possible after being sick we get this going again to rebalance our gut flora to help regulate everything.  It helps so much! 

Third,  we roll Thieves Essential Oil Blend on our feet and spine to help with "Mega" immune support!  It is amazing!  Take a look at the ingredients and look up "Benefits of...." and see how awesome this powerhouse oil blend is!  

Fourth, we add Digize Vitality Essential Oil Blend to our tummy protocol.  You can add this to an 8 ounce glass of water with Peppermint Vitality oil, or add them both to a Veggie Capsule so you don't have to taste the Digize. (Believe me when I say I MUCH prefer taking Digize this way! )    Add a couple drops of Grapeseed, Olive, or Avocado oil to the capsule too.  Eat it with something that has fat in it, like a piece of cheese to help the oils attach to the larger fat molecules and absorb in to your system slower.  

You can also add a couple drops of Peppermint and Digize to your tummy where ever it is bothering you to help ease discomfort.  I add 2 drops each and apply in a clock wise fashion every couple of hours to help with tummy troubles.  There is also Tummygize for kids that may help the little ones too.  There is an entire KidScents Little Oilers Bundle and an entire line of products for them, including an awesome diffuser that you can play white noise and lullabies.  It's a beautiful durable diffuser! 

Fifth, we rest.

A LOT!!!

Sixth, we drink lots of water and tea.  It's for hydration and my young folks like to use Body Armor.  I haven't ever used it, but with the electrolytes and so forth, it works well for them.  I prefer to use Vitality Drops with Electrolytes.   My kids think it's too acidic, but I don't use very much, maybe 2-3 drops in a quart of water and it makes a HUGE difference!  

We are continuing to work at little things around the house while we wait for our turn to be sick.  I'm hoping I don't get it, like usual.  I'm working with all these oils to try to keep this bug away.  I'm so thankful that I have all these wonderful products on hand to help me and my family work our way through the flu.  

Take care!

Love & God Bless,

Regina Graham 

Welcome to my science class today!

In this brief video, class, you will be introduced to....

The digestive system! 

While this episode isn't the greatest quality, it will give you a fun idea of what happens when the "digestive juices" come along and help digest things.

I would like to explain here at this point, that our gut health is directly correlated to our overall health, physically and mentally.  

In this next video, you'll see a variety of reasons to make it a matter of serious consideration about your own gut health. 

Ok, now that we have those out of the way and I've probably scared the "Dickens" out of you, minus the 3 ghosts, how do you address all of this?

I am continually addressing my own gut biome.  Years ago, in February 2007, I had sinus surgery.  A few days later I got a sinus infection and needed a powerful antibiotic.  I ended up, for the first time in my life, I got thrush!  For those of you who do not know what thrush is, simplistically speaking, it is a yeast overgrowth in your gut that shows up in your mouth and lips.  

That's when I rushed to the box store and bought an acidophilus.  Mind you, that was the best I knew at the time, but fortunately, I know more now.  Keep reading and you'll be pleasantly surprised! 

Enzymes are just a small part of the picture.  Enzymes come along and help to break down your food in to usable bits for your body to use for building, rebuilding, healing, and growing.  Yes!  It's a BIG job!  So, our food must be the best we can possibly manage for the sake of our own health.

But, is our food today the same nutrient dense food that our grandparents had back in the 1970's?

The answer is "NO!"

Start with cleaning up our diets, removing the processed foods, as much as possible.  No one is perfect, right?!  Once a month getting fast food is ok, right?  Well, try eating everything unprocessed for a month, then go get yourself fast food!  See what happens.  My guess would be that you'll likely end up in the bathroom within a half an hour.  I know that's what happens to me!  Whew!

For those of you who are science nerds, go ahead and look up all these enzymes and see what they do, how they do it, why they do it, and all that sort of thing.  I love the research myself, but ya'all need to do some of the work to completely understand the "WHY?!" 

I'm glad you asked!

First of all, I'd start with a good probiotic: Life 9  This is a timed release capsule that releases in the small intestine where it's needed!  It's best to take this right before bed.

Secondly, I'd get the best antioxidant drink on the planet on board: NingXia Red

After you've been on those for 3 months...

Oh!  I forgot to tell you, this is a long term type of thing.  This is where you try those items for 90 days, then stop for 1 week and see how you feel. 

Trust me!  You're going to feel a HUGE difference!  

How do we get started?

Easy peasy!

When you visit the links above, click "Subscribe" on both of them.  You'll get a 24% discount right after you create an account.  Make sure you write down your account number, PIN number, sign on name, password, etc, and set your subscription to process at the day most convenient for you.  Here's a bonus, when your order reaches 100+ in personal volume (PV), you get free shipping!   Keep your subscription going and you'll earn loyalty points toward FREE products!  It's a great program!

As for "WHO", anyone 12 and up can take the above supplements.  What about younger ones?  They can take the Kids' MightyPro--Pre & Probiotic, it seriously tastes like a Pixie Stick!!!, and 1 ounce of NingXia Red each day instead of 2 ounces.  

Kids can also take enzymes with Mightyzyme supplement.  

As for the next step for older children ages 12 and adults, the next step would be to take a look at what types of things you're having issues with?

Do you need help with allergies?

Try Allerzyme

Are you wanting to just begin?

Try Essentialzyme

Now, back to your own "why"...why would you start using these supplements to help with your gut health?  Here is a list of a few examples:

*Mental fatigue

*Digestive discomfort

*A need to avoid certain foods because of how you "react"/food sensitivities and allergies

*Irregular bowel movements, diarrhea, or irritable bowel

*A feeling of "fullness" or bloating

*Sluggishness after meals

*Gassiness

*Acid reflux/ Acidity issues/ GERD/ Heartburn

*Poor tissue repair

*Weight gain

*Constipation

*Crohn's disease

*Celiac Disease

*Lactose intolerance

*Diverticulitis
*Gastritis

*Skin issues/ acne/ eczema or psoriasis

These are only naming a few of the plethora of gut-related issues.  (S. Harnich,206)

If you have any of these issues and are being treated by a Dr for them, please take the ingredients lists to each of the supplements I've mentioned above to your Dr's visit and see if they're ok with you taking them before you even order. 

Other than that, folks, your health is in your own hands.  Do the research!  Type up "Benefits of _______" each ingredient in the above supplements.  Want to take a handy dandy supplement from the local box store?  Great!  But you're only going to absorb about 30% of the supplement.  When you have excellent quality supplements that all the ingredients adhere to the strictest of standards, you cannot go wrong!  

Take control of your gut health today!  Your body will thank you in the long run!

Love & God Bless,

Regina Graham