Essential Oils!

Essential Oils

My friend Jackie and I attended an amazing seminar put on by the Westchester/Rockland Dietetics Association in White Plains, NY the previous Thursday. We were at our wits end between massive amounts of tests, papers, presentations, projects and getting sick. I had not been this sick in well over five years since I overhauled my diet to a mostly plant-based way of eating. I did not know what to do and kept wondering how could this happen to me? How had my body let me down? Or maybe I had let it down by not relaxing at all, by not eating properly and by not exercising. Either way my life was on a sort of hold since I couldn’t keep my eyes open from the sinus pain I was experiencing. I had self-diagnosed myself as having a sinus infection which I used to experience a couple of times a year prior to removing dairy from my life. I rested the whole weekend in hopes that I would be up and running by Monday when I had a test. I was not up and running to say the least, I could barely walk and keep my eyes open so I did not do well on that test, something I hadn’t truly experienced in a nutrition class before. I knew I had to take control of the situation and so I did.

I had read about oil of oregano many times through my alternative medicine research and seeing the headline of its powers as I scrolled my Facebook and peaked at the natural living blogs I followed. I didn’t know just how amazing oil of oregano was until I actually experienced this magnificent oil. 

I clearly am not endorsing any particular kind and as usual when trying something new or looking outside the box for your healthcare it is best to read reviews or speak to a professional.  I picked the brand shown here, went to my local health food store and thankfully picked it up. I followed the directions (2-3 drops either under the tongue or in tea, water or another liquid-I used seltzer!) and within an hour I actually felt better! I felt like my head wasn’t entirely weighed down with huge black bricks, you know those ones in swim classes that you had to pick up and bring to the surface as the “challenge” of the day? 

Well that’s what felt like had been sitting on my face and head. I could finally open my eyes fully without immense pain. I was so thrilled I wanted to shout from the rooftops about just how incredible this product was! I did my version of the rooftop yelling by telling anyone that was sick or asked how I was doing, “well you see this oil of oregano stuff does really work!” I continued taking the oil every day and continued to improve, I wasn’t 100% immediately but the difference was phenomenal. Below is a small list of what this oil can do!:

-free radical crushing antioxidants

-fights infection

-contains magnesium, zinc, vitamin C, and E

-enhancing digestive process

-alleviates sinus and cold issues

 After my experience with oil of oregano I was even more excited to attend the essential oils seminar that Jackie and I had signed up for. I had always wanted to get more interested in essential oils but never felt I had the time, well this illness clearly showed me that I better make the time, my body wasn’t going to just keep going like this, I needed to take an active role in helping my body be the best version possible. The seminar was led by Marie Ruggles, RD, MS CN, CDE who not only was extremely knowledgeable in essential oils but was an RD, she had gone through the same science based education that I was currently working my way through, worked in a hospital with kidney patients, done all of the ‘conventional’ things that RDs can do and then discovered essential oils and how they might not only help those around her but might help those within her practice. 

Needless to say I am working on incorporating more essential oils into my life and finally using that wonderful diffuser I bought a year ago!