Eat Pray Faith with Tracey Stroup, ND, CNHP

Medicinal Essential Oils....It's not another MLM and why you need to question them!

Tracey Stroup, ND, CNHP Season 2 Episode 19

Way back in the day, upon starting my natural health journey, I was introduced to essential oils by a friend in a MLM (multi-level marketing company).  And I loved them. They were easy to use...apparently they cured everything...and people liked them.

Fast forward 15 years into my functional naturopathy studies and now teaching, I realized they were not all they said they were. Now, before everyone gets offended, we do know that the government, FDA, EPA and even natural supplement companies are not always truthful when it comes to standards, testing and quality.

Well, guys...hate to burst your bubble, but not all EO companies tell the whole truth either. Does this make them bad or not useful? No! It simply means, what you use them for is EXTREMELY important AND we need to know the standards at which they are produced so they are not dangerous.

Long before MLMs and even before they came to the United States, essential oils were dispensed by pharmacies in other countries like France due to the purity and potency. They were considered medicine.
Today you can buy them in gas stations and grocery stores so we really need to pause and consider...what changed? Well, it is the production, growing and dumbing down of these once amazing and medicinal elements of nature.

Recently, after discovering these truths about EO companies, I decided to stop my membership with an MLM in which I made a nice monthly commission, simply out of principle.

I cannot represent something that is FALSE to my health community, not matter the payout. Then I sought out an expert. Who could tell me from growing to bottling all the ins and outs...the good, bad and the ugly. And I found her all the way from New Zealand.  My eyes were opened...Now I can never unsee the truth.

I hope you enjoy this podcast today. I love essential oils and after years of hearing "I got an oil for that", EOs lost credibility in my eyes. But after talking with Dr. Bo, I realized they do have a place and a space not only in the home but in clinical practice. 

Today, Dr. Bo Hendgen, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Naturopathic Doctor and founder/CEO of Absolute Essentials is my guest. Her company is one of a kind, producing their own professional prescription blends of pure, certified organic essential oils and carriers from the best of the world’s medicinal plant harvests. She has steered a clear and determined path for her company Absolute Essential towards more sustainable business practices and has emerged as a ‘remarkable example of sustainability

Thank you for joining us! We would love to hear from you. Send us a message. ~ Dr. Tracey


A note from Dr. Tracey ~
Our bodies, when given what it needs, will do what is needs to be healthy!

God's design is perfect and good. He is a way maker and has made a way back to health when we abide in all that HE said is VERY GOOD! I hope you embrace the beautiful opportunity before you.

God bless you all ~ Dr. Tracey

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