Seven Guidelines for Better Lung Health

Take a deep breath.  
IN and OUT.
IN and OUT.
That simplest of actions is the essence of your life.

We are completely dependent on our body's ability to draw in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.  Each breath draws in essential oxygen from the surrounding atmosphere and pulls it deep into our lung tissue.  Large passageways branch into increasingly smaller and more intricate structures.  

The average human has about 700 million little sacs that do miraculous work which is where the gas exchange takes place.  You don't think about that when you are breathing. 

We don't need to think about that because it's automatic in our bodies - it just happens without any conscious thought.

So healthy lungs are important and to be functioning in peak condition.   Healthy lungs lead to a long and healthy life.

Here are the tips and tricks for keeping your lungs safe.

1. Get Active - when you are resting your lungs only function at 50% of their capacity.  Aerobic exercise like running, cycling, swimming or interval training pushes our lungs to peak capacity and strengthens our diaphragm.

Doctors also state the more intense activity helps counteract the buildup of pollutants, allergens and dust in lungs.  

So exercise several times a week is important. 

2.  Breathe Deeply

Focussed and deliberate breathing while at rest also benefits the lungs by expanding them to near full capacity.  

Mindful breathing starts with slowly inhaling through the nose, lifting your chest, opening your ribcage.  Then exhale completely through the mouth, relaxing the chest and pushing out as much air as possible.

Good posture and reducing the total time sitting also assists our breathing.

3.  Don't smoke - nothing needs to be added. If you smoke stop!

4.  Avoid Pollution

The tiny tissues deep in the lungs are very delicate and vulnerable to damage if exposed to pollution and chemicals over an extended period of time.  Avoid second-hand smoke, outdoor air pollution and harmful chemicals at both work and home. 

5.  Eliminate cleaners with dangerous chemicals from your home

The 20-year independent study found cleaning with toxic chemicals as little as once a week can be as damaging to the lungs as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years.

6.  Monitor Radon

Radon is a gas naturally found in some rock and soil.  If a home is built on top of an area with Radon, it can leak into a home through basement floors or foundations.  Trapped inside it can build up to unhealthy levels.  It can't be seen or smelled and becomes radioactive as it decays - exposure can lead to lung cancer.  There are kids to test for Radon.

7.  Prevent Infection

According to the American Lung Association, colds and other respiratory infections can sometimes become serious.  

Common sense but sharing anyway:
- Wash your hands often with soap and water.
- Use a hand sanitiser when you don't have access to running water  
- Minimise interactions with large groups during cold and flu season
- Keep up on your dental hygiene, including brushing, flossing and rinsing.
 - See a health care professional regularly 
-  Give your immune system a fighting chance by providing your body with the essential nutrition it needs for complete health.

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The Company makes switching from your harsh chemical cleaners and converting your home to Eco products easy.  We all love easy and with it being delivered to your door and be saving you heaps of money it is proving very popular. 

There is no question for your health and wellbeing - you have to remove the toxins from your home.

A quick guide
Tough and Tender - all-purpose cleaner - recommended for cleaning nearly all surfaces, including granite, marble and other natural stone.

Tub and Tile 
Bathroom Cleaner - recommended for cleaning tubs, showers, sinks, toilets, bathroom surfaces, hard water stains, and more. 

Clear Power
Glass Cleaner - recommended for cleaning glass, stainless steel, plexiglass, mirrors, appliances, aluminium and more. 

Soul-u-guard
Botanical disinfectant - recommended for countertops, refrigerator handles, doorknobs, light switches, bathrooms, remotes and mobile devices, and more. 


Melamagic
Heavy-Duty Cleaners
Recommended for linoleum and tiles, floors, no-wax floors, ovens, garages, outdoor furniture, grills and more.

Soul-u-mel
Stain remover and deodoriser
Recommended for cabinets. walls, carpet stains, upholstery, laundry (add only a capful to wash). 

To get your hands on these products:
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Join our Community: #GOGREEN - Toxin Free Group


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Replace your Hand Soap with Thieves Hand Soap

Everyone washes their hands, so why not save your skin from harmful toxic ingredients lurking in hand soaps and place the Foaming Thieves Hand Soaps by all your sinks. Thieves Foaming Hand Soap lets you pump, rinse, and get on your way without harsh, drying detergents. With a plant-based, instant-foam formula, skin is left feeling clean and refreshed but never over-dried.

7 Ingredients you want to avoid in hand soap include:

• Sodium Lauryl/Laureth Sulfate (SLS/SLES)
Sodium lauryl sulfate is a surfactant, detergent, and emulsifier used in thousands of cosmetic products, as well as in industrial cleaners. Present in nearly all shampoos, toothpastes, body washes, and cleansers, liquid hand soaps, laundry detergents, and bath oils and bath salts.
Although SLS originates from coconuts, the manufacturing process results in SLES/SLS being contaminated with 1,4 dioxane, a carcinogenic byproduct.
SLS is the sodium salt of lauryl sulfate, and is rated by the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Skin Deep Cosmetics Database as a "moderate hazard."
SLS breaks down the skin's moisture barrier, easily penetrates the skin, and allows other chemicals to penetrate by increasing skin permeability by approximately 100-fold.
Combined with other chemicals, SLS becomes a "nitrosamine," a potent class of carcinogen.
Research studies have linked SLS to skin and eye irritation, organ toxicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity and endocrine disruption.

• Dioxane
Common in a wide range of products as part of PEG, Polysorbates, Laureth, and ethoxylated alcohols. These compounds are usually contaminated with high concentrations of highly volatile 1,4-dioxane which is easily absorbed through the skin.
This "probable carcinogen to humans" substance has received a "high hazard" rating from EWG's Skin Deep and is especially toxic to your brain, central nervous system, kidneys, and liver.
A synthetic derivative of coconut, watch for misleading language on labels, stating "comes from coconut."
Avoid any product with indications of ethoxylation, which include: "myreth," "oleth," "laureth," "ceteareth," any other "eth," "PEG," "polyethylene," "polyethylene glycol," "polyoxyethylene," or "oxynol," in ingredient names.

• Parabens
Widely used as preservatives in an estimated 13,200 cosmetic and skin care products.
Parabens have hormone-disrupting qualities, mimicking estrogen, and interfere with the body's endocrine system. Studies have shown that parabens can affect your body much like estrogens, which can lead to diminished muscle mass, extra fat storage, and male breast growth.
The EPA has linked methyl parabens in particular to metabolic, developmental, hormonal, and neurological disorders.

• Propylene glycol
A common ingredient in personal care products, it's been shown to cause dermatitis, kidney or liver abnormalities, and may inhibit skin cell growth or cause skin irritation.
Also found in engine coolants, antifreeze, rubber cleaners, adhesives, and paints and varnishes.

• Diethanolamine or DEA
DEA readily reacts with nitrite preservatives and contaminants to create nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA), a known and potent carcinogen.
DEA also appears to block absorption of the nutrient choline, vital to brain development.

• Fragrance
Toluene, made from petroleum or coal tar, is found in most synthetic fragrances. Chronic exposure is linked to anemia, lowered blood cell count, liver or kidney damage, and may affect a developing fetus.
Synthetic fragrances can also be drying and irritating to your skin.

• Triclosan
The antibacterial agent added to many liquid hand soaps to help kill germs. Triclosan is suspected of contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

I challenge you to go look at the store bought and scented hand soaps you have in your home right now and see if you can identify any of those ingredients listed above. What did you discover?

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You can get your Thieves Hand Soap - use the links below. 

If you are looking for high-quality essential oils to support your life journey - look no further than Young Living Essential Oils - they have the Seed to Seal Promise.  

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit.

Note:  The Essential Oils I mention in my blogs are from the Young Living range - I love the Seed to Seal Promise. 

When you are registered with Young Living as a Premier Member you can get your products with 24% off and enjoy the monthly promotions - you might just get your favourite essential oil 

You also get to enjoy the benefit of being in The Mix Community - a fabulous community with over 25,000 people now. 

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit. 

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DIY Heavy Duty Non-toxic Bath Scrub

A big shout out to our friend Kelly Colson for sharing a great #DIY recipe she found for super clean tubs, showers and sinks! I just love using non-toxic products.  If you haven't made the switch today is the day! 

I know I love a good, safe, non-toxic cleaner that really gets the job done, don't you?

DIY Heavy duty bathroom soft scrub
For dirty tubs, sinks & showers.

What you’ll need:
20 oz glass jar
1/4 cup water
1 cup baking soda
1 Tbs Vinegar
10 drops Lemon essential oil
10 drops Thieves essential oil

Add water, baking soda and vinegar to the jar & mix. 
Add in your essential oils & mix well.
Happy cleaning!

If you are looking to order Thieves products to go toxin-free I suggest you join Young Living as a Premier Member and join our Thieves Club - use this link:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/thieves4you/

If you are looking for high-quality essential oils to support your life journey - look no further than Young Living Essential Oils - they have the Seed to Seal Promise.  

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit.

When you are registered with Young Living as a Premier Member you can get your products with 24% off and enjoy the monthly promotions - you might just get your favourite essential oil 

You also get to enjoy the benefit of being in The Mix Community - a fabulous community with over 25,000 people now. 

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit. 

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I have a Facebook page on toxic-free living and you can join that here. 

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DIY Stain Remover

Oh my goodness! I am off to use free Laundry soap from a recent promo?  Such is an oiler enjoying #themixlife

If you are lucky enough to have our laundry soap here is a DIY recipe for you to add a little and deal to those pesky stains? 

You don't need much and you will be making something awesome and totally useful with those oils, like stain remover! It takes all of two seconds to make.  The recipe is in the graphic above. 

After making simply apply to the stain, even an old, dried stain, then wash immediately!

#diy #mixitup

We are launching our Essential Oils Club  and you can join us today!. 

If you are looking for high-quality essential oils to support your life journey - look no further than Young Living Essential Oils - they have the Seed to Seal Promise.  

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit.

Note:  The Essential Oils I mention in my blogs are from the Young Living range - I love the Seed to Seal Promise. 

When you are registered with Young Living as a Premier Member you can get your products with 24% off and enjoy the monthly promotions - you might just get your favourite essential oil 

You also get to enjoy the benefit of being in The Mix Community - a fabulous community with over 25,000 people now. 

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit. 

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JOIN the biggest shopping Network In The World and go shopping at 330,000 points of acceptance in 47 countries.

You can shop at Aliexpress.  

Why join?  You will enjoy cashback and shopping points on every purchase.  

Register here for free: >>>> Cashback World 

THIEVES Lollipops or Lozenges

Most kids just LOVE lollipops. They would eat them constantly if we let them.

Because of Ashley's children loving lollipops so much she decided to investigate what exactly is in them. 

She writes in that amazing community I blog about - The Mix.

"I investigated, I looked it up, or trust me when I say, it’s nothing good. Maybe they shouldn’t be edible, after all. It was time to replace them with something better. I found this recipe on a blog and decided to add a drop of Thieves to the batch. Then, I got really brave and added orange, too. What can I say? I walk on the wild side."

Gather these items first: 
1/2 to 1 Cup Honey - Really, any amount will do.

 I just eyeballed about a cup and got about 20 lollipops.
3-5 drops Thieves vitality oil
3 drops Orange vitality oil 
Lollipop Sticks - You can snag these at JoAnn’s, Michael's or another craft store. Or Aliexpress and get shopping points and cashback.
Silpat Mat or Parchment Paper
A Candy Thermometer - This is helpful, but not necessary.

Here’s how to make these yummy treats:
Pour honey in a small sauce pan and bring it to a boil over medium heat. 

If you have a candy thermometer, use it to tell you when the honey reaches about 300 degrees Fahrenheit.

It'll take about 10 minutes. 

If you don't have a candy thermometer, you can test the honey by dropping a bit of it into a cup of ice water. 

If it hardens (like candy) it's ready. 

If not, keep on boiling.

*Keep a super close eye on your honey.

 It will seem like nothing's happening for a while, then it will increase in temperature very quickly.

 It's better to test often and too soon, than to miss the mark and burn a batch.

When the honey reaches 300 degrees, remove it from the burner.

Add Vitality oils and stir.

Pour small circles on the silpat mat or a piece of parchment paper. 

After pouring five or so circles, stop and put the lollipop sticks in each circle of honey. 

Give the sticks a little twist to be sure they're really stuck in there.

Continue creating small honey circles on the mat, stopping every few minutes to put in the sticks. 

*When you first pour the honey, it's very thin and difficult to get a good circle, but as you continue on, the honey thickens and is much easier to pour.

Feel free to go back over your first few to help round them out and make them a bit thicker.

Allow them to cool and harden on the counter completely at room temperature, about a half hour.

To store, wrap them with a bit of plastic wrap and secure them with string or a twist tie. 

If that's too much work for you, just cut up some parchment paper and fold it over the sucker heads. 

It'll keep them from sticking together when you store them, but will peel off easily when you're ready to enjoy them.

This process sounds long, but it’s really super quick. 

Note:  You could make lozengers/drops.  

#allthingsthieves #dailyimmunesupport

As always I have all the links at the bottom of this blog to make it easy for you.  

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We are launching ourThieves Club and you can join us today!. 

If you are looking for high-quality essential oils to support your life journey - look no further than Young Living Essential Oils - they have the Seed to Seal Promise.  

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit.

Note:  The Essential Oils I mention in my blogs are from the Young Living range - I love the Seed to Seal Promise. 

When you are registered with Young Living as a Premier Member you can get your products with 24% off and enjoy the monthly promotions - you might just get your favourite essential oil 

You also get to enjoy the benefit of being in The Mix Community - a fabulous community with over 25,000 people now. 

 So you can click here to get your Premier Kit. 

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JOIN the biggest shopping Network In The World and go shopping at 330,000 points of acceptance in 47 countries.

You can shop at Aliexpress.  

Why join?  You will enjoy cashback and shopping points on every purchase.  

Register here for free: >>>> Cashback World 

Introducing Seedlings - we want this for our baby

Yes, we want this for our babies. Join our Young Living Seedlings Club

to learn more >>>>>>>https://www.facebook.com/groups/YLseedlings/

#seedlings #theclub #youngliving