Air Freshener Dangers & The Best Natural Alternatives

An excellent video about keeping you home fresh without the toxins. This is why a variety of essential oils and a home diffuser should be in every home. Learn more about essential oils at 
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DIY ESSENTIAL OIL | AIR FRESHENER SPRAY

Air fresheners are loaded with toxins. Read the label on your air freshener. Stop poisoning your family and make your own. This could also be used as a carpet, fabric, sheet spray.

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TOXIC LITTLE MONSTERS IN YOUR HOME

A ritual for cleansing a diseased home from mold and mildew using equal parts Cedarwood and Hyssop is described in the book of Leviticus. Mold was a problem even in biblical times. Today, toxic black mold can become such an unhealthy invader that people must leave their homes.

In her book, Tox-Sick Suzanne Somers points out 6 toxic threats that we need to take seriously if we want to be healthy. Threat number 3 is Toxic Black Mold. She learned first hand how this home invader can destroy health. She and her family got very sick from a mold infestation. She was even misdiagnosed with cancer, when in fact her body was suffering from mold.

Mold is the new mystery disease. The treatment for mold is essentially the same as the treatment for Lyme disease. Both can have devastating effects on health. A faulty air conditioner can be a source of mold spores. Mold disrupts your immune system and causes an inflammatory response. Both mold and Lyme are often misdiagnosed. 

Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, and depression are misdiagnosed when instead you may have mold toxicity. The same is true for Lyme disease, which is often misdiagnosed for other ailments.

"Just because you don't see molds in your home doesn't mean you don't have them: they can be hiding, munching away at your drywall, insulation and plywood; these are mold toxin 'happy foods'," says Somers. 

"Like little monsters reproducing and wreaking havoc in your body, mold keeps reproducing unless stopped, like mold on your bathroom tile," she adds. 

If mold is not cleared from the body once it invades, it can remain in your body indefinitely and cause lifelong problems. Imagine going through life being told you have other ailments and being treated for problems you don't really have, when in fact the real problem is mold. 

Vision impairment, unstable temperature, tremors, tics, headaches, muscle aches, difficulty concentrating, brain dysfunction, weight gain, insomnia, unusual pain, are a few of the ways mold toxicity affects people. Some people are misdiagnosed with Parkinson's disease when the problem is actually mold, Somers claims. 

Reading her book has made me realize that mold is a serious problem. I recently removed mold from our windows, the shower, and even found some growing on the wall at a spot where a bed was pushed against the wall. I'm constantly sneezing and blowing my nose during winter and I'm sure mold is a culprit. 

I use undiluted white vinegar to kill mold. Give the moldy area a good spray and wait 20 minutes. Then I spray the area down with a strong ratio of Thieves household cleaner in a spray bottle. (One ounce Thieves and 14 ounces of water.) I also add essential oils suggested for mold on page 72 of the Quick Reference Guide for Using Essential Oils, which you get free from me as a member of Young Living. wholelifeoils.com/danelle-carvell/

I scrub the area well and sometimes I'll add a soapy homemade cleaner called Triple Threat, which contains castile soap, borax, washing soda and alcohol. Message me for the recipe if you're interested. I have people asking to buy Triple Threat because it works so well as a spot removing cleaner. Sometimes you discover winning recipes when you experiment.

If the problem is Toxic Black Mold, you should get a professional to remove it. You don't want that stuff in your lungs when it gets stirred up. I'll be sharing the other toxic threats from Suzanne's book in future posts, so check back.
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Thieves® Household Cleaner: Pure for Your Family

The Thieves Premium Starter Kit is the best way to switch out every toxic cleaner in your home for a healthier option. It gets you a membership with Young Living and 25% off everything you order. Keep your membership by ordering 50 PV (usually 50 dollars) within one year. Learn more about the benefits of Young Living in your home at wholelifeoils.com/danelle-carvell/

Everyday Toxins: Dryer Sheets and why you should NEVER use them again!

We wash our clothes in toxic chemicals then dry them with dryer sheets loaded with toxic chemicals. We wear clothes everyday. Chemical laundry products are a big source of toxic overload in our bodies.
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BREATHING PLASTIC

When I worked in a daycare, I was in charge of a small room with no ventilation and about 4 young children to care for. On the wall was an air freshening canister that shot out a toxic spray every 15 minutes. Those babies were breathing plastic as they slept. When I finally said something because I couldn't handle the constant headaches, she was nice about it and told me I could turn it off. But I did get the feeling that she thought I was a nut.

This week at work, I had to cover my nose or hold my breath every time I went into the bathroom. I noticed the canister on the wall just like at the daycare. I was told that one of my co-workers had brought a vanilla scented air freshener for the bathroom and that's what I was smelling. I could literally feel the headache coming on within the short time that I was in there. Later I could smell it wafting into my work area as people opened the bathroom door.

I want to put an essential oils diffuser in the bathroom or provide one of my homemade essential oil infused freshening sprays. These subjects are difficult to bring up because whoever brought the vanilla-scented spray could easily be offended, but I really don't want to breathe plastic. I don't want to get a headache every time I go in there.

People who are sensitive to chemicals can tell in an instant if a cleaning product is toxic. I used to get a headache from the toxic floor cleaner at the daycare. I wish there were an easy way to make people understand how bad these chemical- filled products are for their health. And children are affected even more. Nature provided us with wonderfully-scented, pure plant oils and we ignore them and reach for toxic chemicals instead.

A diffuser in your home eliminates the need for toxic air fresheners. And you can easily make freshening sprays for fabric/sheets/carpet with essential oils. I share my recipes with Young Living members who sign up at the link below. A membership with Young Living is the smartest way to have a chemical-free home. All of their products are safe, even for children.
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Thieves Household Cleaner....more than a game changer

Household cleaners contain chemical hormones that mimic estrogen and wreak havoc on the body. Dr Haggerton explains why you need to ditch all the toxic cleaners in your home and switch to one bottle of Thieves cleaner, a healthy substitute for every cleaner in your home.

An overload of chemicals from toxic home cleaners cause children to go through early puberty. It also can cause weight gain in children. Adults suffer from chemical exposure too, but children in the family will suffer more. Come in at 1:50 to get straight to the good stuff in this video. Learn more about getting the toxicity out of your home at wholelifeoils.com/danelle-carvell/

SAVVY GATEKEEPERS HAVE HEALTHIER FAMILIES

The second reason why I'm so passionate about essential oils and the Young Living company is because of the toxins I'm avoiding every day. I no longer use Cascade, which contains endocrine disrupting chemicals that cause cancer and damage DNA. I now use Thieves dishwasher powder, which uses plant-based, naturally derived ingredients.

I no longer spray Lysol, which contains a mix of chemicals that are toxic to humans. I use a diffuser to freshen my home instead of canned air fresheners, gels and plug-ins, which cause tumors, lung damage and asthma. Air fresheners are in the top ten list of most toxic products in the home. I can make a homemade air/fabric/sheet spray in under a minute with water, salt or witch hazel, and a few drops of essential oil.

One of the top pollutants in the home is laundry detergent and fabric softener. You wash your clothes in toxic chemicals and the polluted fabric sits on your skin and outgases in your closet. Dryer sheets are also extremely toxic. I can make my own laundry detergent with essential oils or buy Thieves laundry detergent from the Young Living catalog. Instead of dryer sheets, I use essential oil-infused wool dryer balls.

We contribute to our own health problems when we blindly bring toxic products into our homes. Even the cookware we use can be toxic. The average woman is exposed to 300 chemicals daily through her makeup, personal care products and home cleaners.

Makeup and personal care products are loaded with chemicals. Young Living has a line of toxin-free makeup called Savvy Minerals and the bath & body products are chemical-free too. Toxic chemicals are allowed in nearly every type of cleaning product in the US. 95% of cancer cases are caused by environmental and home toxins.

My journey started when I got sick from a room full of cheap candles on Thanksgiving Day. That's when I began to wonder what other crap was lurking in the products I use. I became a label reader and an avid researcher. My research led me to essential oils and the Young Living company. I feel better about my role as gatekeeper for my family now that I've ditched the toxic products and switched to healthier options.

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