#NCCAMchat on cholesterol

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When there is too much cholesterol—a fatlike substance—in your blood, it builds up in the walls of your arteries and increases your risk of developing heart disease. Know your total cholesterol, your LDL (bad) cholesterol, and your HDL (good) cholesterol, and triglycerides. Make an appointment to get tested.

High cholesterol by age
20s: 22%
30s: 38%
40s: 50%
50s: 62%

Nearly 1 in every 2 American women has high or borderline high cholesterol.

Total cholesterol numbers:
High: 240 mg/dL and above
Borderline high: 200-239 md/dL
Desirable: Less than 200 mg/dL

Essential Oil Safety

Robert Tisserands new edition of Essential Oil Safety is due out 30th September 2013

http://roberttisserand.com/essential-oil-safety-book-second-edition/

Safety Tips shared by Andrea Butje at Aromahead Institute on NAHA's Member Only Forum:

My guideline is to use essential oils only externally and at low (1%) dilutions with people who are taking many medications, who have impaired liver function (detoxification and metabolism of drugs and essential oils depends on the liver), impaired kidney function (as the kidney excretes packaged toxins from the liver), are suffering from chronic diseases, and those who are elderly or very young.

1. Use caution with Peppermint oil and calcium channel antagonists. Peppermint oil is a calcium channel blocker and may alter the effect of these drugs. Calcium channel blockers are a common medication given for high blood pressure. In this instance, Peppermint may potentiate the medication. 

2. 1,8 cineole containing oils ( a few examples are Ravintsara, all Eucalyptuses, Rosemary camphor/ 1,8 cineole, Cardamom, many species of Helichrysum, Laurel Leaf, Myrtle, Spike Lavender) should not be used with barbiturates. 1,8 cineole increases the metabolic detoxification of these drugs, thus decreasing their effectiveness (reducing the dose more quickly than expected). 

3. Methyl Salicylate (Birch, Wintergreen), Peppermint and Eugenol (Clove, Basil ct eugenol) containing oils should be avoided with anticoagulant drugs such as Warfarin (coumadin). These essential oils, and the component eugenol, are known anticoagulants and may potentiate the effects of the drugs, as the essential oil component is offering the same action as the drug.

People who have aspirin sensitivity should not use Methyl Salicylate containing oils (Birch, Wintergreen). Methyl Salicylate is converted into salicylic acid in the body. Here is an example of a component of an essential oil being the same as the concentrated ingredient of the drug. Check your GC/MS Reports.

4. All oils containing Eugenol (Clove) and Methyl Salicylate (Birch, Wintergreen) should be avoided by people with clotting disorders. This is because these components “thin” the blood and could cause excessive bleeding.

5. If drugs are being given transdermally (skin patch) essential oils must not be applied to the area of the drug patch, or the close vicinity. This is to avoid possible alterations in the drug’s bioavailability. The essential oils could speed up or slow down the delivery of the drug, thus altering the assumed dose.

6. If there is significant hepatic (liver) and renal (kidney) impairment the person will be more vulnerable to the potential toxic effects of the oils with overuse. Intensive or internal use of the oils must be avoided. 

7. Eugenol, Thymol and Carvacrol (Clove, Thyme ct. thymol, West Indian Bay Oil) are potent prostaglandin inhibitors and are to be avoided by people with significant renal (kidney) disease. This is because drug treatment for renal disease increases renal blood flow by mechanisms that are dependent on the effects of prostaglandins.

Inhalation provides a very quick absorption into the blood stream while applying the oil to the skin allows for slow, continuous absorption over a period of time, especially if applied during a massage. My understanding is that most safety concerns with essential oils and drug interactions are with oral, rectal and vaginal use of the oils (or the intensive use of neat oils on the skin). Of course, the transdermal issue has to do with using the oil on the skin.

Essential oils and eye safety

I am always the first to say lets keep our sensible pants on when using essential oils.  Placing essential oil anywhere near the eye is not recommended.  However I have always been fascinated by those applications of essential oil which rely on just a few molecules to have a discernable effect.  Now you might say this is not aromatherapy at all this is cosmetics and thats fine by me.

http://roberttisserand.com/2013/02/essential-oils-and-eye-safety/

I may be able to throw some light here as we have a commercial eyedrop and eyemist range. Certainly the idea of placing any essential oil even diluted as aromatherapists understand the term (1-3% in a vegetable oil) appears to me inappropriate. I dont like the term inappropriate as its usually a euphemism for what we really want to say. eg dangerous!

We do hear of the utility in drinking/using significant quantities of essential oil on the if you dont use ‘enough’ then it wont ‘work’ principle. This is based firmly in the ‘material’ concept of perception. If the issue is that bad it should certainly be taken to a doctor.

However the value that essential oil has time and time again that has been demonstrated in individual cases is the impact on the ‘immaterial’. The life we perceive but cannot touch or sit upon. Physics and Biology are coming ever closer to a ‘description’ of this but even a ‘description’ will be couched in material terms which our minds can perceive in some form of analogy or another.

Essential oil certainly is used with success in commercial environmental eyedrops but in a dilution of 1/2500. The ‘materialist’ would say that is too immaterial for an ‘impact’ and the result must be ‘placebo’. Aromatherapy might say that no a 1/2500 dilution while certainly being too small to be of harm is nonetheless capable of benefit. As these natural eyedrops sell in their hundreds of thousands in pharmacies something must be going on and that has intrigued researchers. The prescription of conventional eyedrops as a ‘front line’ environmental eyedrop has documented medical risks hence the need for a ‘natural’ environmental eyedrop.

2013 Skincare Distributor Pricelist

Please note Minimum Quantities apply to Shirley Price Botanical Skincare Purchases

Individual items may be purchased here
UK www.LetNatureProvide.co.uk
International www.ShirleyPrice.co.uk and at Shirley Price stockists worldwide

	FOOTCARE	SP.FOOTCARE
5603	5025412003321	Deodorising Foot Cream			50	£3.36
5604-50		Exfoliating foot cream			50	£4.53
5605-30	5025412003284	Foot reflex cream			30	£2.83
5605-50	5025412003291	Foot reflex cream			50	£4.95
5607-50	5025412003338	Foot reflex cream base			50	£2.95
5607-150	5025412003345	Foot reflex cream base			150	£5.72
5607-500	5025412003352	Foot reflex cream base			500	£15.03
5608-50	5025412003314	Relaxing Foot Cream			50	£3.36
5609-50	5025412003307	Warming Foot Cream			50	£3.36
	ALOE VERA	SP.Aloe Vera Gel
5601-50	96019351	aloe vera gel			50	2.17
5601-150	96019351	aloe vera gel			150	5.3
5601-500	96019351	aloe vera gel			500	9.56
5601-1000	96019351	aloe vera gel			1000	14.34
5602-50	96019405	aloe and seaweed gel			50	£2.34
5602-150	96019405	aloe and seaweed gel			150	£5.73
5602-500	96019405	aloe and seaweed gel			500	£10.50
5602-1000	96019405	aloe and seaweed gel			1000	£15.75
5610-50	96019337	arnica gel			50	£2.46
5611-50	96019344	borage gel			50	£4.23
5612-50	96019351	clear aloe gel			50	£2.17
5613-50	96019368	lavender gel			50	£1.84
5614-50	96019375	muscle gel			50	£1.99
5615-50	96019382	neroli gel			50	£2.11
5616-50	96019399	rejuvenating rose gel			50	£4.33
5606-50	96019412	soothing peppermint foot gel			50	£2.72
5617-50	96019429	tea tree gel			50	£2.67
5618-50	96019436	vitamin E gel			50	£3.28
	HERBAL CREAMS	SP.Herbal Creams
5619-30	96019542	almond and sandalwood cream			30	£3.41
5620-30	96019559	aloe vera cream			30	£2.65
5621-30	96019566	anti cellulite cream			30	£2.82
5622-30	96019573	arnica cream			30	£2.98
5623-30	96019313	borage cream parabens free			30	£2.83
5624-30	96019306	calendula cream parabens free			30	£2.77
5625-30	96019597	chamomile cream			30	£2.88
5626-30	96019580	comfrey cream			30	£3.14
5627-30	96019603	echinacea cream			30	£3.87
5628-30	96019610	evening primrose cream			30	£2.91
5629-50	96019658	exfoliating foot cream			50	£4.53
5630-30	96019627	frankincense and rose cream			30	£3.08
5631-30	96019634	hypericum cream			30	£2.94
5632-30	96019641	tea tree cream			30	£2.96
5633-30	96019535	vitamin e cream			30	£1.55
	DEEP CLEANSERS	SP.ESSENTIA SKINCARE ROUTINE - CLEANSERS
5634-50	96019474	No1 Cleansing cream			50	£3.55
5634-150	5025412003376	No1 Cleansing cream			150	£7.40
5635-200	96019467	No2 Cleansing Milk			200	£6.41
5635-500	5025412003390	No2 Cleansing Milk			500	£14.60
5636-125	5025412003406	No3 Toning lotion			125	£2.50
5636-200	5025412003413	No3 Toning lotion			200	£5.33
5636-500	5025412003420	No3 Toning lotion			500	£12.77
5636-1000	5025412003437	No3 Toning lotion			1000	£23.63
	MOISTURISERS
5637-30	5025412003444	No4 Frankincense Pretty Serum			30	£12.70
5638-200	5025412003451	No5 Moisture Lotion			200	£4.72
		No5 Moisture Lotion			50	£2.25
		No5 Moisture Lotion			125	£3.75
		No5 Moisture Lotion			1000	£15.00
5639-30	5025412003468	No6 Moisture Cream			30	£2.88
5639-50	5025412003475	No6 Moisture Cream			50	£6.24
5639-150	5025412003482	No6 Moisture Cream			150	£17.75
5640-15	5025412003499	No7 Superlight eye cream			15	£2.75
5640-30		No7 Superlight eye cream			30	£4.98
5640-50		No7 Superlight eye cream			50	£6.64
5640-150		No7 Superlight eye cream			150	£16.79
5641-30		No8 'Rejuvenating' Night Cream			30	£5.14
5641-50	5025412003505	No8 'Rejuvenating' Night Cream			50	£8.57
5641-150	5025412003512	No8 'Rejuvenating' Night Cream			150	£24.54
5642-30		No9  Natural Beauty Night Cream	70-95% organic		30	£5.14
5642-50	5025412003529	No9  Natural Beauty Night Cream	70-95% organic		50	£8.57
5642-150		No9  Natural Beauty Night Cream	70-95% organic		150	£24.54
	MASQUE
5647-50	5025412003536	Moisturising honey masque			50	£4.95
5647-150	5025412003543	Moisturising honey masque			150	£13.95
5648-50	5025412003550	Moisturising Minute Gel Masque			50	£4.95
5648-150	5025412003567	Moisturising Minute Gel Masque			150	£13.95
5649-50	5025412003574	Cypress exfoliating Cream mask			50	£4.95
5649-150	5025412003581	Cypress Exfoliating Cream mask			150	£13.95
5649-200	5025412003598	Cypress Exfoliating Cream mask			200
5649-500	5025412003604	Cypress Exfoliating Cream mask			500
5650-50	5025412004069	Faceoff mask			50	£4.95
5650-150	5025412004069	Faceoff mask			150	£13.95
5651	5025412004076	Natural beauty Facewash	70-95% organic		125	3.00
		Natural beauty Facewash	70-95% organic		500	8.00
		Natural beauty Facewash	70-95% organic		1000	12.00
5652-30	5025412003611	Facial treat rejuvenator			30	£2.11
5653-1000	5025412003628	Hand & Body Lotion			1000	£15.00
5653-200	5025412003635	Hand & body lotion			200	£3.59
5653-100	5025412003642	Hand & body lotion			125	£3.39
5653-50	5025412003659	Hand & body lotion			50	£2.25
5654-30	5025412003666	Jasmine aromatic oil			30	£7.69
5655-30	5025412003673	Neroli aromatic oil			30	£6.97
5656-30	5025412003680	Rose aromatic oil			30	£7.26
	5025412003703	Essentia Skincare kit - cleanse, tone, moisturise - dry skin				£12.50
	5025412003710	Essentia Skincare kit - cleanse, tone, moisturise - oily skin				£12.50
	EYECARE	SP.EYECARE
	5025412003154	SCNo7 Superlight eye cream			15	£2.75
	5025412003161	Chamomile eye care			10	£1.70
	MOISTURISERS	SP.MOISTURISER CREAM COLLECTION
5657-30	5025412003727	No1 OLEA 'Sensitive' EO Free Moisture Cream	70-95% organic		30	£3.07
5657-50	5025412003734	No1 OLEA 'Sensitive' EO Free Moisture Cream	70-95% organic		50	£4.21
5657-150		No1 OLEA 'Sensitive' EO Free Moisture Cream	70-95% organic		150	£10.54
5658	5025412003741	No2 'Hydrating' Frankincense Moisture Cream			30	£3.74
		No2 'Hydrating' Frankincense Moisture Cream			50	£6.24
		No2 'Hydrating' Frankincense Moisture Cream			150	£12.48
5659-30	5025412003758	No3 Essentia Classic' Moisture cream			30	£3.74
5659-50	5025412003765	No3 Essentia Classic' Moisture cream			50	£6.24
5659-150	5025412003772	No3 Essentia Classic' Moisture cream			150	£12.48
5660-30	5025412003789	No4 Mature Nourishing F&M Moisture cream			30	£3.74
5660-50	5025412003796	No4 Mature Nourishing F&M Moisture cream			50	£6.24
5660-150	5025412003802	No4 Mature Nourishing F&M Moisture cream			150	£12.48
5661-30	5025412003819	Clear Skin Moisture Cream - Special A			30	£4.04
5661-50		Clear Skin Moisture Cream - Special A			50	£6.73
5661-150		Clear Skin Moisture Cream - Special A			150	£13.46
5662-30	5025412003826	Dry skin moisture cream - Special E			30	£4.11
5662-50	5025412003833	Dry skin moisture cream - Special E			50	£6.65
5662-150	5025412003840	Dry skin moisture cream - Special E			150	£16.07
5663-30	5025412003857	Scar care moisture cream			30	£5.18
5663-50	5025412003864	Scar care moisture cream			50	£7.77
5663-150		Scar care moisture cream			150	£10.36
5664-30	5025412003871	Post epilation moisture cream			30	£4.04
5664-50		Post epilation moisture cream			50	£6.73
5665-30	5025412003888	Airways moisture Cream - Special S			30	£5.18
5665-50		Airways moisture Cream - Special S			50	£8.63
5666-30	5025412003895	Visible veins moisture cream			30	£5.47
5666-50		Visible veins moisture cream			50	£9.12
		SP.BALMS COLLECTION
5667	5025412003178	Lip balm			15	£1.59
5668-100		After bath lotion			100	£2.04
5668-200	5025412003185	After bath lotion			200	£3.07
5669-100		After shave balm			100	£2.67
5669-200	5025412003192	After shave balm			200	£4.05
5670-100	5025412003208	After Sun milk			100	£4.69
5670-200	5025412003215	After Sun milk			200	£7.11
5671-100		Peppermint balm			100	£3.12
5671-200	5025412003222	Peppermint balm			200	£4.73
5671	5025412003239	Peppermint Balm			500	£9.95
		SP.HAIR
5672	5025412003901	Scalp tonic			30	£2.83
5673	5025412003918	Shampoo for dry hair	70-95% organic		200	£4.00
		Shampoo for dry hair	70-95% organic		500	£8.00
		Shampoo for dry hair	70-95% organic		1000	£12.00
5674	5025412003925	Shampoo for greasy hair	70-95% organic		200	£4.00
		Shampoo for greasy hair	70-95% organic		500	£8.00
		Shampoo for greasy hair	70-95% organic		1000	£12.00
5675	5025412003932	Shampoo for normal hair	70-95% organic		200	£4.00
		Shampoo for normal hair	70-95% organic		500	£8.00
		Shampoo for normal hair	70-95% organic		1000	£12.00
5676	5025412003949	Hair conditioner	70-95% organic		200	£4.00
		Hair conditioner	70-95% organic		500	£8.00
		Hair conditioner	70-95% organic		1000	£12.00
5677	5025412003956	Headlice repellant conditioner	70-95% organic		200	£2.75
5678	5025412003963	Headlice shampoo	70-95% organic		200	£2.75
5679	5025412003970	Lavender & Geranium bodywash	70-95% organic		200	£4.00
		Lavender & Geranium bodywash	70-95% organic		500	£8.00
		Lavender & Geranium bodywash	70-95% organic		1000	£12.00
		SP parabens free skincare bases, certified organic
		Body butter base - 87.62% Organic ingredients			250	£11.00
5680	96019290	Body butter base - 87.62% Organic ingredients	70-95% organic		500	£18.00
		Body butter base - 87.62% Organic ingredients	70-95% organic		1000	£27.00
		Bodywash Wash base 81.98% Organic ingredients	70-95% organic		250	£5.00
5681	96019283	Bodywash Wash base 81.98% Organic ingredients	70-95% organic		500	£8.00
		Bodywash Wash base 81.98% Organic ingredients	70-95% organic		1000	£12.00
		Shampoo base 70.20% Organic Ingredients	70-95% organic		250	£5.00
5682	96019276	Shampoo base 70.20% Organic Ingredients	70-95% organic		500	£8.00
		Shampoo base 70.20% Organic Ingredients	70-95% organic		1000	£12.00
		Cream base 90.98% organic ingredients	70-95% organic		250	£13.25
5683	96019269	Cream base 90.98% organic ingredients	70-95% organic		500	£21.20
		Cream base 90.98% organic ingredients	70-95% organic		1000	£31.80
		G2 Cream base 91.24% organic ingredients	70-95% organic		500
		G2 Lotion base 92.04% Organic ingredients	70-95% organic		250
		Hair conditioner base 73% organic	70-95% organic		250	£6.25
		Hair conditioner base 73% organic	70-95% organic		500	£10.00
5684	96019481	Hair conditioner base 73% organic	70-95% organic		1000	£15.00
		Liquid Castille soap base			250	£11.25
5685	96019252	Liquid Castille soap base	organic		500	£18.00
		Liquid Castille soap base			1000	£27.00
		Lotion Base 91.36% organic ingredients	70-95% organic		250	£6.25
5686	96019252	Lotion Base 91.36% organic ingredients	70-95% organic		500	£10.00
		Lotion Base 91.36% organic ingredients	70-95% organic		1000	£15.00
5687	96019269	Melt and Pour Soap 71.99% organic	70-95% organic		500
		Night cream	70-95% organic		250	£6.25
5688		Night cream	70-95% organic		500	£10.00
		Night cream	70-95% organic		1000	£15.00
5689		Unfragranced Lipbalm base	organic		500	£18.00
		SP.Skincare bases
5643	96019443	Avocado oil fragrance free moisture cream base			30	£3.64
5643	5025412004380	Avocado oil fragrance free moisture cream base			150	£13.86
5644	96019504	Carrot oil fragrance free moisture cream base			30	£3.64
5644		Carrot oil fragrance free moisture cream base			150	£13.86
		White lotion - parabens free
		White lotion - parabens free
5645	5025412002799	White lotion - parabens free			500	£10.00
5646	5025412003482	Moisture cream - parabens free			50	£3.65
5646	5025412003482	Moisture cream - parabens free			150	£9.10
5646	5025412003482	Moisture cream - parabens free			500	£18.00
5691	96019511	No. 1 shampoo base			200	£3.43
5692	96019528	Silky bath base			200	£4.00
5693		conditioner base			30	£2.86
5694	5025412004410	foam bath			200	£13.86
5695	96019665	high foam bath			200	£3.54
5696	96019320	liquid soap parabens free			200	£6.19
5690	5025412004083	Rosemary & Bergamot liquid soap	70-95% organic		200	£9.00
	5025412004083	Rosemary & Bergamot liquid soap	70-95% organic		500	£18.00
	5025412004083	Rosemary & Bergamot liquid soap	70-95% organic		1000	£27.00
5697	5025412004403	Bees wax pellets			200	£3.05
	5025412004397	beeswax block			200	£8.20
5698		Clay			200	£0.00
		Clay			200	£0.00
		Clay			200	£0.00
5699		Frankincense resin			200	£0.00
		Myrhh resin			200	£0.00