Have you ever heard the expression “you get what you pay for”? There is a lot of truth in this statement; especially with regards to both food and nutritional supplements.

According to many (even when consuming many of the more "premium" name brand supplements) the total absorption rate in the body is disappointingly low. You are lucky if you have a 30-35% absorption rate from the supplement you are taking! More generic or discounted type nutritional supplements often pass right through us; with hardly any absorption happening! Poor bio-availability with your supplements equals expensive pee. 

Over 20 years ago, while experimenting with patients in his clinic, Gary Young learned that adding essential oils to dietary supplements dramatically increased the bio-availability of the supplement; meaning we actually absorb more of it.

Essential oils contain oxygen, antioxidants, the ability to penetrate our cellular walls, pull toxins out of our cells and support the bodies detoxification processes. Due to their ability to penetrate cellular walls, essential oils act as “transport mechanisms” or “drivers” when added to nutritional supplements. They help drive nutrients into our cells.

The ability of essential oils increasing the absorption of nutritional supplements was shown in dramatic fashion with regards to Young Living’s MultiGreens supplement. This  is a highly nutritious, chlorophyll rich supplement consisting of:

- Bee Pollen

- Barley grass juice concentrate

- Spirulina

- Choline

- Eleuthero root

- Alfalfa

- Kelp

MultiGreens also contains the amino acids of L-Arginine, L-Cysteine and L-Tyrosine - along with an essential oil blend consisting of Rosemary, Lemon, Lemongrass and Melissa.

“Clinical experience has shown that BEFORE adding the essential oils to the MultiGreens blend, there was a 42% blood absorption in 24 hours. Then AFTER the essential oils were added, blood absorption increased to 64% in just 30 minutes, and over 86% in just one hour!”

The conclusion of this experiment was that the addition of the essential oils increased the bio-availability of the supplement,  and the cells of the body were now able to receive the nutrients that they had previously not been able to assimilate.

If you go to the store and pick up an herbal supplement, inside that bottle you will find plant material that has been chopped, ground, dehydrated and packaged. This dehydration process results in approximately a 98% loss of that plants naturally occurring essential oil.

Essential oils are considered to be the "life force” or the “blood of the plant”. It makes sense that we would want this “life blood” added back in; to work in conjunction with the rest of the nutrients and plant matter. This creates a more synergistic effect from the supplement that we are spending our hard earned money on!

Thank you for reading!

#Oilyevanstribe

Written by Will Evans

*This information includes ideas and suggestions that is educational in nature, and is provided only as general information. We are not medical professionals; and our advice should not be looked upon as medical treatment plans. This information does not represent the views or opinions of Young Living.*

-Essential Oils Desk Reference, 7th Edition