health has always been really important to me, because I know what it’s like to lose it.

When I was 19 I contracted glandular fever. That was followed by 5 years of chronic fatigue. The doctors didn’t have any answers for me, so my path turned in the direction of natural therapies. There I found the answers that I needed.

And the more I learned, the more I came to see that maintaining optimum health is about the little things we do every day. That’s why I live a healthy, low-tox lifestyle. I explore to find the right foods and cleanses for my body, and I’m attentive to my sleep and exercise rhythms.  

I also have 5 core products from Young Living which I take every single day. I always know something’s good for my body when I stick with it, and taking it is effortless. So my “core 5” are: NingXia Red and Sulfurzyme (which I take in my Red Drink), Mineral Essence, Illumineyes and Deep Night Essence.   

Deep Night Essence is not available in my local AU/NZ market, so I order it via NFR by clicking on the US flag at the top left of my virtual office (this allows me to order it from Young Living in the US).

In our quest for superb health, we can’t ignore the words of two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling when he says: “You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral deficiency.”

In fact, our body requires nearly two thirds of all the elements currently identified on our Planet in order to support optimal health, cognitive function and overall performance. That’s why I want to introduce you to Mineral Essence, one of my “Core 5” products. Enjoy!!!

Why Minerals are so critical to our health

We all know that vitamins are so important to our overall health. But did you know that vitamins can’t be properly absorbed without the presence of the right minerals? But with our mineral-depleted soils, how do we know we are getting the right minerals from our food to support our body at a cellular level (including thyroid and hormone support), and to aid with vitamin absorption?

The answer is “we don’t”. And that’s where Young Living’s Mineral Essence plays such an important role.

Mineral Essence is a balanced, organic, full spectrum ionic mineral complex with more than 60 different minerals in it. It’s manna for our cells.

By providing us with these essential minerals, it keeps us healthy.

What Gary Young has to say on this topic…

After all, according to D. Gary Young (founder of Young Living), mineral deficiency is linked to mental disorders, digestive problems, anxiety, depression, and even dyslexia. Trace minerals are important not only for physical wellbeing but also for emotional wellbeing, and for maintaining electrolyte balance in the body.  

Just like essential oils, these ionic trace minerals support health in our body.  

Gary says “Ionic trace minerals have a similar frequency [to essential oils]….there’s not a human being alive today in the world who does not need trace mineral supplementation, and almost daily, at least five times a week, to maintain what the body needs.”

Our body is designed to obtain its trace minerals from the food we eat, but in today’s world this isn’t happening.

Gary says, “When I did my thesis on nutrition in 1980, as a class we decided to do a project to determine the mineral content of food we were eating. We…selected food from five different major growers, took them back to the university lab, and had them analyzed to see what the mineral content was.

“Spinach is supposed to have the highest iron content in the food chain;

but when we analyzed the spinach from all five major growers, there was zero iron content. Cauliflower is supposed to be the highest natural source of calcium; but when we analyzed it, it also had zero calcium. So if that happened [in 1980], what is the state of our food and the nutrients they are supposed to contain today?”

Clearly we are not getting sufficient minerals from our food, due to our depleted soils. So where does that leave us?

Colloidal Minerals versus Ionic Minerals

There are two main ways we can obtain minerals outside of having them in our food, and that’s colloidal minerals and ionic minerals.  

Research has shown that our body can more easily absorb ionic minerals than colloidal ones, which is why they are the ultimate type of mineral complex.

Colloidal minerals often come from shale. The shale is pulverized, placed into water, and releases minerals. These tiny minerals then float in the water without dissolving, so you end up with a cloudy appearance.

Ionic minerals also often come from shale. However these are produced in a way that the minerals dissolve into ions (ie. charged particles) in the water or whatever solution they’re in. 

This makes ionic minerals smaller in size and more bioavailable than colloidal minerals, and easier for our body to absorb.

You might be interested to learn that electrolytes are a form of ionic minerals.

According to Gary Young, colloidal minerals have between a 1% and 8% absorption rate, whereas ionic mineral complexes like Mineral Essence have an absorption rate of up to 98% through the phospholipid membrane of our cells.

This is based on research by Dr. Schauss in his research facility in Tacoma, Washington.

So it just makes sense that we want to take our minerals in ionic form.

Why Mineral Essence?

So why use Young Living’s Mineral Essence, and not other ionic mineral complexes?

Firstly, it’s because it contains more than 60 ionic trace minerals, including the following better known ones: barium, beryllium, bismuth, boron, bromine, calcium, carbon, cesium, chloride, chromium, copper, gallium, germanium, gold, hafnium, indium, iodine, iron, lithium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, rubidium, scandium, selenium, silicon, silver, sodium, strontium, sulfur, tantalum, thallium, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, yttrium, zinc, and zirconium.

By providing these essential minerals, that’s going to do a whole lot of good for so many functions in our body.

As with all Young Living products, the addition of essential oils is a key to why this product is so effective. Mineral Essence contains Cinnamon Bark, Peppermint and Lemon essential oils.

The essential oils bring their own treasure chest of benefits for the body, and they also enhance the bioavailability of the minerals. This is the secret sauce in Young Living’s Mineral Essence, and why it has such a great impact on our body.

Mineral Essence also contains royal jelly and honey, so it’s not a suitable complex for vegans.

The royal jelly and honey help the essential oils to emulsify into the solution. But why royal jelly and not just honey? It’s because royal jelly is the nutrient-dense food produced by the nurse bees, which is used to feed all the bee larvae for their first few days.

While all bee larvae receive royal jelly for a short period, only those destined to be queens continue to receive this special diet throughout their development. It’s also the exclusive food for the adult queen. She’s the only bee in the hive who reproduces, and the royal jelly is what nourishes and sustains her. So royal jelly is indeed a superfood with many health benefits.

The best ways to take Mineral Essence

Because of these ingredients (specifically the Royal Jelly and honey), it’s important to shake the bottle well before using, and to store it in the refrigerator after opening.

Now here’s an interesting fact. When placed under the tongue, liquid ionic minerals absorb straight into the bloodstream often within seconds, completely bypassing the digestive tract.

This means quicker and more effective results.

But there’s a downside to Mineral Essence. It does not taste pleasant when taken neat like this.

Even though it contains essential oils, they simply don’t mask the very strong flavour of this mineral complex.

So your better options are to add 5 squirts (approx. 1 teaspoon) to ½ to 1 cup of water, or you can put it into vegetable or gel caps and swallow it that way.

You can even add it to some chilled NingXia Red, with a drop of Orange, Tangerine or Peppermint oil added (although some would argue that’s a great way to ruin the taste of NingXia Red!) I’ll let you be the judge of that. You could of course use Cranberry Juice instead.

Why chilled? That’s a tip from Gary Young. He says, “The colder, the less of a taste you have.”

Personally I add 3 to 5 squirts into a full cup of room temperature water, and have been doing that for years and have never had a problem with its taste doing it that way.

Gary Young himself stated in 1997 that he would take 3 droppers full of Mineral Essence in a little water in the morning, and another 1 or 2 droppers in the evening.

Would you love to learn more about the importance of minerals and fertility?

Here’s how to order…

If you already have your own wholesale account with Young Living, you can order through the shopping cart on your virtual office, or via phone or live chat with your local Young Living office.

If it’s been more than 12 months since you’ve ordered, or if you’ve never set up an account, please reach out to the person who introduced you to Young Living.

You will need their member number when you place your first order.

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