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REALLY?

REALLY?!!

Can everybody please STOP with this bullshit?!

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You know, while we’re on the subject, I met with a good friend a little while back for coffee. She told me that she and her husband had purchased essential oils for weight loss. She had been instructed by a salesperson to put a few drops of essential oils (I want to say they were grapefruit and mint) in a large container of water and to drink this several times a day.

She did lose weight. In some regard, this was effective. But she lost the weight because she felt too physically ill to eat. She reported feeling nauseated and lethargic all the time. She reported vomiting after most meals. I sat in the coffee shop and pulled up website after website, explaining why consuming essential oils is dangerous and why essential oil sales reps should not be trusted. Because the essential oils actually did make her lose weight, she was reluctant to stop, but being a sensible person, she did agree to stop consuming them. And she’s not a stupid person. She and her husband are both well-off, college-educated people.

Long story short, this shit is evil. It prays on people’s insecurities. I would say it’s modern snakeoil, but I think it’s actually worse. To the best of my knowledge, snakeoil was not a MLM scheme.

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DO NOT CONSUME ESSENTIAL OILS!!!

These are for aromatherapy only, and they’re not going to cure your ailments! At most they can help you relax (lavender and camomile) or help with symptoms like congestion or nausea (peppermint). And that’s if you USE THEM PROPERLY AND DON’T EAT IT DUMBASS. Get a defuser god damn. And while they can help with cold symptoms, they can’t cure your cold. Take some nyquil or drink lots of orange juice or something.

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ESSENTIAL OILS ARE FOR LIKE, PUTTING IN A FUCKING HUMIDIFIER AND GENTLY WAFTING TOWARDS YOUR FACE

EXTRACTS ARE THE ONES YOU EAT

DO NOT PUT ESSENTIAL OILS ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR BODY

THIS HAS BEEN AN ALL CAPS RECAP

YOU FUCKEN NUMPTIES

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Important because I saw someone substitute essential oil for peppermint extract in some “healthy” cookies on Instagram

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DON’T INGEST ESSENTIAL OILS OR PUT THEM INSIDE YOUR BODY AT ALL. THEY ARE MEANT TO BE DILUTED IN A CARRIER OIL (LITERALLY ANY OIL SAFE TO PUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY LIKE OLIVE OIL, ALMOND, VITAMIN E, ARGHAN, AVOCADO, WHATEVER) AND USED TOPICALLY.

DONT USE A DIFFUSER FOR ESSENTIAL OILS IF YOU OWN PETS THEY REACT VERY BADLY TO IT IN TERMS OF THEIR HEALTH.

P L E A S E.

-FemaleWarrior, She/They

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I knew someone who went from in remission from cancer to dead from that same cancer in half a year because she’d gotten herself convinced that chemo was poison and essential oils were the answer. I didn’t know her well at all but in the capacity I did know her she was so vibrant and inspiring and since she vlogged her treatment I watched her wither away because of a vile lie.

THIS SHIT LITERALLY KILLS PEOPLE.