Tuesday 3 April 2012

[Everything doTERRA] Re: questions about doterra that someone is asking

These are excellent questions luvtotravel!

I think number 1 is extremely important and not discussed enough
within doterra (I am probably more interested in this than most
though). In Emily Wright's video (http://vimeo.com/24951291) she talks
about how doterra is working with a conservation agency in India for
the sandalwood sourcing. The agency that doterra donates to has been
transplanting trees so that we may (hopefully) have a continued supply
of sandalwood. This is a sacred tree and it is also endangered. Many
of the plants are wild harvested or sustainably farmed and the video
goes into that some and the whole process a farm must go through
before doterra even attempts to source something from them. Also, if I
am not mistaken, all the oils are distilled onsite. They are not
transported large distances prior to distillation. This is for two
reasons: 1) there is so much raw material compared to oil that it
would be a huge cost and operation, and 2) more importantly, in order
to get the maximum amount of oil in its purest form with the highest
potency, the oils must be distilled/extracted from the plant as soon
after the harvest as possible (within minutes to hours), even the time
of day the plants are harvested makes a difference and is important.

In response to question 2, these oils pass a series of several
chemical tests performed on EVERY batch and by independent
laboratories (more information about this can be found on the doterra
website I believe). The oils must not contain any compounds not found
naturally in the plants and must adhere to a chemical profile of that
plant which is considered to be of high therapeutic grade. Also check
out the science compendium. I believe Zita may be mistaken that
doterra never uses solvents in their extractions. There are a few oils/
blends that have absolutes in them, which means that a solvent
exctraction method was used to get the oil from the plant rather than
a steam distillation with just water. I believe Dr. Hill discusses
this on the video on Rose.

This is the information I have gleamed in my education about the oils,
but please chime in if I got something mistaken or you have more to
add!


On Apr 2, 5:08 pm, Zita Sharo <zita.sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't focus  to much on the question number 1,  just answer the basic
> we all know, it is not worth it.
>
> For number 2 there is a way that  in analytic chemistry is used to know if
>  a product is pure, number 1: OUT OF SOLVENTS (we know these cause cancer),
> those sometimes are used in a distillation ( when  the pressure is low to
> medium ) an in the residue it comes oil and solvent and they they separated
> them without 100% success, it is hard to do that. Doterra uses water and
> very high pressure that makes efficient the distillation, in the residue if
> it comes oil with water it is not hard at all to separate them.
>
> number 2: HPLC and  mass spectrophotometry  are the ways that analytic
> chemist use to see if a compound is out of solvent ( just essential oils).
> That's all. So if in this  big machines the test says 0% out of solvent and
>  0% out of water, the essential oils are 100% pure, simple.
>
> what else can you tell me about the process of making and using these
> essential oils that is environmentally sustainable? We sell in 15 ml
> bottles, we use water ( we don't have to dispose of the solvents) and high
> pressure in the distillation saves tons of energy and heath, we don't sell
> to much specific oils like the rose oil that takes too much roses to get 1
> bottle of 15 ml, it is hard to get them right?
>
> 2012/4/2 luvtotravel <luvtotra...@peakpeak.com>
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> > Someone is wanting to know this information.
>
> > 1. can you tell me about your plant materials? you mention using
> > plants from around
> > the world. how are they sustainably farmed, transported, stored,etc?
> > 2. what makes your oils "certified pure"?
> > 3. what else can you tell me about the process of making and using
> > these essential
> > oils that is environmentally sustainable?
>
> > I know some of the answers to these questions but if someone can tell
> > me more about how they are transported and stored that would be great
> > and anything about the process that helps with environmental
> > sustainability would be great.
>
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