Old English Lufu means Love

Category: Supplements

  • Bee Pollen, Royal Jelly, Propolis, Benefits For Your Skin

    Bee Pollen, Royal Jelly, Propolis, Benefits For Your Skin

     

    Let me start out by saying I feel like there is something so intriguing about honey and bee products.  First of all, the fact that honey never goes bad is amazing in itself.  Second, I love the concept of knowing that the bees had to touch how many flowers to make the honey.  I’m sure it is a lot of flowers so somehow you are getting the benefits of those flowers mixed in with your honey.  Third, when bees work in a region say for example Australia and now you purchase Australian honey, you are gaining the properties from that honey with the surrounding flowers in that area.  I always like to read where a honey is from and what flowers the bees were working with.  For example, eucalyptus or orange nectar, and then imagine the healing benefits of that part of the world.  Anyways this is my visual take on honey and how I became obsessed with honey and all things bee products.

    As explained in the paragraph above I am obsessed with bee products and it is why I chose to carry a bee product in my line. This post is going to feature the beauties and gifts given to us from the bees.  A pure gift from nature and why it is so important for the body.  I’m going to define the by-products from the bees and the benefits they provide for the body.  Also will give a breakdown of the ingredients in the elementLufu Bee Pearl Powder and the added ingredient of Vitamin C and its benefits for both your body and skin.

    What is Bee Pollen?

    Bee pollen comes from the pollen that collets on the bodies of bees as they fly from one flower to another.  It is said that bee pollen can also contain bee saliva.  Bee pollen is known to contain vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.  Bee pollen can also be found in skin softening products that can be used for eczema or diaper rash. This is a wonderful gift from nature.

    When consumed as a food, bee pollen does  seem to be nutritious. It’s a good source of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and carbohydrates. Thus why I chose to include this product in my line. Studies indicate that bee pollen could increase strength in the body and even slow down aging. Another plus to add to your skincare routine.

    Bee pollen has also been recommended for:

    • alcoholism
    • asthma
    • allergies
    • health maintenance
    • PMS
    • enlarged prostate
    • stomach problems
    Bee pollen is also known to give energy mainly when used in energy tonics. Some herbalists have found bee pollen to enhance athletic performance, improve allergies and asthma and reduce side effects of cancer.  There has been medical research done but it has not been concluded yet that bee pollen may reduce side effects of radiation therapy. More research is needed but I could see it working in a positive way for the body.

    (Allergies)

    Added disclaimer bee pollen appears to be safe for most people, but if you have pollen allergies, you may have some reaction.  Allergic symptoms could include, itching, redness, shortness of breath, hives swelling and anaphylaxis. Bee pollen is not safe for children or pregnant women. Breastfeeding women should also avoid using bee pollen. If one is on blood thinners such as warfarin bee pollen may cause increased bleeding. Check with your doctor before taking bee pollen if you are taking over-the-counter medicines or prescription drugs.
    Just to be clear we do not want to confuse bee pollen with natural honey, honeycomb, bee venom, or royal jelly. These products do not contain bee pollen.

    What is Royal Jelly?

    Royal Jelly is created by the secretion from nurse bees in a colony to feed larvae and the queen bee. Because royal jelly is potent it is considered a dietary supplement and has a wide range of impact on women’s hormones. Royal jelly has been known to ease premenstrual and postmenopausal symptoms. As far as skin usage royal jelly is harvested from the queen cells of beehives and sold as a supplement or in skin creams to enhance collagen production,  and improve overall health. Modern science has lent some support to these and other traditional medicine claims however, more research is needed

    Ingredients of royal jelly: 1/4 teaspoon

    • Calories: 2
    • Protein: 0 grams
    • Fat: 0.04 grams
    • Carbohydrates: 0 grams
    • Fiber: 0 grams
    • Sugar: 0.13 grams

    Royal jelly contains only trace amounts of other vitamins and minerals.  Notice the sugar content is low at .13 grams.

    Research has found a number of potential health benefits to royal jelly:

    • Antibacterial Properties
    • Antiviral Properties (Studies have shown royal jelly has been an alternative treatment against herpes virus)
    • Diabetes Management (Has shown to improve glycemic status, lipid profiles and oxidative stress)
    • Menopause Support (Royal jelly may help to relieve symptoms associated with menopause)

    The BEST feature here is for the skin:

    • Collagen Production

    Royal jelly is a popular ingredient in skin care products, and the research supports its use as collagen enhancer. By boosting collagen production in the skin, royal jelly is known to protect skin against the effects of ultraviolet radiation.

    Because royal jelly is so potent, you should consult with your doctor before combining with any other supplement.

    Allergies

    As a warning royal jelly can also create complications for people with certain medical conditions or allergies. Some allergic reactions could include contact dermatitis to anaphylaxis. Royal jelly can also react with other medications you are taking. Consult your healthcare provider before adding royal jelly to your diet in order to rule out any potential symptoms. Be aware when introducing royal jelly to your diet and discontinue use if you experience an allergic reaction. Also, the effects of royal jelly on someone who is pregnant or breast-feeding are not clear. If you’re pregnant or breastfeeding you may want to use caution with this ingredient.

    What is Propolis?

    Propolis is a mixture of beeswax, plant sap, and honeybees’ natural enzymes — and it plays an important role in keeping beehives in one piece. Sometimes propolis is called bee glue, it is an important material for honeybee hives. Propolis also seems to help keep beehives pest-free by preventing fungus and microbes from growing. There is more to propolis than its use as a bee-based building material.

    Studies have shown that propolis may have some significant health benefits, both as an oral supplement and as a topical treatment. Propolis provides micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Propolis is an excellent source of certain polyphenols that can be referred to as flavonoids. The flavonoids from propolis function as antioxidants.

    Other health benefits of propolis:

    • Decreased risk of cancer (due to the antioxidant properties)
    • Reduced ulcers (can also help solve internal problems as a supplement)  Studies have shown that consuming propolis, with or without honey, can help reduce the symptoms of gastritis and peptic ulcers  significantly.
    • Reduced inflammation (Some studies suggest that propolis has anti-inflammatory properties)
    • Controls blood sugar levels (Trials show that propolis supplements may significantly reduce fasting blood glucose levels)
    • Decreased risk of anemia Propolis is rich in B vitamins, which are considered essential micronutrients  Adding propolis to your diet can help you reduce your risk of a B-complex deficiency and associated anemia.

    Allergies

    This bee product does not appear to carry any significant health risks.

    There seems to be no recommended daily minimum or maximum intake for propolis. Propolis supplements are not regulated. Regardless of the dosage, you are still getting a healthy amount of polyphenols from these supplements.

    It is not necessary to consume propolis supplements to get more propolis in your diet. By adding more honey to your daily diet, you are  consuming propolis in small amounts. Raw honey and honeycomb are more likely to include propolis than filtered honey because propolis functions as a way of sealing the comb.

    My personal experience-

    Just a little story time on my own personal beliefs with supplements.

    I got into propolis a few years back and wasn’t even aware of its properties.  I bought it at the time as I was at a business that sold local honey and all things bees.  I was like, let me buy this propolis and try it out.  To be honest it did not taste amazing and my dosage said to take about 3 times a week.  I started taking the propolis and I noticed I felt good as if preventing me from getting sick.  I then had a dental surgery and was making sure to take the propolis. Because it is full of vitamins and minerals I knew that the propolis was very healing.  Yes my dental surgery healed nicely.

     

     

    Why element Lufu Bee Pearl Powder

    In the last couple of  years I stopped taking multi vitamins or supplements as I prefer to receive my nutrients from actual food.  I stopped trusting in the supplement industry for many reasons. For example I prefer raw cheese for my calcium or raw dairy which is full of vitamins.  (Also tallow) is full of nutrients.  So when I had the chance to introduce the element Lufu Bee Bread into my line I was excited.  I love this product.  Its all natural, actually coming from Latvia, and full of natural vitamins and nutrients.  You cannot go wrong with unwanted chemicals and additives when there are only 3 ingredients made by nature. Your getting a blend that helps provide vitamins, microelements, polyphenols, unsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants.  This natural blend helps maintain your health, immunity, and energy level.

    Conclusion

    If your looking for an all natural daily supplement packed with ingredients form nature, we have it right here available on this website. element Lufu Bee Pearl Powder comes in a 1 month supply of 30 individual sachets. Is great to take on the go for work or to have in your purse or carry on.  This blend can be added to yogurt or smoothies.  I personally enjoy adding to my morning coffee. Be ready to experience a world of health in a little daily sachet.  Check out our promotional offer on the store page.

     

     

  • Flower Essences & Your Emotions

    Flower Essences & Your Emotions

     

    What are flower essences and how do they work?  I am going to try my best to explain flower essences in this post along with sharing personal experiences that I have had over the course of the years using them.  I first discovered flower essences over 8 years ago while randomly listening to a podcast.  It was a two week self help workshop where a different contributor was being interviewed everyday.  I choose to listen to this particular podcast because it was described as anyone who loves flowers and promised we would learn about the essence and properties of flowers and how the flowers work for us and our emotional health in our everyday lives.  I had no idea what was in store.  The person being interviewed was Katie Hess the founder of Lotus Wei https://www.lotuswei.com/

     

    In a nutshell if I were to describe flower essences I remember someone explaining that back in mid evil times before there was a lot of medicine available if someone was feeling down they were told to find the essence or dew of their favorite flower and rub it on their face and drink the dew drops.  This act of rubbing the dew on oneself was supposed to help with a natural emotional healing as each flower has a different property that can address such emotional issues as depression, anger, frustration, guilt, jealousy, on and on.

    To describe it from Katie Hess

    “Flower elixirs are liquid infusions of fresh flowers. They consist of water that contains the bioenergetic imprint of the flowers. This energetic imprint travels through the acupuncture meridians, like an acupuncture treatment without the needles.

    Historically, these types of flower remedies are called flower essences. They do not have a scent. To avoid confusion with aromatherapy and essential oils, we have always referred to them as flower elixirs.

    When taken internally or applied externally, flower elixirs work through the acupuncture meridians to shift our state of mind, often within minutes, with an exponential effect over time.”

    My first time trying flower essences

    After I listened to the podcast I was pretty sold on trying out these flower essences.  I liked the concept and so I went on to the website to figure out which flower elixir I wanted to try.  There were various choices and also mixed flower blends on the site that would address such issues as happiness, inner peace, inspiration, sleep, and love.  The one I choose was called Infinite Love.  Low key was in the mind set of attracting love but the description as much as it said magnetizes others to be around you it also had about 8 other infinite love properties.  Mainly focusing on self love and being kind to yourself.  So I placed my order and patiently waited for my Lotus Wei Infinite Love flower elixir to arrive in the mail.  When my packaged arrive about 5 days later I started taking my elixir.  Basically comes in a glass bottle and is recommended to take up to 5 times a day.  So into my mouth goes the drops. Its a subtle wait where you start with the dosage, continue living and then, see what happens.  Did I notice a drastic change overnight?  No.  It says it takes about 2 to 3 days before you feel anything.  Well I did start to notice after a few days I would have these loving thoughts for myself and literally a voice in my head would say to me, ” Why would you think that about yourself that isn’t nice to think that way about yourself.”  It was very interesting because the self loving thoughts would come out of nowhere.  I did notice it though.  So I knew in some way this flower elixir was working.

    I will say at the time my cousin was staying with me and I talked her into trying these flower elixirs too.  She chose Quiet Mind and it was supposed to help with sleep issues.  She definitely fell asleep a lot faster using the elixir she choose.  One night she asked me if I wanted to try it and honestly I don’t have issues falling asleep but I was keen to give it a go.  I did the 5 drops under my tongue and I slept very deep that night.  So deep, that the next morning I woke up very groggy.  So with Infinite Love and a one time hit of Quiet Mind I experienced the beginning of my flower essence journey.

    All things flowers

    As the years passed I became more and more obsessed with anything flowers.  I started to see that flowers are here for us and they have so many innate healing properties. In the world of facial products I had seen various brands use flower essences or floral sprays to use on the face.  Initially I didn’t understand it.  For example if a brand had lavender water and said to spray on the face as a boost I always wondered why would you do that?  Why would you spray over your cream or your foundation?  Well as time passed and I became more and more into using make up and makeup application I was seeing everyone use setting spray to set their make up.  I had already ordered and used the Lotus Wei Infinite Love Aura Mist numerous times and that is when I decided that would be my setting spray.  I became obsessed with spraying on my face before I walked out the door or just adding a mist in the middle of the day to get my floral boost. I kind of imagine it like a bouquet of flowers being sprayed on your face and then who wouldn’t glow after that?

    Just a little plug here. That is why I choose the formulation I did for my element Lufu balancing face toner. https://elementlufu.com/store/gentle-balancing-toner/If you check the ingredient list you will find rose flower, green tea, chamomile and aloe vera.  Spray away and indulge in the bouquet of goodness for your spirit and you skin.

     

    So as the years went on and I had been dabbling with the various elixirs offered by Lotus Wei I started to remember a brand of floral essences I had seen at health food stores in the vitamin section.  That brand was Bach Flower Remedies.  I was kind of wanting to try a new brand and see what the difference is.  I was researching on the website of Bach when I realized he was the grandfather of floral essences having started his brand in England in 1930.  The main difference is he used a base of homeopathy to mix his essences and his tinctures where mixed in alcohol (brandy).  Lotus Wei bases here elixirs in honey.  So I was down to try a new brand.  I had actually found some at my local Sprouts and they came in a three pack.  There were 3 different emotional issues being addressed in the 3 pack and you would choose the pack by the theme of the issues.  That local store supplied two of the 3 pack themes so I had to choose.  I basically was getting 3 different issues addressed in one box.

    Trying Bach Flower Remedies

    So I started my first bottle and was taking my suggested drops 3 times a day.  It is always the same feeling when you start to take a floral essence.  It takes time to kick in and is very subtle. It takes time but after a few days you do definitely notice something.  So in this case I had just started on one of the bottles and had been taking for about a week.  Here comes the deep part.  I started noticing out of nowhere I was having flashbacks of times I had spent with my ex.  Mind you this is my ex I had broken up with over 10 years prior.  I literally could see a flash of something that happened between us and I would think yeah I remember he used to do that or oh I remember that wasn’t a good experience.  This went on for about 3 days.  Just random flashbacks of my past with my ex and not positive memories.  I could literally see a scenario from my past happen with him and it would come out of nowhere.  It wasn’t making sense to me because I hadn’t thought about that guy in a long time.   All of a sudden it hit me it was the flower remedy I was taking.  I literally sat there and thought I don’t know why I’m having these memories flash up but this seems like grief.  Let me see what issue this flower remedy is supposed to address.  I grabbed the bottle and right on it was the word Grief.  For me I realized wow this stuff works.

    Now to tie these flower essences into skincare.  Besides the fact that once I learned how amazing floral essences are for the face and created my own toner with a bouquet of flowers,  I do feel from my own personal experience that once your internal body is glowing and your feeling more emotionally balanced your external appearance will glow.  I just love what floral essences do for your emotional healing.  Anytime I was giving a facial and a client may have felt that they were interested in a way of finding emotional balance naturally I would tell them my experience with flower essences.  I always make the comment if the whole world was using these things we would all be in a much more balanced space.  I’m obsessed and love using the flower remedies.  I always like to have a flower essence on hand.  Even if I may not necessarily feel the issue the essence is designed to address I just like having a flower essence available.

    Here is a list of links to use if you want to better understand flower remedies

    Conclusion

    Something that I literally stumbled upon while cleaning house one day turned out to be such a life changer.  Flower remedies are great.  They are harmless to the body and anyone can use them.  You can use on pets, babies, children even plants.  I find it fascinating that Dr. Bach’s theory on healing, stems from the idea that as long as your emotional state is good in your mindset then the body can heal.  He has 38 flowers dedicated to healing your emotional state. He was a big believer in healing mind, body and spirit.  I still stand by my idea that if everyone in the world was taking flower remedies we would have no problems.

    I would strongly suggest shopping around on the site Directly From Nature.  There is so much available for emotional health and healing.  You can get bath soaks, floral remedies, homeopathic remedies and creams, books on extended education and natural remedies for your pets.  Quit a large supply and all found online in one place. If you click on the photos it will link you to the Bach Remedies website.  Enjoy a one time discount code

     

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    If you want to watch this blog post on Youtube and see more about this topic here is the link to my channel and the video on this particular topic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXsf3kKrN0w

     

     

     

     

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