Essential Oils Such As Lavender And Tea Tree Oils May Disrupt Hormones, New Research Says | TIME

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Essential Oils Such As Lavender And Tea Tree Oil May Disrupt Hormones, New Research Says | TIME

[natikaable]

Someone in the lab we'll always find something wrong with anything natural. Not everyone wants to drug themselves up

[daviddefranco]

I had toothaches and toenail fungus...and I mix 1 drop in a glass of water...lord and behold...it didn't kill me and I was able to control the pain as well as remove the bacteria from my toenails...

[QodeshLYahuah]

I'm sure hormonal imbalance is better than the side effects from manufactured drugs. I have been using essential oils for going on 3 years now (I even have a business) and they have done wonders for me. I spray lavender (mixed with vetiver) on my sheets for amazing sleep and use tea tree on my lady parts and I've never been (felt) healthier! I don't even use pharmaceuticals for anything anymore. I only use herbs and essential oils. I wish these scientists would spend more time trying to figure out why their medications cause so many side effects and how to eliminate said side effects altogether and leave our natural remedies alone.

[SPDcru]

Okay but what am I supposed to do with this information
“Essential oils may disrupt hormones which MIGHT...be bad but we don’t really know since we need to test more”

Is this video just saying essential oils DO do something?

[kennygaming]

"experts say every 60 seconds a minute passes"

[sheldonas]

All you're doing with this information is confusing people and you're doing a great job good job Time 👏 good job.

[fron]

Of course! I will instead use the usual 15 to 20 ingredients lotion the scientists recommend/sell.

[Khalid.F]

time probably signed a deal with loreal

[DK]

Isn't that why you use essential oils? For their effectiveness? It sounds to me like hormone disruption is the mechanism of action for the essential oils to deliver its therapeutic effects. Effecting the brain to produce certain neurotransmitters such as serotonin

[sheenabailey]

Glad they’re studying the effects essential oils. That’s great news.

[warmccl]

Lavender oil helped my backne greatly.

[ypyp]

All I know is if I don’t use it externally I never need to pee at night, but if I do use it I have to get up at least twice. So it’s doing something and I guess if the body is trying to eliminate it quickly it doesn’t seem like it can be a positive effect.

[robertolson]

I seriously question constant exposure to essential oils. These are aromatic plant derived solvents. No one should live in constant exposure to solvents.

[ErikaMayX]

Thumbs down because I want to liste, not seeing

[T_D_B_]

So we should use man made chemicals instead? 😮 mkay! 😂

[framesurfer]

I assume the studies on the suspective cons of essential oils were funded by big perfume companies lol 😂😂

[farhatsheikh]

I got headache whenever i apply lavender essential oil as i am patient of migraine is that the reason?

[majorgeneralmalaise]

Huh, maybe that's why I haven't had a period since I started using lavender, rosemary, and tea tree oil in hair serum.

[LobotomyTC]

Thanks for wasting a minute and twenty one seconds of my life with this utterly worthless bot-made video that could have been summed up in the title because you did not expand on that information at all. Time is supposed to be the gold standard of journalism. Remember that.