Dr. Ruth Dempsey: doTERRA Lifelong Vitality Pack (LLV) (Translated Subtitles)

<<0>> - Hello there. My name is Dr. Ruth Dempsey.

<<2>> I am a PhD scientist, a toxicologist in training,

<<6>> and I have worked all my life, for the last 30 plus years,

<<10>> in industry in research and development,

<<12>> and I specialise in the science of lifestyle choices,

<<16>> helping, particularly, people to make

<<18>> the right lifestyle choices for them based

<<21>> on the best science.

<<23>> I recently started my own company,

<<25>> advising friends, family, companies, and professionals

<<31>> as well as governments on how to do exactly that.

<<35>> I was first introduced to doTERRA

<<37>> by my daughter about two years ago,

<<40>> and I immediately loved the oils.

<<43>> I thought there was something different

<<45>> about these particular essential oils,

<<48>> but I was a little bit cynical about the company itself,

<<51>> but the more I looked into it,

<<52>> the more I talked to my daughter,

<<53>> the more I asked questions and looked into it,

<<55>> the more impressed I became by it,

<<58>> and in particular, by their attitude

<<60>> towards the quality of the products

<<63>> and the science of the products itself.

<<65>> The more I found out about the company,

<<67>> the more I've loved it.

<<69>> They have an attitude about quality.

<<71>> They have an attitude about caring,

<<74>> making a difference in the world

<<75>> and, of course, about following the best science,

<<78>> and I think that is really what made me want

<<81>> to be a part of it.

<<84>> So I contacted them, and I'm delighted.

<<86>> As of last year,

<<89>> I have been a member of the newly-created

<<93>> European Scientific and Medical Education Council,

<<97>> where I can bring my skills understanding science

<<100>> to help you and everybody to make better choices

<<104>> for your lifestyle based on the most recent science,

<<107>> and I think one of the products that most epitomises

<<110>> that is doTERRA's Lifelong Vitality Complex,

<<114>> and that's what I'd like to talk to you about now.

<<117>> So the first thing that I thought about this was,

<<119>> well, why supplement?

<<123>> I'd always liked to believe

<<124>> that a good diet was all that one needed,

<<128>> that if you ate well and you ate your greens

<<131>> and your five a day that you would get all

<<133>> the nutritional supplements that you want.

<<135>> I've taken vitamins A, C and D at times,

<<138>> and I've taken vitamin B complex at times

<<140>> to support particular times in my life,

<<142>> but I've never really been pro-supplements,

<<145>> but when I started looking into it

<<147>> and looking into the science behind it,

<<149>> I realised that nowadays with the pressures

<<153>> that there are on farming, on intensive farming

<<155>> and the fact that we move our foods

<<158>> around the world over a huge distances

<<160>> and put them into storage for huge periods of time,

<<163>> the levels of pollutions that there are around

<<165>> and the depletion of the soil means that foods nowadays,

<<170>> even if you have a healthy diet,

<<171>> don't necessarily offer you all

<<173>> of the micronutrients at the levels that you need

<<176>> and in fact, there is a growing concern

<<179>> about nutrient deficiencies

<<182>> in most countries worldwide, nowadays,

<<186>> and so, yes, I think a healthy diet is fundamental,

<<191>> but I realise now that supplementing it

<<194>> with good, wholesome food micronutrients

<<198>> is extremely beneficial, and what I love

<<202>> about the doTERRA Lifelong Vitality Pack is

<<205>> they have really looked at the latest science,

<<208>> the combinations and the doses and the presence

<<210>> of all of the main elements that we need

<<213>> to help to support vitality are all there in the pack.

<<219>> There are three main components to this.

<<221>> They've broken it down into three different packages.

<<225>> The composition of each one is very delicately balanced

<<227>> in order to deal with the specific aspect

<<230>> of the nutritional needs that we require.

<<233>> So let's start with the Microplex VMz.

<<237>> This is a multivitamin, a multivitamin

<<240>> just like many other multivitamins, except, of course,

<<243>> that this one offers just the right balance

<<246>> of the vitamins that we will need.

<<248>> It also has a lovely combination of things like zinc

<<252>> and selenium and iron and the minerals that are present

<<255>> and instantly in Europe, it's very, very difficult

<<257>> to have the levels of selenium that one needs in the diet

<<260>> because of the lack of selenium

<<262>> in the soils in most European areas.

<<264>> One of the things that I loved about the package

<<266>> that doTERRA put together is they've dealt

<<268>> with one of the most difficult aspects

<<270>> of vitamin supplements that you see in the aisles

<<273>> in general is that they've dealt with the bioavailability.

<<277>> Just putting vitamin C into a capsule isn't going

<<280>> to, necessarily, give you the vitamin C that you need.

<<283>> In order to do that, what they've done is prepared it

<<286>> in a way, in the whole food basis,

<<288>> so that the body recognises it as a nutrient

<<290>> and absorbs it in the best possible way.

<<293>> This will make a huge difference to the availability

<<296>> of the product and to how you can absorb it

<<299>> and use it by the body itself.

<<301>> So the next product that I would like to talk

<<303>> about is the xEO Mega product,

<<305>> and this is, of course, the product

<<306>> that offers the omega-3s.

<<309>> Now, the omega-3s, and many other things as well,

<<312>> but these are the polyunsaturated fatty acids,

<<315>> also known as the PUFAs.

<<317>> These are essential to many, many parts

<<319>> of the cell makeup within the body itself

<<322>> and, particularly, with the immune response

<<324>> and with inflammation,

<<326>> but the human body needs a balance

<<329>> of omega-3 and omega-6.

<<332>> We don't have any trouble getting omega-6s

<<334>> in our diet in general, but the omega-3s can be very,

<<337>> very difficult to get, and so omega-3 supplementation

<<340>> has become a very important part of getting

<<343>> the right nutrients that we get.

<<345>> This particular omega-3 comes from fish oils,

<<349>> This particular omega-3 comes from fish oils,

<<349>> and also from algae.

<<351>> There is a vegan offering for the xEO Mega,

<<354>> which has an algae-based omega-3s,

<<357>> and they are also supplemented with a range of vitamins.

<<361>> There is a fair amount of science that suggests that

<<365>> vitamin D, for example, and the omega-3s

<<368>> can work together for some of the anti-inflammatory effects

<<371>> that they can have in the cell basis.

<<374>> In addition to that, it has a lovely dose

<<376>> of the astaxanthin which is

<<379>> a very highly powerful antioxidant in there,

<<384>> and a nice combination of essential oils,

<<387>> which both help to boost the antioxidant power up here,

<<391>> but they also help to preserve the fish oils

<<395>> and stop it from going rancid within the cells itself.

<<398>> So that's a very interesting package that comes through,

<<400>> and the last of the three is really

<<402>> the doTERRA's proprietary blend of botanicals

<<407>> in their Alpha CRS+

<<410>> which is a cellular support system,

<<412>> and these are quite simply a powerhouse

<<415>> of antioxidants and plant polyphenols,

<<417>> which provide the protection

<<419>> that the body needs in order to support many

<<423>> of the main systems within the cells,

<<426>> and, particularly, with producing energy,

<<428>> antioxidant status within the cells itself,

<<431>> anti-inflammatory status within the cells itself.

<<434>> The Alpha CRS+ also has elements in there which help

<<437>> to support mitochondrial function.

<<439>> So to give you more energy,

<<441>> and it also includes a blend of co-factors,

<<444>> such as a coenzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid

<<448>> and acetyl-L-carnitine,

<<450>> and, of course, it has Ginkgo biloba,

<<452>> which there's a fair amount of science coming out

<<455>> these days about the support that Ginkgo biloba has

<<458>> and extracts on the central nervous system

<<461>> and neural systems.

<<464>> So, individually, each of these are lovely.

<<466>> what I love about this combination is that there are more

<<470>> and more scientific evidence coming out

<<472>> about particular combinations, vitamin D and one

<<476>> of the omega-3s, the DHA in omega-3,

<<480>> are known to work synergistically together

<<482>> to help with immune support.

<<484>> Similarly, with Quercetin and the omega-3s

<<488>> have been shown to work very well together.

<<490>> So in combining these three elements,

<<492>> you also get positive elements in those combinations,

<<496>> and so, individually, the science of each

<<499>> of these components clearly make sense

<<501>> but not just looking at the science,

<<503>> doTERRA has actually done some clinical studies itself,

<<507>> and this was one of the things that blew me away

<<509>> about doTERRA when I was going through that "I wonder if."

<<513>> They have started to do a number of clinical studies.

<<517>> Back in 2017, they published a clinical study

<<520>> for the first time on their LLV components.

<<524>> Now, this is a relatively small study,

<<526>> and it's only a pilot study, and it's only for two months

<<528>> but even under those circumstances,

<<530>> when they've asked people within the study itself,

<<534>> the only change they made was to take LLV

<<537>> for a two months period,

<<539>> and they measured a pretty wide range,

<<541>> I think around about 14 different combinations

<<544>> of things that were measures

<<546>> of cardiovascular health, for example,

<<549>> and they found a significant improvement in many of those,

<<554>> just in that two month period.

<<556>> In addition, they also looked

<<558>> at subjective improvements there,

<<560>> and in many ways, I think this is, perhaps,

<<562>> the most important element is that

<<564>> they found a significant improvement in many

<<567>> of the subjective feelings of mood

<<570>> and wellbeing and health within those people themselves,

<<575>> and we know this because we know,

<<576>> whenever we talk to people, how much they enjoy taking LLV,

<<580>> and what a difference it makes them feel like,

<<582>> but it's lovely to see it

<<583>> in a controlled scientific experiment.

<<586>> So in short, these supplements do seem to make a difference.

<<589>> And finally, having gone through

<<592>> all these things that one can do.

<<594>> I just want to say that I, personally,

<<597>> think the LLVs have made a huge difference for me.

<<599>> They make me feel much, much better.

<<601>> I feel much more comfortable

<<602>> about the diet that I'm having right now,

<<604>> but I still maintain.

<<605>> There's a few things that one has to do.

<<607>> One has to have a healthy diet.

<<609>> I would thoroughly encourage you

<<611>> to eat more locally-derived foods,

<<614>> fresher foods, as much as you can

<<616>> because that's the best way

<<617>> to get the nutrients that you can out of it.

<<620>> I, also, would encourage you to drink

<<622>> as much water as you possibly can.

<<624>> Yes, I know it's possible to drink too much water,

<<627>> but it's very unlikely that you will.

<<629>> Two to three litres a day is a hard target to get to,

<<633>> but if you can get to that in a daily basis,

<<635>> it will make a difference to how your body can process foods

<<638>> and provide many other functions as well,

<<641>> and the last thing I would like to recommend

<<642>> to you, of course, is for you to take your LLV,

<<645>> your Lifelong Vitality Complex,

<<648>> and I recommend that you take it

<<649>> at a regular time each day, whichever time suits you.

<<653>> I do recommend that you take it with a meal, if you can,

<<656>> because it does help with the absorption,

<<658>> and it also helps with the functionality

<<660>> of some of those elements within there,

<<662>> but the most important thing is

<<664>> to find a time that you know you will remember

<<666>> to take them because that's how it will make a difference.

<<669>> Thank you.