Walking around basically any store now, you can find a wide variety of choices for essential oils. So why do I choose doTERRA? Why do I want to spend twice the amount for a little bottle of oil? What’s the big deal here?
Purity & Safety
If you are turning to essential oil, my guess is that you are looking for a natural and safe option for your family. When you buy an essential oil that is marked “pure” at your local grocery or drug store chances are that it contains *some* small amounts of pure oil, but when tested it will also be found to have mostly synthetic materials making up the bulk of the compounds present. This is why those oils can end up being such a “bargain,” but don’t forget that phrase “You get what you pay for.” Unfortunately, many companies are not open about the contaminants, fillers, and synthetic materials used to create their oils, which can not only irritate the skin but also lead to serious health issues. When you look to doTERRA you are going to find a higher standard in purity and safety than almost anywhere else.
DoTERRA has committed themselves to ensuring that we are receiving essential oils that are high quality and pure so that we can reap all of the benefits that their oils have to offer without dealing with any of the negative impacts of synthetic fillers. How do we know this?
DoTERRA is transparent about every aspect of the process to source, test, use, and sell their oils. They have maintained sustainable and responsible sourcing techniques, completed extensive and thourough testing for adulteration and contamination, they provide clear and accessible safety and usage information, they subject themselves to third-party testing, and all of this information is readily available to the public.
Interested in seeing this for yourself? Every bottle of doTERRA essential oil has a Quality ID number located on the bottom of it. When you go to doTERRA’s Source to You, you can not only find all testing information available for your specific bottle, but also information about how doTERRA sources and maintains the quality of their products. Click below to visit!
Co-Impact Sourcing Initiative
This is one of the things that really hooked me when researching various companies. I absolutely love this initiative and everything that it stands for.
Many companies choose to use various production methods that can be harmful to the environment and also lead to unfair treatment and compensation for the farmers, growers, and harvesters around the world. DoTERRA has chosen to break free from this mold and ensure that all of their products are sourced in a way that will not only produce the highest quality, but also will protect the environment and support the communities in which the products are grown.
DoTERRA sources its oils from all over the world in over 45 countries where the soil, climate and growing conditions produce the highest quality therapeutic plants and essential oils. Many of the locations are in what is considered to be developing countries. DoTERRA is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of these farmers, harvesters, and distillers who are contributing to the essential oil production. In order to ensure this, doTERRA seeks to develop long-term, mutually beneficial supplier partnerships while creating sustainable jobs and providing reliable income in underdeveloped areas. They also seek to
Co-Impact Sourcing follows 8 simple principles to ensure the best practices in sourcing:
- Generating Jobs: Reduce poverty by creating and sustaining jobs
- Providing Fair, On-Time Payments: Offer consistent, fair payments to producers, including prepayments
- Building Supplier Capacity: Support farmers, producers, and distillers through training and financial support
- Sustaining Long-Term Partnerships: Provide multi-year contracts with growers and distillers based on solidarity and respect
- Ensuring Fair Labor Conditions: Create healthy and safe working environments, free from harassment and discrimination
- Promoting Cooperatives: Guarantee respect the right for all employees and producers to join and form co-operatives
- Furthering Environmental Stewardship: Promote energy efficient technologies, renewable energy, and waste minimization
- Facilitating Community Development: Support community development projects in sourcing communities such as schools, health clinics, training facilities, and clean water systems
DoTERRA Healing Hands Foundation
“There are givers and there are takers,” said David Stirling, doTERRA Founding Executive, CEO. “We wanted doTERRA to be a giver.”
The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation is a nonprofit that provides support for community development projects; disaster relief; human trafficking prevention, rescue, and rehabilitation; microloan programs; feminine hygiene education; and other aid around the world.
One of the most amazing things about this foundation is that 100% of donations go directly to aid and support because doTERRA pulls from other areas to cover all administrative costs of running the foundation.
Science and Research
In order to remain at the forefront of science, doTERRA invests in research and testing of essential oils in various modalities. They have created partnerships with research facilities, hospitals, and universities in order to establish the therapeutic value and potential of essential oils in the scientific community.
“doTERRA’s mission hinges on discovering and developing the world’s most potent and effective essential oils,” said Dr. David Hill, doTERRA Founding Executive, Scientific and Healthcare Initiatives. “These studies are a demonstration of our leadership in essential oil scientific advances, as well as our commitment to ensuring safe and powerful outcomes for families and individuals using doTERRA essential oils.”
Through these partnerships to conduct research and establish scientific merit, doTERRA is changing the landscape of healthcare as we know it. In collaborating with these various facilities, doTERRA has been able to be a part of creating new essential oil clinical research that is providing valuable information about the health and wellness benefits of so many essential oils. In addition, doTERRA has created Prime Meridian, healthcare clinics across the U.S. that are using both traditional and holistic medicine to focus on integrative care for all of us!
Visit the Science Blog below!
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Carly K Miller 