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Essential oils are one of the oldest type of treatment known to man. These oils, which include volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetheroleums and other plant oils are used in a variety of products including in cosmetics, perfumes, soaps and air fresheners. They are also the basis of aromatherapy, a type of alternative medicine in which the practitioner uses aromatic compounds to treat different health issues.

Shopping at any time of the year is fun but in the weeks leading up to Christmas, it seems as if the whole world is in the stores.  Even with the convenience of online shopping, most merrymakers prefer to crowd into brick-and-mortar stores to choose the items that they want to buy while they soak up the atmosphere of Christmas cheer and good will.

The idea of eating ethically and healthfully by sticking to a plant-based diet has been a goal of many different individuals and groups for thousands of years.

Religious leaders, artists, philosophers and others including the Buddha, Pythagoras, St. Francis of Assisi, Voltaire, Leonardo Da Vinci and Ovid promoted the idea that you can eat well without relying on animal proteins to sustain yourself.