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Is cooking with essential oils safe?
While some are skeptical about the consumption of essential oils, internal usage of essential
oils has actually been in practice for centuries, and is not a mysterious new fad. People have
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successfully and safely consumed essential oils for many years, and the key to safe use is
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following proper safety guidelines. Like any substance, essential oils only present risks when
used improperly or in incorrect amounts. We will discuss the important safety guidelines for
cooking with essential oils in more detail in chapter three.
You likely already consume small amounts of essential
oils in your diet
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Essential oil recipes
Because essential oils are taken from plants, fruits, and natural
substances, the body is well equipped to process them. Fruits, plant
parts, and extracts are already a normal part of our diets, which makes
it safe for the body to consume essential oils internally and process
them properly. Like other things we consume, essential oils are ingested
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through the digestive system, enter the bloodstream, and can then be
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Why cook with essential oils?
metabolized by the organs. Because our body is able to easily process
and metabolize essential oils, cooking with oils is a simple way to enrich
the food we eat every day.
Generally Recognized as Safe List
Is cooking with essential oils safe?
The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has compiled a list of substances
that have been identified as safe to be used in food products. This
list, known as the Generally Recognized as Safe list (GRAS), identifies
substances, including essential oils, that have substantial documentation
of safe internal usage. With a well-documented history of safe and
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