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>There are also some interesting anecdotal cases of people who claim to have found regimens of essential oils, which when consumed at the right schedule saturat

>There are also some interesting anecdotal cases of people who claim to have found regimens of essential oils, which when consumed at the right schedule saturate liver enzymes to the extent that otherwise inert substances can produce recreationally psychoactive effects. Are essential oils literally oils? Because I doubt they can have a metabolic effect due to their size and lipophilicity. My main concern is adsorption. But if they're small and greasy, then they may be promiscuous binders. Or do the essential oils carry other molecules along? Edit: I see now that individual oils carry many diverse constituents, including some small-to-medium sized lads. That's a pretty interesting shotgun strategy for controlling your metabolism, lol.

cwkoss 5y ago
I'm not sure what "literally oils" means in a chemical sense, but all of the essential oils I've ever interacted with are hydrophobic and form a distinct layer on top of water. I'm not sure but that might be definitional to what an essential oil is. I've actually steam-distilled essential oils before: essentially you push a bunch of steam through plant material and condense it into a funnel that drains from the bottom, so water can flow out and be discarded while the oil remains in the funnel. (It's a pretty fun process IMO, and about as safe as boiling a pot of water). I don't think the human body can process most essential oils for caloric energy: molecularly they look much more like drugs - no long carbon chains.