Can I be excused? My brain is full. Know that feeling? “She’s strong – but she’s exhausted” feel like that’s your mantra? If so, I’d love you to meet the ancient wonder berry Schisandra I love this fun berry in teas and tinctures because it captures ALL 5 TASTES. Sweet, sour, bitter, pungent and salty […]
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Are you under intense mental, emotional or physical strain? Then perhaps you think a cup of herbal tea 🍵 is the LAST thing that you need…. I’d beg to differ and I think I have a chance to change your mind….. in intense times of stress we can learn a lot from looking to those
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Do you find yourself reaching for sweets, carbs, caffeine and other empty foods because you are struggling to get through your day? Then let me introduce you to a category of herbs known as #Adaptogens This special category of herbs helps support the stress response, balances hormones, strengthens digestion and improves neurologic function. Basically
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ELDERBERRY!! If there is only 1️⃣ thing you do after reading any of my posts, do THIS – get some elderberry in your home. Flu & Cold season is SO MUCH BETTER with this amazing botanical helper. In several double-blind placebo-controlled studies where people began taking elderberry within 48 hours of developing symptoms, 93% reported
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Someone had to say it – but when it comes to immune boosting foods – Greens are Queens 👑. Not only do they contain large amounts of Vitamin C, many of the leafy green vegetables are an important source of plant based iron (low iron levels cause low energy and suppress the immune system). And
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More Immune Boosting helpers – Fruit in order of highest vitamin C content: Guava Dried Jujube (I’ll post more on this powerhouse later) Black Currants Kiwi Litchis Apples Pummelo Lemon Strawberries Oranges Papaya Grapefruit PIneapple Cantaloupe Mangoes Tangerines Avocados Starfruit Raspberries Pomegranates Apricots … there are 137 fruits that are considered good sources of vitamin
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Remember all those lovely antique and wild roses that bloomed all summer? 🌹 If you are lucky enough to have passed by them again once their blooms have faded you might have found an abundance of Rose Hips. 🥀 Most modern cultivated roses don’t grow rose hips – so you may not see them in
Immune Boosters ☄️ Right in your Fridge Bring on the peppers!! From Anaheim to Poblano and sweet peppers – they all pack more vitamin C than an orange 🍊 – 1/2 cup of these fabulous side-kicks 🌶 has 150-180 mg of Vitamin C – plus they also contain vitamins A & K and the cancer
However Thyme got its name… it was certainly named appropriately. ⏰ This fragrant culinary herb has the highest concentration of vitamin C – and has a host of other beneficial properties that help fight sore throats, coughs and clear infection. Need something soothing & beneficial to drink at the first sign of a scratchy throat
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Back in 1991 a study compared two groups of cold virus sufferers – one group was given decongestants and pain relievers to manage cold symptoms -the other group was given 1000mg doses of vitamin C every hour for the first 6 hours then 3 doses a day thereafter. WHO’S SYMPTOMS DECREASED BY 85%? the Vitamin C
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