Cold and Flu Prevention

Spring season health

Keeping you & your athletes healthy! Is it spring sports season at your house? It is at ours – spring season is crazy 🤪 intense for many athletes ⚽️🥍⛹🏽‍♀️🏊🏼‍♂️🤽🏼‍♂️ A few of our boys love ❤️ water polo 🤽🏼‍♂️ and in our neck of the woods, its high school water polo season 🏊🏼‍♂️ Last weekend […]

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Why is fiber so important?

Let’s talk about fiber and how much you’re eating in the average day. The current guidelines tell us we should be eating roughly 30g of fiber every day but most of us are nowhere near this.. With supermarket shelves packed with processed foods, and an increased reliance on take -out and fast foods, many people

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Straight talk about DETOX

Can we talk Frankly? Did you know our bodies have BUILT in detoxification pathways? We are DESIGNED to detox naturally EVERY SINGLE DAY (sorry, not yelling – just emphasizing) The trick is to SUPPORT those pathways by giving our bodies the phytonutrients, minerals and fatty-acids we need in order for them to do their job.

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Cranberries

So many treasured holiday food traditions are born from ancient practices of wellness  I am excited to share with you this next series on the herbs and super foods of the holiday season. There are records of cranberry use by Native American populations dating back to the early 1500’s (and I’m sure they were in

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Want to narrow that gap?

Its the season of sharing cookies and fudge and candy canes and you’re probably thinking, Shelley why are you  talking about WHITE vegetables at a time like this? Well its also the time of year for sharing coughs, viruses and the flu and WHITES are really important players in keeping our immune system in top

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the great Phytonutrient Gap

Our bodies need over 100 different phytonutrients and phytochemicals each day to protect, repair, detoxify and so much more.. Its a little mind blowing 🤯 to think that over 80% of us aren’t even getting close to what we need on a daily basis 😱 Eating a rainbow of whole fresh foods is our BEST

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Better than a glass of wine…

So here’s the truth… For many people, wine is toxic and new research is showing it may cause more problems than benefits. But there’s something better!   Looking for a natural and effective way to lower blood pressure, increase testosterone, inhibit certain type of cancer (colon, lung, skin & breast) It also has benefits for

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Need a Boost?

Ever feel like your WHOLE SYSTEM could use a BOOST? In Traditional Herbalism we call that “Deficient Qi” – and one of the best herbs in the world for boosting that deficient Qi is Astragalus. While it is rarely used alone – it is quite often one of the main herbs in formulas to replenish

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The original endurance & energy drink – Eleuthero

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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