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January 18, 2024

Cordyceps

A powerful adaptogenic tonic for the lungs and kidneys, cordyceps is a tonic herb that can improve athletic performance and general health. It balances both the yin and yang energy in Chinese medicine and is a remedy that can be taken by just about anyone.

January 9, 2024

Schisandra: The Five-Flavored Berry

This adaptogen can help with overcoming burnout and protect the health of your liver. Containing all the five flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, schisandra has a balancing effect on the body. It has adaptogenic and harmonizing actions and contains antioxidants that can help protect the liver and the eyes.

January 2, 2024

Eleuthero

Eleuthero has numerous health benefits. It can help you cope with stress, improve athletic performance, and help with work and focus. The term adaptogen was coined to describe the herb's action. Since the discovery of eleuthero’s benefits, many other herbs have been designated as adaptogens.

December 19, 2023

Helpful Hemp

Hemp is an amazing plant for supplying food, fiber, oil, and medicine. It is a superfood that is rich source of protein and essential fatty acids. It can help ease pain and inflammation, and may help with chronic anxiety. Hemp fiber can be used to make paper, rope, clothes and more.

December 12, 2023

Going Coconuts

You can use coconuts to improve gut, brain, skin, and emotional health. For example, coconut oil contains MTCs which are an easily metabolized form of fats. The oil can be used to moisten the skin and make salves.

December 8, 2023

Understanding Fats

During my early years in the natural health field, I had a lot of unanswered questions and confusion about the whole subject of fats. First of all, the general attitude was that too much of any kind of fat was bad, but then there seemed to be certain kinds of fats that were good for us. So I did what I always do when I don't understand something, I did some research on it. I hope this article will help you with your own research into understanding fats better so you can select healthy fats and avoid…

December 5, 2023

Avocado

High in monounsaturated fats and fiber avocados can help lower cholesterol and help to curb appetite. They are also a good source of magnesium, potassium, vitamin E vitamin K1, vitamin C, and B-complex vitamins.

November 21, 2023

Celery as Food and Medicine

When it comes to plants, it’s not easy to determine where food ends and medicine begins. Take celery as an example, it is clearly a food, but it’s one of those foods that has medicinal or healing properties. In terms of medicinal properties, I classify celery stalks as a salty remedy because of the mineral salts it contains. Salty herbs aren’t salty in the way we think of foods that contain table salt, sodium chloride. Their mild salty flavor is due to their content of other mineral salts.…

Cordyceps

Schisandra: The Five-Flavored Berry

Eleuthero

Helpful Hemp

Going Coconuts

Understanding Fats

Avocado

Celery as Food and Medicine

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