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Delicious Nutrient Dense Probiotic Berry Smoothie
This is a most delicious way to get probiotics into your digestive system with the added bonus of antioxidant-rich berries and beneficial oil found in coconut. Since kefir has protein in it this is an ideal breakfast lifter and nice for the warm tropical climates where a craving for liquid coolness even early in the morning is sort after. This recipe makes two large glasses or 3 small ones. Coconut Milk Powder can be sourced from The Source Bulk Foods Online or Instore Probiotics are especially important in peri-menopause and menopause. With changes in hormones this causes a disruption in pH and disruption in bacteria on our skin, digestive system…
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Ashwagandha & Energy Frequency
Ashwagandha Tea is an ancient herbal medicine that is derived from the roots of Withania Somnifera a low-growing evergreen shrub that is endemic to India and Southeast Asia. Often referred to as “Indian Ginseng” it is traditionally known to have neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties. Ashwagandha has been used in Ayurveda medicine for thousands of years. This herbal tea has been taken to help reduce stress, fatigue, pain, skin disease, diabetes, and arthritis which are all related to stress that has called the body to become inflamed. It is known to increase energy. The prior stress may be due to a poor diet, lack of exercise, poor lifestyle choices, or emotional…
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Zinc, boost immunity with Tea & Chai
Zinc is a powerful antioxidant that is a crucial component in protecting the body from pathogens and viruses. In New Zealand, we lack zinc in our soils. Health implications from this can be seen in the medical condition of the New Zealand population. With high eczema and asthma rates, the highest bowel cancer for women in the Western World and then the leading cause of fetal death in New Zealand is lack of growth, linked to a lack of zinc. Zinc is required for chemical reactions in the body called Methalayation. Methylation is where a molecule called a ‘methyl group’ is added to another substance such as DNA or a…
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Organic Shea Butter how can it improve your skin?
Shea butter is a fat that is extracted from the nut of a shea tree that is native to West Africa and a larger percentage of shea butter used in the cosmetic industry is sourced from this region. Shea butter is a solid butter with an off-white to ivory colour, it has been used in the cosmetics industry for centuries and in West Africa for thousands of years. It has a high concentration of vitamins such as vitamins A, E and F these are powerful antioxidants and shea butter contains significant levels of them. Antioxidants are important in the deduction of the ageing process they neutralize free radicals protecting the…
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The immune system & how it works…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMW_S2GS6eI&list=PLye0kjhtPMdNZSfA_vOjldG5KpnLf7Sig&index=6 Understanding the immune system is key to understanding how our bodies have the ancient innate ability to fight a virus that we come into contact with. Dr Bruce Lipton received a B.A. in biology from C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in 1966 and a PhD in developmental biology from the University of Virginia in 1971. He changed the belief about biology by discovering that all cells begin as the same cell, but the environment changes the purpose and function of the cell. Bruce Lipton is a world leader in Epigenetics; what is epigenetics, you may ask? Epigenetics is the study of how your behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the…
