Want to know more about my upcoming zoom workshop, Aging Well & You: Why Fermented Foods?
Scroll to first article for more details. The next one will be online 6/23 from 7 -8:15 PM Central Time. Here is the link to your $12 tickets (limited to 10 people).
Recipe for Clove Green Tea, scroll down
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Fermented Foods Talk
Did you know that fermented food helps with gut health and restores good bacteria? It is crucial to thriving in our modern world, especially as we age. Yet many people don’t eat it regularly, per a 2021 Stanford study.
My next talk will be online. Look at the top of the page for ticket link.
This is part of my series Aging Well & You series, called Why Fermented Foods? This workshop is based upon two programs I offer –  My 28 day reset + gut health program, and my 30 day gut health program (click on other programs button for the latter.)
In this workshop, Aging Well & You: Why Fermented Foods, you will learn the importance of fermented foods in modern human health, especially in the aging process. There will be a tasting (optional), and in-depth discussion of what the benefits are of these powerful foods. This workshop will contain a basic overview of gut health terms. What fermented foods are, what are the benefits, along with an optional tasting. The workshop will then go into why these foods are a crucial part of supporting a healthy gut microbiome, and overall human health, especially as we age. There will be practical suggestions of day to day easy things to do, to prepare your body for aging well.
Outline of the Aging Well & You Series; Why Fermented Foods?
-Overview of gut health terms
-Overview of fermented foods and its health benefits
-Fermented foods in store optional tasting
-Aging concerns in this toxic modern world and the importance of a healthy gut.
-Easy takeaway ideas for day to day things to do to incorporate these foods into your life
(Disclaimer: I am a Certified Master Health Coach, not a doctor. This workshop is for informational purposes only and not to be construed as medical advice or diagnosis. Consult you doctor for any medical advice.)
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Clove Green Tea Recipe
Because it combines a number of compounds to strengthen the gut lining, improve mucus production in the gut, which is part of the barrier, and sooths inflammation quite well,…
The tea combines the essential oil eugenol (from cloves ) with green tea, which contains catechins. Eugenol helps with mucus production. It also thickens the mucus layer, making it part of the gut lining barrier. The catechins in green tea altso make the mucus thicker, to strengthen the lining barriers, and help calm down inflammation in the GI tract. As well, if you add a prebiotic powder like FOS or inulin ( which you can find on Amazon – I like the Jarrow and Now brands), these can cause a bloom of Akkermanxia Muciniphila – a great bacteria for mucus production.
1-2 T of cloves
1 tea bag
1 scoop FOS/inulin powder
Boil cloves together with 3-4 c water for about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, add tea bag and steep for 3 minutes. Add FOS powder. Slowly sip this tea over a few hours. Remove cloves from tea if worried about swallowing them.
In a rush to make this tea? Boil water, add green tea bag, cloves and FOS powder together. Drink slowly – you can remove the cloves after a few minutes if concerned about swallowing them,
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Coming Soon:
Egg challenge in JulyÂ
Who wants to join me on a two week egg challenge? Four eggs a day has been getting some great attention recently and I’d love do that with those who are interested!
Did you know eggs are some of the most bioavailable foods on earth? That means that our bodies can easily absorb the nutrients, of which there are many. Eggs are dense in nutrients, as they are made to grow a living being. Eggs have choline, B12, folate, contain lutein and zeaxanthin (great for eye and brain health). Eggs contain healthy fats especially if you eat organic/pasture raised, they are high in omega 3s, vitamin K2, A and D. These nutrients are good for immunity, bone health, skin health, and mostly contained in the yolk. The white is a good source of protein and also microbes that ward off pathogens in your body.
As someone with heart palpitations from menopause, I eat 2-3 a day to get adequate choline (which is a precursor to a calming neurotransmitter Acetylcholine). I’d like to up it to four eggs a day for even more benefits.
Look for more information in upcoming newsletters or email me.
(Disclaimer: I am a Certified Master Health Coach, not a doctor. This workshop is for informational purposes only and not to be construed as medical advice or diagnosis. Consult you doctor for any medical advice.)