Heart Health

Have you ever heard of tocotrienols? This relative of vitamin E is proving to be a heart health powerhouse! Offering more antioxidant protection than vitamin E’s tocopherols, tocotrienols are being recognized as potent phytochemicals that can help cool the fire of oxidative stress. Why is that important? Oxidative stress is the driving force toward ageing, and chronic health conditions. Let’s explore how tocotrienols can nourish heart health and more!

When we consider food as medicine, hawthorn berries are an underutilized superfruit. No big surprise since it’s a member of the delicious and economically important rose family. Since the 1st century, hawthorn berries have been utilized as a heart healthy herbal medicine. Let’s take a look at the health benefits of hawthorn berries and why it should be part of your heart-happy health plan!

Bear’s Garlic (Allium ursinum), also known as Ramson’s garlic, is one of the oldest, most revered medicinal herbs known in Europe – but not very well known in the U.S. Most Americans have never heard of this plant – much less consumed it. It is not the same plant as regular garlic (Allium sativum) that we are all familiar with. This lush, green herb has become well recognized in herbal medicine to help treat disorders of the stomach and intestines and is also used as a blood purifier.