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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Bev Dunne
There has been a lot of talk recently about Elderberry for treatment of colds and flu. Elderberry is the small dark purple berry from the elder tree. This little berry packs a powerful punch with its high antioxidant properties. I find Elderberry is helpful when in the acute stage of a cold or flu as it may help reduce the severity and relieve the symptoms of colds and flu, including a mild fever. 

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Pumpkin Seeds – High In Zinc And Grown By Aussie Farmers

Bev Dunne
Where possible, we try to stock Australian grown products. This isn’t always as easy as you might imagine. One example is pumpkin seeds also known as pepitas. Almost all pepitas sold in Australia are from China. We are lucky enough however to have access to one supplier of Australian pumpkin seeds.

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

It's Time For Your Free Zinc Test

Bev Dunne
For many years we have been offering free Zinc testing in store. It’s a simple test – in fact it’s a taste test, so not at all invasive. Testing your Zinc levels can be beneficial, as Zinc deficiency may contribute to many health problems. It’s probably even more important at this time of the year as Zinc is believed to be helpful for our immune system.

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Mushroom Bone Broth with Buckwheat Noodles

Bev Dunne
This broth has the nutritional benefits of bone broth with the natural ingredients such as collagen, minerals, hyaluronic acid, essential amino acids, and essential amino acids

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

It's Time!! To Take Your Cold & Flu Herbs

Bev Dunne
At this time of the year, we are often asked our advice on the best supplements to help prevent and treat colds, flu, and viruses. Of course, there are many products on the market and sometimes it can be confusing to understand which supplements might work best.

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Molasses- A Good Source Of Iron

Bev Dunne
Molasses is also an excellent source of copper, manganese, potassium, and magnesium. Interestingly, copper assists in the utilisation of iron. This food is also a good source of calcium. Two teaspoons of blackstrap molasses will meet 12% of your daily needs of calcium.

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Suffering from extreme fatigue, pale skin, and general weakness?

Bev Dunne
So why does an iron deficiency make me tired you might ask. Anaemia or iron deficiency develops when the body lacks enough iron to make adequate haemoglobin. The haemoglobin enables our red blood cells to carry oxygen from our lungs to the rest of our body. So, when we are iron deficient every cell in our body is suffering from lack of oxygen, which then causes us to feel weak and tired and experience headaches, dizziness etc.

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Anti-Inflammatory, Alkalising Broccoli Soup

Bev Dunne

With the cooler months just around the corner, it’s time to begin thinking about some healthy soup recipes.  This Broccoli Soup is not only very tasty, it’s super alkalising and super healthy with several alkalising ingredients, plus some great anti-inflammatory ingredients.

 

Ingredients – 1 tbsp Best of Bone Broth Turmeric & Ginger Bone Broth; 500ml hot water ; 1 tbsp Plenty Aust Olive Oil, 2 sliced garlic cloves, 1 tbsp grated ginger, ½ tsp ground coriander, ½ tsp Organic Road Turmeric Powder, 200g sliced Zucchini; 85g chopped Broccoli, 100g chopped Kale, 3 tbsp chopped parsley.

Fry garlic, ginger, coriander and turmeric lightly in olive oil for 2 minutes. Mix bone broth concentrate in 500ml water. Add 3 tbsp broth and continue to stir.  Add zucchini, stirring in well for 3 minutes. Add 400ml broth and leave to simmer for 3 minutes.  Add broccoli and kale to pan and cook for 5 minutes until vegetables are soft.  Remove from heat, add chopped parsley and blend with blender until mixture is smooth.  Garnish with extra chopped parsley.

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Ceremonial Cacao

Bev Dunne
Cacao ceremonies are a centuries old ritual. Ceremonial cacao is 100% whole cacao bean paste which is unsweetened and solidified with all the healthy fats, high antioxidants and nutritional and mood enhancing benefits. It increases blood flow to the brain, helping to strengthen our awareness and focus. 

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Elderberry, Echinacea, Olive Leaf - Excellent Herbs For The Whole Family

Omega Seed Mix Now In Store

Bev Dunne
I have written often about the health benefits of various seeds. We now have a new product in-store which I’m very excited about. This Omega Seed Mix contains organic pepitas, sunflower seeds, linseeds, chia seeds, and sesame seeds.

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