THREE SIMPLE TIPS
Today I wanted to share three tips that you can incorporate into your daily life to start moving the needle in your health journey. I think the information online can be overwhelming at times, and it can often feel like a challenge to know where to begin. If you've been around my newsletter/instagram for awhile, these three tips may not surprise you. But I hope that this will leave you with some insight and encouragement.
1) Mineral rich beverages:
This is such a beautiful way to really level up your health. I find a lot of times people are drinking so many fluids (either tons of water flushing the system, or processed beverages filled with chemical ingredients and extra calories). We often take very little thought into how we could use these fluids as an opportunity to nourish the body and benefit overall health. Here are some examples to get you started:
Teas – Oatstraw, Nettle, Holy Basil, Dandelion, Red Raspberry – I've been sharing about tea infusions on my instagram page over the last few weeks and I've personally been trying out all different teas. Loving the results. These teas are rich in minerals, notably high in potassium, they support the liver, gallbladder, digestion and more. I love infusing mine in the sun or moon for at least 12 hours before incorporating into my daily routine.
Adrenal Cocktail – As we know, this supportive drink helps give our adrenal glands a boost of energy in the midday when they would naturally experience a dip in activity. The adrenal cocktail simply provides the body with vitamin C, potassium & sodium. A quick simple recipe is organic orange juice, ¼tsp cream of tartar and ¼tsp of quality sea salt. You can even make your own ‘premix’ with the cream of tartar and sea salt and then just measure out ½ a teaspoon.
Birch and maple sap water, coconut etc – for an added bonus, look for something that is harvested locally to you. These beverages are also full of minerals.
Spring Mineral Waters (and if you can't access this, just using a quick trace mineral drop in your filtered water is a great way to get those minerals in)
Bone and meat broths & soups.
Fresh fruit juices (yes!)
Raw milk & kefir – loaded with minerals and vitamins, enzymes and protein.
Even your coffee can be levelled up with adaptogenic mushrooms, colostrum, egg yolk, raw milk, raw honey & herbs.
2) Sunrise/circadian support – Watch that sunrise:
This one should come as no surprise, I do talk about this quite a bit. There are so many benefits to getting sunlight on your eyes first thing in the morning (as close to sunrise as possible). If you have trouble sleeping, or falling asleep, or feeling sleepy during the day, I cannot stress enough the importance of getting out there and nudging your biological clock in the right direction.
When we are exposed to the natural light spectrum of sunlight, our body (specifically the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) is stimulated to produce a natural rise in cortisol and a tapering off of melatonin. Sunlight is a crucial signal for which there is NO supplement. Nothing can replicate what nature provides. The blend of light that we receive during sunrise and the two hours that follow is the perfect balance of light that we need in order to set off a whole cascade of hormonal responses. When the light hits our eyes, the photons actually turn amino acids into hormones. So we can support the signalling of: leptin, TSH, testosterone, pregnenelone, serotonin and more.
A note about vitamin D – vitamin D is only produced after UVB rise, which is when the sun gets to 30 degrees above the horizon. I really like the D minder app for discovering how and when I can access vitamin D from the sun, and how much vitamin D my body can produce – based on where I am. Remember here again, we can't outsmart nature and think that we are getting the same thing in a bottle, no way! When we produce vitamin D via the sun, we make 12 different vitamin D metabolites and the vitamin D that we produce is more like a hormone. It's water soluble and therefore accessible to every cell in the body.
3) Grounding: What is grounding (sometimes called earthing)?
Grounding is a process in which the human body makes contact with the earth (ground/sand/ocean/etc) without an insulator. In other words, this is your bare feet or skin touching the earth. Some examples include: laying on the grass with minimal clothing. Standing in the sand. Plunging into the ocean or lake. This processes allows the body to gather up electrons. The earth is under a constant stream of electrical charges from the sun and heat from the central molten core. The idea behind grounding is that the electrons from the earth act as antioxidants as they are pulled into the body. These help to restore any electrical imbalances (we need electrons in the mitochondria to provide a constant stream of ATP to our cells). Anytime we support the electron transport chain within our mitochondria, we are improving overall energy.
Some of the benefits of grounding are said to be: lowered inflammation, reduction in oxidative stress, reduction in stress, reduction in chronic pain, a shift in the autonomic nervous system from a sympathetic (fight or flight) to a parasympathetic (rest and heal) state, improved heart rate variability, improved circadian rhythm, protection from EMFs and so many others. I truly believe we were meant to experience nature. It's the way God intended us to live.
Here's a very cool study: back in 2022 some researchers wanted to explore how grounding could influence the outcomes in covid-19 patients, check out this excerpt:
“There was a spectacular response in a critically ill patient who was unable to speak due to severe dyspnea with blood oxygen level 38% on continuous oxygen supply. On the second day, after two sessions of 3 hours daily earthing, his oxygen level raised to 95% with oxygen supply and 77% without oxygen supply. The following symptoms were improved after implementing earthing: fever, dyspnea, cough, weakness, headache, chest pain, taste and smell sensation loss, anorexia, and body pain.”
Grounding is ideally done in a low-tox, natural environment. You can look around for weeds, and if you see them, you know there's a lesser likelihood of the use of chemicals in that area. – and sorry, no plastic turf!
Other forms of grounding include putting your hands in the dirt – what a great time to start a garden. Embrace the mess.
I hope you'll see this email as an encouragement to take some simple steps today to level up your health and lower the stress and inflammation in your body.
I'm always available via email if you'd like to chat further about being supported in your wellness journey.
