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Flinstones Vitamins and Pop Tarts

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We’ve Come a Long Way Since the Flinstone Days

Raise your hand if you grew up on Flinstones vitamins too?? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️


Maybe had some Lucky Charms or Pop Tarts for breakfast growing up? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️


Guys, you’re not alone! I was a child in the 90s, and back then, we didn’t know what we didn’t know. Vitamins were vitamins, right? As long as we were eating something for breakfast, we were well nourished and ready to learn, right?!? 🤷🏻‍♀️


Thankfully, we’ve come along way and so has the nutrition and supplement space. Now, you still have to sift through rows and rows of sugar laden or artificially sweetened vitamins, and we still need to REALLY look at nutrition labels when deciding what to feed our families, but we have knowledge – and options- now, and that’s a beautiful thing!!


One thing that I’ve learned more and more about is the difference between naturally sourced and synthetic vitamins. I won’t bore everyone here, but here’s a few cool points to know:


✨if your vitamins are listed in the nutrition or ingredient label with parenthesis around them, they are synthetically made!

✨synthetic vitamins offer only a portion of the whole food vitamin, so synthetic vitamin B is not the same as getting your vitamin B from a whole food.

✨whole food vitamins, on the other hand, allow for a slow release of nutrients, making them easier to digest

✨there are now whole food vitamins that offer diverse and bio active vitamins and minerals 🙌🏼🙌🏼


Supplementing with a good vitamin and filling in the nutritional gaps in our food supply is more important than it’s ever been. I’m excited to try these innovative new whole food vitamins and would love to offer you a discounted price on them as well!! Follow this link to read more about these cool Pura Plant vitamins and to try your own pack, risk free: https://jessicatreadwell1.isagenix.com/en-us/shop/daily-nutrition/pura-plant?pid=14362b1208ab4bbb98d7a92657b105bc

Here’s to a new season of focusing on our health, boosting immunity and finding joy in the everyday moments 🍁🍁 To your health, friends!

~Jess

Summer Vibes ☀️☀️☀️

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Hey friends!! Please welcome my friend Lior to this week’s blog! Lior is a functional herbalist who I’ve had the pleasure of learning from over the past year. I invite you to read this blog and share one tip you’re gonna try this summer!

From my kitchen window, I look at my garden. It is summer, and the garden is filled with an abundance of vegetables and herbs. Bees are zooming between the tulsi and lavender; birds are chipping on the trees, and butterflies hover over the Mexican sunflower.

Staying connected with the season is not just about the physical changes but also about tuning in to nature’s energy or vibe. It’s about stopping, observing, and feeling the rhythm of the natural world.

What are the energetics?

Ancient cultures all over the world observed the ebb and flow of the seasons. They paid attention to details and looked for patterns. The Western tradition, descended from the alchemists and herbalists of Europe, identified six foundational states called the energetic.

The six energetics were used to describe the patterns in plants, people, health conditions, and the seasons.

The energetic/vibe of summer

Summer is associated with the fire element. While in some places, the heat of summer is dry, like in Africa, in others, it is hot and humid, like in India. But all over the world, summer is a time to relax and have fun.

The Taste of Summer

Drinking cold lemonade can give you a clue to how sour food and herbs can counter the relaxing effect of heat on the body. The sour taste is astringent, meaning it tightens tissue and reduces fluid leakage. Some cooling foods and drinks you might want to consider in the summer are berries, citrus, kombucha, and vinegar.

Food tips:

What to do in the summer?

Like the sunflower, people chase the sun. Not literally, but because sunlight is essential for many bodily functions, from regulating appetite and sleep to balancing our mood, people celebrated the sun and nature, especially in the summer.

 Be it in the garden or on a camping trip, summer is when you spend time outdoors, stock up on vitamin D, and enjoy the abundance of vitality and growth. Like a butterfly, I am attracted to the garden’s colors, forms, and sounds. My heart is filled with joy and reverence for the creative forces of nature.

Summer is a good time to build an altar in the garden using sticks, stones, and dried plants. You might want to plant a special plant next to your altar, like tulsi, burn incense, and offer prayers of gratitude to the forces of nature that sustain us. 

This is the time to follow your passion, manifest your inner fire, and follow your dreams. The organ associated with the energy of summer is the heart and the circulatory system. It calls upon you to leave the comfortable safety of your home and step into an adventure. Explore new possibilities and create from the heart. 

Don’t be afraid of being messy playing with finger colors or making a lot of noise while drumming. Summer is for letting your soul soar. 

Being in tune with nature means stopping and noticing the changes in light, temperature, moisture and tune in the ecosystem around you. As you slow down, you will observe how different seasons resonate differently with your body. 

Lior Sadeh

Clinical functional herbalist

@threefoldherbalhealing

Healthy Hydration…

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Yes

Ok, so yesterday felt like Spring in Boston and I am here for it! 🌸🌼☀️

With the warmer weather on its way, I can’t help but noticing so many more people out and about running, biking, playing sports. The trainer in me loves this season- when we all crawl out from under the winter hibernation and start reaching for our health goals again, start spending more time outdoors, start MOVING as our bodies have been craving for months.

Simultaneously, I am noticing the marketing for “sports drinks” more and more these days. I see kids and adults walking around with many very popular electrolyte brands. Having concerns about some of the ingredients in these drinks, I decided to do some investigating at the grocery stores this week.

I’ll leave out names, because I’m not a fan of putting any company down, but there’s a very popular “sports drink” that came out recently (in the last few years) that has some benefits. Some forms of this super popular drink include branch chain amino acids- GREAT for muscle repair after workouts. This brand also has less sugar than the other popular sports drink that’s been around for decades. So that’s good 👌

However, this brand also carries some beverages that have a high amount of caffeine- so kids and teenagers should be very careful. Adults too- especially if they already drink other forms of caffeine or are drinking these later in the day.
Also, I have some definite concerns about artificial sweeteners and the reason many of these drinks are lower in sugar is because they contain artificial sweeteners. You can do your own research on these, but I’m personally concerned between the relationship between these ingredients and very significant chronic health conditions and dis-eases. Just an automatic no for my family- especially when there are better options out there!!

I have equally concerning thoughts about artificial colors. There are ways to color foods and drinks naturally, so if you see Red #40 or something similar in a product, you’d be doing your body a huge favor by putting it back on the shelf!!

Almost every other brand I found on store selves included some form of artificial sweeteners or TONS of sugar. One brand lists sugar as the first ingredient and had 12 grams of added sugar. Like, what?!!?

Sooooo…what do I hydrate with instead and give to my kids???

First- water is great! Some people don’t need electrolytes with every workout, but our cells do absorb water better with them, so…
AMPED HYDRATE is what we use- here’s why:

Didn’t wanna name any names- leading store brand on the left/ my hydration choice on the right

💫Adults’ bodies are 60% water, and kids’ are 70%, so it’s important to hydrate and replenish with beverages that don’t have excess calories and sugar. 💦
💫It provides FUNCTIONAL ingredients that contribute to the daily intake of important vitamins and minerals
💫It also contains Antioxidant vitamin C, vitamin B complex, zinc and super fruits.
Amped hydrate contains: * 10-15 calories.* 0 g sugar.* Superfruit electrolyte blend.* Vitamin C.* Vitamin B complex.* Zinc.* natural ingredients. No artificial flavors, colors, or sweeteners!! Can I just emphasize this one again, friends?!!
For us, it’s a huge win!!!

Share what clean energy you’re fueling yourself with these days. And, if you’re ready to switch to a cleaner brand, message me for a 25% discount off resale pricing 🤗🤗

Cheers to Spring, movement and healthy hydration for our bodies!!

To your health,

~Jess