Immunity & Vitality
The saying, “No pain no gain” does NOT apply to boosting your immune system. The rewards of things like diet modification, supplementation, fasting, time in nature, exercise, and mindfulness practices... they are instantaneous!
Once you make and keep a commitment in the realm of self-care, the old way of being loses its allure. Chemicals are released that prepare your body for good things to come. Especially when the things you’re doing to show yourself love taste delicious!
That’s why I create the products below for you. In these days, they have become the best sellers, by far.
Medicine for 2024! A bar-shaped truffle shell holds within it a rich super-herb infused velvet chocolate creme with potent medicinal herbs for the respiratory, immune, and stress management systems.
METAMORPHOSIS UNDERWAY! This flavor will be available in 2 new formats: 1.1oz bars and 1/2lb bites. This size will soon be discontinued.
Made with the illustrious mycologist Paul Stamets’ Host Defense MyCommunity Comprehensive Immunity Support and the excellent coffee replacement, Dandy Blend.
Prepare your immune system for Autumn and Winter with this bar! As the East Coast transforms with the changing leaves, embrace the season with chai spices that boost immunity and offer warmth and comfort. Cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and cloves enhance well-being and create a cozy atmosphere. Enjoy a cup of chai or add these spices to your meals to make the season a time of health and happiness.
SuperChoc was our first recipe and signature flavor - made in 2006 while Vanessa was at the Insitute for Integrative Nutrition. This is the bar of choice for those who like their chocolate to deliver on all levels - a powerful superfood & superherb bar clothed in the rich taste and smooth texture of raw, organic cacao with bright raspberries. No chocolate bar can match its sheer power - so be prepared for this thunderbolt to your senses and systems!
Each sip of this elixir will warm you with chai spices as it supports your immune system with herbs from Native American and Chinese healing traditions.
This elixir offers health benefits in 4 interrelated ways: Concentrated Antioxidants, Powerful Adaptogens, Superfoods for the Brain, and Healing Tonics for the Blood.
This Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate is truly unique - it is an elixir. Not only made with zero processed ingredients or “flavorings” - fastidiously sourced organic spices from around the world and real organic pumpkin, maply sweetness of coconut sugar and pure raw cacao… but we ALSO add turmeric and a slight crackle of black pepper (increases absorption of turmeric's curcumin!)
Make Your Own Medicine
Additional Guidelines for a Vibrant Season
In 2006, I heard Dr. Elson Haas speak as I was studying at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. One element that stayed with me about Dr. Haas' lecture was a sense that internal balance came with being in touch with the ancient tradition of healing with the seasons. Each season calls us to focus on a different part of our life, environment, diet, and inner self. Making contact with your creative self is vital to spring harmony. Who are you inside? What do you need to express to feel free? You are continually creating your life ; be aware of this, and dance and play the tune that you are! It is important to clear out the past to create spaces for the future to come into being now.
The change of seasons seems to be the best time for a major cleansing, drinking nourishing liquids
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a good healer. The greens, very nourishing and high in Vitamin A, are good in salads or used to make tea. The root (used in our Spring Collection) is a blood and kidney cleanser, particularly a liver cleanser and tonic, as well as a diuretic.
Chew your food very well and take enough time when you eat.
Relax a few minutes before and after your meal.
Eat in a comfortable sitting position.
Eat an abundance of fresh vegetables, fresh greens, juices and smoothies.
Take only herbal teas after dinner.
Find a spring and drink water in abundance!
“With springtime, there is an opportunity to look at old patterns in your life with a new awareness. So, let's look at a most important energy source for you, your body's fuel - food. The way you eat is a significant part of a healthy diet. Taking a special moment to relax before eating prepares your body to receive the full nourishment of your meal. I consider the cleansing/fasting/detoxification process (they are different degrees of the same process of reduced toxin intake and enhanced toxin elimination) to be the missing link in Western nutrition and a key to the health and vitality of our civilization. In my twenty five years of medical practice in which I have utilized extensively various detox and healing/rejuvenation practices for both myself and literally thousands of patients, I can tell you that I truly believe that cleansing and detoxification is virtually one of the most powerful healing (real healing of ailments and not just suppression of symptoms) therapies I have seen.” From Dr. Elson M. Haas’ book : Staying Healthy with the Seasons