fbpx

Creating Herbal Routines – Making Herbal Medicine – Herbalism For Beginners

Today, Theresa and I are talking about how to create an herbal routine for good health. I’ll have some questions you can ask yourself to help you drill down what methods and types of herbs for your lifestyle.

Some of the topics we cover are herbs in general, how to use herbs in general, herbs for wellness, herbs for good health, how to use herbs, and herbal facts. We also get into some of the herbal remedies and how beginners can get into herbalism by asking simple questions about their lifestyle.

Can you grow your own herbs or is it better to purchase them for your herbal medicine cabinet? We discuss simple ways to turn plants into plant medicine by using teas, infusions, capsules. Herbalism is a lifestyle and we offer suggestions on how you can make your own herbal remedies.

📰 Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about herbs, promotions, and news we have to share.

www.livingandlovinherbs.com/friday

📚 Check out all our books!
www.Brendajsullivanbooks.com

~ ~ ~ N E W R E L E A S E ~ ~ ~

Counting Trees: Counting Book For Toddlers Coloring Book Included (Kids Count Series)

https://amzn.to/34gw65I

🤧 Free Ebook – https://livingandlovinherbs.com/cold

👩🏼👩‍🦳 Join us every Sunday at 10 AM EDT for Herb Talk Live! On Youtube, Facebook, and Clubhouse with my Co-host Theresa Valendzas, she is a health coach, author, and owner of Altraform. Please check her out and subscribe and like her social media as well. You can find her at https://www.altraform.pro/

⚖️ Disclaimer: The information presented in this show is for informational, reference, and educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a substitute for a diagnosis and/or treatment. All health-related questions should be directed to your healthcare provider.

Companies / Products / Books

I personally use and recommend (Affiliates)

🌿 Mountain Rose Herbs –

https://livingandlovinherbs.com/Rose

📚🌿 Herbal Academy –

https://livingandlovinherbs.com/HA

Get Theresa's Book!!!

Heart-Centered Wellness Version 1 and 2: with Theresa WV by Theresa Velendzas and Deborah Zafiropoulos (Illustrator)

https://amzn.to/3GYIrc1

https://amzn.to/3tUCskb

Show's Sponsor

👩‍🌾🛁 Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice that is infused into the products we make. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and are as basic and pure as nature itself. Each bar is full of fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful!

https://www.farmtobath.com/

My Garden Journal: A How To Garden Book For Kids| Gardening is a learned skill – everyone has to start somewhere, and a journal provides the best way to improve your gardening skills to ensure more successes and fewer failures.

The intent of this journal is to simultaneously teach basic gardening techniques while providing a place to record your journey with important information about the “how, when, and where” to grow food and flowers.

There are suggestions on themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden”, “A Young Chef's Garden”, or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden!

Social Media

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We would love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We’d love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Living and Lovin Herbs Website: https://livingandlovinherbs.com/
Farm to Bath Website: https://www.farmtobath.com/
Instagram: @livingandlovinherbspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingandlovinherbspodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Twitter: @Livingandlovin6
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuHD-5N2tPYDbWwI4wzIJA
Thompson Street Farm LLC: https://thompsonstreetfarm.com/
Brenda J. Sullivan Books: https://brendajsullivanbooks.com/

Preparing For Lent: How to prepare our bodies for Lent using herbs for renewed energy and vitality

How to prepare our bodies for Lent using herbs for renewed energy and vitality.

Join Theresa Velendzas and me today at 10 AM EST as we talk about how herbs have been used historically in the Bible, their spiritual significance, and how all this plays into eating and living a healthier life.

We talk about bitter herbs, meditation, using the time of Lent (Ash Wednesday to Easter) as a time to detox our bodies by eating cleaner. Spring is a time for renewal and re-balancing our life whether it's doing spring cleaning, eating to lose weight by adding bitter herbs for health and wellness.

📰 Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about herbs, promotions, and news we have to share.

www.livingandlovinherbs.com/friday

📚 Check out all our books!
www.Brendajsullivanbooks.com

~ ~ ~ N E W R E L E A S E ~ ~ ~

Counting Trees: Counting Book For Toddlers Coloring Book Included (Kids Count Series)

https://amzn.to/34gw65I

🤧 Free Ebook – https://livingandlovinherbs.com/cold

👩🏼👩‍🦳 Join us every Sunday at 10 AM EDT for Herb Talk Live! On Youtube, Facebook, and Clubhouse with my Co-host Theresa Valendzas, she is a health coach, author, and owner of Altraform. Please check her out and subscribe and like her social media as well. You can find her at https://www.altraform.pro/

⚖️ Disclaimer: The information presented in this show is for informational, reference, and educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a substitute for a diagnosis and/or treatment. All health-related questions should be directed to your healthcare provider.

Companies / Products / Books

I personally use and recommend (Affiliates)

🌿 Mountain Rose Herbs –

https://livingandlovinherbs.com/Rose

📚🌿 Herbal Academy –

https://livingandlovinherbs.com/HA

Get Theresa's Book!!!

Heart-Centered Wellness Version 1 and 2: with Theresa WV by Theresa Velendzas and Deborah Zafiropoulos (Illustrator)

https://amzn.to/3GYIrc1

https://amzn.to/3tUCskb

Show's Sponsor

👩‍🌾🛁 Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice that is infused into the products we make. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and are as basic and pure as nature itself. Each bar is full of fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful!

https://www.farmtobath.com/

My Garden Journal: A How To Garden Book For Kids| Gardening is a learned skill – everyone has to start somewhere, and a journal provides the best way to improve your gardening skills to ensure more successes and fewer failures.

The intent of this journal is to simultaneously teach basic gardening techniques while providing a place to record your journey with important information about the “how, when, and where” to grow food and flowers.

There are suggestions on themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden”, “A Young Chef's Garden”, or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden!

Social Media

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We would love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We’d love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Living and Lovin Herbs Website: https://livingandlovinherbs.com/
Farm to Bath Website: https://www.farmtobath.com/
Instagram: @livingandlovinherbspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingandlovinherbspodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Twitter: @Livingandlovin6
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuHD-5N2tPYDbWwI4wzIJA
Thompson Street Farm LLC: https://thompsonstreetfarm.com/
Brenda J. Sullivan Books: https://brendajsullivanbooks.com/

Aphrodisiac Medicinal Herb Recipes – Improve Sex, Sleep and Make Energy Foods!

Today I'm sharing some simple recipes you can make using aphrodisiacs. There is a lot of history behind the herbal action aphrodisiacs. Some medicinal herbs have multiple herbal actions. Aphrodisiacs can also include herbs as natural antidepressants, increased energy for women and men, better sleep, and yes, improving sex for men with erectile dysfunction and women who have a low sex drive (or just improve your sex in general). We talk about it all!

Recipes we talk about are teas, easy treats such as energy balls, massage oil that soothes sore muscles after a workout, and an easy decadent chocolate treat. This is a recipe that's been in my family for generations.

📰 Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about herbs, promotions, and news we have to share.

www.livingandlovinherbs.com/friday

📚 Check out all our books!
www.Brendajsullivanbooks.com

~ ~ ~ N E W R E L E A S E ~ ~ ~

Counting Trees: Counting Book For Toddlers Coloring Book Included (Kids Count Series)

https://amzn.to/34gw65I

🤧 Free Ebook – https://livingandlovinherbs.com/cold

👩🏼👩‍🦳 Join us every Sunday at 10 AM EDT for Herb Talk Live! On Youtube, Facebook, and Clubhouse with my Co-host Theresa Valendzas, she is a health coach, author, and owner of Altraform. Please check her out and subscribe and like her social media as well. You can find her at https://www.altraform.pro/

⚖️ Disclaimer: The information presented in this show is for informational, reference, and educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a substitute for a diagnosis and/or treatment. All health-related questions should be directed to your healthcare provider.

Companies / Products / Books

I personally use and recommend (Affiliates)

🌿 Mountain Rose Herbs –
https://livingandlovinherbs.com/Rose

📚🌿 Herbal Academy –

https://livingandlovinherbs.com/HA

Get Theresa's Book!!!

Heart-Centered Wellness Version 1 and 2: with Theresa WV by Theresa Velendzas and Deborah Zafiropoulos (Illustrator)

https://amzn.to/3GYIrc1

https://amzn.to/3tUCskb

Show's Sponsor

👩‍🌾🛁 Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice that is infused into the products we make. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and are as basic and pure as nature itself. Each bar is full of fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful!

https://www.farmtobath.com/

My Garden Journal: A How To Garden Book For Kids| Gardening is a learned skill – everyone has to start somewhere, and a journal provides the best way to improve your gardening skills to ensure more successes and fewer failures.

The intent of this journal is to simultaneously teach basic gardening techniques while providing a place to record your journey with important information about the “how, when, and where” to grow food and flowers.

There are suggestions on themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden”, “A Young Chef's Garden”, or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden!

Social Media

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We would love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We’d love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Living and Lovin Herbs Website: https://livingandlovinherbs.com/
Farm to Bath Website: https://www.farmtobath.com/
Instagram: @livingandlovinherbspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingandlovinherbspodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Twitter: @Livingandlovin6
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuHD-5N2tPYDbWwI4wzIJA
Thompson Street Farm LLC: https://thompsonstreetfarm.com/
Brenda J. Sullivan Books: https://brendajsullivanbooks.com/

Aphrodisiac Foods: Ancient Herbal Medicine For Health and Wellness

Valentines Day is days away, do you want to make the most out of it? Join Theresa Valendzas as we talk about herbs and foods that have historically been associated with aphrodisiacs. Do they really work? We talk about the types of aphrodisiac foods, how aphrodisiacs relate to herbalism, health, wellness, and how we can use herbs in recipes for improved health.

Join us as we get into it and have a little ancient herbal medicine. This discussion is for both partnered and single people – we have some great ideas for you as well!

📰 Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about herbs, promotions, and news we have to share.
www.livingandlovinherbs.com/friday

📚 Check out all our books!
www.Brendajsullivanbooks.com

~ ~ ~ N E W R E L E A S E ~ ~ ~

Counting Trees: Counting Book For Toddlers Coloring Book Included (Kids Count Series)

https://amzn.to/34gw65I

🤧 Free Ebook – https://livingandlovinherbs.com/cold

👩🏼👩‍🦳 Join us every Sunday at 10 AM EDT for Herb Talk Live! On Youtube, Facebook, and Clubhouse with my Co-host Theresa Valendzas, she is a health coach, author, and owner of Altraform. Please check her out and subscribe and like her social media as well. You can find her at https://www.altraform.pro/

⚖️ Disclaimer: The information presented in this show is for informational, reference, and educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a substitute for a diagnosis and/or treatment. All health-related questions should be directed to your healthcare provider.

Companies and products / Books I personally use and recommend
(Affiliates)

🌿 Mountain Rose Herbs –
https://livingandlovinherbs.com/Rose

📚🌿 Herbal Academy –

https://livingandlovinherbs.com/HA

Get Theresa's Book!!!

Heart-Centered Wellness Version 1 and 2: with Theresa WV by Theresa Velendzas and Deborah Zafiropoulos (Illustrator)
https://amzn.to/3GYIrc1

https://amzn.to/3tUCskb

Show's Sponsor

👩‍🌾🛁 Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice that is infused into the products we make. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and are as basic and pure as nature itself. Each bar is full of fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful!

https://www.farmtobath.com/

My Garden Journal: A How To Garden Book For Kids| Gardening is a learned skill – everyone has to start somewhere, and a journal provides the best way to improve your gardening skills to ensure more successes and fewer failures.

The intent of this journal is to simultaneously teach basic gardening techniques while providing a place to record your journey with important information about the “how, when, and where” to grow food and flowers.

There are suggestions on themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden”, “A Young Chef's Garden”, or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden!

Social Media

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We would love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We’d love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Living and Lovin Herbs Website: https://livingandlovinherbs.com/
Farm to Bath Website: https://www.farmtobath.com/
Instagram: @livingandlovinherbspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingandlovinherbspodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Twitter: @Livingandlovin6
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuHD-5N2tPYDbWwI4wzIJA
Thompson Street Farm LLC: https://thompsonstreetfarm.com/
Brenda J. Sullivan Books: https://brendajsullivanbooks.com/

 

18 Lose Weight? Lower Your Insulin

“The American Diet is killing us!” Brenda J. Sullivan – Google images creative commons license (click here to view picture)

Join me and my co-host Theresa Velendzas, Health Coach and owner of Altraform as I review the book by Dr. Jason Fung, The Complete Guide to Fasting, Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting.

What herbs does Dr. Fung list in his book? We review them, and in addition, I recommend a list of herbs he didn't mention that can lower insulin and some of the ways you can take them. This show was recorded live on Clubhouse and YouTube.

Disclaimer: The information presented in this show is for informational, reference, and educational purposes only and should not be interpreted as a substitute for a diagnosis and/or treatment. All health-related questions should be directed to your healthcare provider.

Living and Lovin Herbs Podcast
The Obesity Code link to Amazon (affiliate) (click here to view picture)
Living and Lovin Herbs Podcast
Dr. Fung's Two Compartment Model explained in his video lecture series – Graphic by Brenda J. Sullivan (click here to view picture)
Dr. Fung's Fasting Model explained in his video lecture series – graphic by Brenda J. Sullivan (click here to view picture)

Herbs That Keep Insulin Low

When fasting, many of these herbs can be used as a tea or herbal infusion (a single herb infused for 24 hours before drinking.) or incorporated into your meal.

Rose

Peppermint

Dead Nettle

Dandelion Root (also lowers blood sugar)

Rosehips (also lowers blood sugar)

Burdock Root (also lowers blood sugar)

Lemon Balm

Hibiscus

Green Tea

Cinnamon

Garlic (added to food)

Oats – (Steel-cut or grouts – not instant or quick-cooking oats)

Bitter Melon (also lowers blood sugar)

Black Tea

Oolong Tea

Artichokes (vegetable and leaves can be used as a tea or infusion)

Turmeric

Gentian

Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (with Mother) – 1 – 2 tablespoons diluted in 8 – 12 ounces of water before meals or at bedtime)

Videos I Recommend Watching

Dr. Jason Fung: Different Ways to Fast for Weight Loss

There are many different ways to fast. Classic intermittent fasting only allows water. But, for weight loss, there are many different variations of fasting that produce great results. Dr. Jason Fung discusses 8 different ways that you can change up your fasting routine for weight loss.

Dr. Jason Fung’s 6 Part Lecture Series On Obesity – (2013 Lecture Series)

The Obesity Code Lecture (Why do we get Fat?) Part 1

Unlocking the code of why obesity became such a massive epidemic since the 1970s. A scientific exploration with a surprising conclusion of how obesity developed. Practical tips on weight management and good health. Why calorie counting fails for many people. For more see

Hormones in Weight Loss (The Obesity Code Lecture part 2)

Insulin and cortisol are key hormones in weight loss. Our body gains or loses fat based on the hormonal instructions we give it. When insulin is high, we store fat. We discuss why the Atkins diet lost popularity for a time and why it rebounded in new forms. The role of the stress hormone cortisol in weight loss.

Reversing Insulin Resistance (The Obesity Code Lecture part 3)

Exploring the role of insulin resistance and diet. How hormonal obesity theory explains the epidemiology of obesity.

Fructose and Fasting (The Obesity Code Lecture 4)

Why fructose and sugar intake plays such a major role in weight gain and diabetes. Intermittent fasting is a great method of reversing insulin resistance and losing weight.

Diet and Disease (The Obesity Code Lecture part 5)

Exploring the link between diet and disease. How are diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obesity, and cancer linked to our diet? Understanding this association leads to fascinating new treatment possibilities.

Reviews primitive cultures who were healthy until westernized with highly refined foods. These cultures ate high fat and carbohydrate diets and had the lowest insulin numbers and were healthy with little disease.

Is Saturated Fat Bad? (Science says… No!) Obesity Code Lecture 6

Is eating saturated fat bad for us? Does eating fat cause obesity? Heart disease? Stroke? How did we become so fat phobic? Are vegetable oils healthy? A critical look at the wealth of scientific data suggests that eating fat (total) and saturated fat might actually protect us from disease.

Books:

(Affiliate links)

The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting Spiral-bound – Dr. Jason Fung and Jimmy Moore

The Obesity Code – Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss (Book 1), by Dr. Jason Fung

The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally (The Wellness Code Book Two) (The Code Series, 2), by Dr. Jason Fung

The Diabetes Code Cookbook: Delicious, Healthy, Low-Carb Recipes to Manage Your Insulin and Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes (The Wellness Code)

Life in the Fasting Lane: How to Make Intermittent Fasting a Lifestyle―and Reap the Benefits of Weight Loss and Better Health, by Dr. Jason Fung, Eve Mayer, Megan Ramos

The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery (The Wellness Code, 3), Dr. Jason Fung

Websites

The Fasting Method

https://www.thefastingmethod.com/

Dr. Jason Fung, MD

https://www.dietdoctor.com/authors/dr-jason-fung-m-d

Mountain Rose Herbs

https://mountainroseherbs.com/

References

2021 USDA Economic Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 2021 Farm Sector Income Forecast
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-income-finances/farm-sector-income-forecast/

Healthline: Can Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar Help with Diabetes?
https://www.healthline.com/health/type-2-diabetes/apple-cider-vinegar#evidence

US National Library of Medicine National Institute of Health: Vinegar Consumption Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake by the Forearm Muscle in Humans with Type 2 Diabetes
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438142/

PubMed.gov: Vinegar supplementation lowers glucose and insulin responses and increases satiety after a bread meal in healthy subjects
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16015276/

PubMed.gov: The effect of dietary fiber and other factors on insulin response: role in obesity
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2995635/

PubMed.gov: Impact of Dietary Fiber Consumption on Insulin Resistance and the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29378044/

Mayo Clinic: Triglycerides: Why do they matter?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/triglycerides/art-20048186

Cleveland Clinic: Triglycerides
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/11117-triglycerides

Healthline: 11 Foods to Increase Your HDL
https://www.healthline.com/health/high-cholesterol/foods-to-increase-hdl

Heart UK: Low HDL cholesterol
https://www.heartuk.org.uk/genetic-conditions/low-hdl-cholesterol-

Verywell Health: Low HDL Symptoms
https://www.verywellhealth.com/low-hdl-symptoms-signs-symptoms-and-complications-5188643

Show's Sponsor Info

Farm to Bath| Our philosophy is to live a locally focused naturally beautiful life, a lifestyle choice that is infused into the products we make. The ingredients are locally grown and/or acquired and are as basic and pure as nature itself. Each bar is full of fragrant aromatics that provide a rich moisturizing lather with no artificial colors or preservatives added – naturally beautiful!

Living and Lovin Herbs Podcast

My Garden Journal: A How-To Garden Book For Kids| Gardening is a learned skill – everyone has to start somewhere, and a journal provides the best way to improve your gardening skills to ensure more successes and fewer failures.

The intent of this journal is to simultaneously teach basic gardening techniques while providing a place to record your journey with important information about the “how, when, and where” to grow food and flowers.

There are suggestions on themed gardens such as “A Harry Potter Garden”, “A Young Chef's Garden”, or a “Monarch Butterfly Superhero Garden” for budding Naturalists and places to either sketch or photograph your plants to remember their appearance for the next growing season.

You'll be amazed at how much you will learn by journaling about your garden!

Music

A special thank you to Gene Tullio for writing and producing this music. He has given me special permission to use this song for the show.

Gene's music can be downloaded from Amazon, iTunes, and Spotify. For more information please contact him at dreamshipmusic@gmail.com

Album: The Dreamship| The Forge Of Life| Copyright 2018

Social Media Links

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We would love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Please follow us on all our social media outlets. We’d love to hear if you tried the recipe(s) from these podcasts.

Living and Lovin Herbs Website: https://livingandlovinherbs.com/
Instagram: @livingandlovinherbspodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingandlovinherbspodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour
Twitter: @Livingandlovin6
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuuHD-5N2tPYDbWwI4wzIJA
Thompson Street Farm LLC: https://thompsonstreetfarm.com/
Brenda J. Sullivan Books: https://brendajsullivanbooks.com/