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🍇 Dear Student or Subscriber...
Welcome back to our weekly Friday Faves. ✨
This is a chance to take a fun, lightly educational walk with us off the beaten path and explore everyday things, like the products we use (and the ones we don't / won't), and the whys behind it all. 🌿
Feel free to reply back with your faves, and we'll credit you and your socials to build connection and community. 💜
We hope this weekly muse makes your life easier and a bit more interesting… to have your pulse on what we have our pulse on.
☁️ This week is all about high-quality food-based supplements, with a nod to the power of polyphenols, as we prepare for the fall and winter cold and flu season looking for ways to strengthen our immune system and boost overall vitality.
But what are polyphenols? Great question.🪻
Let's do a micro-lesson, and if you see an asterisk* next to something in Friday Faves, it represents an additional micro-lesson gem at the end of the email. Lessons within lessons... ✨
And to be sure, if you want the full depth of theory, it always pays to read the lesson through to the end so you can immediately apply what you learn. |
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🫐 Polyphenols are natural plant compounds found in fruits, vegetables, herbs, tea, coffee, wine, chocolate, and many other plant-based foods.
They’re responsible for much of the color, flavor, bitterness, and astringency in plants (for example, the sharp taste of dark chocolate 🍫 or red wine 🍷).
What They’re Good For:
Polyphenols act mainly as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents in the body. Research links them to a wide range of health benefits:
❤️ Heart Health 🍭 Blood Sugar Balance 🧠 Brain Health 🦠 Gut Health 🎯 Cancer Defense ✨ Skin & Longevity 🛡️ Immune Support
Types of Polyphenols:
Flavonoids (berries, onions, kale*, tea, dark chocolate) – powerful antioxidants.
Phenolic acids (coffee, apples, whole grains) – anti-inflammatory.
Stilbenes (red wine, peanuts, grapes) – resveratrol is the famous one.
Lignans (flax, sesame, whole grains) – support hormone balance.
In short: polyphenols are plant compounds that protect your cells, improve circulation and metabolism, and support long-term health. |
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| Getting back to my favorite brands, below is one I'm most fond of. ⬇️
No, they aren't organic, and I do worry about chemical residue (in anything!), but I still like and appreciate these.
🌿 If you have a local herbalist who makes similar herbal medicines, then you can source directly from them, whether untreated, organic, or sustainably / ethically harvested wild elements. 🙏
Reply back and let us know if you've tried (or plan to try) any of them, or if you work with a local apothecary for your herbal medicine needs.
I have purchased all of these, and I do love these products. It's a way to get a quick dose of antioxidants and flavonoids. 🫐
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| 🫐 Meet Immunia
Immunia is great because it’s made with simple, whole-plant and fruit-based ingredients — no fillers, no added sugar.
Immunia Vision for Eye Health – I also like bilberry tincture (or supplement) for eyes.
They also have it for different issues:
Immunia for Urinary Health
Immunia for Immune Health
Elderberry Concentrate
Elderberry and Elderflower Syrup
If you’re prone to kidney stones, keep in mind these supplements are higher in oxalates — though the doses are small.
Drinking lemon water 🍋 can help prevent buildup and may even break down what’s already there. Calcium oxalate stones are the most common type — and eating a lot of high-oxalate foods can raise your risk.
We go deep into this topic — and how to balance oxalates in your diet — inside our Nutritional Medicine program. 🍽️
🎼 Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens 🎶 |
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| Micronized Flavonoids – Supports healthy circulation, reduces swelling and leg fatigue, and helps ease that heavy, tired feeling — perfect for long days on your feet, travel, or sitting too long.
Lipo-Flavonoid for Tinnitus
My father has tinnitus from a mortar shell in Vietnam, and he’s trying these two products. Maybe it’s of interest to readers as well, as many people suffer from tinnitus. 😔
I personally would always prefer to take a food-based / herbal medicine vs. a 'pill' even though in many cases, we do have to rely on those forms (as we don't want to drink NAC or iodine, for example).
Moderation and mindfulness when using and experimenting with supplements is key.
I feel the less 'supplements' you can take, the better, but they are still common / necessary. However, depending on which one it is, they can also be toxic.
I've seen many poisonings from bad supplements and recalls in the industry marketplace, so be mindful of what you choose to put in your body. 🫶 |
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| 🎧 Stay Tuned...
We know many of you are buying the apple, pumpkin, and cinnamon spice-scented products for fall, 🗣️ and we have something to say about it — a warning, and alternatives.
You have no idea how bad that 'lovely-smelling' chemical bomb of a candle is that you're perusing as you check out at TJ Maxx or even Whole Foods…
Yep, they sell a lot of toxic products, as do all of the 'health food stores.' And it's up to you to see through the greenwashing and money grab that costs you your health. 😳
Stay tuned next week when we discuss holistic homes and the massive dangers in the "so-called" family company Johnson & Johnson's products.
We'll also address chemical companies' products like Air Wick, Febreze, scented plug-ins, and candles and the harm they're for sure causing everyone and everything on the planet. (Literally). |
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| 💅🏼 The lady in the photo is wearing non-toxic Aquarella nail polish and no endocrine systems have been harmed.
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It helps support our work, and we only share products we believe fit into a holistic, healthier way of living.
None of the content in this email (or anywhere from Rockwell) should be taken as medical advice. Always do your own research, use common sense, and take full responsibility for what you decide to do with the info shared here.
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| Micro-Lesson on Goitrogens 🥦
*A note on kale. If you're going to eat it, kindly cook or warm it (same with arugula and cabbage). Not only does it make nutrients more absorbable, it reduces goitrogens.
It's fine in small amounts as a garnish like arugula at breakfast next to eggs, Caprese [kah-PREH-zeh], or a little shredded cabbage or broccoli microgreens on a taco — that's fine.
But if you're eating raw kale salads every day, or even regularly —you may have a problem.
We've addressed this issue with goitrogenic foods for years... It's unfortunate how misguided many of us are.
🥬 One of our graduates developed a goiter from eating raw kale all the time and she was so upset!
A goiter is an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland, which is located at the base of your neck, just below the Adam's apple.
Our program helped her figure out the issue and pointed out (in our Nutritional Medicine Program) that cooking helps reduce active goitrogens which damage the thyroid.
Goitrogens are iodine-uptake inhibitors (meaning they interfere with our already detrimentally low iodine stores and ability to absorb this precious mineral).
Iodine is critical because research shows it may prevent 70% or more of endocrine-system-related cancers like that of the thyroid, breast, prostate, etc.
🟣 Be sure to deep dive into our Iodine-Literacy Practice Certification, ILPC™ to learn more.
Broccoli, cauliflower, kale, arugula, and cabbage are safer when warmed gently, or cooked thoroughly.
Cabbage cooks in a flash! Broccoli and cauliflower take more time. When cooked properly you should be able to cut through it with a fork, but not mush (unless you're making mash or soup base).
Fun Fact: 🚫 I do not eat broccoli or cauliflower raw on veggie trays at the office party (and most of the carrots 🥕 are mold-laden FYI — even on organic, pre-washed).
And I'm definitely not ingesting the 🛢️ soybean oil (industrial sludge-laden) "so-called ranch dressing," another massive thyroid aggravator, and possibly the chief source of harm in Western society, where everything is cooked and fried in it!
As far as kale goes, one last thing: studies were published in the last year linking it to high concentrations of heavy metals.
In theory, it would seem all leafy vegetables would be high in them as well, but it appears the study was done only on kale.
There's probably newer and additional research out there. I know even organic lettuce is high in perchlorates. Apples vs. oranges, I know.
In any case, I love collard greens and would often cook them with kale and broccoli in a green soup.
Are we all going to stop eating kale — or go down the rabbit hole: is it in other similar plant-based foods? That's a lesson for another day...
And if you made it this far, congratulations. We know you really care about your health and go the distance. See you next week. Like this email? Hit reply and let us know what you think. 💭 |
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