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Dr Mercola wrote today about the benefits of Tulsi -- more commonly known as Holy Basil. Read more here:
http://organicindia.mercola.com/tulsi-tea.aspx LNH has been a longtime lover of antioxidant-rich Holy Basil/Tulsi for its many health benefits -- mind, body and spirit. Here's our synopsis from the LNH archives: http://lagunanaturalhealth.blogspot.com/2009/11/holy-basil-natural-stress-relief.html Tulsi, not only helps protect the body from the degenerative effects of stress*, but it also repairs the body from its damage. These are the properties of an adaptogen, and tulsi is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s finest. Tulsi treats the body at a deeper level than most other adaptogens, which may be why tulsi’s benefits extend far beyond its ability to cope with stress. We can no longer wait until the disease appears and then begin treatment. Everyone is under stress, and the treatment for well being and optimal health starts now, before the symptoms arrive. Twenty years ago the Journal of American Medicine (JAMA) rejected the need for a daily multi-vitamin and has recently reversed its position. Today JAMA recommends the use of daily vitamins to everyone for maintaining good health. There is no doubt that with the emergence of stress as the new cause of disease, a “daily adaptogen” is necessary today and its endorsement cannot wait twenty years. * Stress itself has become a constant and a disease producing stimulant to the nervous system that we are forced to endure on a daily basis. We self medicate with stimulants like coffee, sugar and - sometimes in the name of good health – energy boosting adaptogens. While these may offer short term relief, in the long run they will deplete our ability to handle stress naturally. When under stress, the nervous system responds by increasing stress fighting hormone production. While these hormones help the body fight stress, they are both toxic and degenerative hormones that produce waste products called free radicals that are linked to causing 80% of all disease. Constant stimulation from stress causes adrenal depletion, which puts pressure on the endocrine system to make energy that it simply doesn’t have. Blood sugar levels rise and fall causing cravings, unstable moods and exhaustion. Reproductive hormones like testosterone and progesterone help bail out the adrenals, leaving reproductive and menstrual function compromised. Finally, the thyroid is asked to increase metabolism because the body has borrowed so much energy that the entire hormonal and stress fighting system is in crisis. OC |
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