Celestial Seasonings Perfectly Pear White Tea
Filed under: food and drink, health and beauty, physical well-being
After reading that white tea has anti-aging properties, I felt immediately compelled to buy some. I've been drinking Celestial Seasonings Perfectly Pear White Tea over ice for the past few days, using either local honey or stevia as a sweetener. I think that it's lovely, and Danielle says it tastes like...
Foods with anti-aging properties? Yes, please.
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photo credit: » Zitona « I just read an article about foods that may slow the aging process, and I found it to be both interesting and helpful. I tend to become so focused on health and beauty products that I forget how big a role the food we eat actually plays in our overall quality of life. I plan to buy kiwis, dark chocolate, and white tea tomorrow when I go grocery...
Care for a cup of period tea?
Filed under: food and drink, health and beauty, natural products, physical well-being
That's what I'm calling this new Traditional Medicinals female toner tea that I recently bought. The box tells me that it's supposed to "support female systems by combining herbs to support healthy menstruation, purify blood, and strengthen and tone the uterus." I have no real way of knowing if this stuff actually works (even though the box tells me that the ingredients speak for themselves), but I like the taste so I'm drinking it whether or not it actually helps my girly parts. Herbal ingredients include raspberry leaf, licorice root, strawberry leaf, nettle leaf, angelica root, blessed thistle herb, cramp...
berry tasty
I'm a big fan of hot teas. While grocery shopping, I tend to find myself on the tea aisle picking out two or three new flavors (which is ridiculous, considering the overwhelming amount of tea that I already have at home). Last night, I discovered something delcious; I cannot keep it to myself. I mixed and and some honey. The result was something wonderful. It tasted a little like a liquid fruit...
I scoff at insomnia.
1) Melatonin- I take one 3 mg pill of these bad boys about thirty minutes before I get in the bed. Since melatonin is a hormone that the body (more specificially, the brain) already makes, I don't feel guilty about taking them to help me sleep. Word to the wise, do not take these unless you plan on getting eight or more hours of sleep: any less and you will feel hung-the-hell-over. Also, in most situations I opt for the natural version when given the choice between natural or synthetic, but when it comes to melatonin it's probably safest to...



