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Harnessing Nature's Power: An Interview with Steve St. Clair

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Throughout human history, plants and botanicals have played a vital role in healing and promoting wellness. From traditional remedies to modern-day practices, the therapeutic properties of various plant species have been utilized to enhance physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. This article contains all that we have gathered from our interview with Enerhealth Botanicals, a company that has been using the transformative power of plants to heal, energize and nourish our body and minds. It explores the fascinating world of botanical medicine and highlights the diverse ways in which plants are harnessed for healing and wellness.
Watch the full interview with Steve St. Clair, owner of Enerhealth Botanicals and CNTV's Gary Atencio below!

Herbalism: Unlocking Nature's Healing Power

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https://enerhealthbotanicals.com - Herbalism, also known as herbal medicine or phytotherapy, is the practice of using plants and plant extracts for medicinal purposes. It is an ancient form of medicine that has been used by various cultures around the world for thousands of years. In herbalism, the active compounds found in plants are used to promote healing and maintain health.
What are the different types of herbalism?
There are several different types of herbalism, each with its own unique approach and philosophy. Here are some of the most common types:
1. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
TCM is a holistic system of medicine that originated in ancient China. It is based on the concept of balancing the body's energy, known as qi, to promote health and prevent disease. TCM herbalism uses a combination of herbs to restore balance and treat specific health conditions.
2. Ayurvedic Medicine
Ayurvedic medicine is a traditional system of medicine that originated in India. It focuses on balancing the body, mind, and spirit to achieve optimal health. Ayurvedic herbalism uses a wide range of herbs and herbal formulations to treat various health conditions.
3. Western Herbalism
Western herbalism, also known as European herbalism, is a system of medicine that originated in Europe. It is based on the use of herbs to support the body's natural healing processes. Western herbalism uses a combination of traditional knowledge and scientific research to guide its practice.
4. Native American Herbalism
Native American herbalism is a traditional system of medicine practiced by various indigenous tribes in North America. It involves the use of native plants to promote healing and maintain health. Native American herbalism often incorporates spiritual and ceremonial elements into its practice.
5. Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a system of medicine that uses highly diluted substances to stimulate the body's natural healing abilities. Homeopathic remedies are often made from plants and are used to treat specific symptoms or conditions.
Conclusion
Herbalism is a diverse and ancient practice that encompasses various types and approaches. Whether it's Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Western Herbalism, Native American Herbalism, or Homeopathy, each type of herbalism offers unique insights and methods for promoting health and well-being.

Hemp Extraction Process

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Hemp is a part of the Cannabis sativa species and is often used to describe cannabis containing less that 0.3 percent of THC content by dry weight. Hemp is a fast growing crop that has been idolized for centuries for its sustainability and usefulness. Hemp is used to make paper, clothing, textiles, and even food due to its high fiber content. However, there is much more to this plant, as it can also be used for a variety of medicinal purposes. Perhaps one of the most popular ways is through hemp products derived from the cannabinoid, CBD.


 
With the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Hemp has been talked about quite a bit over the past several years. The subject has ranged from legal issues, most states now allow some form of CBD to be offered, to the various conditions and uses ascribed to the plant. Unfortunately, there have been too many companies offering hemp in some form or another that have promoted uses that are not allowed by the FDA, i.e. any use that contains the words: cure, treatment, a specific medical condition, etc. The result has created a lot of confusion in the marketplace from the consumer perspective.
Added to this is the confusion over the type of extraction process that is professed to be the ‘best’ and which cannabinoid, CBG, CBC, CBD etc., is the best for whatever ailment claimed. There are so many processes of extraction, many use only ethanol, either organic or non-organic, some use butane (which we think is not conducive to health goals of any kind), others use CO2 extraction which most claim is the apex of extraction.


Here at Enerhealth Botanicals, we have been extracting industrial hemp for years now and consider it another effective herb for many of the health issues you might see on google. We have extracted 100s of herbs over the past two decades using a solution of water and organic alcohol. Hemp is a recent addition having added it about five years ago. 

We developed a specific process for hemp and have now extended that to other herbs termed Spagyric's. The process itself is post extraction where we take the previously extracted plant and then further purify the plant to obtain the mineral salts (the life blood of the plant) and then combine those salts with the original extraction. We also never expose the hemp to direct heat and always 100 degrees Fahrenheit thus making it a ‘raw’ extract.
This process is time and resource consuming but yields a very distinct extract, at least according to the bench chemical analysis. According to one of the chemists, the ‘salts’ appear to explode many of the Cannabinoid molecules into a ‘nano’ size as the proliferation of the spagyric tests vs the non-spagyric results show an increase in the presence of the molecules 5-10x. Nano sized particles combined with the mineral salt component are thought by many to increase the bioavailability of the product. 


Thus, our spagyric products have seen multiple customers reorder time and again from Enerhealth after trying many alternatives that just didn’t work! We take pride in our processes and their effectiveness proven over two decades of many happy customers that we are pleased with the results. One must realize that there is no ‘magic bullet’ out there for anything. When choosing the alternative herbal pathway to health, one must use these products several times a day over a longer period of time to feel/see results, that is the nature of herbs. 

 

20 Benefits of Turmeric: Discover the amazing benefits of turmeric and experience a healthier you!

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https://perfectfastingnow.com - Discover the amazing benefits of turmeric! Boost your immune system, reduce inflammation, and improve digestion. experience a healthier you!

Exploring the Biochemical Basis of Lactic Acid Production and Disposal

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https://www.wellyme.org - Feb 19, 2024 - Fitness - Lactic acid is a natural byproduct of metabolism, particularly during periods of intense physical exertion or when the body lacks sufficient oxygen. In this blog...

The Relationship Between Caffeine and Sleep Quality

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https://enerhealthbotanicals.com - Do you rely on a cup of coffee to kickstart your day? Or maybe you enjoy sipping on a caffeinated beverage in the afternoon to stay alert? While caffeine is a popular stimulant that many people turn to for an energy boost, have you ever wondered how it affects your sleep quality? In this blog post, we will explore the relationship between caffeine and sleep quality, backed by scientific research and expert opinions.
What is caffeine?
Caffeine is a natural substance found in coffee beans, tea leaves, and cacao plants. It stimulates the central nervous system, helping you feel more awake and alert. When consumed, caffeine blocks adenosine receptors in the brain, which prevents drowsiness and promotes wakefulness.
How does caffeine affect sleep quality?

Research has shown that caffeine can have a significant impact on sleep quality, especially when consumed close to bedtime. The stimulating effects of caffeine can make it harder to fall asleep, reduce total sleep time, and disrupt the sleep cycle. Even if you manage to fall asleep after consuming caffeine, the quality of your sleep may be compromised.
One study found that consuming caffeine six hours before bedtime can significantly disrupt sleep patterns. Participants who consumed caffeine before bed experienced reduced sleep efficiency, increased nighttime awakenings, and decreased total sleep time compared to those who abstained from caffeine.
How long does caffeine stay in your system?
The effects of caffeine can vary depending on individual factors such as metabolism and sensitivity. On average, it takes about 5-6 hours for the body to eliminate half of the caffeine consumed. This means that if you have a cup of coffee containing 200 mg of caffeine at 4 pm, around 100 mg of caffeine will still be present in your system at 10 pm.
Tips for optimizing sleep quality while consuming caffeine
If you enjoy caffeine but want to ensure a good night's sleep, here are some tips to consider:

Avoid consuming caffeine close to bedtime: Try to limit your caffeine intake to at least 6 hours before you plan to sleep.
Monitor your caffeine consumption: Be mindful of the amount of caffeine you consume throughout the day. Consider switching to decaffeinated options in the afternoon. Brands like Enerhealth Botanicals even carry a line of organic mushroom infused coffee, NutriCafé, with a lower amount of caffeine than traditional coffee. NutriCafé contains approximately 60 mg of caffeine compared to commercial coffee which contains approximately 95 mg per cup. 
Establish a bedtime routine: Create a relaxing routine before bed to signal to your body that it's time to wind down. This can include activities such as reading a book or taking a warm bath.
Create a sleep-friendly environment: Make sure your bedroom is cool, dark, and quiet to promote optimal sleep conditions.

By following these tips, you can still enjoy the benefits of caffeine while minimizing its impact on your sleep quality.
The bottom line
Caffeine can be a useful tool for staying alert and focused during the day. However, it's important to be mindful of its effects on sleep quality. To ensure a good night's sleep, it's best to consume caffeine in moderation and avoid it close to bedtime. By understanding the relationship between caffeine and sleep quality, you can make informed decisions about your daily caffeine intake and prioritize restful sleep.

Achieving Your Fitness Goals with Running and Body Toning

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https://www.wellyme.org - Mar 03, 2024 - Fitness - Running has long been recognized as an effective way to maintain physical fitness, improve cardiovascular health, and lose weight. However, many individuals who engage in...

Food Shortages: Are They Real?

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https://enerhealthbotanicals.com - COVID has definitely affected the supply chain from seed to sale.  My personal experience is that food and herbal ingredients are increasingly harder to find and get delivered in a timely manner.  And, the shipping companies are charging more.
Even in my local Kroger’s (King Soopers here in CO.) the shelves are always pretty empty, depending on what you are looking for.  Not that there isn’t food, we just can’t get everything in one trip due to availability.  After multiple trips we can procure what we need.  
My question to everyone; Is this a sign of the times and will it get worse before it gets better?
Just to give you an idea of what the issues are in manufacturing of food products, there are multiple ‘choke’ points limiting our ability to buy food and herbal products.

Growing seasons for certain products has been off lately.  For example, oats had a terrible harvest this season.  We largely depend on Canadian oats to supplement our crop. This year the oat crop in Canada was terrible, something like 60% of their crop failed.  You can still get oats but at a much higher price due to supply decreasing while demand remains the same or higher.
You have or will be noticing price increases on just about everything you buy including food.  Have you noticed that many of the packaged foods are maybe just a bit more expensive but the weight and size has decreased, less for your money!
If anything is sourced overseas you can bet that there will be issues in logistics, further complicated by COVID issues causing labor shortages in the fields, trucking/shipping/ports/distribution.  Many companies source at least some ingredients overseas.  The good news here is many companies, including ours, are beginning to source as many ingredients locally as possible.  More expensive but more dependable.
Equipment sourced overseas can take 6 months or longer if you are lucky enough to find availability and at higher and higher prices.
Domestic freight is an issue these days.  What used to take a few days can now take weeks if coming from the busiest ports.
You also have the news these days focusing on the bad to increase fear. The result, among other things, is hording which leads to further supply issues. Remember toilet paper in 2020? 

These are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to our food and herb production yet in my mind some of the most important issues.  
So are food shortages real?  I would say yes but it depends on the ingredient, some are more plentiful and accessible than others. 
What is the solution? Grow some of your own food if possible and acquire some ‘storeable foods’ if you can, such as our Survive2Thrive 40-Day Supply. The stored foods would cover any gaps in your diet plan. Decrease your consumption of processed foods, you will be better off for this decision. Our bodies want wholesome foods and processed foods are not all that healthy. Vegetables, legumes, and grains supplemented by herbs and proteins are typically the best way to go.
 

Cholesterol...The Good and Bad

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https://enerhealthbotanicals.com - Is cholesterol really such a problem after all?
Based upon what your doctor and the media declare, you would think that cholesterol has been determined to be the biggest health issue in the developed world today. Many foods and food groups are now shunned and even blamed for the cholesterol epidemic. For me to say that there has been a major misunderstanding of the whole cholesterol question would be an understatement. Cholesterol has to be in the top three medical topics talked about today.Fats are now demonized and only recently have debates begun to surface about the difference between good and bad fats. We truly need to deepen our understanding of the difference between good fats and bad fats. A good rule of thumb is to stay away from hydrogenated oils and to get more Omega 3's from chia and flax seeds. Frankly, considering fats to be demons is harming your health. Cholesterol is in fact an essential portion of optimal health. Without it our brains do not function properly and even our cell membranes begin to deteriorate.Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance present in all your cells and also in your blood. It is used to make vitamin D, cell membranes, hormones, and certain liver chemicals that aid in fat digestion. It is also essential for brain and neurological function. A vast majority of the cholesterol in your body is made in your liver. This is one reason why it is so important to protect, rebuild and also cleanse the liver. There are two main types, HDL and LDL. HDL cholesterol brings cholesterol from your arteries and cells to your liver to be reused and sent elsewhere where it is needed. We are told that our total cholesterol should ideally stay below 200 and that 300 is almost a certain sign of heart disease. As many of you have recently heard, in the last 6 years those numbers have become a downwardly moving target, with doctors now recommending statin or cholesterol lowering drugs to patients that were previously considered normal and risk free. Obviously this has become a major boon for the pharmaceutical companies that have seen record sales in this class of drugs that often come with particularly dangerous side effects.For us to be better informed we need to understand that both types of cholesterol are in fact fats and proteins combined. This is why they are called lipoproteins, lipo coming from lipid or fat. Cholesterol is a vehicle for carrying fats bound to proteins from cell to cell. In this bound for it moves better in the blood. We need to think of cholesterol as our friend rather than our enemy. No life form can exist without it. In fact many within the natural health community believe that abstaining from fats is one of the major reasons for the upsurge in brain and neurologically related disease forms such as MS, Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's and other problems. Many now agree that this obsession with lowering cholesterol has become one of the biggest travesties in modern medical history, and is also responsible for many hormonal disorders, since without cholesterol our bodies cannot make essential hormones such as estrogen and testosterone. Cholesterol is also converted in the skin into a precursor compound that the liver and kidneys then make into vitamin D. Adequate safe sun exposure is the optimal way to create optimal levels of vitamin D.Another misunderstanding is the role of cholesterol in inflammation with some past medical journals naming cholesterol as a culprit in arterial and venal inflammation. Inflammation is not bad by the way. It is the body's way of mobilizing the immune system to fight invading viruses and bacteria. When there is a wound the site becomes inflamed and immune cells rush there to fight the infection. Many people have weakened immune systems and benefit greatly from immune system boosters derived from potent herbs and often from medicinal mushrooms. Scars form to protect the wound and similarly such scars form in the arteries. They are a plaque like substance. Cholesterol then comes in as a repair agent, because it is necessary in the creation of cell membranes and thus for the repair of all cells, even those in the arteries. Whenever there are damaged cells in the body the liver will make more cholesterol to aid in the repair process.The main problem here is that many doctors still freak out when they see cholesterol circulating in the blood, believing it to be the precursor to heart disease, rather than realizing that it is in fact being sent by the liver to repair damage and inflammation. For certain, chronic inflammation can contribute to heart disease and there are now tests to determine inflammatory levels in the blood. The test is known as a C reactive protein test. Basically if your number is above 3 milligrams (mg), you have a high level of inflammation. Boosting your immune system with immune system boosters is very important here. A level of 1 mg is considered normal.Unfortunately the obsession with lowering cholesterol may be preventing the body from repairing itself and thus contributing to more deaths rather than saving folks. We need to let cholesterol do its job within the picture of a healthy lifestyle that helps prevent damage in the first place. When we have low levels of cholesterol, we are more prone to disorders in the nervous system, from depression, mood disorders and MS to Parkinson's and even suicide because the nervous system has a high need for cholesterol in its cell membranes. It needs more insulation because it is responsible for sending electrical signals from the brain, through the nerves to the rest of the body. Cholesterol also assists in the metabolism of various important brain chemicals. It is by no mean the only compound needed for a healthy nervous system. Good levels of B complex are also essential and these can be found in whole grains and certain supplements.So let's reexamine this whole picture. Our doctors are telling us to keep our cholesterol under 200 or so, while I believe that keeping it slightly above 200 would be better. Who benefitted from recommendations for lower cholesterol levels? Big Pharma, to achieve such low levels, is recommending that doctors give their patients not just one, but often a cocktail of cholesterol lowering statin drugs. Who pays? The patients. Who benefits? Big Pharma.The push to dramatically lower cholesterol has been around for a while. However in 2004, a government run entity for cholesterol education,, began advising people with or at risk of heart disease to make a concerted effort to lower their LDL cholesterol to what amounts to very low levels. Prior to that new statement a reading of 130-milligrams for LDL cholesterol was deemed acceptable. They are now recommending less than 100. To achieve such low readings doctors are having to prescribe cocktails of different cholesterol-lowering drugs, most of which have notable side effects, and all of this with little real evidence to substantiate such a practice. Even leading scientists recognize the lack of scientific evidence that supports such low targets. The unfortunate truth is that all but one of the doctors on the panel making these recommendations had been well remunerated by the very companies that manufacture the proposed statin drugs. The revised guidelines dramatically increased the market for these companies.In 99.9% of people taking these medications, there is no good evidence to suggest that it benefits them. It very well may hurt them. The way Statin drugs work is by inhibiting an enzyme in your liver that is used to make cholesterol. Statin drugs also deplete your body of CoQ10, which is beneficial for your heart and muscles and which assists in energy production. Without it you are almost guaranteed to experience fatigue, muscle weakness, and at some point heart failure. I still find it hard to understand why anyone would take a drug whose side affects range from kidney and liver damage to memory loss, higher cancer risk and poor immune function.Smoke and mirrors are the rule of thumb for big Pharma when it comes to making money. False advertising is also a big part of that strategy, where data is manipulated and misrepresented to convince the public and doctors of the wisdom that lies in taking their prescription drugs, when that wisdom is about as far from wise as humanly possible. One of the most widely prescribed drugs, Lipitor, for example, only prevents one more heart attack per hundred people than sugar pills and yet their ad boasts a 36% reduction in heart attacks. Big Pharma claims that statins have a beneficial effect on inflammation in your body, and can thus reduce your risk of strokes or heart attacks.The good news is that while inflammation is the principle thing to be concerned about, you can naturally lower inflammation and thus avoid all of the side effects of statins. We can trace the cholesterol and animal fat fear mongering back to the 50's when top researchers formulated lipid theories that linked fat consumption to heart disease. Unfortunately their theory was swallowed, hook line and sinker. From then on we the public have been told to stop eating butter, red meat, animal fats, eggs, dairy etc.... The research was, as is often the case, manipulated to favor a certain outcome. This very same story has deprived people of essential fats and lead to a gross overconsumption of carbohydrates, most of which are refined and this itself has lead to a dramatic increase in diabetes and many other health problems. When you don't get enough fat in your diet, you crave, because you are hungry. The problem with the foods people switched to is that they lack nutritional value, especially in the realm of fats and when folks reach for processed foods with high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils, they have climbed on a health destroying roller coaster, since all of these foods cause the very inflammation that causes the problem in the first place.
We need to return to a diet that gives us optimal n