tumeric – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:05:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.20 https://i2.wp.com/plumjoyful.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-favorite.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 tumeric – Plum Joyful https://plumjoyful.com 32 32 101224769 Turmeric Latte : A better way to start your day https://plumjoyful.com/tumeric-latte-better-way-start-day/ Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:00:26 +0000 http://plumjoyful.com/?p=1140 The turmeric latte, also known as golden milk, is a healing, energizing, and anti-inflammatory alternative to our morning coffee. I was never a coffee drinker, but after having my daughter, and 20 months of sleep deprivation later, I am a devout double shot espresso drinker. I’m not particularly proud of this. Not because I think coffee is bad, in fact we now know that it has numerous positive health benefits. I’m not proud because I am addicted, and I don’t like that my body is relying on it. If I don’t have it I feel lethargic, achy, and have a headache. Not good. In addition, coffee can be very acidic, dehydrating and according to Dr. Mark Hyman “Habituation to caffeine decreases insulin sensitivity, making it difficult for your cells to respond appropriately to blood sugar. High blood sugar levels lead to arterial deterioration and increased risk of mortality related to cardiovascular disease.” So even though it is rich in antioxidants and has been shown to lower breast cancer, colon cancer and Parkinson’s risks, it can also increase inflammation in those who are sensitive to blood sugar and cortisol fluctuations. So I want to decrease my dependence on coffee, while also […]

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]]> 1140 Hayfever: Natural ways to prevent it before it starts https://plumjoyful.com/hayfever-how-to-prevent-it-naturally-before-it-even-starts/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:36:05 +0000 http://plumjoyful.com/?p=507   Hayfever sucks. There’s no two ways about it. Spring is around the corner and all we really want to do is run freely through a field of wildflowers am I right? Ok, maybe that’s an exaggeration and I’ve just watched to many feminine hygiene commercials, but you get where I’m going with this. We want to be free to bask in the sunshine and gulp big lung-fulls of fresh fragrant spring air. Instead many of us are walking around with red rimmed teary eyes, sneezing like we’re being paid for it, and desperately searching for the nearest air-conditioned room to hermetically seal ourselves into. It’s utterly unfair. Just when we want to be outside the most, we are driven back indoors. I have always had hayfever, and all I could do was take an antihistamine. For much of my life I didn’t know that there were completely natural ways to manage hay fever that worked just as well as antihistamines, and in some cases better because they can actually change your allergic response as opposed to just suppressing the symptoms. Here are some incredibly effective natural tools to help kick your hayfever in the butt so you can run […]

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