Mondays, we build your grocery list with one food, focusing on this month’s main topic.
March is for talking Energy support and a reduction in fatigue. Next on your grocery list:
NETTLE.
Stinging Nettle tops for energy + fatigue support
For those who wish to know the ‘why’ behind this idea, I’ll give you three things to think about.
FOR THE ANTIOXIDANTS
At the root of fatigue + low energy woes, it can be a cellular thing. Meaning somehow your mitochondria are being negatively impacted, and unable to do their full job of producing 90% of your body’s energy through the ATP cycle. What’s impacting these mitochondria? Free radical damage, which brings on oxidative stress. All as a result of some type of chronic inflammation or some type of stress load in the body.
What helps mop up these free radicals, preventing them from contributing to a hampering of your mitochondria? Antioxidants! And they’re in rich supply here, in nettle. So bring it on in to your way of cooking + eating, will you?
FOR REDUCING INFLAMMATION
Nettle provides a rich array of anti-inflammatory compounds: there are studies that show these plant compounds help stop the production of inflammatory-signalling hormones (1), while other compounds stopped the production of inflammatory compounds themselves in the body (2).
FOR THE BLOOD SUGAR BALANCING PIECE
Nettle has been shown as a brilliant plant ally in balancing your blood sugars, mimicking the way insulin works (3, 4). The studies are relatively new on this, but it is a promising area of exploration: imagine, nettle, the humble little stinging plant, helping allay whatever is ailing us.
It can be as simple as adding in a daily cuppa nettle tea.
Nettle is a brilliant plant ally when you are struggling with energy or fatigue issues.
Including it in your cooking a few times is a week is a good place to start. Read through to this article for more ideas on how to incorporate it into your daily meals!
Find loose leaf nettle at your local health food store. Find a tea blend that features this brilliant plan ally. Start bringing it in on the daily!
Aiming for a return to energy vitality? Looking to let go of that persistent fatigue? Need some help in feeling real good?
Get in touch by clicking here. Let’s meet up to start drawing up your road map to support you in both quantity and quality of life.