I love science. Or better said I love good, useful and logical science. This studie is one of those. The scientists, Annia Galano and Jorge Rafael León-Carmona, that published a study in 2011 that freed me and other coffee lovers around the world from guilt, suggesting that coffee is one of the richest sources of antioxidants in the average person’s diet. Evidence based proof and my intuition was now proven in hard core science. Eureka!
Since a great number of studies that show that coffee, black tea and cacao, are indeed good source of antioxidants and it is by far more health than the options that mainstream medicine offers in many cases. A Harvard study concludes that drinking 3-5 cups coffee (decaf too) a day lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Parkinson’s and even suicide.
Many previous studies show that certain compounds found in coffee, including chlorogenic acid, ferulic acid, and p-coumaric acid have a strong antioxidant capacity, that may improve vascular health and reduce inflammatory molecules. At Olive we would ask what causes those inflammatory molecules in the first place (maybe a scented candle, your deodorant, softeners, eating animals, smoking, alcohol, stress?). In addition, magnesium, trigonelline, and quinides in coffee have been associated with improved insulin sensitivity, which reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Newer research points to caffeine as being the source of powerful antioxidant effects that may help protect people from depression, anxiety, dementia and even Alzheimer’s. On the other hand we also know that coffee can worsen the effect of insomnia, anxiety, hypertension or heart problems and severely acidify our bodies making them a playground for vicious microbes, so I wouldn’t run of to Starbucks. Our advice is (once again) to let your body decide how many of those 1-5 cups (8 oz/25 ml) you can take. It’s all about the dose!
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Everyone can heal naturally, it's what bodies and (free) minds want. Our O• Method is based on physics, chemistry and biology with emphasis on the first one as the rest often follow naturally. We divide our work in three parts: Body-Mind-Soul. To allow them all to detox and let go we work with energy (Prana, Xi, Vitality, Spirit, Pneuma or whatever you call the life force, it's the same force mentioned in ancient texts) to heal on all levels, i.e. from chronic disease, toxicity, depression and traumas using our own method, reaching 96% success rate which is unheard of by others in our sector. Would you know of anyone with that result, let us know.
Considering that we invented and dumped >120.000 (petro)chemically derived substances since 1945, of which many are very toxic, getting healthy will most likely include a good old body detox sooner or later.
My love for Ayurveda started in 1993 with Deepak Chopra and after a few turns in life I quit my job as a Nordic Brand Manager and BI strategist at the largest Nordic telecom operator and re-schooled in natural medicine. Besides Dr. Chopra I have studied Dr. Lad, Dr. Siva (Pune, India) and other prominent teachers in their field, but the real difference comes with a practiced. I added nutrition, Orthomolecular Medicine with Dr. Nielsen (USA/Spain) and herbalism.
Today we teach those whom want to continue our work and we love to dig down in etymology and the original (mainly Avestan, Pali and Sanskrit) scripts to understand the words fully and I fall in love with the concepts over and over again for every sutra. This love affair that created a few books (Amazon), presentations, essayes and many events and consultations, is still giving us Yang-Yin balance and inspiration. I guess with that we are recognizing the value of Dao De Ching 💚🌿💜
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