In the wrong dose, alcohol can impact your sleep, affect your judgement, and disrupt your gut. This is especially true when you consume large doses of alcohol like in cocktails and hard liquor.
Even though most people know this, it hasn’t stopped us from imbibing. A study in the American Journal of Public Health found alcohol consumption to be up 17% since 2005 and another found that the U.S. consumes 12 million more bottles of wine per week during this festive time of year!
Reasons for this abound, the most compelling of which is stress. Alcohol is a depressant, working to slow the central nervous system. A lot of the people use alcohol to calm nerves and combat anxiety. Women especially report using alcohol as an outlet for stress, especially over the holidays. And it isn't just alcohol.
The holidays have a funny way of encouraging over-indulgence. Wouldn’t you agree? We eat more, travel more, drink more, party more; everything seems to be in excess. We sacrifice our health for a few weeks in the name of celebration. Then, we make the New Year’s Resolution to get back to our best health.
The holidays shouldn’t be a time for guilt or sacrifice. They’re a time for love and celebration, and we can do this without the health consequences! Alcohol can be a vibrant part of this celebration, but you have to drink the right stuf.
Some alcohol, specifically wine, can be beneficial in the right amounts (and if it is the right kind).
In nearly every Blue Zone — regions with the longest-living people around the world — moderate alcohol consumption is part of the culture. But this wine is made naturally with natural yeasts (probiotics) and without the added sugars, dyes, fillers, filtering agents and other unsavory stuff added to many modern wines. It is naturally higher in antioxidants and lower in sugar so the negative effects are reduced and the benefits are enhanced.
The bad news is that many of these wines have disappeared, along with many other healthier traditional foods and have been replaced with chemically engineered modern versions. There are still some small family vineyards making these traditional wines but sourcing them can be tough and you actually have to lab test to know if they're truly natural or not.
This is why we came up with healthy teas and Coffees (hot and iced). You will always feel incredible drinking them.
Our teas and Coffees are all natural, organically-grown, free of chemicals and additives, sugar-free, mold-free, and sustainably grown.
The result is a healthy, naturally and tastes clean and delicious.
When you drink these teas and Coffees you'll also notice you get no hangovers or headaches, no brain fog, no heavy head, and no impact to your sleep quality (and no purple teeth from the dyes!)
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