Middle Eastern Grocery Store.....

I recently started patronizing a Middle Eastern Grocery Store and found the following two items to be supportive to my health. Small 8oz bottles of Beetroot juice from the country of Georgia for liver support and blood pressure reduction (and it seems to work!!!) and also canned fava beans from the UAE for $1.69 a can, great for mood improvement as fava beans contain l-dopa which apparently converts to dopamine in the human body. I'm a big believer these days in dietary changes and natural supplements over pills and doctors where possible though I still very much support socialized medicine for that which diet and supplements are insufficient for results. Anyone else these days more into diet and supplements? Rob

I recall being told to drink beetroot juice for my anemia.

I've just ordered irish sea moss; we shall see if it helps.

I use a mix of turmeric, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne, black pepper, allspice in my plain yogurt every morning for inflammation, red yeast rice capsule and sunflower lecithin powder mixed into the above mentioned yogurt. My GP suggested the red rice and powder for cholesterol..it seems to be keeping it below to bad mark. Also elderberry tincture for the immune system, every day 1/8 tsp. I also get every vaccine suggested.

Studied with an herbalist years ago and make a variety of tinctures and natural medicines. Use soy lecithin instead of sunflower because it has no taste. Use a few homeopathic remedies that work well also. Researched issues for MIL and DH in the past that doctors missed. One told me he should have known and apologized to me. Told by a doctor years ago that I would be dead at a certain time. I have researched and figured out (until now) how to resolve my illnesses. I am going to a functional doctor next week. I have a few ideas but need specialized tests to verify. Current primary says he will not do tests so….. we shall see? So, yes, believe in diet, supplements and natural medicine.

frugal one I feel happy that my primary care is open to ideas. She is now growing elderberries to make the tincture. I did not like the taste of the soy lecithin. I've not heard of a functional doctor.