The Morning Drink that Can Slow Down Your Aging Process

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StayPositive — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:08:34 GMT

How does Tulsi Tea compare to Yerba Mate which is extensively used in South America? Yerba Mate has been shown to have numerous health benefits.

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Watsernam — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:54:20 GMT

What an opportunity for the Manasano Company to make into a GM food:>)

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B. Well — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:29:16 GMT

Holy Basil will lower cortisol levels. Might not be the best for people in fatigue states. Saliva hormone testing will reveal adrenal function, cortisol to dhea ratio, etc...

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fudd — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:21:36 GMT

Here's a link for purchasing tulsi seeds:

www.territorialseed.com/.../s

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Heather Marsh — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:42:08 GMT

a question,

is Tulsi similar to ordinary basil?

I have no idea where to source Tulsi seeds, but have no problems growing sweet basil.

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vincent_3 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:02:25 GMT

If you don't want to consume Holy Basil in a tea, New Chapter has a very high quality Holy Basil in gel caps. Also, I think Stevia is a poor sugar subsitute because of the slightly herbal taste. I much prefer Xylitol. It has the closest sugar-like taste of any substitute that I've tried and many health properties.

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cjr — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:29:12 GMT

Then Tulsi and Holy Basil are the same thing?

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Furry — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:14:39 GMT

A Medical Graduate of Bombay University introduced me to many Indian therapies in 1970, he was very enthusiastic about Ayurveda. Tulsi with Stevia is indeed excellent. Try the fruit flavoured organic Tulsi. Stevia, alone is well worth investigating and although somewhat expensive it grows beautifully in a container. It is called 'sugar leaf "plant and is at least 200 times sweeter than sugar.----furry,

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BOBINPANAMA — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:56:21 GMT

There are several Tulsi's. I wonder which he is talking about?

bobinpanama

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Stevia Herb — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:29:46 GMT

I joined this list just to respond to the many incorrect comments I have read about Stevia. Every time someone does an adulterated study on Stevia and/or its glycosides the Japanese do several studies do disprove it. In Japan Stevia has a substantial part of the sweetener market and they want to be very sure it is not harmful. They have had mice on diets of 100% Stevia leaf and have found no problems with conception, delivery or with the new borns. In fact in areas where Stevia is grown in large amounts for extraction, the spent Stevia leaf is pelletized and used as a livestock feed. As a feed source Stevia has higher nutrition that Alfalfa.

Stevia is not an annual it is a tender perennial and if treated with care some plants will grow for many years. However with that said most commercial growers treat Stevia as an annual, planting it in the spring and harvesting just before the blossoms open in the fall then replanting the following spring. This is done for two reasons: one is that the plants grow the fastest the first year, production of each plant could be off the second year by up to a third. The second reason is that from any given field a grower will get a forty percent loss of plants during the winter and it is easier to replant the whole field than to only replace the dead plants. Many people think Stevia is an annual because the best quality is grown in northern regions of the world where Stevia is not winter hardy. Stevia is day length sensitive. In the spring and summer while the days are long it grows like a weed. The longer the days the higher the percentage of sweet glycosides in the leaves. In the fall as the days get shorter it starts to bloom and the sweet glycosides decline rapidly. While it is blooming Stevia is very susceptible to root and stem rot and this is when most Stevia grown as house plants die. Stevia grown from seed is usually very poor quality, not very sweet and with a bitter aftertaste. Stevia grown from cuttings is best.

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Dannigirl — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:05:40 GMT

To Duparc: I drink Yorkshire Tea bags too! I'm a big fan of tea, and Yorkshire brand is my favorite for after dinner.

As for Stevia, I have tried several brands, and they were way too sweet for me. I don't take sugar in tea or coffee or hot chocolate, and though I have a fondness for bits of dark chocolate, I don't like sweet drinks very much. I tried Tulsi tea and didn't like it, so I'll stick to my one cup of coffee per day (in the early morning), my green tea (lots) and my black tea after dinner.

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NebraskaDave — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:41:12 GMT

About negative effects from natural substances: it's well known that some people can swell up and die without direct medical intervention after eating one peanut; not being one, I will go on eating my peanut butter sandwiches. Never give honey--not even store honey-like substance from corn-syrup bee farms, let alone raw honey to an infant or toddler because of the botulism present in just about all honey--not enough for adults to worry about! Ain't no thing! Have some...Had an organic chem prof who said that ALL mushrooms were poison mushrooms; the ones we eat have such a tiny trace as to be negligible! Some people can have a hard time with anything, even natural; Splenda and MSG and HFCS seem to have more of a risk than one would want to put in one's mouth...

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Ed Siceloff — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:50:41 GMT

Is Tulsi a strain of Basil, and, whether it is or not, can it be grown here in Pennsylvania. I have grown Basil. Does anyone know whether or not just simply "indulging" in Basil in the many recipes it can be used in can have much of the same effects as Tulsi? I've never tried it as a tea, which I am about to do.

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msboop — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:56:52 GMT

hi to you all-am new here...as to the tulsi tea,ive been drinking it for over a month now (3x per day)and do find it wonderfully calming and refreshing.ive also been ingesting a jam,called chyawanprash,of which also contains tulsi as amongst it 40-plus herbs and spices as a rejuvenating tonic,and have managed to avoid a lot of bugs going around.must say,i am drawn to all things ayurvedic.

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austinmatt — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:34:26 GMT

dmn, you have a great point. We come to this site to learn from each other how to eat healthier and not correct each others English proper writing. First I was wondering if I could even participate when people discuss "close down" vs. "close up" in this forum since EDnglish is my second language. so let's stick with the topic and encourage anyone with any background jump in this topic and learn to become a healthier person. The world is starving to see more healthier people. I am strong believer that a good diet will stabilize emotions and decrease angers and stress.

Do back to topic of I am big black tea drinker and reduced to one per day and now I am thinking if black tea should be replaced with Tulsi tea? any comment will be appreciated

I also same as some of you like to try different kind of teas, and recently purchased Spearment tea where this tea grows on mountain hills and supposed to be very healthy as well, so please share your opinion, if you have any knowledge about spearmint tea?

my 2 cents to Duprac, I am also anit-religion but I am not anti human and I respect others opinion and believe in diversity and believe in a society where every human kind and opinion should be mixed so we can learn to become strong and learn to adopt to any environment.