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The Hallmark of Quality: Exploring the Benefits of Pine Pollen Through the Lens of Forest Manna Royal Pine Pollen Tincture Forest Manna Royal Pine Pollen TincturePine Pollen is renowned for its ability to naturally support testosterone levels, offering a spectrum of health and wellness benefits. Rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, and other functional compounds, the true nature of Pine Pollen reveals itself as a functional food.What Makes Forest Manna Royal Pine Pollen Tinctu …

In depth with RAW Pine Pollen Often used to boost testosterone levels, Pine Pollen is a nutritional powerhouse that comes with a multitude of health and wellness benefits. Loaded with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids, this natural remedy is available to take in capsule, powder and tablet form. If you’re new to Pine Pollen or just want to brush up on your knowledge, here’s what you need to know about the incredible superfood. Got any questions about RAW Pine Pollen that …

Enhancing Sperm Health: A Comprehensive Approach The Significance of Sperm Health Recent research by the Human Nutrition Unit at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has underscored a simple yet effective strategy for improving sperm quality: incorporating nuts into one's diet. This revelation emerged from a 2019 study highlighting the impact of certain nuts on sperm health in individuals following a typical Western diet. Insights from the 2019 Study The study in question, con …

Sex Hormones and the Importance of Understanding (or Misunderstanding!) Them Despite that which some sources might suggest, androgenic hormones, and sex hormones in general, are complicated things that we see over-simplified all too often. The misleading information on sex hormones can often cause those researching the subject to waste considerable time, energy and money trying to accomplish something they simply can’t or trying to achieve it the wrong way. Because we’re big on transparen …

Unveiling Astragalus: Immune Strength from Ancient Roots Astragalus (also known as Huáng Qí or Milkvetch) is considered one of the most important adaptogenic herbs on the planet, commonly used to strengthen the body’s immune system. It boasts a long history of use in herbal medicine and has undergone significant study within modern scientific medical research.Exploring Astragalus Varieties: The Root of Health Benefits The Astragalus used for medicinal properties comes from the root of a legu …

Eating for Jing In the historical context of Chinese medicine, diet gave birth to herbalism. And within the overall context of Chinese medicine, diet is considered a stand-alone therapy—not an adjust therapy. Any disease or disorder that can be treated through acupuncture or herbs can be treated through diet. Understanding that herbalism is really just a type of dietary therapy aids in the understanding of the five pillars of Chinese medicine: Acupressure (Tui Na), acupuncture, dietary th …

Better Tinctures With New and Enhanced Formulas This is the, by far, biggest change that we have ever made to our tinctures—or to any of our products. And we're incredibly excited by it. With this change we're introducing new product artwork which captures the elevated nature of these tinctures. With our new tinctures, the first thing you notice is the art work. And we are incredibly proud of it.  The next thing you notice are the new formulas and new sizes. And this is really th …

It's Time to Talk about Mental Health And About How We Know Nothing About It It's a curious conundrum of how many people are affected by depression yet real conversations about and surrounding mental health are largely lacking. Is it shame? General uncomfortableness regarding vulnerability? A lack of vocabulary about mental health which stifles dialog? Something else altogether? In the immediate wake of the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain we saw some much-needed dialog, in m …

AM Energy Booster & Pre-Workout Formula Developed Exclusively and in Collaboration with Pine Pollen Superfoods This has been a long time coming and I am so very excited to be able to announce the release of our first collaboration with Michael over at Pine Pollen Superfoods. With a ton of experience in the fitness industry—and a ton of experience with Pine Pollen—Michael wanted something unique for himself and his customers that supplied the nutrients, the foundation, and the energ …

Restore the Yang While for the most part I agree with the Wen Bing Warm Disease Theory, where the school of thought roots the cause of all disease in heat. This is similar to the inflammation theory of disease in the West. And we certainly live in a hot culture and many of us are suffering from true excess heat in the body.  But what about those times when we need heat, where the cause of our illness isn't excess heat but the cause of our illness is cold. This is  …