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Estrogen and Dairy: What's the Connection? A hundred years ago none of this mattered. There were other, severely life threatening concerns to worry about. Antibiotics, hand washing, clean water, and wealth have taken care of most of those concerns. But today we have new threats to our health, and I'd argue, one of those major threats in the prevalence of hormone mimickers in our environment and, subsequently, in our bodies. I state this before writing more about eliminating es …

Rooting out the Sources of Estrogen Dominance The negative effects of estrogen dominance and estrogen toxicity are wide and far reaching in the body, and a comprehensive, holistic approach is required for safe, effective, and complete estrogen detoxification. Single ingredients like DIM and most of the "formulas" on the market are shallow in their effects and reflect a total misunderstanding of the cause and the physiology of the body. While there are many straight forward answers and …

RAW Aphrodisiac > Aphrodisiac I originally wanted to call this article "Intelligent design: RAW Aphrodisiac," because intelligent design as a phrase tells so much into the formula of this remarkable elixir tincture, but sadly enough the phrase "intelligent design" is already take--and misused at that--and so I choose the greater than symbol instead. I decided on the title "RAW Aphrodisiac > Aphrodisiac" because every once in a while you come across something that is truly greater th …

The Royal Androgenic Herb: Pine Pollen Androgenic herbs, as I’m sure you already know, are herbs (and other nutritional supplements) which increase blood androgen levels, including the four main androgens: Androsterone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and testosterone. At RAW Forest Foods, we break the androgenic herbs into three classes, because different herbs work in different ways to increase androgen levels in the body. These three classes are the supplementors, pr …

Pure, True Himalayan Shilajit Extract Capsules I love Shilajit so much and have had such a wide-range of benefits from taking it (everything from skin, nails, and hair to increased energy and mental capacity), but I’ll be the first to admit that it can be hard to swallow. Literally. Because Shilajit has an intense bitter taste. I have definitely developed several tonic elixir recipes which utilize Shilajit as a base and are incredibly delicious, but in the day-in and day-out of life, i …

Understanding the Epigenetic Effects of Exercise As is true for so many things in this life, the best answer is the simplest answer. This is concept is known as Occam's razor, named after William of Ockham, who posed that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. And Occam's razor is not lost on the body; it is not lost on health and longevity. In the health and longevity community, we hear a lot about epigenetics, and for good reason: epigenetics are a road-map of …

A Highly Standardized Nettle Root Extract Nettle root is one of my all time favorite herbs and it really speaks to much of the wisdom that can be found in using plants as medicines--that is, plants as herbal allies. Nettle Root is a seemingly simple plant which provides a host of protective and enhancing effects on the (specifically) male body. If there were to be a "multivitamin" of herbs for men, Nettle Root would be it. The active constituent (phyto-chemical) in nettle root i …

Tongkat Ali 200:1 Capsules At RAW Forest Foods, we're excited to offer our popular Tongkat Ali 200:1 extract in capsule form. We like capsules because they are easy to transport and easy to take, which means that you will be more likely to take the products which you buy and which we formulate, manufacture, and ship to you because we think they are important. We especially like our new Tongkat Ali 200:1 extract capsules because Tongkat Ali is such a potent and bitter herb. …

Is the Search to Increase Testosterone Missing the Point? Many of the products that we carry at RAW Forest Foods deal specifically with aiming at restoring healthy, vital testosterone levels, in both men and women. In fact, we started RAW Forest Foods to be the first company in the US to offer RAW Pine Pollen Powder. This opened up the conversation about the overabundance of estrogen in the environment and the underabundance of testosterone in our bodies. It is a widely recogniz …

Tongkat Ali and Raising the Testosterone Thermostat Most herbs that raise testosterone levels--what is known as androgenic herbs--do so utilizing what I like to call the LH/FSH pathway. This pathway increases the production of lutinizing hormone (LH) in the anterior pituitary gland, which increases the production of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), the hormone directly responsible for signaling the sertoli cells in the testies to produce testosterone. The LH/FSH pathway is an impor …