Ginger - for all the healing, nourishing reasons

Ginger was not even on my radar for years. Oh, unless I suppose we take into account that brief stint where I was ‘dating’ tea years ago…trying to like it and swap out my AM coffee for it because it was ‘healthier’ (right)?

Well, let’s just say I really tried to make tea work - I tasted and tested many different varieties and brands from black to green, to white, to every herbal blend under the sun…and, well at that point - I definitely wasn’t loving it! I realized I’d been chasing after wellness, and wholeness,…that I’d lost the connection with innate inner guidance. And so, I started leading with my heart, listening to my true north - and nourishing myself with only the people, places, and things that were aligned, that were immediately a ‘hard YES’…the things that really bring me joy, and ease, and simplicity and creativity, and energy, and FUN!

Nowadays I do sip a warm cut of peppermint tea but very rarely, and I’ve fully accepted coffee back into my life through a lens of ‘less and only the very best’ (this also happens to be the MW Signature methodology I teach and apply with all of my wellness, copywriting and branding clients programs.

I also developed a liking for GINGER during my extensive training for Ayurveda, and I even steep my own ginger tea from time to time. In this powerful 5,000-year-old healing system, ginger is a star -known to warm the body, boost circulation. and help balance Vata and Kapha dosha types.

It’s kinda just the perfect example of how mother nature provides us just the things we need to nourish our very cells and maintain vibrant health.

Ginger has been prized for centuries as a healing food - it helps fight infection (through its antimicrobial properties), can decrease joint inflammation and pain,. stimulates digestion, aids the body with the breakdown of excess gas, boosts immunity, and through ginger’s powerful antioxidant components - it may even help prevent cognitive decline!

Two points of caution I’d give you are: avoid ginger ale (it’s just carbonated water, sugar, and a bit of flavoring), and don’t buy into the urban legend that pickled ginger you find at sushi restaurants protects at all from bacteria - this one’s pure folklore!

It’s also good to check with your doctor before you start consuming lots of ginger tea or ginger in your meals as it may interact with certain blood-thinning medications. It’s also not advised for those with heartburn.

And that, my friends, is a lot of good things to know about this nutritional powerhouse! I’d love to know if this resonated with you in any way. Hop over to our private Minimal + Well Facebook community and let me know: https://www.facebook.com/groups/208437430382392.

PS: If you’d like to make ginger tea - I got you: here are the easy-peasy steps: 1. peel a knob of fresh ginger (tip - use the back of a spoon to do this) & thinly slice. 2. drop a few (or more than a few depending on taste) of the fresh slices into your favorite mug or teapot and fill to cover with very warm filtered water. Allow to steep for 5 - 10 minutes and enjoy.