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Matcha is a bright but unassuming green powder with way more benefits for your health than you might expect. Or perhaps you would expect it, if you're familiar with all of the health benefits of tea. What is Matcha? Matcha is a type of green tea, but it's no ordinary tea. Rather than drying, oxidizing, and packaging the leaves of the tea plant Camellia sinensis, matcha is produced in a different way. Most tea preparations are Chinese in origin, but matcha is unique in that it hails from Japan. The plant is the same, but the preparation is different.  The...

Tea is widely praised for its vast array of health benefits. It can give you energy, it can delivery a ton of different vitamins and minerals to your system, and it can help boost your immune system to fight off disease and illness. It's packed with antioxidants and anti-inflammatories, to further boost your health. So what about sleep? There are a bunch of different reasons why you might have trouble sleeping. You might be under physical stress that leaves you sore and aching. You might be under mental stress, which leaves you tossing and turning or sitting awake with anxiety....

At some point over the last few years – or last few days, depending on your social circles – you've probably heard about detoxing and cleansing. Some websites use these terms interchangeably; they're marketing words meant to indicate whatever it is the company is trying to sell. Others have more defined uses for the terms. So what's the difference between them?  The Original Detox  The process of detoxification originally referred to drug or substance abuse. Addictive drugs and alcohol make changes to your body and force you to crave more of them, often times coupling with resistance that leads to...

If you've been browsing around in health circles for a while, you've definitely run into a variety of different detoxes and cleanses promoting their ability to heal all ailments, help you lose weight, and generally act as a cure-all for anything that's holding you down. Unfortunately, the term "detox" has been used for everything from vitamin supplements to carefully-engineer diets. It's been used for so many different things that it has no meaning on its own. A detox, ostensibly, is a supplement, diet, or program aimed at helping purge your body of toxins that build up through natural food consumption...