Fennel seed is a great spice traditionally used to support breastfeeding mums with a healthy milk supply. Packed full of nutritional goodies - antioxidants, fibre, Iron and vitamin C & B which help to help support digestion, immune function and energy production.
This organic natural Amla fruit extract packs a powerful punch of Vitamin C to support healthy hair, skin and nails and iron absorption. Combined with its natural co-factors to help your body absorb all the goodness, It helps keep your immune system in tip top shape and fight fatigue. We have included it in our Post Birth Vitality and Re-Energise to ensure you get 135% of your daily Vitamin C needs.
Cardamon is rich in volatile oils and has been used traditionally for thousands of years to help alleviate digestive discomfort. Containing anti-bacterial properties, it is packed full of manganese to help your body utilise key vitamins and nutrients. We love its spicy-sweet taste for our Post Birth Vitality.
We love the taste of cinnamon but we love its benefits even more. Full of antioxidants, it has the highest levels of all the popular spices. With its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties it has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Combined with turmeric it helps soothe postpartum abdominal pain and support wound healing. With a wide variety of nutrients it is rich in fibre, manganese and calcium.
This yellow spice and its active compound Curcumin is considered a ‘gift’ in traditional cultures and has been used to reduce pain and swelling for thousands of years. A uterotonic, it helps your uterus return to pre-pregnancy size. With powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties to help soothe pain and support wound healing. Rich in key nutrients Iron, B6 and Manganese, we think it’s worth its weight in gold!
Barley grass is a functional food favourite of ours. Rich in functional ingredients, such as flavonoids, potassium, calcium, selenium, tryptophan, chlorophyll, vitamins (A, B1, C, and E), dietary fibre…the list goes on. It has a long history of medicinal and food use, dating back to 7000 BC. Barley not only helps fight fatigue, it is used in many cultures as a galactagogue, rich in beta-glucan it can help increase prolactin - the hormone involved in breastfeeding.
A phytonutrient rich grass, 30% of oat grass is made up of amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Full of Vitamins K, C, A and E and containing B vitamins. Folic acid, calcium, iron, nutrients to support immune health and energy production; - This is why we love this grass. Research into the benefits of wild green oats is ongoing with studies finding it may improve cognitive function.
This nutrient rich grass comes from the sprouted part of wheat, yet contains no gluten. Packed full of iron, calcium, magnesium, amino acids, chlorophyll, vitamins A, C and E to help keep you fighting fit. Wheat grass is rich in B5 which helps your body convert fats and carbohydrates into energy. We think that’s what every mum needs.
Our Organic Brown Rice Sprouted protein is a bioavailable complete whole protein full of essential and non-essential amnio acids for tissue building and repair. A good source of plant protein to help meet increased needs for breastfeeding, studies have found that brown rice can help support a healthy milk supply.
A rich source of iron with trace minerals calcium, zinc and manganese. Brown rice is used in Traditional Chinese medicine to support digestion, nourish 'Qi' (vital energy) and the coating is used for its calming properties.
