Plant Science

There is a point to this!!

Our minds control everything we do, whether we’re awake or asleep it can get up to all sorts of mischief. Even though these things run 24/7 we are terrible at looking after them well. Most likely because we can’t see them. If you hurt your arm or leg, you would either see the damage or feel the pain, then try to heal it. Pain is not always a symptom of damage or imbalances in the brain, instead it prefers to make us feel sad or uneasy, a touch of anxiety perhaps, it’s different for everyone. The first thing we do if we feel any of these is generally
“TELL NOBODY”
we try to ignore it, or in true Kiwi fashion “tough it out”, “harden up” etc We historically leave things to late until we feel like absolute dogs balls, because this is what we’ve been taught #Millennials(middle aged) #Genx(older) Because we are this way and changing our habits is hard, and we’re busy living in the rat race. We simply don’t have time to go see a doctor about it, well… that's what we tell ourselves.
Another issue we face is big pharma products can have potential side effects. As a society we seem to be losing trust in them, for me it feels like they provide a plaster not a solution. I’m sick of plasters, after a while they wear off and expose the mess I was trying to hide, I mean fix!

My Hort Guru’s (you know who you are!) already know where I’m going with this. PLANTS We know from our work in the Horticulture industry, the potential benefits some plants have to offer. Unlike the old days of witches brews & grandma’s recipes, we now have science to help find these benefits and use them properly and at the perfect consumable rate. Or science can be used to back up historical traditional uses. The human race didn’t make it this far by chance, people were more intune with nature. They self medicated on plants that would help them, a natural instinct we all have deep down inside. Animals still do it, when they feel bad they naturally gravitate to the plants that contain the vitamins or minerals they lack.We’ve been trained to gravitate to the doctors office for some man made consumables.

We need to do more research on plants, find the facts & create the products. This is what my business was started for. This is why I started growing Saffron & this is why I will continue to research and create products for our mental health. I want to create options for people, put the decision making back in their hands.

If you haven’t seen it already it’s because I’m terrible at marketing! But I’m working on it. The first product I produced with this ethos at heart is “Happy Head” a saffron based product, with the aim of increasing serotonin in the gut & brain. Serotonin is a hormone similar to dopamine, it affects mood. Happy Head also contains Ashwagandha & Licorice root.
-Ashwagandha is there to help reduce stress, tension, improve memory, sleep quality & support immune health.
-Licorice is commonly used for it’s antioxidants, anti-inflammatory & antidepressant qualities & neuroprotective mechanism.
I won’t go into depth on this, for those who are interested in the science, trial data and information it’s available on my website.

Happy Head was not designed for people to rely on fulltime, in fact I don’t want people too. I made it so you could use it when needed, get your serotonin levels back up, improve your mood and then maintain it with healthy eating habits & routines. Which is why I have also created the “Tool Box” , an ever growing free resource page to help people find the info or guides & aps that suit them. In the hopes that they’ll be able to maintain their good mood without Happy Head in the long run.

Thanks for listening to my TED Talk 🙂
More products to come… Open to ideas or plants that need more research.

Have a great week
H