Broadcast excerpt·SAT, 05 SEPT 2026 · 01:21:25–01:23:35 SAST
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The everyday herbs, things that we like to have in our kitchens, if people aren't necessarily growing things like that in their garden, what am I likely to have in my kitchen, Karin, that's going to do me some good? In your kitchen, or my garden, or my garden. Yeah, so this herb I've really re-fallen in love with, and it's rosemary. I do love rosemary, I know, and it's really all over. Okay, you know, we've all got access to it, yeah, true. So, what I'm doing, so first, can I?
Tell you why I love it so much. So, it is a herb that is incredibly good for longevity, but longevity that's healthy. Rosemary grows around the Mediterranean. It's a herb that really helps the liver to do its job. It's really good for digestion and it's spoken of as rosemary for remembrance. So, with all our mental health.
Degeneration in old age, we're wanting to look at: I might be old, but I want to be cognizant, I want to be, you know, have a healthy brain. So, rosemary literally helps with that. And all of what I'm saying has been researched and is bringing back, you know, it's bringing it back as a really important herb. So, this would prevent the onset of cognitive decline within a healthy lifestyle. And this would also look after a healthy liver for every.
Everyday use. Whenever I hear about this sort of thing, and oh, this is green tea is good for this. I'm always like, I'm sure it is. In what quantities of regularity? Well, this is good. Because there's no point me having a cup of green tea once a month and going, well, that's me sorted for life now. Or sprinkling a bit of that on my roast potatoes on a Sunday and saying, well, I'm sorted for life now until I reach 80. Exactly, Sir Jane. You've hit the nail on the button. So basically, it is about regularity.
And when I do, I do a lot of self-care teaching, it's about using the teas every day. Or if you've got an issue, so say you've got a fatty liver, then it's important that you use a concentrated form. So then the teas aren't going to wing it. So that's where you need to see a professional who'll say, right, now we need this particular extract of this particular plant. How long? Yeah. This is such an unfair question. Yeah, go for it. If I was to come and have a session with you on Monday,
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