The Herbalist - Bitters for Better Digestion
We all love our sweets, we feel comforted, soothed and
loved. We strive for a sweet life, for “love, sweet love”,
sweet dreams and so on. We are drawn to sweet, like honey
for a bee but, how can you appreciate the sweet without the
bitter?
Sweet, salty, sour, and bitter are the four tastes we grew
up learning about. Out of these tastes, we probably like bit-
ter the least and, that’s a shame. Bitter is what keeps our
motors running and prepares for digestion and assimilat-
ing nutrients. There’s a lot of talk nowadays about our mi-
crobiome and how our gut bacteria has influence over our
immune system. It has also been discovered that there are
neural pathways in our digestive system as well, can you
magine?
Links to our brain in our gut. So, keeping your digestive
system healthy can help improve mood, thinking and overall
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