Ashitaba

OVERVIEW
Angelica Keiskei Koizumi or Ashitaba has been around as a plant-based medicine in Japan going back through known history. It’s also known as “tomorrow’s leaf” because it’s known to regenerate its leaves within 24 hours of harvest. This plant naturally grows along the humid coastal line of southern Japan. It has been used medicinally as part of the Japanese diet in that region as ashitaba tea or leaves straight from the ashitaba plant. Ashitaba has long been revered in Japanese folk medicine as a longevity herb used to purify and build blood supporting a long and healthy life. Despite ashitaba having incredible health benefits, most people in the world have never heard of the plant partly because the knowledge of healing plants is traditionally transmitted from generation to generation verbally through apprenticeship and what books there are in Japan.

It doesn’t have side effects and the benefits it brings not only prevent aging but keep you feeling better every day.

BENEFITS
1. A Powerful Antioxidant
Ashitaba has been reported to support healthy cell regeneration, blood, and digestion and improve skin and mood. It is one of the most antioxidant-rich plants on the planet with a higher ORAC value than green tea, providing your body with an abundant source of anti-aging goodness. Consuming it whether in raw natural leaf form or as a tea will protect body cells from free radical damage. Indeed, free radical damage is the primary factor that accelerates the aging processes, as it makes the body more prone to degenerative diseases.

Besides that, Angelica Keiskei relaxes blood vessels as well as decreasing the oxidation of unhealthy cholesterol, thereby increasing lifespan. If you take ashitaba with almost every meal, then the risk of having life-threatening diseases, brain disorders, strokes, heart attack, and immune dysfunction will be significantly reduced. Ashitaba will make your body’s cells rejuvenate and reproduce faster, giving you a boost in youthful energy and vigor while at the same time fighting off immune-based illnesses like common cold and flu viruses.

2. DNA Protection
At every moment of human life, your body is constantly rebuilding itself. While this constant process is happening, cells are dying and being replaced with new once. External and internal factors are constantly waging war on your body, and the map it uses to rebuild and maintain your health is your DNA map. The thing is over time as we age, the DNA slowly becomes damaged, and this is when we often see strange self-damaging diseases arise.

The good news is that ashitaba has been proven to not only protect the DNA from free radical damage, it has been shown to repair your bodies DNA restoring balance and optimal function to your body. This effect can be almost magical at times, and the anecdotal evidence has shown this effect healing diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes.

3. Increased Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)
Nerve Growth Factor, or NGF in short, is a protein common in all vertebrate tissues. It plays a vital role in the survival and differentiation of nerve cell foundations found in the central nervous system. Also, it also plays an important part in maintaining a healthy connection between the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. This process, derived from it’s ability to keep your bodies neurons healthy, helps to alleviate signs and symptoms of dementia, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s disease, all of which are mainly caused by neuron degeneration.

Scientific studies show that ashitaba not only stimulates your body’s production of NGF but also active molecular structures and presence of concentrated levels of vitamin B in the ashitaba plant help to enhance the NGF effect. People who have been using it are known to have longer lasting and more accurate memory.

4. Vitamin B12 Source
Ashitaba is also one of the few plants to contain high levels of B vitamins like B6 (helps regulate sleep patterns) and B12 (a powerful vitamin critical to nerve function) that can be difficult to get in a vegetarian diet because it’s normally found in meat. This vitamin is not only vital for nerve growth, but also has all of these following benefits:

5. Chalcones
Ashitaba has the highest concentration of the natural compound chalcone in the world. Chalcone is a unique compound that has incredible healing effects especially when it comes to purifying the blood. Concentrated levels of chalcones present in ashitaba help to lower bad cholesterol, regulate blood pressure, and promote a faster metabolism by breaking down fat in the digestive system. If you have been trying to lose weight with little success, take ashitaba for that effect alone. Also, chalcones are known to improve mood as well as reducing anxiety.

6. Caffeine-Free Energy
Ashitaba is known to increase energy levels. This effect does not come from caffeine, but it is noticed by almost everyone that takes it. The increase in energy it provides is jitter free, crash free and comes with an overall calm that is quite pleasant. Scientists have had trouble isolating the source of this energy boosting high, but it is believed to be derived from the combined factors of B vitamins, chalcones, and antioxidant effects. Whatever the cause it is a great caffeine-free source of energy that will keep you healthy and vibrant throughout your day.