How can you stop drinking coffee and other caffeinated drinks? The following tips describe two herbs that not only taste delicious, but give you a similar energy boost as well.
Plus, they make you more healthy.
To kick the caffeine habit, replace your coffee or other caffeinated drink with peppermint or spearmint iced tea. You can have them fresh, everyday, since they can be easily grown in a small pot for plants.
Here are more ways that peppermint and spearmint help you to be more healthy and live better.
Peppermint
* Peppermint leaves are helpful for digestive upsets, pick a few leaves and steep in boiling water.
* If you’re trying to kick the caffeine in the morning this is a healthy alternative. Peppermint is a slight stimulate to get you going in the morning.
* Drink after meals to promote good digestion.
* Left over herbal teas can be stored in the fridge with lemon slices and stevia extract and drank as a natural iced tea! Stevia is a herb that is 70% sweeter than sugar, has no calories, no carbohydrates and won’t affect your blood sugars.
* Soak you tired hot feet in an infusion of peppermint tea, it cools them down and stimulates circulation. I use a Refreshing Mint Spray for this purpose all summer long. It’s a quick way to spray on the feet for the same cooling result.
Spearmint
* Used similar to peppermint, but is milder and has a gentle diaphoretic effect for children. Some prefer the taste.
* Useful for stomach problems and vomiting, very handy to have growing in a pot outside your door.
* Helpful for the vomiting with morning sickness.
* Mice detest spearmint, so plant it to keep them away from food sources and other plants.
Joanne
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