Rose-petal honey (and elixir and tincture) is my favorite way to preserve the joy of rose season. Here’s a TikTok I made, if you go there.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRoYL3wh/

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Dr. Orna Izakson ND, RH (AHG) on TikTok

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The other day I posted some cool research about olive leaf and Covid. I’m going to write a blog post about it soon. But at the time I was looking for decent olive pictures in my phone and couldn’t find any easily. Today I took some.

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I have better pictures deep on my camera roll, and maybe I’ll dredge them up later. This is from the olive tree in my backyard – yes, we can grow olives very well in Oregon. A tea made of the leaves taste kind of like artichoke. Grow food not lawns.

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Brand new study looked at the effects of olive leaf extract on hospitalized #COVID patients in a randomized controlled clinical trial. Some folks got 250mg twice daily for five days, some got 500 mg 2x/day x 5 days. Others got placebo. Significant improvement in both groups that got the olive leaf extract.

Full text link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9617633/

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Efficacy of olive leaves extract on the outcomes of hospitalized covid-19 patients: A randomized, triple-blinded clinical trial

Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus, herbal medicine has been considered a treatment for COVID-19 patients. This study was done to determine the efficacy of olive leaf extract on the outcomes of COVID-19 patients.This randomized, triple-blinded ...

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Are you getting your veggies? Here’s one of my favorite simple recipes that’s good enough to fight over. 

https://drornaizakson.com/seared-radicchio-a-stellar-stovetop-salad/

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seared radicchio: a stellar stovetop salad - Dr. Orna Izakson

Does this vegetable make you joyous to the point of defending your territory to enable eating it? Do you even recognize it? If you’re guessing it’s a cabbage, you are not alone. But actually this is radicchio (Cichorium intybus), a cultivated chicory and a member of the Asteraceae (daisy) family. You’re likely most familiar with […]

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