Do you feel kicked in the pants??

Do you feel like this winter is kicking you in the pants?  Is it hard to get up in the morning, are you living in a fog, or just dragging your caboose all day long?  Well there might be a good explanation for that, your body is being deprived of the sun's vitamin D and trace minerals.  This is just what happens throughout the winter months.  To you, me and even all the animals.  Nature is waiting to push up all the super nutritious herbs like chickweed, dead nettle and dandelion just to name a few.  In the mean time, what can we do to give our body's what they need to feel energized and vital?  So glad you asked, why kelp is the answer. Kelp, it is just loaded with vitamins, minerals and especially D3.  I like to think of as taking in a sunny spring time day.
Kelp can be taken in capsule form or in a tincture.  You know I prefer the latter, so it stays fresh for longer. I add Kelp to all my winter blends, it has the ability to clear the groggy fog that winter can bring on.
What is Kelp exactly you might be wondering?  It is a brownish-green alga that grows in our North Atlantic shores and western Mediterranean. It grows 3 feet in length with forked fronds containing air bladders.  Hence the common name Bladderwrack.  The constituents listed for kelp are polyphenols, polysaccharides, minerals (especially iodine).  The polysaccharides stimulate the immune system, we know that is all good, especially during cold and flu season.  The iodine can be a tonic for your thyroid gland, aiding in metabolism.
There have been test studies in Italy (1976) with a clinical trial that showed patients that took Bladderwack lost much more weight than the control group.  That is a good motivator to add Bladderwrack to your diet to help stave off the winter pounds.