FoodHerbal.com. Many people around the web — on forums, in chat rooms, on mainstream sites like CNN.com — often hear how herbal remedies and alternative medicines are a crock. Often a friend will tell a story about how so-and-so herbal treatment didn’t do a thing for them, and then they’ll come to the conclusion that all herbs are worthless.
Here’s the truth. One herbal remedy that does wonders for some people might not seem to do a thing for others. It’s the same thing with prescription and over the counter medications too — some people will have adverse reactions to a drug when everybody else seems to take it with no problems. After all, there’s a reason for the “rare” side effects listed on the back of pill bottles.
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“Because Argentina has the different mate varieties, we’ll be able to do more comparisons and characterizations between the different genotypes and the benefits of different growing conditions–whether in sun (on a plantation) or in shade (under the rainforest canopy),” she added. Not only does de Mejia hope to identify the most nutritionally beneficial genotypes of the herbal tea, she hopes that Argentine experience with drying and processing mate will lead to improved extraction of the tea’s bioactive compounds. “Food companies are very interested in adding tea extracts to juices, soda, and even beer to increase the nutritional value of their products,” she said.






