Good-Natured Nutrition
Good-Natured Nutrition
Let’s talk elderberry! We often have customers ask when or how to take our products for the maximum effect. We hope these tips below help to answer your questions.
I like to take it every day for immune support and inflammation. Peer-reviewed published research studies show that the anti-inflammatory effect of the phytonutrients in elderberries is significant. I take a teaspoon to a tablespoon of the SIPS daily.
I use the travel 2-oz bottle of SIPS when I feel ill and I sip on it every hour or two. It’s juice. I drink the 2-oz bottle over a day when I feel ill.
Elderberry’s anthocyanins are a heavy-duty workhorse. They are powerful antioxidants that reduce oxidative stress throughout the body. They even cross the blood-brain barrier to help reduce brain inflammation. I keep an 8-oz bottle in the fridge after I open it and take a teaspoon daily.
Several studies show taking elderberry at the first sign of illness is comparable to Tamiflu and Paxlovid the prescription antivirals for lessening the flu or covid. They help reduce the viral load and lessen the duration of the flu and COVID-19. Elderberry has shikimic acid in it which is the main ingredient in Tamiflu.
That’s why the travel bottle is perfect! It goes with you everywhere. It even gets through TSA and onto the plane so you don’t ruin your vacation.
Lion’s Mane mushroom is a tincture. You can take half of a dropper daily to help support brain connection, dendrite growth, and fight brain fog.
I have a new product LIONBERRY BRAINIAC LEMONAIDE TONIC that is a nice and light refresher. It has Lion’s Mane, elderberry, elderflower, pea flower, a bit of citrus and honey. It’s delicious and great for brain health. It will be out next week.
The difference between my products and the elderberry syrup you may see from other vendors is that I don’t cook and boil to reduce the elderberry to syrup. This is the traditional method. The big companies sell syrup and gummies but all the anthocyanins are degraded in the heat.
Buying local and regional helps us strengthen our food supply chains and avoid shipping disruptions. Invest in the land you live off of.
We need 22,000 acres of elderberry planted to meet the U.S. needs currently sourced through Europe. If you have 3-9 acres available to plant, a hedge available, or want to learn how easy it is to join the Elderberry Farm Movement! Give Bevin a call at (913) 277-9458.
This week’s delusion is pretending our grocery stores don’t have a weak point.
This week’s re-illusion is remembering that strength comes from building on what already works, not acting like we’re starting from scratch.
Hy-Vee does a really good job bringing in local barbecue sauces, jams, honey, and other value-added foods from the Heartland.
We’re not starting from zero.
But we are starting from small.
So I handed Santa a LionBerry and gave him my Christmas list:
A fortified Hy-Vee — one that expands the Heartland section that already exists into a full, accessible, stocked-every-day aisle for local foods.
Not to replace the global or national imports like Florida oranges, California almonds, Mexico avocados, pineapple juice from Thailand, or coastal produce —
but to stand beside them, so the region isn’t left vulnerable the next time anything shakes the system:
Any one of these can break a supply chain.
A fortified regional shelf — built from the farms around Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska — keeps us fed.
The World Cup is coming to Kansas City.
Soccer tourists from Germany, Brazil, Japan, everywhere — living in Airbnbs for three to six weeks, shopping at Hy-Vee for everything from breakfast to body soap.
If we went to Germany, we’d want Wienerschnitzel.
If we went to Brazil, we’d want feijoada.
If we went to Japan, we’d want ramen or sushi that actually tastes like Japan.
So when they come to the Heartland, they don’t want a New York hot dog or a California cheeseburger.
They want us — the real Midwest.
What do we grow and make here?
And soccer tourists staying in AirBnB’s need actual essentials:
This is exactly why a stronger Heartland aisle matters — not just for crisis, but for culture, tourism, and everyday life.
This week’s delusion is pretending our grocery stores don’t have a weak point.
This week’s re-illusion is remembering that strength comes from building on what already works, not acting like we’re starting from scratch.
Hy-Vee does a really good job bringing in local barbecue sauces, jams, honey, and other value-added foods from the Heartland.
We’re not starting from zero.
But we are starting from small.
So I handed Santa a LionBerry and gave him my Christmas list:
A fortified Hy-Vee — one that expands the Heartland section that already exists into a full, accessible, stocked-every-day aisle for local foods.
Not to replace the global or national imports like Florida oranges, California almonds, Mexico avocados, pineapple juice from Thailand, or coastal produce —
but to stand beside them, so the region isn’t left vulnerable the next time anything shakes the system:
Any one of these can break a supply chain.
A fortified regional shelf — built from the farms around Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska — keeps us fed.
The World Cup is coming to Kansas City.
Soccer tourists from Germany, Brazil, Japan, everywhere — living in Airbnbs for three to six weeks, shopping at Hy-Vee for everything from breakfast to body soap.
If we went to Germany, we’d want Wienerschnitzel.
If we went to Brazil, we’d want feijoada.
If we went to Japan, we’d want ramen or sushi that actually tastes like Japan.
So when they come to the Heartland, they don’t want a New York hot dog or a California cheeseburger.
They want us — the real Midwest.
What do we grow and make here?
And soccer tourists staying in Airbnbs need actual essentials:
This is exactly why a stronger Heartland aisle matters — not just for crisis, but for culture, tourism, and everyday life.
A shared warehouse, a shared distributor, and a unified block of local makers would let regional foods move with the same efficiency as national brands — while staying rooted right here.
Tourists will buy it.
Locals will keep it.
And if anything ever shakes the world, a fortified Hy-Vee keeps the Heartland standing.
That’s what I told Santa.
That’s my wish this year.
And that’s exactly what LionBerry is built to help do — bottle by bottle, aisle by aisle.