YOUR HEALTH
Did you know that the -L Menthol in peppermint interacts with the body's thermal receptors to produce a cooling sensation using the same mechanism that makes spicy food seem hot. So when it's hot outside cool down with a cup of Mint Brook Meadow's Peppermint & Spearment tea.
Rosmarinic Acid is the most potent of the 28 organic compounds with antioxidant activity in Peppermint, with a free radical grabbing capacity 'much higher than that of a-tocopherol'1 (the most antioxidant active form of Vit. E). Thankfully for mint tea drinkers, Rosmarinic Acid is water-soluble! (1 Antioxidant Activity and Phenolic Compounds in Selected Herbs; Dr. Zheng and Dr. Wang; Fruit Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.('02))
Why does Peppermint Tea feel so good to our tummies? A: Flavonoids in peppermint leaves cause an increase in our body's production of bile. Bile lines the stomach, giving a 'soothing feeling' after a meal, besides aiding in digestion.
SMART FARMING PRACTICES
We are a natural, earth based farming community with several farms in our community certified organic. We use no chemical fertilizers, no fungicides, and no insecticides - even if the plant is under attack! If the crop is under attack when flame the field. The plant burns, then it grows back pest-free and healthy.