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Our Canadian Bitters has helped many people balance their gut health and, during the holidays, that can be more challenging than other times of the year. We are looking for your best recipes this holiday season that includes our #canadianbitters - hot, cold, with ice, and without ice - with alcohol (Please remember to enjoy responsibly) and without alcohol.
The holiday season is just around the corner and has many of us excited for some family time, cozy evenings by the fireplace, Christmas tree ornaments and wreaths hung by the door, eggnog, and of course, the many festive feasts shared with those we love. So much of this special time of year centres around the dinner table. Which is why you shouldn’t let poor digestion interfere with the holiday spirit! After all, there's no better time or place to indulge in that extra piece of fudge. If you're concerned about maintaining your healthy habits throughout the holidays, we have just what you need: digestive bitters.
Bitters have a long history of use in herbal medicine, as bitter herbs are known to stimulate the appetite, increase gastric juices, and curb digestive disturbances like bloating, gas, indigestion, and constipation.
Our best-selling Canadian Bitters blend combines the healing actions of globe artichoke, dandelion, gentian, chamomile, turmeric, cardamom, burdock, black walnut, and digestion-enhancing superfood ginger. The bitter taste itself has been shown to activate receptors in the mouth that trigger a cascade of reactions within the digestive tract: increasing saliva, stimulating the digestive organs, increasing digestive secretions. At the same time, improved blood circulation in the digestive system goes hand in hand with a beneficial boost to appetite.
But Canadian Bitters offers more than just its bitter taste. In fact, each of its herbal constituents acts as a digestion-enhancing therapeutic agent.
Globe artichoke has proven antioxidant, liver-protective, bile-enhancing and cholesterol-lowering activity
Dandelion is helpful in treating digestive disturbances (dyspepsia) and increasing bile flow.
Gentian works as a balancing agent and is a quintessentially strong bitter, making for an excellent appetite stimulant.
Chamomile is a herb long venerated in the Western tradition, as it relaxes and tones the nervous system while soothing the gastrointestinal tract.
Turmeric, an ancient herb used for millennia across several cultures to flavour food and as a digestive stimulant, includes an active compound, curcumin, that has been described as the most powerful anti-inflammatory in nature’s plant kingdom.
Cardamom, a favorite Ayurvedic spice, relieves gas and enhances the activity of trypsin, which relates to the digestion of protein.
Burdock is used medicinally as a blood purifying herb, helping to stimulate the immune and detoxifying systems of the body, removing its accumulated waste through the kidneys and other organs.
Black walnut adds a beneficial antiparasitic factor to the formula and helps eliminate unwanted microbes from the large intestines, besides being antifungal and effective against dysentery.
Ginger is a warming digestive stimulant and has superb anti-cramping and anti-inflammatory qualities, which makes it a classic, highly effective remedy against colic and any kind of stomach upset.
Digestive bitters can be taken before meals, mixed with some water – but this holiday season, why not add your bitters to a festive apple punch you and your guests can happily sip on? Find our tasty cocktail recipe below. To your health!
Bitters-spiked Festive Apple Punch
Serves 5-10
Ingredients
- 3 cups freshly-pressed apple cider
- 375 ml rye (or other whiskey)
- 5 ml Canadian Bitters
- 1.5 cups hard cider
Directions
- In a large punch bowl, mix together apple cider, rye, and bitters.
- Stir in hard cider just before serving. Serve on ice and enjoy!
For more information on Canadian Bitters check out our blog on "All diseases begin in the gut" to help with your stomach issues.
Have questions? Just visit our Great Questions Answered page to learn more or to submit a question.
