14/11/2025
🍋🟩Need help with your LIVER DETOX?
🌿Alfalfa is a great addition to your detox regime, let me tell you why you should include this amazing herb!
🌱Alfalfa (Medicago Sativa) is cultivated primarily for cattle feed, us humans usually consume alfalfa as a simple garnish, but this amazing, underappreciated herb offers so many vital benefits especially in liver and digestive health.
Alfalfa is a nutrient dense, provides good amounts of minerals calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and iron, and vitamins A, C, E, K and several of the B’s. It’s also high in fiber and phytonutrients including chlorophyll, saponins and phytoestrogens to name a few.
🌈Detox Benefits:
🍋🟩Alfalfa Supports healthy liver function, works to cleanse the liver due to its high antioxidant and inflammatory properties improving livers natural detox pathways.
🍋Improves digestion- alfalfas is high in fiber which promotes healthy bowl movements, assisting in constipation and bloating and stimulates digestive enzymes production.
🌱Additional Medicinal Benefits of Alfalfa:
🍊Immune supporting – Alfalfas high vitamin content, especially vitamins E & C are potent antioxidants, strengthening the immune response. Vitamin C stimulates white blood cell production, its folate content supports cell production & division, and has
been used traditionally for respiratory conditions thanks to these immune supporting and anti- inflammatory properties
💗Heart health- Alfalfa has been shown to lower cholesterol levels. Compounds found in alfalfa such as saponins inhibit cholesterol absorption in the intestines, and fiber can help to manage your blood fat profile, working to lower the LDL (bad) cholesterol
and maintains the HDL (good) levels. Alfalfa can play a role in lowering blood pressure due to its potassium content, which works to vasodilate the blood vessels and manages body fluid levels.
🧁Alfalfa being high in soluble fiber help to manage blood sugar levels and improves insulin sensitivity and is beneficial in management of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
🌱Hormone regulation – Alfalfa contains phytoestrogens so may help to regulate healthy hormone levels and reduce symptoms in peri menopause and menopause such as hot flushes & mood swings
🦴Bone health – vitamin k found in alfalfa plays a crucial role in maintaining bone health
🩸Blood health – iron and vitamin K plays a role in healthy blood cell formation and reducing blood clotting. Be careful if on blood thinners.
🌟Skin health- high vitamin C content plays a role in collagen formation, increasing natural glow and smooth complexion
Contraindications:
🌈If you are on medication for diabetes, hormone therapy like HRT or OCP, blood pressure medications or blood thinners, it is not recommended to consume alfalfa in high doses regularly as it can potentially have an additive effect with the medication.
Contamination issues are a concern, alfalfa being a potential reservoir of contaminants like E. Coli, salmonella, listeria and so it is not recommended to consume large amounts of alfalfa if you are pregnant or lactating.
Due to alfalfas immune stimulating effects, it is not recommended to consume alfalfa in large therapeutic doses if you have an auto immune disease or are on immune suppressants.
🌿Alfalfa - Amazing right? If you are doing a liver detox, make sure you add this super herb to your salads and smoothies, or an easy way to get a high dose of alfalfa is by drinking it as a tea.
🫖Tea is a great way to get a strong therapeutic dose, simply bring to boil a heaped teaspoon, boil for 4 minutes, let steep for an additional 5 minutes, strain and enjoy 3 cups per day while on your detox regime, or when you need the added kick of this nutrient dense all round amazing goodness alfalfa has to offer!
Follow link below to purchase high quality organic alfalfa tea on my products page and to browse my organic tea range 🫖🌱🍊🌟🌿🌈😊
Origin: Egypt Ingredients: organic Alfalfa Leaves
