Amanda Chantal Bacon - The Moon Juice Manual: Adaptogenic Recipes for Natural Stress Relief

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Advisory Board

I called upon the best functional medicine doctors and nutritionists to get their perspective.

Dr. Pratima Raichur combines the wisdom of Ayurveda with her expertise as a chemist, botanist, aesthetician, and ayurvedic doctor, and is the author of Absolute Beauty.

Dr. Mark Hyman is a family physician, the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, founder and medical director of the UltraWellness Center, chairman of the board of the Institute for Functional Medicine, and a ten-time New York Times bestselling author.

Dr. Frank Lipman is board certified in internal medicine, and integrates acupuncture, Chinese medicine, functional medicine, nutrition, and herbal medicine into his practice. He is a New York Times bestselling author of five books.

Dr. Sarah Gottfried is a Harvard-educated physician-scientist and an MIT-trained bioengineer and is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology. She is a systems-based hormone expert and the New York Times bestselling author of Younger, The Hormone Reset Diet, and The Hormone Cure.

Alisa Vitti, HHC, is a functional nutritionist, AADP, best-selling author of WomanCode, and the founder of FLOLiving.com, a virtual health center that supports womens hormonal and reproductive health.

Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD, is an integrative pediatric neurologist based in New York City, herbalist, and author of The Dirt Cure.

THE ADAPTOGEN KINGDOM

Welcome to the Adaptogen Kingdom

Im Amanda, the founder of Moon Juice, a resource for healing. This book is not about floating through days in a field of wildflowers sipping a golden latte; that is not what my life looks like. I, like you, am a real person. Im a mother, wife, and CEO of a growing company that Ive continued to build from the ground up. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition over a decade ago. I have since put it into remission and now rely on easy and natural ways to manage stress on a daily basis. Before getting to the root of my issues and taking care of myself effectively, I struggled with many aspects of my physical and emotional body. I have had points in my life where I was meant to be my most fertile but didnt menstruate due to hypothyroidism. I have experienced anxiety levels that were debilitating and such energy lows that I couldnt get out of bed in the morning or function past 3 p.m. The information and ministrations in this book arent flights of fancy for me; theyve been crucial to my vitality and have encouraged a beautiful life I wasnt sure I could have. I wouldnt have found my stamina without the support of these plants called adaptogens. My life changed drastically when I started to incorporate their intelligence into my daily habits, and the ease, simplicity, and joy of adding this next layer of health to my life is something I want to share with you for these increasingly demanding times.

There was a morning, years ago, when I woke up and decided to put my energy behind feeling the absolute best that I could, and I havent looked back. I realized that if I was going to take back my power, if I was ever going to feel like I was in the right body, if I was going to do any of the things I knew I had the capacity to do, and if I was going to find the joy I knew my heart was born to live, I had to fundamentally change the way I took care of myself. The first step in this transformation was acknowledging that feeling sick and tired was not my truth. What I learnedthrough much seeking, studying, trial, and errorwas that I needed to shift my diet to include foods that naturally nourish and support the bodys intricate physiology; foods that tame inflammation, stabilize blood sugar, neutralize acidity, mineralize, balance hormones, regulate the biome, feed the brain, stoke the fire, and lift the spirit. This plant-forward food as medicine was ground zero for my healing, along with meditation, gentle movement, connecting more deeply to myself and others, and quality rest. But there was yet another discovery that helped me unlock new levelsphenomenal levelsof vitality and connectedness. It helped me restore my being into a fortresslike respite of calm, strength, and resilience. And it became the basis of the alchemical wellness that Moon Juice provides. This breakthrough was my journey with adaptogens.