Blog Botánico
Facts About DIM and Women’s Health
Facts About DIM and Women’s Health Viana Muller, Ph.D. What is DIM? Diindolylmethane (DIM, in short) is the principal breakdown product of indole 3-carbinol (I3C), the phytochemical found in cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts, kale, collards, mustard greens, radishes, watercress, and turnips. DIM, has been shown in scientific studies to reduce the risk of breast, cervical and other estrogen-driven cancers cancer by helping the body to make a better balance of the “good estrogen” (2-hydroxy-estrone) compared to the “bad estrogen” (16-alpha-hydroxy-estrone).* Royal Maca Plus for Women™ with DIM is an ideal product combining the hormone-regulating effects of...
Desmodium: Nutritional Support for the Lungs and Free and Easy Breathing Through Nasal Passages
Desmodium: Nutritional Support for the Lungs and Free and Easy Breathing Through Nasal Passages Viana Muller, Ph.D. Desmodium (Desmodium adscendens) is a little known but highly effective botanical native to Peru, Jamaica, Central America, and West Africa. For centuries, Desmodium has been used to support and promote lung health, ease breathing through nasal passages, and to relieve pain. Q: What is the best herb in the world for opening the bronchial tubes in your lungs?A: Desmodium adscendens Q: How does it compare with Ephedra?A: Ephedra is also good for opening the bronchial tubes but it can increase your pulse rate and raise your blood...
Can You Take Royal Maca in Combination With Birth Control Pills?
Can You Take Royal Maca in Combination With Birth Control Pills? Q & A with Viana Muller, Ph.D. Below is a recent exchange between one of our customers (Denise) and our co-founder, Dr. Viana Muller. Denise wanted to know if she could safely take Royal Maca ® with the birth control pills her doctor prescribed her. Please take particular note of Dr. Muller's last response in the exchange. Hello, I am 41 almost 42 and have had a long period of mood swings, sleep insomnia, and PMS problems. My women’s doctor prescribed me with birth control pills. I stopped them...
Royal Desmodium Provides Superior Relief of Minor and Occasional Back Pain by Taking Muscles Out of Spasm
Royal Desmodium Provides Superior Relief of Minor and Occasional Back Pain by Taking Muscles Out of Spasm Viana Muller, Ph.D. Desmodium (Desmodium adscendens), a rainforest plant native to Peru, Jamaica, Central America, and West Africa is also called “Strong Back Herb” in Jamaica for its ability to relieve back pain and neck pain. Royal Desmodium™ takes all muscles out of spasm - including the smooth muscles of the lungs (useful in asthma attacks) and the smooth muscles of the uterus (helpful for menstrual cramps). It also promotes a healthy inflammation response and speeds healing of injuries to knees, shoulders and...
Have You Heard of Desmodium?
Have You Heard of Desmodium? Teresa Barrington Whole World Botanicals National Trainer The year 2020 changed the ways many of us work. Millions of us sit at our own desks in front of screens connected to our employer via the Internet. By 2025, estimates say 36.2 million Americans in the workforce will be working remotely.1 If you are one of those millions, like I am, you know that after just a few hours of working, eyes get strained and muscles can tense up. A larger screen helped my eyes, but regularly standing to stretch did not give lasting relief to...
Thyroid Awareness
Maca, Hormones, and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Mary Shomon January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and we invited guest blogger Mary Shomon – a patient advocate and New York Times bestselling author of 15 books on hormonal health – to share her thoughts about the health benefits of Maca for thyroid patients. For almost 30 years, I’ve had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and hypothyroidism. My immune system produces antibodies that attack and slow my thyroid gland, causing symptoms of an underactive thyroid, including fatigue, a slowed metabolism, and brain fog. The thyroid may be a tiny little gland in your neck, but when it...
A Holiday Message for 2021
Viana Muller and Elena Rojas-Martinez, Co-founders, and the entire staff of Whole World Botanicals, wish you a blessed holiday season and a new year filled with abundant health and prosperity.
Cold and Flu have nothing on you with Royal Camu!
Strengthening your immune system is essential in weathering the winter and is an even bigger priority now, as we’re facing the triple threat of colds, flu, and other viruses. As if this year needed any more drama, contracting one illness could potentially leave us vulnerable to catching others.
Thanksgiving Letter 2021
Overeating and Thanksgiving dinner just seem to go together for so many of us. It is, after all, a feasting day with many side dishes. Lots of love is put into the food, as well as many hours of labor. When you are the host, you can add another course to the meal that will actually make it more enjoyable. (Or if you are a guest, you can take this item as a gift for your host.)
WWB Honors Indigenous Peoples' Day
Dear Friends of Whole World Botanicals,
October 11th is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and to commemorate this important day, we’d like to introduce you to our friends in the Shipibo community in Peru who supply our Cats Claw.
Desmodium Adscendens: The Plant That Helps Us Breathe Better
Many of you are understandably searching for natural and holistic ways to support your lung health during these dangerous times. This is leading more people to discover a therapeutic botanical, Desmodium adscendens. I wanted to share my almost two decades of experience with this extraordinary medicinal plant.
Join Whole World Botanicals in supporting Amazonian Indigenous peoples' right to clean and safe water
Join Whole World Botanicals in supporting Amazonian Indigenous peoples' right to clean and safe water
Viana Muller, Ph.D.
Your Whole World Botanicals products are being endangered by an oil spill in the Ecuadorian Amazon. What's worse is that a court has rejected an appeal by indigenous and human rights organizations to prosecute the oil company responsible. Every Whole World Botanicals product except Royal Maca and Royal Lucraco derives from the Amazon River Basin, and their continued existence is threatened by the oil companies.
We urge you to read this short description and get involved: https://www.amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/1-year-anniversary-oil-spill/
