If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,

I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make

sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is

packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.

Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,

but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.

So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by

that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash

summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better. Hey pioneers. Welcome to episode number 430. Today's episode we are talking about

alternative beverages to soda. As we move into those summer months, I know that I am looking to reach for cold beverages a lot more than I am in the winter or months and oftentimes for folks that mean soda. However, I'm sure most of you who are

watching this know that drinking soda on a regular basis is really not that great for you. I confession you will hear in

today's episode where I shared a little bit is I used to be not only a soda bean, but a diet soda at that. Yes, with a Spartan. Oh, the things that we do in our youth when we don't know what we don't know. However, it has now been 13 years since I have

went to come completely off soda and have never introduced it back. And I have to tell you when I was making adjustments for my

health if you haven't listened to that episode or I want to hear more about that story

we'll make sure that we link and reference that for you so you can go and check that

episode out but what of the immediate differences that I saw in my

health with swapping and changing things out was by cutting out the soda. Immediately I noticed a huge difference in my health within just a few days of cutting that one out.

And I also know how much I, I will be be honest I really enjoyed drinking my diet soda even now

knowing like all the things that were in it and so that has been one thing that I

have not allowed back in or slipped or even had one of. I do not drink conventional, I guess you would say, soda. However, there's lots of different alternatives out there that can be made at home for much cheaper and actually have some health benefits other than just tasting good and quenching our thirst.

So that's what we're going to be talking about in today's episode and there is a lot of them and some of them were even new to me or ones that I have not even made myself yet. So today's guest has been on the podcast a couple of times and is one of our favorites, especially when we're talking beverages. And that is Sien Koesel from Farm House Tees.

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