Yerba Mate Therapy
The Yerba Mate tea is a special liquid substrate, which – with proper preparation and high-quality raw materials – forms into a crystalline liquid, important for nourishing the brain. The Yerba Mate crystalline liquid is defined as a solid with a constant diffusion pattern. The Yerba Mate plant teaches us how to exist in constant internal tension, which is an “inherent state” for it.
The ability to understand yerba mate as a crystalline liquid is exactly what we are looking for in our interaction with the drink. Yerba mate helps us tune in to the higher properties that the process of consuming mate reveals.
The main goal is to establish a direct connection with the work of the brain. The ability to absorb a crystal in a liquid state allows us to strengthen or even replace our neural connections using the power that comes from nature trough yerba mate. This helps the person escape from the influence of the environment, which is unable to support the constant effort of transformation. This effort is also called mateine.
The brewing temperature must be strictly monitored (60–70°C) so that we can achieve a yerba mate state – the strengthening and cleansing effect that yerba mate has on the body. At the same time, yerba mate improves the quality of the water itself – it kills all bacteria and germs. However, it is important to remember that if the water temperature is above 80°C, the drink becomes harmful.
You also need to know that the industrial preparation of ordinary mass-produced yerba mate in many cases involves accelerated drying of the leaves, which leads to the formation of carcinogenic compounds due to the smoke produced when burning wood. This yerba mate is especially dangerous if consumed in large quantities or at temperatures above 65°C.
Today it is very difficult to find on the market traditional sun-dried yerba mate with no artificial chemical additives. Note that when we speak about the benefits of yerba mate, we mean the yerba mate product that is well-prepared, suitable for consumption, and therefore has many exceptional qualities.
The benefits of Yerba Mate
Yerba Mate has great benefits in maintaining overall health. Yerba Mate prevents inflammation due to its high quercetin content. Yerba Mate also contains saponins, which emulsify fat-soluble molecules, leading to its anti-inflammatory effect. The caffeoylquinic acids in yerba mate induce apoptosis, in other words, they help kill cancer cells.
- Mate has antioxidant properties
- Strengthens the bone marrow
- Slows down and even prevents cellular senescence
- Fights pathological processes in the body
- Repairs damaged tissues in our body
- Fights cardiovascular disease
- Prevents atherosclerosis caused by plaque build-up in the arteries
- Reduces high glucose concentration in the blood
- Helps the digestion
- Works as a diuretic
- Accelerates fat burning, promotes weight loss
- Prevents diabetes, improves the absorption of insulin by the body
- Helps the prevention of mental illness
- Reduces fatigue
- Improves physical performance, delays the production of lactic acid
- Is an effective anti-inflammatory agent.
Yerba Mate is also highly recommended for women going through or in menopause. After this hormonal phase, women lose bone mass and the risk of developing diseases such as osteoporosis increases. Yerba Mate can be a good tool for the prevention of this disease.
By promoting bone marrow nutrition, Yerba Mate strengthens the work of the brain and helps to repair damage to our neurons, right up to DNA repair. Thus, yerba mate can become a great ally.
Chemical composition
Yerba Mate has excellent antioxidant properties, and one of the important components providing this effect is paraoxonase PON1, which plays an important role in protecting the body from toxic effects. This substance helps to eliminate bad cholesterol and strengthens the cardiovascular system.
Yerba Mate contains high levels of xanthines (a purine base found in all tissues of the body) and up to twelve beneficial polyphenols that protect the body from oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease. These substances strengthen the immune system and even protect against cancer, i.e. damage by free radicals. The antioxidant properties of yerba mate are similar to those of green tea, yet yerba mate is more nutritious as it contains vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, C, and E, as well as iron, magnesium, potassium and more than ten amino acids.
The daily dose for a person is one serving of yerba mate (15 infusions)
- Energy value: 61.12 kcal
- Protein: 294 mg
- Carbohydrates: 1234 mg
- Vitamin B1 (thiamine) 36%
- Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) 52%
- Iron 29%
- Magnesium 100%
- Potassium 23%
- Sodium 8%
Recommendations
Yerba Mate of guaranteed quality, recommended for therapy: Ben Chelero.