A Healthy Addiction to Chocolate and Tonic Herbs with Sage Dammers

Send Vanessa a text or a voicemail!Addictive Wellness Website: https://www.addictivewellness.com/LISTENER DISCOUNT CODE: VANESSA-15In this episode, I sit down with Sage Dammers, co-founder, CEO, product formulator, and master chocolatier of Addictive Wellness. From a young age, Sage curiously ventured beyond the conventional health space and immersed himself in the ancient herbal systems and nutritional practices of indigenous cultures, specifically Taoist Tonic Herbalism. He's been blessed to have worked with and trained under the world’s leading herbalists and nutrition/longevity experts in China, Indonesia, Australia, France, Costa Rica, Mexico, the U.S., and more. Sage’s passion can be thoroughly felt as he's been driven to find the most potent herbs and superfoods in the world, including the highest quality heirloom cacao. Addictive Wellness is specific to a variety of goals, whether you want to enhance overall vitality, energy, focus, mood,  sexual health, stress reduction, etc. In this discussion we discuss the following:What are tonic herbs? How do they differ from other types?How can these herbs help our body, mind, mood, etc?Why the choice to blend potent herbs and high quality chocolate together?What makes Addictive Wellness superfood chocolate so unique?What's the issue with most chocolate on the shelves today?Why is quality soil so important when it comes to sourcing?Does all chocolate contain mold/mycotoxins?What if someone has a caffeine sensitivity?Why the choice to make the chocolate sugar-free?Is it safe to eat for people on restrictive diets?Why are so many sugar-free products irritating to the gut and body?How do we go about trying a chocolate/herb blend?How concerned should be be about lead in chocolate?Why is hormone health so influential to the state of our metabolism?Are adaptogenic herbs safe when on medications?Does Addictive Wellness offer adaptogenic herbs and blends separately?Please see below resources for additional information: Addictive Wellness on YouTube: YouTube.com/AddictiveWellnessAddictive Wellness on Facebook:  Facebook.com/AddictiveWellness Addictive Wellness on IG: https://www.instagram.com/addictivewellness/Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/well.with.vanessa/Vanessa Lopez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegiftofgoods/ Vanessa's Homebase Link (all discount links, etc.): https://linktr.ee/thegiftofgoodsPodcast on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@IntentionallyWellPodcastPodcast on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@well.with.vanessaEmail: [email protected] the showThis episode is for informational purposes only. Please consult a trusted health practitioner for individual concerns.