Bergamot is one of my favorite oils to recommend inmy functional medicine clinicfor its powerful healing abilities.
Bergamot is a plant that produces an orange/lemon-like citrus fruit, also known as the bergamot orange.
There are a few smaller benefits of bergamot oil.
Bergamot oil helps alleviate depression.
Fortunately, bergamot oil can be used to combat depression due to its uplifting and mood-boosting qualities.
In2008, a study1was performed on hospice patients with terminal cancer.
Bergamot oil reduces anxiety.
Aside from depression, bergamot can also help those struggling with anxiety or overwhelming stress.
The group that experienced this aromatherapy blend every day for four weeks showed lowered psychological stress responses.
Bergamot oil is antibacterial and antifungal.
Bergamot can suppress bacteria, germs, and fungus to stop the growth and prevent any further growth.
Due to the chemical compounds in this oil, it is antibiotic and disinfectant.
This is why it is used extensively in hand and body soaps to inhibit the spread of common infections.
It is also known to helpmanage urinary tract, colon, intestinal, kidney, and candida infections3.
The main reason I use bergamot oil, though?
To slow the aging process.
I love intermittent fastingto lower inflammation, increase ketosis, and enhance something calledautophagy.
Along with fighting disease,autophagy can slow down the aging process.
Boosting cell regeneration can keep muscles, joints, and bones healthy and strong.
This also helps with the visible aging process as autophagy keeps skin rejuvenated and young.
The good news is that each person’s autophagy process is not dictated solely by genetics and biology.
These polyphenols are compounds found in plants that protect the plant from any damage.
And as it protects the plant, when eaten it also protects our bodies by boosting our autophagy process.
The theaflavins are present in black tea from the catechins transforming through oxidation making it full of powerful antioxidants.
Black tea, and all teas, also contain antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral benefits.
Delicious, age reversing, and readily available?
If that’s not a health trend to get behind, I don’t know what is.
