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Ivy Ham
Clinical herbalist, fiber artist, and health-freedom advocate. After healing her own gut, hormones, and a traumatic brain injury through herbs, acupuncture, and nutrition when conventional medicine fell short, Ivy now helps others take charge of their well-being with rigorous research and time-tested plant medicine.
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White button mushrooms inhibit aromatase, the enzyme behind estrogen production, and cooking them low and slow breaks down agaritine. Here is the research and my slow-cooked garlic butter mushroom recipe.