Spoonful of… Vitamins

The pandemic has us all a bit loco. Never did I think I would see the day when wearing masks is en vogue & shaking hands is taboo. That said, here we are.

The one benefit of all this social distancing is having the opportunity to kick your health & immune system into high gear. I’ve been working closely with my plant based acupuncturist Dr. Crista who has made me a believer in Eastern Medicine & have provided a concoction of vitamins and supplements to really things fired up.

One of my favorite things she’s introduced me too are supplements that help to combat inflammation, curb hunger, and just overall make you feel energized. The hardest part is remembering to take them.

Life hack - store vitamins next to the coffee. If you have a chance to make a coffee, you can easily take the vitamins also!

Here’s what I keep top shelf:

• Mediherb Astragalus Complex -

  • anti-inflammatory that is taken 2x per day. I was concerned that my cortisol levels were elevated from being under stress.

• Mediherb Andrographis Complex -

  • anti-inflammatory that is taken 2x per day. I was concerned that my cortisol levels were elevated from being under stress.

• Herbalist H&A Alchemist Turmeric -

  • take everyday! anti-inflammatory that has a bitter taste. I only mix this with water or tea, not coffee.

• Herbalist H&A Alchemist Chaga -

  • take everyday! anti-inflammatory that tastes great mixed in with tea! you can also add to coffee and you can’t taste it!

• Metagenics Intrinsi B12 Folate -

  • take 1x per day! Helps your nervous system function

• Metagenics Mag Glycinate

  • take 1x per day! Helps with anxiety, sleep and blood sugar!

• Bluebonnet Buffered Vitamin C-500

  • take 1x per day! This antioxidant helps the production of collagen which obvi helps support your bones, gut, ligaments, and makes your skin look awesome!

Nutrition: Eat Your Greens At Bonberi Bodega

I am a cheeseburger & french fries kind of girl. And I don’t mean to say that sometimes I can eat half of a cheeseburger, I mean I really enjoy eating meat and despite my best efforts to change my diet I was not doing so hot.

Insert Bonberi Bodega - a plant based bodega founded by Nicole Bonberi that makes eating plant based whole foods, well easy & taste really freaking awesome. I’m not one to dish out undeserved compliments, so I’m telling you everything I ate was great!

It is certainly not your standard vegan stop. The store has an incredibly airy feel about it. When you walk in there is the checkout counter to the left, and to the right you have a few window seats to eat in the bodega, a rustic coffee table with a few products perfectly displayed. Against the side wall a few more house goods & non perishables are perfectly stocked and look very healthy. Transparently I couldn’t name a single product on that table or those shelves. Ravenous as ever, I breezed by the front table and shelves to head straight to the fridge that houses all of the grab & go meals that your taste buds will be v happy you tried.

There was a robust selection of foods from their menu available in the fridge. There were also a few more that were on the menu, but they didn’t have which was a bit of a bummer. Good news is I found 3 salads that were absolutely delicious, green juices that didn’t want to make me plug my nose, a dressing that is now in my fridge at home, and this cashew based schmear that works on everything from breads to chips.

The portions are big and the food really does taste phenomenal. The price is comparable to a sweet green, but the quality seems much higher. Overall, great spot that can help you eat clean even when you are strapped for time. The only reason this spot isn’t a straight up 10 is they don’t have a phone & when I had returned 10 minutes before their listed closing time they had a sign on the door that they were closed for a private event.

Weekend Rating: 8.5/10

Bonberi Bodega

(p) no phone
384 Bleecker Street
New York NY 10014