Hi. My name is Katie and you're watching
NattyPTV.
We're so lucky to be joined today by Dr. Mary Bove,
Naturopathic doctor and medical director for
Gaia Herbs Professional Solutions.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you for having me, Katie.
Yes so, to begin we would love to hear a
little bit about
Gaia herbs and the history of the company
We started off with about 100 acres;
are now grown to 350 acres.
We grow about, 25 to 30 species
that we use in our formulations for our supplements.
Then, so that means that on
the farm not only do we have what we're
growing on the farm, we have our drying
facilities and our greenhouse facilities.
We also have our plant.
And our manufacturing plant is where we do our
capsulation, our extractions and
all of the management is there.
and one of the things that is so important
about Gaia is that, the commitment to making good botanical supplements.
and that means, you know, 
being able to control the materials
from seed to shelf.
and that allows us to do organic practices,
and to make sure that we have good quality seeds,
and it also allows us to be able to work with
good manufacturing practices to then end
up with a good product.
Nice. So, other than
your cultivation of the raw materials
what else about Gaia makes it stand out
from competitors or other brands?
In the late 90s we developed the phyto cap
which is actually a very novel, unique
capsule that encapsulate a liquid.
And so that means that the herbal extract is
condensed down and it delivers a very
concentrated form.
and as a practitioner; when I was a practicing as a
naturopathic physician for so many years,
and you give teachers and many many
patients couldn't take it because a
terrible taste of the alcohol-
when phyto caps came in it was a god-send 
in that sense.
All of a sudden people could swallow these,
but it meant that the phyto-cap was made in the
proper way so that means we're still
using an ethanol extract in order to
extract the plant. 
So, the plants are extracted properly and it gives a full
spectrum extract so that all of the
different compounds that are found in
the plant are represented rather than
just one specific compound and we feel
like the full spectrum extract really
does another piece and that is to
pay tribute to a theme in herbal medicine
which is synergy.
Super cool.
One of the things that we think is super
interesting,
especially considering this
HPA access line, is that it can kind of
work for anybody.
So, could you talk a little bit about
your top products and
specifically the HPA axis?
Yes. The HPA axis-
the H.P.A. axis line, is a line that
can be for everybody in the sense that
we all deal with stress and I think the
different levels of stress and how it
affects our body some people are you
know- you know very strongly affected and
maybe it leaves them you know,
compromised in their sleep or in their
physical functions.
Other people can sail
through it and then all of a sudden it
hits them like a lead brick and you know
and some people wake up that day
particularly like- this is a really good
example is like young women who had
pregnant and have babies and then they
stay up all night with breastfeeding and
keeping their baby that's what that's
it's a wonderful miracle but it's hard
on the body and often that can disrupt
the endocrine system and something like
this the HPA access can help a woman
coming back out of that to put things back.
So, by taking this- these three
different formulas and we are focusing
adaptogen plants towards the nighttime
for that person who expresses their
stress in the evening times in the
nighttime sleep. We have that person who
may be really sluggish in the morning
may be exhausted so they may really feel
like they have no energy they can't get
going and you're struggling and maybe at
3 o'clock they finally feel like they're
awake for the day. So the homeostasis
product is for that person
can't get going and often what happens
there, is that their cycles been depleted
and so that the herbs in there, those
adaptogens are much more invigorating
to us and they support the normal
hormonal cycle of the HPA axis there.
And then lastly the daily maintenance is is
really about a great formula for people
who are dealing with stress on a
day-to-day basis and it may not have
gotten under their skin to create a
disruption and out yet but they know
that the stress wears on and they feel that.
And what these products help to do
is they help to- to promote wellness on
the body and promote a healthy way of
dealing with stress. So, stress doesn't
get in there and create disruptions in
our physiological health.
It can helps to protect that.
So, it's kind of like a shield.
So, think of it as shielding that.
Awesome. Well thank you so much for being
here and if you need any more
information on Gaia Herbs Professional Solutions,
please visit our website at
naturalpartners.com
