Greetings!  My name is Lara Dilkes, practitioner of Functional Nutrition, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese and Western Herbalism, space holder and lover of all things health.   

As a clinical provider in the "Alternative" Health Space for over 17 years, I have seen it all!  Western Medicine has it's place, but all too often it has failed in resolving the most simplest of conditions.   It lacks in the structure needed to truly access the health of humans and what works for their body specifically.  Patients all too often feel like there isn't enough time for them, the range of modalities at their disposal is limited and the insurance industry is spent and broken.  And they are right!  It is broken!  I have seen too many patients at the end of their rope and fed up and ready to find an alternative path to Western Medicine.  So it is my mission to empower my patients and customers to find safe, effective, fun, innovative and high quality products to empower them to take charge of their health, and feel as optimal as possible every damn day.  

My journey to overcome mini-stroke like migraines was long.  These migraines were awful.  They had me down for the count for days on end missing life, my kids, my work and making me feel like I was on a never ending hamster wheel of navigating how to avoid them.  My recipe for success in resolving my migraines involved a combination of lifestyle, diet, exercise and hormone balance.  What I call the ever changing "Recipe of Health".

One of the major changes I made was to cut out coffee.  It was hard and quite frankly, it totally sucked.  But, my nervous system enjoyed the break from the strong stimulant, so I stuck with it.  However, I was determined to have caffeine in my life and have it work well for my body and it's positive effects are amazing! 

So, for about the last 10+ years I’ve been using my knowledge of plant medicine, physiology, nutrition and energy flow of the body to build the perfect morning elixir.  I played around with high quality teas, herbs, medicinals, superfoods, nootopoics and all the things.   

I came to realize the combination or "Stack" of ingredients we use in our caffeine enhancing supplements (SuperCube Original, Chai and Matcha) not only helped me get rid of my migraines, it made my immune system strong as a bull, my hormones balanced, my blood sugar regulated and my energy was steady and aligned with where I was in my menstrual cycle.  Harnessing your most deepest energy based on your hormones is one of the most empowering feelings! 

Parallel to that I noticed an uptick in the trend of my patients, friends and family having a lot of difficulty regulating their stress response and experiencing symptoms of chronic disease.

Reducing coffee/caffeine intake was often a part of the solution as it is stimulating for the endocrine system, is dehydrating, interrupts the normal blood sugar mechanisms we have in our bodies and to be fair, drinking coffee doesn’t make most people feel less stressed.  It usually creates slightly jittery and chaotic energy that makes it easy to react to stressful situations in a way that isn’t always productive. 

But, it it also is amazing!!  Coffee is a comforting ritual that gives us focus, and energy boost, creativity, dopamine stimulation and the inspiration most of us need to get the day going and live life the way our souls intended to... with passion, ease purpose and great energy!! 

What your body, mind and soul need is support of the systems that caffeine engages when you consistently ingest it and our beverages are designed to do just that. 

 

Lara Dilkes, L.A.c., MSAOM, FNLP - FOUNDER