Permen Naturopathic, Inc.

🚨 NOTICE TO ALL PATIENTS 🚨

Feeling under the weather? 🤧 We’re here to help!
If you’re a current patient experiencing cold or flu symptoms, we offer FREE Sick Checks — quick 15–20 minute phone or Zoom appointments with our Naturopathic Practitioner.

During your Sick Check, we’ll assess your symptoms and help you determine the appropriate next steps, including discussing whole-food supplements and herbal support that may help support your body while you recover. 🌿
Don’t wait until you’re feeling worse — reach out and let us help you feel your best again!

📞 Contact us to schedule your FREE Sick Check 805-650-0996.

Struggling to get enough protein in throughout the day? ☕️💪
Why not add a little protein to one of your favorite morning (or afternoon!) beverages?

Enter: PROTEIN COFFEE. 🤎
It’s easy, delicious, and a simple way to sneak in some extra protein without adding another meal or snack to your day.
☕️ Easy Protein Coffee
• 1 cup brewed coffee or cold brew
• 1 scoop of your favorite low heat processed protein powder
• A splash of your favorite plant milk
• Ice, if you’re going for the iced version
• Optional: cinnamon, vanilla, or a little sweetener (stevia or maple syrup)
How to make it:
Blend or froth your protein powder with a small amount of plant milk first until smooth. Pour in your coffee, add the rest of your plant milk, and give it a good stir (or shake it up for an extra creamy texture!).
✨ Pro tip: Let your coffee cool slightly before adding protein powder to help prevent clumping.
Your coffee just got a protein-packed upgrade. 🙌☕️

Feeling the need for a little more calm in your day? 🌿
Let’s talk B vitamins! 💛

Here are our top 3 most popular calming B vitamins:

🌸 Food Research’s Anxietone (top seller)
A special formula designed with calming support in mind —loaded with calming b vitamins and other key nutrients to calm the nervous system and help your body handle daily life stress.

🌿 Standard Process Cataplex® B
A food-based B-vitamin formula featuring thiamin (B1), niacin (B3), vitamin B6, choline, and other whole-food ingredients. B vitamins play important roles in energy metabolism and nervous-system function.

🌼 Food Research’s B-Stress
Vegetarian B-vitamin for those looking to support their body nutritionally during busy, demanding days.

💡 Why B vitamins?
B vitamins help your body carry out essential processes involving energy production, metabolism, and nervous-system function. They’re not a magic “calm button,” but they can be an important part of an overall wellness routine.

✨ Remember: supporting your body can be as simple as nourishing yourself, getting enough rest, taking a few deep breaths, moving your body, and finding healthy ways to manage everyday stress.

Wellness doesn’t have to be complicated! ✨ Adding calming B vitamins to your daily routine may be a simple step toward feeling more balanced, supported, and your best. 🌿💛

🦵 Did you know? 10–15 body weight squats after a meal may help reduce blood-sugar spikes?
Your muscles can act like a “glucose sponge.” When you contract large muscle groups, such as your quadriceps and glutes, they take up glucose from your bloodstream.
💡 How it works
• Large muscle activation: Squats engage some of the body’s biggest muscles.
• Glucose uptake: Contracting muscles can pull glucose from the bloodstream and use it for energy.
• Less reliance on insulin: Muscle contractions can stimulate glucose transport through GLUT4, helping muscles take up glucose even without the usual insulin signal.
⏱️ Try this after your next meal
• Timing: Start moving about 15–30 minutes after eating.
• Routine: Try 10–15 body weight squats. You can also break up sitting by doing brief bouts of movement throughout the post-meal period.
• Form: Feet about shoulder-width apart → lower as if sitting into a chair → keep your chest lifted → stand back up using your body weight.
✨ Small bursts of movement can add up. If you're able to squat safely, try making a few body weight squats part of your post-meal routine.

Looking for something fresh, light and delicious to beat the summer heat? Try these Chicken Summer Rolls! 🌿🥒🍗

Chicken Summer Rolls (makes 6 rolls)

Ingredients
• 1 skinless organic chicken breast
• 1 tsp black peppercorns
• 1 green onion ( roughly chopped)
• 1 slice of ginger
• 1 tsp sea salt
• 6 large Vietnamese rice paper
• Iceberg lettuce (washed & shredded)
• Mint leaves (washed & shredded)
• Rice vermicelli (soaked in hot water for 5 mins and drained)
• 12 mango slices
• 6 cucumber sticks
Nuoc cham dipping sauce
• 1 tsp rice vinegar
• 3 tsp sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1/2 red chilli (chopped)
• 1 garlic clove (crushed)
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice

Instructions:

In a medium pot, add peppercorns, ginger, spring onion and salt. Then fill sufficient water to cover the chicken breast. Bring to boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, gently place the chicken breast into the boiling water. Heat off and cover with a lid. Leave the chicken to cook in the pot for 45mins. Remove and set aside to cool. After that, shred them to pieces.
Now, set up the work station. Place each ingredient – shredded iceberg lettuce, mint leaves, rice vermicelli, mango slices, cucumber sticks and shredded chicken – in separate plates. Then fill up to a third of a large flat-bottom plate with warm water, and place that on your left hand side. Position a clean board in front of you and a clean hand towel on your right hand side. There, ready, set, roll … Take 1 piece of rice paper, gently submerge the rice paper into warm water for 5 seconds. Place on the clean board. Put a few shredded chicken on top, centered and covering about a third of the bottom of the rice paper. Add shredded lettuce and mint leaves on top of the chicken. Then place 1 cucumber stick and 2 mango slices towards the center of the rice paper, spreading evenly towards the side.
Fold 3.5 cm of the right and left side of the paper over the filling. Then, take the bottom part of the paper and fold towards the ingredients. Continue to roll tightly until the cylinder is complete. Set aside.
To make the dipping sauce, mix all ingredients together. Serve with rice paper rolls.

Summer reminder: go soak up a little sunshine! Aim for 10–20 minutes of morning sunlight each day…Fresh air, bright light, and a simple way to start your day feeling refreshed.

Make the most of Summer while it lasts! ☀️💛

🌞 ☀️

Ready to turn up the heat on your wellness routine?

Our newest offerings have arrived!

Infrared Sauna + Jade Mat sessions are now available at our Naturopathic practice!

Take some time for yourself, unwind, and experience a relaxing wellness ritual in a peaceful setting ✨💛

Come warm up, unwind, and reconnect!

Call us to learn more or book your session.

NEW PRODUCTS!!! Beat the heat and dehydration with these delicious electrolytes!

Call us for more information 805-650-0996.

MUST eat food that will HEAL YOUR GUT! Include these healing foods as dietary staples for lasting wellness.

Got overripe bananas sitting on your counter? Don't let them go to waste! This 5-Ingredient Flourless Banana Bread is incredibly moist, naturally sweetened, and comes together with just a handful of simple ingredients. I made it this weekend, and it was such a hit that there wasn't a slice left! 😋
If you're looking for an easy, wholesome recipe for breakfast, a snack, or a healthier treat, this one is definitely worth trying.

5 Ingredient Flourless Banana Bread
Ingredients
• 3 medium ripe bananas
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup (or honey)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 9×5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
2. Add all ingredients to a blender, in the order listed, and blend until smooth and well combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
3. Let loaf cool completely in loaf pan. Store bread in an airtight container on the counter for 2-3 days or in the refrigerator for up to a week.