Nervous system regulation doesn’t start in a pharmacy — it starts on the ground beneath your feet. Modern medicine treats dysregulation with prescriptions, but foraging and food as medicine have held the answer for thousands of years, and this episode takes you back to your roots. Literally.

Host Antoinette Berrafato — Army Medic, sponsored adventure athlete, and a believer in natural health solutions takes you on a foraging walk that’s equal parts science and survival skill. You’ll learn why the act of foraging itself is one of the most powerful nervous system resets your body can experience, plus which wild edibles changed how she thinks about healing.

If your body has been stuck in fight-or-flight with no way out, this episode is for you.

Chapters

0:00Wild Plants You Walk Past
1:24 The Nervous System Crisis
2:46 Why Forest Time Calms You
3:33 Simple Foraging Gear That Works
4:06 Dandelion As Food And Medicine
5:38 Fiddleheads And Cooking For Safety
6:39 Foraging Safety Rules To Follow
7:53 How Outdoor Therapy Helped Me Heal
9:05 Dandelion Gummies And The Research
12:48 A Mullein Tincture Story
13:48 Dandelion Gummy Recipe Walkthrough
15:07 One Plant Challenge

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