HEALTH

Yerba mate and calcium is a question we mainly hear from two types of readers. The first limits dairy or doesn’t eat it at all and is looking for other sources of this mineral in what they drink every day. The second came across an article about the mineral composition of yerba mate, saw the…

Yerba mate and potassium is a question we hear from two different types of people. One is looking for an extra source of minerals in their daily infusion and checking whether a matero really delivers on that. The other has read somewhere that yerba is rich in potassium and wonders whether that’s a problem with…

An evening with friends, a matero sitting next to the glasses on the table. Someone throws out the question of whether it even makes sense to combine the two – caffeine on one side, alcohol on the other, two completely different stimulants at once. The answer doesn’t fit into a simple yes-or-no sentence. Caffeine and…

The question “does yerba mate harm hair” or the opposite – “does it help” – keeps coming back in the comments under our posts. The honest answer is less flashy than most of what you’ll find online: no one has clinically studied people who drink yerba in terms of hair density. What we do have…

Someone recently asked whether yerba mate is the same as matcha, which has been getting a lot of attention lately because of vitamin K. The answer is: similar, but not the same. The difference lies in exactly what ends up in the vessel you drink from. Matcha is a powdered leaf that you drink in…

A customer recently wrote to our support team quite directly: I’ve been drinking yerba mate for two years, two large calabashes a day, and I’ve noticed my teeth are less white than before. Is it definitely because of the matero, or could it be the coffee she also drinks in the morning? The question of…

Yerba mate and iron is a question that usually comes up from two completely different groups. The first is women with low ferritin, whom a doctor or dietitian has suggested take a closer look at what they drink with meals. The second is people on a plant-based diet who heard somewhere that tannins in infusions…

Yerba mate and menopause is a topic that keeps coming back in our inbox, just from two different angles. Some readers write in because they’ve heard that caffeine intensifies hot flashes, and they want to know if they should give up their matero. Others are looking for something to help with a metabolism that simply…

Yerba mate and the kidneys is a question we hear from two completely different groups of customers. The first is people with diagnosed chronic kidney disease or a history of kidney stones, who want to know if a matero will harm them. The second is simply people who drink yerba every day and heard somewhere…

Yerba mate and the thyroid is a question we mostly get from two groups: people with Hashimoto’s on levothyroxine, and those who’ve just received a diagnosis and are looking for what to avoid. The answer at first glance is reassuring: yerba mate itself isn’t a substance that causes thyroid diseases. There are, however, two things…

34 g of fibre per 100 g, 4.3 g per tablespoon, and one vitamin that actually matters. How much chia to eat daily, why soak it, and when it can be harmful.

One Brazil nut covers your daily selenium requirement. How many a day is safe, what’s exactly in them, and how to store them.