Powerful Benefits of Chai Tea
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Gut Healthy Snack | No Bake Chai Protein Balls
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract, commonly refereed to as the gut, is a complex system responsible for functions like digesting food, storing energy, and removal of waste. The gut also hosts trillions of microbes that [...]
Brain Power Drink | Chai Frappe Recipe
At Dupi’s Chai, we seek to answer a more effective question of: which compounds (metabolized or otherwise) cross blood brain barrier (BBB) while preserving their active health properties? The answer is polyphenols and their [...]
Focus and Brain Support | 7-spice (Arise) Chai Tea for Cognitive Health
Abstract Regardless of age, there are many ways of training your brain to improve cognitive function, mental clarity and memory. But, we’re going to leave popular methods like rest, physical exercise, solving puzzles and [...]
10 Ways to Break Through (Intermittent Fasting) Weight-Loss Plateau
Intermittent Fasting (IF) has been basking in popularity for all of its health benefits including weight loss. But, for some IF practitioners overtime the weight loss tapers off or stops altogether. The stalling is [...]
Can Stevia Break Your Fast and Stop Weight-Loss?
For many, intermittent fasting while skipping breakfast is doable but drinking black coffee or tea becomes more difficult. Morning coffee or tea is a big part of our daily routine, and it’s just not [...]
Gut Health Matters | Let’s Maximize with Spiced Teas and Fasting
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract, commonly refereed to as the gut, is a complex system responsible for functions like digesting food, storing energy, and removal of waste. The gut also hosts trillions of microbes that [...]
Keep the Muscle and Burn the Fat with Fasting Protocols
Do you fear fasting will eat away your muscle? A common misconception with intermittent fasting is that during ‘non-eating’ time (aka fasting) the body eats away your hard earned muscle, leaving you looking weak [...]
A Women’s Guide to Hormone Balance and Weight-Loss
By now, most of us heard about intermittent fasting (IF) and all of the great benefits it can provide, like weight-loss and fat burning. But, some women worry about trying this protocol due to [...]
Fasting Brain (7-Evidence Based) Benefits
Beyond just weight loss intermittent fasting (IF) is able to improve many other body systems and organs including the brain. In this article, we’ll share 7 evidence-based ways IF boosts brain power. Throughout this [...]
Intermittent Fasting — An (Evidence-Based) Beginner’s Guide to Weight Loss
In this comprehensive intermitted fasting guide, we’ll explore (from a personal and scientific view) how IF affects the body and the benefits that come with it, especially weight loss. Throughout this guide, we have [...]
Spiced (Chai Tea) Health Benefits | The Ultimate Guide
In this post, we share 13 (evidence-based) Chai Tea benefits + how to select a Healthy Chai. Throughout this guide, we have provided useful links to our line of wellness focused and spice-rich [...]
5 Reasons to Swap Your Coffee For Chai (Healthy Habits)
If you’re looking for a healthier alternative to coffee along with lower caffeine, you have come to the right place. This beverage evolved from ancient times and supported by modern science. We are talking [...]
Coffee: Expectations vs. Reality (Stress-Stimulant Vs Stress-Relief)
From the early morning grind, mid-afternoon crash and working late into the night—many of us reach for that cup-of-joe for a much needed boost. However, the instant caffeine boost can add stress to our [...]
The Ultimate Alternative To Coffee—Chai
Coffee is described as a vigorously aromatic beverage that is both complex and flavourful. It contains caffeine for energy and many other beneficial compounds. [1] However, there is such a thing as too much [...]
How Spiced Teas Can Benefit Your Health
Since ancient times, Ayurvedic support for spices like turmeric, cinnamon, ginger and nootropic herbs like tulsi to carry health benefits and heal mild aliments continues. Today, evidence-based science has identified numerous active phytonutrients within [...]
Arise Chai Smoothie | Iced Chocolatey Coco
Many chai smoothies and frappe recipe ask you to steep the chai or make a latte. But, this recipe is all the flavour and none of the extra work. At Dupi’s Chai, we use [...]
Stovetop Chai Tea Recipe (Indian Masala Chai)
A classic homestyle chai is made by cooking the water, tea and milk over the stove on high heat. The word masala simply means spice mixture so, when added to a classic chai, the [...]
DUPIsCHAI Teabag Recipes (3 ways) | Simple, Healthy, Flavourful
At Dupi’s Chai, our passion is creating Flavourful Teas infused with Multi-functional Spices. Our Chai blends will not only excite your taste buds, but also: produce numerous health benefits through powerful ingredient combinations; simple, [...]
Black Pepper Health Benefits | Comprehensive Guide, Evidence-based
Black pepper is the most widely used spice in the world, and found in every kitchen cabinet side by side with salt. Known as the King of Spices, black pepper is actually a fruit. [...]
10 Antiviral (Chai Tea) Spices and Herbs
During flu season or cold weather spices, herbs and teas provide nutrients that enhance immunity while fight off various viral infections. The simplest way to enjoy these spices is to steep them in hot [...]
Elevate your Gut | Chai Tea (Green Smoothie) Recipe
Wether it’s weight-loss, immune support, or improved energy levels the Gut or GI track is at the centre of it all. The gut plays important roles in creating essential nutrients that we can’t live [...]
COVID-19: The Virus, Symptoms and Suggestions to Ride Out the Storm
Important Note: COVID-19 is highly contagious viral disease with no current treatment or vaccine. No supplement, diet or product can protect individuals from contracting and developing this virus. Practicing social distancing and proper hygiene [...]
Top 10 Antioxidant Herbs and Spices
Chronic inflammation has been deemed as a major factor of all modern day diseases. Antioxidants are natural compounds produced in plants that react and neutralize free radicals, reducing oxidative stress and inflammation. Spices and [...]
SLEEP—Science Behind the Ultimate Rest
Sleep is an important and necessary process that occurs in all animals. We spend a third of our lives sleeping which directly impacts our behaviour, learning, memories and overall wellbeing. Lack of sleep manifests [...]
Caffeinated Napping for improved focus, memory and performance
Did you know combining naps with caffeine raises alertness, focus, improved memory and productivity? We have long known that caffeine boosts energy levels and alertness, it does this by shifting levels of certain neurotransmitters [...]
Immune Health, Recovery and Inflammation | Top 5 Spices that Restore Immunity
Abstract The body is a complex machine that uses many different systems, tissues, cells and compounds to defend itself against disease and infection. All of these defensive abilities are arranged into two systems. One [...]
Gut Health, Digestion and Inflammation | Top 5 Spices that Enhance Gut Microbiome
Abstract Do you remember the last time your felt fluttery butterflies in your stomach? Maybe, you were anxious about an upcoming deadline, excited about a new job or received a smile from your not-so-secret [...]
The skinny on: Ketone Bodies, Ketosis and Ketogenic Diet
Keto diet is a trending topic and it seems everyone is on trend. So, naturally based on our fitness oriented lifestyle and physique we are often asked about our eating habits. Lately a few [...]
Top 10 Anti-inflammatory Spices and Herbs
Inflammation is linked to modern day health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s, arthritis and as well as many cancers. As numbers within each disease category continue to grow, so does the [...]
The most comprehensive guide to turmeric and fighting disease
There are many articles and recipes about turmeric benefits but, none address or explain WHY and HOW this potent spice is good for heath. This is the one and only guide you need to [...]
Star Anise — Scientifically proven health and wellness benefits
Spices come in all shapes and sizes, and star anise is great example of that. A common Asian cuisine ingredient, star anise’s popularity is steadily growing in the West. It’s dark colour, star shape [...]
Green Tea — Scientifically proven Health and Wellness benefits
Green tea is made from Camellia sinensis plant leaves that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process used to make black teas. Green tea originated in China, but its production and manufacturing [...]
Tulsi (Holy Basil) — Scientifically proven Health and Wellness benefits
Throughout India, one will noticeably find a gardening pot of tulsi plant growing in most, if not all courtyards. Many practitioners start their day performing a religious ritual around the plant with watering and [...]
Nutmeg — Scientifically proven health and wellness benefits
Want to add a flavourful layer (that is also good for you) to your latte or desert? Just sprinkle a little nutmeg on top. Nutmeg is the world’s most favourite common spice, making its [...]
Coriander Seeds — Scientifically Proven Health and Wellness Benefits
Coriander is a fragrant flowering plant that is a member of the parsley (Apiaceae) family. As one of the oldest spices, it has naturally evolved and cultivated for thousands of years into several variations. [...]
Fennel Seeds — Scientifically Proven Health and Wellness Benefits
Fennel seeds come from a flowering plant that is also a relative of carrots. As a naturally wild flower fennel grew into several other plant species including the giant fennel, sea fennel (or rock [...]
Cloves—Scientifically proven Health and Wellness Benefits
Cloves are enjoyed in many different type of cuisines from a South Asian rice pulao to a holiday ham in the West. The versatility of cloves shows in their adaption to baked goods as [...]
Fortify Chai — Health and Wellness Benefits
balanced | earthy | levelling At DUPIsCHAI, we recapture the extensive and diverse history of chai by focusing on the wholeness of spices and their power to heal and restore. Our Fortify Chai blend is made [...]
Elevate Chai—Health and Wellness Benefits
Related posts: Black Tea—best practices for maximum nutrient extraction bold | fresh | vigorous At DUPIsCHAI, we recapture the extensive and diverse history of chai by focusing on the wholeness of spices and their power to heal [...]
Arise Chai—Health and Wellness Benefits
Related posts: Black Tea—best practices for maximum nutrient extraction flavourful | spicy | intense At DUPIsCHAI, we recapture the extensive and diverse history of chai by focusing on the wholeness of spices and their power [...]
Cardamom—Scientifically proven Health and Wellness Benefits
Known as the Queen of Spices, cardamon or elaichi, is one of the most common spices in South Asian cuisine; as well as widely consumed around the world. Cardamom is an aromatic spice with [...]
Ginger—Scientifically proven Health and Wellness Benefits
Ginger has been around for thousands of years flavouring dishes and beverages of our ancestors. Besides having a zesty and spicy profile which is both complex yet energetic, ginger is not only flavourful but [...]
Cinnamon—Scientifically proven Health and Wellness Benefits
Cinnamon is the #1 most popular, of herbs and medicinal spices, in the world in terms of protective antioxidant levels. In the West, this sweet spice often makes an appearance during the holiday season, [...]
Black Tea—best practices for maximum nutrient extraction
brew times, leaf size and tea bags For me, tea is a rhythm of life, I Arise with a warm cup of masala chai every morning. Without it, I somehow never quite feel the [...]
Spices—Scientifically proven Health and Wellness Benefits
Spices and herbs are woven in the history of mankind since the early civilizations. Use of leaves of plants for flavouring meats dates back to 50,000 B.C. More specifically, the spice trade flourished during [...]
Tea and Spices — The Masala Chai Story
Chai is often thought as a quintessentially Indian drink that has been enjoyed for thousands of years (some of the records date back as far as 9000 years). Today, India is one of the [...]
Benefits of Black Tea
Tea is the most popular beverage in the world because of it’s attractive aroma, exceptional taste, health properties and pharmaceutical potential. Historically tea has been associated with mood and performance benefits. Continuous scientific research [...]