Yerba mate contains chlorophyll, iron, trace minerals, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and vitamins B5, C, and E (rich in vitamin C). Yerba mate does not contain caffeine as many will tell you. It contains a stimulate called mateine. Mateine acts like caffeine but is not habit forming. Mateine also helps to reduce blood pressure where caffeine helps to raise the blood pressure.

 Mateine is also a smooth muscle relaxant which can help in the bronchial tube area, thus helping with asthma.
 

 If you look at the ingredients panel of many of the diet aids on the market you will see yerba mate or ((Ilex paraguarensis) which is the Latin name.  Mate burns fat! It will help to curb the appetite plus burn fat. WINNER! WINNER!  Many body builders are using yerba mate because if it's thermogenic properties.

 Mate has another secret! It helps to boost the effectiveness of other herbs and it's taste is a rather alfalfa type herb taste.  Since the taste is mild it will blend well with other herbs. Now you can add more nutrition and fat burning properties to your other teas.!

 This is the fun part, blending different herbs with mate. We tried the lemon myrtle with yerba mate and it was a smooth lemon herb taste.  What a great antibacterial tea! and it would make a great plant fertilizer and anti fungus treatment for your plants.

We tried the mate with clove cinnamon and orange peel! That was good.

If you want to give your teas a powerhouse of nutrition , this would be the herb to add to it!

         Drink your mate!