Naomira Kitchen Pharmacy · Four e-books

Your numbers are talking. Learn their language.

Blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and that belly that won't move are rarely four separate problems. They are your body telling you the same story. These four books teach you to read it, understand which system is struggling, and support it from your own kitchen.

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Written by Claudia Naomi (Nao), TCM Practitioner & Herbalist, Toronto. Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbal tradition and current research.

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The thing most people are never told

One root. Four warning lights.

Insulin is the key that lets sugar into your cells. When cells stop answering it, the pancreas makes more and more. That high insulin quietly tells your kidneys to hold salt, tells your liver to make fat, locks fat into your belly and, after years, wears out the pancreas.

This can run for ten years or more while your sugar test still looks "normal". By the time a number is flagged, the root has been growing for a long time. That is why treating each number on its own so often feels like a losing battle, and why every book in this series goes back to the root.

The rootInsulin resistanceHigh insulin, inflammation from belly fat, cortisol from stress and poor sleep
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Blood pressureKidneys hold salt; arteries stiffen
Blood sugarPancreas tires; liver over-releases
CholesterolLiver makes triglycerides; HDL falls
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What is your number telling you?

Enter a reading from your monitor, meter or lab report. You'll see where it sits and what may be happening in your body. This is the first page of what the books teach.

Use an average of several readings taken seated and rested. Categories follow Hypertension Canada's 2025 guideline.

For education only, not a diagnosis. A reading of 180/120 or higher with chest pain, breathlessness, vision changes, weakness or confusion: call 911.

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Three habits that help all four

Every book is built on these. You can begin before you buy anything.

1

Protein first at breakfast

20–30 g of protein (eggs, Greek yogurt, beans, fish) sets your insulin for the whole day. A sweet breakfast spikes sugar, insulin follows, and by 11 am you're crashing and craving.

2

Eat your plate in order

Vegetables, then protein and fat, then starch last. Fibre lines the gut and protein releases GLP-1, the hormone that slows your stomach. The same plate, eaten in a different order, gives a gentler sugar rise.

3

Walk 10 minutes after meals

Your muscles are your biggest sugar sponge. Moving them opens sugar doors without needing extra insulin. Ten minutes after lunch and dinner is enough to make a difference.

A free recipe from the books

The Metabolic Flush Water

A gentle infusion to sip between meals. Bay leaf brings eugenol and cineole; cumin brings cuminaldehyde. Both are studied for their support of blood sugar and blood fats.

  • 2–3 dried bay leaves
  • ½ tsp whole cumin seeds (whole, not powder)
  • 1 litre of water
  • Optional: cucumber slices or a squeeze of lemon
  1. Add to a jug of room-temperature water.
  2. Refrigerate 4–6 hours or overnight.
  3. Strain well and sip through the morning.

Never swallow bay leaves. If you take diabetes medication, check with your doctor before adding therapeutic spices.

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Volume 1 · Blood pressure

The Pressure Within

What your top and bottom numbers each measure, why a high top number often means stiff arteries while a high bottom number often means a nervous system that never lets go, and how your kidneys, vessels, heart, hormones and stress system all play a part.

  • The 2025 Canadian categories, explained in plain words
  • Salt sensitivity in women of African descent
  • Hidden salt: stock cubes, seasoning powders, bread
  • Perimenopause and why pressure climbs in your 40s
  • The TCM patterns behind high pressure
  • How to take an honest reading at home
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Signature tea: Pressure Flow Tea, six ingredients for kidneys, vessels and calmGet Volume 1
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Volume 2 · Blood sugar

The Sugar Signal

What fasting, after-meal and A1C numbers each reveal, why your morning sugar can be high even when you ate well, and how the pancreas, liver, muscles, gut and stress hormones work as one team.

  • Diabetes Canada ranges in mmol/L, with US units
  • The dawn effect and the fatty liver connection
  • Why metformin users need to watch B12
  • Smarter swaps for swallow, rice and plantain
  • How to use your meter as a teacher
  • The rule of 15 for lows
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Signature tea: Sugar Steady Tea, taken when the after-meal rise beginsGet Volume 2
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Volume 3 · Cholesterol

Clear Channels

Cholesterol isn't the enemy. Learn what LDL, HDL and triglycerides really are, how plaque actually forms, what each pattern on your report may mean, and how your liver and gut clear cholesterol every day.

  • Reading every line of your lipid panel
  • Lp(a): the inherited test to ask for once
  • The triglyceride ÷ HDL insulin check
  • Menopause, thyroid and rising LDL
  • Palm oil and coconut oil in our kitchens
  • Fibre that walks cholesterol out of the body
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Signature tea: Liver Flow Tea, turmeric, pepper, bay leaf and cuminGet Volume 3
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Volume 4 · Insulin resistance

The Belly Speaks

The root book. Why belly fat behaves like an active organ, how it feeds an inflammation loop that keeps insulin high, why diet alone often stalls, and how to cool the fire, lower insulin and calm cortisol together.

  • The belly inflammation loop, step by step
  • The five markers of metabolic syndrome
  • Waist-to-height: the simplest home test
  • PCOS, skin tags and dark patches explained
  • The TCM view: Spleen, damp and stagnation
  • Why the waist moves before the scale
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Signature tea: Golden Belly Tea, eight anti-inflammatory spicesGet Volume 4
Which book is for you?

Start where your body is speaking loudest

Each book stands on its own with its own daily routine, because the herbs that help one condition can work against another. A blood pressure tea can make someone with normal pressure dizzy. Choose by your own readings.

If your main concern is…Start with
High blood pressureVolume 1 · The Pressure Within
Type 2 diabetes or high fasting sugarVolume 2 · The Sugar Signal
High LDL or triglyceridesVolume 3 · Clear Channels
Belly fat, cravings, crashes, prediabetes, PCOSVolume 4 · The Belly Speaks
Two or more of theseThe complete series, starting with Volume 4, plus the free bonus
Inside every book

Twelve chapters that take you from confused to in control

What it really isThe condition, explained like a friend would
Reading your numbersEvery number, what it measures, what it may mean
The body systemsWhich organs are involved and what nourishes each
Root causesFind the ones driving your numbers
What your body is telling youThe quiet signs, and when to get help
Your first 7 daysOne step a day
The kitchen pharmacyEach spice, what it does, how to use it
A signature teaFull recipe, and why each ingredient is there
Your plateFoods, fruits, vegetables and smart swaps
Your daily protocolHour by hour, from waking to sleep
Essential nutrientsD3 + K2, omega-3, B12, magnesium, iron, and how to take them
12 weeks + trackerA lifestyle plan and printable logs
Claudia Naomi (Nao), TCM practitioner and herbalist
Who wrote this

Claudia Naomi

Nao is a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner and herbalist based in Toronto, whose practice draws on TCM, traditional herbalism and Ayurvedic traditions. She wrote this series for women who have been handed a number and a prescription but never an explanation, and especially for women of African and diaspora heritage, whose bodies and kitchens are too often missing from health advice.

She also knows this from the inside. High blood pressure runs in her family, and her own reading once stood at 176/116. She took the medication she was given while her numbers were high, and she knew that was not how her story would end, so she studied and applied everything in these books. In her 40s, her reading is now 121/76, with normal cholesterol and blood sugar results. Her story is her own, not a promise of yours.

Her approach is simple: understand your body, work with your doctor, and use what's already in your kitchen with knowledge and respect.

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Kitchen Prescriptions

An A–Z of 53 spices, seeds, herbs and roots, from cinnamon and cumin to scent leaf, uda and baobab. Each entry tells you what it supports in the body, how to prepare it, and when to take care. Plus simple kitchen remedies for everyday needs.

  • Warming spices, seeds, green herbs, roots and teas
  • A chapter of African kitchen plants, with Yoruba, Igbo and Swahili names
  • 16 kitchen prescriptions: bloating, cough, cramps, sleep, nausea and more
  • Infusion, decoction, cold infusion and steam, explained
  • A "good-for" index to find what you need fast
  • A safety chart for pregnancy, medications and children
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From Nao's kitchen to yours

The Naomira shelf

Everything in the books can be made from your own kitchen. For the pieces that are hard to find or to make, Nao is preparing them for you: six products, coming soon.

Naomira 8-Seed Protein Granola pouch

8-Seed Protein Granola

The protein-first breakfast in every protocol: oats, almonds, cashews, pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, flax and hemp.

Naomira Rest evening magnesium butter jar

Magnesium Butter

The bedtime ritual from the nutrients chapter. Massage into calves, feet and shoulders to unwind.

Naomira Magnesium Bath and Foot Soak pouch

Magnesium Bath & Foot Soak

Magnesium flakes for a full bath or a basin for tired feet, 2–3 evenings a week.

Naomira Magnesium Oil foot spray bottle

Magnesium Oil Foot Spray

A few sprays on the soles of the feet before bed, as part of the evening wind-down from the nutrients chapter.

Naomira spice jars: Ceylon cinnamon, Chinese star anise, cardamom, milky oat tops and dried hibiscus

The Spice Shelf

Ceylon cinnamon, Chinese star anise, cardamom, milky oat tops, dried hibiscus and more, for anyone who can't find them locally.

Naomira herb jars: bay leaves, chamomile, lemon balm, nettle leaf and moringa leaf

The Herb Shelf

Bay leaves, chamomile, lemon balm, nettle leaf and moringa leaf: the leaves behind the teas and kitchen prescriptions in the books.

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The complete series

The Kitchen Pharmacy

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  • The Pressure Within blood pressure
  • The Sugar Signal blood sugar
  • Clear Channels cholesterol
  • The Belly Speaks insulin resistance
  • Kitchen Prescriptions free bonus · 53 spices & herbs
Get all five books

For anyone living with more than one of these, which is most of us. Start with Volume 4.

Or choose one book The Pressure WithinBlood pressure$7Buy → The Sugar SignalBlood sugar$7Buy → Clear ChannelsCholesterol$7Buy → The Belly SpeaksInsulin resistance$7Buy →
Questions

Before you start

Will these books replace my medication?

No. They help you understand your body and support it with food, spices and daily habits, alongside your doctor's care. Never stop or change medication on your own.

I'm on medication. Can I still follow them?

Yes, with your doctor's or pharmacist's knowledge. These spices work on the same pathways as many medicines, so they can add to their effect. Every book tells you which combinations to watch, such as hibiscus with blood pressure pills, or cinnamon with diabetes medicine, and to keep logging your readings.

Do I need special ingredients?

Almost everything is already in your kitchen or local grocery: cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, black pepper, garlic, bay leaves, cumin, cardamom, star anise, fennel, cloves, green tea. A few, like milky oats or hibiscus, are easy to find at health food or African grocery stores.

Which units do the books use?

Canadian units (mmol/L) with US units (mg/dL) alongside for blood sugar, and Canadian guideline ranges throughout.

Is this suitable in pregnancy?

Cooking amounts of these spices are fine for most people, but the therapeutic teas and supplements are not designed for pregnancy or breastfeeding. Speak with your care provider.

How do I receive the books?

As digital downloads straight after purchase, readable on any phone, tablet or computer, with printable trackers.