Sleep Well + Wake Up Rested with Ayurveda
What’s Keeping You Up at Night? Do you have trouble falling or staying asleep? When it comes to a good night’s rest, those of us who have trouble will try anything. However, you should be aware that sedatives, herbal or pharmaceutical, offer short-term symptomatic relief at best. The most common theory relating to sleep issues
How Fried Foods Affect Leaky Gut, IBS + Colon Health
Iron Deficiency? Restore Your Ferritin Reserves
Iron: World’s Most Common Mineral Deficiency Iron deficiency affects 25% of people worldwide! It is considered one of the most prevalent forms of malnutrition in the world1 and the most common mineral deficiency.4 In America, 20% of women and 50% of pregnant women are iron deficient.5 Sadly, adolescent girls are most vulnerable. In a 2017
092: Hormonology with Gabrielle Lichterman
October 7, 2019 | 61 minutes, 24 seconds Download Every once in a while, you read something so important, you just want to make sure everyone hears about it. Recently, I read the book 28 Days by women’s health journalist Gabrielle Lichterman, who sourced thousands of scientific studies to explain and verify what women feel
Why 74% of USA Reports Digestive Discomfort
¾ of USA Living with Digestive Discomfort A recent survey found that 74% of Americans are regularly experiencing gas, bloating, altered bowel function, and abdominal discomfort.1 According to the Mayo Clinic, if you’re in this group, medications are often prescribed to slow bowel function and relax digestion, antidepressants are suggested to calm the nervous system,
091: Ayurvedic Lifestyle + Psychology with Dr. John Douillard
If you are exhausted at the end of each day, fighting against the current, and using your weekends just to recover from your busy week, this podcast is for you!
10 Benefits of Chewing Your Food Thoroughly
Are you one of the 74% of Americans experiencing digestive distress? Luckily, simple techniques that everyone can do may go a long way in reversing this trend. The trend in the West is to eat fast, on the run—gobble and go while inhaling food. This, according to Ayurveda, is a very bad idea and linked
Squatting vs. Sitting: Science for the Perfect Poop
We Were Not Meant to Sit on Toilets Do you have easy, fast, comfortable bowel movements? Most people in our culture don’t. President Jimmy Carter was made infamous in a 1978 article in Time magazine discussing how the president had to miss a day of work due to hemorrhoids. President Carter’s doctor explained, “We were not
Top 5 Supplements Scientists Take
While researchers and scientists are not known for taking herbal or nutritional supplements, a group of journalists from Inverse queried six scientists to see what supplements, if any, they take on a regular basis.1 Five very important supplements were on top of their lists. TURMERIC The most common supplement taken by scientists is the Ayurvedic
Ayurvedic Weight Loss Guide: Fall Edition
End-of-Summer Weight Gain Have you noticed yourself starting to gain a few pounds of winter weight already? At summer’s end, nature dishes out a series of influences best described as a perfect storm for gaining weight. Let’s dissect this storm and look at some strategies to safely navigate unwanted pounds. Nature’s making a concerted effort
Surprising Stem Cell Research on Turmeric
Turmeric + Stem Cells If you follow LifeSpa, you probably know some of the amazing benefits of turmeric, one of Ayurveda’s favorite herbs. But there is some new research indicating that, alongside its other benefits, turmeric can also increase production of stem cells! Turmeric has been well documented to increase production of a brain and
Kapalabhati Breathing for Blood Sugar, Weight Loss + Brain Cleansing: the Science
Pranayama, Nitric Oxide + Stress Reduction As rising levels of stress are linked to ever-rising levels of chronic disease, researchers look to time-tested stress reducing techniques to break this cycle. Recently, more and more studies are published on the science of breathing, also called pranayama. The word prana means life force and ayama means to
