Episode 63: Can Water Be Healing? An Interview with Gerald Pollack, PhD, Award-Winning Water Scientist
We all know that water can be a liquid, solid, or a gas, but inside of our cells and in certain places in nature, there is a fourth phase of water. This phase is a gel state that is made up of hexagonal, crystal-like structures. This fourth phase of water discovered by my guest, Professor Gerald […]
5 Tips to Feel Great After Thanksgiving Dinner
It’s almost Thanksgiving! Here are a few tips to make sure you feel energetic and vibrant after all that Thanksgiving food. #1: Eat When the Fire is Hot One of the nice things about a Thanksgiving meal is that it is typically in the early afternoon–when the digestive fire burns the hottest! According to Ayurveda, […]
Occasional Migraines? Relief by Body Type
Migraines are pressure headaches, making them much different than tension headaches. They come as a result of vasodilation of the cerebral arteries which increases intracranial and arterial pressure, resulting in a pressure headache. A tension headache typically results when the muscles in the neck and shoulders tighten, usually due to stress clamping down on the […]
DIY Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis: What Your Tongue Says About Your Health
In Ayurveda, one of the primary investigative tools of practitioners for determining the state of one’s health is tongue diagnosis or evaluation of the tongue. The tongue is the very beginning of the digestive tract, which lumbers on for another 30 feet or so. Since we cannot see much beyond the mouth without some invasive […]
7 Days of Grace: Cultivating Gratitude
In life’s hustle and bustle, it’s easy to overlook the daily opportunities we all have to express our gratitude. Gratitude has been linked in many studies to an overall sense of well-being (1,2), but it is truly much more powerful than that! According to Ayurveda, an attitude of gratitude is the fuel for grace. When […]
Ayurvedic Lymph-Cleansing for Cellulite
Cellulite is a concern that affects some 80 percent of all females. (4) Cutting-edge research is suggesting cellulite is a consequence of alterations that develop in the lymphatic system that lead to an accumulation of substances in subcutaneous tissue. This can cause the accumulation of fluids and other substances in the cellular tissue and create […]
Agni: Diagnose and Ignite your Digestive Fire
According to Ayurveda, agni—which means “ignite”—is found all over your body, in every cell, your DNA, and in every living thing. Agni is the driving force of cellular energy from your mitochondria. Your sex drive, enzymes, and neurotransmitters would not exist if it were not for agni. Your mood, behavior, hunger levels, and even sleep […]
Episode 62: Resolving Emotional Eating – An Interview with Marc David, Institute for the Psychology of Eating Founder
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Ayurveda’s Solutions to Emotional Eating
Your sense of taste and smell is hard-wired to the emotional center of your brain, called the amygdala. We have all had the experience of smelling a fragrance and recalling a childhood memory, like the smell of brownies in the oven, or apple pie cooling on the counter. Staggering new research has brought new light […]
Blast Biofilm this Winter: New Tulsi Holy Basil Benefits
In Ayurveda, whenever an herb is given names like the “Queen of Herbs,” “The Incomparable One,” the “Elixir of Life” or the “Mother Medicine of Nature,” you know that the herb is special. The science on tulsi holy basil (Ocimum sanctum) is now revealing why this herb has been revered for so many thousands of […]
