Do you feel burnt out at your job? Work-related stress can lead to tiredness, irritability, and lack of motivation. Studies suggest that 30-80% of American nurses and doctors are experiencing signs of burnout.1,2 3 Key Factors of Burnout Feelings of exhaustion. Feelings of cynicism, irritability, and detachment from the job. A sense of ineffectiveness and
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Your DNA and Adaptogenic Herbs
Adaptogenic herbs have been used for thousands of years to help the body cope with stress. Many have wondered about the exact mechanism by which these plants discern what we need to be more in balance. Research is now identifying a mechanism of how herbs may mitigate stress through quantum particles of light. Two of
Tulsi – Your Daily Adaptogen
Described as the most holy plant on earth in the ancient Vedic Puranas, tulsi is still revered today as holier than holy. For thousands of years, tulsi has been grown for spiritual purposes in the backyards of most Indian homes. Its branches are sanded into beads and worn to enhance spiritual progress. Its fragrance is
Nourish Your Microbiome: Seasonal Prebiotics for Your Ayurvedic Body Type
Prebiotic Foods for Healthy Digestion and a Healthy Microbiome I’m sure you know about probiotics. But do you know about the importance of prebiotic foods? Prebiotics are a class of food not broken down in the stomach or small intestine. Instead they find their way, undigested, into the colon, where they are gobbled up by trillions
The Stress-Lymph Connection: Balance Cortisol with Ayurveda
Lymphatic Damage Caused by Stress In today’s society, many folks find themselves with a hectic, never-ending, highly stressful to-do list that never seems to get shorter. It is rare to find a person who considers themselves “stress-free.” If left unchecked, consistent stress can have a devastating effect on the adrenals, your digestive microbes, your brain,
Get The Energy You Need to Sleep with Ashwagandha
Do you have trouble sleeping? It seems logical to assume that difficulty falling asleep is caused by excess energy. Based on this logic, sedation would offer a remedy. While sedatives do sometimes work, they often leave you groggy and foggy in the morning, or they just stop working over time. In this article, I make the
Foods + Thyroid: The Good, The Bad + The Ayurvedic Perspective (+ Recipes!)
Why do our thyroids need our support? The thyroid is perhaps the most sensitive organ in the body, especially when it comes to the environment. To make matters worse, in America, we are dumping some four billion environmental pollutants into the environment each year.1 Today, an estimated 20 million Americans suffer from thyroid conditions. A shocking
Raise Testosterone Naturally: An Ayurvedic Perspective
6 Ayurvedic Strategies for Oxidative Stress + Free Radicals
Ayurveda’s Strategies for Oxidative Stress What is oxidative stress? According to Healthline, it’s an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants. Free radicals are oxygen-containing molecules with an uneven number of electrons. The uneven number allows them to easily react with other molecules. Free radicals can cause large-chain chemical reactions because they react so easily with
How Circadian Rhythms Impact Your Microbes
What are Circadian Rhythms? Circadian rhythms are light-dark cycles, as old as the first life on Earth.1 All life, so it seems, had to be intimately connected to cycles of the sun to continue to evolve. One of the most important tenets of Ayurveda is living in sync with natural rhythms. Daily eating cycles, sleeping
Top 10 Ayurvedic Life Hacks
Ayurvedic medicine is rich in time-tested wisdom, backed by good science, which we would now call life hacks. Some of these ancient health-promoting strategies are on the top of my list to helps us live longer, healthier, and happier during our stay here on earth. Here are my top ten! Dr. John’s Top 10 Ayurvedic
Raise Testosterone Naturally with these Ayurvedic Herbs
Importance of Testosterone Did you know that testosterone is crucial for both men’s and women’s health? Read on to learn more! Testosterone Replacement in Men Sales of testosterone replacement drugs have surged more than 20-fold in response to studies linking low testosterone to a host of common maladies.5 Testosterone starts to decline in most men after 30, but accelerates
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