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Many factors can lead to weight management issues. A wealth of well-referenced articles explore herbs, exercise, lifestyle, and behavior changes that may help balance weight naturally, as well as the impact of chronic mental and emotional stress on the body’s ability to maintain optimal weight. Please download our free Weight Balancing eBook to get your Ayurvedic guide to optimal weight.
What Should We Eat? Diet wars keep raging as we humans try to solve one of our most controversial issues: what should we eat? In a recent study, a diet strikingly similar to what is suggested in Ayurveda has been found to dramatically lower risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke, the second leading cause of
Is Meat Really Back on the Menu? We’ve all heard we should stop eating meat, and also that we should eat more meat! What are we to believe? A controversial study suggesting new dietary guidelines around meat was recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine, suggesting there was low evidence that red meat or processed
Apparently, heart disease is on the rise! The Wall Street Journal analyzed rising rates of heart disease among middle-aged Americans (between 45 and 64), finding some of the healthiest places, like Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Greeley, Colorado, saw some of the highest death rates from heart disease, with a rise of nearly 25% in 2015-2016, compared to 2010-11.1
The Calorie Theory One of the most common and accepted theories regarding weight loss is the calorie theory, in which your weight loss/gain is dependent on calorie intake versus expenditure. While this theory does make up a large piece of the weight loss pie, I wish it were that simple. The major flaw in this
Do You Know about Sugar Alcohols? Do you experience nagging digestive issues like bloating, gurgling, tummy aches, and occasional bouts of loose bowels? The culprit might not be wheat, dairy, nuts, seeds, beans, or other hard-to-digest foods. The problem might be that so-called healthy sweetener you’ve been using lately. No, I am not talking about
Your New Favorite Winter Superfood Looking for a yummy way to improve your health? Olive oil researcher Mary Flynn at Brown University found that just adding 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) to your diet each day can change your health. Flynn says, “Published studies show that no other food comes close to extra
Is Cholesterol Good or Bad? Is cholesterol good or bad? The medical establishment continues to argue over it. The unresolved issue is whether saturated fat (high in cholesterol) is evil. To answer this, it might help to understand cholesterol’s role in health, and how it can turn bad. Cholesterol is essential for life and is
Brown Fat vs White Fat Did you know that we each have two types of fat? One is beneficial, while the other is harmful. These two primary types of fat cells are called brown and white. Brown fat cells are primarily found in newborns and leaner individuals. These cells are rich in energy-making mitochondria and
Our Ancestors: Fruit + Famine Once upon a time, about 26 million years ago, apes in Africa lived in a flourishing tropical garden, where their next meal, likely some ancient version of a banana, was just a few feet away. They were mostly fruitarians, and they had a special enzyme that helped metabolize fruit as
Wired for Sweet For 10,000 years, humans have been infatuated with sugar. Since the first sweet taste of mother’s milk some two million years ago, our early ancestors established a strong brain-gut neural pathway that the sweet taste was safe and happy. It also gave them energy, and the more of it they could forage,
How is Your Holiday Diet? With holidays around the corner, chances are you’ll be indulging in excess food, snacks, and alcohol, while watching your blood sugar, cholesterol, and unwanted winter weight rise. Several studies suggest between the first week of November and first week of January there is significant increase in weight gain and obesity
