Ancient Wisdom meets Modern ScienceAyurveda + Natural Health News
In an article called, “The Most Important Half Inch of the Body,” included in this section, I discuss how undigested foods can irritate the gut and cause congestion of the intestinal villi, resulting in lymphatic congestion and hypersensitivities. Instead of taking the hard to digest foods out of the diet, let’s reboot the digestive strength that you were always meant to have.
December 3, 2019 | 49 minutes, 31 seconds Download Natural Healing By now, we’ve all heard of the healing properties of nature, like the healing magic of a walk through the woods! Ayurveda described the benefits of nature thousands of years ago. More recently, in the 1980s, a Japanese practice became popular called shinrin-yoku, which […]
Bob Quinn is an organic ancient grain farmer In Montana. He has been farming organic khorasan (kamut) wheat for more than 30 years and has inspired many farmers to transition to organic farming.
Do You Eat Fried Food? For most health-conscious people, fried food has been on the do not eat list for decades. When I ask my patients how they feel after eating a fried or greasy meal, the most common response is, “I don’t know; I never eat that stuff.” When I drill down and ask […]
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, […]
What should we eat? In my search to answer what should be a very simple question, I have interviewed best-selling diet authors David Perlmutter, MD, author of Grain Brain, John McDougall, MD, author of The Starch Solution, Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones, and this week’s podcast is with fitness and longevity expert Ben […]
Have you ever wondered why so many religions have fasting holidays in the spring? While Lent, Ramadan, and Passover encourage fasting or calorie restriction, Mother Nature is encouraging the same. When we look outside and see what’s being harvested, the choices are austere.
What did you cook your dinner in last night? Olive oil? Butter? Canola oil? Lard? There is a lot of confusion around which oils are best for cooking. But with the help of some surprising new research, I can help you get on the right track. Saturated, Polyunsaturated + Monounsaturated First, let me explain the […]
Average Reading Time: 4 minutes and 36 seconds At first glance, the case being made against gluten seems quite compelling. Many people feel bloated, tired, heavy and dull after eating it… so it must be bad for you, right? I am not suggesting you eat wheat or dairy if they make you feel horrible, but […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 50 seconds There are many foods that have either natural opioids or trigger an opioid-like response in the body that most people eat daily. The question is whether these are foods that we should be avoiding, or did Mother Nature put those opioids in foods so that we will […]
Average Reading Time: 4 minutes and 22 seconds The multi-billion dollar gluten-free industry is fueled by books, blogs and gluten-free products all suggesting that gluten is the new poison rather than a protein. After 30-plus years of practice dedicated to gaining a better understanding of digestive health, I found that solely removing wheat and dairy […]
By now we have all been sufficiently confused about the merits and dangers of soy. Ancient writings from China suggest that the soybean was traditionally considered unfit for human consumption. The reason may be that the soybean is uniquely endowed with certain toxic anti-nutrients that are extremely hard to digest. As a result, soy is […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 8 seconds For years, I have been very suspicious of allergy testing methods, because I would often see patients come in with a laundry list of foods they were told to avoid for the rest of their life. Then, six months later, the same allergy test would reveal a […]
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