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In this section, you’ll find articles discussing various facets of Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the science of life, and is about living your life in balance with your own nature as well as the natural cycles. It incorporates daily routines, exercise, diets, detox and herbal therapies to bring the body back into balance. Ayur means “life” and veda means “truth” – meaning that Ayurveda is ultimately the science of experiencing the truth of who you are. From an Ayurvedic perspective, this encompasses becoming less stressed, physically in balance and becoming emotionally free to be your most loving kind and joyful self.

How Does Ayurveda Address Viruses? Boost Antiviral Response with Neem + More

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How does Ayurveda think about viruses? According to Ayurveda, viruses fall into the category of krimi. Krimi are further categorized as raktaja krimi, which are carried in the circulatory system (lymph, veins, arteries), and purisaja krimi, which reside in the lower gut.1 So how did Ayurveda deal with krimi? Strategies aimed at addressing infestations of

Strengthen Your Lungs Now: Pratiloma Pranayama + Inspiratory Muscle Training

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Strengthen Your Lungs Now with this Amazing Breathing Exercise  With the world fighting a respiratory pandemic that will dramatically challenge the lungs and the ability to breathe, learning how to strengthen your breathing muscles may be a powerful preventative tool not to be overlooked. If 50% of elite athletes have diaphragmatic fatigue, then it is likely that all us us do.

Meat: the Good, the Bad + the Ayurvedic Perspective

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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

Ayurveda Explains Rise in Heart Disease among Middle-Aged in Healthiest Cities

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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

Copper + Immunity: Amazing Science

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  In Ayurveda, cooking with copper, drinking overnight first morning water out of copper cups, and scraping the tongue with copper tongue scrapers are daily practices that date back thousands of years. Copper for Infection Risk: Ancient Wisdom with Profound Science A recent study in the Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology followed 650

The Truth about Brahmi: Is it Safe for Your Liver?

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Does Brahmi Cause Liver Damage? I have received numerous emails about the safety of an herb called brahmi (Centella asiatica), aka gotu kola. This herb is not to be confused with the south Indian herb bacopa (Bacopa monnieri), also sometimes called brahmi. Let me assure you that brahmi (Centella asiatica) is perfectly safe. Read on

Raise Testosterone Naturally: An Ayurvedic Perspective

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Do You Have Low Testosterone? It’s hard to listen to the radio and not hear an ad for men with low testosterone, driving them to their local “Low T” Center. The problem is real: 5% of males aged 40–50 and as many as 70% over 70 may have low testosterone, or what is officially called

How Does Pranayama Work? The Science of Breath Retention (Kumbhaka)

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Breath Retention / Intermittent Hypoxia Breath retention, called kumbhaka in Ayurveda and yoga, is considered the most important aspect of pranayama or yogic breathing techniques.2 While it’s a practice that takes time to learn, research shows intermittent hypoxia (aka not having enough oxygen for short periods of time) has numerous side benefits, including neuroplasticity, stem

How to Detox Digestive + Emotional Ama (Toxins) Ayurvedically

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Detox Physical + Mental Ama Sadly, a recent survey found 74% of Americans experience digestive health concerns.1 Are you one of them? Digestive concerns may be more important that you think. Ayurveda says 85% of health concerns originate as digestive imbalance. Analyze + Treat Physical Ama According to Ayurveda, the result of poor digestion is

Dr. John’s Free Ayurvedic eBook Roundup

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Dive Deep in 2020 with One of Dr. John’s Free eBooks Every day, I’m asked to go deeper into a particular subject. I do my best to write articles and shoot videos in response to these requests. Along the way, in an attempt to make the information easier to grasp and spare you the hassle

You CAN Detox Your Body: Research Supports Ayurvedic Cleansing

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While many detoxification programs seem to make up for lack of research with great packaging, testimonials, and marketing, this does not mean all detoxification programs are bogus, as some experts claim. In fact, the benefits and effectiveness of cleanses are well-documented. In this article, I highlight only a few of the studies suggesting the effectiveness

Breath Retention + Pranayama: the Performance-Enhancing Effects (EPO, Stem Cells, Nitric Oxide + More!)

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Superhuman Effect of Breath Retention Who would think it possible that a simple breathing practice could induce your body to produce regenerative stem cells, nitric oxide (the Nobel Prize-winning “panacea molecule”), and EPO (the performance-enhancing molecule that carried Lance Armstrong to seven Tour de France victories)?! Modern science backing these ancient breathing techniques is in.

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