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Read well-researched articles describing the health benefits of many herbs, nutrients and natural supplements. Our goal is to take the herbal wisdom of the ancients and prove it with today’s modern science.

8 Foods for Gallbladder Sludge

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What is Bile Sludge? Gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy) is the number one elective abdominal surgery in America today, but problems may begin years before manifestation of biliary sludge, also known as gallbladder sludge or bile sludge.12 Bile sludge is when bile becomes thick and viscous and congests inside the gallbladder. The sludge is a collection

Reduce Glycation: Maintain Healthy Blood Sugar + Brain Function with this B Vitamin

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Blood Sugar, Glycation + AGEs The insidious rise of blood sugar levels has become an epidemic plaguing more than 100 million (or one in three) Americans. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), 90% of the population with rising blood sugars are not aware that they even have an issue!12 The result of rising

Astonishing Mind-Body Benefits of Vitamin D

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Seasonal Vitamin D Do you know how to optimize your vitamin D levels for every season? A growing body of knowledge shows that, at optimized levels, vitamin D functions as a hormone rather than a vitamin, with numerous notable effects on the body. Vitamin D Supports: Healthy immunity Healthy mood Targeted support for over 2,000

Stop Sugar Cravings with Gymnema

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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,

Vitamin C with Full-Spectrum Bioflavonoids: Surprising Benefits

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Where to Find Vitamin C For humans, consuming vitamin C is essential because we cannot make our own, like other mammals do. Therefore, consuming enough vitamin C is a requirement for optimal health. In summer, the abundance of fruits and vegetables makes this pretty easy. But in winter, fresh vitamin C-rich foods are scarce. While

Clean the Air + Fight Stress with Tulsi

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The Taj Mahal’s Air Pollution Solution We’re all aware that air pollution poses health risks, but few of us realize what a global threat air pollution actually is. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is now considered the world’s largest environmental health risk.1 In India, air pollution around the Taj Mahal had

How Circadian Rhythms Impact Your Microbes

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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

Balance Vata with Vitamin C + E from Amalaki

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Amalaki > Wheatgrass + Spirulina You’ve probably heard of the antioxidant power of wheatgrass and spirulina, right? But did you know that amalaki beats them both many times over in terms of vitamin C and E, both known antioxidants? A 2009 study compared vitamin C and E content of amalaki (aka Emblica officinalis or Phyllanthus

The Dark Side of Curcumin

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The Dark Side of CurcuminFacebook Live November 13, 2019 Whole Herb or Extract? Once again, science tells us the risks of using the turmeric extract curcumin, rather than whole turmeric root. Curcumin is just one of some 300 constituents in turmeric root. It makes sense that when you isolate one of turmeric root’s constituents, it

Top 10 Ayurvedic Life Hacks

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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

Do You Need a Multivitamin or a Multimineral?

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Mineral Deficiency In 1936, the Department of Agriculture wrote the first report on mineral deficiencies. It stated virtually all soils and 99% of people in the US were mineral deficient! The situation hasn’t gotten any better. With the start of pesticides and fertilizers in the 1940s, a 2001 report in the Journal of Complimentary Medicine

Combine Fish Oil + B12 for Lower Homocysteine Levels

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Fish Oil + B12: Better Together In a 2015 study, researchers measured effectiveness of combining fish oils and vitamin B12. They observed overall better health, reduced risk for systemic health issues, and increased longevity.1 B12 Deficiency Both nutrients are common deficiencies in the West. Vitamin B12 is a major deficiency for vegetarians, as there are

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