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Average Reading Time: 1 minute and 40 seconds Earth Day is Saturday, April 22nd this year… what can you do to show your love for our planet? Aren’t we lucky to be on a beautiful planet with seasons that are perfectly designed to support all life? This Earth Day, let’s show some appreciation for this […]
Average Reading Time: 6 minutes and 28 seconds Choosing the right foods to eat has become extremely complex, controversial and confusing for most people. With promises coming from every angle of the food pyramid, from paleo to vegetarian to vegan to being gluten and dairy-free, making healthy food choices has become more confusing than ever! […]
Average Reading Time: 4 minutes and 10 seconds In nature, the shift from winter (the end of the annual cycle) to spring (the beginning of the annual cycle) is perhaps the most important transition of the year. At this time, the weather, harvests, and microbes are making dramatic changes. For example, winter microbes that are […]
Average Reading Time: 3 minutes and 18 seconds Ayurveda suggests that fruit should be eaten alone, yes, it’s true! That said, this is more of a guideline than a strict rule. Let me explain… If we think in terms of an ancestral diet, where we naturally ate seasonally and geographically, we would all be eating […]
March-June Why Eat Seasonally? When we adjust our diet and lifestyle to match the season, health-promoting digestive microbes dramatically change. Spring microbes support balanced immunity, digestion, mood, energy, blood sugar, weight, sleep – and much more. Spring is also associated with the qualities of ‘Kapha,’ which are heavy, cold and oily. To stay balanced, focus […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 7 seconds In 2002, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found sufficient evidence that carrying excess weight was linked to increased risk of five major cancers: colon, breast, uterine, esophagus and kidney. A 2016 report from the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine there are eight more […]
Average Reading Time: 7 minutes and 20 seconds According to Ayurveda, calming and soothing the nervous system is a requirement for the maintenance and balancing of one’s health. There are numerous time-tested strategies to calm and soothe the nervous system that I will discuss in this article. Stress of all kinds, whether it is mental, […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 41 seconds It is hard to ignore the fact that seasonal foods have been feeding us since the beginning of our evolution and, as a result, our health depends greatly on a diet that changes with each season. We have compelling evidence that suggests that microbes in the soil, […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 32 seconds According to Ayurveda, the prostate is a pitta organ, which means it is prone to inflammation. Other pitta organs on the body are the skin, eyes, liver, stomach and the small intestines. Ayurveda says that if you eat a lot of hot or spicy foods, pitta can […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 48 seconds Emerging research is suggesting that the microbes on each plant offer benefits to the plants in terms of growth, immunity and phytochemistry and, in turn, the plants offer many such benefits to the microbes in a symbiotic relationship. (13) If 90% of the cells in the human […]
Average Reading Time: 2 minutes While walnuts (Juglans regia L) are a fall harvested tree food with nutrient-rich deliverables that are ideal for winter, their overwhelming health benefits should nominate them for a year-round source of protein, healthy fats and phytonutrients. Rich In Omega 3’s As most nuts are primarily mono-saturated fats, walnuts are loaded […]
Average Reading Time: 1 minute and 43 seconds Copenhagen’s famed restaurant, Noma, was voted “The Best Restaurant in the World” by Restaurant Magazine in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Their chefs created a diet called the New Nordic Diet, which is based on seasonal and traditional Nordic cuisine. The diet was rich in seasonal and sustainable […]
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