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Late Summer Healthy Coconut Chutney
In Ayurvedic Medicine, every food, spice and drink you consume either improves or challenges the state of your health. The food choices you make are your medicines or they are your toxins. Particularly powerful remedies have a variety of uses … Continue reading
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Yogurt in Ayurveda
If you are often gassy, bloated, or suffer from indigestion AND you regularly consume yogurt, this article will change your life. Yogurt has gained popularity recently as a health/diet food because it often has a low fat, high protein and … Continue reading
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Spring Dinner Muffins (Yes, they’re green!!)
These Ayurvedic muffins are light, warm, nourishing and soothing; perfect for April days that feel stuck between Winter and Spring. They provide the six tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent. Eating from all six tastes helps to … Continue reading
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Done with Winter Indian Ginger Tea Cookies
Deliciously vegan, gluten-free, low-fat, low-calorie, nutrient dense Ayurvedic cookies to guide you happily through the darkest of winter. Continue reading
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Not Sick Soup
This one recipe combines traditional Ayurvedic herbs with Tom Yum, a classic Thai recipe. It is low fat, low calorie, low sodium, sugar free and vegan. Each ingredient is as beneficial as it is delicious. It lowers cholesterol, high blood pressure, regulates digestion, improves immune system, reduces inflammation and even has anti-microbial and stress reducing components. Continue reading
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Daikon Radish: Moving from Summer to Fall to Winter
The transitions from the big seasons to the little seasons are the most important times to be kind to the body and to support the digestive system; this means that September and March are great opportunities to take better care … Continue reading
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Water: The Simple Miracle
Try a few nourishing recipes from Indian medicine to keep you happy and healthy all summer. Healing Qualities of Water: Water represents soma, the nourishing, cooling quality that is associated with lunar energy. Water helps with digestion, prevents constipation, it … Continue reading
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Fennel Seeds: balance the stomach and the intestines
People either smile or frown when asked if they like that black licorice/anise/fennel taste. Perhaps knowing what fennel can do for your stomach will help brighten your impression of this amazing spice.
Spring to Summer Drink
As the Spring begins to settle in, help your body detox and rehydrate with Barley Tea. In Japanese culture it’s called Mugicha (moo-gi chah), in Korean culture, bori cha. In the states it’s often in that bag of “herbal coffee” … Continue reading
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Gentle Spring Detox with Triphala Herbs
Embrace the season with a gentle “Spring Cleaning” for your digestive organs with Triphala. Indian medicine tells us that a vast majority of diseases begin with stagnation in the digestive system. And during the winter, our bodies the ever devoted … Continue reading
Sweet Healthy Cookies for late winter
Late winter is the perfect time for nourishing foods that help us to feel warm, but is also a good time to start gently preparing the body for Spring. This super easy recipe includes oats and tahini, both of which … Continue reading
Detox with Herbal Water
When you’re feeling chilled, run down, or getting over a lingering cold or late night, replenish and restore with herbal water. In Indian nutrition it’s best to drink water either room temperature or warm to maximize your digestion and improve … Continue reading
Nourishing Winter Breakfast Recipe
This below recipe comes from www.joyfulbelly.com a wonderful site for tips, recipes and information on living an ayurvedic lifestyle. Cinnamon Oatmeal with Almonds & MilkServings: 1Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 10 minutes Warm, rustic, and nourishing, this oatmeal sticks to … Continue reading
Boost Immunity and Digestion with Spices
In traditional Indian medicine, spices are as much about flavor and enjoyment as they are therapeutic and medicinal. Each spice carries it’s own abilities to change the body’s chemistry, to heat or to cool, to increase digestive juices or to … Continue reading
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Holiday Gravy that IMPROVES digestion!!!
Yes, you read correctly! We all know that the holidays come with an endless parade of tempting treats filled with all the things we know we shouldn’t, really really shouldn’t but maybe just this once, and then why not seconds? … Continue reading
Allspice Helps Ease Transition into Fall
Allspice can help ease the body, mind and spirit from Summer to Fall As many of us reluctantly put away the summer and gear up for fall, it’s common to feel quiet, sluggish, anxious or even sad as we’re all … Continue reading
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Prevent Mesothelioma with Yoga and Nutrition This post is in conjunction with friends of mine who works to better educate people on Mesothelioma. More direct information can be found at: www.Asbestos.com What is Mesothelioma? Mesothelioma is a type of cancer … Continue reading
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Ghee: One of the best “Good Fats”
Ghee (clarified butter) is one of the healthiest foods to balance weight, mood, digestion and chronic ailments of all kinds. It is used in Ayurvedic medicine and cooking, inside and out. Health Benefits of Ghee: Aids weight loss (Stimulates … Continue reading
Natural Cures for Bug Bites
Some natural prevention and cures for summer bug bites: 1) Prevent bug bites by applying lavender oil or tea tree oil to yourself, you can also use citronella oil, all of which can be found in most natural stores, though … Continue reading
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Sleep Better
When your mind feels swamped with, “tomorrow i need to….why haven’t i already…oh! I forgot about that…” Try these 3 rituals to quiet the mind and get better sleep. 1) 30 Minutes before bed: Turn off the TV. Believe it … Continue reading