Articles on Ayurveda
Insights, remedies, and Ayurvedic wisdom from Dr. Teitelbaum.
Tips to Lower Your Risk of Cancer
Patients always ask me if there is a cure for cancer. The answer is that the best cure is preventing it in the first place. Here are some tips to prevent cancer. Don't ever: Put chemical bug sprays like Deet on your skin. The skin immediately absorbs whatever...
Fungal and Other Skin Infections
Here's an important fact: the skin has friendly bacteria just like the gut! Like in the gut, one of the many functions of the skin’s microbiome is to prevent infections. This is important because the skin is teeming with all kinds of microorganisms, and the...
Life Stages and Nutrition: Infants
I would like to share some gems of nutritional/clinical knowledge based on my experience in treating patients from all stages of life. First, let's discuss the nutrition and infants. Keep in mind that while doctors do amazing work in the realms of surgery, diagnosing...
Prevent and Treat Recurring UTIs
When someone presents with a urinary tract infection (UTI) antibiotics are usually given. What may happen in many cases is that the antibiotics will deplete the specific strains of friendly bacteria in the bladder. Since the friendly bacteria prevent...
Tips to Keep Your Brain Healthy Into Old Age
Here are a few simple tips to integrate into your daily life to enjoy optimal brain health well into old age. Always: Eat ghee: it's the number one most nourishing food for the brain. Do an oil massage to the scalp: the oil sinks in, both nourishing and lubricating...
Signs of Adrenal Fatigue and How to Address It
The adrenal glands are responsible for our “fight or flight” response to stress. When stress is prolonged and the adrenals are forced to work overtime, they can become exhausted, leading to what is commonly called adrenal fatigue or adrenal weakness. Hans Selye, a...
Case History: Recurrent Uveitis
Uveitis is an inflammation of the eye. In this case, it occurred in the iris, and is therefore called Iritis. Treatment consists of steroid drops to the eyes. However, it is important to always think outside the box, go deeper, and find the underlying cause to prevent...
How Important is Vitamin K2?
Vitamin K2 is one of the most recent ones to be discovered. It wasn’t even formally classified until 2006 and is so interesting to study! It has the ability to place calcium where it belongs - in the bones and teeth - and keep it from places where it does not...
Ojas vs Ama
As I watched my beautiful new grandson breastfeed recently, I noticed how his face took on a beautiful glow after eating. This is because breast milk immediately makes Ojas in the body. When we eat food, if we have excellent digestion, and the food is very pure...
Mishra Modernizes Ayurveda
It's been over two years since my teacher, Dr. Rama Kant Mishra's passing. I, along with Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D. from John's Hopkins and Stanford, were fortunate enough to have been the first doctors he trained after he came here from India in the late 1990's. During...
Simple Tips to Avoid Osteoporosis
Every day I see patients who were recently diagnosed with either osteopenia or osteoporosis. My new book Healing the Thyroid With Ayurveda will delve more deeply into the subject because thyroid problems can contribute to bone loss. There are numerous factors that...
Inflammation and the Food We Eat
Let's now look at inflammation, the food we eat, and hardening of the arteries. Inflammation and the hardening of the arteries occur together. Certain foods and drinks cause inflammation in the walls of the arteries. Once inflammation sets up, your body mounts an...