by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Sep 8, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living
Many people I see tell me they have a food addiction, or they may crave sweets. They try to discipline themselves to eat less food or to avoid sweets, but sooner or later they end up breaking their diet and binging on the sweets or overeating the food, even healthy...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Aug 30, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living
Acids are solutions and liquids that are below a pH of 7.0 and anything above a pH of 7.0 is considered alkaline. It’s important to keep the body’s fluids, such as saliva, urine and blood, on the alkaline side. The normal pH range for saliva is 6.2 to 7.6. The pH of...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Aug 25, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living
Lauki squash comes under many different names, such as doodhi, bottle gourd, long squash and many others. It is a light green squash — you need to peel it and chop the squash into one-inch cubes before cooking it. My teacher and mentor Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra used to...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Aug 16, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
Ashwagandha is one of the most widely used herbs in all of Ayurveda since it is one of the best herbs to help you deal with stress, which is rampant nowadays. However, the ancient doctors said that since they couldn’t foresee what would happen in the future they were...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Aug 9, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
Edgar Cayce, considered to be America’s greatest 20th century psychic, gave more than 14,000 psychic readings while in hypnotic trances. He was considered the father of Western holistic medicine since he could diagnose illnesses while at the same time prescribe...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Jun 16, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living
The term “pH” stands for “the potential of hydrogen,” which is the measure of the hydrogen ion in solution affecting the acidity vs. the alkalinity of the body’s tissues and fluids. The pH is measured on a scale from 0 to 14 with 7 being considered neutral. Anything...
