by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Apr 8, 2025 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
My teacher and mentor, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra, spent 20 years teaching me the fine art of Ayurveda. He made over 500 formulas for me to use in treating all the very difficult cases I see each and every day. So I am familiar with so many herbs that are used for...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Jan 10, 2025 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
When many of us think of detox, our mind goes straight to the use of milk thistle, dandelion tea or burdock root. If you are an Ayurvedic physician you would consider guduchi, kutki, neem and bhringraj, among others. Why Detox Is Different in the Modern Era These are...
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 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. Vaidya Mishra's Summer Prescription My teacher...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | May 5, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
Over the past several decades, a new phenomenon has arisen: we are becoming food averse, to the point that we are now avoiding all various classifications of food, and ultimately pushing ourselves into a corner where there is hardly any food left to eat. Let me...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Dec 1, 2022 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living
Nowadays people are so busy working and trying to take care of themselves and their families that they feel they are too busy to cook food. As a result, we see them consuming raw vegetables in different ways, which while they may look healthy, actually aren’t as...