Spices aren’t used just for taste, but also have health benefits. Each spice has its own unique set of compounds which can be used for healing, in much the same way as we use herbs. But one of the most important spices you should be using and which has been studied in...
Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the United States. It accounts for 1/3 of all the deaths, which basically means 1 death every 40 seconds from heart disease even though so many people are on statin drugs to lower their cholesterol and are following...
When I was much younger food allergies were fairly rare. We had never heard of a gluten sensitivity or a tree nut allergy. Or a lactose intolerance. And yet nowadays they are at such epidemic levels that most restaurants offer all kinds of gluten-free entrees and the...
So, if you’ve been listening to some of my videos, or have read my thyroid book or heard me speak in a podcast or a lecture, you know by now that we live in a world in which we’ve allowed over 80,000 chemicals into our environment, in the form of air pollution, skin...
Modern medicine has recently discovered the benefits of a healthy gut micro biome using probiotics and yogurt cultures to keep the gut running smoothly. Many of the modern pharmaceuticals can destroy a large part of our beneficial bacteria in the gut — medicines such...
The Charaka Samhita, the foremost Ayurvedic text, states in sutra 27, verse 232, “out of all the oils fit for human consumption, ghee is the best to eat.” Let’s see why this is so. Ghee is clarified butter that has been used in India for thousands of years. It is made...
