by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Feb 15, 2026 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living
Grounding mats have become very popular since books have been written about the usefulness of connecting ourselves back to the earth. It is best to plant your feet directly on the earth without shoes on because the rubber soles in the shoes prevent the absorption of...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Feb 2, 2026 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living, Treating Diseases
When I take on a new patient, they immediately describe to me their symptoms, and/or they give me the names of any and all diseases they may have been diagnosed with. Once they are done telling me all of these details, I immediately do two things. First, I ask many...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Jan 15, 2026 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
Avoiding gluten is so all-pervasive nowadays that it’s become quite commonplace for the vast majority of restaurants to offer gluten-free alternatives. So many people are giving up gluten and grains in general even if they don’t have celiac disease....
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Jan 1, 2026 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
Nowadays the vast majority of the United States and other developed countries are moving away from cow and goat’s milk and instead are turning towards the use of plant-based milks. There may be some reasons for the change-over, and there are some people who may...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Dec 16, 2025 | Ayurveda Blog, Food Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
Herbs and spices are used as medicine in Ayurveda. They each contain some agni, or digestive fire, and can therefore help you digest and assimilate the nutrients in your food. We use spices instead of the commonly used digestive enzyme formulas available in health...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Dec 1, 2025 | Healthy Living, Nutrition
Roughly 10% of the population will have a positive ANA titer, so it’s good to know exactly what that means and what you should do about it. What a Positive ANA Titer Means This is diagnosed on bloodwork and detects antibodies targeting the nucleus of certain...
