Ayurvedic oil pulling is an important part of Ayurvedic daily routine practices that support and maintain good health. Oil-pulling benefits are...
Oil Pulling: All You Need To Know About Interesting Benefits & Side Effects
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Yogurt: Ayurveda Health Benefits + How To Make Homemade Yogurt AND Digestive Lassi
Yogurt is Amla Rasa (sour taste) in Ayurveda. It undergoes sour taste conversion after digestion. Ayurveda recommends homemade yogurt in cases of...
Pitta Kapha Diet: Everything You Need To Know
Here we’ll discuss a Pitta Kapha pacifying diet along with a sample menu and Ayurveda-approved recipes for Pitta-Kapha...
Vata Pitta Diet: Everything You Need To Know
A Vata Pitta diet can be a bit confusing. Vata and Pitta doshas are opposite in nature. If you’re a Vata Pitta type, how do you cater to both...
Pitta Vata Diet: Everything You Need To Know
A Pitta Vata diet can be a bit confusing. It might be interesting for you to know though, that the dual prakriti (body type) is the commonest form...
Rice in Ayurvedic Diet: White Rice, Brown Rice & The Best Types for Your Dosha
In Sanskrit, there are myriad words for rice describing their many states of being, presentation, and consumption. One common word is अन्न, “anna,”...
Healthiest Vegetables For Fall, according to Ayurveda
To choose the healthiest vegetables for fall, divide the season into two parts. Early fall represents the Indian summer with moderately warm days. Late fall represents the colder part of the season that is slowly welcoming winter. Fall is definitely a very romantic season. And yet, it is a crucial one because it’s associated with …
5 Yummy Health Foods For Stress And Anxiety
As many causes as there are for stress and anxiety, there are as many remedies around to tackle it, from foods for stress and anxiety to supplements and body therapies. While it is foolish to hope for a life only with highs, the important thing is to learn to manage the lows. In this age …
Date Balls Recipe
Ingredients: 1 oz Sunflower seeds 1 oz Coconut 8 (4 oz) Pitted Medjool* dates For Vata dosha and Pitta-Kapha dosha: 1 oz Walnuts For Pitta dosha, Pitta-Vata dosha and Vata-Pitta dosha: 1 oz Pumpkin seeds Recipe: Blend the nuts and seeds in a food processor for about two minutes until they change into a smooth nut butter. We’re …
37 Tips to Fight Inflammation Caused By Pitta Dosha
Pitta, a combination of the fire and water elements has the qualities of being hot, sharp, penetrating, oily, light, spreading, and liquid. Let’s...
The Top 5 Healing Spices, Ayurvedic Superfoods
Spices are considered medicine within Ayurveda, the traditional medical system of India. You may associate them with meat rubs for barbecue or the occasional curry but you may not realize what a profoundly positive effect they could have on your health. Spices are the most nutrient-dense and antioxidant-rich foods on the planet. As a Harvard-trained M.D., I integrate …
An Ayurvedic Guide To Oral Health Care
Just like any body system or organ, Ayurveda has its individualistic approach in looking at oral health, the health of the mouth. This is further...
The Belch Diet: Eating the Perfect Amount at Every Meal
Let me clarify right away that this “belch diet” will not get you banished from any dinner table. It is not an invitation to make loud burps or...
9 Reasons to use Honey Every Day
Honey every day! I’ve had a love affair with honey since childhood. Growing up, my parents bought fresh honey directly from the beekeeper in big...
10 Ways to Increase Your Immunity
The immune system is one of the most essential systems of the human body. It is extremely important that people maintain the immune system properly to lead a healthy and fit life. The immune system is defined as that system of the human body which fights off pathogens from attacking the human body. A good, …