Harvard Health recommends eating whole foods instead of taking expensive supplements to achieve nutritional balance and boost the immune system. In a report published in September 2016, Beverly Merz (Executive Editor, Harvard Women’s Health Watch) identifies 5 key micronutrients – vitamin…
Meditation for Academic Achievement
Can meditation improve test scores, attendance, student behavior, and emotional resilience? Sit in a high school Algebra I class on any given day of the week, and you are likely to witness students doing everything BUT math. Scrolling Instagram, snapchatting,…
food IS medicine – new evidence that diet alone can reverse Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Food IS medicine. And as Ayurveda tells us, diet is the foundation of health. In the first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Seattle Children’s Hospital have used diet alone to successfully bring active Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis into clinical remission. “For…
Melanoma incidence and mortality rates on the rise
In 2002, not long after her first child’s birth, Heather’s father was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. She watched as her dad fought cancer with cutting edge technology, surgery, and interleukin immunotherapy. Her father’s battle, and battle it was, lasted three…
nature heals
NATURE HEALS … We thrive in nature and feel better and healthier when we rely on whole food and herbs in order to help bring in the elements of nature into our daily lives. Interestingly, Japan did a study on…
could ancient remedies hold the answer to the looming antibiotic crisis?
Whole plant medicine, modern applications. #Ayurveda uses the synergistic wisdom of plants to heal suffering and cure disease – and has been doing so for eons. One researcher thinks the drugs of the future might come from the past: botanical…
safe, effective cancer therapy?
Recent attention to death rates of #cancer patients within 30 days of administration of chemotherapy have piqued the interest of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners seeking safe, effective treatment alternatives. Studies of wormwood Artemesia absinthium, known as #Indhana in the Ayurved…
food is medicine: increasing evidence regarding the crucial role diet plays in brain health
Food is medicine Scientists have developed a new evidence-based scale that rates animal- and plant-based foods that improve depressive symptoms. Research on this scale and on foods that help nourish the brain was presented at a standing-room-only session during the…
can ghee help with weight loss?
CAN GHEE HELP WITH WEIGHT LOSS? Not only is conjugated linoleic acid [CLA] considered beneficial to heart health but it has also been shown to help prevent weight gain and may even help with weight loss. According to a certain…
gut microbiome and buttermilk
Friday night, let’s talk gut microbiome! “These results are essential for disease studies. Parkinson’s disease, for example, is typically associated with a longer intestinal transit time, [Roots of Wellness Ayurveda comments: vata vitiation slows paristalsis, resulting in chronic constipation, which…