Obesity & Yerba Mate

Obesity & Yerba Mate

A study assessed yerba maté for its potential effects on weight loss, obesity-related biochemical markers, and the regulation of fat tissue gene expression in obese mice induced by diet. The findings showed that yerba maté treatment significantly reduced weight gain...
SUCRALOSE (SPLENDA) CAN MAKE YOU OBESE

SUCRALOSE (SPLENDA) CAN MAKE YOU OBESE

SUCRALOSE (SPLENDA) CAN MAKE YOU OBESE Artificial sweeteners are awfully popular! They taste sweet and have few or no calories whatsoever! You have a 12-ounce can of sugar-rich soda with 150 calories or a zero-calorie diet soda in front of you. What are you going to...
RADIATION AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE

RADIATION AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE

RADIATION AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused the largest nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Citizens were concerned about radiation exposure, panic spread to North America. People were concerned about airborne radiation and...
OILS AND LOTIONS: WHAT DOES YOUR SKIN WANT?

OILS AND LOTIONS: WHAT DOES YOUR SKIN WANT?

Oils & Lotions – What does your skin want? There are so many skin care products on the market now, it can be overwhelming. The products claim various purposes, making it easy to have several lotions and creams on one’s vanity table. However, are all of these...
HOW TO HEAL YOUR HEART, THE NUMBER ONE KILLER

HOW TO HEAL YOUR HEART, THE NUMBER ONE KILLER

HOW TO HEAL YOUR HEART, THE NUMBER ONE KILLER The word ‘courage’ in the English language is derived from the latin word ‘cor’, which means heart. In our culture, we use phrases like “it takes heart” to describe the courageous quality of achieving something...
GUT FLORA CAN MAKE YOU HEALTHY OR SICK

GUT FLORA CAN MAKE YOU HEALTHY OR SICK

Gut Flora (Microbiome) can make you healthy or sick As humans we share our lives with 100 trillion organisms. Merely 10% or 10 trillion of the cells in human body are human. For each living cell, there are 10 living bacteria which help us carry out functions we could...
AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE ON MENOPAUSE

AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE ON MENOPAUSE

Ayurvedic Perspective on Menopause Menopause is the golden age for women. It is the time when the body has yet another transformation into a powerful state. It is a natural process that occurs in women around the age of 50, though it may occur as early as 40 years or...
BREAST CANCER AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE

BREAST CANCER AND AYURVEDIC MEDICINE

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women in the U.S. It is the second most frequent cause of cancer death (41,000 deaths per year) 11. According to National Cancer institute, a woman’s lifetime risk of developing cancer is 1 in 8. In 2007, the...
BEDSIDE MEDICINE

BEDSIDE MEDICINE

  ‘Bedside Medicine’ – a Lost art in High Tech Medicine A doctor’s bedside manner is key to the delivery of high-quality patient care. Patients are often fearful and anxious. It is the doctor’s job to calm their fears and offer hope. A physician’s manners and...