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Healing Foods that Look Like Body Parts.

3/28/2013

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Ever notice that grapes look just like alveoli? Interestingly enough, it is written in the Ancient Ayurvedic texts that grapes are good for strengthening the respiratory system, especially good for treating patients with asthma and bronchitis. Like many Ayurvedic theories, modern research has since proven this to be true, they have discovered that resveratrol, found in the skins of red grapes can help treat Athsma and COPD. This is just one example of the many foods that have an uncanny resemblance to the human body parts they nourish. Have you ever really looked at a walnut? It looks exactly like a human brain!  It is no surprise that walnuts have also been mentioned in the Ayurvedic texts as beneficial for the brain tissue. Next time you peel that banana, or slice open that avocado, think about what body part it might benefit and do some research, you'll be amazed at what you find!
Click here to see more examples of foods that look like the body parts they help to nourish.
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Health and Honey 

3/18/2013

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Raw honey is a wonderful natural medicine to help prevent springtime allergies!  According to Ayurveda, excess kapha (earth and water)  and Ama (toxicity) in the body are the two main contributing factors to seasonal allergies. Just a spoonful of honey in the morning can help to remove excess kapha and ama because honey has specific qualities that have mild scraping action on the body. Just make sure you are not heating the honey by adding it to tea or hot water. According to Ayurveda, honey that has been heated becomes mildly toxic because it creates a sticky glue like substance in the body. Raw honey can be found at your local Natural Foods store or Farmer's Market. (Please note: Honey should never be given to infants under the age of 12 months old.)

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  • Recipes
    • Kitchari
    • Spiced Milk
    • Green Mung Bean Soup
    • Opo Squash
    • Ginger Lemon Turmeric Tonic
    • Homemade Almond Milk
    • Cardamom Basmati Rice
    • Red Lentil Dahl
    • Taakra- A Digestive Tonic
    • Coconut Cardamom Stuffed Dates
    • Coconut Spiced Butternut Squash Soup
    • Sweet and Spicy Rice Porridge
    • Roasted Fennel
    • Stuffed Delicata Squash
    • Coconut Spiced Sweet Potato Fries
    • Cilantro Garlic Chutney
    • Avocado Mint Cucumber Salad
  • Book Appointment
    • Meet Britt
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    • Pitta- Fire and Water
    • Kapha- Earth and Water
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