Tumeric is a spice found in traditional Indian cooking and in most grocery stores, recognizable for its deep orange-yellow color. What you may not know is that it is also a potent herb, and recent research has shown the benefits of Tumeric to be quite astounding – from anti-inflammatory effects, enhancing weight loss and preventing [...]
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Seasonal Allergies No More
October 7, 2010 – 1:25 PM
This year has been a tough one for allergy sufferers in NYC, as environmental allergens have been at an all time high. If you are suffering with chronic seasonal allergies, acupuncture and herbs have some wonderful solutions for your symptoms – without the nasty side effects. While many over-the-counter allergy medications can help people through [...]
Health Nut Carrot Cake
September 20, 2010 – 8:18 AM
There is nothing more delicious that a big piece of carrot cake! While carrots have such a great source of vitamins and minerals, the truth of the matter is that all the butter, oil, sugar and cream cheese frosting make this vegetable’s nutritional content minimal when baked into a delectable dessert. So, I adapted this [...]
A Weekend With Ina May
September 13, 2010 – 8:50 AM
For Labor Day this year, I decided to take a road trip with a couple of amazing women to visit a long-time inspiration and hero of ours: Ina May Gaskin. For those of you who are not familiar with Ms. Gaskin, she is a world-renowned midwife known for her work in maintaining humane childbirth practices, [...]
Slow Medicine
September 1, 2010 – 1:00 PM
Various aspects of life and industry have begun to adopt a Slow Movement policy to yield sustainable quality and equitable results. The principle foundation of “Slow” is to counter the “hurry up!” mentality of modern society and help bring awareness back to the present moment. Fast food, fast life, non-sustainable farming and the eroding of [...]
Blueberry Season
August 23, 2010 – 9:16 AM
It is that time of year again – where fresh berries are in season, ready to pick and finally an affordable food choice in local grocery stores on the East Coast. Blueberries are a powerful source of antioxidants and vitamins, bursting with flavor and health benefits. After spending a weekend in Western Mass picking my [...]
Cooling Summer Recipes
August 2, 2010 – 6:57 AM
During the hot summer months, foods with a cooling nature will help to keep your system from over-heating and prevent dehydration. Two particularly wonderful foods for this are cucumbers and watermelon, which (despite their very different flavor palate) are actually from the same family of melon plant species. Both supply a refreshingly high water content [...]
Vitamin D
July 29, 2010 – 7:41 AM
It is by far the most-talked about vitamin this year – with growing research proving that a Vitamin D deficiency can cause not only calcium deficiency (which can lead to osteoporosis), but other serious illnesses and hormone imbalances. So why all the fuss now? A study done in 2007 found a whopping 50% of women [...]
The Mind Body Connection
July 19, 2010 – 8:53 AM
Life is an incredible journey, with plenty of ups and downs and in-betweens to navigate along the way. Sometimes it is easy to forget that at the end of the day, all of our emotions, our thoughts, our nutrition, our interactions with others, our work, the amount of sleep we get (or don’t get) -all [...]