#63 Ghee - The Ultimate Superfood
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By Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
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#62 Top 25 Health Benefits of Amla, a Divine Ayurvedic Fruit
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#61 Tulsi, A Divine Ayurvedic Plant
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Tulsi is regarded as a divine plant in ayurveda. It is loaded with medicinal properties, particularly for the physical and vibrational heart, the skin, and the lungs, as attested in the Charak Samhita, the millennia-old Sanskrit text that Vaidya reads and translates during the session. It is also a mandatory feature in any Krishna temple, in India and across the world, where live Tulsi plants are grown in dedicated areas of the temple. This lecture by Vaidya Ramakant Mishra is part of the video seminar "Dravya Guna - Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia", a once-in-a-lifetime series of conferences held at...
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#60 The Deep Sanskrit Meaning of Trupti
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In this live seminar, Vaidya Ramakant Mishra explains the profound significance of the word "Trupti" as it relates to the vibrational energy of nature, highlighting the millennia-old understanding of Prana recorded in the form of sacred chants in the ancient scriptures. Vaidya also elaborates on the impact of that energy on our health and modern lifestyle. Some topics covered (with approximate timecode) are: 1) Soma craving for emotional reasons (24:00) 2) Hierarchy of tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent (37:00) 3) Advice on eating with mental focus on the meal and...
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#59 - A Deep Dive into the Vital Factors for Maintaining an Alkaline pH
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By Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
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#58 - Achieving Alkaline pH_ Why Your Diet is Only Half the Battle
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By Dr. Marinne Teitelbaum
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#57 Ayurveda and Dharma
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By Dr. Melina Takvorian-Mishra
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#56 Medicines' Side Effects
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Dr. Teitelbaum discusses the side effects of medicines used to treat common illnesses, which can, in the long run, create complications worse than the medical conditions they were intended to alleviate. The list includes natural treatment alternatives to substitute: Birth control pill Use of antibiotics to treat acne Use of antibiotics for ear infections in babies Medicines to strengthen the bones Antidepressants Acid reflux prescriptions Cholesterol drugs
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#55 Minerals and Metals in Ayurveda - Iron
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Even in these modern times of technology and scientific research, contemporary literature can hardly rival the abundant and detailed ancient texts of Ayurveda in matters that regard the effects of metals on human physiology. In this episode, Vaidya Mishra sheds light on a key metal, iron, and its effects on our body.
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#54 Marine Salt vs Soma Salt
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While we worry about pesticides, colorants, preservatives, and other harmful chemicals in our food, antibiotics and vaccines in meats, very few people are aware of the health-deteriorating effects of microplastics in table salt. As a result of decades of trash dumping in our oceans, plastic bottles, bags, and other manufactures shred into very tiny fragments that we end up ingesting with the salt. They are a well-known factor in sterility and many other disorders/illnesses in our physiology. An alternative to marine salt, the Himalayan salt, also referred to as pink salt, has always been...
info_outlineSome five decades ago, the word cholesterol became a household term and the bad guy to blame for all our illnesses and health misfortunes. Heart attacks, Alzheimer’s disease, high blood pressure, you name it. As research progressed, decades later we began to hear: “But wait, there is good cholesterol too”. At present time, Western medicine is discovering that the serial killer known as cholesterol was innocent of most charges while doctors’ dietary recommendations and prescriptions to keep the assassin low caused ravages in the health of two generations depleting the human brain of indispensable fat substances that led to all kinds of physiological imbalances responsible for life-long medical conditions and death.
All you need to know about cholesterol, which could have saved countless lives should the West have known what has been common ayurvedic knowledge for millennia, is presented in this episode.