Category: Diet

Ayurveda Udvartana

August 12, 2010 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Ayurveda and Yoga Practice, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Education, General info, Misconceptions about Ayurveda, Sankhya, shirodhara, Theory of Ayurveda, Uncategorized
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Udvartana means to elevate or to promote. In India, this treatment was done on brides before the wedding. Excellent for reducing edema, lymph drainage, rosacea, eczema, or any pitta skin conditions like adult acne..where ‘oil’ cannot be put on the body.

What is Ayurveda?

February 19, 2010 Posted by monica under Announcements, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Therapies, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Education, General info, Herbs, Theory of Ayurveda, Weight Loss, Yoga
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disease is caused by a combination of wrong lifestyle, stress, negative or positive thinking, frame of mind, diet (vegan, vegetarian or meat eating, eating wrong combinations of food (milk or diary with meat, milk with citrus like melon or lemon, mixing opposing tastes together. Mixing honey and ghee. ), or eating at the wrong time. (Eating just before going to bed or exercising. eating yogurt at night) etc.

Ayurveda and Fibroids

September 28, 2009 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Weight Loss
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By Monica Bhatia, PhD (San Diego College of Ayurveda) Sonal (name changed) gained 60 pounds during her pregnancy and reached 225 pounds the day she gave birth. Even with breast feeding, frequent trips to the gymnasium and healthy eating – she was only able to drop 20 pounds in 2 years!! She had developed a…

Are you lactose intolerant?

September 10, 2009 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet
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A lot is said about how ‘bad’ milk is, and, causes lactose intolerance. If that was the case, Mother nature wouldn’t have provided mammals with mammary glands. Mother nature would NEVER have created breast milk, which is single handedly responsible for nourishing an infant and providing immunity from diseases. According to Ayurveda,  milk is poison…

Ayurveda and Weightloss

July 17, 2009 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet, Weight Loss
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Eight years ago, I visited an Ayurvedic Physician for a Diet Consultation. I was so shocked by her accurate portrayal of what was going right and wrong in my life, just by feeling my pulse and asking me a series of long questions to determine my body constitution. Ayurveda has a very holistic view on…

Ayurvedic Cooking and Raw Foods

June 26, 2009 Posted by monica under Ayurveda, Body Constitution and Lifestyle, Diet
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There has been an ongoing debate about Raw foods and Ayurveda.  Die hard raw foodists believe that Ayurveda does not support them and this led to a debate and responses from Ayurvedic Physicians all over the world. Here is an interesting excerpt from an article I found, written by Katie Silcox, at Suite 101, “ There…