by Petra N. | Oct 30, 2022 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
Remember when eating fat free was all the craze, just to learn decades later that your brain and body do need (good) fats to function properly? Building healthy habits has never been more confusing than these days. There’s a plethora of information out there about...
by Petra N. | Jan 23, 2022 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
True or false? Your immune system is the defense mechanism against infections. Immunity according to ayurveda is more than that. Charak Samhita, an ancient ayurvedic text, defines immunity as the strength to prevent disease manifestation and recurrence, resist disease...
by Petra N. | Aug 9, 2020 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
Ashwagandha is getting a lot of attention as a stress relief herb. It’s quickly becoming a trendy ingredient in mainstream formulas. But what is ashwagandha, really? Ashwagandha is Indian winter cherry and also known as Indian ginseng. But ashwagandha literally means...
by Petra N. | Feb 13, 2015 | Diet & herbs, Featured blog post
We all know that stress increases our heart rate (amongst other things) and if it persists over a longer period of time, it can throw our circulatory system out of whack on a permanent basis. Obviously, there are more factors that can contribute to the inefficient...
