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Vitamins in Food (Mother Nature's Free Medicine)

This article is to show how you can get your supply of nutrition from the foods you eat and not need herbs or medicines. From the Ayurvedic point of view, we look to balance dosha, so best to choose foods for your dosha first, then for vitamin/mineral content. The latter idea is just to double check to make sure you are getting all you need.

Meet Some Organic Farmers - the Ferris Family

An interview with a small family-owned organic farm.

What Foods to Eat for Your Dosha

Proper selection of diet is necessary to avoid dosha imbalance and is also used as a treatment in many diseases.

Ayurveda's Scientific Basis of Dietetics

Food is considered to be the life (prana) and hence every individual seeks out food. The virtue attributed to food includes the physical growth and development, appearance, intellect, the voice, physical and mental strength and stamina, finally the very existence. Thus for both health and disease food is the cause. Hence food becomes primary focus in the management of disease. 

Ayurvedic Home Remedies for Digestive Disorders

 There are numerous simple recipes illustrated in Ayurveda to correct many disorders. Here are few gruel recipes which are strongly recommended in digestive disorders. These are simple and effective remedies which can be prepared easily at home to correct the disorder and also to replenish the lost nutrients.

Why Eat Vegetarian

There are 8 good reasons for becoming vegetarian:

7 Beneficial Kitchen Spices

Spices are found in all kitchens. Some of you may even have a few or perhaps even all of these spices. No doubt they make the food sumptuous, but did you know these tasty morsels ? these ?simple? spices, possess powerful healing abilities? Read on and you will want to invite these unassuming kitchen helpers to live your kitchen for life.

Glorious Golden Ghee

Ghee is lauded in the Ayurvedic tradition as boosting immunity, ojas, and balancing Pitta and Vayu doshas. These days many people ask about ghee from a modern medical perspective. Here is discussion of ghee from a modern perspective.