Ask most any chef, Indian cook or food expert, and they will pause before clearly describing terms related to the best plant proteins in the world. The ancient texts of …
The skin eats too, so start in your kitchen for your beauty routine. Āyurveda’s simple logic, unencumbered by marketing dollars to propagate its messages, looks at the biology and chemistry …
The translucent drink or special chutney Ugadi Pacchadi is made fresh and shared as part of Ugadi celebrations, bringing people and their doshas in line with the environment and Nature’s …
Ayurveda understood the importance of herbs that could affect the liver function due to its importance in filtering the blood, monitoring sugar, proteins and haemoglobin, and pull out floating cancer …
Spring and summer foods should be lighter than what was being consumed in the deep of winter. Eat the main meal at lunch to slowly regain strength and energy. Barley, …
Modern food sciences such as nutrition, biochemistry and dietetics emphasize molecules and calories and type foods as carbohydrates, fats and proteins. They give no credibility to the bioelectric energy within …
Known in Hindi as amla – the term for sour – amalaki is a living symbol for everything related to sour and its powerful effect on the body. Called the …
My mother and aunts were quite proficient at making sweets appropriate for each festival, each season, and each climate. They hunted in stores for the right ingredients as they traveled …
On Gut-Brain connection – Neuroscientists David Levingthal and Peter Strick proposed that nerve cells in the deep brain influence the stomach. They studied the pathways that modulate gut function and …
Several aspects of Hindu festivals coincide with ayurvedic wisdom. For example, Makara Sankranti festival, when Sun begins to move northwards, reminds all to replenish their oils, and improve digestion, and …
Sesame is rich in oil, minerals and vitamins. Yet, its sharp quality makes it damaging if used in excess. When processed with the right herbs, sesame oil can cure most …
Following the journey of sesame seeds, the oldest known oilseeds in history, from the Sunda Islands of Indonesia to India and rest of the world, and its use in Ayurveda …
“What is Ahara?” Anything that nourishes, sustains the body’s existence, and promotes growth and energy is called Ahara (aahaara). Here’s what Ayurveda says about how and why we must stay …
Most of us do not consider the deeper connections of our local culture with sesame, but it is there. Those who grew up in the USA in the 1970s must …
Bhaswati Bhattacharya is Ayurveda Content Editor for Ayuve. As Director of the IndicA Fellowship in Ayurvedic Nutrition, she is guiding ayurvedic physicians to learn how to translate their deep knowledge of ancient wisdom about nutrition into articles for the masses. As a practicing physician, awarded speaker, bestselling author and published scientist, she is devoted to transforming healthcare into health care. She is a Fulbright scholar and member of the medical faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, where she integrates the best of several medical systems to practice and teach as an integrative physician.
