Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR The mind is akin to your TV monitor flashing images and information in the background as you do your work-out. If you are observant, you will notice what it adds to your understanding of what is actually happening as you go through your exercise routine. The mind gives clues for you
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Steve was the highly paid, highly acclaimed, highly stressed producer of a popular New York TV news programme. This pressure-cooker of a job granted Steve little sleep. He was constantly getting up early to make it to the studio before anyone else, so that he could organise the day’s show and
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV Dengue [break-bone fever], as WHO explains, is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitoes to people. It is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. Most people who get dengue will not have symptoms. But, for those who do, the most common symptoms are high fever, headache, body aches, nausea, and
The garden, or table, beet is the type most commonly grown for human consumption. Three common varieties are the Lutz salad leaf beet, the Detroit dark red beet, and the Chioggia beet, an Italian favourite with alternate red and white concentric rings. Yet another type of beet is the spinach, or leaf beet, grown not
Words: Dr Narayan C Deshpande Our digestive physiology, as a standard textbook puts it, is the component of ‘nutriture’ that provides the substances necessary to support bioenergetics. That is, the role of the digestive process is to prepare and separate individual nutrients from the complex food matrix that enters the body. This process begins with
Words: Drs Mohita BOHRA & Gyanendra D SHUKLA Anidra [insomnia] is a disorder characterised by difficulty in proper sleep and restlessness. In the condition patients fail to sleep, experience a feeling of tiredness and wake up early, etc. Fatigue, inability to focus, grogginess and irritability, etc., are major issues that persist with insomnia. According to
Words: Dr Ryan N HARRISON This article may not quite connect itself to Ayurveda, but would of interest to our Ayurveda readers. 1. Aloe vera is an ancient medicinal plant that is said to have been part of Cleopatra’s beauty regimen. The sap of the aloe plant is an excellent first-aid remedy for minor burns
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR There was a US Senate hearing, years ago, on alternative medicine practices — most of which were resented by the American Medical Association. Yet, some medical schools in the US began to include study courses on patients’ emotional issues, nutrition, and so on, while acknowledging that there was a certain mind-body
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN The speed and power of nutritional healing are sometimes astonishing. Blood test results can change in a matter of weeks with the proper diet and supplements. In fact, many nutrients cause changes in the blood within hours — changes that can be measured. In other cases, the healing is slow, but
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Our mind is more astounding than a super-computer. It develops, creates, analyses, nurtures, balances, gauges, organises and also judges perceptions at the speed of thought — without waiting for the system, or processes, to ‘boot.’ What is most astonishing is the fusion of countless mental processes into one whole. Add to
