To most of us, this is a very common word that rings in our ears. What does the term SUPERFOOD means? A simple description of this term that I would like to describe, would be any foods that are exceptionally rich in nutrients and taken in good combination and regularly, they give enhancing healing and balancing effects to our body. ... Read More »
With the cleansing that has been performed, there is a much need to rejuvenate our digestive system with intake on a regular basis of pro-biotic to keep our intestinal flora in our gut system healthy with good bacteria and enzymes to perform our digestion and absorption of nutritious food that we are going to ingest and same time also improve ... Read More »
There are many reasons why human fast – for health, for spiritual reasons, all that will offer each individual benefits of healing. Fasting is a very effective manner to detoxify, it rekindle our digestive fire, burn away the accumulated toxin from our body and our mind, to let go the attachment to food, so that our digestive system can rest ... Read More »
In Ayurveda, enemas is known as ‘bastis’ and there any many form of bastis that are tailored to the variety of health complains. Ayurvedic Bastis involves the introducing of medicated oils, herbal concoction and milk in order to clean or heal the lower part of the body (below the umbilicus part). In this section we are recommending a very simple ... Read More »
Toxin can build up in all our tissues in our body from intake of foods that do not digest completely. When the agni (stomach ‘fire’) in our stomach is weaken, toxin cannot be eliminated effectively, food cannot be absorbed well into our body thus causing us to feel lousy, irritated, fatigued and moody. Today with the ingest of different types ... Read More »
Oil pulling in Ayurveda is termed as “gardusa” and this is done on a daily regimen as part of the cleansing requirement for our body. This practise is done in the early morning to prevent us from getting sick. It involves a full 2 tablespoons of organic coconut oil or organic white sesame oil depending on your health requirement. If ... Read More »
In our earlier topic about “Facts that alter our health”, I wrote about toxicity build up in our body through sources such as intake of food, inhale of polluted air, stress, etc. You can’t quite put your thoughts on what is wrong? On certain days you feel lousy is becoming a norm – giving yourself many reasons of why you ... Read More »
Most of the time, we go out to eat for many reasons/ excuses. For some of us, eating out is a norm procedure 3 times a day for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and at times for Supper too. We do always hear the same reason being given each time this question is asked. Why are you not making effort to ... Read More »
Recommended Choice of Vegetable for Confinement Kai lan, sweet potato leaf, sawi, red and normal Bayam, pumpkin, beetroot, long beans, French beans, zucchini, chili, coriander leaf, Bok Choy. Avoid: Cabbage, white cabbage, radish, cauliflower, broccoli, capsicum, cucumber (these vegetables are Vata aggravating that cause wind and gas, thus during this confinement time we should avoid. However if you crave for ... Read More »
Ingredients: Free range chicken – ½ chicken cut into small edible prices Organic Cold Pressed White Sesame Oil – 3 tablespoons Glutinous rice wine – 2 rice bowl Fresh sliced Bentong ginger – 1 rice bowl (or less depend on requirement) with skin removed before slicing Dried black fungus – 1 small piece, soaked, wash and then cut into small ... Read More »
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