Posts Tagged ‘carotenoids’

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    Choosing Meat and Fish 101
    If you’ve read this you might want to go vegetarian. We are what we eat so how about the animals we eat? When cattle is raised on grains and pumped full of antibiotics, it changes the overall health of the animals, obviously. Because cows were designed to chew the cud (grass!) grain-fed cattle have much more disease, which large farms treat with antibiotics. The...
    by Dr. Gibran Ramos at December 21st, 2009 at 08:12 am
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    Superfood of the Week: Pumpkin
    When I think of Halloween, I get a flash of orange in my mind’s eye: Pumpkin! Indigenous to North America, Native American Indians have long treasured this dietary staple for its nutritional and medicinal qualities. European settlers soon learned the value and these days the pumpkin is a real culinary cornerstone during colder days, with strong associations with...
    by Dr. Nishant Rao at October 26th, 2009 at 08:10 am
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    Superfood of the Week: Tomatoes
    Whether you say it with an ah or an ay, we can all agree there’s nothing quite like a ripe heirloom tomato with a little sprinkling of salt. Tomatoes are one of my favorite foods to cook because they’re super versatile. Tomatoes never made it to Italy till the 16th century, they originally came from Mexico and South America. Can you even imagine Italian food...
    by Dr. Nishant Rao at September 28th, 2009 at 01:09 am
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    Boost Your Immunity with Chinese Medicine
    Our first line of defense is our skin, otherwise known as wei qi, or protective qi. Not only do wind and heat offer transportation for pathogens, they can also elicit a direct physiological affect of opening and closing the pores of the skin’s exterior. Dry heat helps foster a hospitable environment to these pathogens allowing them entrance through the nose, mouth, and...
    by Christine Dionese L.Ac at August 1st, 2009 at 09:08 am