Food Intolerance – One Man′s Meat is Another Man′s Poison
Food intolerance is an increasingly common problem. It can be defined as ‘the inability to properly digest or fully process certain foods’. This leads to adverse reactions in any part...
Can Herbs Be Standardised
Ayurvedic medicines have proved their efficacy and safety for thousands of years. In recent years there has been a huge increase in interest in these herbal remedies, no doubt fuelled...
Choosing Your Life’s Path
A dejected client once confided in me that her career was in ruins because she had been exploited by her previous employer. She told me that he had become extremely...
There’s No ‘-itis’ In Ayurveda
Western medicine likes to have a name for every ailment, and for every ailment there is generally a set of drugs that the western doctor is trained to prescribe for...
Listening To Our Taste Buds
It is obvious that in order to keep our body working at peak efficiency the fuel on which we feed it needs to be of optimal quality. However, modern production...
Understanding Heavy Metals
From time to time scare stories find their way into the media relating to the dangers of heavy metals to human health, and on occasions these have reports have involved...
Ayurveda And Human Waste
The human body, just like any machine, produces waste as a natural part of the metabolic process. Our bodies have many ways of eliminating this waste, the most obvious being...
Yoga In Ayurvedic Treatment
For thousands of years Ayurvedic scholars have accepted the importance of yoga. They have realised that medicine is not all that is required for good health. On delving into their...
Vitamins – Too Much of a Good Thing?
Serotonin is often referred to as the ‘feel good hormone’ because its level in our bodies has a strong influence on our mood and sense of well-being. The high incidence...