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Brewing a great cup of tea doesn't take much . . . just good quality tea and filtered water, brewed at the right temperature for the right amount of time. Really, it's simple! And amazing, once you've brewed it the right way; you'll never go back to the bitter, badly flavored tea of your past. So here you go . . . everything you need to know about brewing tea for its optimal flavor and health benefits! Loose Leaf Tea Just like coffee purists proclaim freshly ground coffee to be the best, loose leaf teas really do make a good...

1. Eat the food nature provides you with, naturally. This may sound simple, but if you walk into an ordinary grocery store you will be hard-pressed to find real food, i.e. food that is grown by the forces of sun, soil, wind, and water. By eating nature's produce, as fresh and as close to the source as possible, the food retains its living intelligence and energy, its prana / life force.   2. Eat according to the seasons. When you eat locally grown and with the seasons, you benefit from the intelligence in nature that sustains seasonal balance.  For instance,...

In conventional medicine, when a woman thinks she is pregnant, she goes to the doctor, is given a pregnancy test and her blood pressure, pulse rate, and weight are checked. Then she is advised to eat a generally healthy diet and to take some prenatal vitamins. In both my pregnancies, I remember thinking how this prenatal advice doesn't give any specific recommendations for maintaining a happy and healthy pregnancy.   In Ayurveda, it has been recognized for thousands of years that the mother must be very happy and feel harmony with nature during pregnancy. For this, various steps and key...

The four fundamental signs of inflammation: pain, swelling, redness, and heat Sound familiar? At some point or another you've probably experienced all of these symptoms. A sprained ankle, a bug bite, some poison ivy. Inflammation is the body's protective mechanism, it is our natural defense system. When it senses foreign invaders, like a splinter or indigestible food, it sets off a cascade of events in attempt to protect you. It is one of our main mechanisms for removing metabolic wastes, debris, damaged cells and foreign agents. It allows our system to ward off bacteria, fungi and viruses. Acute inflammation is...

In daily life, we rarely ever stop to think of our organs, especially the liver. It's good to be reminded every now and again.    Your liver works extremely hard to keep you healthy. We live in a polluted world, with pesticides, chemicals, and artificial ingredients in our food, water, and air - just about everything we encounter in our modern lives. Your precious liver is one of the most important organs for detoxification. It cleans and filters blood, working hard to remove toxic matter such as dead cells, microorganisms, metabolic waste, chemicals, drugs, and debris from the blood, so these substances...