Food is Medicine; Kitchen is Your Pharmacy Balanced and Healthy Diet: Carbohydrates  Carbohydrates often get a bad rap, but because of their many health benefits, carbs have a rightful place in our diets.  All carbohydrates (carbs) aren’t bad. Some carbs are better for us than others; therefore, it is crucial to understand carbohydrate types and […]

Super Foods Series: Food is Medicine, Kitchen is Your Pharmacy. Nutritional Facts and Key Health Benefits of Cinnamon  There are two key types of cinnamon available  Ceylon, or true cinnamon, is sweeter and native to Sri Lanka and southern parts of India. Between 50–63% of its oil is cinnamaldehyde, which explains its mild flavor. Ceylon […]

Self-criticism is the tendency to evaluate oneself harshly. When we criticize ourselves, we tap into the body’s threat-defense system (sometimes referred to as our reptilian brain). Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself when you are having a difficult time, failing, or noticing something you don’t like about yourself. Self-Compassion Meditation? There are many […]

Self-Compassion Is Not Self-Pity: Self-pity is an egocentric wallowing in our problems, allowing our feelings to consume us while seeking attention and pity from others. Self-compassion is an antidote to self-pity. While self-pity says, “poor me,” self-compassion recognizes that life is hard for everyone.  Self-Compassion Is Not Self-Indulgence: In our attempt to be good to […]

Compassion means “to suffer together.” Researchers define it as the feeling that arises when you are confronted with another’s suffering and feel motivated to relieve that suffering. Compassion involves five elements: recognizing suffering in others; understanding the common humanity of this suffering; feeling emotionally connected with the person suffering; tolerating difficult feelings that may arise […]

Impermanence and Grief: Coping with difficult emotions when someone with which a bond or affection was formed is taken away In two previous articles, we learned that we strive for lasting or remaining unchanged existence as human beings. Conversely, impermanence is an inescapable and inevitable truth of our existence, the state or fact of lasting […]

In a previous article, we learned about impermanence is the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period, such as the impermanence of human life or the impermanence of childhood—the receding memories and experiences that make up our disappearing past. In this article, we will learn about the impermanence of human life, accepting […]

Change in all its forms is what we fear most, and impermanence is change. Impermanence is the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period, such as the impermanence of human life or the impermanence of childhood—the receding memories and experiences that make up our disappearing past. In Buddhism, attachment is the root […]

“Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food.” & “Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.” Hippocrates (Greek Physician, regarded as the father of medicine, 460-370 BC) These famous quotes by Hippocrates have stood the test of time. Using food as medicine is not […]

While the cure for arthritis eludes medical science, there are many potent treatments for the condition. Chief among these are avoiding foods that worsen joint pain and eating foods that reduce it. Here are the five worst and best foods for arthritis and joint pain. While the cure for arthritis eludes medical science, there are […]