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“You are not treated for your health condition, but for your diet that caused the chronic condition and illness,” says an angry but confident Dr. Goldhamer in a conversation with Tom Bilyeu, co-founder of Quest Nutrition and the host of Impact Theory. He believes that overconsumption of SOS (Salt, Oil and Sugar) has resulted in the explosion of chronic degenerative diseases among masses and Intermittent Fasting (IF) and water-based fasting could be a meaningful remedy if practiced correctly. In this ‘Health Theory’ episode, Dr. Goldhamer touched upon a number of topics such as the benefits of long-term water fasting; the right diet for a wrong body; problems with modern medicine; fad surrounding vegan diet; choosing the right fruits and organic foods and many other aspects of optimal health. Listen.
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... And it's so subtle: if you go like this, it's perfectly harmonious; if you go like that, it's at once absurd, meaningless, and laborious, painful. And it's the SAME thing! It's all the same thing. Then really, if you stand back from it and use high-flown words, you would say: all this is truth, and all that is falsehood — but it's the SAME thing! In one case, you feel carried (not only the body but the entire world, all circumstances), carried, floating in a beatific light, and in the other case, it's deadening, heavy, painful — ex-act-ly the same thing! Almost the same material vibrations. What is it? Perhaps if we found that, we would have it all — the total secret. That must be how truth became falsehood. But “how,”…What’s the mechanism?...there's a sort of prescience that only the body can know, that’s what is extraordinary!” – 1961
Ruth E. Patterson and Dorothy D. Sears from the University of California present a review paper titled “Metabolic Effects of Intermittent Fasting” with the objective of “providing an overview of intermittent fasting regimens; the evidence on the health benefits of Intermittent Fasting, and discussing the physiological mechanisms leading to improved health outcomes.” The authors do not underestimate the power of the Internet and the vast information available on various health benefits of Intermittent Fasting. Yet they understand the lack of evidence-based support and studies available on controlled fasting and its ability to reduce or even reverse chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes etc. Read the review published by the Annual Review of Nutrition to understand various eating regimens and the nonpharmacological approaches to improve the health of our population.
Studies reveal that fasting helps remove Aama or metabolic toxins from the human body and opens channels of the digestive system, it also targets damaged cell components and even recycles. In this research paper titled “Concept of Autophagy With Special Reference to Langhan for Healthy Life,” published by the International Ayurvedic Medical Journal (IAMJ), three researchers — Ramteke Sujata Laxman, Chougule Avinash and Inamdar Mahesh from the Shri Annasaheb Dange Ayurvedic Medical College present the correlation between the modern revelation of Autophagy and the Ayurvedic practice of Langhan Chitiksa (Healing through Fasting), as mentioned in ancient medical texts such as Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Astanga Hrdayam. The study recommends fasting as a remedy to modern-day illnesses arising from the toxic pollution through air, water and food. Read the research paper to understand the parallels between the process of autophagy and the practice of langhan; and the significance of fasting at this critical juncture in our history.
In a lecture titled ‘Optimization of Cognitive Performance: An Evolutionary Perspective’, Prof. Mark Mattson establishes a correlation between Intermittent Fasting followed by physical exercise and the possibility for bolster brain function to develop therapeutic strategies to prevent psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson’s Disease. Studies he conducted show a combination of Intermittent Energy Restriction (IER) or fasting upto 24 hours several times a week and vigorous exercise improve the body condition; enhance the brain function and mood to cope with stress; promote neuroplasticity and autophagy; and even reduce the risk of neurodegenerative disorders. Listen to Dr. Mark P. Mattson, popularly known as ‘The Godfather of IF’.
In a research paper titled “Why Autophagy is Good for Retinal Ganglion Cells?” prepared by Patricia Boya of the Autophagy Lab of Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Spain and published by Nature, the researcher presents data from her studies showing the “essential role of autophagy for Retinal Ganglion Cell health from development to aging” and what autophagy could do to retinal adult tissues.
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Dr. Rama Jayasundar from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has specialized in Biomedical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Radio Frequency Pulse Sequence Programming and Clinical Imaging and Spectroscopy and spent several decades researching, discovering and propagating the knowledge on the science of Ayurveda. In this essay titled ‘Quantum Logic in Ayurveda’, Dr. Rama states that “By incorporating the Vedic worldview, which is similar to the quantum view, Ayurveda integrates the concept of interdependent interconnectedness in humans, thus opening the door to an interesting dialogue between Quantum Physics and Ayurvedic approach to health and disease.” Read about Quantum Physics and the Vedic hypothesis of interrelatedness in Ayurveda.
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What is consciousness? Where does consciousness come from? Are we, humans, the only species on this planet to have consciousness? What happens to consciousness when we die? How is the consciousness of a human different from that of an AI-powered ‘conscious’ car? Scientists, philosophers, researchers and spiritualists worldwide compete to find answers to some of the most significant questions surrounding consciousness. German-American neuroscientist Christof Koch admits that “Studying consciousness is much more difficult than studying viruses, black holes or nerve cells”. In this Open Access article titled ‘Life and Consciousness: The Vedantic View’, Bhakti Niskama Shanta of the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Institute, India, presents his findings on the complex topic by going beyond popular beliefs to assimilate the science of consciousness. The author also highlights the “relevant developments supporting a sentient view of life in scientific research, which has caused a paradigm shift in our understanding of life and its origin.” Read to explore.
“I have no scientific background and I am no good at Maths,” reveals Anne Baring before she starts her thought-provoking presentation on the ‘Unified Field Physics and a New Vision of Reality’ at Schumacher College, England in 2015. Concerned about the future of the human race and our planet, Anne Baring reminds us that “Our life is a gift from the living Universe and how we choose to live is a gift to the Universe!” Listen to an inspiring and informative lecture by Anne Baring.
The book “Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as a Sacred Community”, authored by Thomas Berry states that “Earth is not in danger of dying. Instead, human, animal and plant life is in danger of becoming extinct as a result of an assault of an unprecedented violence”. Eva Khattab, researcher in Yoga Studies who often quotes Berry, believes that in order to bring a balance between the ‘most intense expression’ of the Universe and the Mother Nature, we, the human race, need a new language, and a new ‘religion’ which can integrate every aspect of human lives down to bacterial ancestors to help understand the biome we call — Earth! In this essay published by Sutra Journal, Eva Khattab draws together the unexplored connection between our bacterial ancestry and human consciousness through the philosophy of Integral Yoga, a Yoga-based philosophy developed by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother. Read ‘The Divine Mother's Yoga’.
Krishna Madappa, renowned educator, water researcher and holistic consultant who dedicated his life measuring health and wisdom using GDV/Bio-Well (bioelectrography), a device he developed in association with Dr. Konstantin Korotkov, Russian inventor known for his Gas Discharge Visualization Technique (GDVT) has answers to these questions and even developed a measuring method using intention-driven research. As a strong believer of collective consciousness and the power of Transcendental Meditation, Krishna Madappa has taken his beliefs and experiments to a pragmatic level by collaborating and transmitting good vibrations using collective meditation with a group of physicists, students and meditators to influence and improve the well-being of the people living in some of the crime capitals of the world. These experiments are believed to have resulted in dropping the ‘incoherence level’ of cities to a record level! His research on the power of biodynamic water and collective consciousness, has made him realize that if a group of people came together with a unified and coherent intention, they would prove capable enough shifting the consciousness of humankind — because we, the human beings are predominantly water! Watch now!
from ‘Life’
The on-going pandemic panic resulted in an explosion in increasing awareness as well as demand for natural and aromatic products meant for therapeutic purposes. Even small farmers of India’s high-altitude region of Ladakh started ‘smelling’ revenue in cultivating high-value aromatic crops supporting traditional Sowa-Rigpa practitioners and their centuries old art of aromatherapy. In a keynote lecture on “Essential Oils as Expressions of Botanical Intelligence”, David Crow, renowned herbalist, aromatherapist and the author of “In Search of Medicine Buddha” reminds us that “Essential Oils are not just fragrance of the plants, but also the perfume of the living, breathing soil and the countless microscopic beings”. According to David Crow, who is also the founder of Floracopeia Aromatic Treasures, essential oils are in fact the “true expressions of botanical and evolutionary intelligence.” Listen to this guru of essential oils!
According to Dr. Swarupa Nishar, “Ayurveda is not merely a science which was developed through a process of experimentation and trial and error solely on the basis of unaided reason. The practice is nothing but the way of life adopted by the sages of India in order to maximize their life-potential and to maintain their health at the best possible level because this body was the first requirement and an essential prerequisite for the successful attainment of their spiritual realization.” Find the truth of Ayurveda.
This ANA motivational speech by Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar, Ayurvedic physician and educator is a brief overview of his best-seller ‘The Hot Belly Diet’. The author highlights the psychological and spiritual benefits and the profound changes that could happen in our body while undergoing fasting. As an authority and practitioner of fasting, Dr. Kshirsagar believes that “there is nothing mystical or magical about fasting and our health is a by-product of enlightenment.” Listen to transform.
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Join Dr. John Douillard for an informative journey through the Lymph Road!
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“...When the experience [of the other state] comes, it's quite prevalent: “it” flows in the blood, it vibrates in the nerves, it lives in the cells, and everywhere, not just the cells of this body: I have an impression of many bloods, many cells, many nerves participating. Which means that the central consciousness of individuals isn't always aware of it, the individual isn't aware of it (it has an extraordinary feeling, but it doesn't know what it is), whereas the cells are aware of it, but they cannot express it. You see, there are DEGREES of consciousness...” – 1963
In this review titled “Holistic Nutrition: Nourishing the Body, Mind, and Spirit” published by the Complementary Health Practice Review, three researchers — Jonathan I. Robison, Karen Wolfe and Lisa Edwards make an honest attempt to redefine health and question the ultimate goal and purpose of holistic nutrition. According to the authors of this review, we must go beyond our traditional understanding of health and start “promoting holistic perspectives to empower individuals to learn from their own body’s internal signals to rediscover the internal mechanisms for guiding food intake” — while not ignoring the need of understanding basic nutrition and wellness guidelines. Download to read the Review.
Ancient text on Yoga and Ayurveda has elaborated on Pranayama techniques for maintaining and balancing one’s mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. And in Buddhism, ‘Anapanasati’ or ‘Mindfulness Breathing’ is considered a much more important practice than thinking as they believe that right breathing could convert greed into generosity; ignorance into wisdom and even violence into kindness while antagonizing the process of aging. If you are someone suffering from sleep apnea, snoring, anxiety or even from the emotional trauma of Covid-19, this one-hour lecture by Dr. John Douillard is certainly chosen for you. Watch now!
Sounds like a political discourse? Well, this is how Dr. Andrew Weil, founder and director of The Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona welcomes his students and future practitioners of Integrative Medicine. Healthcare all across the world is regrettably a political issue and Dr. Weil very well knows that no meaningful change in the field of healthcare would come from the governments or the elected politicians but from grassroot movements of people ‘angry enough’ to question the existing system. Talking sarcastically, Dr. Weil who once testified before the U.S. Senate Committee reveals that his country, unfortunately runs on a disease-management system in the absence of a healthcare system! This short video has some amazing tips on healthcare reforms, diet, stress management, wellness and healing while offering some practical breathing sessions as demonstrated by the renowned doctor and author of several bestsellers on healthy lifestyles and healthcare — Dr. Andrew Weil. Listen to him.
Never mind, not all news emerging from the developed world is bad news. According to official data published in the United States, in the year 1990 alone Americans made about 425 million visits to institutions and centers that provided some sort of unconventional therapy compared to 388 million visits to primary care physicians! And this number keeps increasing. Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, a former senior editor at The Atlantic and the author of this story learned about alternative medicine from her father who happened to be a family physician and she later studied Ayurveda. Titled “The Evolution of Alternative Medicine”, Jennie talks about the rising trend among American physicians to suggest alternative therapies such as acupuncture, meditation and yoga to their patients challenging the medical status-quo. Read The Atlantic story.
In this essay titled ‘Rethinking Heart Health’ written by Anjula Razdan, the author lists a number of popular myths in order to create a new paradigm in heart health and also to remove centuries-old misconceptions surrounding the adverse effects of high cholesterol. Read, rethink.
Dr. Jamnadas has advice to his patients — take things into their own hands in order to prevent health situations and approach a physician only in a crisis. In this Galen Foundation lecture, which he himself describes as “highly controversial”, Dr. Jamnadas narrates the rationale behind dietary restriction and fasting with greater emphasis on prevention measures — something modern-day physicians are not very comfortable discussing. Listen to him!
This lecture given by Dr. Mimi Guarneri at the Chopra Center's 'Journey into Healing' event would be an eye-opener for many. Watch now!
I lived with pain for fifteen years. And now I don’t. I spent a lot of years trying different methods and practices, and I went back to grad school to receive a Masters in Holistic Health Education. A few years after completing my degree, I began specific study in a five-year program in Classical Ayurveda Clinical Medicine at Vedika Global, where I became an adjunct faculty member.
It would have been a far more direct path to health, had I learned about Ayurveda sooner. Ayurveda is my medical toolbox, my kaleidoscope for seeing the world, my map for understanding myself and finding the way back to being healthy. Ayurveda and Yoga taught me about my connection with myself and the world: what makes me well, what makes me sick. And when I understood that, then the fun happened: I began to re-establish the natural rhythms of my body and mind, recover my voice, my faith, and my health. I learned to consciously use my environment, my senses, the spices in my kitchen, my movement routines to support my being fully, healthily, wholly me.”
KATE SADOWSKY, MA, AP, CMT
(from www.embodiedhealth.com)
Rasayana therapy enriches rasa with nutrients to help one attain longevity, memory, intelligence, health, youthfulness, excellence of luster, complexion and voice, optimum development of physique and sense organs, mastery over phonetics, respectability and brilliance.
Types of Rasayana
Kamya Rasayanas are promoters of normal health. These boost body energy levels, immunity and general health.
Pranakamya — Promoter of vitality and longevity.
Medhakamya — Promoter of intelligence.
Srikamya — Promoter of complexion.
Naimittika Rasayanas help to fight a specific disease.
In pursuit of these matters, herbal prescriptions with many herbal substances, preserved in ghee and honey are given. Chyawanprasha is one of the traditional rasayanas. Specific adaptogenic herbs are also included in rasayanas including haritaki, amla, shilajit, ashwaganda, holy basil, guduchi and shatavari.
Several rasayana herbs have been tested for adaptogenic properties:
The whole, aqueous, standardized extracts of selected plants (Tinospora cordifolia, Asparagus racemosus, Emblica officinalis, Withania somnifera, Piper longum and Terminalia chebula) were administered orally to experimental animals, in a dose extrapolated from the human dose, following which they were exposed to a variety of biological, physical and chemical stressors. These plants were found to offer protection against these stressors, as judged by using markers of stress responses and objective parameters for stress manifestations. Using a model of cisplatin induced alterations in gastrointestinal motility, the ability of these plants to exert a normalizing effect, irrespective of direction of pathological change was tested.... All the plant drugs were found to be safe in both acute and subacute toxicity studies. Studies on the mechanisms of action of the plants revealed that they all produced immunostimulation. The protection offered by Tinospora cordifolia against stress induced gastric mucosal damage was lost if macrophage activity was blocked. Emblica officinalis strengthened the defence mechanisms against free radical damage induced during stress. The effect of Emblica officinalis appeared to depend on the ability of target tissues to synthesize prostaglandins. Recent data obtained with Tinospora cordifolia have led researchers to suggest that it may induce genotypic adaptation, further opening the arena for more research and experimentation.
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A being no bigger than the thumb of man
Into a hidden region of the heart
To face the pang and to forget the bliss,
To share the suffering and endure earth’s wounds
And labour mid the labour of the stars.
This in us laughs and weeps, suffers the stroke,
Exults in victory, struggles for the crown;
Identified with the mind and body and life,
It takes on itself their anguish and defeat,
Bleeds with Fate’s whips and hangs upon the cross,
Yet is the unwounded and immortal self
Supporting the actor in the human scene.
Through this she sends us her glory and her powers,
Pushes to wisdom’s heights, through misery’s gulfs;
She gives us strength to do our daily task
And sympathy that partakes of others’ grief
And the little strength we have to help our race,
We who must fill the role of the universe
Acting itself out in a slight human shape
And on our shoulders carry the struggling world.
This is in us the godhead small and marred;
In this human portion of divinity
She seats the greatness of the Soul in Time
To uplift from light to light, from power to power,
Till on a heavenly peak it stands, a king.”
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At the basis of the Science of Japa is the ancient perception of sages all over the world that Creation proceeds from sound. The universe has issued out of Nada Brahman, Brahman as sound. Each sound has a form, a subtle form which may not be visible to the physical eye. Equally each form in the creation has its own sound-equivalent, the sound which preceded its formation on the subtler planes of existence. When this particular sound is reproduced — even in its transcription on the human level in terms of our speech, — vaikhari as it is called — it sets in current the very vibrations which brought and therefore can bring that entity into being. Thus the Rishis perceived the sound-bodies of the Devatas, Deities, in their spiritual vision and audience and they instituted them as Mantras, as terms of Call to the respective Deities. When a Mantra is uttered effectively it sets in motion vibrations that evoke the corresponding Deity into the atmosphere where it is uttered. This in brief is the principle underlying the Mantra and Japa Yoga. That sound has form is a truth which is being confirmed today by Science…” (from JAPA by M. P. Pandit, DIPTI Publications)
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But, in the end, a Higher Destiny leans over earth’s children and its ways are beyond calculation.” — 16 August 1967
The experiments and discoveries on ‘Molecular Mechanism of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms’ and ‘Circadian Photo-entrainment’ conducted by Prof. Satchidananda Panda and his team led to the establishment of ‘Panda Research Lab’ at the historic Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA. Maybe it is a coincidence that the 1965 Salt Institute was built by Louis Kahn, celebrated ‘architect of light’ who famously said “We are born of light. We only know the world as it is evoked by light.” In this video, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, biochemist and researcher gets into a conversation with Dr. Panda, exploring the relationship between light and food and their impact on out gut microbiome. Watch the video.
Find out more and seek answers from this Review Paper.
According to Duane Elgin, “the most urgent challenge humanity faces today is not climate change or unsustainable population growth but how we understand the Universe and our intimate relationship within it.” Click to join Duane Elgin's pilgrim to our living Universe.
‘Dr. K’ predicts that “it is only a matter of time before an angry widow walks into the hospital to question the cardiologist on why he withheld the information that whole-food plant-based diet could have dissolved fatty, waxy plaque from the artery walls to save her husband's life.” According to ‘Dr. K’, the ‘angry widow’ deserves to win the lawsuit for the wrongful death of her husband on the operation table. In this edition of ‘Rich Roll Podcast’, hosted by Rich Roll, Dr. Michael Klaper reveals the future of medical education and the need for a plant-based diet in our complex and confused times!
As mentioned in her best-seller ‘Oneness Vs. The 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom’, Dr. Shiva warns about the disastrous consequences of Silicon Valley joining hands with the poison cartel for the next colonization of the world. Irrespective of where you stand on the issue of human impact on our diversity or sustainability, Dr. Shiva’s prophetic words may guide you in the right direction. Listen to her.
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In ‘The Real Truth About Health’ video, Jeffrey explains how GMOs promote the growth of pathogens and exposes the real mission of Monsanto followed by a narration on why scientists from Monsanto refused to drink milk that contained hormones and why no study was ever conducted on livestock that are fed genetically-engineered feeds. Listen to Jeffrey Smith.
This research paper prepared by a group of Indian researchers and health practitioners make no attempt to portray Kalabhojanam as the only factor in the process of metabolism, but one among them. The researchers also present an interpretation of the ‘Kalabhojanam’ practice and TRF strategy for a greater understanding and comparison. However, they admit that the future of Ayurveda needs fresh interpretations to deal with modern-day challenges while integrating facts and theories from ‘Samhitas’ in order to change ground realities. Download, read and share.
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Phagocytosis (from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phagein), meaning 'to eat', and κύτος, (kytos), meaning 'cell') is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm), giving rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome. It is one type of endocytosis.
In a multicellular organism's immune system, phagocytosis is a major mechanism used to remove pathogens and cell debris. The ingested material is then digested in the phagosome. Bacteria, dead tissue cells, and small mineral particles are all examples of objects that may be phagocytized. Some protozoa use phagocytosis as means to obtain nutrients.
Phagocytosis is one of the main mechanisms of the innate immune defense. It is one of the first processes responding to infection, and is also one of the initiating branches of an adaptive immune response. Neutrophils, macrophages, monocytes, dendritic cells, osteoclasts and eosinophils can be classified as professional phagocytes. The first three have the greatest role in immune response to most infections.
Prof. Paddy Rawlinson who teaches International Criminology, Human and Development Studies at the Western Sydney University, Australia looks at the US$1.3 trillion worth pharmaceutical industry and its questionable nexus with governments and institutions across the globe — with the ultimate goal of controlling the world population. Read to know.
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“At the very moment when everything seems to go from bad to worse, it is then that we must make a supreme act of faith and know that the Grace will never fail us.” — 1 January 1947
“It is when all seems lost that all can be saved. When you have lost confidence in your personal power, then you should have faith in the Divine Grace.” — 28 January 1970
In Mother’s own words, “If one has a minimum of control over the body, one can lessen the effects of physical fear, but that is not immunity. It is this kind of trembling of material, physical fear in the cells of the body which aggravates all illnesses.” Read.
In this prophetic speech delivered by Dr. Greger in 2008 as the Public Health Director at The Humane Society, Washington DC, he talks about some of the worst pandemics in our history, and how to treat the cause by preventing the emergence of pandemic viruses in the first place. Dr. Greger predicts almost all environment and health hazards humanity would probably undergo — from Climate Change to an emerging influenza pandemic. All he probably ‘missed’ in his lecture is the term — Covid-19, an official name developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) only in 2019. The message from Dr. Greger remains relevant even today as it was more than a decade ago. It is important that before any discussion on Covid-19, we understand a brief history of pandemics and the human factor. Watch before the next strike!
To know more about two opposing directions of human life and culture, watch the documentary ‘The Economics of Happiness’.
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What makes our ‘Gut’ sensations a mysterious one? Read more to find out.
Directed by Viliam Poltikovic, ‘Living Off Energy, We Are Energy’ (2015) documents the lives of modern-day Breatharians who’ve chosen to live on universal energy instead of solid food. Watch and Fast!
In this video, author of the best-seller ‘The Cheese Trap’ Dr. Neal D. Barnard talks about the ill-effects of dairy; cheese addiction of our generation and the collusion between government institutions and dairy corporations. Watch now!
Listen to Michael Pollan.
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