Health Tips

Did you know that frequent exposure to high levels of stress hormones exhausts the body’s physical resources, impairs learning and memory, and makes people susceptible to depression? Or that when you’re stressed, sick, or afraid, your body begins to use more vitamin C than usual? So, then, with the work-related demands (duties of parenting,… [Read More]

If you touch the leaves of the olive tree, you will feel an unexplained energy move through you. Who doesn’t want to experience less fatigue and find more focus? Whether it’s the demands of work that wear on our 9 – 5 minds and continue to weigh heavy on us… [Read More]

Whithania Somnifera is a small, woody shrub in the Solanaceae family that grows about two feet in height. It can be found growing in North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and India. Belonging to the same family as the tomato, it is an erect, evergreen, tomentose shrub, 30-150 cm… [Read More]

Gorgeous Garlic “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food”. Those are the famous words from the ancient Greek Physician Hippocrates, often called The Father of Western Medicine. He actually used to prescribe garlic for a variety of medical conditions. It Contains a Compound Called Allicin, which has… [Read More]

Compounds And Uses Perhaps one of the lesser known but very important in the Vitamin family, Vitamin K is essential for protein modification and blood clotting. Recent studies suggest that Vitamin K may play a role in treating Osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s Disease, and that consuming increased levels of Vitamin K… [Read More]

Dr. Walid Khairallah opens up about his Secrets to a Life Well Lived Dr. Walid Khairallah is a consultant in endocrinology at the Bellevue Medical Centre, and the manager of Green Clinics, a center for Integrative Medicine based in Beirut, Lebanon. He is known for combining nutritional therapy and lifestyle… [Read More]

Cleaning up for Spring? Don’t forget to give your Liver some love. Supporting your body’s detoxification system is critical for good health, and a cleanse which can range anywhere from 1 day to a full month depending on personal preference and how limited the diet is can get your body’s… [Read More]

Ghee has quite literally been used for thousands of years. Truly an ‘ancient’ health food, it’s definitely not a fad. It became very popular in the cooler, northern parts of India, surviving poorly in the warmer southern regions. Traditionally made from the milk of cows, who are considered sacred, ghee… [Read More]