by Melanie | Jul 13, 2012 | (Healing) Foods on Fridays, Ayurveda, Food as Medicine
Welcome back to Healing Foods on Friday! I hope you’ve had a beautiful week. I want to start today’s post with a little background about why this healing foods series is so important to me. Food therapies are a vital component of natural medicine;...
by Melanie | Jul 11, 2012 | On Conventional Medicine, Plant-based Medicine
I’ll never forget the first time I saw my Dad cry. We were in a waiting room at John’s Hopkins Hospital. True to his nature, my Dad struck up a conversation with a man sitting nearby. The man was distraught, exhausted. His body looked wrung-out. My...
by Melanie | Jul 9, 2012 | Self-care, Stress
I feel like I went through the ringer last week. My electricity was out for four days, and it seemed like everywhere I went there were more grouchy people (like me) who were suffering without power. Losing my creature comforts made me aware of just how vulnerable I...
by Melanie | Jul 6, 2012 | (Healing) Foods on Fridays, Ayurveda, Food as Medicine
There are lots of “wonder drinks” on the market making all sorts of claims. Most are loaded with sugar & artificial ingredients. Many are full of stimulants that create an artificial spike of energy followed by an even deeper crash. I’d...
by Melanie | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
It is so hot. And like so many people up and down the East Coast, I’ve spent the last three nights without electricity. I must confess, for all of my fantasies of being a wild woman who can survive with her knowledge of herbs and her love of adventure,...
