Every natural healing system says that diet is the first and most basic building block of good health....

Want to add a little zap to your tongue and your health? In my opinion, ginger root, called “the universal medicine” in Ayurveda, is one of the best investments you can make in your health. And it’s so simple. This root is delicious, inexpensive and easily available....

Sure, we all enjoy a delicious cup of piping hot tea on a cold winter’s day, but we’ve had some hot weather here in Oregon lately. How about some cooling, if you please?...

Seems like the season would make a difference in our health, doesn’t it? Each season has its temperature, humidity and different hours of sun, and it turns out that seasonal differences have a big effect, and while we usually don’t talk much about it, older health systems have worked out a whole system of eating with the seasons. I’ve found it to be one of the most revealing things you can learn to help you stay healthy....

I am always gladdened when people turn their lives around and find their life’s passion. Ricky Williams, a star running back, called himself “the poster child for marijuana.” And yep, he did fail a drug test, causing him to be booted from the National Football League....

Welcome our first guest blog from Golden Temple's own Guru Hari Singh Khalsa. Guru Hari is the Director of Research and Development at Golden Temple, and has been with the company for nearly three decades....

Apropos of summer cooling foods and their anti-inflammatory benefits......

It seems to me that one of the most profound things you can do to impact your long term health is to control inflammation....

Learning about my Ayurvedic constitution and adjusting my diet accordingly was one of the most, if not the most important, things I have ever done for my health. I grew up having chronic, serious sinus problems. Once I learned that, as a kapha constitution, I did much better with very few milk products in my diet, my sinus issues retreated and never bothered me again....

Herbs work. They are effective and dynamic, and you can feel their effects. I see it every day, and I’d like you to feel it. But how to get started?...

Ayurveda has come up with a special blend of 5 herbs that work especially well if you consume them every day, so, in my house, we drink the “original” Yogi Tea, the one that started it all, every day....

I’ve studied healing systems from all over the planet, and I use techniques from a lot of them, but when I’m eyeball to eyeball over the exam table with someone, my mental wheels are turning along the paths of Ayurveda...