Foods like limes keep a cooling balance so we can stay strong, maintain energy, and fully enjoy summer. Have you ever wondered why it is hotter in August than in June when the sun was closer and the days were longest? There is an elegantly simple principle...
Read More↓ …Even if you’re not outdoorsy. According to outdoor supplier REI, the average American spends 95 percent of their life inside. Most of us work, study, eat and enjoy leisure activities like watching movies, all in the climate-controlled indoors. Yet study after study has shown that being...
Read MoreIf that weather report involves the term, “scorcher,” here are some natural ways to cool off. ↓ I thought it was hot the other day at my home in mid-city Los Angeles, with a reading of 105 degrees. Ha, chimed in my friends, who not far from...
Read More↓ Discover the medicine in your kitchen. Summertime is a joy when the warm weather beckons us outdoors. But hot weather can be depleting. Too much heat internalized can create inflammation, irritation, burning, and tissue deterioration. In Ayurveda, this internal heat is called Pitta. ↓ As the science that promotes...
Read MorePlus a recipe: Spring into Summer Salad with Berries, Peach and Rose ↓ Spring is giving way to summer. Pungent, astringent, bitter greens like arugula, dandelion, mustard, purslane, and pea are yielding to summer’s sweet, cooling foods like strawberries, stone fruits, melons, and squash. As the season turns, there...
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