Nutrition

Hair Loss

Best Foods to Help Prevent Hair Loss

The health of our hair is mostly an inside out approach. While losing a couple of strands is normal, when our hair starts to fall or shed in bunches, it mostly means an underlying nutrient deficiency or lifestyle factors like excessive stress, poor sleep or habits like smoking and drinking. Many times, the condition...

winter foods

Warm-up your Winter!

It is that time of the year again! The weather is changing in most parts of our country right now, and as the season changes, we must look at what nature gives us. If you look at your ancestors and grandparents to date in India, food choices are made as and when the season...

wonders of a nutrient-rich Indian curry

The wonders of a nutrient-rich Indian curry

Indians should be proud of their Indian curry. Any Indian food that is cooked and served the right way, and within the framework of the laws of nature is one of the best healing cuisines. It isn't fair to say it is the best in the world, because each country must embrace its traditional...

10 Best Food Pairings

Food Synergy : 10 Best Food Pairings to Perk Up Your Health

Some foods complement each other just so well that they seem to make each other better! As though they were meant to be together, they blend with each other in a synergistic rhythm. I call such food pairings - "The Perfect Food Couples”. What if I told you that certain food combinations not only amp up...

Matcha Magic

Matcha Magic

Serves: 2   Ingredients: 2 cups almond milk 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract 2 teaspoon matcha powder 4-5 drops of cold pressed coconut oil Raw honey to drizzle   Method: Place everything in the blender and blend until well combined. Drizzle with honey.   Variations:  You may use coconut milk or cashew milk too. Top it with pre-soaked pumpkin seeds. ...

phool makhana tikki

Phool Makhana Tikki (Foxnut tikki)

Ingredients: 2 boiled potato / sweet potato 1 cup makhana (lotus seeds) 2 tbsp amaranth/rajgira flour (to bind the tikki) chopped green chillies (optional) 1/2 tbsp roasted peanuts / moongphali (unsalted), crushed or 1 tbsp boiled moong or boiled peas chopped coriander leaves – to garnish 1/4 tsp red chilli/black pepper powder 1/4 tsp...

moringa khichadi

Moringa Khichdi

Ingredients: 500g hand pounded sonamasuri rice 50g moong dal 50 g masur dal 1/4 cup green leafy vegetables as per availability or fresh coriander finely chopped 2 tsp moringa powder 75 g sweet potato 3/4 cup cauliflower, beans, carrot, peas 1 tbsp coconut oil or A2 cow ghee 2 cloves garlic minced half inch...

Makki and methi bhakri

Methi Bhakri

Ingredients:   Sattu flour - 1 cup Raw banana flour- 2 tbsp Fenugreek (methi) leaves - 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Green chilli – 1 (optional) Ajwain - 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Luke warm water to bind the dough as per needs Coconut Oil /A2 ghee as required Salt (pink salt) –...

One Pot Immunity Soup

One-Pot Immunity Boosting Soup

One pot Immunity boosting soup is made with red lentils, sweet potatoes and chickpeas for a filling meal! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon coconut oil /A2 cow ghee 1 yellow onion, diced 6 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger 1 teaspoon turmeric ½ teaspoon Luke's immunity powder  1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 large sweet...

healthy snacks

Kid – Friendly Junk Food Alternatives

We need to start having a very holistic approach towards the health of our children. Now, it’s not just middle-aged people or elderly people who come to us, it’s children with juvenile diabetes, heart problems, obesity issues, young girls with PCOS, children with attention deficit disorders too. Yes, there are certain health conditions children...

healthy dips

5 Healthy Dips for 5pm Hunger Pangs

Time to replace those cheesy and sugary dips with healthy and easy varieties. Here are our top 5 recipes to satiate those evening hunger pangs (if you are genuinely hungry that is!) Mango Salsa Ingredients: 1 ripe mango, diced ½ medium red bell pepper, chopped ¼ cup chopped onion ¼ cup packed fresh cilantro OR parsley leaves, chopped 1 jalapeño,...

seasonal mango

Why Should You Relish Seasonal Mangoes?

We’re right in the middle of the summer and it’s time to relish on those seasonal mangoes. We come across these common myths every year - “Will mangoes make me fat? “; “Will mangoes shoot my sugar levels high?”; “Will mangoes worsen my acne?”  Well, it certainly will if you’re not eating it the...