Hope for Autism: Luke’s Top 16 Lifestyle Solutions for Real Results
"Just believing that there's one way or no way of getting better...that's hope and that's a possibility." Living with autism can be challenging for families. Each day brings its struggles and joys as they navigate a world that doesn't always understand. But over the past 13 years, we’ve learned something remarkable alongside hundreds of children and...
Try This 5-Ingredient Spiced Tea At Home To Calm Your Gut
Who doesn't love the warmth and calm a good cup of tea brings? Today, I want to share the recipe for a simple tea you can brew at home. And it not only tastes and smells good but can work beautifully for your gut. Yes, you can have your black tea, black coffee, and...
4 Shocking Reasons Why You Can’t Stop Overeating
Do you ever find yourself reaching for that extra slice of cake or another handful of chips, even when you know you're not physically hungry? Sure, sometimes it feels like simple greed or gluttony when we overindulge in delicious treats, especially when we're on holiday or faced with an irresistible spread of food. But what do...
The Massive Danger in Training on A Sleep-Deprived Body
Finished 100 squats? Nailed 50 jumping jacks? Spent an hour mastering yoga poses? Pat yourself on the back! But hold on a moment. Were you sleep-deprived while accomplishing all these feats? Uh oh! Your body seems unhappy! Wondering why? Let’s discuss sleep deprivation, exercise, and why they’re a bigger deal for your body than you might think. Why...
Finding Our Inner Self: My Learnings and Experiences From My First-Ever Retreat Into The Wild
My musings from my first-ever retreat. In our line of work, while we focus on nutrition, movement, and sleep, over the last 13 years, I began to realize, yes, each of these pillars plays a massive role in our health and lifestyle, yet emotional wellness is always at the top. It may also explain why beyond...
Looking for Ways to Support Your Breast and Prostate Health? Start with These 7 Lifestyle Hacks!
The world talks a lot about breast cancer, but what about breast health itself? How many women actually take their breast health seriously? Well, the truth is, not enough. In fact, very few women prioritize regular breast health check-ups. But here's the thing: it's time for a change. It's time for women to start taking their breasts...
Intermittent Fasting
Fasting has been one of the most powerful tools when it comes to healing a disease, cure or simply preventing it . Various types of fasts (aka Vrat in Hindi) have its mention in religious books and communities. One such is intermittent fasting(IF), where one embraces fasting and then feasting on purpose; similar to...
Constipation in Adults
If you have poor bowel movement and each visit to the loo is a painful affair, or you don't feel like going to the loo daily, chances are you are “Constipated”. Constipation is the outcome of modern civilisation and is a condition that plagues millions of adults all across the world . Our body...
Health Benefits of Coconut Oil
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:45+05:30Coconut oil is one of the most amazing gifts of nature . Its no ordinary oil . Its therapeutic effect on the human body is beyond imagination . Right from diseases like Weight loss , Thyroid , Alzheimer's , Parkinson's to Cancer and Cardiovascular ,coconut oil has the capacity to heal the body of...
Do We Need to Replace the Traditional Indian Chai with Green Tea?
Every day I wake up to my mailbox full of questions revolving around Indian Chai and whether to have or not .While on one hand , the Indian chai has recently become a rage in the West and people from New York and California are raving about its health benefits , on the other...
Mangoes — to Eat or Not to Eat for Diabetics & Others
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:45+05:30Right about this time of the year, my mailbox is flooded with innumerable questions pertaining to mangoes. “Can I eat mangoes if I have diabetes?” Wouldn’t mangoes raise my sugar levels?”. “ Oh! Mangoes are too much sugar. Am I going to put on weight if I eat mangoes?” (more…)
7 Benefits And Uses Of Castor Oil
Luke Coutinho2021-05-04T12:29:18+05:30Castor oil is a remedy that our parents, grandparents and ancestors used for the longest time and it has innumerable health benefits that can help you with so many different things. What's more exciting today is the fact that there is so much research showing the usage of castor oil and cancer. (more…)
आप भाग्यशाली हैं अगर आपके माता-पिता इस जादूई तेल का सेवन कराते हैं
अरंडी का तेल एक ऐसा उपाय है जो हमारे माता-पिता, दादा दादी और पूर्वजों का सबसे लंबे समय तक उपयोग किया जाने वाला है और इसमें बहुत सारे स्वास्थ्य लाभ हैं जो आपको कई प्रकार से मदद कर सकते हैं। आज बहुत सारे शोधों मे यह सिद्ध हो चुका है कि अरंडी का तेल...
Breast Cancer – Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
The National Cancer Institute states that thirty-three percent of breast cancers are preventable. We all have a lymphatic system whose job is to drain out cellular waste from your body. Now most lymphomas most carcinomas found in breast or lymph nodes which are infected is nothing but a jammed up lymphatic system (more…)
Bloating: Causes and Natural Ways to Cure
Are you the one who wakes up to a huge round belly and a puffy face in the morning that soon settles down towards mid-day and come evening ,you regain the puffiness once again ? And just because of how you felt in the morning, you have cursed yourself all day long and even...
Understanding Acidosis
Consider any health condition, be it a cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular issues, mild to severe migraines , headaches, obesity or simply the inability to lose weight , the root cause of all of these is having an “Acidic” body. An acidic body doesn’t necessarily mean one would have to go through typical symptoms like acid...
How to Stimulate the Vagus Nerve with Lifestyle
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:47+05:30When it comes to the human body and disease we are just scratching the surface when it comes to addressing the root cause of every problem. So, we know that in conventional medicine all we're looking at are drugs that suppress a symptom and never really address the root cause but also when you...
You Must Add This Magic Spice To Your Daily Diet
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:47+05:30In a medical research institute 88 obese women were divided into two groups. Both groups received nutritional counselling and a diet plan which was deficient in 500 calories. One group had one particular spice that was added to their diet. The group that had this particular spice added to their diet lost more ...
Tips To Help Your Child Grow Taller
There are a lot of parents especially in India who keep reaching out to me all the time concerned about their child's growth in terms of their physical growth. So rather than looking at the foods that promote good growth, there are two or three lifestyle tips that we need to talk about that...
Stiff Joints: Why They Hurt And How To Treat Them
Luke Coutinho2021-05-02T15:52:03+05:30When we have a cold, a cough, a fever or viral flu we go to doctors and we get antibiotics which is okay sometimes. But antibiotics don't really work on viruses, they work more on you know bacterias but for you. Whenever you have an infection or viral your body produces white blood cells which...
Why You Should Stop Using The Word ‘’ Diet ‘’
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:48+05:30It's very important that we always choose the words that we use carefully and the words that we think of all the time because if there's a word running in your mind all the time that's exactly how you feel or that's exactly how you become. When you look into the dictionary for the meaning...
Why You Should Soak Nuts, Seeds And Grains
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:48+05:30A nut and a seed in nature, that's supposed to germinate and grow into a plant. But basically when a nut and seed and it are in its raw form and it's not mixing with water it's meant to be dry. This means only when a nut and seed mixes with water that's when...
Why You Should Eat Potatoes
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:48+05:30Potatoes are a rich source of vitamin b6 which is essential and vital for energy and metabolism. It actually helps you convert carbohydrates into glucose and it also helps with the breakdown of protein into amino acids. These are smaller molecules which are more easily digestible and absorbed into your blood (more…)
Why You Should Eat Good Old Indian Staple Of Rice And Dal
Luke Coutinho2018-09-24T12:54:48+05:30I want to talk about protein and link it back to one of our staple foods back in India which is called dal chawal or basically a rice and dal. Well there's this whole myth about protein and how much you need of it but what's more important is the quality of protein that...