Reduce harmful triglycerides and Enhance tummy comfort with traditional herbs used for slimming and toning digestion. Ingredients include sacred lotus leaf and hawthorn berry with herbs to reduce water retention, bloating and to improve energy. Lotus leave reduces harmful lipids from the liver, blood and gut. Fat around the waistline weakens the heart. Drinking herbs that slim the middle can improve energy and digestion.
Edible bamboo shoots, zhú sǔn (竹笋) or simply sǔn (笋), fall into two broad categories: winter and spring shoots. Spring shoots are larger and a bit tougher than winter shoots.
Alkaline foods help us to stay slim, strong and clean. They detoxify the body and reduce tensions. Marie Griffiths discusses the role of an entrepreneur, featured in a new magazine in Montreal. I discuss alkaline foods such as avocado, asparagus. and the rewards of living with natural foods. Use a diet that suits your needs. Stay alkaline to prevent illness and aging. https://soundcloud.com/1051/mg-live-alternative-medicine-with-letha-hadady-2016-08-15
Lent brings smart Spring Cleansing. Asians and alternative health professionals know the many benefits of cleansing. Papaya leaf can be added to tea and coffee. Remember bitter sour herbs oregano, greens, mushrooms, grape seed extract and hawthorn berry, broccoli cure for prostate issues, including cancer, and a clear complexion. You can pour broccoli water over green tea.
Cancer and heart disease is a breakdown of immunity. We can improve energy, immunity and mood with diet. Gymnema sylvestra a leaf native to India balances blood sugar, reduces sweet craving, reduces candida. The importance of scent for mood and memory.
This podcast opens with news about NYC Lunar New Year, a big celebration in New York among the Chinese and Tibetan communities. Also this week Marie Griffiths and Letha Hadady discuss the history of weight loss techniques.
This podcast covers natural ways to improve sleep, how to improve flexibility and reduce pain, simple ways to lose weight, stay healthy and happy during winter. Cooling, detoxifying herbs improve brain health.
Many people, especially overweight men over age 40 grow large in the middle and have trouble breathing. They may develop chronic indigestion or heart troubles, including heart failure, from lack of exercise and a diet too rich in the wrong fats and too many sweets. The result is low energy, poor concentration, depression and sometimes a temper like a pressure cooker. Here is a TCM treatment you can duplicate at home with massage and diet.
Prevagen, a drug that has been recommended to improve memory and brain function, contains a calcium-binding protein also found in jellyfish. Jellyfish is a traditional Asian (especially Chinese) crunchy food sold in groceries. It is sliced and packed with salt. Directions say to soak it for 1/2 hr to remove the salt and season with sliced carrots, celery, cucumber, and rice wine. A low calorie, high protein food — containing mostly water and protein–with no claims for improving memory. Articles recommend no more than 2 meals per week of jellyfish. Overuse might provoke cancer. It’s a nice light snack. Prevagen on the other hand is a pill with test results (on rat brains) done for and reported by the manufacturer. Here is a long critique found online by a user who is a research scientist:
It is apple season. We love them sweet or tart, crisp and fresh. The pectin can rid the body of heavy metals and help prevent cancers. The fruit, high in fiber, is useful for liver cleansing. But how many of us know the benefits of apple leaf?
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