Category: Liver Health

7 Steps to Cleanse Your Liver for Spring

“Spring Cleaning” that Benefits Every Aspect of Your Health. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Spring is a time of renewal and liver cleansing. In TCM, every season has a color, a flavor, a natural element, and an organ that is dominant during that time. Spring is the green season, when bitter flavors like dandelion…


Discover a Shockingly Simple Intervention to Support Liver Health

Rates of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – excessive deposits of liver fat in those with no history of alcohol abuse – are soaring in the United States, with some experts placing the incidence at a stunning one in three adults.  Although many cases of NAFLD are mild, the disease can occasionally progress to severe…


Herbal Tea for Optimum Body Detox

Herbal tea is the perfect choice for cleansing your body from unwanted toxins that cause disease. Caffeine-free and natural, they are nature’s best remedy against fighting unpleasant symptoms associated with common modern ailments. Herbal tea may also help boost weight loss and promote a healthier lifestyle.  If you are on any medication, it would be…


Location of Gray Hairs Corresponds to Health of Different Organs

Graying and white hairs are a concern for many people, but do you pay attention to the location of your gray hair? In fact, the position of your gray hair can indicate other things about your physical condition. To learn more about what your body might be trying to tell you when you spot gray…


Onions Put to the Test for Weight Loss, Cholesterol, and PCOS Treatment

In my last video on onions, I talked about the data supporting—or not supporting—the role of onions in boosting testosterone in men, protecting bone health, controlling allergies, and dealing with chemo side effects. What about weight loss? Enter the effect of steamed onion consumption on body fat in overweight subjects. The researchers used steamed onions…


Fenugreek for Cholesterol, Diabetes, Menstrual Problems, and More

Fenugreek is one of the first cultivated herbs in recorded history and remains a fundamental ingredient in curative and culinary traditions from around the world. Fenugreek is found in Indian curry powders, Middle Eastern spice mixes, and Ethiopia’s ubiquitous berberé powder. In India, fenugreek greens are often found in a variety of dishes, but most…


The Best Food for High Cholesterol

“Medicinal plants are [said to be] nature’s gift to human beings to promote a disease free healthy life”—here in reference to amla, a fruit, the Indian gooseberry, described as an “Ayurvedic wonder.” You hear a lot of that larger-than-life talk about amla coming out of Indian medical journals. Who can forget “Amla…, a wonder berry in…


18 Signs That You Need a Liver Detox

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – deposits of fat in the liver that can’t be attributed to excessive drinking – currently affects well over 100 million Americans.  And, while nonalcoholic fatty liver disease can be quite mild, untreated NAFLD can lead to serious complications such as, liver cancer, liver failure and premature death.  Simply put, in this…


Do You Want a Doctor or a Healer?

There seems to be a divide among those two professions. Our modern doctors have become MANAGERS of symptoms through the chemistry of pharmacology. Who wants to be on a cocktail of dozens of chemically formulated pharmaceuticals for the rest of their lives? Each with their own lengthy list of side-effects, typically requiring even more medications….


Cholesterol Management at a Glance

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in all cells of your body. Your body needs cholesterol to make hormones and other substances, but having too much of it in your blood is linked to higher risks of heart disease and stroke. High cholesterol has no symptoms; the only way to find out whether your cholesterol level…