Buddha spoke highly of fasting and said that during his fasts, “My soul becomes brighter, my spirit, more alive in wisdom and truth.” Buddha’s fasting experience played a central role in formation of Buddhism. Around 500 B.C.E., Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) left his affluent family in search of enlightenment. Siddhartha believed that desire was the root […]
Fasting and Diabetes
The first physician to develop fasting protocols for treating diabetes was most likely G. Guelpa, a French physician. He detailed his experience in his 1912 book Autoin-toxiecation and Disintoxication, in which he discussed using fasting to treat diabetes and a variety of other conditions such as sciatica, obesity, pulmonary diseases, alcoholism, and melancholia (depression). Guelpa […]
Rhodiola Rosea and Depression
Rhodiola rosea (Golden Root, Roseroot, Aaron’s Rod) is a plant in the Crassulaceae family that grows in cold regions of the world. These include much of the Arctic, the mountains of Central Asia, the Rocky Mountains, and mountainous parts of Europe, such as the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian Mountains, Scandinavia, Iceland, Great Britain and Ireland. Rhodiola […]
Hops for Sleep and Anxiety
Hops for Sleep and Anxiety Hops (Humulus lupulus) is a member of the Cannabaceae family that has been used in traditional European medicine as a mild sedative for the treatment of anxiety, nervousness, and insomnia. In one study of hops and insomnia, scientists determined that the compounds ethanolic and CO2 extracts in the hops increased […]