FOOD ENERGETICS PART 2 - AYURVEDIC FOOD PHILOSOPHY

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In the first of this 2 part article I shared a brief overview of some elements of the Taoist and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) approach to dietary recommendations based on food energetics. Instead of viewing foods purely on their isolated nutrients like vitamins and minerals, they interpret and work with the overall energetic influence a particular food has on us. In this article I will discuss the Ayurvedic system of food energetics.

The ancient Indian health care system of A…

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TCM FOOD ENERGETICS PART 1- THE OTHER DIMENSIONS OF NUTRITION

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In our western culture, we have become used to understanding the nutritional aspects of our food by breaking down and isolating its different component parts into vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, proteins, fat, carbohydrates and so on. However, there is a whole other dimension to understanding and making our dietary choices based on the energetics of a particular food, or more precisely, the effect the food has on the energetics of our body. 'Energetics' is rather a nebulous term but one as…

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SPECIAL MOVIE LAUNCH - THRIVE II NOW AVAILABLE

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I am very excited to share with you a really epic and poignant film for these wild times we find ourselves traversing. It's filled with inspiration and beautiful graphic design animation to depict the unified field and the inter-connectivity of all things.

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The Evolution of Healthcare: Are new insights in biophysics changing our perception of health and healing?

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By Quinn Bluewood, 2016
We're living in dynamic and interesting times, especially for those interested in health and healing. Is this the dawn of Quantum Biology?   

As in all scientific endeavours, our understanding of a subject grows piece by piece with the occasional discovery that leads to a paradigm shift within the field.  With the integration of knowledge from within the fields of biology, chemistry and physics, advancements in technology and the wisdom of ancient healing systems, we …

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Why Create Health In Your Life?

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Each of us may have a different way of answering this question from our own unique life perspective.

It doesn't matter whether we’re striving to restore our health, maintain our level of health or enhance our health to the next level to really express our full potential on earth, there are many motivational factors that can be relevant to all of us.

We can consider some of these factors with two further distinctions:
  • Being healthy so we can do the things we'd like to do
  • Being h…

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