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Your Simple, Nourishing 3-Step Ayurvedic Daily Face Care Routine

A good skincare routine is essential for your skin's health. Even more, quality skincare products help your skin stay in good condition. Discover our easy 3 step daily face care routine!

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How to Incorporate Ayurvedic Wellness Principles into Your Daily Life

This article is your compass to understanding and integrating Ayurvedic wellness principles into your daily life. Designed for those familiar with the basics of Ayurveda and the doshas, this article endeavors to enrich your journey toward optimal health.

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Introduction to The Three Pillars of Life According to Ayurveda

The three pillars of life, according to Ayurveda, are Aahara (diet), Nidra (sleep), and Brahmacharya (self-control of senses). By the end of this blog post, you will have a better understanding of why Ayurveda centers on finding the balance of life for optimal well-being.

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Best DIY Herbal Teas for Relaxation and Stress Relief

The world of herbal teas is a treasure trove, offering both invigorating and tranquilizing options. They can do wonders, from easing menstrual discomfort and morning sickness to safeguarding your heart health. Trust us. There's an herbal tea perfect for every mood and moment.

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Detox Tips From Farmtrue: The Fundamentals of Spring Cleansing

A spring cleanse is a great way to give our bodies a fresh start and improve overall health. Farmtrue offers some helpful tips on how to cleanse your body this spring.

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Holistic Ayurvedic Skincare Principles for All Doshas

Ayurvedic skincare principles advocate for a holistic approach to nurturing healthy and radiant skin, tailored to one's unique dosha — be it Vata, Pitta, or Kapha. Recognizing that whatever your dosha, it is essential to care for your skin in alignment with these age-old Ayurvedic tenets.

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Ayurvedic Skincare Essentials for Your Kapha Skin Type

This article explores Ayurvedic skincare specifically formulated for Kapha dosha, aiming to purify and enliven your skin. With a focus on detoxifying and revitalizing ingredients, these products address the distinct requirements of Kapha skin, helping to combat excess oiliness, clear congestion, and maintain a fresh, vibrant complexion.

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Skincare Range for the Pitta Dosha

Are you experiencing sensitivity, oiliness, or frequent bouts of inflammation in your skin? These are classic indicators of Pitta skin type, as identified in Ayurvedic practices.

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Your Ideal Vata Skincare Line

This article introduces Farmtrue’s range of Ayurvedic skincare products specifically formulated to address the needs of Vata skin. Each product, from luxurious body oils to rich body butters and gentle scrubs, is infused with natural ingredients that promise deep moisturization and protection.

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The Connection Between Ayurvedic Wellness and Mental Health

According to Ayurveda, mental health is closely connected to the balance of three doshas - Vata, Pitta, and Kapha - within the body. Imbalances in these doshas can lead to various health conditions, including anxiety, depression, and insomnia, which can affect overall well-being.

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DIY Hair Care Recipes with Ayurvedic Ingredients

Dive into Ayurvedic hair care: Discover natural ingredients and easy DIY recipes for lush, healthy hair. Start your at-home hair care journey now!

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Top Ayurvedic Hair Care Routine to Promote Hair Growth

Let's take a refreshing deep dive on Ayurveda's holistic approach intertwines with a hair care routine. We're talking about shiny, voluminous, healthy hair the Ayurvedic way – sounds exciting, doesn't it? Let's embark on this fascinating journey together and unlock the secrets to lush, healthy hair. Ready? Let's get started!

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Practical Guide to Starting Ayurvedic Skincare for Beginners

Why should you consider Ayurveda for skincare? Because it offers an integral approach, focusing on overall health and well-being as the path to naturally glowing skin.

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Your Skin’s Specific Needs Based on Your Dosha

Let's explore the fundamentals of Ayurvedic skincare, its benefits over conventional approaches, and the potency of its botanical ingredients. The article also provides specific skincare advice and product suggestions from Farmtrue for each dosha type, empowering readers to cultivate radiant skin through a personalized and holistic Ayurvedic skincare routine.

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Ayurvedic Hair Care: Natural Ingredients for Healthy Hair with Farmtrue

Let's journey together into the world of Ayurvedic hair care, and discover how you can make it an integral part of your journey towards healthier, happier hair.

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Organic Ghee vs Butter: A Comprehensive Comparison for the Health-Conscious Consumer

This article provides a comprehensive comparison between ghee and butter, highlighting the superior benefits of organic ghee. It explores the shared benefits, historical uses, nutritional profile, taste, and cooking performance of both, with a special emphasis on ghee's advantages, its role in Ayurvedic practices, and why it's a healthier choice over butter.

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The Ayurvedic Way of Taking Care of Your Oral Health - A Comprehensive Guide

The article is about taking care of oral health using Ayurvedic practices. It covers topics such as the implications of oral health in Ayurveda, Ayurvedic practices for optimal oral health, gum care, the benefits of tongue scraping, Ayurvedic brushing and flossing techniques, and oil-pulling mouthwash. The article also discusses the benefits of rinsing the mouth with Triphala Churna.

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The Wonderful World of Ayurvedic Spices: A Beginner's Guide to Ayurvedic Cooking

This blog post is designed to guide you through the fundamentals of Ayurvedic spices and offers practical tips on how to incorporate them into your daily cooking. By the end of this journey, you'll be well-equipped to harness the power of these magical ingredients and embark on your own Ayurvedic culinary adventure.

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Embracing an Ayurvedic Lifestyle: A Beginner's Guide

This beginner's guide will introduce you to the key principles of Ayurveda and help you understand how to adopt this way of living to support your overall well-being. Discover the wonders of being connected to the wisdom of nature!

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Detox Tips from Farmtrue: A Comprehensive 7-Day Spring Cleansing Guide

This blog post will provide you with a comprehensive 7-day spring cleansing guide to help you detoxify your body and rejuvenate your mind.

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How to Create a Sustainable Kitchen at Home

In this article, we’ll share some tips for creating a sustainable kitchen while also promoting Farmtrue’s commitment to using eco-friendly packaging and sustainably sourced ingredients.

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Create a Kitchen Herb Garden at Home - Step-by-Step Guide

It doesn't take a lot of space to have your own Ayurvedic herb garden. Many herbs will grow just fine in pots, so if you lack outdoor space, this may be your answer.

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Moisturize, Nourish, and Rejuvenate Your Dry Skin with Ayurvedic Body Oils

To get to the bottom of why you have dry skin, let’s go back to the basics of Ayurveda.

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What is the Perfect Body Oil for Your Dosha Type?

Did you know that the key to selecting the best oil for your skin isn't necessarily based on your skin type but your dosha type? By identifying your dosha type, you can better understand which oils work best for you and help you achieve optimal skin health.

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Learn How Ayurveda Changes Lives: An Interview with Kim and Lynn

We are so grateful to Laura Plumb, Ayurvedic Nutrition Educator, and Jyotish Expert, for sharing a discussion she had with Kim and Lynn about Ayurveda has not only changed their lives, but those of their communities.

What is a Pitta Diet? 🤷‍♂️

A pitta diet is a type of Ayurvedic diet that is designed to help balance the pitta dosha. The pitta dosha is associated with the element of fire, and is said to be responsible for qualities such as metabolism, digestion, and energy production.

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What is a Vata Diet ❓

The vata dosha is associated with the elements of air and space. Some people find that following a vata diet helps to reduce anxiety, improve digestion, and promote better sleep.

👊 Ayurvedic Cleansing Techniques

Everywhere we turn, we see the cleanse as a key ingredient to achieving optimal health. So how do we know which to choose and what information we can trust?

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Does Ghee Need to be Refrigerated? ❄

Here are some of our tips for storing Ghee and extending its shelf life.

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🥤 Ayurvedic Smoothies: Bring Your Body Into Balance

Learn more about how Ayurvedic Smoothies support specific areas of health, such as digestion, immunity, and detoxification.

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🧈 Ghee vs. Butter: 6 Key Differences

In this blog we'll look at the key differences between Ghee and Butter.

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Ayurvedic Self Care: Self-Care Date Night 💖

Self-care is not just a luxury, but an essential part of our daily lives. When we hold ourselves in high esteem, we're more likely to choose things that nourish our mind, body, and soul, helping us to live a healthy and vibrant life!

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Ayurvedic Astrology Signs Based on Ayurveda || Farmtrue

Did you know Western astrology isn’t the only astrological system out there? Vedic Astrology, translated to Jyotish in Sanskrit, means the science of light.

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Happy Holidays from Farmtrue

We all know - it’s been a year. In a time ripe with change and uncertainty, any time we started to feel overwhelmed, nervous, or frustrated, we kept coming back to one thing to keep us grounded - we have abundance at our fingertips.

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All Natural Lip Balm: A Fix in a Stick! 💄

Feed your skin by using our Fix Stick Balm that includes the most beneficial, healthy, and nourishing oil you can give it – Ghee!

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Golden Milk Latte: Super Fuel Your Day 🥇

We Love Farmtrue's Golden Milk Latte! Our friends from SoulFull Veda are taking over the blog today to share...

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🧴 Ayurvedic Body Oil - How-to, Tips, and Tricks

Ayurvedic Body Oil How to use body oil plus some tips and tricks to get the most out of your...

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Turning Down Fast Success for Soul Success | Farmtrue Life Advice

We are so excited to share the episode from SoulFull Veda’s podcast featuring Kim and Lynn – Turning Down Fast Success for Soul Success with Farmtrue Founders!

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Ayurvedic Fall Cleanse Guide 🍂

A fall guide for routines and foods to help ease your mind, body, and spirit from the summer to the fall and winter months.

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🥗 Ayurvedic Seasonal Food List

Seasonal eating is one of the cornerstones of healthy living. Eating seasonally appropriate foods can help keep your digestive fire strong and support your immunity through seasonal changes.

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Why Ghee is the Perfect Postpartum Food

We’ve partnered with Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula & Prenatal Yoga Instructor, Megan Cassamas, to share why ghee is one of the most nourishing foods to add to your postpartum routine.

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John Douillard’s LifeSpa Podcast: All about Ghee with Farmtrue

Farmtrue founders, Lynn Goodwin and Kim Welch were featured on John Douillard’s LifeSpa podcast to talk all things organic, grass-fed ghee!

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🏃‍♀️ Enhanced Ayurvedic Body Care by Farmtrue

We’re here to help you feel grounded, revived, and refreshed to support you as you care for your body in accordance with the season and with how you feel.

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Boost Your Immune System: 9 Natural Foods that can Help || Farmtrue

Ayurveda recognizes that a strong immune system is based upon the proper function of and connection between the nervous system and digestive system...

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🍲 Kitchari – An Ayurvedic Diet Staple

Kitchari is a perfect and easy one-pot immune-building Ayurvedic staple. Kitchari is nourishing comfort food made of easily digestible split mung beans...

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What's Growing in Our Garden? || Farmtrue Favorites

We recognize that our connection to nature brings us so much closer to ourselves. One of our desires when starting Farmtrue was to stay as connected to the land as possible...

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Our Purity Promise

After studying together at the California College of Ayurveda, founders Kim and Lynn were deeply inspired and strongly pulled to share this ancient wisdom within their own communities and beyond...

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Farmtrue’s 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

This year, the holiday season will look and feel a little different than usual. Our hope is that by treating yourself or someone you love to one of our mindfully made holiday gifts...

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The Benefits of Nasya Oil

As the cool dry air of the late autumn starts to prepare us for the winter months, it’s important to help to balance vata (air and ether) in your body...

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🍗 Ghee Roasted Chicken, an Ayurvedic Comfort Food

Cold days call for warm, nourishing foods to help ground us and ensure our body gets the nutrients it needs...

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Pain Management in Ayurveda 🩹

The search for effective pain management has shown few promising results. For years doctors have been prescribing pain pills that only mask the pain and do nothing for the actual issues causing that pain...

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Ayurvedic Hair Oil: Farmtrue Happy Hair 💈

As the temperatures begin to shift cooler and dryer here in New England, our hair and skin need more attention to help manage the effects of the seasons on our bodies...

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Farmtrue + John Douillard’s LifeSpa Collaboration

One of our missions is to bring the very best in Ayurvedic resources and education to our tribe. We’re so lucky to have been inspired by and follow in the footsteps of some of the greatest leaders in the field...

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Ayurveda Body Types: How to Find Yours

Have you taken dosha quiz after dosha quiz to determine your Ayurvedic body type and had different results each time?

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8+ Tips for Healthy Eating 🥗

Healthy food practices are not only about what we eat but also, how we eat. Both are necessary to ensure healthy digestion...

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Ayurvedic Sleep Remedies 💤 Tips for Restful Sleep

Managing our energy consists of recognizing stressors in our life that can be depleting and incorporating a nourishing diet with time to slow down and restore with proper, restful sleep.

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Ayurveda Stress Management Tips from Farmtrue || Farmtrue

One of the 3 Pillars of Health in Ayurveda is the management of our energy...

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What is Kapha Season? Ayurvedic Guide for Spring | Farmtrue

Spring tends to be fantasized for its blooming flowers, sunshine, and breezy days; however, to get there we need to tend to the muck and guck that is truly the essence of the season...

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What is Vata Season? 🍂❄

Fall and Winter bring about a movement of change: back to school, new routines, holidays, and gatherings...

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What is Pitta Season? 🌞

Summer can be reminiscent of barbecues and picnics consisting of burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, and beer – all of which tend to have heavy qualities...

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Ayurveda Morning Routine 🌅

Morning routines are often spoken about as the key to successful days. How we set the tone of our mornings can affect how we show up the rest of the day...

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What is an Ayurvedic diet?

Keto, paleo, whole30, vegetarian, vegan, Atkins, south beach… the list continues on how many types of “diets” exist in the world. One of the main questions we receive is: what is an Ayurvedic diet?

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How To Make Ghee Rice 🍚

Have you ever felt comforted by a bowl of rice? Warm, spiced, easily made and versatile, rice is a staple ingredient in Ayurvedic cooking...

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How to use ghee?

Both internally and externally, ghee boasts a list of many health benefits. From deeply hydrated, glowing skin to reducing inflammation, ghee promotes better gut health, supports digestion by reducing gas, bloating, and indigestion and aids in the absorption of vitamins and nutrients…

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Tips for Winter to Spring Seasonal Eating in Ayurveda

One basic yet profound teaching of Ayurveda, the wisdom of life, is remembering that we are a reflection of nature. The elements of Ether, Air, Fire, Water and Earth are the building blocks of life and are all inherently within us and outside of us.

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Ayurvedic Spring Cleanse FAQs

The Essential Ayurvedic Cleanse Kit is your one-stop-shop for all the products needed to enhance your Ayurvedic spring cleanse...

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Golden Milk Latte: Sip Your Way to Wellness ☕

Traditionally an Ayurvedic tonic, “golden milk” has been used for centuries to promote restful sleep, support the immune system, and combat inflammation in the body.

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✈ 6 Ayurvedic Travel Tips

Traveling is a wonderful way to see the world, experience new cultures, and visit friends and family. However, traveling can also be hard on our bodies and contribute to dry skin, poor digestion, disturbed sleep, and anxiety.

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🥑 5 Cooling Foods Ayurveda

As the season shifts from Spring to Summer, so too should our diet and lifestyle. Not to worry, Ayurveda, the oldest and continuously practiced healing system in the world, has a guidebook to support us, and yet the answers are already inside of you...

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Ayurveda Seasons: Navigating Transitions with Ayurveda | Farmtrue

It may seem like the moment we get the swing of seasonal living, our surroundings begin to shift and we need to reconfigure to what is now present...

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Introducing TrueFace: Ayurvedic Face Care by Farmtrue

The skin is our largest organ, the first layer of digestion and gateway to our deeper tissues. That is right… our skin digests whatever we put on it!

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Ayurvedic Spring Cleanse 🍃

Spring tends to be fantasized for its blooming flowers, sunshine, and breezy days; however, to get there we need to tend to the muck and guck that is truly the essence of the season...

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Ayurveda as a Healing System for Your Body | Farmtrue

Ayurveda is the oldest healing system originating in India about 5,000 years ago. Translated from Sanskrit as the wisdom of life, it is considered a sister-science to yoga, originating from a similar ancient philosophy...

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Ayurvedic Medicine For Allergy: Neti and Nasya Oil

The spring season can bring about several challenges: congestion, allergies, coughs, brain fog, mood swings and colds, all while shaking off the cobwebs of winter.

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Root down to Rise up…FarmTrue Spring Newsletter

Welcome to our Farmtrue community! We are so grateful to have you here. Thank you for signing up for our monthly newsletters.

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Knowing your Body with Ayurveda

Eating with the seasons and adjusting our routines to accommodate for the time of year, enables us to sync with the natural rhythm of life...

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What Are The Health Benefits Of Ghee? 🧈

Ghee is a healthy fat made from organic, grass-fed butter and is used in both cooking and in maintaining health. Ghee also just happens to be simply delicious!

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Ayurveda Wellness Healing 😊

Ayurveda is the oldest healing system originating in India about 5,000 years ago. Translated from Sanskrit as the wisdom of life, it is considered a sister-science to yoga, originating from a similar ancient philosophy...

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Farmtrue Expands: Holistic Health Business in North Stonington

North Stonington — It’s been half a year since Lynn Goodwin and Kim Welch opened the Route 2 production facility for their company Farmtrue...

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Ghee Expert

Lynn Goodwin, ayurvedic health educator and one half of Farm to Gold Ghee, knows a good deal about the stuff. She and business partner Kim Welch established Farm to Gold Ghee last fall after...

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Why Chefs Are Cooking With Ghee

The newest chapter in ghee’s story is its rising popularity in North America, where it’s a star among paleo and Whole 30 Dieters and Cross-Fit enthusiasts who blend ghee into their bulletproof coffees or stir it into their bone broths. At Broth Bar in Portland, Oregon, for example, you can order a cup of bone broth with a “ghee and cocoa butter bomb.”

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Women’s Company Strikes Gold with Ghee

If you think butter is good, try ghee. Slightly nutty in taste, ghee is a type of clarified butter used in Indian cooking and in the country’s ancient natural healing system, Ayurveda.

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What is a Kapha Diet? 🤷‍♀️

A kapha diet is a traditional Ayurvedic approach to eating that is designed to pacify the kapha dosha. The kapha dosha is associated with the elements of earth and water, and is said to be responsible for qualities such as stability, solidity, and sluggishness.