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What’s MORE to Love About SVA? – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 28, 2024 – #25, Vol 13

July 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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Everybody has their favorite “Vaidya Mishra’s product”! Some people never leave home without their eyedrops; others refuse to cook without Mom’s Ghee; some swear by Vaidya’s Cup first thing in the morning; others love the lubricating yet light feeling of Vaidya’s Nasya oils… If you have yours, won’t you share it with us? On the page of your favorite product on www.chandika.com, click on “Write A Review” to let us know why you love it and how it has helped you. You will be inspiring others to discover the balancing power of SVAyurveda and Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic formulations.

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Reminder: What’s MORE to Love About SVA? – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 28, 2024 – #25, Vol 13

July 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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Everybody has their favorite “Vaidya Mishra product”! Some people never leave home without their eyedrops; others refuse to cook without Mom’s Ghee; some swear by Vaidya’s Cup first thing in the morning; others love the lubricating yet light feeling of Vaidya’s Nasya oils… If you have yours share with us: click on “Write A Review” to let us know why you love it and how it has helped you. You will be helping others discover the balancing power of SVAyurveda and Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic formulations. Happy 4th of July!

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What’s MORE to Love About SVA? – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 28, 2024 – #25, Vol 13

June 28, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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Everybody has their favorite “Vaidya Mishra product”! Some people never leave home without their eyedrops; others refuse to cook without Mom’s Ghee; some swear by Vaidya’s Cup first thing in the morning; others love the lubricating yet light feeling of Vaidya’s Nasya oils… If you have yours share with us: click on “Write A Review” to let us know why you love it and how it has helped you. You will be helping others discover the balancing power of SVAyurveda and Vaidya Mishra’s unique pranic formulations. Happy 4th of July!

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Reminder: Heart Palpitations? Muscle Cramps? Fatigue? All you Need is Magnesium: What It Is & What It Can Do For You – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 20, 2024 – #23 Vol 14

June 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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Magnesium helps with calcium levels in your body, regulates your stress hormones and adrenal glands, and plays a major role in our daily lives? Low levels of calcium are the root cause behind a wide range of clinical chronic conditions. While oral magnesium supplementation can have its down sides and side-effects, transdermal absorption of magnesium is safe and highly effective over long term.

Conditions Caused by Magnesium deficiency

Low levels of magnesium can result in many conditions, namely:

— cramping of the muscles, leading to

—heartbeat arrhythmia

— painful menstrual cycles

 — calf muscle pain (“Charlie horses”)

 — twitching of the eyelids

But not just that. here is a list of chronic conditions associated with low or depleted levels of magnesium:

  • Adrenal fatigue – adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol deplete magnesium. Stress is a big factor for adrenal fatigue. Stress causes excess elimination of magnesium through urine
  •  Alzheimer’s – Magnesium guards the external layer of the cells, not allowing heavy metals to enter
  •  Angina – The pain of angina is caused by severe muscle spasm in heart muscles, is caused by magnesium deficiency. The heart ventricles have the highest levels of magnesium in the whole body, which is why magnesium is so important for the pumping function of the heart.
  •   Anxiety and Panic Attacks – When the adrenals are no longer protected by sufficient magnesium, the flight-or-flight hormones adrenaline and noradrenalin become more easily triggered. When they surge erratically, they cause a rapid pulse, high blood pressure and heart palpitations.
  • Asthma – Histamine production and bronchial spasms (in the smooth muscles of the bronchial tract) both increase as a result of magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is a great broncho-dilator.
  • Atherosclerosis with calcium deposits. Magnesium is necessary to help dissolve calcium and keep it soluble in the bloodstream.
  • Bowel disease – magnesium deficiency slows down bowel peristalsis, causing constipation.
  • Depression – Serotonin, which elevates mood, is dependent on magnesium.
  • Detoxification – Magnesium is crucial for removal of toxins and heavy metals from the body. Magnesium is a co-factor in the production of glutathione and the function of the P450 detoxification systems in the liver.
  • Diabetes – Magnesium enhances insulin secretion and allows insulin to transfer glucose into the cells. Otherwise, glucose and insulin build up in the blood causing various types of tissue damage.
  • Headaches – Prevents muscle tension in neck and head muscles when applied locally. Also prevents spasms of the muscles in the walls of the arteries which triggers headaches.
  • High Blood Pressure – With low magnesium and too much calcium, the muscles in blood vessels can go into spasm and cause high blood pressure. 

  • Hardening of the arteries – as acid toxins build up (ama visha and gar visha), they create inflammation in the wall of the arteries. If calcium is high and magnesium is low, the calcium can deposit in the arterial wall, creating hardening or plaque.
  • Inflammation – Calcium is extremely pro-inflammatory and magnesium is anti-inflammatory. Must keep a balance between calcium and magnesium. It is not recommended to take calcium supplements – they remain stuck in the channel, and if magnesium is low this can create inflammation and other problems like hardening of the arteries and heart attacks.

  • Osteoporosis – Calcium cannot build bones without magnesium. Calcium alone makes bones brittle (like chalk breaking as it hits the floor). Magnesium makes the bones flexible and resistant to shattering. Most people have too much calcium and not enough magnesium. Put a calcium supplement in a glass of water and it sits there. Add magnesium and it breaks down.  
  • Magnesium is a co-factor for ATP production. ATP, created in mitochondria, is main source of energy in our cells. ATP must be bound to magnesium in order to be active. ATP is made in each of the 100 trillion cells in our body
  • For purposes of cellular detoxification and tissue purification, the most effective form of magnesium is magnesium chloride. Has a strong excretory effect on toxins stuck in the tissues of the body, drawing them out through the pores of the skin. Magnesium chloride, when applied transdermally increases DHEA. DHEA is the “mother of all hormones.” DHEA is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands and the ovaries. DHEA is converted in the body into several different steroid hormones – estrogen, testosterone and other hormones as needed
  • Magnesium is a required co-factor for over 800 enzyme systems in our bodies. 3,751 receptor sites for magnesium have been found on human proteins. Magnesium is a requirement for RNA and DNA production. Magnesium is a co-factor involved in transporting hormones like adrenaline into the cells because the hormones can’t pass through the cell membranes by themselves

Why choose Transdermal over Oral?

Most magnesium supplements are made from the wrong form of magnesium. Oral supplementation is not very effective because of low bowel tolerance (creates “striations” – areas of damage) on the bowel wall with prolonged use. Oral magnesium passes through the digestive tract too quickly creating low levels of absorption

Transdermal application bypasses the liver, providing less chance of an overdose or under-dose. Our skin is very porous, allowing many substances in or out of the body, it can thus take in the magnesium easily and eliminate many toxins back out through the skin itself, safely and effectively. 

Why do we get low on magnesium?

There can be many causes for magnesium deficiency. Here are the most common: 

1) Ingesting synthetic Vitamin C – this competes with magnesium and pulls it out of the system.

2) Poor diet: starving yourself and/or consuming unwholesome processed meals puts a great strain on your entire physiology, draining your body of its minerals and nutrients

3) Drinking processed purified water lacking in minerals from the earth – always favor natural spring water over tap or other types of purified recycled water

4) Prescription medications – bronchodilators, insulin, digitalis, antibiotics, corticosteroids, cocaine: if you find yourself having to depend on medication for your health condition, do not discontinue them, instead add a good protocol of transdermal magnesium to your daily regimen to support your levels of magnesium even as you take your medicines.  

5) Stress: in addition to correcting your daily sleeping and eating routine, add yoga and meditation, or other relaxation techniques to your life.

6) Avoid ALL kinds of processed sugars – steer clear of processed sugary drinks and sodas! Get your sugars naturally from natural sources such as fruits, raw honey, etc.

7) Make sure the friendly bacteria in your gut are taken care of, because malabsorption of nutrients due to their absence – lack of friendly bacteria in the gut is the primary cause of malnutrition and malabsorption when you are maintaining a healthy daily diet yet experience imbalances. 

8) Supplementing with Calcium for healthy bones, without having a proper balance of magnesium vs calcium.

9) Using alcohol, coffee, sodas, birth control pills, nicotine…

10) Supplementing with synthetic Vitamin D: this binds magnesium and pulls it out of the body when you need it most!

Clinical Application of SVA Transdermal Magnesium

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum has the following to say about Vaidya’s Magnesium products: “I have been using Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Transdermal Magnesium products in my practice since he came up with them a couple of years ago. I have great feedback from patients with different kinds of chronic conditions. I have used it for: 

1) Cataract Reversal: I ask the patient to apply the Transdermal Magnesium Roll-on to sub-occipital region. Cataracts are caused by loss of elasticity of the lens (due to lack of magnesium) and calcium deposition into the lens causing cloudiness of the lens

2) For headaches: I use the Magnesium Roll-on down the spine and on the forehead twice a day. Also use SVA ALA Cream in these same areas to decrease swelling and heat in the capillaries, opening up the channels to reduce the pressure

3) Blood Pressure – use the Magnesium Roll-on and/or Vata Oil with Magnesium and Vitamin D for abhyanga or daily self-massage.

4) Arrhythmia – use Magnesium Roll-on, Super Sport Cream and Arjuna Cream down the spine twice a day, or whenever the arrhythmias are occurring

5) Menstrual Cramps – apply Magnesium Roll-on to lower abdomen and lower spine twice a day along with the Prakrit cream down the lower spine to pull Apana down and pacify the situation. Consume natural healthy sweets 5 days before and 5 days after the menstruation to have a steady supply of estrogen and support the flow of the menses. 

Thank you Vaidya Mishra for the priceless knowledge – from sutra to science!” ~ Dr Teitelbaum

MAGNESIUM

~ THE SOURCE OF LIFE! ~

Dr Marianne Teitelbaum

The Chinese call magnesium “The Beautiful Mineral.” It is also known as the “Lamp of Life.” And it’s been called the absolute most important nutrient in the world.
In fact, Dr. Mark Sircus, one of the country’s leading authorities on the effects of magnesium on our health has even stated, “The bedrock of medical truth sits upon the metal magnesium for it is at the exact center of biological life like air and water is. All of life collapses around its loss, but with only the smallest amount of caring and intelligence we can replete what has been lost inside of a person’s cells.” He goes on to say that for the deepest healing of many health problems “there is going to be only one answer and that answer is magnesium, preferably in the chloride form.” And finally, “What we have found is that magnesium chloride, applied transdermally, is the ideal magnesium delivery system — with health benefits unequalled in the entire world of medicine.”
I read these words about 15 years ago when I was studying the health benefits of magnesium. At the same time, my teacher and mentor, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra, award-winning Ayurvedic herbal formulator and dermatologist was researching the use of magnesium as well. After I finished my research I thought I had better call him because I knew he was intent on formulating transdermal magnesium products. I had just finished reading how magnesium chloride was the best form of magnesium to use and I remember thinking I had better let him know this since he was a Vaidya who had just come from a small village in India, and I thought he might not be well versed enough in the latest modern research.
I remember calling him and asking him how he was coming along with his transdermal magnesium products. He said he was very happy with the creams, roll-ons and abhyanga oils he was developing. I asked him what type of magnesium he was using in all the products. And even without all the research I had access to, I was shocked when he replied, “Magnesium Chloride. That’s the best.” From that point on I never questioned any of his formulas! And he knew intuitively that the transdermal use of magnesium was the best delivery system. 
It turns out that the fats in the skin disperse it into the body and activate it along the way, allowing your magnesium deprived cells to bathe in its healing effects. Let’s see why every cell in your body is crying out for more magnesium and why we should learn to listen to these calls.
Let’s start with the fact that magnesium is bound to the center of the chlorophyll molecule. It’s because of magnesium that the plants can convert the sunlight into energy. Which means that all of life, including the food chain, is dependent on the sunlight-chlorophyll-magnesium chain. So we can consider it the source of life since all animals and humans eat plants for their food supply. All of life for billions of years has been dependent on the development of chlorophyll, a molecule that captures light energy from the sun and through a process called photosynthesis transforms it into small energy rich molecules easy for cells to use, which creates all the various life forms on Earth.
So magnesium is seen as the one nutrient which is needed by plants to form chlorophyll, which makes the plants green, but on a deeper level, without magnesium the plants would not be able to absorb nutrition from the sun because the process of photosynthesis would not go on. 
This is why when magnesium is depleted things begin to die: in fact you can’t take a breath, move a muscle, think a thought, or make energy without enough magnesium in your cells. In fact, 800 other functions wouldn’t occur either, since magnesium is a catalyst for all these important reactions throughout the body.
Let’s take a deeper look at what magnesium does for us.
First, it plays a huge role in helping newly formed DNA to repair itself. Toxins can cause oxidative damage to the DNA causing dangerous mutations to form. Magnesium initiates many of the mechanisms that need to occur to help correct any mistakes as the DNA is forming, which will help serious diseases, such as cancer, from developing.
Glutathione is considered the body’s master antioxidant which prevents generation of free radicals. In fact glutathione is one of the few antioxidant molecules which can neutralize mercury. But magnesium is required to make glutathione, so, if magnesium goes low, and I can emphatically tell you from experience it is low in just about everyone of us, then glutathione levels become severely depleted, which is not good because glutathione defends the body against damage from cigarette smoking, radiation, cancer-causing chemicals, alcohol, and just about any other toxin you can think of.
The vast majority of the new patients complain of low energy. There are several reasons for this, and we always make sure to address all those reasons, but keep in mind that the body makes energy by producing ATP. ATP is made in the mitochondria — and it’s made in each of the 100 trillion cells of our body. ATP is the main source of energy in our cells and inside each cell are mitochondria making the energy for all of our cells’ functions. But ATP must be bound to magnesium in order for it to work. ATP is formed from our food through a series of chemical reactions called the Kreb’s cycle and 7 of the 10 enzymes in this cycle are dependent on magnesium. 
And here’s the important thing: Magnesium sits on the outside of every cell in your body always keeping the calcium out. So if magnesium becomes too low calcium can take advantage and quickly infiltrate into the mitochondria, causing it to calcify. This would create lots of health problems since the heart muscles have a never ending need for energy since they are always contracting without a rest. And the mitochondria are highly concentrated in the brain and the central nervous system which is why calcification of the mitochondria is implicated in Parkinson’s, MS and other brain diseases. 
And since the power plant of the cells is in the mitochondria where all the ATP is made, if the mitochondria become low in magnesium and the calcium gains access inside, this calcification of the mitochondria can mark the beginning of the aging process. In fact every function can slow down when the mitochondria calcify. This is why our biochemical age is determined by the ratio of calcium to magnesium both inside and outside of our cells.
The ancient doctors of India said there are two types of hormone problems: either not enough of the hormone is being made, or sufficient quantities of hormones are being made but they’re not getting transported to the areas where they exert their influence.
Magnesium has effects on both of these two aspects concerning the hormones: it is used to both make the hormones and it is also a co-factor involved in transporting hormones into the cells because the hormones can’t pass into the inside of the cell by themselves. So magnesium carries them across the cell wall and delivers them into the inside of the cells. We can make these hormones but if they just sit outside the cell they can’t carry out their intended functions.
In fact, magnesium also allows insulin to transfer glucose (sugar) into the cells. If magnesium goes low the glucose and insulin can build up and the blood sugar can go high.
Many of our patients get tremendous relief from their headaches because magnesium promotes relaxation in the head and neck muscles and prevents spasms in the walls of the arteries, taking away intense headache and migraine pain.
Magnesium is famous for lowering blood pressure. This is because it relaxes the muscles in the walls of the arteries, allowing the artery to open up causing the blood pressure to go down. When we’re stressed the magnesium flushes out of the body which can cause the arteries to contract down causing the blood pressure to go up. Once magnesium levels come back up the muscles in the walls of the arteries relax and the blood pressure goes down as the artery dilates open again.
Magnesium is also an amazing antidote for hardening of the arteries. Any calcium we take into out bodies should only go into our bones and teeth, and that’s it. But calcium always wants to take advantage whenever magnesium goes low, rushing into the inside of the cells, creating lots of problems. For example, if it makes its way into the inside of your arteries it will cause hardening of the arteries.
Normally, when the heart beats the arteries give a little, due to the elastic found in one of the layers of the arteries. It’s just like a rubber band. This dilation of the arteries keeps the blood pressure low when the heart beats. But over a lifetime if calcium has been allowed to infiltrate into the elastic layer it will make the arteries stiff and hard causing the blood pressure to go up when the heart beats. 
The good news is I’ve been able to reverse hardening of the arteries in so many of our elderly patients. If you take the pulse of someone in their 20’s you can feel a lot of elasticity in the arteries, they are very pliable and soft. But as the patient ages, by the time they are in their 50’s or above, the arteries feel very hard due to the calcium which has infiltrated over the years.
Always remember this image: if you put a calcium tablet in a glass of water, it just sits there. But once you put some magnesium in it will break it down and disintegrate it. The same thing happens to the calcium lining our arteries: magnesium can displace the calcium once it enters into your body. So this means that if you are very diligent in using your transdermal magnesium products, the arteries will become soft and pliable again as the magnesium forces out the hard calcium, and the pulse will feel much younger, like when you were in your 20’s! And the blood pressure will go down again.
And think of this: nearly everyone develops cataracts as they age. What are cataracts? Well, they are the infiltration of calcium into the lens. Again! Calcium is trying to get into places we don’t want it. And once calcium enters the lens it becomes very difficult to see. So start out using magnesium to prevent or delay the onset of cataracts.
Now, as far as osteoporosis is concerned, many people automatically think of supplementing with calcium when they hear their bones are depleted. Calcium makes the bones hard and brittle, like a piece of chalk which breaks if you drop it. But magnesium keeps the bones pliable, kind of like a chicken bone — if you try to break it it bends due to the elasticity from the magnesium contained in it. So don’t forget to keep up with your magnesium therapies if you get a diagnosis of either osteopenia or osteoporosis.
And as far as Ayurveda is concerned, magnesium is known as a tridoshic therapy. This means that it is balancing to all 3 body types: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. It calms the nervousness of Vata, cools down the heat of pitta and gives energy to the laid-back kaphas who tend to get a little lazy.
And not only that, it has the unique property of being both nourishing and detoxifying at the same time. This is an unusual quality to have because some remedies are either detoxifying, which break down the body as they cleanse the tissues, while others build up the body due to their nurturing capabilities. But magnesium does both. These rare types of remedies which have both effects of nourishing and detoxifying are highly prized in Ayurveda.
We like to apply it directly on the skin where it brings new life into the cells. The fat cells in the skin take up the magnesium and absorb and activate it much better than if it is taken orally where it sometimes travels too quickly through the digestive tract, creating loose bowel movements or diarrhea. 
We use magnesium chloride in all of our transdermal products: abhyanga oils which are used for daily oil massages, concentrated roll-ons and creams to be applied to the specific areas where the magnesium is needed most, such as the lower spine and lower abdomen to prevent painful menstrual cramps, on the lower legs to prevent restless legs and muscle spasms, on the entire back to prevent irregular heartbeats or to lower the blood pressure; down the spine, on the wrists and the soles of the feet and under the skull in the back (in the sub-occipital region) for panic attacks and headaches, nervousness and anxiety. We even use magnesium chloride baths to treat severe body aches and pains, and to calm the nerves and lower the blood pressure.
Epsom salts contain magnesium sulfate, but the sulfate form doesn’t have long-lasting effects like the magnesium chloride does. Plus the body has to convert the sulfate into the chloride form so you might as well use the magnesium chloride in the first place. And magnesium chloride has a stronger effect on drawing out toxins through the pores of the skin than other types of magnesium.
Just about everyone needs magnesium: the cortisol we produce when we’re stressed flushes magnesium out of the body; nearly every pharmaceutical also flushes out magnesium; the soil nowadays is depleted in magnesium. Alcohol, coffee, and the phosphorus in sodas also deplete it. And for every molecule of sugar you eat it takes 18 molecules of magnesium to break it down. 
Transdermal use of magnesium is the safest way to take it: the skin absorbs exactly what it needs without you having to worry if you’re overdosing or under-dosing. 
I hope you can now understand why magnesium is considered the absolute most important nutrient in our bodies. The transdermal use of magnesium on a daily basis will improve your health more than just about any other remedy you could ever think of.
Thank you,
Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
1-856-786-3330
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Heart Palpitations? Muscle Cramps? Fatigue? All you Need is Magnesium: What It Is & What It Can Do For You – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 20, 2024 – #23 Vol 14

June 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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Magnesium helps with calcium levels in your body, regulates your stress hormones and adrenal glands, and plays a major role in our daily lives? Low levels of calcium are the root cause behind a wide range of clinical chronic conditions. While oral magnesium supplementation can have its down sides and side-effects, transdermal absorption of magnesium is safe and highly effective over long term.

Conditions Caused by Magnesium deficiency

Low levels of magnesium can result in many conditions, namely:

— cramping of the muscles, leading to

—heartbeat arrhythmia

— painful menstrual cycles

 — calf muscle pain (“Charlie horses”)

 — twitching of the eyelids

But not just that. here is a list of chronic conditions associated with low or depleted levels of magnesium:

  • Adrenal fatigue – adrenaline, noradrenaline and cortisol deplete magnesium. Stress is a big factor for adrenal fatigue. Stress causes excess elimination of magnesium through urine
  •  Alzheimer’s – Magnesium guards the external layer of the cells, not allowing heavy metals to enter
  •  Angina – The pain of angina is caused by severe muscle spasm in heart muscles, is caused by magnesium deficiency. The heart ventricles have the highest levels of magnesium in the whole body, which is why magnesium is so important for the pumping function of the heart.
  •   Anxiety and Panic Attacks – When the adrenals are no longer protected by sufficient magnesium, the flight-or-flight hormones adrenaline and noradrenalin become more easily triggered. When they surge erratically, they cause a rapid pulse, high blood pressure and heart palpitations.
  • Asthma – Histamine production and bronchial spasms (in the smooth muscles of the bronchial tract) both increase as a result of magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is a great broncho-dilator.
  • Atherosclerosis with calcium deposits. Magnesium is necessary to help dissolve calcium and keep it soluble in the bloodstream.
  • Bowel disease – magnesium deficiency slows down bowel peristalsis, causing constipation.
  • Depression – Serotonin, which elevates mood, is dependent on magnesium.
  • Detoxification – Magnesium is crucial for removal of toxins and heavy metals from the body. Magnesium is a co-factor in the production of glutathione and the function of the P450 detoxification systems in the liver.
  • Diabetes – Magnesium enhances insulin secretion and allows insulin to transfer glucose into the cells. Otherwise, glucose and insulin build up in the blood causing various types of tissue damage.
  • Headaches – Prevents muscle tension in neck and head muscles when applied locally. Also prevents spasms of the muscles in the walls of the arteries which triggers headaches.
  • High Blood Pressure – With low magnesium and too much calcium, the muscles in blood vessels can go into spasm and cause high blood pressure. 

  • Hardening of the arteries – as acid toxins build up (ama visha and gar visha), they create inflammation in the wall of the arteries. If calcium is high and magnesium is low, the calcium can deposit in the arterial wall, creating hardening or plaque.
  • Inflammation – Calcium is extremely pro-inflammatory and magnesium is anti-inflammatory. Must keep a balance between calcium and magnesium. It is not recommended to take calcium supplements – they remain stuck in the channel, and if magnesium is low this can create inflammation and other problems like hardening of the arteries and heart attacks.

  • Osteoporosis – Calcium cannot build bones without magnesium. Calcium alone makes bones brittle (like chalk breaking as it hits the floor). Magnesium makes the bones flexible and resistant to shattering. Most people have too much calcium and not enough magnesium. Put a calcium supplement in a glass of water and it sits there. Add magnesium and it breaks down.  
  • Magnesium is a co-factor for ATP production. ATP, created in mitochondria, is main source of energy in our cells. ATP must be bound to magnesium in order to be active. ATP is made in each of the 100 trillion cells in our body
  • For purposes of cellular detoxification and tissue purification, the most effective form of magnesium is magnesium chloride. Has a strong excretory effect on toxins stuck in the tissues of the body, drawing them out through the pores of the skin. Magnesium chloride, when applied transdermally increases DHEA. DHEA is the “mother of all hormones.” DHEA is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands and the ovaries. DHEA is converted in the body into several different steroid hormones – estrogen, testosterone and other hormones as needed
  • Magnesium is a required co-factor for over 800 enzyme systems in our bodies. 3,751 receptor sites for magnesium have been found on human proteins. Magnesium is a requirement for RNA and DNA production. Magnesium is a co-factor involved in transporting hormones like adrenaline into the cells because the hormones can’t pass through the cell membranes by themselves

Why choose Transdermal over Oral?

Most magnesium supplements are made from the wrong form of magnesium. Oral supplementation is not very effective because of low bowel tolerance (creates “striations” – areas of damage) on the bowel wall with prolonged use. Oral magnesium passes through the digestive tract too quickly creating low levels of absorption

Transdermal application bypasses the liver, providing less chance of an overdose or under-dose. Our skin is very porous, allowing many substances in or out of the body, it can thus take in the magnesium easily and eliminate many toxins back out through the skin itself, safely and effectively. 

Why do we get low on magnesium?

There can be many causes for magnesium deficiency. Here are the most common: 

1) Ingesting synthetic Vitamin C – this competes with magnesium and pulls it out of the system.

2) Poor diet: starving yourself and/or consuming unwholesome processed meals puts a great strain on your entire physiology, draining your body of its minerals and nutrients

3) Drinking processed purified water lacking in minerals from the earth – always favor natural spring water over tap or other types of purified recycled water

4) Prescription medications – bronchodilators, insulin, digitalis, antibiotics, corticosteroids, cocaine: if you find yourself having to depend on medication for your health condition, do not discontinue them, instead add a good protocol of transdermal magnesium to your daily regimen to support your levels of magnesium even as you take your medicines.  

5) Stress: in addition to correcting your daily sleeping and eating routine, add yoga and meditation, or other relaxation techniques to your life.

6) Avoid ALL kinds of processed sugars – steer clear of processed sugary drinks and sodas! Get your sugars naturally from natural sources such as fruits, raw honey, etc.

7) Make sure the friendly bacteria in your gut are taken care of, because malabsorption of nutrients due to their absence – lack of friendly bacteria in the gut is the primary cause of malnutrition and malabsorption when you are maintaining a healthy daily diet yet experience imbalances. 

8) Supplementing with Calcium for healthy bones, without having a proper balance of magnesium vs calcium.

9) Using alcohol, coffee, sodas, birth control pills, nicotine…

10) Supplementing with synthetic Vitamin D: this binds magnesium and pulls it out of the body when you need it most!

Clinical Application of SVA Transdermal Magnesium

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum has the following to say about Vaidya’s Magnesium products: “I have been using Vaidya Mishra’s SVA Transdermal Magnesium products in my practice since he came up with them a couple of years ago. I have great feedback from patients with different kinds of chronic conditions. I have used it for: 

1) Cataract Reversal: I ask the patient to apply the Transdermal Magnesium Roll-on to sub-occipital region. Cataracts are caused by loss of elasticity of the lens (due to lack of magnesium) and calcium deposition into the lens causing cloudiness of the lens

2) For headaches: I use the Magnesium Roll-on down the spine and on the forehead twice a day. Also use SVA ALA Cream in these same areas to decrease swelling and heat in the capillaries, opening up the channels to reduce the pressure

3) Blood Pressure – use the Magnesium Roll-on and/or Vata Oil with Magnesium and Vitamin D for abhyanga or daily self-massage.

4) Arrhythmia – use Magnesium Roll-on, Super Sport Cream and Arjuna Cream down the spine twice a day, or whenever the arrhythmias are occurring

5) Menstrual Cramps – apply Magnesium Roll-on to lower abdomen and lower spine twice a day along with the Prakrit cream down the lower spine to pull Apana down and pacify the situation. Consume natural healthy sweets 5 days before and 5 days after the menstruation to have a steady supply of estrogen and support the flow of the menses. 

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MAGNESIUM

~ THE SOURCE OF LIFE! ~

Dr Marianne Teitelbaum

The Chinese call magnesium “The Beautiful Mineral.” It is also known as the “Lamp of Life.” And it’s been called the absolute most important nutrient in the world.
In fact, Dr. Mark Sircus, one of the country’s leading authorities on the effects of magnesium on our health has even stated, “The bedrock of medical truth sits upon the metal magnesium for it is at the exact center of biological life like air and water is. All of life collapses around its loss, but with only the smallest amount of caring and intelligence we can replete what has been lost inside of a person’s cells.” He goes on to say that for the deepest healing of many health problems “there is going to be only one answer and that answer is magnesium, preferably in the chloride form.” And finally, “What we have found is that magnesium chloride, applied transdermally, is the ideal magnesium delivery system — with health benefits unequalled in the entire world of medicine.”
I read these words about 15 years ago when I was studying the health benefits of magnesium. At the same time, my teacher and mentor, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra, award-winning Ayurvedic herbal formulator and dermatologist was researching the use of magnesium as well. After I finished my research I thought I had better call him because I knew he was intent on formulating transdermal magnesium products. I had just finished reading how magnesium chloride was the best form of magnesium to use and I remember thinking I had better let him know this since he was a Vaidya who had just come from a small village in India, and I thought he might not be well versed enough in the latest modern research.
I remember calling him and asking him how he was coming along with his transdermal magnesium products. He said he was very happy with the creams, roll-ons and abhyanga oils he was developing. I asked him what type of magnesium he was using in all the products. And even without all the research I had access to, I was shocked when he replied, “Magnesium Chloride. That’s the best.” From that point on I never questioned any of his formulas! And he knew intuitively that the transdermal use of magnesium was the best delivery system. 
It turns out that the fats in the skin disperse it into the body and activate it along the way, allowing your magnesium deprived cells to bathe in its healing effects. Let’s see why every cell in your body is crying out for more magnesium and why we should learn to listen to these calls.
Let’s start with the fact that magnesium is bound to the center of the chlorophyll molecule. It’s because of magnesium that the plants can convert the sunlight into energy. Which means that all of life, including the food chain, is dependent on the sunlight-chlorophyll-magnesium chain. So we can consider it the source of life since all animals and humans eat plants for their food supply. All of life for billions of years has been dependent on the development of chlorophyll, a molecule that captures light energy from the sun and through a process called photosynthesis transforms it into small energy rich molecules easy for cells to use, which creates all the various life forms on Earth.
So magnesium is seen as the one nutrient which is needed by plants to form chlorophyll, which makes the plants green, but on a deeper level, without magnesium the plants would not be able to absorb nutrition from the sun because the process of photosynthesis would not go on. 
This is why when magnesium is depleted things begin to die: in fact you can’t take a breath, move a muscle, think a thought, or make energy without enough magnesium in your cells. In fact, 800 other functions wouldn’t occur either, since magnesium is a catalyst for all these important reactions throughout the body.
Let’s take a deeper look at what magnesium does for us.
First, it plays a huge role in helping newly formed DNA to repair itself. Toxins can cause oxidative damage to the DNA causing dangerous mutations to form. Magnesium initiates many of the mechanisms that need to occur to help correct any mistakes as the DNA is forming, which will help serious diseases, such as cancer, from developing.
Glutathione is considered the body’s master antioxidant which prevents generation of free radicals. In fact glutathione is one of the few antioxidant molecules which can neutralize mercury. But magnesium is required to make glutathione, so, if magnesium goes low, and I can emphatically tell you from experience it is low in just about everyone of us, then glutathione levels become severely depleted, which is not good because glutathione defends the body against damage from cigarette smoking, radiation, cancer-causing chemicals, alcohol, and just about any other toxin you can think of.
The vast majority of the new patients complain of low energy. There are several reasons for this, and we always make sure to address all those reasons, but keep in mind that the body makes energy by producing ATP. ATP is made in the mitochondria — and it’s made in each of the 100 trillion cells of our body. ATP is the main source of energy in our cells and inside each cell are mitochondria making the energy for all of our cells’ functions. But ATP must be bound to magnesium in order for it to work. ATP is formed from our food through a series of chemical reactions called the Kreb’s cycle and 7 of the 10 enzymes in this cycle are dependent on magnesium. 
And here’s the important thing: Magnesium sits on the outside of every cell in your body always keeping the calcium out. So if magnesium becomes too low calcium can take advantage and quickly infiltrate into the mitochondria, causing it to calcify. This would create lots of health problems since the heart muscles have a never ending need for energy since they are always contracting without a rest. And the mitochondria are highly concentrated in the brain and the central nervous system which is why calcification of the mitochondria is implicated in Parkinson’s, MS and other brain diseases. 
And since the power plant of the cells is in the mitochondria where all the ATP is made, if the mitochondria become low in magnesium and the calcium gains access inside, this calcification of the mitochondria can mark the beginning of the aging process. In fact every function can slow down when the mitochondria calcify. This is why our biochemical age is determined by the ratio of calcium to magnesium both inside and outside of our cells.
The ancient doctors of India said there are two types of hormone problems: either not enough of the hormone is being made, or sufficient quantities of hormones are being made but they’re not getting transported to the areas where they exert their influence.
Magnesium has effects on both of these two aspects concerning the hormones: it is used to both make the hormones and it is also a co-factor involved in transporting hormones into the cells because the hormones can’t pass into the inside of the cell by themselves. So magnesium carries them across the cell wall and delivers them into the inside of the cells. We can make these hormones but if they just sit outside the cell they can’t carry out their intended functions.
In fact, magnesium also allows insulin to transfer glucose (sugar) into the cells. If magnesium goes low the glucose and insulin can build up and the blood sugar can go high.
Many of our patients get tremendous relief from their headaches because magnesium promotes relaxation in the head and neck muscles and prevents spasms in the walls of the arteries, taking away intense headache and migraine pain.
Magnesium is famous for lowering blood pressure. This is because it relaxes the muscles in the walls of the arteries, allowing the artery to open up causing the blood pressure to go down. When we’re stressed the magnesium flushes out of the body which can cause the arteries to contract down causing the blood pressure to go up. Once magnesium levels come back up the muscles in the walls of the arteries relax and the blood pressure goes down as the artery dilates open again.
Magnesium is also an amazing antidote for hardening of the arteries. Any calcium we take into out bodies should only go into our bones and teeth, and that’s it. But calcium always wants to take advantage whenever magnesium goes low, rushing into the inside of the cells, creating lots of problems. For example, if it makes its way into the inside of your arteries it will cause hardening of the arteries.
Normally, when the heart beats the arteries give a little, due to the elastic found in one of the layers of the arteries. It’s just like a rubber band. This dilation of the arteries keeps the blood pressure low when the heart beats. But over a lifetime if calcium has been allowed to infiltrate into the elastic layer it will make the arteries stiff and hard causing the blood pressure to go up when the heart beats. 
The good news is I’ve been able to reverse hardening of the arteries in so many of our elderly patients. If you take the pulse of someone in their 20’s you can feel a lot of elasticity in the arteries, they are very pliable and soft. But as the patient ages, by the time they are in their 50’s or above, the arteries feel very hard due to the calcium which has infiltrated over the years.
Always remember this image: if you put a calcium tablet in a glass of water, it just sits there. But once you put some magnesium in it will break it down and disintegrate it. The same thing happens to the calcium lining our arteries: magnesium can displace the calcium once it enters into your body. So this means that if you are very diligent in using your transdermal magnesium products, the arteries will become soft and pliable again as the magnesium forces out the hard calcium, and the pulse will feel much younger, like when you were in your 20’s! And the blood pressure will go down again.
And think of this: nearly everyone develops cataracts as they age. What are cataracts? Well, they are the infiltration of calcium into the lens. Again! Calcium is trying to get into places we don’t want it. And once calcium enters the lens it becomes very difficult to see. So start out using magnesium to prevent or delay the onset of cataracts.
Now, as far as osteoporosis is concerned, many people automatically think of supplementing with calcium when they hear their bones are depleted. Calcium makes the bones hard and brittle, like a piece of chalk which breaks if you drop it. But magnesium keeps the bones pliable, kind of like a chicken bone — if you try to break it it bends due to the elasticity from the magnesium contained in it. So don’t forget to keep up with your magnesium therapies if you get a diagnosis of either osteopenia or osteoporosis.
And as far as Ayurveda is concerned, magnesium is known as a tridoshic therapy. This means that it is balancing to all 3 body types: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. It calms the nervousness of Vata, cools down the heat of pitta and gives energy to the laid-back kaphas who tend to get a little lazy.
And not only that, it has the unique property of being both nourishing and detoxifying at the same time. This is an unusual quality to have because some remedies are either detoxifying, which break down the body as they cleanse the tissues, while others build up the body due to their nurturing capabilities. But magnesium does both. These rare types of remedies which have both effects of nourishing and detoxifying are highly prized in Ayurveda.
We like to apply it directly on the skin where it brings new life into the cells. The fat cells in the skin take up the magnesium and absorb and activate it much better than if it is taken orally where it sometimes travels too quickly through the digestive tract, creating loose bowel movements or diarrhea. 
We use magnesium chloride in all of our transdermal products: abhyanga oils which are used for daily oil massages, concentrated roll-ons and creams to be applied to the specific areas where the magnesium is needed most, such as the lower spine and lower abdomen to prevent painful menstrual cramps, on the lower legs to prevent restless legs and muscle spasms, on the entire back to prevent irregular heartbeats or to lower the blood pressure; down the spine, on the wrists and the soles of the feet and under the skull in the back (in the sub-occipital region) for panic attacks and headaches, nervousness and anxiety. We even use magnesium chloride baths to treat severe body aches and pains, and to calm the nerves and lower the blood pressure.
Epsom salts contain magnesium sulfate, but the sulfate form doesn’t have long-lasting effects like the magnesium chloride does. Plus the body has to convert the sulfate into the chloride form so you might as well use the magnesium chloride in the first place. And magnesium chloride has a stronger effect on drawing out toxins through the pores of the skin than other types of magnesium.
Just about everyone needs magnesium: the cortisol we produce when we’re stressed flushes magnesium out of the body; nearly every pharmaceutical also flushes out magnesium; the soil nowadays is depleted in magnesium. Alcohol, coffee, and the phosphorus in sodas also deplete it. And for every molecule of sugar you eat it takes 18 molecules of magnesium to break it down. 
Transdermal use of magnesium is the safest way to take it: the skin absorbs exactly what it needs without you having to worry if you’re overdosing or under-dosing. 
I hope you can now understand why magnesium is considered the absolute most important nutrient in our bodies. The transdermal use of magnesium on a daily basis will improve your health more than just about any other remedy you could ever think of.
Thank you,
Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
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Calcium

How to Supplement It

So You CAN Absorb It!

with Dr Marianne Teitelbaum

An estimated 43% of American adult men and women take calcium supplements, according to the National Institutes of Health. When someone thinks about their bone health, or maybe they have been told they have the beginnings of osteoporosis, which is called osteopenia, or maybe they have full-blown osteoporosis, the first thing most people think of is to take a calcium supplement.

But…please don’t rush out and take calcium without understanding everything you need to know about the types of calcium to take, the best way to take it, and how to balance it against magnesium. This is important because after analyzing 10 years of medical tests on more than 2700 people in a federally funded heart disease study, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and elsewhere conclude that “taking calcium in the form of supplements may raise the risk of plaque buildup in the arteries and heart damage, though a diet high in calcium-rich foods appears to be protective.”

What the study showed was that people who took calcium supplements had calcium plaque deposits in their arteries, while those who ingested even very high doses of calcium in their diets showed no such effects. Their arteries were much cleaner with hardly any calcium deposits, causing them to state, “There is clearly something different in how the body uses and responds to the calcium found in supplements versus getting the calcium through the diet that makes it riskier. It could be that the body is unable to process the calcium supplements.”

Let’s look at this issue further because it’s a very important one.

I remember Vaidya Mishra, my Ayurvedic teacher and mentor, leaned over to me one day when we were seeing patients together and he said, “You know, when I take the pulse of someone taking a calcium supplement, I can see it’s sitting in the arteries, clogging them and not absorbing into the bone.”

And the ancient doctors of India over 3,000 years ago wrote in their textbooks that a calcium supplement should have certain properties: first it must be found in nature in the ocean, alive and filled with pranic energy. Nowadays the calcium supplements are made in a lab, devoid of nature’s healing energy. Therefore, in Ayurveda we search the ocean for pearls, red coral, white coral, and snail shells in order to meet this first requirement. The second requirement was that once collected, these various types of shells and coral needed to be incinerated for several months, repeatedly burnt into an ash. And each time they burnt it, the molecule would become smaller and smaller until finally it became what is called a “nanoparticle,” a microscopic molecule that is so small it can now easily be absorbed out of the bloodstream and into the bones and teeth.

Somehow the ancient doctors knew that the raw unprocessed calcium molecule was too big to be absorbed into the bloodstream. And they knew all this without microscopes! 

So part of the issue then is about the type of the calcium you take. The resultant ash that is formed when you burn the coral and pearls in this way is called a bhasma. We recommend bhasmas of coral calcium, pearl bhasmas, and a wonderful bhasma called, Praval Panchamrit, which is a mixture of pearls, shells and coral. Praval means coral, panch means 5 — so five types are used and amrit means a nectar or ambrosia.

So Praval Panchamrit is used as the premier Ayurvedic calcium supplement, readily absorbed out of the bloodstream and into the bones and teeth. It is also used for other ailments besides bone health, such as alkalinizing the blood and the urine. And since it is so cooling it is used in cancer where the inside of the cell is acidic. The nanoparticle of the cooling coral calcium can go deep into the inside of the cell to alkalinize it and cool it down, preventing the growth of cancer.

The Ayurvedic texts refer to more than 20 sources of calcium, but coral calcium is considered to be the best. And Vaidya Mishra’s family lineage processed the coral calcium under the moonlight with rosewater for 11 nights to infuse the calcium with soma, nature’s cooling energy.

But in addition to taking the proper calcium, you have to be able to digest and assimilate it. This is why we pay lots of attention to the friendly bacteria in the gut, which are responsible for its digestion and absorption.

And you must also look at Vitamin K2, Magnesium and Vitamin D, all of which help the absorption and assimilation of calcium into our cells.

Vitamin K2 directs the majority of the calcium we take into our bones and teeth. We definitely don’t want it to roam and get deposited in the joints, which could cause arthritis, or calcifying our organs, glands and arteries. The problem is that our diet provides little Vitamin K2 which could result in older people suffering from calcification of their brain, joints, glands, heart valves and arteries. It is basically found in fatty animal proteins, so nowadays people are following low fat diets to improve their heart health and cholesterol levels when ironically this leads to low levels of Vitamin K2. It is however, found in full-fat dairy products, which is why we always recommend ghee and boiled full-fat milk, neither of which will clog the arteries. In fact, ghee has one of the highest amounts of Vitamin K2 than any food, even 3x more than butter and 20x more than whole milk!

And one very important fact about Vitamin K2 — nearly everyone is taking it as a supplement along with their Vitamin D, since it is so necessary in sending the calcium to where it’s needed and keeping it away from areas where it is not needed. HOWEVER, AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: the type of Vitamin K2 that we get in supplements is the MK-7 type, not the type we get in food, which is the MK-4 type. Vitamin K2 MK-4 from animal fats, such as milk, ghee and butter are quickly absorbed in the body and is stored in the brain, salivary glands, testes, sternum, face, pancreas, eyes, kidneys, bones, arteries, veins and other tissues. But unlike MK-4, MK-7 is not stored in any organs.

One study showed that K2 MK-7 supplementation had no effect on bone loss rates. Lots of other research on MK-7 vs. MK-4 states, “The research points strongly to the conclusion that humans need to get their Vitamin K2 as MK-4 from food sources. After all, we evolved eating Vitamin K2 MK-4. It is already in the form that the body needs and we don’t need to expend enzymes and energy to convert it. The organs and cells that need Vitamin K2 readily absorb and utilize the MK-4 form. And finally, MK-4 is more efficient than other forms, appearing in food with other synergists and activators that work together to maintain its therapeutic effects. It can’t be stressed enough that the type of Vitamin K2 that we get in supplements is MK-7, not the type we get in food. The best way to get active and efficiently assimilated Vitamin K2 is from food.”

We also need to factor in magnesium when we think about calcium supplementation. Most everyone is deficient in magnesium due to stress — the stress hormones released by the adrenal glands flush the magnesium out of the body. And just about every pharmaceutical depletes magnesium stores. To make matters worse, the soil is also very depleted in magnesium. We recommend taking magnesium chloride. It is better than the sulfate form found in Epsom salts. Our patients take it through the skin in various magnesium creams, roll-ons, and abhyanga oils used for daily oil massage. We also recommend magnesium-rich foods such as avocados, cooked spinach, soaked and peeled almonds, cashews, whole grains, seeds, yogurt, and lentils.

Adequate levels of magnesium are important for the absorption and metabolism of calcium and Vitamin D. Magnesium converts Vitamin D into its active form so that it can aid calcium absorption. Magnesium keeps calcium dissolved in the blood so that it doesn’t deposit into the arteries. The average American diet contains high calcium-low magnesium. So this fact, combined with taking too much calcium and not enough magnesium can cause some forms of arthritis, kidney stones, and calcification of the arteries as the excess calcium gets deposited in these areas.

The ratio of calcium to magnesium should be anywhere from 2:1 to 1:1. Most people do not get their minimum daily requirement of magnesium, causing a high calcium low magnesium ratio of of 4 or even 5:1. So you can see then how important it is to use your transdermal magnesium products if you want to take a calcium supplement and use good dairy products such as boiled whole milk, yogurt and soft curd cheeses. You must balance out all this calcium with magnesium to keep the correct ratio of calcium to magnesium.

Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium and is best obtained through the sunlight. The sun’s ultraviolet B light hits your skin, turning the cholesterol in your skin into Vitamin D3 which has to be processed by your liver and kidneys into the active form of Vitamin D that your body can use. So this means that you must get outside exposing as much skin as you can to the sunlight, without burning it of course, and keep your liver and kidneys in good working order. 

During the winter months when you can’t expose your skin to the sun we offer our patients a transdermal version of Vitamin D. And if you can’t bring up your Vitamin D sufficiently through the skin, take it orally, but don’t overdose — some doctors are recommending extremely high doses which could overwhelm your liver as it tries to convert all the Vitamin D flooding into the bloodstream which would never occur at such high doses naturally from the sunlight. It’s best to keep your dose around 3,000-5,000 units per day as opposed to taking 50,000 units once a week as is quite often recommended.

So you can see it’s not as easy as just taking a calcium supplement. You need to educate yourself on the best sources of calcium found in foods and supplements, but also how to digest and assimilate the calcium so that it doesn’t get deposited into places you don’t want it to go, such as your arteries or your joints. And it’s good to understand how Vitamin K2, magnesium and Vitamin D all play a role in the assimilation of calcium into the body.

I hope you found this information valuable as you search for ways to keep your teeth and bones strong into old age.

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum

Cinnaminson, NJ

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Calcium

How to Supplement It

So You CAN Absorb It!

with Dr Marianne Teitelbaum

An estimated 43% of American adult men and women take calcium supplements, according to the National Institutes of Health. When someone thinks about their bone health, or maybe they have been told they have the beginnings of osteoporosis, which is called osteopenia, or maybe they have full-blown osteoporosis, the first thing most people think of is to take a calcium supplement.

But…please don’t rush out and take calcium without understanding everything you need to know about the types of calcium to take, the best way to take it, and how to balance it against magnesium. This is important because after analyzing 10 years of medical tests on more than 2700 people in a federally funded heart disease study, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and elsewhere conclude that “taking calcium in the form of supplements may raise the risk of plaque buildup in the arteries and heart damage, though a diet high in calcium-rich foods appears to be protective.”

What the study showed was that people who took calcium supplements had calcium plaque deposits in their arteries, while those who ingested even very high doses of calcium in their diets showed no such effects. Their arteries were much cleaner with hardly any calcium deposits, causing them to state, “There is clearly something different in how the body uses and responds to the calcium found in supplements versus getting the calcium through the diet that makes it riskier. It could be that the body is unable to process the calcium supplements.”

Let’s look at this issue further because it’s a very important one.

I remember Vaidya Mishra, my Ayurvedic teacher and mentor, leaned over to me one day when we were seeing patients together and he said, “You know, when I take the pulse of someone taking a calcium supplement, I can see it’s sitting in the arteries, clogging them and not absorbing into the bone.”

And the ancient doctors of India over 3,000 years ago wrote in their textbooks that a calcium supplement should have certain properties: first it must be found in nature in the ocean, alive and filled with pranic energy. Nowadays the calcium supplements are made in a lab, devoid of nature’s healing energy. Therefore, in Ayurveda we search the ocean for pearls, red coral, white coral, and snail shells in order to meet this first requirement. The second requirement was that once collected, these various types of shells and coral needed to be incinerated for several months, repeatedly burnt into an ash. And each time they burnt it, the molecule would become smaller and smaller until finally it became what is called a “nanoparticle,” a microscopic molecule that is so small it can now easily be absorbed out of the bloodstream and into the bones and teeth.

Somehow the ancient doctors knew that the raw unprocessed calcium molecule was too big to be absorbed into the bloodstream. And they knew all this without microscopes! 

So part of the issue then is about the type of the calcium you take. The resultant ash that is formed when you burn the coral and pearls in this way is called a bhasma. We recommend bhasmas of coral calcium, pearl bhasmas, and a wonderful bhasma called, Praval Panchamrit, which is a mixture of pearls, shells and coral. Praval means coral, panch means 5 — so five types are used and amrit means a nectar or ambrosia.

So Praval Panchamrit is used as the premier Ayurvedic calcium supplement, readily absorbed out of the bloodstream and into the bones and teeth. It is also used for other ailments besides bone health, such as alkalinizing the blood and the urine. And since it is so cooling it is used in cancer where the inside of the cell is acidic. The nanoparticle of the cooling coral calcium can go deep into the inside of the cell to alkalinize it and cool it down, preventing the growth of cancer.

The Ayurvedic texts refer to more than 20 sources of calcium, but coral calcium is considered to be the best. And Vaidya Mishra’s family lineage processed the coral calcium under the moonlight with rosewater for 11 nights to infuse the calcium with soma, nature’s cooling energy.

But in addition to taking the proper calcium, you have to be able to digest and assimilate it. This is why we pay lots of attention to the friendly bacteria in the gut, which are responsible for its digestion and absorption.

And you must also look at Vitamin K2, Magnesium and Vitamin D, all of which help the absorption and assimilation of calcium into our cells.

Vitamin K2 directs the majority of the calcium we take into our bones and teeth. We definitely don’t want it to roam and get deposited in the joints, which could cause arthritis, or calcifying our organs, glands and arteries. The problem is that our diet provides little Vitamin K2 which could result in older people suffering from calcification of their brain, joints, glands, heart valves and arteries. It is basically found in fatty animal proteins, so nowadays people are following low fat diets to improve their heart health and cholesterol levels when ironically this leads to low levels of Vitamin K2. It is however, found in full-fat dairy products, which is why we always recommend ghee and boiled full-fat milk, neither of which will clog the arteries. In fact, ghee has one of the highest amounts of Vitamin K2 than any food, even 3x more than butter and 20x more than whole milk!

And one very important fact about Vitamin K2 — nearly everyone is taking it as a supplement along with their Vitamin D, since it is so necessary in sending the calcium to where it’s needed and keeping it away from areas where it is not needed. HOWEVER, AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: the type of Vitamin K2 that we get in supplements is the MK-7 type, not the type we get in food, which is the MK-4 type. Vitamin K2 MK-4 from animal fats, such as milk, ghee and butter are quickly absorbed in the body and is stored in the brain, salivary glands, testes, sternum, face, pancreas, eyes, kidneys, bones, arteries, veins and other tissues. But unlike MK-4, MK-7 is not stored in any organs.

One study showed that K2 MK-7 supplementation had no effect on bone loss rates. Lots of other research on MK-7 vs. MK-4 states, “The research points strongly to the conclusion that humans need to get their Vitamin K2 as MK-4 from food sources. After all, we evolved eating Vitamin K2 MK-4. It is already in the form that the body needs and we don’t need to expend enzymes and energy to convert it. The organs and cells that need Vitamin K2 readily absorb and utilize the MK-4 form. And finally, MK-4 is more efficient than other forms, appearing in food with other synergists and activators that work together to maintain its therapeutic effects. It can’t be stressed enough that the type of Vitamin K2 that we get in supplements is MK-7, not the type we get in food. The best way to get active and efficiently assimilated Vitamin K2 is from food.”

We also need to factor in magnesium when we think about calcium supplementation. Most everyone is deficient in magnesium due to stress — the stress hormones released by the adrenal glands flush the magnesium out of the body. And just about every pharmaceutical depletes magnesium stores. To make matters worse, the soil is also very depleted in magnesium. We recommend taking magnesium chloride. It is better than the sulfate form found in Epsom salts. Our patients take it through the skin in various magnesium creams, roll-ons, and abhyanga oils used for daily oil massage. We also recommend magnesium-rich foods such as avocados, cooked spinach, soaked and peeled almonds, cashews, whole grains, seeds, yogurt, and lentils.

Adequate levels of magnesium are important for the absorption and metabolism of calcium and Vitamin D. Magnesium converts Vitamin D into its active form so that it can aid calcium absorption. Magnesium keeps calcium dissolved in the blood so that it doesn’t deposit into the arteries. The average American diet contains high calcium-low magnesium. So this fact, combined with taking too much calcium and not enough magnesium can cause some forms of arthritis, kidney stones, and calcification of the arteries as the excess calcium gets deposited in these areas.

The ratio of calcium to magnesium should be anywhere from 2:1 to 1:1. Most people do not get their minimum daily requirement of magnesium, causing a high calcium low magnesium ratio of of 4 or even 5:1. So you can see then how important it is to use your transdermal magnesium products if you want to take a calcium supplement and use good dairy products such as boiled whole milk, yogurt and soft curd cheeses. You must balance out all this calcium with magnesium to keep the correct ratio of calcium to magnesium.

Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium and is best obtained through the sunlight. The sun’s ultraviolet B light hits your skin, turning the cholesterol in your skin into Vitamin D3 which has to be processed by your liver and kidneys into the active form of Vitamin D that your body can use. So this means that you must get outside exposing as much skin as you can to the sunlight, without burning it of course, and keep your liver and kidneys in good working order. 

During the winter months when you can’t expose your skin to the sun we offer our patients a transdermal version of Vitamin D. And if you can’t bring up your Vitamin D sufficiently through the skin, take it orally, but don’t overdose — some doctors are recommending extremely high doses which could overwhelm your liver as it tries to convert all the Vitamin D flooding into the bloodstream which would never occur at such high doses naturally from the sunlight. It’s best to keep your dose around 3,000-5,000 units per day as opposed to taking 50,000 units once a week as is quite often recommended.

So you can see it’s not as easy as just taking a calcium supplement. You need to educate yourself on the best sources of calcium found in foods and supplements, but also how to digest and assimilate the calcium so that it doesn’t get deposited into places you don’t want it to go, such as your arteries or your joints. And it’s good to understand how Vitamin K2, magnesium and Vitamin D all play a role in the assimilation of calcium into the body.

I hope you found this information valuable as you search for ways to keep your teeth and bones strong into old age.

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum

Cinnaminson, NJ

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KARELA

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Why It’s SO GOOD for you

- as per science too!

with Dr Marianne Teitelbaum

When I think of the saying, “No pain, no gain,” I immediately turn my thoughts to the use of karela, also known as bitter melon or bitter gourd. This vegetable has numerous health benefits, but most people’s instinct upon first tasting it is to immediately spit it out due to its extreme bitter taste. If you can slowly develop a taste for it you will reap numerous health benefits from eating karela.
VMMT

When Vaidya Mishra, my Ayurvedic teacher and mentor of over 20 years began training me, we would spend the entire day seeing patients with a few food breaks and a long lunch break in between. He was always concerned with nourishing himself with the most nutritious food possible, so we would always make a variety of healthy fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes and dairy products, such as paneer, yogurt and cultured ghee. 

Vaidya Mishra was a very funny man. On the days we were eating karela he would always turn to me and say, “My liver is going to be so happy!” The truth is, he, (or I for that matter) didn’t totally love the taste of karela, but we ate it because of its amazing health benefits.

Its bitter taste turns off so many people, but keep in mind that foods that have a bitter taste are very good for the liver. They not only cool it down (along with the lungs, spleen and heart) but there are compounds in it that will help the liver in all its functions.

For example, bitter melon aids the liver in lowering LDL cholesterol as well as triglycerides. 

And many asian cultures around the world (India, China, Thailand) incorporate bitter melon in their diets because they are aware of its other amazing capability of lowering the blood sugar. Bitter melon helps your cells use glucose and move it out of the blood and into your liver, muscles and fat. Many patients report to me that they have reversed their pre-diabetic tendency and in many cases even full-blown diabetes by eating bitter melon several times a week. Bitter melon contains a compound similar to insulin and is effective in treating both Type I and Type II diabetes.

Vaidya’s Karela soup mix is blend of karela and spices to support glucose metabolism. Scientific research indicates that karela supports the pancreas and helps the complex interaction of insulin with glucose. The freeze-drying method of processing that Vaidya uses maintains the intelligence of karela AND reduces its bitterness. The cumin burns ama that would otherwise clog the channels. Coriander eliminates toxins via the urinary tract. Arrowroot acts as a thickening agent, and a binder for reactive toxins so that they travel through the channels for elimination without damaging them.

Directions: add 24 oz water to a pot, add 1 tablespoon of Karela soup mix. You can chop up some daikon or asparagus, or chop up some baby spinach or celery. Your imagination is the limit. Bring all to a boil and then add a squirt of lime and fresh chopped cilantro. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Karela (Bitter melon or Momordica charantia), Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), Cumin (Cuminum cyminum), and Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea).

Many people use it for weight loss. In fact it’s been shown to stop the formation and growth of fat cells and it prevents the fat cells from storing fat. It also increases metabolism. But keep in mind that you have to monitor how you feel when you eat it. Because of its strong capability of lowering the blood sugar if you eat it every day you might start to experience symptoms of low blood sugar, such as lightheadedness, faintness, or nausea. So while it might be fine for someone with pre-diabetes or diabetes to eat it every day, if you don’t have a blood sugar problem then you might want to eat it only 2-3 times a week.

The literature also states that eating bitter gourd can give you healthy glowing skin. This is because the skin reflects the health of the blood and the liver. The liver filters the blood so if the liver is functioning at its optimum level your blood will be very clean, which will be reflected in clear radiant skin. This is why it is also used for various skin conditions, such as eczema, psoriasis and acne. Always remember that problems with the skin are really problems with a toxic liver which contributes to toxic blood. Besides cleaning the blood karela can penetrate deep into other tissues to clean them out as well, such as the fat and the nerve tissues, both of which are host to the modern environmental toxins which tend to be absorbed into our fat cells.

Vaidya Mishra was always warning people to avoid the current fad of drinking bitter gourd juice which is popular both in the Western world as well as in India. He said that anything that is detoxifying for the liver should be cooked in a fat — ghee is the best and olive oil is the second best fat to use.The fat delivers it into our cells. 

And in general cooking the food guarantees more absorption from the nutrients in the food you’re eating. Always remember that every cell in our body has a cell wall surrounding it which is made of cholesterol and it has the intelligence to take in nutrients while leaving out toxic compounds which might harm the cell. So by cooking the karela (or any food for that matter) with a fat, the fat will slide it much more easily into the cell for best absorption. That is why many of the Ayurvedic formulas are cooked into ghee and taken as a paste. The ghee carries the nutrients into the cell. This is also why it is good for us to cook with ghee and olive oil in our diet to aid in better absorption of nutrients.

Bitter melon is also good for the eyes. Ayurveda recognizes the relationship that the liver and the eyes share — both are considered pitta organs, sensitive to heat, and whatever you might do in life for the liver — eating good foods like karela, taking certain herbs and doing your semi-annual detox in the spring and fall — will help the eyes at the same time. 

So it is no surprise that karela is good for the eyes as well. The heat from the liver rises into the eyes and can damage the retina and other structures, so whatever you can do to cool the heat in the liver will help the eyes. A bitter taste is very pitta-pacifying, which means it is cooling. And now we know bitter melon has both Vitamin A and beta carotene, both of which are good for the eyes. And it even helps to improve vision and prevent cataracts.

Bitter melon is even good for cancer in that it both fights it and prevents cancer cells from multiplying. It has been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of breast, colon and prostate cancer. We now know that sugar feeds cancer and makes it grow, which is why bitter melon with its dramatic tendency to clear the blood of sugar, should be prescribed to all cancer patients to eat at least 2-3 times a week to prevent the growth of their cancer by starving it to death.

It contains twice the amount of calcium than spinach and broccoli and twice the amount of potassium than a banana, which is good to know because bananas are not recommended in SV Ayurveda due to their tendency to create congestion and clog the body’s physical channels. Usually when I tell a patient to avoid bananas they immediately ask me what to eat to replace the potassium that the bananas give, so bitter melon would definitely be one way to do it.

And the truth is, anything that benefits the liver so much will end up benefiting just about every part of the physiology since the liver has over 500 functions and affects so many important processes in the body. Which is also why faulty liver function is at the root of just about any illness or health problem you can think of. 

So providing your liver with one of the best foods known to mankind will go a long way to prevent most diseases. This is why karela should be part of your diet on a regular basis. If you don’t have access to the fresh vegetable Vaidya Mishra made Karela Soup Mix where he dehydrated the karela and all you have to do is add hot water, olive oil, soma salt (white Himalayan salt) and cilantro to make a side dish of karela soup at lunch or dinner.

I hope this information is of great benefit to you as you strive to improve your health.

Thank you,

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum

856-786-3330

drmteitebaum.com

Support Sugar Metabolism with Vaidya’s Sweet Nectars

Of course, an immediate way to remedy sugar metabolism issues is to stop the intake of too much sugar, and bad quality sugar or sweeteners. However, sometimes the body needs the soma from sugar, so that avoiding it all-together may not be an option. To satisfy that craving and the need, and to keep the sweet taste in the diet, there are many things you can do. Substituting honey for sugar – make sure it is high quality raw unprocessed. But did you know that Vaidya Mishra also made some delicious “sweet nectars” with different spices for additional ayurvedic support?

You can use any one of these any way you want – to sweeten your glass of water; to sweeten your cup of tea; to bake in with your muffins or cakes; or in your salad dressing (you can make a delicious dressing with Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon, lime, Mum’s Masala, Olive oil, and Soma Salt). When cooking any sweet dish with protein – maybe a yogurt salad, or a paneer dish, a milk pudding, or rice pudding etc., any sweet dish that has a high content of carbs, it will be great for you to mix the Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon, or with Cardamom. As you know, Cinnamon helps metabolize starch/sugar, and Cardamom helps metabolize protein molecules. Tip: when baking or cooking with the Sweeteners, add the drops at the very end of mixing the ingredients, so you preserve the aroma.

Alternately, the sweeteners may also be used according to your dosha: Rose for pitta; cardamom for kapha; cinnamon for vata. Rose is the number one flower/plant for balancing pitta dosha. It is also ideal for balancing and cooling off the emotions, or sadhak pitta. 

Why have I added DGL? Deglycyrrhizinated licorice is also great for pitta individuals, as it supports the kledak kapha of the stomach, even as it pacifies the pachak pitta. It is an excellent ingredient for high pitta/low agni people – it cools off the pitta and sharpens the agni. Generally, our sugar craving is higher when our sadhak pitta is off, due to stress, or acidic food. Having a treat made with a SVA sweetener with DGL instead of reaching out for that sugary snack or ice cream, will prevent from further aggravating your sadhak pitta and clogging your channels. 

This sweetener will also be great for those who have issues with sugar metabolism – either congenital or stress related. Not only will it satisfy your sugar craving, but if you use the nectar with Cinnamon, it will further support your sugar metabolism. The Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon is ideal for those with sugar metabolism challenges. Please note: the Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon does not replace any/all medications you may be currently on for sugar metabolism health conditions. 

References:

  1. Immediate effect of bitter gourd and ash gourd on blood sugar levels of patients with Type II diabetes mellitus: A pilot study. G. Selvakumar et al. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 7 Issue 4, October 2017, Pages 526-531.
  2. Evaluation of the efficacy of bitter gourd as an oral hypoglycemia agent — a randomized controlled clinical trial. John A.J. et al. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2003.
  3. Anti-diabetic and hypoglycemic effects of bitter melon: a mini review Leung L. et al Br J Nutr. 2009, PMID 19825210 Review.
  4. Bitter Melon: A panacea for inflammation and cancer. Dandawate Pr, et al. Chin J Nat Med. 2016. PMID: 26968675 Review.
  5. Hypoglycemic efficacy and safety of bitter melon in patients with Type II Diabetes mellitus. Kim, SK et al. Complement There Med 2020 PMID: 32951763 Clinical Trial.
  6. Diverse roles of bitter melon in prevention of oral cancer. Our S., et al. J Cancer Metastasis Treat. 2021, PMID 34765739.
  7. Bitter Melon: a nutraceutical approach for cancer prevention and therapy. Our S. et al Cancers (Basel). 2020. PMID 32726914. Review.
  8. Bitter melon: antagonist to cancer. Nerurkar P. et al. Pharm Res. 2010. PMID 20198408 Review.
  9. Promise of bitter melon bioactive in cancer prevention and therapy. Raina K et al., Semin Cancer Biol. 2016. PMID 27452666. Review.
  10. Emerging Anti-tumor Activities of Bitter Melon: Fang EF, et al. Curr Protein Pept Sci. 2019; PMID 29932035. Review.
  11. Bitter melon extract yields multiple effects on intestinal epithelial cells and likely contributes to anti-diabetic functions. Chang CI, et al. Int J Med Sci. 2021. PMID: 33746602.
  12. Bitter melon: fruit bioactive charantin and vicuna potential for diabetes prophylaxis and treatment. Mahwish, et al. Plants (Basel). 2021, PMID: 33918062.
  13. Bitter melon extract ameliorates palmitate-induced apoptosis via inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress in HepG2 cells and high-fat/high-fructose-diet-induced fatty liver. Lee HJ, et al. Food Nutr Res. 2018, PMID: 30026676.
  14. The effects of bitter melon on serum and liver triglyceride levels in rats. Senanayake GV, et al. J Ethnopharmacol. 2004. PMID 15120448
  15. Mechanisms underlying decreased hepatic tricyglycerol and cholesterol by dietary bitter melon extract in the rat. Senayake GV. et al. Lipids. 2012. PMID: 22457205.
  16. Wild bitter gourd protects against alcoholic fatty liver in mice by attenuating oxidative stress and inflammatory responses. Lu KH, et al. Food Funct. 2014. PMID: 24664243. 
  17. The effects of bitter melon extracts on serum and liver lipid parameters in hamsters fed cholesterol-free and cholesterol-enriched diets. Senanayake GV et al. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2004. PMID 155270066.
  18. A triterpenoid-enriched extract of bitter melon leaves alleviates hepatic fibrosis by inhibiting inflammatory responses in carbon tetrachloride-treated mice. Chang ML, et al. Food Funct. 2021. PMID 34231603. 
  19. Reduced adiposity in bitter melon fed rats is associated with lower tissue triglyceride and higher plasma cateecholamines. Chen Q et al. Br J Nutr. 2005, PMID 15975176.
  20. Momordica charmanta (bitter melon) reverses Type II diabetes in rat. Malekshahi H, et al. J Food Biochem. 2019. PMID: 31441956.
  21. Reduced adiposity in bitter melon-fed rats is associated with increased lipid oxidative enzyme activities and uncoupling protein expression. Chan LL, et al. J Nutr. 2005, PMID 16251604.
  22. Dietary effects of bitter gourd oil on blood and liver lipids of rats. Noguchi R, et al. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2001, PMID: 11747298.
  23. The MAP30 protein fro bitter gourd seeds promotes apoptosis in liver cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Fang EF,, et al. Cancer Lett. 2012. PMID: 22579806.
  24. Comparative Analysis of metabolite Profiling of Momordica charantia (bitter gourd) leaf and the anti-obesity effect through regulating lipid metabolism. Fan M, et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021. PMID: 34073706.
  25. In vitro and in vivo anticarcinogenic effects of RNase MC2, a ribonuclease isolated fro dietary bitter gourd toward human liver cancer cells. Fang EF, et al. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2012. PMID: 22554586.
  26. Bitter gourd inhibits the development of obesity-associated fatty liver in C57BL/6 made fed a high-fat diet. Xu J, et al. J Nutr. 2014. PMID: 24523491.

Disclaimer: The statements above have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). This article is for educational purposes only. Its content is not meant to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your medical physician for any disease or ailments you may have.

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***SPAM*** Bitter IS Better: Everything you did NOT know about KARELA – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter June 6, 2024 – #22, Vol 13

June 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment

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KARELA

&

Why It’s SO GOOD for you

- as per science too!

with Dr Marianne Teitelbaum

When I think of the saying, “No pain, no gain,” I immediately turn my thoughts to the use of karela, also known as bitter melon or bitter gourd. This vegetable has numerous health benefits, but most people’s instinct upon first tasting it is to immediately spit it out due to its extreme bitter taste. If you can slowly develop a taste for it you will reap numerous health benefits from eating karela.
VMMT

When Vaidya Mishra, my Ayurvedic teacher and mentor of over 20 years began training me, we would spend the entire day seeing patients with a few food breaks and a long lunch break in between. He was always concerned with nourishing himself with the most nutritious food possible, so we would always make a variety of healthy fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes and dairy products, such as paneer, yogurt and cultured ghee. 

Vaidya Mishra was a very funny man. On the days we were eating karela he would always turn to me and say, “My liver is going to be so happy!” The truth is, he, (or I for that matter) didn’t totally love the taste of karela, but we ate it because of its amazing health benefits.

Its bitter taste turns off so many people, but keep in mind that foods that have a bitter taste are very good for the liver. They not only cool it down (along with the lungs, spleen and heart) but there are compounds in it that will help the liver in all its functions.

For example, bitter melon aids the liver in lowering LDL cholesterol as well as triglycerides. 

And many asian cultures around the world (India, China, Thailand) incorporate bitter melon in their diets because they are aware of its other amazing capability of lowering the blood sugar. Bitter melon helps your cells use glucose and move it out of the blood and into your liver, muscles and fat. Many patients report to me that they have reversed their pre-diabetic tendency and in many cases even full-blown diabetes by eating bitter melon several times a week. Bitter melon contains a compound similar to insulin and is effective in treating both Type I and Type II diabetes.

Vaidya’s Karela soup mix is blend of karela and spices to support glucose metabolism. Scientific research indicates that karela supports the pancreas and helps the complex interaction of insulin with glucose. The freeze-drying method of processing that Vaidya uses maintains the intelligence of karela AND reduces its bitterness. The cumin burns ama that would otherwise clog the channels. Coriander eliminates toxins via the urinary tract. Arrowroot acts as a thickening agent, and a binder for reactive toxins so that they travel through the channels for elimination without damaging them.

Directions: add 24 oz water to a pot, add 1 tablespoon of Karela soup mix. You can chop up some daikon or asparagus, or chop up some baby spinach or celery. Your imagination is the limit. Bring all to a boil and then add a squirt of lime and fresh chopped cilantro. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Karela (Bitter melon or Momordica charantia), Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), Cumin (Cuminum cyminum), and Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea).

Many people use it for weight loss. In fact it’s been shown to stop the formation and growth of fat cells and it prevents the fat cells from storing fat. It also increases metabolism. But keep in mind that you have to monitor how you feel when you eat it. Because of its strong capability of lowering the blood sugar if you eat it every day you might start to experience symptoms of low blood sugar, such as lightheadedness, faintness, or nausea. So while it might be fine for someone with pre-diabetes or diabetes to eat it every day, if you don’t have a blood sugar problem then you might want to eat it only 2-3 times a week.

The literature also states that eating bitter gourd can give you healthy glowing skin. This is because the skin reflects the health of the blood and the liver. The liver filters the blood so if the liver is functioning at its optimum level your blood will be very clean, which will be reflected in clear radiant skin. This is why it is also used for various skin conditions, such as eczema, psoriasis and acne. Always remember that problems with the skin are really problems with a toxic liver which contributes to toxic blood. Besides cleaning the blood karela can penetrate deep into other tissues to clean them out as well, such as the fat and the nerve tissues, both of which are host to the modern environmental toxins which tend to be absorbed into our fat cells.

Vaidya Mishra was always warning people to avoid the current fad of drinking bitter gourd juice which is popular both in the Western world as well as in India. He said that anything that is detoxifying for the liver should be cooked in a fat — ghee is the best and olive oil is the second best fat to use.The fat delivers it into our cells. 

And in general cooking the food guarantees more absorption from the nutrients in the food you’re eating. Always remember that every cell in our body has a cell wall surrounding it which is made of cholesterol and it has the intelligence to take in nutrients while leaving out toxic compounds which might harm the cell. So by cooking the karela (or any food for that matter) with a fat, the fat will slide it much more easily into the cell for best absorption. That is why many of the Ayurvedic formulas are cooked into ghee and taken as a paste. The ghee carries the nutrients into the cell. This is also why it is good for us to cook with ghee and olive oil in our diet to aid in better absorption of nutrients.

Bitter melon is also good for the eyes. Ayurveda recognizes the relationship that the liver and the eyes share — both are considered pitta organs, sensitive to heat, and whatever you might do in life for the liver — eating good foods like karela, taking certain herbs and doing your semi-annual detox in the spring and fall — will help the eyes at the same time. 

So it is no surprise that karela is good for the eyes as well. The heat from the liver rises into the eyes and can damage the retina and other structures, so whatever you can do to cool the heat in the liver will help the eyes. A bitter taste is very pitta-pacifying, which means it is cooling. And now we know bitter melon has both Vitamin A and beta carotene, both of which are good for the eyes. And it even helps to improve vision and prevent cataracts.

Bitter melon is even good for cancer in that it both fights it and prevents cancer cells from multiplying. It has been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of breast, colon and prostate cancer. We now know that sugar feeds cancer and makes it grow, which is why bitter melon with its dramatic tendency to clear the blood of sugar, should be prescribed to all cancer patients to eat at least 2-3 times a week to prevent the growth of their cancer by starving it to death.

It contains twice the amount of calcium than spinach and broccoli and twice the amount of potassium than a banana, which is good to know because bananas are not recommended in SV Ayurveda due to their tendency to create congestion and clog the body’s physical channels. Usually when I tell a patient to avoid bananas they immediately ask me what to eat to replace the potassium that the bananas give, so bitter melon would definitely be one way to do it.

And the truth is, anything that benefits the liver so much will end up benefiting just about every part of the physiology since the liver has over 500 functions and affects so many important processes in the body. Which is also why faulty liver function is at the root of just about any illness or health problem you can think of. 

So providing your liver with one of the best foods known to mankind will go a long way to prevent most diseases. This is why karela should be part of your diet on a regular basis. If you don’t have access to the fresh vegetable Vaidya Mishra made Karela Soup Mix where he dehydrated the karela and all you have to do is add hot water, olive oil, soma salt (white Himalayan salt) and cilantro to make a side dish of karela soup at lunch or dinner.

I hope this information is of great benefit to you as you strive to improve your health.

Thank you,

Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum

856-786-3330

drmteitebaum.com

Support Sugar Metabolism with Vaidya’s Sweet Nectars

Of course, an immediate way to remedy sugar metabolism issues is to stop the intake of too much sugar, and bad quality sugar or sweeteners. However, sometimes the body needs the soma from sugar, so that avoiding it all-together may not be an option. To satisfy that craving and the need, and to keep the sweet taste in the diet, there are many things you can do. Substituting honey for sugar – make sure it is high quality raw unprocessed. But did you know that Vaidya Mishra also made some delicious “sweet nectars” with different spices for additional ayurvedic support?

You can use any one of these any way you want – to sweeten your glass of water; to sweeten your cup of tea; to bake in with your muffins or cakes; or in your salad dressing (you can make a delicious dressing with Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon, lime, Mum’s Masala, Olive oil, and Soma Salt). When cooking any sweet dish with protein – maybe a yogurt salad, or a paneer dish, a milk pudding, or rice pudding etc., any sweet dish that has a high content of carbs, it will be great for you to mix the Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon, or with Cardamom. As you know, Cinnamon helps metabolize starch/sugar, and Cardamom helps metabolize protein molecules. Tip: when baking or cooking with the Sweeteners, add the drops at the very end of mixing the ingredients, so you preserve the aroma.

Alternately, the sweeteners may also be used according to your dosha: Rose for pitta; cardamom for kapha; cinnamon for vata. Rose is the number one flower/plant for balancing pitta dosha. It is also ideal for balancing and cooling off the emotions, or sadhak pitta. 

Why have I added DGL? Deglycyrrhizinated licorice is also great for pitta individuals, as it supports the kledak kapha of the stomach, even as it pacifies the pachak pitta. It is an excellent ingredient for high pitta/low agni people – it cools off the pitta and sharpens the agni. Generally, our sugar craving is higher when our sadhak pitta is off, due to stress, or acidic food. Having a treat made with a SVA sweetener with DGL instead of reaching out for that sugary snack or ice cream, will prevent from further aggravating your sadhak pitta and clogging your channels. 

This sweetener will also be great for those who have issues with sugar metabolism – either congenital or stress related. Not only will it satisfy your sugar craving, but if you use the nectar with Cinnamon, it will further support your sugar metabolism. The Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon is ideal for those with sugar metabolism challenges. Please note: the Sweet Nectar with Cinnamon does not replace any/all medications you may be currently on for sugar metabolism health conditions. 

References:

  1. Immediate effect of bitter gourd and ash gourd on blood sugar levels of patients with Type II diabetes mellitus: A pilot study. G. Selvakumar et al. Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 7 Issue 4, October 2017, Pages 526-531.
  2. Evaluation of the efficacy of bitter gourd as an oral hypoglycemia agent — a randomized controlled clinical trial. John A.J. et al. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2003.
  3. Anti-diabetic and hypoglycemic effects of bitter melon: a mini review Leung L. et al Br J Nutr. 2009, PMID 19825210 Review.
  4. Bitter Melon: A panacea for inflammation and cancer. Dandawate Pr, et al. Chin J Nat Med. 2016. PMID: 26968675 Review.
  5. Hypoglycemic efficacy and safety of bitter melon in patients with Type II Diabetes mellitus. Kim, SK et al. Complement There Med 2020 PMID: 32951763 Clinical Trial.
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Reminder: All You Need is Guduchi! – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter May 30, 2024 – #21, Vol 13

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Guduchi is Amrita

~ Bestower of Immortality ~

Nature loves to play! Through her incomparable creativity and imagination, she uses the basic set of creational elements that

the vedic Shastras call “Guna” to bring

forward hundreds of thousands of

variations and possibilities. With her

keen sense of beauty, and humor,

she unleashes her playfulness through

colors, shapes, sounds, unfolding a

wondrous creation! We may boast of our 21st century

technological scientific achievements and discoveries, but we are just barely getting to know the basics of life. Did you know that for every identified species on earth, there are 4 more that have yet to be discovered? What’s more, in this playful multiplicity, each one of Nature’s creations is as good as the other. Each one fulfills its own unique purpose in the bigger scheme of things, aiding in the maintenance and promulgation of the entire environment. None is better than the other or competes with the other… Mother Nature always creates a win/win situation for ALL…

There are, however, some exceptions to the rule! Based on their internal make-up or Guna constitution, some species of animals or plants are more pro-life or evolution, while others may have slightly different counter-evolutionary agendas that operate through delay tactics! Some species are more user-friendly, so to speak, while others may cause unduly delay and stress. So

how do we know to classify all these based on their supportive or destructive nature? The knowledge is so vast, and the criteria so subtle and complex, that most of it cannot be discerned by our microscopes or fancy scanners, not to mention any AI enhanced technoloyg. Luckily, as the ayurvedic story goes, a group of highly evolved humans who lived several thousands of years ago already took the time to do this for us. And the great part is, we can now confirm some of their findings with our modern technology. Such for example is a very special plant that goes by the name of Guduchi (Tinospora Cordifolia). Also called “giloy” in Hindi.

Amidst all the plants available to humans, Guduchi, was called

“Amrita” – bestower of eternal life – by the ancient seers. A native climber of North and South India, it is now increasingly gaining favor as a medicinal herb amongst scientists. Long touted as a powerful and divine herb throughout the alternative history of Ayurvedic healing, modern research is coming to recognize its unprecedented benefits through a number of research studies.

This plant has origins of mythical dimension. It is told in India’s most ancient epic tale of cosmogenesis, The Ramayana, that guduchi became a plant on earth when Lord Indra sprinkled amrit (nectar of immortality) from heaven. After the war with Ravana, Lord Rama prayed to Indra, the custodian of Amrit, requesting he bring back to life all the monkeys and bears that had fought by his side and died during the battles. Indra granted this wish and sprinkled the nectar from heaven. Wherever a drop landed on a dead monkey or bear, it came back to life. Wherever it landed on the earth, it sprouted into a guduchi plant.

The healing properties of guduchi are nearly endless. It is the best rasayana (rejuvenative) known in Ayurveda. As Vaidya Mishra’s SVA lineage explains, it is the only plant that can bind both amavisha (internal toxins) and garavisha (external toxins) and reestablish the intelligence of the body by repairing local damage caused by the toxins. 

Vaidya Mishra further taught that Guduchi is full of Soma (nature’s cooling, nurturing lunar vibration) and helps to rebuild the dhatus (tissues) if/when they become low. Guduchi helps to clean the flame of the heart (vakshagni) so that it can handle any emotional challenges that may come its way.

Guduchi has all the properties of amritam, a rejuvenating and strengthening nectar. It is considered to be one of the most effective rasayanas / rejuvenative that may help to rid the body of deep rooted imbalances. In fact, it is so full of life and receptive to vibrational energy, guduchi can grow without any soil or water.

All parts of this plant, stems, roots, and leaves have been used for thousands of year in Ayurvedic medicine. The plant itself is considered beneficial for all 3 doshas or body types based on Ayurveda. The list of benefits of this special plant are innumerable, but here is a brief list of the most desirable scientifically confirmed properties.

Top 20 benefits backed up by recent scientific research findings:

Immune builder (the body’s own defense system), helps to increase the function of macrophages, which helps the body to resist infections. Immunopotentiating (an agent that enhances the immune response)1

Increases resistance to stress2

Restores the skin’s self-healing properties

Free radical scavenger to help delay aging

Anti-inflammatory3

Helps reduce pain

Balances the body’s heat and high temperature indicators

Anti-tumor4 5

Anti-allergic 6

Anti-aging

Mental and physical rejuvenator (longevity, enhances memory and mental clarity, improves health, youth, brighter complexion and luster of skin, stronger voice)

Anti-emetic (effective against vomiting and nausea)

Anthelmintic (expel parasitic intestinal worms from the body)

Hepatoprotective (antihepatotoxicity; the ability to prevent damage to the liver)7

Hypolipidemic (lipid lowering)8 ,4

Hypoglycaemic control9

Adaptogenic (demonstrates a non-specific

enhancement of the body’s ability to resist a stressor) 10

Strengthens the heart

Increases digestive capacity

Therapeutic against jaundice

Effective in urinary diseases and as a diuretic 
Choosing Your Guduchi:
The high demand for guduchi has led to the proliferation of adulterated guduchi supplements on the market in varying qualities. You think you may be purchasing a good product, but to be certain, below is a list of a few things to consider and research before making your choice about where to purchase this divine herb:
Make sure no chemicals were used at ANY stage of the extraction or preservation process to ensure that its properties and qualities are kept intact.
Investigate how the guduchi was grown, harvested, stored, and transported.
Consider your own personal health condition; consult with your SVA expert or practitioner to help you make an informed decision for your individual constitution and current imbalances 

Make sure you know the benefits as well as the cautionary effects

Analyze your diet and lifestyle; a good diet should be established for some time and the body fairly balanced before using guduchi to release the deeper toxins from the liver and other tissues.

Consider the forms in which you can consume guduchi and which is the most effective for your situation; teas, capsules, tablets, drops etc.

Chandika.com – home of Vaidya Mishra’s cutting edge ayurvedic alternative delivery formulations – carries a line of guduchi products that not only offer the purest formulations of Guduchi using the best collecting and processing procedures, but formulations that take into consideration the divine nature of this beautiful herb. The SVA team has taken the utmost care to preserve the original pranic vibration of guduchi during the process. Here is a list of your options if you are thinking about adding guduchi to your daily diet:

SVA Guduchi Herbal Memory Nectar: captures the micro-molecular intelligence of this pranic herb and delivers it to the most subtle levels of your physiology. The result is higher efficacy, faster delivery, and safety from detox.

SVA Immuno-Correct Tablets: reestablishes the intelligence of tissues and organ systems

SVA Immuno-Support Tablets and Herbal Memory Nectar: to support your physiology and its immunity and protect it against seasonal colds and imbalances.

SVA Geni-Support Tablets: genito-urinary tract support

SVA Liver Pro Tablets: support the liver’s functioning, and re-establish its intelligence

SVA Gluco-Support Tablets: help with the metabolism of sugar 
Guduchi helps clean the liver without heating it. In fact, guduchi is able to detoxify the tissues all the way to shukra dhatu (the last tissue in the chain of transformation, and the most subtle tissue in the body, the reproductive tissue).
You can learn in detail about these and many other properties of guduchi in a downloadable lecture by Vaidya Mishra. In this 31 minute talk, Vaidya translates word for word from the Sanskrit text Bhava Prakash about guduchi.
You can put this and many other herb lectures on your iPod for just 99¢ here:
Guduchi – Learn About The Most Divine Herb in Ayurveda. The audio file comes with an accompanying PDF with the text Vaidya Mishra is translating so you can follow along.
Cautionary Effects of Guduchi:
Guduchi may lower blood sugar levels, therefore diabetic patients are advised to use it with caution under the supervision of the medical physician.
Avoid taking guduchi during pregnancy and breastfeeding Large doses may cause nausea.
Since it is considered a highly effective detoxifying herb, in particular for the liver, guduchi should be administered with proper preparation. Otherwise, improper use can lead to a detox crisis. 7
Cautions for Using Guduchi
You have to be careful when using guduchi. It is a powerful herb that can easily cause a detox crisis if it is not used with care. This is especially true when using the tablets. The physical herb will have a direct effect on the more gross physical dimension of the body triggering an accelerated detox. Toxins that are being evacuated need proper transportation pathways leading out so as not to 7
contaminate the physiology on their way out through toxic fumes or acidic residues. Once toxins are released in the body, there is no putting them back. Toxins travel through designated channels that have to be healthy to bear the load of the detox process, otherwise they may rupture those channels and flow over into neighboring organs, organ systems, tissues, causing further damage.
If diet is not proper and if there is no preparation of the channels before using it, it can at best be ineffective and at worst do more harm than good. The body must be properly prepared to handle the detoxifying property of guduchi.
There seems to be no relief for the modern liver. The sheer amount of toxins that the body has to deal with—generated both internally (emotional and digestive toxins) and externally (chemicals and EMF) is staggering.
When a detoxifying herb like guduchi is given to someone with an overload of toxins in the liver, or an overload of toxins in other deep tissues of the body, it can draw them out very quickly. The old toxins begin to come out of the liver and the deep tissues, and it may be too much for the body to eliminate.
There must not be any constipation in the body, which would prevent the toxins from getting out when they reach the colon. The channels in the body should be alkaline so that they can buffer the acidic toxins coming out.
Also, the digestion must be strong enough to fully digest the crude herb found in these tablets. And the liver must be clean enough to metabolize the herb without killing the vibrational energy of the herb.
Always use this herb under the direct supervision of a Shaka Vansya Ayurveda practitioner. Your practitioner may recommend the Guduchi Herbal Memory Nectar formulation because it is a safer way to deliver the properties of guduchi when the liver is full of toxins without causing a detox crisis. 

References:
1.Immunopotentiating compounds from Tinospora cordifolia, Kapil A, Sharma S., Pharmacology Division, Regional Research Laboratory, Jammu Tawi, India. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9406896
2.Antistress Activity of Tinospora cordifolia and Centella asiatica Extracts, D. N. K. Sarma1, R. L. Khosa1, J. P. N. Chansauria, M. Sahai. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199603) 10:2%3C181::AID-PTR804%3E3.0.CO;2-6/abstract
3.Antiinflammatory, immunosuppressive and some related pharmacological actions of the water extract of Neem Giloe (Tinospora cordifolia): A preliminary report, VK Pendse, AP Dadhich, PN Mathur, MS Bal, BR Madan www.ijp-online.com/article.asp? issn=0253-7613;year=1977;volume=9;issue=3;spage=221;epage=224;aulast=Pend se;type=0
4.Informa Healthcare; Immunomodulatory and Antitumor Actions of Medicinal Plant Tinospora cordifolia Are Mediated Through Activation of Tumor‐Associated
Macrophages
5.Immunomodulatory and antitumor activities of Tinospora cordifolia, Amala Cancer Research Centre, Amala Nagar, Thrissur 680 553, Kerala, India www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367326X98000173
6.Efficacy of Tinospora cordifolia in allergic rhinitis, Department of Pharmacology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur 440018, India, Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India, Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur, India, Pharmanza, India, Government
Ayurvedic College, Nagpur, India
7.Hepatoprotective and immunomodulatory properties of Tinospora cordifolia
8.Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic action of alcohol extract of Tinospora cordifolia roots, Department of Biochemistry, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12722152
9.Hypoglycaemic and other related actions of Tinospora cordifolia roots, Department of Biochemistry, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
10.Adaptogenic properties of six rasayana herbs used in Ayurvedic medicine, Nirmala N. Rege, Urmila M. Thatte, Sharadini A. Dahanukar onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199906) 13:4%3C275::AID-PTR510%3E3.0.CO;2-S/abstract 

Disclaimer: The statements above have not been evaluated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). This article is for educational purposes only. Its content is not meant to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your medical physician for any disease or ailments you may have.

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