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Best Ayurvedic Recipes for Gut Health

The word “ayurvedic” can have elitist connotations for some.

After all, who are the people you hear using it? Avid yogis, restrictive eaters, spiritual

How to Keep Your Home Hormone-Safe

The EPA opened the doors on its US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program in 1996. This branch of the agency was responsible for determining the impact

Best Ayurvedic Recipes for Gut Health

The word “ayurvedic” can have elitist connotations for some.

After all, who are the people you hear using it? Avid yogis, restrictive eaters, spiritual

How to Keep Your Home Hormone-Safe

The EPA opened the doors on its US Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program in 1996. This branch of the agency was responsible for determining the impact

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10,000 Steps A Day — Is It Practical or Necessary?

The Japanese call it “Manpo-kei” — literally, 10,000 steps meter.

Since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, when all of Japan was rigidly focused on fitness, both individual and collective, there has been a pervasive theory among fitness gurus that 10,000 steps is necessary as a base line to maintain proper health. Any exercise beyond 10,000 steps is simply extra.

10,000 steps, by the way, is about 5 miles.

The Secret Chemicals in Fast Food and What They’re Doing To You

You don’t need a scientist to tell you that fast food is not a healthy choice.

Empty calories? Check. 

Heavy in trans fat, light in nutrition? Check. 

The exact opposite of mindful and grateful eating? Check.

But it’s important to understand that not only is fast food not good for you, it’s actively harmful to your body’s composition.

Escapism is Ancient: How to Manage your Screen Addiction

The first caveman who daydreamed about the fields beyond his own exercised the same basic instinct we do when we scroll our social media mindlessly: escapism.

Every form of media that humanity has developed and consumed is driven by the desire to escape our realities and experience another one, and we’ll never be rid of it.

Folklore. Religion. Mythology. Books. Music. Painting. Sculpting. Museums. Newspapers. Radio. Television. Cinema. Social media.

Dr. Pedram Shojai

NY Times Best Selling author and film maker. Taoist Abbot and Qigong master. Husband and dad. I’m here to help you find your way and be healthy and happy. I don’t want to be your guru…just someone who’ll help point the way. If you’re looking for a real person who’s done the work, I’m your guy. I can light the path and walk along it with you but can’t walk for you.