Ghee-licious!

Written by Shubhra Krishan


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Luscious: Brush a layer on corn-on-the-cob or drop a dollop into hot lentils. Pour intorepparttar hollow of a freshly baked potato or saute with salmon. Stir-fry, bake, saute or spread--any which way you use it, ghee will find flavour with you. What’s more, it won’t smoke or burn during cooking.

Lasting: Keep ghee and butter at room temperature. Butter will eventually turn rancid; ghee will not. It'srepparttar 115892 moisture in butter that promotes decay. Virtually moisture-free, ghee has no such problem. It will retain its original freshness and flavour for months, even without refrigeration.

Energising: Some foods dissolve in water, and some in fat. Ghee in your diet will carry fat-soluble foods quickly and easily inside cells. Such foods will reach where they are supposed to reach, to workrepparttar 115893 way they are supposed to work. Sometimes, it's just packaging that makesrepparttar 115894 difference.

An Anti-oxidant: Ghee has beta-carotene and vitamin E, both known anti-oxidants that counterrepparttar 115895 effects of free radicals. Science has been able to establish that free radicals cause nearly 90 percent of all degenerative diseases. Ghee in your diet, then, could give Father Time a run for his money.

A Sharpener: The goodness of ghee not only powers your cells, but also penetratesrepparttar 115896 corners of your mind. Result— quicker leaning, better recall, wiser decisions. Cow ghee in particular is supposed to be extremely good for your brain.

A Healer: Ghee repairsrepparttar 115897 mucus lining ofrepparttar 115898 stomach and evens outrepparttar 115899 acid balance in there. An ancient Indian fable says King Akbarrepparttar 115900 Great once challenged a citizen to eat and digest limestone. The man accepted—and won. His secret? Just before he hadrepparttar 115901 limsetone, he downed a huge bowlful of ghee to arm his stomach againstrepparttar 115902 assault.

So stir-fryrepparttar 115903 garlic in a teaspoon of ghee, and drizzle over piping hot bread. It’s aromatherapy ofrepparttar 115904 most intoxicating kind. Then feelrepparttar 115905 flavour do ghee-licious things to your taste-buds. Indulge.



Shubhra Krishan is a journalist from India, now based in Colorado Springs. She specializes in writing about Ayurveda--a system of healing that originated in India more than 5000 years ago. Her articles on Ayurveda can be found at www.mapi.com and http://ayurvedix.tripod.com


Aromatherapy for the Holiday Spirit

Written by Francoise Rapp


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-5 drops Orange -5 drops Grapefruit -1 drop Lemon Verbena

Massage your abdomen, solar plexus, neck and shoulders. Pour a few drops intorepparttar palm of your hands and inhale it deeply. Pour 20 drops ofrepparttar 115891 blend into your warm bathwater and soak for at least 15 minutes.

******** Improve Your Social Abilities ******** Dread those social gatherings and holiday parties? This aromatic blend enlivens evenrepparttar 115892 shyest souls.

-3 drops Basil -3 drops Peppermint -6 drops Grapefruit

Massage your abdomen, solar plexus, neck and shoulders. Pour a few drops intorepparttar 115893 palm of your hands and inhale it deeply. Pour 20 drops ofrepparttar 115894 blend into your warm bathwater and soak for at least 15 minutes.

******** Encourage Giving to Others ******** This aromatic blend opensrepparttar 115895 heart and reminds us thatrepparttar 115896 most valuable gift we hold within is sharing and giving to those in need.

-1 drop Rose -2 drops Ginger -4 drops Grapefruit -3 drops Frankincense

Massage your heart chakra, solar plexus, neck and shoulders. Dare to wear it like a perfume! Pour a few drops intorepparttar 115897 palm of your hands and inhale it deeply. Pour 20 drops ofrepparttar 115898 blend into your warm bathwater and soak for at least 15 minutes.

(c) Francoise Rapp, 2001. Discoverrepparttar 115899 life-transforming power of aromatherapy! Internationally renowned aromatherapist and alchemist, Francoise Rapp, shares her expertise through aromatherapy classes designed for working adults and in her free weekly ezine, The Arom'Alchemy Newsletter. All this and more can be found at http://www.aromalchemy.com

Internationally renowned aromatherapist and alchemist Françoise Rapp was trained in the sacred ancient arts of anointing and practicing alchemy by priests and alchemists in France more than 10 years ago. She now lives in San Diego where she holds an International License in Aromatherapy. Her talents have been featured in RedBook Magazine, New Age Journal, Self.Com, and the nationally televised program "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus." Visit her on the web at www.aromalchemy.com.


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