Importance of Eating Whole Foods

At Zanjabee, we always emphasize the importance of eating whole foods. Food has evolved with humans over the 2.5 million years of human evolution. Only in the last 70 years have we foolishly tried to take out the "bad" parts of a food and eat the "good" bits. We have fallen flat on our face. The attempt to take out fat and replace it with carbohydrates is largely responsible for the obesity epidemic we have seen in the US since the 80s. Brown University Researchers have discovered that eating dairy does not increase the risk of heart attacks. While saturated fats still need to be eaten moderately, there are other "unknown" things in dairy that nullify the effect of the saturated fats. There is also emerging data that butter is not bad for us as we had thought.

How to Make Friends with your Gut Bacteria

There are 10 trillion cells in the human body and 100 trillion bacteria in our gut. They are not free riders living off the food that we eat but active participants in our health. Studying gut bacteria can predict the health of a human body with remarkable precision. These bacteria change when we change our diet, geography, stress levels or exercise. They can either work for us or against us.

Join Dr Ali today at Whole Foods in Dedham at 6pm for this informative talk

as she leads you on the journey to win friends and influence amongst your inner cousins!!

Winter Readiness Workshops

Join Dr. Shah to learn Ayurveda recommended Winter seasonal regimen (specific diet and lifestyle) in depth. Use these simple self care techniques to maintain optimal health at this time of the year and live in harmony with Nature’s natural energies. Please check out Part 2 for an interactive season-specific cooking demo and sampling.

When: Nov 30th

Where: Zanjabee

Buy now: $25 for Part I or $50 for Part II

$65 for both

Menstural Cycle Affects Asthma

Seasons, both internal and external, affect our health. Norwegian scientists have discovered that more women have asthma attacks at the time of ovulation. Acupuncture has known this for at least a thousand years. Natalia Epstein, Zanjabee Acupuncture Practitioner takes a complete menstural history if you come to us for asthma treatment and will use acu-points for optimizing menstural health if needed.

To book an appointment with Natalia, email us here.

Join us for Meditation

Join Dr. Ali for Mediation at Noon every Wednesday

Offering Thanks is Therapeutic. Happy Thanksgiving!!

I love Thanksgiving but not turkey. It is often too bland and dry for my taste. Turkey made with this recipe is moist and I put a mixture of yoghurt, ginger, garlic, salt and red pepper flakes underneath the skin before steaming to address the blandness issue. Try it and let us know how it turned out.

Happy Thanksgiving All!

Delicious Kale

If you think you should eat Kale but cannot bring yourself to do so, here is a super easy and super delicious way to eat it. Marinated Kale. It is a great side with the turkey above!