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dr. orna joins gaia herbs scientific advisory board

dr. orna joins gaia herbs scientific advisory board

by Dr. Orna | Mar 23, 2022 | Dr. Orna, plant medicine

I’ve been sitting on some big news for a couple of months now, and just got the official green light to share with you. And can I just say, as a former newspaper reporter — whose job it is to find news AND TELL IT TO PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY — this has been really...
making dandelion root vinegar

making dandelion root vinegar

by Dr. Orna | Mar 3, 2022 | food as medicine, garden medicine, love the plants you're with, Medicine Making with Dr. Orna, Uncategorized

When the days are bright and warming but it’s not quite time yet for fiddling around in the garden, it might just be time to focus on edible and medicinal weeds. On one such day, I came across some beautiful dandelion roots – and it is a perfect time to start...
herbes de provence: an excuse to eat lavender

herbes de provence: an excuse to eat lavender

by Dr. Orna | Feb 22, 2022 | food as medicine, garden medicine, the single girl's guide to eating alone

Herbes de Provence is a classic cooking blend from, as the name suggests, the Provence region in southeastern France. It hit my radar early in my gardening adventures, because it was one of the few recipes I could find that included lavender as an edible spice. When I...
seared radicchio: a stellar stovetop salad

seared radicchio: a stellar stovetop salad

by Dr. Orna | Feb 20, 2022 | eating, food as medicine, the single girl's guide to eating alone

Does this vegetable make you joyous to the point of defending your territory to enable eating it? Do you even recognize it? If you’re guessing it’s a cabbage, you are not alone. But actually this is radicchio (Cichorium intybus), a cultivated chicory and a member of...
food’s effects on COVID risk and severity

food’s effects on COVID risk and severity

by Dr. Orna | Feb 10, 2022 | COVID19, eating, food as medicine, knowledge is power, plant medicine, resilience, you've got the power

In more good COVID news that’s not exactly surprising, new research supports the idea that eating healthy helps keep you healthy. A September 2021 study published in the journal Gut found that folks eating more plant-based foods had lower risk and lower severity of...
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