A travel writer who specializes in gastronomy reveals how he maintains his weight and health, despite overindulging on trips and in restaurants
I first learned about Ayurveda -- India’s ancient, holistic system of medicine -- at a weekend seminar sponsored by Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Mark Victor Hansen. The speakers were was Drs. Pankaj and Smita Naram, founders of the Ayushakti Clinic in Mumbai. It was an eye-opening presentation, and I arranged to go to his center for a five-week detoxification regimen known as Panchakarma (literally, “five acts” of cleansing).
It turned out to be a transformational experience. After the main purge, it was like being reborn: a sensation of electric energy woke me in the middle of the night and sent me to the mirror, where I beheld that my eyes had a radiant brightness; for days thereafter, my mood was elevated, I had new-found energy, and other people remarked that I was visibly glowing with health.
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