More than a decade ago, Bhavani (Holly) Lev of Organic India from Lucknow – one of the producers of the finest range of organic tulsi teas worldwide – asked me if I could locate some “cold-pressed” edible oil for her. I tried, I couldn’t. Today the situation is vastly different and one can get a [...]
I visited Beijing in 2007, a year prior to the Olympics, and then again last week. The transformation of this gigantic city is clearly impressive. This is the capital of the world’s most populated nation so its scale will naturally be vast. But like the outward demeanour of the Chinese people themselves, there is little [...]
It’s advisable sometimes to stop awhile and make a list of the things we’ve downloaded into our tummies on any single day simply to check the ingredients. How much of what we consumed that day was processed food and how much unprocessed? You may be shocked to know the results of your self-test. Our bodies [...]