India has always known about haldi and skin. The haldi ceremony before a wedding is not a wellness trend or a social media ritual, it is a practice embedded in Indian culture for centuries, grounded...

India has known about shilajit's provenance for a very long time. The Charaka Samhita does not recommend "shilajit from wherever you can find it." It describes the specific high-altitude rock formations of the Himalayas and...

India has an interesting relationship with anxiety. On one hand, ashwagandha called Ashwagandha in Sanskrit, meaning "smell of horse" for its distinctive root aroma and the vitality it was thought to confer has been used...

Walk into any office in Bengaluru, Mumbai, or Gurgaon at 9am and you will find the same scene: people who have been awake since 6, are three cups of chai or filter coffee in, and...

Here is something Indian vegetarians encounter constantly: the grim suggestion that because they do not eat meat, they are not getting complete protein, and therefore their muscles are sad, their amino acids are insufficient, and...

India's urban professionals are one of the most motivated people on earth when it comes to health goals. They download the calorie counting app. They join the morning run group. They switch from regular chai...

Osteoporosis affects a disproportionately large number of Indian women, and the age at which bone loss becomes clinically significant is earlier in India than in most Western populations. The standard response in Indian clinical practice...

Methi is one of the most familiar ingredients in Indian life. It is in the dal. It is in the paratha. It is in the Ayurvedic formulations prescribed for blood sugar, digestion, and lactation. Indian...

India's chronic disease burden tells a specific story. Type 2 diabetes affects over 100 million people. Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality. Arthritis among the most common causes of disability in older Indians....