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Dr. Nishant

Los Angeles, California
Dr. Nishant Rao was born in Kenya and grew up in London, France and the United States. His family physician as a boy in Kenya was a homeopath (big beard and all). It was here that his first experience of holistic medicine planted the seeds which later inspired him to complete his training as a naturopathic physician at the National College of Natural Medicine in the United States. He received his undergraduate degree from Bastyr University in herbal sciences and a degree in therapeutic... Full Bio
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Adrenal Glads - when zebras ride motorcycles by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Fibromyalgia The ease of sliding a  fried egg (runny yolk right!)  out of a small non stick pan early in the morning while you're still half asleep is a convenience that is not going ... Read on »
Beyond Arnica, Top 5 homeopathics for first aid by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Children's Health Everyone must know about Arnica by now right?  It's the homeopathic poster child of our generation.  It is to homeopathy what Echinacea and Ginkgo are to herbs.  Almost ev ... Read on »
Vitamin B12 - Clarifying Some Misinformation by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Vitamins & Supplements Last night I watched an episode on  NBC's The Doctors.  If you don't know the show they have four doctors with different specialties discussing and educating the audience ... Read on »
Go Ahead and Eat the Yolk! by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I often marvel at the brilliantly packaged,  deliciously satisfying and nutritionally dense  creation of nature with the strangest of names in  almost any language (dzou i ... Read on »
What's the connection: No smoking-cannibalism-jumbo jets (coconut fat!) by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Digestive Health In response to  Sally's comment  in the Reader requests, "Just wondering what your thoughts are on coconut fat. I’ve heard mixed things", here's my take on coconuts and sa ... Read on »
Probiotics - More sauerkraut on the hot dog please by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Digestive Health There are always raging debates about the origin of humankind, but here is one undeniable fact.   You are a mobile fleshy feeding TUBE.  You are a tube in as much as you h ... Read on »
Vitamin D - A guide for furless mammals by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Vitamins & Supplements There are 2 reasons I'm writing this article.  Firstly, vitamin D has been all over the news as the latest nutrient whose RDA  has come under great scrutiny.  The other re ... Read on »
Top 10 Seasonal Allergy Roundup by Dr. Nishant Posted in: Blog Posts in Allergies Being in a desert  where there is no real sign of Spring whatsoever I almost forgot about seasonal allergies.  Actually that's not true the Spring is cool here at 97 degre ... Read on »