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Message from the President - My own Amrit experience
 It's funny how we forget the most important things in life.
When we were moving MAPI's corporate offices from Colorado to Iowa, my personal supply of Amrit ran out. I made a mental note to get another jar, then forgot, and then forgot again. A cold hit, along with some allergy syptoms and some days of being emotionally and mentally overwhelmed.
Then I began taking Maharishi Amirt Kalash again.
A few weeks later, the contrast was so distinct, the nourishment so obvious, the elevated function in my mind and body so marked, that I wondered how I ever could have forgotten what this true Ayurvedic Rasayana delivers.
Maybe it's good it happened this way. The contrast showed me again that the difference between intellect and experience is often vast. This was an experience of the embodied intelligence in Amrit's herbs versus an intellectual understanding of Amrit's value. I decided to re-read some of the basic literature on Amrit, and was reminded of the elegant complexity of this rasayana - one of the first products to be offered when Maharishi revived Ayurveda.
There are 42 different herbs and fruits in Amrit. The number of ways that the primary herbs - just the primaries - can interact, mathematically expressed, is nearly impossible to grasp. But to give you an idea, here's what the actual number looks like on paper:
1,405,006,117,752,880,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
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Ten ways to feel energized by  food
1. Eat Foods with High Prana
Prana is the vital energy present in fresh vegetables and fruits and pure air that we breathe. One of the reasons for eating is to import or imbibe prana, so choose foods high in prana. More fresh vegetables and fruits will give an immediate energy boost. It's important to cut the vegetables and cook them fresh at every meal. Buying pre-cut vegetables means that you have already lost some of the prana. For that reason, buy whole vegetables and fruits for maximum vitality.
2. Eat Organic or Locally Grown Foods Whenever Possible
Organic foods have more prana than foods exposed to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. If your body has to work hard to purify the chemicals every time you eat, you'll feel fatigued and toxic.
Locally grown foods are higher in prana because they don't have to be shipped or stored and can be bought tree-ripened. There is another reason to eat locally grown foods - they mirror the ratio of the five fundamental element levels as the climate in which you live.
One Ayurvedic principle says that equal proportions of the elements is always enhancing. Locally grown herbs, fruits, vegetables and dairy products will have a more powerful and energizing biological impact. Herbs and plants grown in the desert are more helpful for the people who live in that kind of dry, hot climate. This principle doesn't apply to grains or beans, which are grown in different regions. If you can't get locally grown veggies or fruits, it's better to eat imported produce. The point here is that if you have a choice, buy or grow local produce for more vitality.
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My Vedic Kitchen - The influence of Tastes
How many of us think about the taste of our food?
 I mean actually focus on the taste of the food we eat. I find, people almost always describe tastes in relative, very general ways. For instance, if a person is asked to describe dessert it's often a general description, too sweet or delicious and the entrée could be too spicy or bland or good. Or, like my daughter who described her food tasting "up and down and round and round!" The fact is, in our rushed lives, we rarely think about taste as a subject on its own, with its own distinct, unique, delicious identity.
Not only does Ayurveda recognize taste as one of the important values of food; it also regards it as a doorway to personal health because it influences our core state of balance. In other words, taste has medicinal value in Maharishi Ayurveda.
According to Ayurveda, six tastes can be ascribed to all foods. These are: sweet, salty, bitter, astringent, pungent and sour. All six are needed to balance a meal, and hence to balance your individual nature or in Sanskrit, your prakriti. How much of each is needed by your individual body will depend on whether you are a Vata, Pitta or Kapha or a combination thereof. This constitutional arrangement is called your "dosha" in Maharishi Ayurveda.
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 Maharishi Vedic Honey, A Higher Level of Organic
This is the story of purity, taken to a remarkable level. A revival of a new system of agriculture that achieves the most profound level of nourishment and flavor in the world. This is the core value of Maharishi Vedic Honey.
Maharishi Vedic Honey is the product of a new approach to creating and harvesting honey.
It is a return to the very ancient ways of culturing honey, pure, raw, unheated, unpolluted, saturated with the intelligence of Nature. This approach raises the standards of purity and nourishment to a higher level, beyond organic, to a level which takes into consideration the deepest values of energy embodied in a food, elevating the fundemental principals of organic agriculture to a new standard.
Maharishi Vedic Honey is produced in the pure, unpolluted atmosphere of virgin forests and lands. Its purity and nourishing properties are enhanced by Vedic farming technologies. This approach is called Natural Law-based agriculture.
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 Maharishi Ayurveda, Children and Purity
The quality of food is a pivotal focus of Maharishi Ayurveda. Food is considered a foundation of health. The lack of food purity - contamination with GMOs, chemicals, pesticides, herbicides and improper growing methods is implicated in many health issues.
Maharishi Ayurveda's approach is uncomplicated. Purity, or in Sanskrit "sattva", is key. As a general benchmark, favor whenever possible organically grown foods. If organic isn't available, determine the purity pedigree of the food you are buying. For example, while "wild crafted" foods may not be certified organic, they can be purer than a certified organic food product.
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 Children, Rasayanas and Amrit Kalash
The many benefits of Amrit Kalash are usually seen from an adult point of view - the focus being anti-aging and general rejuvenation. But a rasayana can have a profound positive effect on the health of growing kids too.
In Maharishi Ayurveda, Amrit Kalash is in a class of herbs called "rasayanas". Translated rasayana means "that which enters the essence" or, in other words, "that which promotes health and longevity". These herbal compounds work on the level of the seven "dhatus" - or the seven layers of bodily tissue that according to Maharshi Ayurveda, make up the physiology.
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According to Maharishi Ayurveda, the physiology can be transformed through any of the five senses, with touch being the most powerful sense.
The skin is considered the largest organ of the body. Everything it comes in contact with, it absorbs. Because it is also a porous surface the skin acts as a highly efficient transport mechanism carrying sensory experiences to the deepest levels of tissue. In the case of children, this is doubly important, as children's small body mass increases relative exposures to environmental toxins.
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 Triphala, the legendary three fruits in one, of Maharishi Ayurveda
Triphala, contained in MAPI's Digest Tone and a major ingredient in Cholesterol Protection, is one of the most famous herbal compounds in Ayurvedic medicine.
Triphala literally translated means "three fruits," "tri" meaning "three" and "phala" meaning "fruit". The three main fruits contained in Triphala are Haritaki, Amalaki, Bibhitaki and in the case of Maharishi Ayurveda, an important fourth ingredient, Cabbage Rose. This fourth ingredient makes the formula more effective by addressing indigestion, flatulence and constipation in the digestive system. There is a saying in India that if a vaidya knows how to use Triphala properly, he can heal any disease. It is highly revered in Maharishi Ayurveda.
According to the ancient texts of Ayurveda, when these three fruits are combined as Triphala, they form a very powerful rasayana. A rasayana is the most highly refined and powerful herbal and fruit combination in Ayurveda, and is known to promote long life and rejuvenation. A rasayana promotes ojas, the material equivalent of bliss. Ojas, according to Ayurveda, is the finest product of digestion, and prevents disease, creates luster in the skin and rejuvenates the whole body.
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