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Rosewater Soda With Peach Sorbet


How to Make Rosewater Soda with Peach Sorbet

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
2 tbsp
6 whole
1 tbsp
2 c
1 whole

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Rosewater Soda
1. Combine 1/2 cup of soda water with 2 cups of rose water. Chill in fridge.

2. Make peach sorbet. When it's finished, scoop sorbet into glasses and pour rosewater soda to make a frothy, cool dessert. It's an ayurvedic root beer float!

Peach Sorbet
1. Pit and chop the peaches. For those who prefer refined texture, peel the peaches. If you are a lover of the sensual rustic, leave the peel on for a layer of complexity. Juice the lemon.

2. Add peaches, lemon juice, honey and water to blender. Puree until whipped and smooth.

3. If you have an ice cream maker, pour peach puree into the ice cream makers cylinder and follow manufacturers instructions. If you dont, simply pour peach puree into a tupperware or pyrex container with a well sealing lid and freeze for 3 hours or overnight.

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How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

This middle eastern inspired recipe will cool you down on a hot day.

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Metabolic Effects of Rosewater Soda with Peach Sorbet

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Seltzer Water / Club Soda, Peaches, Lemon

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

Active Ingredients: Lemon, Seltzer Water / Club Soda, Honey

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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Lemon

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Seltzer Water / Club Soda

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Lemon, Peaches

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Seltzer Water / Club Soda

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

Active Ingredients: Peaches, Lemon

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Peaches, Rose Water

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (DOSHAS)

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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AGGRAVATES
MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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Other Health Virtues

Upward

UPWARD

Upward-moving substances (Urdvha Gati Marga) include anything stimulating or activating, or that move upward in the body.

Active Ingredients: Seltzer Water / Club Soda

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Rosewater Soda with Peach Sorbet
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Quenches Thirst

STRONG QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Peaches, Seltzer Water / Club Soda, Lemon

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Sialogogue

STRONG SIALOGOGUE

A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a lesser degree. Astringents.

Active Ingredients: Lemon, Peaches

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

Active Ingredients: Peaches, Lemon

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Carminative

MILD CARMINATIVE

Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Relieves Burning

MILD RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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High Fiber Laxative

MILD HIGH-FIBER-LAXATIVE

A class of laxative that adds bulk and water to stools. The large size of the stool stimulates peristalsis so the stool can pass more easily through the colon. It is important to drink plenty of water when using high fiber laxatives, as they can be dehydr

Active Ingredients: Peaches

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General Laxative

STRONG GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

Active Ingredients: Peaches, Honey, Lemon

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Stool Softener

STRONG STOOL-SOFTENER

Softens hard and difficult to eliminate stool. Stool softeners are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Examples include warm milk with ghee.

Active Ingredients: Peaches, Lemon

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Relaxes Eyes

RELAXES-EYES

Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Lemon

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Seltzer Water / Club Soda, Lemon

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Nervine

MILD NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Lemon

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

Active Ingredients: Seltzer Water / Club Soda, Lemon

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Refreshes Skin

MILD REFRESHES-SKIN

Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Soothes Throat

MILD SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Calms Heart

CALMS-HEART

An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Lemon

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Refrigerant

REFRIGERANT

An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Lemon

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Alterative

ALTERATIVE

Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Lemon

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Aphrodisiac

MILD APHRODISIAC

Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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Other:
Cleanse And Detox

MILD CLEANSE-AND-DETOX

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Constituents:
Coumarin

COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Lemon

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Inositol

MILD INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

Active Ingredients: Peaches

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Rutin

MILD RUTIN

Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Salicylates

MILD SALICYLATES

Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.

Active Ingredients: Peaches

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Flavonoids

MILD FLAVONOIDS

Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Polyphenols

MILD POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

Active Ingredients: Lemon

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Rosewater Soda with Peach Sorbet

  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Quenches-thirst, Refrigerant, Stimulates-energy, Calms-heart, Digestive, Refreshes-skin, Relaxes-eyes, Stool-softener, Carminative, General-laxative, Refreshing, Sialogogue, Wakes-you-up, Alterative

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, General-laxative, Refrigerant, Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Quenches-thirst, Sialogogue, Digestive, Refreshing, Stool-softener

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  • Pears

    Pears has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Refreshing, Soothes-throat, High-fiber-laxative, Refrigerant, Calms-heart, Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning

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  • Strawberries

    Strawberries has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Quenches-thirst, Sialogogue, Digestive, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Quenches-thirst, Relaxes-eyes, General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, High-fiber-laxative, Refrigerant

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  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Nervine, Stool-softener, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst, Alterative, High-fiber-laxative, Sialogogue

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  • Mint (Fresh)

    Mint (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Refreshing, Carminative, Nervine, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin

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  • Rose Water

    Rose Water has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Nervine, Relieves-burning, Aphrodisiac, Refrigerant, Calms-heart, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Pineapple

    Pineapple has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Sialogogue, Quenches-thirst, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Honey Dew

    Honey Dew has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Relieves-burning, High-fiber-laxative, Refrigerant, Stool-softener, Quenches-thirst, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning, Aphrodisiac, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, High-fiber-laxative, Refrigerant

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Rosewater Soda with Peach Sorbet

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Refrigerant, Alterative, Relaxes-eyes, Aphrodisiac, Sialogogue, Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Stool-softener, General-laxative, Wakes-you-up

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  • External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)

    External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Haritaki

    Haritaki has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Carminative, Digestive, General-laxative, Nervine, Sialogogue, Stool-softener

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Stool-softener, Aphrodisiac

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Digestive

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  • Licorice Ghee (9oz)

    Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Alterative, Carminative, Nervine

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  • Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)

    Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common

    Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Alterative, Carminative, Nervine, Refrigerant

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Digestive, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Carminative

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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