There are over 300 acupuncture-based substance abuse programs in the United States. In a seminar I attended in the early 1990’s the statistics then showed acupuncture to be 81% more effective than any other treatment methods for cigarette and drug use and the recidivism rate (the rate at which they start up again) was only […]
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More than 2 decades ago when I first earned my license to practice Acupuncture, the question “what is acupuncture” accompanied nearly every response to “what I do”. Today, most people have heard of acupuncture, at least, but still don’t know much about what it is, and what it does. Acupuncture is the traditional health treatment
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The universal thought regarding weight, is that once you lose weight, your health should improve. What if that were wrong? Although I would venture to say that it is not entirely wrong, it is backwards. We should improve our health in order to lose weight. Most of the time, the difficulty in losing weight is
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Your adrenals are small glands that sit on top of your kidneys. The adrenals are part of your stress handling mechanism. When you experience acute stress, the adrenals kick in to provide you with the burst of energy you need to get out of the stressful situation. An example of this is a horse sensing
I’m finding a surprising number of people don’t cook anymore, or don’t like to cook but do so anyway because they feel they must. Also, many eat out more than they cook. Others want to rekindle (or develop for the first time) a joy in cooking. When we think of cooking, especially healthful cooking, the
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Do you feel irritable, shaky, queasy or lightheaded if you miss a meal or have a delayed meal? Do you have a difficult time staying away from sweets? Do you feel sick if you eat too much sugar? Do you make sure you eat 3 meals a day and are diligent in not forgetting? Or,
Most people assume that if a food is in the market, that it must be good for us, that we are well protected by the FDA. Not to diminish your sense of comfort, but those statements can’t be further from the truth. I would hate to work for the FDA. The amount of new products
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The topic of children’s health, or the lack of it, is increasingly being scrutinized. The increased incidence of “adult diseases” affecting our children today is chilling. Obesity, diabetes, cancer, asthma, and even heart disease are increasing in our children at alarming rates. Why is this happening, and is there anything we can do about it?
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“The public is so brainwashed, that many people believe that the lower your cholesterol, the healthier you will be or the longer you will live. Nothing could be further from the truth”, states Paul Rosch, President of The American Institute of Stress and Clinical Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at New York Medical College. He
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It’s that time of year again, time to dust off the old journal, set some goals and once again test your mettle by trying to stick to a new habit, regimen or routine for as long as possible. Forgive me for sounding pessimistic. I am not at all against new year’s resolutions, as long as
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