The Benefit Of Beets
on Apr 11 in Acupuncture, Allergies, Alternative Medicine, Cooking, Specific Health Issues, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized, Wellness
Beets. Dr. Jacob Schor just sent out an interesting article about how drinking beet juice may help with senile dementia. Let’s face it, we hear little that really helps with dementia, so this is interesting to me. Beets are a remarkable food. Besides turning urine and stools red , they are high in vitamins and minerals, and can help keep the bowels moving. They are heart friendly, containing components which improve circulation, lower cholesterol, reduce stroke risk and more. Beets are known to counteract certain cancerous mutations. And there is evidence that beet juice cut the times for bicycle racers. Note, avoid beets if you are prone to calcium oxalate kidney stones. If you don’t already have one, it is worth your while to develop a taste for this amazing colorful root. (The greens are also rich in calcium, iron and carotenoids.) If you garden at all, now is the time to put beet seeds in the ground. Beets are easy to grow and are very hardy.
Easy Health Tips That Are Fun
on Nov 29 in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Cooking, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, UncategorizedIn the morning, on an empty stomach drinking a tall glass of hot water moves the bowls easy.
2-3 table spoons of freshly ground flax seeds daily in some juice or yoghurt , moistens and moves the bowls. Available in the fridge at Vitamin cottage. Keep refrigerated, and grind freshly in a small clean electric coffee mill.
A teaspoon of live Apple sider vinegar, (Braggs company) or a teaspoon of lemon, lime juice, added to a tall glass of warm water first thing in the morning, supports the liver’s cleaning function and balances the body’s PH.
A cup of Nettle tea a day, cleanses the blood and supply’s the body with minerals. Available in Vitamin cottage in bulk
herbs. Very inexpensive. Just take 2-3 table spoons and pour boiling water over. Let steep for 10 minutes. Enjoy hot or cold.
Utah liquid minerals, available at Vitamin Cottage, one teaspoon in a glass of water daily, good for hair, skin, nails and more
Dry roast 1/2 cup of fennel seeds till fragrant, let cool. Add 2-3 table spoons cardamon seeds, mix well and chew 1 teaspoon of mixture after meals. This helps easy digestion, eliminates gas and decreases phlegm.
Shaking the whole body with some fun music 10 to 15 minutes a day increases well being, releases stress, helps Lymph flow and feels awesome.
Keeping the feet warm is essential for the shoulders to relax and the whole body to be well.
And Another Beautiful Poem
on Oct 07 in Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized, WellnessNaomi Shihab Nye
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.Before you know kindness as the deepest thing
inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and
purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
It is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you everywhere
like a shadow or a friend.
One Favorite Poem by Hafiz
on Oct 07 in Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized, WellnessBy Hafiz
Don’t surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,
My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.
diet drinks and foods
on Sep 09 in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Cooking, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized, Wellness
Hello dear readers
I saw the following on a mailing, and had heard this before. It might be interesting to check out.
Be aware if a label says “sugar free”
Aspatame, marketed as ‘Nutra Sweet’, ‘Equal’, and ‘Spoonful’
Why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees the wood alcohol in ASARTAME converts into formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in the sting of fire ants. The metabolic toxicity mimics, among other conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.
It is also suspect that the Aspartame in thousands of pellets of diet soda’s consumed by men and women fighting the Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.
Besides carbonated drinks are known to deplete the body of calcium and are bad for the environment, (cans,trash)
Tips for Treating Yeast Infections
on Aug 29 in Acupuncture, Specific Health Issues, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Often I get asked in my clinic about diet recommendations for yeast infections.
When we host parasites in our system, they tend to have their own life. They produce waste products, have their specific hungers and food preferences, and feed off our body’s energy reserves. Most often, parasites also have a personality of their own, which shows up, when a person’s energy is weakened and their system is taken over by it.
The cravings of what feeds the parasite, often dominates our food choices more then an appetite for what our own body actually needs.
When I address a much needed diet change, very often there is outrage, overwhelm and “I cannot possibly do that” or “then there is nothing to eat for me” or similar expressions of distress.
The information that yeast infections cannot be healed along with the consumption of sugar and refined carbs, will send us into spasms and we often rather suffer then adjust the diet.
At least at first.
Sugar has become an addiction in the western world. The average American person consumes 140 pounds of sugar per year. Imagine the mountain of sugar in front of you, and that is per day ….., you do the math.
Sugar not only is the most inflammatory food one can ingest it also depletes the body of essential nutrients, like Vitamin B etc…
It contributes to the body’s PH becoming more and more acidic, an ideal breeding ground for infections, virus and cancer. A sugar free diet (including)(excluding) Maple syrup, Agave, Honey etc is essential for the body to move over to a more alkaline PH and for the yeast to have a less ideal breeding ground.
There are wonderful supplements to eliminate it as well, like Oil of Oregano capsules, Tanalbit, Grapefruit Seed Extract and Homeopathic Remedies.
The best thing to do is to drink a glass of warm water in the morning first thing, with some lime or lemon Juice. That will help cleanse the liver. It is important NOT to drink chlorinated tap water, but spring, or good quality filtered water.
The best foods are all organic, protein, veggies, cold pressed olive, or coconut oil, seeds, legumes, in some cases quinoa and millet are ok, seaweed, lemons and for some grapefruit is ok.
Lots of room temperature water and any herbs you can support the system. Nettle tea is great as a cleanse as well as full of minerals and nutrients.
A licensed practitioner can help. Don’t forget your acupuncture… And lots of patience.
Yeast is a sticky thing. Getting it out of the system can go along with grumpy moods and headaches, and it can take a long time.
And know that there is a dying off process where it will fight in you to not go down…”just one pice of cookie….”, “just one spoon of ice cream I have been so good for the whole week”….That is exactly what keeps it going, that one spoon.
Good luck
Insomnia and Sleep problems
on Aug 05 in Acupuncture, Specific Health Issues, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, UncategorizedGood morning again
In Chinese Medicine, we look at the kind of sleeping problems one might have. It is hard to fall asleep or difficult to stay asleep. Is the sleep dream disturbed, or do you wake up early. What time in the night one wakes up, if going back to sleep is difficult, can tell something about organ imbalance. The window between 1am and 3am is often related to Liver issues.
Generally we think about sleep connected to the spirit that lives in the heart. In Chinese Medicine organs have a spirit. The heart spirit s called Shen. If the someone is anemic, the blood is not rich and at night the Shen cannot rest in the heart, but is restless, leading to disturbed sleep. So we treat improving the blood quality and nurturing the affected organ to help with sleep.
In Western Medicine, if someone has an organ transplant, often it is reported that the person picks up trades from the organ donor. In that sense even Western Medicine recognizes the presence of a spirit or personality trade related to organs.
There are several great formula’s of Chinese Herbs to choose from to balance sleep. Kidney, Liver and Heart are most often addressed.
Gluten Free Zucchini Peach mess
on Aug 02 in Acupuncture, Allergies, Alternative Medicine, Cooking, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, UncategorizedSome of you might wonder this is an acupuncture site and so many recipes. Healthy food is, I think one of the most important ingredients for maintaining health. Here in Boulder we have a wonderful Farmers Market with organic fresh produce. Last Saturday my friend Maurizio, the head baker of Udi’s bakery bought a box of second’s of Peaches. He gave me some and when I came home, there where several Zucchini’s to be harvested in my garden. I thought of how to combine those two and came up with this yummy “cake”
1 and 1/2 cups of grated Zucchini add
1 and 1/2 cups of finely grated Pecan nuts, or Almonds or other nuts add
1 and 1/2 cups of Pamela’s Pancake mix, Gluten Free
if not available substitute with a mix of Millet flour and Tapioca starch, with a teaspoon of baking powder mixed in add
3 egg yolks and some (optional) Agave syrup or Maple Syrup , or Cane sugar
between 1/3 of a cup and 1/2 cup depending on your sweet tooth. The peaches are really sweet, so you don’t need any sugar at all really.
Add some cinnamon or vanilla if you like.
Beat stiffly the 3 egg whites and fold under the dough.
Fill into a parchment lined oiled baking form and spread cut up peaches over the batter. Bake at 365 for 1 hour or until done.
yummy hot and cold
Summer Pizza Gluten Free
on Jul 28 in Acupuncture, Allergies, Alternative Medicine, Cooking, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle
A wonderful recipe for a gluten fee pizza. Goes well with salad of any kind.
For the dough use either millet or quinoa flour.
1/3 of flour of choice (see above)
1/3 of finely ground flax seed golden or brown
1/3 of corn starch or tapioca flour
mix well and add a little olive oil, a pinch of salt and some dried or fresh yeast.
add enough hand warm water to make a dough you could knead if you wanted to. let sit in a warm place covered with a towel till dough rises, about 1 hour or less.
roll out thinly with the use of some more flour and put on oiled pizza sheet, not a cookie sheet, since you want the crust to get hot and crunchy in the oven.
Let rise again for 20 minutes.
spread crushed tomatoes or sauce or any toppings you might like. drizzle some olive oil over pizza before baking on very high heat, about 450 degrees for 20 minutes or until done depending on toppings.
sometimes it is better to put the cheese in the pizza only for the last 5 minutes of baking, so it does not get too hard.
don’t forget about fresh herbs, greens, garlic, olives, capers, blue cheeses, anchovies….
Community Acupuncture Boulder Affordable Healthcare
on Jul 13 in Acupuncture, Alternative Medicine, Pre- and Post-Surgery, Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle, UncategorizedHere’s my first video blog post welcoming you to Community Acupuncture.
