Green tea is great for you health. It’s got numerous health benefits. But maybe you can’t handle the caffeine in the green tea.
My professor was a huge proponent of green tea to help with cancer, but she recognized that some people are really sensitive to the caffeine.
She taught me this:

Steep the green tea with [...]

I once had an acupuncturist tell me that it’s harder to regain your health once you’ve let it slip.  She said it’s important to watch and preserve your health.
She gave the analogy of skiing.
When you ski downhill, it’s SO easy and fun.  It almost takes no effort to ski down hill.  It’s fast & quick!
However, [...]

I recently watched the movie, “Food, Inc.” and had an insight about food and medicine.
In the movie, they featured a family who was really strapped for money.  For a very long time, they frequently ate fast food because it was simply cheaper.
(A McDonald’s hamburger costs less than a head of broccoli at the grocery store.)
After [...]

One of the treatment strategies in Chinese Medicine is to remove the excess patterns in the body.  In doing so, the body naturally returns to health and the symptoms naturally fall away.
People often ask me what they can eat or add to their life in order to be healthier.  My response is often unexpected because [...]

1. Food imbalance is when you eat a predominant category of foods. It doesn’t matter what kind of food… all that matters is that too much of it tips the scales.

2. Even eating too much of “healthy” food is imbalance.

I see this happening alot with soy!

People have discovered the [...]

Medical systems from ancient cultures have always touted that food is the best medicine – not medications and not even herbs. A very wise Chinese Medicine doctor can take one look at an unhealthy person and know what types of food they should be eating in order to bring health and balance into their bodies.
What [...]

It’s already December 2009 and another year is almost over.
Compared to last year (2008), ask yourself…

Has the level of stress this year impacted you than previous years?  You can’t do anything about the stress but it’s making your life miserable or your health worse?
Do you have stress-related signs such as headaches, insomnia, palpitations, [...]

Movement is required in all forms of exercise.  However, movement therapies are more than just about flexing muscles and increasing heart rate. Some movement modalities such as yoga, Qi Gong, and Tai Qi barely have any movements at all. So how are they helpful?
These three movement therapies (yoga, Qi Gong, and Tai Qi) all put [...]

A friend told me a story of a woman who was a Starbucks to buy a latte using her debit card… but the transaction didn’t go through.  She was completely surprised that she had no more money in her account.  She was totally broke.
But the back story tells more.   She had been buying a [...]

Did you go overboard during Thanksgiving and eat too much?  Here are some tips for that:
1. Exercise in spurts.
You may not need 60 or 90 minutes of exercise.  Just 15 minutes of easy exercise, such as walking, for the next 7 days will do just fine. Daily 15 minute exercise is better than an [...]