They both need the digestive system to work optimally!
So how can you promote better digestion? Minimize sweets and dairy.
In Western Medicine, if that food item doesn’t give you a stomach ache, then you’re ok.  But not so much in Chinese Medicine.  The effects of foods can be subtle and it can accumulate.
In Chinese [...]

Clients who want to lose weight often ask me, “What’s the one food item that will help me lose weight?”
Well, there isn’t one.  And it’s a fallacy to think that there is one.
But if there really is one, then it’s probably quite unhealthy to eat that one food item predominantly.  While you may lose weight, [...]

Calories don’t matter.  In Chinese Medicine, there no such thing as calories.  Food is categorized in how they can rebalance your body.  Caloric system is numerical method that doesn’t take into account what your body needs.
(If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s the type and quality of the food that matters more than its calorie.)
In [...]

Just as food can heal, food can also harm. Anything that harms or slows down your digestive system and metabolism can lead to weight gain.
There various types of foods that can disrupt your digestive system.
Here’s one… fried and greasy food.
Fried and greasy foods are naturally difficult for your stomach to digest. It basically clogs the [...]

Acupuncture promotes weight loss in 3 simple ways:
1. It improves your metabolism.
It’s not what you eat, but what you absorb.  Likewise, with weight loss, it’s not what you eat, but what you metabolize.  Acupuncture improves the digestive system’s metabolic functions
2. It reduces cravings.
It decreases your appetite so you can better manage your behaviors with eating
3. [...]

The New Year is a time of new year resolutions.  And yet, these resolutions can easily turn into dissolutions. Without a plan and strategy, nothing will change.   While you can manifest the things on your list through law of attraction, I believe you still need a solid plan in place in order for the Universe [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]