The Cleaner Crisis
With fall quickly approaching, we are beginning to spend more and more time indoors. This means that now is the perfect time to take a closer look at the products you are using to clean your home. You may not realize it, but 99% of the commercial cleaning products you are using on a daily basis are endocrine disrupters and known...
Sleep for Your Health
By Andrea Vannelli I often find that I’m urging patients to get more sleep and this can be a tough one for some. I can relate. As a young person, I was much more of a night owl, feeling most alert and productive in the later afternoon and into the night. Fortunately, I had a day job with regular hours that kept me pretty...
The Magic of Cosmetic Acupuncture
By Russell Kordas Upon graduating from college, before I could manage my own practice, I took a position at a clinic/spa owned by a chiropractor. Our primary focus of study was treating chronic muscle pain via trigger point therapy. However, we were also taught various techniques involving facial acupuncture. This included...
Cooked Foods for Digestive and Reproductive Health
By Andrea Vannelli In Chinese Medicine, we aren’t big advocates of cold, particularly where digestion is concerned. This includes practices such as icing body parts and consuming things like ice, beverages with ice, raw foods, cold foods, dairy products (considered cold in terms of energetic properties) and juices....
Sauerkraut and Gut Health
As time goes on, we hear more and more about the importance of improving our gut health and there are many reasons why it is so necessary! Here in the United States, we consume what is considered a more traditional “western diet”. This is a diet high in fats, sodium, sugars, processed foods, etc. When these foods are consumed for long...
The Straight Cut on Beef
The ongoing shortages in our industrial food supply chain are showing us just how disastrous it is to rely on outsourced meat to feed our families. There has never been a better time to ditch the grocery store meat and get back in touch with local farming. Thankfully there are still some farmers who believe in raising their cattle with...
Diary Got You Down?
Do you often find that you are experiencing pain in your lower abdomen followed by intense feelings of bloating and nausea after consuming dairy products? This could be for a multitude of reasons. You could be experiencing a milk allergy, lactose intolerance, or just general sensitivity. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and...
For the Love of Bile
By Dr. Andrea Vannelli We tend to hear a lot about the liver in functional and traditional Asian medicine arenas these days. And with good reason: just to name a few of its key roles, this organ is paramount in helping the body manage blood glucose and energy production, process and store nutrients, conjugate cholesterol...
