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Christina Warinner makes some generalizations about the so-called “paleo diet”, but towards the end makes great points about real food: We evolved to eat fresh, in-season food. That’s when it has the...
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Fat is Not the Enemy
An amazing grass-fed steak I found at Trader Joe’s with the fat still intact! Just a reminder to examine your ideas about food and your perceptions of health – where do these ideas come from? For...
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Chinese Medicine for Sports Injuries and Training Tips
If you can’t do this for yourself, go see an acupuncturist. Judo twice a week, muay thai three times a week, Brazilian jiujitsu whenever the schedule allows, running four times a week and weightlifting...
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Traditional Chicken Bone Broth: A Recipe To Build Qi And Blood For Immune...
Reblogged from Alcantara Acupuncture Blog: Bone broths are a staple in many cultures, and when done the old-fashioned/traditional way, you really reap the benefits. And, on a Chinese Medicine level,...
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Coffee with extra spices
This morning I cooked organic Ling Zhi slices (灵芝 ganoderma lucidum, aka reishi mushroom) and used the resulting brew in the coffee maker. In the filter I put coffee and a dash of each of the...
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An Interview with Jo Robinson: Eating on the Wild Side
Garlic’s chemical properties change depending on how it is prepared. Here’s a very interesting interview with Jo Robinson, author of Eating on the Wild Side. In the interview, Robinson says: In a...
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Why Skipping Breakfast Might Raise Risk Of Heart Disease : The Salt : NPR
Skipping Breakfast is Risky – article from NPR. Eat your breakfast people! Just don’t make it a carbolicious sugar bomb.
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The Medical Wisdom of Star Trek
I’ve been watching the original Star Trek series lately. It’s very interesting to see how medicine is practiced several centuries in the future – or rather, how humans of 1960′s America imagined it...
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Pomegranates are in season!
Pomegranates are here! The easiest way to get pomegranate seeds loose without making a huge mess is to do the whole thing underwater. Fill a large bowl with water, cut the fruit in half and submerge...
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The Life-Changing (and possibly cholesterol-lowering) Loaf of Bread
Photo credit: mynewroots.org A patient just sent me this link to a flourless bread recipe. It’s made with seeds and nuts and no yeast – as you can see from the picture, it’s one of those dark, dense...
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