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7 Things You Should Know About Acupuncture and Pregnancy
Acupuncture involves the placement of thin sterilized needles to stimulate various acupoints throughout the body. The stimulation of these areas is believed to correct imbalances and blockages in the body by promoting the healthy flow of energy (known as qi – pronounced CHEE).
The thought of having half a dozen or more tiny needles sticking into your skin when you’re pregnant, might sound frightening. However, it’s actually a safe, painless, straightforward procedure that can treat a number of adverse symptoms associated with pregnancy. continue reading
Top Tips for Cardiac Health
The CDC lists the No. 1 killer of men in America as heart disease. Statistics show that 1 in 4 men over 40 will suffer from a cardiac event at some point in their life. Knowing how to prevent heart disease is just as important as knowing the signs of a cardiac event.
Prevention, It’s the Best Medicine
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Routine Exams. Work with your physician to monitor your cholesterol, your blood pressure, and your inflammatory markers. I recommend working with Laboratory companies like Atherotech to check lipids. Basic lipid panels (BLPs) are inaccurate and inadequate at assessing residual risk in all patient
- 50% of patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease had “normal” cholesterol according to traditional lipid panels
- Patients with diabetes are at increased risk for MI, stroke, amputation, and death
- Diabetes causes metabolic abnormalities that induce vascular dysfunction, which predisposes this population to atherosclerosis
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Diet. A heart healthy diet is something that we’ve been chasing for decades within our country. The truth in the research is that the best food is real, unprocessed, and natural. Eating grassed, organic meats, seasonal vegetables, and local fruits will keep your body healthy and balanced. The inflammation that comes from processed foods directly impacts coronary health
Diet. A heart healthy diet is something that we’ve been chasing for decades within our country. The truth in the research is that the best food is real, unprocessed, and natural. Eating grassed, organic meats, seasonal vegetables, and local fruits will keep your body healthy and balanced. The inflammation that comes from processed foods directly impacts coronary healthCheck out the following resources:
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Exercise. We all know we need to exercise more. Changing little habits to make our sedentary lives more active will have a profound effect on your cardiac health. Try to incorporate 3-4 hours a week of walking, jogging, biking, and weight training into your routine. Walking for 15 minutes every lunch break will easily chip away at that goal of 4 hours of added exercise a week.
Exercise. We all know we need to exercise more. Changing little habits to make our sedentary lives more active will have a profound effect on your cardiac health. Try to incorporate 3-4 hours a week of walking, jogging, biking, and weight training into your routine. Walking for 15 minutes every lunch break will easily chip away at that goal of 4 hours of added exercise a week.
4.Stop Smoking. This isn’t a novel idea but is certainly one that many American’s are still battling. Working with an acupuncturist, a counsellor, or your primary care provider may give you the extra edge to help you finally put down the cigarettes for good.
5. De-Stress.Certainly activities like tai chia, yoga, and meditation work towards bringing our stress levels down. However, simply reading a book listening to music, exercising, or walking your dog can all be wonderful ways to de-stress. Check out this article on ways to reduce your stress.
6. Sleep. 
Quality sleep goes a long way in disease prevention and rehabilitation. Shooting for 8 uninterrupted hours of sleep is great goal though there isn’t a magic number for everyone. Sleep requirements vary based on age, disease, stress, and activity levels. Paying attention to your body and having good sleep habits are important in health and wellness.
Quality sleep goes a long way in disease prevention and rehabilitation. Shooting for 8 uninterrupted hours of sleep is great goal though there isn’t a magic number for everyone. Sleep requirements vary based on age, disease, stress, and activity levels. Paying attention to your body and having good sleep habits are important in health and wellness.3 Tips to Easily Alleviate Your Stress Immediately
Stress from day-to-day life can have an extremely negative impact on our health, emotionally, mentally, and physically as well. Long-term or extreme stress can result in frequent or chronic headaches, muscle aches, sleeplessness, anxiety, fatigue, depression, etc. All of these problems only present even more problems to our health and overall well-being. How can we prevent stress from our everyday lives from becoming a much larger problem in our lives?
In the interest of being helpful, I have compiled my favorite 3 tips to easily alleviate your stress, hopefully to the benefit of many individuals suffering from stress-related ailments in their lives. continue reading
Lose weight this summer with acupuncture
One of the vexing aspects of the approach of summer is how you can obtain your “swimsuit body.” While the winter months, especially around the holidays, are a time for putting on some weight, the summer months are reserved for strenuous activity, especially on the beach. continue reading
Healthy Snacks: Eating Kiwis Can Make You Feel Better
The results of a recent study conducted at the University of Otago, in New Zealand, indicate that eating kiwifruit can make one feel better. This is accomplished in two ways: energy is increased and mood is improved. Over a period of six weeks, 54 young and healthy university students consumed kiwis on a daily basis. The study participants were split into two groups. The men in one group ate only half a kiwifruit each day, while everyone in the other group ate two kiwis per day. The researchers concluded that those who ate two kiwis per day experienced less fatigue (due to increased energy) and less depression than the other group. continue reading
Eight Ways To Boost Your Immune System
The ultimate goal of health care is not simply to avoid illness, but to have an abundance of health. If abundant health is a goal of yours, consider how to strengthen your body’s natural defenses.
You can get started on this path today with these Eight Ways To Boost Your Immune System continue reading
How a Healthy Lifestyle Benefits Your Mind as Well as Body
We all know that a healthy lifestyle, such as not smoking, keeping your weight down, eating right, regular exercise, and low moderate alcohol intake contributes to long-term health benefits. The recently completed Caerphilly Cohort Study expands the known benefits of a healthy lifestyle to include more evidence for improvements in cognitive function, and a reduced incidence of dementia.
The study began in 1979, and spanned a full 35 years. The health habits of 2,235 men between the ages of 45 and 59 were correlated to their incidences of diabetes, vascular disease, cancer, cognitive impairment, dementia and death (from all causes). The study tracked five healthy behaviors: continue reading
Can You Use Acupuncture for Weight Loss?
Everyone is looking for the secret to weight loss, without falling victim to the latest gimmicks. With so many different opinions about how to lose weight, it can be difficult to tell what will really work.
Fortunately there is a technique for weight loss that has been tested for centuries: acupuncture.
This technique is safe, sound and reliable. And, even more exciting, using acupuncture for weight loss helps you lose weight in several different ways. continue reading
The Definitive Guide to Chronic Fatigue and Alternative Treatments
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a mysterious condition. There is no known cause. While the symptoms can be debilitating, there is no test to diagnosis it. Women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with CFS. And most sufferers are between 25 and 45 years old, although there are cases in childhood and middle age.
Some people with CFS live active lives while 25% of the cases are disabled. Sometimes the disease is persistent and other times there is a pattern of relapse and remission. No one knows how many cases there are of CFS because The CFIDS Association of America estimates that fewer than 20 percent of CFS patients in the United States have been properly diagnosed.
CFS has several names. It is called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS). No matter what it is called, the most effective way to manage chronic fatigue is with alternative treatments. continue reading
Sticking to your New Year’s Resolution: The Trick is Not What You Think
It’s New Year’s again. It’s time to make a resolution.
And you know the drill. You set goals. You work on them for a couple of weeks. You begin to flag.
Many times you give up by February.
Your New Year’s resolution becomes a distant memory until the next New Year’s when you feel slightly guilty and begin the whole process again.
If each year you make a resolution and each year you break it, something has to change. The only way this year can be different is if you do something different.
The trick is not changing your resolution. The trick to achieving your resolution is to use an entirely new plan to reach it. continue reading