We have all heard the same general health advice: Do not smoke, moderate alcohol consumption, eat healthy, and exercise. One can think of these four behaviors as four legs of a chair. If you do all four, your chair is stable. If one of the legs is weak, the chair is wobbly. If all of…
Read MoreWhile in school I caught a common cold, which is referred to as “wind-cold.” In Chinese Medicine wind is one of the causes and conduit for making our bodies feel sick. When wind enters our body it can lead to symptoms which mimic wind itself; such as how the wind blows causing instant changes to…
Read MoreCold food slows down the healing process of our bodies. Too much cold food in the diet taxes our digestive energy. One example is water; we’ve all heard that “drinking warm water will quench your thirst quicker than cold water.” The reason being is that to begin absorbing water your stomach must first heat it…
Read MoreHealth as a topic is confusing. One might think we can measure health by looking at our blood pressure numbers, or reading our cholesterol labs. Another may think our state of health depends on how much we exercise. There really isn’t a good way to “measure” health, yet we try to find new ways to…
Read MoreWhat’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about exercise? Most would think about running or moving enough to cause sweating and become out of breath. Which definitely is one way of exercising, but there are other possibilities when you don’t want to sweat, overheat, or are afraid to move due to…
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