Boosting Your Health Naturally So many people rush to pills or vitamin and mineral supplements to cure what ails them. Unfortunately, this is the nature of our society, a development of living a life cut off from our food and its sources. Instead of looking for a cure in a pill, whenever possible, I encourage [...]
About bone broth In Chinese medicine, the digestion is likened to a pot of simmering soup. Raw ingredients go in, and a new, refined product comes out. In our body, the raw material is food and the refined product is Qi, the vital energy of the body that makes everything work. It is no wonder [...]
I respect people who chose diet for religious and ethical reasons, but I do believe choosing to be strictly vegetarian is harmful to one’s health. Chinese medicine dietary therapy would prefer you to have some animal protein now and again, and I would agree. Just take a look in your mouth. See those teeth? They [...]
I am strongly considering trying a Paleo diet since I saw this research that rice could be included on the acceptable foods list. I cannot live without rice, especially my beloved congee that I write about so often. Still, I imagine this diet – I hesitate to call it that because it makes me think [...]
