Healthy habits are key to prevention of pain and cramping at any point in the menstrual cycle. Regular light exercise, good diet, and a tempered emotional life are important but sometimes hard to maintain in the real world. In this article, I talk about how you can help dysmenorrhea, painful periods, with diet.
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What to Eat and Not Eat to Support Healthy Menstruation
A well balanced diet and adequate exercise can go a long way towards healthy menstrual periods. Dietary therapy for menstrual problems are a big part of my recommendations for cases of infertility, PMS, dysmenorrhea (painful periods), amenorrhea(no periods), irregular cycles, and menstrual hemorrhaging. This article is about baseline nutrition for prevention of menstrual problems.
Store-bought Chicken Unsafe
It has been well over ten years since news of harmful bacteria in store bought chicken became mainstream knowledge. Earlier this year I wrote an article pointing out that Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria from chicken and other foods infect 3.4 million Americans, send 25500 to hospitals, and kill about 500; this information was from an [...]
The Raw Foods Debate
Not too many days go by without someone asking my opinion on Raw Foods diets. My reply: most people are not strong enough for raw foods diets! Learn why.
Dampness in the Body
In Traditional Chinese Medical theory, excessive dampness is a major cause and consequence of disease. What is dampness? There are two kinds, dampness external to the body, and dampness within. In the body, its not exactly one pathogen like a bacteria or virus. Rather, the term is generic and basically refers to all liquids and [...]
Trans-fat Oils and Canola
I’m trying to blow the whistle on Canola oil but I want to give you some background first. Going into effect in the new year is the bill Governor Arnold signed in July ’08 to ban trans-fat containing cooking oils in restaurants. What are trans-fat oils?
Top 3 Reasons to Eat Seaweed
Seaweeds and sea plants are good for a whole host of conditions from coughs to eczema, to weight loss. In many ways their nutritional profile cannot be matched. In this article I’ll tell you about the important benefits of incorporating vegetables from the sea into your diet.
Eczema Home Remedies
Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is a skin inflammation. The skin becomes unbearably itchy, red, dry and scaly, sometimes oozing! Eczema is one of those problems where lifestyle choices can make a huge difference in how badly you suffer. Chinese Medicine with herbs and acupuncture does an excellent job in treating eczema but not everyone has the [...]
5 Morning-sickness Top Tips
Morning sickness is a common term for vomiting during pregnancy and some people suffer from it a lot more than others! Anyone who considers themselves as having a problem with it will tell you that it doesn’t just happen in the morning.
Holistic nutrition – Hot & Cold describe more than just temperature
This article exposes you to some ideas that we use in Oriental medicine to think about foods, herbs, spices, even people. How does Traditional Oriental medicine holistically approach the subject of diet? Its approach involves evaluation of the body first. Once we understand where your body, as a whole, is at, then we have an [...]
Natural Healing for Diabetics with Whole Foods
Follow my following advice for a low-fat diet based on complex carbohydrates such as unrefined grains, vegetables, and legumes. After several weeks you can expect a drastic change in your need for insulin.
Coffee side effects from chronic consumption
Coffee is one of those substances that is ok in moderation, but few know how to moderate. There are side effects. Nowadays, the big problem is malnutrition as a result of too much access to these “foods.”
Natural Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment with Whole foods
This article answers a lot of the questions that come up about osteoporosis prevention and diet, and especially Calcium and its supplementation. First we go over what inhibits calcium from being absorbed into your body, then we talk about what foods and lifestyle modifications will help keep bones strong.