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Benefits of Eating Seaweed

By afshin | Published: April 14, 2012

The benefits of eating seaweed are many.  Seaweeds are highly nutritious and have a variety of useful properties: from treating all sorts of swellings and lumps, to coughs, eczema, weight loss, and fungal infections!  In this article I’ll highlight some top benefits of eating seaweed and even give you a delicious seaweed soup recipe to [...]

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What to Eat and Not Eat to Support Healthy Menstruation

By afshin | Published: December 8, 2010

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.

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Eczema Home Remedies

By afshin | Published: January 29, 2010

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 [...]

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Healing Back Pain With Natural Medicine

By afshin | Published: January 28, 2010

Back pain is one of the most common reasons why people are referred to Chinese Medicine and its certainly one of the conditions I see most often. Back pain ranges from acute (”I was helping my friend move over the weekend and my back went out!”,) to chronic (”everytime it rains, I get a backache!”). [...]

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Natural Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment with Whole foods

By afshin | Published: January 22, 2010

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.

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