by Jennifer Dubowsky | Aug 8, 2011 | China, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Healthy Foods
“A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down…” Oh, Mary Poppins, you are sooo yesterday! The Chinese have something much better and certainly healthier. The China Daily has a story about a restaurant that adds herbs to food in order...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jul 13, 2011 | Chinese Herbal Medicine, Healthy Foods, Honey
When bees feast on flowers, the process of making honey begins. The flower nectar mixes with enzymes in the bees’ saliva and turns it into honey. Then, the bees carry the honey back to the hive where they deposit it into the cells of the hive’s...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | May 21, 2011 | Brussel Sprouts, Folic Acid, Healthy Foods, Kate Middleton, Pregnancy
Kate and William are back from their honeymoon and the paparazzi are probably combing their garbage in the Seychelles because it has already been reported that, among the various foods consumed during the trip, they ordered brussel sprouts. Poor princess – I’m...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jan 10, 2011 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Fertility, Acupuncture and IVF, Acupuncture and Weight Loss, Chinese Medicine and Weight Loss, Fertility, Happy New Year, Health, Healthy Foods, Infertility, IVF
The New Year is upon us. Did you make any resolutions? Are you sticking to them or have they already started to fall away? These articles from acupuncturists can help you out.~The #1 resolution on most people’s list? To loose weight. On the blog Thrive...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Dec 2, 2010 | Acupuncture and Insomnia, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Health, Healthy Foods, insomnia, Recipes, winter squash
No matter what complaint a patient presents to me, I listen for information about the two things that are vital to making anyone feel better. They are good sleep and regular bowel movements. This post, by Julie Lee, the founder of Unique Acupuncture, in Oregon,...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Nov 12, 2010 | Health, Healthy Foods, Organic Produce
Do you know what the stickers on your fruits and vegetables mean? I admit that until recently, I thought that they were placed on my apples to help the cashier scan items more efficiently. That may be true, but they are also useful to us and contain good...
