Category Archives: Food as Medicine

Nutrition Basics and Energy Healing

[Energy Healing Through Science and Spirit] Nutrition Basics and Energy Healing by Cindy Cicero   The School of Chi Energy Presents a seminar on Nutrition Basics with Sifu Jones and Instructor Dr. Thomas Earnest, D.O.M., Professor of Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition … Continue reading

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Seasonal Harmony — Late Summer

[Seasonal Harmony] Late Summer WHAT’S THE PHASE? – WHAT’S THE POINT?  By Ellasara Kling  “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and … Continue reading

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Early Summer – Blossoming

[Seasonal Harmony] By Ellasara Kling “The wise nourish life by flowing with the four seasons and adapting to cold or heat, by harmonizing joy and anger in a tranquil dwelling, by balancing yin and yang, and what is hard and … Continue reading

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Seasonal Harmony: Spring – Renewal/Reinvention

[Seasonal Harmony] Spring – Renewal/Reinvention By Ellasara Kling In the very beginning of the Nei Jing, Huang Di inquires of Qi Bo how it is that people do not live (we presume healthfully) to a very old age. In essence, … Continue reading

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Mood, Food and Move – Three Secrets Part III

Amazing Food – The Gift of Nature Coordinating Diet and Nature by Shiuan Gee In our healthy life, the only thing more important than food is happiness. There is an old Chinese saying: “people regard food as their god.” From … Continue reading

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Seasonal Harmony — Everything Flows

[Seasonal Harmony] “Everything Flows” By Ellasara Kling Heraclitus of Ephesus (6th Century BCE) The cycle of the seasons, the regular rhythmical interchange of one season into another, can almost be ignored due to the technological advances of our modern life. … Continue reading

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Benefits of Herbs and Qigong

[Food as Medicine] Herbs and Qigong for Cheer, Mood, and Sleep! By Katrina Everhart Herbs, beautiful in some cases, sticky, prickly, and even ugly by some standards, look pretty while adding flavor to meals. When added to soups, condiments, salsa, … Continue reading

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Research Findings on Diet and Nutritional Therapy

[Research Update] Recent Research Findings on Diet and Nutritional Therapy Compiled by Kevin W Chen, PhD  MPH Effect of lower sodium intake on health: systematic review and meta-analyses.  BMJ. 2013 Apr 3; 346:f1326. By Aburto NJ, Ziolkovska A, Hooper L, et al. from Dept of Nutrition for Health … Continue reading

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Seasonal Harmony – It’s Summer

[Seasonal Harmony] It’s Summer Ellasara Kling We have now entered into Early Summer whose emotion is Joy! We are all happy to have left the cold of winter and the windy storms of spring behind, to shed our overcoats and … Continue reading

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TCM Views and Treatment of Hypothyroidism

[TCM Food Therapy] Traditional Chinese Medicine Views and Treatment of Hypothyroidism Helen H. Hu, OMD, L/Ac. Hypothyroidism is under activity of the thyroid gland that leads to inadequate production of thyroid hormones and a slowing of vital body functions. Facial expressions … Continue reading

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