Acupuncture and Food as Medicine: Your Path to Health

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2. Our Philosophy Root Vs Branch “…Ling Shu Chapter 55 The superior physician treats that which is not yet ill. The inferior physician treats that which is already ill. Note: The “inferior physician” is not inferior if he only met you once you had your disease…but should set to the task of treating the origin of the disease, not the presenting symptom.

3. What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture is a system of Medicine that has five branches Based on a non-invasive diagnostic system that does not require blood work, x-rays, Acupuncture is the fastest growing field of medicine in the United States.

4. Licensed Acupuncturist = L.Ac. Medical Doctors, Podiatrist, Chiropractors, Dentists are all offering acupuncture these days. Q: Is it the same? A: No. They have 200 hours of training by way of weekend workshops and video taped instruction. It’s an add-on with a Western medical approach. Licensed Acupuncturist, L.Ac., NCCAOM Have a 4 year medical degree in acupuncture and oriental medicine requiring over 2,500 hours of formal training and a 3 year clinical internship. Yes, we go to the doctor, chiropractor and the dentist. Just not for acupuncture.

5. Acupuncture

6. Herbal Medicine

7. Cupping

8. Tuina Orthopedic Massage

9. Food As Medicine

10. Synthetic Medication

11. *** During our time together we will share some tips and tricks about how to use food and acupressure (self help) to assist in regulating digestion, blood pressure, blood sugar and improve sleep quality.

12. According to the Surgeon General, 70 percent of our health status is determined by the lifestyle choices we make —what we eat and drink, whether we smoke and exercise, and how we love.

13. Your first clinic is your kitchen. Your first medicine is food. Your first doctor is your own self-awareness. Your first prescription is good habits! --Jennifer Tan Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to work. --Albert Schweitzer, M.D.

15. Fructuse Vs Glucose Part of what makes fructose so unhealthy is that it is metabolized by your liver to fat in far more rapidly than any other sugar.  This is the type of fat that collects around your organs and in your abdominal region and is associated with a greater risk of heart disease. After eating fructose, 100 percent of the metabolic burden rests on your liver. With glucose, your liver has to break down only 20 percent. Creates a long list of waste products and toxins, including a large amount of uric acid, which drives up blood pressure and causes gout. Every cell in your body, including your brain, utilizes glucose. Therefore, much of it is "burned up" immediately after you consume it. By contrast, fructose is turned into free fatty acids (FFAs), VLDL (the damaging form of cholesterol), and triglycerides, which get stored as fat. The fatty acids created during fructose metabolism accumulate as fat droplets in your liver and skeletal muscle tissues, causing insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).6 Insulin resistance progresses to metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes. . When you eat 120 calories of glucose, less than one calorie is stored as fat. 120 calories of fructose results in 40 calories being stored as fat. Glucose suppresses your hunger hormone ghrelin and stimulates leptin, which suppresses your appetite. Fructose has no effect on ghrelin and interferes with your brain's communication with leptin, resulting in overeating.

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18. Sinus Steam

19. Acupressure Point for Fatigue and Digestive Health

20. Acupressure Point for Stress Reduction and Sleep

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