Chinese medicine’s 3 Steps to Prevent Cold & Flu by: Jessica Fritz, L.Ac/Owner Wholistic Acupuncture Step 1: Prevent! Chinese medicine is a great preventative medicine for escaping cold and flu season.  The key word is “preventative”.  Acupuncture treatments can also help shorten the life of an existing viral or bacterial infection, but prevention is a [...]

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Scientists had already raised concerns about the pervasive use of triclosan contributing to bacteria mutations.  Now researchers at the University of California Davis and the University of Colorado  have found that Triclosan hinders muscle contractions at the cellular level, slows swimming in fish and reduces muscular strength in mice. This study has been published online in the [...]

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Massage Therapy and the “Health Pyramid” Did you see Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution on television recently? As a professional chef and father of several children, he is campaigningto educate people about the food that children are being served at school and how it can be improved. In a dramatic display, he showed how much sugar [...]

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