Gluten Free Irish Soda Bread
This is a satisfying, gluten-free, bread recipe that you can make either warming or cooling by a simple change in the secondary flour that you use. The result is soft and chewy on […]
Will someone else’s healing journey work for you?
Recently, there’s been a lot of excitement about the merging worlds of traditional medicine, modern nutrition science, and artificial intelligence—all seeking better answers to that same question “will it work for me?” So, I thought I’d share some thoughts on […]
Sometimes Elimination Diets Don’t Work
The main goal of an elimination diet is to discover which foods might be causing your symptoms, especially digestive symptoms. Typically, it starts with avoiding foods that many other people are sensitive to. These common foods are things like seafood, […]
Rising Healthcare and Insurance Costs How Sasang Medicine Can Help
There are rumblings afoot that many people may be losing health insurance coverage or that it will become increasingly expensive. Some people have already lost coverage. Eventually these benefit changes are going to have an impact on healthcare for […]
Warming Longevity Noodles with Chicken and Mushrooms
It’s just after January 1 in the West and I’m making plans for the Solar/Lunar new year. This is the calendar or Bazi I use to diagnose Sasang Constitutional types. If you are […]
Cooling Longevity Noodles with Water Chestnuts & Snow Peas
It’s just after January 1 in the West and I’m making plans for the Solar/Lunar new year. This is the calendar, or Bazi, I use to diagnose Sasang Constitutional types. If you are […]
NIH Study Part 2 – The Devil’s in the Details
One of the things that’s critical in any scientific study is the protocol or the details. Examining the protocol is not what most people tend to do when they hear scientific results. But you cannot judge the outcomes if you […]
There’s no such thing as a perfect, one-size-fits all diet
The title of this article sounds like a quote from either an Ayurvedic doctor or a Sasang practitioner, like myself. But surprisingly, the quote comes from an article about a huge clinical study, developed by the NIH, […]
Heard About Sasang Medicine?
Still haven’t heard of Sasang Medicine? There’s a tremendous amount of clinical data, published in scientific journals, coming out of Korea about Sasang Medicine. This is the predominant medicine used in Korea and the government […]
What About Intermittent Fasting?
Recently, this has become one of my clients’ frequently asked questions. When I started doing Chinese Natal Chart analyses I never heard this question, so it appears to be a relatively new thing. However, on close examination, it’s been around […]