Heaven Mountain Goji Berry
Goji Berry Super Food Lots of foods are super foods, in terms of anti-oxidant or anti-biotic value, like cabbage, nettles, and onions. One that has received a lot of well deserved hype are “Goji Berries” or Gou Qi Zi in Chinese Medicine and Culture. Gou Qi...Curried Quinoa Super Food: Pacify Kapha in Late Winter/Early Spring
Curried Quinoa Super Food: Pacify Kapha in Late Winter/Early Spring The ancient grain of the Incas, Quinoa has a delicate, nutty, slightly bitter flavor and the lightest texture of all grains. This combination of bitter taste and light texture make it an ideal grain...Top Ten Foods to Lower Cholesterol
In my San Diego acupuncture and Ayurveda practice I see a lot of patients with high cholesterol whose doctors want to or have put them on Statin drugs. Some of them are even on multiple versions.But statin drugs are not without a frightening array of risks–...Eden Foods Bisphenol-A (BPH) -free cans
The only brand I know of that has BPH- free cans is Eden, a company that has been operating out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, since the 60’s. Still, I always recommend if you use any canned beans, always wash them really well. You don’t know what is in the..."Its the Qi, Stupid!" or "Why Buy Organic Locally Grown Food"
“It’s the Qi, Stupid!” or, Why Buy Locally Grown Organic Food.The primary requirement Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda make from our food, is that it should be full of Qi. But what is Qi? One could translate Qi as “Life-force”. It is related...