The Benefits of Fruit
With so much emphasis on low-carb, low-sugar diets lately, fruit is starting to get a bad rap, as people are avoiding it due to its sugar content. Yes, there is sugar in fruit, but the benefits far outweigh the amount of sugar.
What is pH balance and why is it important?
The human body has mechanisms in place to maintain a tightly controlled pH of about 7.4. When the pH is out of balance, the result can be metabolic acidosis. Metabolic acidosis is defined as “a condition where the body produces too much acid or the kidneys are not removing enough acid.” Metabolic acidosis is inflammatory. The food and liquid we consume has a direct impact on our pH levels.
Why is CBD so hot? Simple: it's good for your endocannabinoid system!
The subject of CBD is one of the “hottest” topics right now and with good reason. Believe it or not, every human body, including yours, contains an Endocannabinoid System (ECS). This means you. The ECS regulates your intestinal function, directs eating behavior,...
Top 7 Natural Remedies To Keep in Your Medicine Cabinet
Top Seven Natural Remedies To Keep In Your Medicine Cabinet Written by Shaina Wizov At Integrative Acupuncture, we focus on the practice of holistic healing in order to help our patients on their journey to optimal health. While we do use a combination of both Eastern...
What Are The Best Foods To Feed A Healthy Gut?
Gut health is a thing — and it’s one of the things our board-certified holistic nutritionists look at very closely here at Integrative Acupuncture. If things like stomach cramps, gas, bloating, constipation and diarrhea are part of your...
New Year, New You … It May Be Detox Time
Detox. This particular word can invoke a lot of emotions… It’s also very trendy and often associated with things like juice cleanses and fad diets that include days of not eating anything of substance. But that isn’t what detoxing is all about...
Functional Medicine: How Functional Medicine Differs From Traditional Medicine
Functional Medicine: How Functional Medicine Differs From the Traditional Written by Shaina Wizov September 18, 2018 Functional Medicine. What exactly is it, and what makes it so much different than traditional medicine? According to the Institute for Functional...
The Power of Functional Foods
Functional food, by definition, has specific nutrients that serve a specific purpose. Functional foods have a positive effect on health beyond their basic nutritional value. According to the Institute for Functional Medicine, research shows that disease prevention,...
Do you Understand your Blood Work? Why Normal does not always mean Healthy!
Many of our patients first come into our practice suffering. They arrive to their first appointment with a variety of symptoms ranging from pain, fatigue, brain fog, digestive issues, and anxiety just to name a few.
Regenerative Health Care: What the Republic of Ghana Can Teach Us About Health
Regenerative Health Care :What the Republic of Ghana can teach us about Health I recently read an article about the change in Health policy in the Republic of Ghana. It reported that they have implemented a new program titled “ The Regenerative Health and...
Fertility and the Role of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine
Fertility; Why traditional Chinese medicine & acupuncture? Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year on unprotected intercourse ( after 6 months for women over 35 ) or the inability to carry a viable pregnancy to live birth. With...
Why Acupuncture May Be The Best Treatment For Your Back Pain!
Why Acupuncture May be The Best Treatment for Back Pain Nearly 8 out of every 10 Americans will suffer from some form of Back Pain in their lifetime. For many that pain will take a toll on their income and quality of life. The Mayo Clinic identifies Back Pain as the...
Cholesterol: The Good, The Bad and The Truth
“Without cholesterol there is no life.” To fully understand the importance of cholesterol, one needs to look at the...
Our Health and its Relationship to Nature
“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. so, when we say we have lost our connection to Nature, we’ve lost connection to ourselves” – Andy Goldsworthy Our Health and its Relationship to Nature One of the most important...
How Do We Develop Strength in the Face of Adversity?
How do we become strong enough to withstand adversity? We build a strong foundation. Throughout the last 12 years as a Holistic HealthCare Practitioner I have seen many of my patients face, struggle and sometimes be toppled by adversity. As we know…
Why Board Certification Matters
Credibility. Knowledge. Trust. Experience. Authority. What do these words have in common? They are all traits you look for when you’re going in “for a fight”. Not a literal fist to cuffs fight, but a fight for which you may need a lawyer, a doctor, or an accountant...
Health Care vs Sick Care: What Are You Getting?
Are We Getting Health Care? Or Are We Getting SICK Care? “ The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in cause and prevention of disease.” Thomas Edison, 1902. The sad fact is that the...
5 Steps to Strengthen Your Immune System
Eat Like Your Life Depends On It! Malnutrition impairs immune function. Burgers, Fries and Bourbon do not build a strong immune system or healthy white blood cells either. Nope, sorry, it’s through virtuous, self-righteous diets jammed packed with nutrients that...
National Nutrition Month
We are 8 weeks into the New Year, and many of us have made New Year’s Resolutions to lose weight and improve our health, as we have made in many of the past years. Research tells us that even if we lose the weight we want, in a year or two, it will be back and often...