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Benefits of Chia Seeds

Monday, July 19th, 2010

It’s amazing but true! If you want to boost your brainpower and also your physical strength, start consuming Chia seeds, one of the most powerful food items you could ever imagine.

The benefits of consuming Chia seeds are manifold:

1. Chia seeds are wholesome.  When you eat them, you supply plenty of calcium and protein to your tissues.  Chia seeds are also rich in boron that helps the body ingest and use calcium.  The nutrients found in the seeds also support brain functions.

2. Chia seeds soak up huge amounts of water. Thus, they help maintain your body fluid for a longer period of time. This way you remain hydrated and retain electrolytes in your body.

3.  Chia seeds are easily digestible.  Even if you swallow them whole, their shells are broken down easily and can be digested properly.

4. Chia seeds have amazing food value. A small amount of concentrated Chia seeds can satiate the hunger pangs for hours.

5. Chia seeds have a mild flavor.  Its mild taste makes it versatile and it can be easily addes to sauces, smoothies, puddings, and anything else that you love to eat.  They won’t affect the taste of your food while adding valuable nutrients.

6. Chia seeds boost your energy level.

7. These tiny seeds are versatile and can be used in a variety of recipes.  You can replace less-healthy fat with Chia seeds in any recipe.  You can eat them raw when used in salads, spreads, fruit shakes and ice-cream. You can mix a couple of teaspoons in your juice or yogurt.

8. Chia seeds can even help you to lose your extra pounds.  Because they are so filling you consume other foods in smaller quantities.

9. They also cleanse your intestines of old junk and make you less flabby.

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It’s MAY, what happened to your New Year’s Resolutions

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
New Year

NEW YEARS’ RESOLUTIONS??????? ARE THEY WORTH THE BOTHER??????

History does repeat itself…. And we are the ones who repeat it. Every year we make promises/resolutions to ourselves, get excited at the anticipated end result, and then find ourselves disappointed by March. Most personal trainers find that by March, most new clients have fallen off their wagons and are not returning to the gym no matter how much they have invested. Most weight loss programs are getting fewer and fewer participants to get on the weigh scales. Those who quit smoking are salivating at it’s aroma when they walk by someone who has just lit one up. Why do we do this to ourselves…….

Great success takes more than wishful thinking. Good health and lifestyle choices are wonderful when they become your life, your habit, and an awareness of well-being. But how do we get there?

KEEP IT SIMPLE

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) are as simple today as they were thousands of years ago. Much like ourselves. We have not evolved far from what we were thousands of years ago. Our peripheral lives have changed, but we haven’t.
Acupuncture and TCM combine the body, mind and spirit to work together as a state of true health must involve the whole person. If any of the pieces are missing, we find ourselves floundering, and it’s only a question of time before we let ourselves down. Be it the will and determination needed to persist, the energy to continue, the fatigue, cravings, depression, or the symptoms of withdrawl that get in our way.

WHATEVER THE STUMBLING BLOCKS? ……….. THERE IS A WAY AROUND THEM……..

Acupuncture is focused on balancing the body, mind and spirit to provide the energy and strength needed to change our habits. It works to calm the mind and not allow the stress, anxiety and depression associated with establishing new habits to become overwhelming. Acupuncture also invigorates the flow of Qi (energy). Qi needs to flow freely and easily through our body so we can live pain free as we learn new physical tasks and strive towards new goals. It balances our digestion, rids us of cravings and overeating as we change eating habits and diets. It gives us the energy needed to continue. Acupuncture enables us to overcome our emotional issues as well as our physical and mental, thereby providing a link to our whole self.

True health is more than just not feeling sick. It means that your body is functioning at it’s optimum level, your spirit is calm and your mind is alert. You have the energy to get the most out of each and every day.

There are no drugs nor tricks needed to get healthy. It is all within your grasp.

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You Do NOT Have to Suffer from Allergies

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Spring Allergies?

Whether your suffering of allergies are seasonal or perennial, life can become very miserable.  Itching of the eyes, roof of the mouth, or throat, runny nose, headache, sneezing, cough, wheezing, the list goes on.  The symptoms are numerous.
It is up to our immune systems to defend us against foreign substances such as pollens, dust, pets, etc., however,  our immune systems can overreact to certain antigens (allergens) which are harmless in most people.  The result is an allergic reaction.  In other words, it isn’t the allergy itself that is the problem, but the person’s reaction to the allergen.

Acupuncture has been proven to help alleviate the symptoms of allergies when they are active and more importantly, can help to correct the immune system imbalance that causes the allergic response in the first place.

Acupuncture treatment affects allergies in 4 main ways:

  • Stabilize the immune system to moderate its response to allergens.
  • Decrease swelling and inflammation of local tissues to stop itching
  • Decrease secretions of mucus membranes to reduce nasal discharge and watery eyes
  • Strengthen your natural resistance to antigens.

Acupuncture not only helps with the active symptoms, but also in the prevention of them.  Acupucnture can enhance the immune system’s performance in the off-season to prevent the on-set of your allergy symptoms.  In other words, to strengthen the immune system to not create the overreaction or the “allergic reaction.”

There is simply no point in suffering with allergies when all it takes is a phone call to book your appointment … 604-839-9789

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