About Lynn Lynn Jaffee is a licensed acupuncturist and the author of the book, Simple Steps: The Chinese Way to Better Health, a clear and concise explanation of Chinese medicine for the lay person. She is co-author of the book, The BodyWise Woman, a personal health manual for physically active women and girls.
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By Lynn Jaffee, on September 12th, 2011
 In Chinese medicine, they have this condition called food stagnation, in which the food you have eaten just doesn’t move. I have had food food stagnation only once, but it was memorable. It happened after a long and difficult airline flight with my children when they were small, and all the food I had eaten during that day just sat. It was like my stomach was closed for business, and the food wasn’t moving. I went out and ran a little, thinking I’d get . . . → Read More: The Food Stagnation Blues
By Lynn Jaffee, on March 18th, 2011
Several years ago, I worked with Ralph, a guy in his mid forties who was experiencing back and leg pain. Ralph came for acupuncture once a week for quite a while. After his treatments, his back and legs would be better for a few days, but the pain always came back. The problem was that Ralph was carrying around a beer gut that had to weigh about 50 pounds, and it was putting an incredible strain on Ralph’s back and the back of his . . . → Read More: The Nine Biggest Weight Loss Mistakes
By Lynn Jaffee, on January 24th, 2011
If you think you’re getting one of your five daily servings of fruit and vegetables from the blueberries in your bagels, think again. This morning I read an article in the paper about how the blueberries in bagels and some breakfast cereals are nothing more than a carefully crafted blend of sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavors, and a your favorite food dyes. Not blueberries? WTF?
What’s worse, the pictures on the packaging of these products suggest that the food inside is fruit-filled . . . → Read More: Is This Food?
By Lynn Jaffee, on December 27th, 2010
What do heart disease, stroke, arthritis, colitis, fibromyalgia, lupus, MS, diabetes, chronic fatigue, and Alzheimer’s have in common? Well, yes, they’re all diseases, but the A+ answer is that they are all caused by or associated with inflammation.
Scientists are finding that the common cause in a long list of illnesses is an inflammatory process that’s run out of control. Inflammation is controlled by a group of hormones called prostaglandins, some of which promote, and others that reduce inflammation. You can affect these hormones . . . → Read More: What You Need to Know About Inflammation
By Lynn Jaffee, on November 29th, 2010
Imagine for a moment a farmer’s field in the countryside that’s green and rolling. With the right amount of sunshine and rain, the field produces healthy crops. In fact, when it rains, the plants in the field are nourished and turn a little greener and grow a little taller. But then it rains some more. And it keeps raining. And raining. After awhile that field becomes saturated. The moisture settles in puddles in the low spots, creating muddy areas. The plants in those muddy . . . → Read More: Obesity, Dampness, and Chinese Medicine
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