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 April 20th, 2011
I just returned from a much needed vacation and I’m completely blissed out. Some vacations leave you feeling tired or more stressed than when you left, but others just seem to do the trick. On this particular vacation, I spent lots of time watching the desert bloom and soaking up some warmth that’s been missing in Minnesota for the past six months. This vacation took, and I’m feeling mellow.
Not only do I feel relaxed, but I’ve also spent a little time thinking about . . . → Read More: Nine Ways to Feel Like You’re on Vacation
By Lynn Jaffee, on March 27th, 2011
It seems that the older I get, the more concerned I become with skin; not only my own skin, but that of my patients as well. The longer I practice acupuncture, the more apparent it becomes to me that your skin gives off all kinds of clues to the underlying state of your health.
In Chinese medicine, the health and functioning of your skin is governed by your lung organ system. While this seems unlikely at first, your lungs are considered the guardian of . . . → Read More: Skin Game
By Lynn Jaffee, on March 20th, 2011
Last week I saw a segment on 60 Minutes narrated by my favorite TV doctor, Sanjay Gupta. He was in Peru chasing down some folks who were manufacturing counterfeit drugs in their home. According to the story, these fake drugs are made all over the world, and are a $75 billion business annually, with most of the drugs being sold on the internet.
About the same time I was watching 60 Minutes, this very blog was being hacked into by a website selling what . . . → Read More: Fake Drugs Dot Com
By Lynn Jaffee, on February 28th, 2011
As a runner, I’ve always finished any race I’ve started, with the exception of one. I’ve been a runner for decades; and while I haven’t done any lately, I used to run in races of varying distances from 5K’s (3.1 miles) to marathons (26.2 ugly miles). About fifteen years ago, I trained and registered for the Twin Cities Marathon, which is run through both cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I’d run the race before, but this particular day was different.
The race is . . . → Read More: Water Logged
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?
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