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Healing Our Eyesight – A Total TCM Approach

Lately I’ve been concentrating on healing myself from the inside out—with an emphasis on self-love and healthy lifestyle choices. And Lee Huang, my Seattle acupuncturist, is focused on the same thing. Lee, who worked as an eye surgeon in China before moving to the U.S. and immersing herself in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is passionate about […]

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Breaking the Addiction to Food

I’m twenty-one days into a month-long elimination diet that forbids added sugar, grains, legumes, potatoes, alcohol, dairy or even goat or sheep milk/cheese. And it’s  the hardest challenge I’ve undertaken to date in my ongoing eyesight-healing quest. I knew I was addicted to food. Cheese-covered tater tots and pizza washed down by double IPAs had […]

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Quinoa Chop Chop Salad from Claire’s Kitchen

My friend, Claire Thornburgh, is a fabulous cook who is living proof that life can still be enjoyed incorporating an anti-inflammatory diet. She’s generously agreed to share some of her favorite recipes with all of us on a regularly basis– starting with her Quinoa Chop Chop Salad. Claire: This is a favorite in or household—lots of […]

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