Top 10 Food Allergies

Posted by Mikiko Murakami on May 16th, 2007
2007
May 16

Some of your illnesses (skin, GI, fatigue, arthritis) may be cause by food allergies. There are various ways of testing what you may be allergic to. Here are the top 10 foods that people are allergic to:

  • dairy
  • gluten
  • eggs
  • peanuts
  • corn
  • soy
  • sugar
  • citrus
  • chocolate
  • vinegar

You can try eliminating these foods for 3 weeks and then add one food back at a time, every three days. See how you feel!

~ Miki, Health Guide (Chi Fountain Integrative Medicine)

Acupuncture for Nausea

Posted by Mikiko Murakami on Apr 7th, 2007
2007
Apr 7

Twenty-nine acupuncture trials were conducted to test the efficacy on postoperative, chemotherapy-induced, and pregnancy-induced nausea, and concluded that acupuncture was significantly superior to placebo, comparison treatments, and no treatment. A second analysis of the 12 highest quality studies representing 2000 patients found a statistically significant effect for P6 stimulation.

Reference: Freeman, Lynda W, PhD et al. “Best Practices in Complementary Alternative Medicine”. Maryland: Aspen Publishers, 2001.