Nutrition

How you show up for yourself is an indicator of how successful your acupuncture sessions will be.

Find out more about the benefits of bone broth, especially to enhance fertility.

A couple of favorite grain free recipes!

Finding ways to stay healthy during the holidays.

Explore how healthy fats can improve female fertility. This blog post includes a fat bomb recipe!

You've worked so hard to get to transfer, now what do you do? The days after transfer when you are waiting for test day can be long and stressful. What can I do? What can't I do? Here are some evidence based tips from our seasoned fertility guides.

We always tell dads to stop drinking at least 3 months before conception to help the sperm be healthier but also for epigenetic reasons. What I always say is,...

A new meta analysis published in 2019 has found that acupuncture around embryo transfer increases success rates. This research looked at 20 trials and over 5000 women. The...

PALEO PUMPKIN PIEOver the years I have made every imaginable gluten and dairy free versions of pumpkinpie. Raw versions, tofu versions with various crusts and a version using...

Here’s the link to Matt Ferguson of Acupuncture Northwest in Seattle discussing the health benefits of “butter coffee” in this short and informative video.

Spring is upon us!  In Chinese medicine, springtime is associated with the color green, growth, the eyes, and the Liver organ system.  Spring is a good time to...

Normally, we look to pharmaceutical and herbal medicine to treat seasonal allergies, but there is a lot you can do with your nutrition to lessen allergy symptoms and...

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season!  As we come down from the delicious excesses of the holiday season, many of us are looking to regain...

Here are a couple of my favorite grain free seasonal recipes. This time I will share recipes both created and shared from a favorite source. Both recipes reflect...

Welcome back, and welcome to summer! As we’re hitting the warmest time of year, let’s look at foods that cool heat. During the summer months, Chinese medicine relaxes...

Here’s another article I wrote for the Tacoma Food Co-op.Welcome back to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) nutrition class! In the past few months we have gone through Chinese...

Hello Everyone! This blog post is the “nutritional follow up” to the previous post about how to diagnosis yourself according to Chinese medicine.  Here is the quiz again...

My most recent nutritional bio-hacking experiment involved a five month personal trial of the Ketogenic diet after listening to some interesting interviews with Dave Asprey, Dominic D’Agostino Phd,...

Detoxification, what a great New Year’s Resolution!  We offer guidance through our detoxification program at Acupuncture Northwest & Associates.  Read on to get excited about getting those toxins...

I had my first holiday thought today. My first, hmm I wonder what I should get my daughter for Christmas? I wonder if a six year old would like...