December 2015
I found a couple really great pasta alternatives that do not contain rice. These are a great addition to help limit rice and wheat. Ultimately it is not about completely eliminating certain things but trying to create a balance of foods, not overemphasizing one or the other. In any case, I have tried the first two, both are incredibly delicious. I made a very tasty lasagna the other night with the second one, never having made lasagna before in my life believe it or not. It was outstanding. And, I ate the first one for lunch with some shrimp and avocado salad-also delicious.
Many people ask me-"when do you make the decision, if at all, to take Western medicine?". This is an interesting question and a very important one. And, there is not a "one size fits all" answer. I think the answer to this question exists in the space that a person finds their threshold for fear and discomfort live.
It reminded me today after speaking with a patient who had been doing fantastic and then took a dive, that this work is very much a partnership. And, no matter what good work we do, or any doctor/practitioner for that matter-the person who is receiving that assistance really needs to be paying very close attention to everything he or she is doing in order to help the process go as smoothly as possible.
The topic of how genes and gene mutations are effecting us is pretty huge these days. My personal point of view has typically been that we can influence what we have been given with the food we eat, the supplements we take, and the lifestyle we lead-including very importantly, our mindset. I recently contacted on of my Western professors from my doctoral program to begin thinking about a retrospecitve study on the influence of Chinese medicine on IC with some amount of gene study content. It is in it's thinking stages at the moment.
