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Hello faithful website visitors and blog article readers. I have been a little busy as of late with potential new health and wellness practitioners desiring space in suite 250 to practice along side Gentle Tiger Acupuncture. I’ll have all the details hammered out by next week and will let you all know about the changes soon thereafter. Keep your eyes peeled.

In the meantime, I’ve been going on about fermented cod liver oil. Not just cod liver oil, but fermented cod liver oil. I’ve been meaning to post something on the GT Facebook page, but what I found was way to long for a post, so here it is. From me to you, originally read by me on the website – www.westonaprice.org. There’s a link below or click to the left on the website for much more about REAL health and the food that provides it. Read on Gentle Tiger-ites and enjoy. (continue reading…)

Hello Gentle Tiger-ites! I was talking about my backyard planter boxes for the lovely and luscious zucchinis that we grow every year and I was asked how to prepare zucchini flowers. Wellllll, I didn’t have enough space in those little boxes Facebook provides, so I decided to plant the recipe RIGHT HERE! (If you’d like to follow Gentle Tiger Acupuncture on Facebook, we’d appreciate it and its fun – just click on the “Gentle Tiger Acupuncture LLC on Facebook” link located  to your right on this page (under the Ratepoint “Check Out our Reputation”  badge)’ The link will take you to Facebook -  log in and then click “become a fan” on the Gentle Tiger Facebook page – EASY.) (continue reading…)

Like I promised on the Gentle Tiger Acupuncture LLC Facebook page and I’m sure it was also there on our Twitter page, THE beef stock recipe that will leave you feeling full and satisfied, whether you drink it straight, which I recommend in chronic and/or serious illness, but also if you’re working on losing weight, increasing energy, feeling satisfied without overeating or working to gain some weight (How can I lose weight OR gain weight with this Miguel? – the body as a self regulating organism will know what to do with this fat – it’ll either use it to help flush out toxins thereby losing weight orrrrrr hold onto it and help you gain a healthy amount of weight). And let’s remember that it’s just a danged good beef stock even if there’s NOTHING wrong with you. (continue reading…)

thank you! YOUR PATIENCE IS MOST APPRECIATED. Below are the two links for the raw milk spot in this month’s newsletter. Click on the first for the update on the “state of raw milk in the state of wisconsin” and the second link is to Dr. Mercola’s article about “raw milk vs. pasteurized milk”. Read on divine humans!

1. http://thecountrytoday.com/printstory.asp?id=BLPB553Q001#

2.http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/11/12/Choosing-Between-R
aw-Milk-and-a-Dead-White-Liquid.aspx

HEY! Come back when you’re done with the articles and read the blog below…it’s chock full of updates on the goings on at Gentle Tiger Acupuncture LLC and there’s stuff you can use and info you won’t want to miss! below…low…ow…w… (that’s an echo, FYI – LOL!)

thank you – Miguel

Hello All -

I received confirmation this last week that the person Will and I hoped would accept the offer to be in the Quarry Arts building along side Gentle Tiger Acupuncture and WillPowerFlower  Massage and Energy Therapy HAS accepted. The references have come back with glowing praise! I am excited. I am also not going to reveal anything about this new person until either next week or the week after. I’ll have to play it by ear and see how it turns out… Stay Tuned!

p.s. The pic of Grover and a young President Barack Obama (just kidding about the Obama part, it’s not him) is because they’re both cute and I couldn’t very well put a pic of the new practitioner.

Oh a newsletter, a newsletter! I am very remiss and upset about not getting a newsletter out to the faithful Gentle Tiger Acupuncture Newsletter readers. My deepest apologies. Life is moving very quickly and I am working hard. I DO need to pick up this ball and run with it. I believe that I will shorten the content matter in each newsletter until I can streamline the process, which is still what takes me so long. No worries, the quality of the content will not suffer one iota. I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night if that happened….update – since the beginning of this post I am very close to being done with the newsletter for November/December. So watch out!

My main man Will Power (a.k.a. William F. Hayes) is STILL offering his buy one massage get one free (that’s 2 – 6o minute massages for the price of 1) If you haven’t take advantage of this offer, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON?! LOL! I don’t know how long he’ll be offering this deal. I keep forgetting to ask…so get on it! How many people would not like a massage as a gift? I’m sure there are a few, but we’re not talking about them. We’re talking about the millions of people (I’m not making that up – MILLIONS do get massage on a yearly basis)…okay here’s the facts on that piece of info…

Approximately 47 million American adults received a massage in the last year (the “last year” mentioned here being 2004) – an increase of two million more people than in the previous year. Source: AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association) 2005 Consumer Survey…

okay, millions of people DO get massage, soooo here’s the opportunity for you to get one for you and someone else (saaaaayyyyy for Christmas?), for a GREAT deal! You could also just keep the second one for yourself and even combine it into a 2 hour massage. Call Will – Willpowerflower Massage and Energy Therapy 608-238-1622

A little note here for you – Dandy Blend is now in the office. Dandy Blend? What’s that? I’ll give you the scoop on that in the upcoming newsletter. Keep your eyes peeled.

One more thing, please notice the link at the bottom of the home page to www.balancepersonaltraining.com. My friend Eric Foxman is the owner of Balance Personal Training and his website has a nice blend of healthy recipes, videos, tips and other information that are useful. Eric believes that safety, fun, and results are what personal training with him is all about. And right now he has a butternut squash dip recipe that looks phenomenal!

And lastly, here is my much coveted recipe for FANTASTIC Chai! My friend Leesa Walters, passed it on to me many moons ago and I’ve given a few people this recipe, but I’m ready to unleash it on the world and you! It’s also starting to get cold on a regular basis and this is a great warm up drink with health benefits. My only reservations with the actual recipe will be cleared up RIGHT HERE – I do not recommend soy, rice or almond milk. I do recommend cow milk, preferably raw, but if you can’t get it (call me if interested) make sure your organic milk is ONLY pasteurized and NOT homogenized. I will speak more about raw milk in the upcoming newsletter. woo hoo! Enjoy! 

1 quart cow, soy, almond milk

1 cinnamon stick

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon dry ginger

3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom

1 teaspoon black peppercorns

2 tablespoons to 1/2 cup sweetener (brown rice syrup, sucanat or honey)

Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan and add peppermint tea in a tea ball. Remove from heat

and steep 20 minutes. Remove tea ball or tea bags. Add milk, spices and sweetener (unless you are

using honey, in which case wait until the chai is finished to stir it in). Heat and steep on low heat for

an additional 30 minutes.

Comments: Kapha is best off using soy milk and the minimum of sweetener, preferably honey.

serves 6

prep time: 50 minutes

 Thank you avid Gentle Tiger visitors and your comments/feedback are truly welcome. – Miguel

 …in my own hearing of others experimentation with coconut oil.  The first one I heard was putting coconut oil in coffee or tea. It changes neither taste nor texture. What is noticeable is the mild rainbow of the oil if you catch it in the right light. It’s been relayed to me that putting it in your oatmeal also helps with the consumption of coconut oil. On a less dietary note, but definitely worth doing is using coconut oil as a night cream right before bed. I use it on my daughter’s skin to help with excema that she is dealing with and it helps with the redness. I am pleased with everyone’s willingness to make coconut oil (such an important saturated fat – see post on 3.26.09) fit into their lives and that they are benefitting in ways that I couldn’t imagine and are giving me new ideas. thank you. Please feel free to share with us any of your own remedies, recipes that use coconut oil. I appreciate it very much, thank you – Miguel

I have been absolutely fascinated by coconut oil and its many uses for about 5 years, maybe a little longer. It’s a regular part of my diet. I mix it with butter in my frying pan in the morning for eggs on a sprouted wheat bagel. I also am fond of cod liver oil. Admittedly, cod liver oil is not the most wonderful experience in the taste department, but it’s amazing stuff and more recently companies have begun to add citrus essence (lemon or orange) to it. It dampens the cod taste. For those who just can’t stand it, cod liver oil comes in capsule form that you swallow straight without chewing or tasting.  I’d like to provide you with a brief overview of ailments that cod liver oil and and coconut oil can help turn around from the book Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Sally Fallon and Dr. Mary Enig. Before we get started one more note, the italicized words are mine. Okay, let’s go…

1. Chronic fatigue – The medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA)  in coconut oil provide energy and also fight pathogens in the digestive tract that contribute to fatigue.

2. Low energy – the MCFAs in coconut oil give quick energy, prevent low blood sugar and support the thyroid gland; plus, cod liver oil provides nutrients vital for vitamin and mineral absorption.

3. Anxiety – the combination of fatty acids and nutrients in coconut oil and cod liver oil help prevent low blood sugar and helps the body make the adrenal hormones it needs to deal with stress. Trans fats…inhibit the production of these hormones, so removing these from the diet is another big step toward relieving anxiety.

4. Depression – the nutrients in cod liver oil have a proven record of helping relieve depression, and the saturated fats in coconut oil work synergistically with cod liver oil.

5. Mood swings – Plentiful fats in our diet help stabilize blood sugar swings that make your mood go up and down.

6. Thyroid imbalance – Coconut oil alone improves thyroid function, but when used in conjunction with cod liver oil, which supplies vitamin A (needed in high levels by the thyroid gland), the thyroid has the fats it needs to function properly.

7. Hypoglycemia – Plenty of healthy fats at each meal help prevent drops in blood sugar.

8. Insulin resistance – Trans fats interfere with insulin receptors in the cells. Replacing trans fats with coconut oil and other healthy fats is the number one step in preventing and reversing the insulin resistance so characteristic of Type II diabetes.

9. Food cravings – You experience cravings when your body is not getting enough of the nutrients it needs from food. Coconut oil is immensely satisfying (SEE! I told you – LOL!) while cod liver oil supplies vitamins A and D needed to assimilate minerals and other vitamins.

10. Gallbladder ailments – Coconut oil is the ideal fat for anyone suffering from gallbladder ailments because many of the fatty acids in coconut oil do not require bile for digestion.

11. Bacterial infections – The antimicrobial MCFA in coconut oil combined with vitamin A in cod liver oil provide the ideal combination for fighting bacterial infections.

12. Fungal issues, like candida – Coconut oil has strong antifungal properties, both in the gut and when applied topically (on the skin). Eliminating refined carbohydrates while eating whole grains only when they are properly prepared (my educated guess is that “properly prepared” refers to sprouted bread) can also help candida problems.

13. Digestive problems, including irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn’s disease – The combination of MCFA in coconut oil and Vitamin A in cod liver oil enhances the immune system.

14. Sagging, wrinkled skin – Plentiful saturated fats in the diet are absolutely essential for avoiding wrinkles. Excess polyunsaturated oils make the cell walls “floppy”, thereby contributing to wrinkles. Furthermore, these oils are invariably rancid and contain free radicals (reactive atoms or molecule fragments) that damage cells and contribute to aging.

    There are more reasons why coconut oil and cod liver oil are absolutely essential to most diets. Read the book, it also contains diets that you can use to look and feel better inside and out without sacrificing rich/full taste or satiety. The book does include one caution…There are no side effects from adding coconut products to your diet unless you are allergic to coconut. Now here comes the differentiation – Even if you are, you can still probably take coconut OIL (my caps) because the allergic components of coconut are protein compounds found in the meat of the coconut, not in the oil. So in conclusion, please consult with me about any questions you have regarding this information. I am sure that some of this information, if not all of it flies in the face of conventional nutritional guidelines. As far as I am concerned that’s okay, because conventional nutritional guidelines are not keeping this country healthy. One more note: Whereas you can eat just about as much coconut oil you want daily, keep your cod liver oil intake to 1-2 tsp (daily). You can overdose on it.

     I found the following information about cod liver oil overdose on www.revolutionhealth.com  then type in “cod liver oil overdose” in their search bar at the top of the page. The results that you need is a title, “Cod Liver Oil (multivitamin)”. click on it and then scroll down to where it reads “dosage” under that header is the subtitle/link, “What happens if I overdose on Cod Liver Oil?” Click on it for your information. I tried to put the link that went straight to this, but it didn’t work.

 But seriously, if you keep it to 1-2 tsp daily, you’re nowhere near overdose. Have faith.

THIS BLOG DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. It is intended for general informational purposes only and does not address individual circumstances. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment and should not be relied on to make decisions about your health. Never ignore professional medical advice in seeking treatment because of something you have read on the GentleTigerAcupuncture.com If you think you may have a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor or dial 911.

www.gentletigeracupuncture.com has a nutrition page, too! I am a big fan of Weston A. Price and find that his work as well as that of Sally Fallon  and Dr. Mary Enig is astoundingly sound. So stay tuned true believers, as I tell you in my office, I will do the same on this page. There are also many tenets in Traditional Chinese Medicine that I find very useful/practical and will also be included on this page of www.gentletigeracupuncture.com ’s website.