Archive for the ‘Female Health’ Category

Rock the Stock, Part 2

Posted on February 14th, 2011, by Sarah

This is less about making stock and more about where to get your stock bones.  It’s a question I get asked over and over, and unfortunately there never has been one great answer—until now!  At least that is if you live in the Bay Area.
Meet Chris the owner of Marin Grass-Fed Meat Company.  He sells [...]

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Rock the Stock!

Posted on February 8th, 2011, by Sarah

There is one food that I consistently peddle in my office and that is stock—beef stock, chicken stock, pork stock, lamb stock, fish stock.  Stock is one of those amazing foods we’ve unfortunately forgotten about.  It’s packed full of minerals, calcium and gelatin in a digestible, absorbable form.  If everyone consumed their homemade stock, there [...]

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A Fertility Therapy from Korea

Posted on January 27th, 2011, by Sarah

A patient sent this article from the LA Times to me.  Since it’s a therapy I have not encountered (and I’ve encountered many) and since I’m not easily surprised by the myriad of therapies out there, I share with you this surprising and original therapy: vaginal steam-baths.
I’m not sure why I was surprised, as bathing [...]

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Haramaki, the Organ Warmer

Posted on May 7th, 2009, by Sarah

Recently my half-husband flaunted his new haramaki around the house.  A haramaki is a Japanese organ warmer.  A tube of material, often worn under the wearer’s clothing, that keeps the organs of the belly and the kidneys warm and free of drafts.  When I asked Scott if he’d be willing to share one of the [...]

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Optimal Female Healthcare 1

Posted on February 1st, 2009, by Sarah

I want to begin this subject by first recommending a book, but please do not judge this book by it’s title. It deals with so much more than fertility. It is for women ages 18 to 65. It’s about all the things you didn’t know about being a woman, couldn’t help but [...]

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