Kit Garcia's Acupuncture & Healing Arts

09/01/2021

Please filter your water. PFOA / PFOS found in many water systems around the country and seems especially troublesome in areas with airports, fire depts and old military bases. https://youtu.be/cQJMqDF0wqM

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer discusses "PFAS," aka "Forever Chemicals," that are infecting in communities across the country.

04/09/2021

Curious how your foam bedding or furniture stacks up? You can send in a sample here to check how clean it is.

http://foam.pratt.duke.edu/

Any US resident can submit a sample of polyurethane foam (PUF) from furniture, child car seats, or any other product containing PUF using the submission form on our website. After completing the form, samples can be mailed to us at Duke University, along with the unique ID number generated from the....

01/13/2021

This is a little long, but here is the latest takeaway regarding during this pandemic. Watch the video if you have time.
Important new highlights for the tl:dr crowd:
1- Eating high fructose corn syrup (not fruit) deactivates vitamin d in your body to the inactive form making it useless even if you have it at adequate levels.
2 - Treating people who already have covid with a more processed version of vitamin d is improving survival chances greatly.
3 - If you are obese which for this video is defined as more than 30% over your ideal weight for height, you may need to take 1.5-3x the normal amount I get caught up. I certainly knew about extra adipose tissue being an issue and often urged my heavier clients to take 5000 IU -10k IU daily but even this is not enough. The author of the video takes 5000 IU but is normal weight, light skinned and lives in southern California. He is suggesting if you are very overweight to start with 10-15k IU. Again you need to have your levels measured at least 1x a year to make sure you aren't taking too much.

Professor Roger Seheult, MD explains the important role Vitamin D may have in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Seheult illustrates how Vitamin ...

10/26/2020

Get prepped for this year's cold & flu season with herbs, immune boosting acupuncture sessions, and more! Don't get caught off guard. Preparation starts NOW! We are still taking appointments manually.

10/08/2020

In a mouse model scientists were able to lessen , one of the main deadly complications of corona with

A team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School has successfully used acupuncture to tame cytokine storm in mice with systemic inflammation.

06/04/2020

On Monday June 15th, 2020 our office is scheduled to reopen for services once again with normal business hours. This date and/or hours of operation may be impacted if there are changes in city/state conditions. Thank you! We look forward to seeing you.

05/11/2020

Just giving an update on in-office acupuncture services. We haven't opened the physical office on St. Elmo as of yet, but we fully intend to as soon as it can be done safely. Until then, don't hesitate to reach out to us by phone for your herbal delivery or phone consultation needs. Thank you for standing by us and supporting us all the way!

03/23/2020

As of today no more clients can be seen in the office because of shelter-in-place orders. I can still give herbal advice by phone and mail herbs if necessary. We appreciate your business and hope to start up again real soon! Thank you!

03/19/2020

Just as a friendly reminder to clients our office will still remain open for appointments at our regular hours. Please stay home or go to the doctor if you show cold/flu symptoms of fever and cough just to be on the safe side. If you are in need of herbal medicine, I can interact with you on the phone or by email and set you up with an herbal prescription you can get by mail. No need to come into the office.

03/13/2020

Here is how to make your own DIY with ingredients you probably already have at the house. The most important ingredient is high enough proof alcohol.

No Purell? No problem! When disinfecting gel sells out everywhere, you can just make some yourself with stuff you (maybe) already have at home.

02/24/2020

A big thanks for all the support y'all gave to me during the ukulele open mic last Saturday. It was the first time I played an original song I penned that I actually wanted to share.

02/12/2020

, the root and not necessarily the candy, may protect against the :

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014067360313615X

The outbreak of SARS warrants the search for antiviral compounds to treat the disease. At present, no specific treatment has been identified for SARS-…

02/03/2020

Mainstream science and medicine is finally catching up to systemic fungal infections being an actual thing. When people ask me how to deal with the first thing I ask is have you had any or fungal infections because this is more common than you would believe. Just because you can't see yeast on your throat like thrush or on your ge****ls doesn't mean you are clear. And in many cases it is even transmissible to a partner.

Auto-brewery syndrome is a rare disorder caused when yeast colonizes in the gut, brewing alcohol and causing drunkenness without drinking.

01/29/2020

This is only a preliminary study, but if you are a woman and consume the bulk of your calories after 6pm, you may be in the category for poorer heart health. I am unsure if it means that eating late causes it or simply the type of people who tend to eat late tend to take care of themselves poorly.

New research from the American Heart Association finds that women who eat more of the day's calories after 6 p.m. have poorer cardiovascular health.

01/23/2020

Privacy being challenged with this app. Imagine being stalked by some crazy person who snaps a picture of you publicly and now they know your Venmo or name. Take out this app before it becomes a common thing.

What if you could instantly identify every stranger you ever saw?

01/15/2020

So you think you are going to escape toxic chemicals by avoiding pads and tampons? again! If not embroiled in sexual harrassment scandals in their own company now the aren't as safe as previously thought.

A University of Notre Dame scientist finds significant levels of PFAS, a group of potentially harmful chemicals, in Thinx menstrual underwear.

01/14/2020

Supposedly the normal human body temperature has decreased since the 1800's. It doesn't surprise me because I feel like humans have been unhealthier despite improvement in sanitation and availability of food. Conditions like thyroid issues chemicals in the water, constant exposure to artificial heating and cooling could lower body temperature.

12/18/2019

Right up there with the homeless people spikes on park benches, there is now the new workplace toilet that is slanted by 13 degrees to make it unbearable for people to sit on for more than 5 minutes.

Businesses have turned to drastic new tilted toilet designs to stop workers spending almost half an hour on the porcelain throne.