Andrew C Whitelaw, LAc

24/03/2025

Acetaminophen should never have been made available OTC. It's incredibly toxic to the liver. And now this: NEVER take it if you are PREGNANT.

Researchers found that mothers who took the medicine were more than three times more likely to have a child with ADHD

15/09/2024

So much industry$$, so little science

19/05/2024

Knee pain, back pain, and neck pain can be tied to poor mobility in the hips.
We need to keep up our mobility of the whole body, but the hips are so important. Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation, and lateral movement. The standard exercises you might get at physical therapy aren't enough. We sit too much and squat too little. Free the hips, and your ass will follow.

14/03/2024

We heard nothing of promoting wellness or preventing serious disease from the amateur behaviorists, incompetent epidemiologists, and pro pharmaceutical salesmen at the CDC and NIH, whose only blanket interventions were untested behavioral modifications and expensive experimental drugs. Check out the meta-study and commentary.

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/5/679

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLUoX4YEjqk

Vitamin D supplementation has a protective effect, against the incidence of COVID-19 in RCT studies,OR 0.403, (95% IC 0.218, 0.747)In the RCTs performed on H...

05/02/2024

Mondays we're exploring breathwork and other relaxation techniques to take control over our nervous systems and emotions. Gain portable tools that are with you wherever you go!

We've also got our big Wellness Weekend coming up 2/10 and 2/11. Please come through to Heal EastWest in Manhattan Beach!

17/01/2024

Let's leverage machine learning and AI to anticipate new pathogens rather than create them, and possibly, in classic Greek tragedy style, fulfill our dire prophesies. Here's a review from The Lancet citing known lab leaks between 2000 and 2021.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38101440/

13/01/2024

Practicing yoga nidra—a kind of mindfulness training—might improve sleep, cognition, learning, and memory, even in novices, according to a pilot study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on December 13 by Karuna Datta of the Armed Forces Medical College in India, and colleagues. After ...

13/01/2024

There are many claims about gut health and the benefits of healing your gut. But are probiotic supplements the solution? Here's what an expert says.

12/01/2024

A great discussion on low back pain and more...

Interview with Dr. Shirley Sahrmann on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast

08/01/2024

The simplest and fastest way to manage blood sugar, appetite, and energy. Elevated simple carb intake keeps us on the blood glucose rollercoaster. This ensures ups and downs in energy and focus, and makes it almost impossible to shed extra pounds. In the long-term, dysregulated blood sugar contributes to 80% of premature death from diabetes, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Control your blood sugar, or be controlled.

Tim Ferriss and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss the Slow Carb Diet and Tim's personal experiences and results with the diet.Tim Ferriss — a five-time #1 New York...

03/01/2024

Roughly 10% of Americans have full-blown type 2 diabetes.
While we now understand it is a disease of excess sugar intake, insulin production, and consequent insensitivity, it's still being treated with supplementary insulin as if it's a disease of deficiency.
It's not necessarily a chronic disease that can only be 'managed' with drugs.
If we can develop insulin resistance and diabetes through poor diet and sedentary lifestyle, we can reverse it with the proper diet and by moving our bodies consistently.

My new book, Rethinking Diabetes, is out today. A Q&A.

26/10/2023

Covering so many bases. Come through and experience it for yourself!

With 6 treatment rooms total, you’ll definitely find a favorite (this one is Appa’s favorite)🐾

18 practitioners, 6 rooms, 2 group spaces, 1 modality room with 8 modalities✨

We’re offering a truly holistic experience🤍✨