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My beauty secret. Or: How I became a model.

May 24, 2025

Save the date: Please join me online for my next seasonal, self-healing (free!) workshop, Summer Celebration.  We’ll listen to our bodies. What’s your complexion and the rest of your body […]

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5 Element Theory of Chinese Medicine

March 26, 2025

You’re now looking at one of the world’s most important health and mental health frameworks. The 5 Element Theory has been essential in China for the past 2,500 years. These […]

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How to make daikon noodles for good health

Fat-buster: How to make daikon noodles

March 12, 2017

Pasta has a million calories and nearly zero nutrition. I used to be sad about this. But then I learned how to make daikon noodles. As a pasta substitute, daikon […]

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Cauliflower steak recipe with chef Peter Berley #vegan

November 20, 2016

All hail the star of my Thanksgiving feast: the lowly cauliflower. Rise up, you lumpy, white cruciferous. Dazzle us with your transformation into cauliflower steaks. That’s right. A meatless steak. […]

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Cutting back on sugar is sexy

September 11, 2016

My struggle to live sugar-free made me a no-fun frump. At least, until recently.  I’m starting to see young and sexy millennials waking up to sugar danger. To quote them: […]

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Weight loss: How I’m transforming my fat head

May 21, 2016

After a first life filled with fun food, the stir-fried chickens have come home to roost. Getting older means my body burns calories at a much slower pace. Eating the […]

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Why Chinese American women gain weight

February 21, 2016

Ugh, I have to lose 16 pounds. Doctors’ orders. Otherwise, diabetes and achy knees will ruin my future. But here’s my other problem: Chinese American women gain weight for specific […]

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