My internet podcast debut is happening Monday at Jimmy Moore's. Check it out here at Livin' Low-carb Show.

Jimmy has an amazing story of perseverance and weight loss. He has turned his own pain into a mission to help people be heathy first and loose weight second. He is an amazing resource both for health related issues, wellness and of course weight loss. Be sure to check out his site and my interview.

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Larry Trivieri, who runs of 1healthyworld.com, lives in Utica. His site is packed full of good information and he does his homework. I don't usually plug other people's sites, but his is worth checking out.

Here is what he has to say about acupuncture and the upcoming cold and flu season:

Acupuncture: Acupuncture helps to restore your body’s supply of ATP (adenosine triphosphate, which is produced in all cells and responsible for energy) and cortisol, a hormone necessary for properly adapting to stress. Both of these results help to improve immune function. Acupuncture can also help to balance and improve digestion, endocrine gland function, and the health of the lungs, and other organs, all of which also helps your body fight off and resist cold and flu infections. In addition, acupuncture treatments can help prevent colds and flu from ever occurring.

The small intestine in acupuncture is the body official who sorts the pure from the impure. It's an essential function in the body and even more important in the information age. Yesterday the medical establishment released "new" dietary standards for cancer prevention and they echo the old prejudices against meat and fats.

One of the big problems with these studies is they do no differentiate between poisoned meats and pure meats. So the grass fed pork raised with no hormones or antibiotics counts at the same a factory farm horror living in filth and pumped full of chemicals. That's like saying don't drink any water because some of it is boiled and will burn your tongue.

So take these pronouncements from the medical oracles with a grain of salt. Remember when eggs were going to kill you?h

This article is from Science Daily and is quoting from a report form the American College of Chest Physicians.

For the first time, the ACCP lung cancer guidelines have included recommendations on mind-body modalities as part of a multimodality approach to reduce the anxiety, mood disturbances, and chronic pain associated with lung cancer.Massage therapy is recommended for patients who are experiencing anxiety or pain, while acupuncture is recommended for patients experiencing fatigue, dyspnea, chemo-induced neuropathy, or in cases where pain or nausea/vomiting is poorly controlled.Electrostimulation wristbands are not recommended for managing chemo-induced nausea/vomiting, as studies show that they do little to delay nausea/vomiting compared with placebo.The recommendations were rigorously developed and reviewed by 100 multidisciplinary panel members, including pulmonologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, thoracic surgeons, integrative medicine specialists, oncology nurses, pathologists, health-care researchers, and epidemiologists. The guidelines were further reviewed and approved by the ACCP Thoracic Oncology NetWork, the Health and Science Policy Committee, the Board of Regents, and external reviewers from the journal Chest.The guidelines have been endorsed by the American Association for Bronchology, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Oncology Nurses Society, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the World Association of Bronchology.

The British Medical Journal published this little gem two weeks ago:
August 20, 2007 -- The addition of acupuncture to a course of advice and exercise delivered by physiotherapists provides no additional improvement in pain scores in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, according to the results of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial published in the August 15 Online First issue of BMJ.

On the surface the study seems reasonable. After all, we know acupuncture is not a magic bullet. However, there is one major flaw with this and many acupuncture studies.

The major flaw in acupuncture studies
The major flaw of this study, and many like it, is it does not take into account the experience of the practitioner. I'm going to let you in on a secret about acupuncture. Well, it's not really a secret, but when you know this one little fact, you will have knowledge so rare, it might as well be a secret.

The super secret about acupuncture
The super secret is acupuncture is a procedure performed by a practitioner. As with any procedure, skill, experience and training matter. I don't mean any disrespect to the British physiotherapists, and, they are not trained acupuncturists. So when you are looking for a practitioner of any type, but especially an acupuncturist, experience does matter. Three years of post-graduate study and 17 years practicing explains why most people who come to see me for a problem feel better

A new client came in today and reminded about the basic aspects of acupuncture and how little information exists about acupuncture and what it can do. The World Health Organization lists 80 conditions successfully treated by acupuncture. Out of those 80, the National Institutes of Health is currently studying about a dozen of these conditions in depth. But when all is said and done. It all comes down to you.

You are unique as a snowflake
Every snowflake is made up of water. Yet the slight differences in conditions that surround the formation of each snowflake dictate that no two will be alike. If each snowflake can be unique, you can easily imagine the un-catalogable array of differences between you and me.

Unique people require unique treatments
This is what keeps practicing acupuncture interesting. It’s said that a chimpanzee could run a respectable medical practice just be handing out antibiotics. But where is the soul in that? One of the fascinations with snowflakes is their unique geometry and what it means as human beings to be unique. Yet every day, whether it’s diet, vitamins, medications or healthcare, the underlying assumption is that we are all alike. This is where 5-element acupuncture leaves the healthcare party.

5-element acupuncture assumes you are different
As a 5-element acupuncturist, I’ve been trained to look for a unique energy pattern that has established itself in your life. Once that energy pattern is identified, we can treat it and help it expand to it’s fullest capacity which, in turn, will expand your health, energy and spirit to it’s fullest capacity.

If you haven’t already included 5-element acupuncture in your healthcare toolbox, you should make an appointment to talk to me and see how we can identify your unique energy patterns and how they can be freed up to create more vibrant health