Author: Front Desk

The Earth Element

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Grounding Into Late Summer: The Earth Element, Digestion, and Finding Your Center If you've been feeling bloated, sluggish after meals, or just a little unmoored lately, this week's episode of the Health by Haven Podcast was made for you. We're closing out our five-part journey through the Five Elements of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with the one that quite literally holds everything together: the Earth Element. The season of the center In TCM, the Earth Element rules late summer, that golden stretch when the year begins to turn. But Earth is unique among the five elements: it doesn't just get its own season. It also governs the transitions between all of them — the pauses, the hand-offs, the in-between moments...Read More

What is Alpha-Gal?

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Alpha-gal Allergy Alpha-gal is a sugar (galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose) found in most mammals with the exception of humans, apes, and monkeys. Alpha-gal can be found in many products made from these mammals including some medications, cosmetics, vaccines, gelatin, and milk products. Alpha-gal is transmitted to lone star ticks after biting animals including cows and sheep. Lone star ticks will then carry the alpha-gal and inject the molecules into the human body. This may trigger the appearance of a condition known as alpha-gal syndrome. This results from an unusual immune response to the alpha-gal sugar. Affected people would have mild to severe allergic reactions upon eating red meat (beef, lamb, pork, venison, and rabbits). Allergic reactions also occur upon exposure to products from...Read More