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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for the ALS Association has become the cool and trendy thing to do as of late. It has been a viral sensation for going on 2 months. All under the guise of “raising awareness” for ALS. Well, ask yourself honestly right now….do you know WHAT ALS stands for? Do you know how ALS presents itself in the human body? If you can not ... Continue Reading
With the recent media attention given to the ALS Ice bucket Challenge, I thought it would be beneficial to consider Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis from a Chinese medicine perspective. Ah…the ALS Ice bucket Challenge: it’s got everyone from Justin Bieber to George W. Bush dumping buckets of ice-water on their heads; it’s got California environmentalists annoyed because people ... Continue Reading
This article discusses a new study that found that diets high in colorful carotenoids may prevent or delay the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a devastating degenerative disease that develops between the ages of 40 and 70. New research suggests that increased consumption of foods containing colorful carotenoids, particularly beta-carotene and lutein, may prevent ... Continue Reading
