Author Archives: Rene Rodriguez, L.Ac.

ATTENTION VEGANS: ARE YOU VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENT?

Vitamin B-12 (Cobalamin) is most commonly known as the vitamin that gives you energy. In recent years its use has been popularized in many energy drinks, i.e. Monster Energy Drink, Red Bull, Rockstar Energy Drink, Diet Coke Plus, etc, and the vitamin has even been fortified into many consumable foods such as cereals, soy-based products, [...]

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FROZEN FOOD IS NON-NUTRITIOUS, NOW UNSAFE

For years I’ve been counseling patients on the ill effects of eating frozen processed foods and the benefits of consuming fresh organic fruits and vegetables and preservative-free products. For those non-believers that may not have been convinced by me in the past, it finally seems as if you may have no choice but to stop [...]

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ANCIENT MEDICINE WORKS BETTER THAN STANDARD MEDICAL CARE

On May 11, 2009, the results of the largest randomized back pain trial of its kind revealed what acupuncturists as a medical profession have known for over 5000 years- acupuncture clearly helps people with chronic low back pain. What’s more is that with this new study researchers are now proposing that acupuncture is more effective [...]

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