Category Archives: Women’s Health

Welcome Laura!

Laura Goff LAc

Please help us welcome our newest Acupuncturist to Whitney Green Acupuncture!

While she’s new to us, Laura is in her 15th year of practicing acupuncture. She’s a graduate of OCOM with an MSOM and an NCCAOM board certified Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbologist. She completed her undergraduate degree from Ivy League school, University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Fine Arts and Urban Studies with an Anthropology minor.… Read the rest!

Acupuncture for Diabetes

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According to the CDC, 34.2 million people have diabetes (10.5% of the US population).

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Most of the food you eat is broken down into sugar (glucose) and released into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it tells your pancreas to release insulin.… Read the rest!

4 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

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Hello! I’m Lisa Gonzales from Flourishing Tots.

I am a mom of 3 and a former labor & delivery/postpartum nurse turned lactation consultant. After 9 years in L/D and 4 years as a hospital lactation nurse, I started a home-visit private practice. My ultimate goal as a lactation consultant is to help you meet your feeding goals, whether breast/chest, bottle (yep, lactation consultants help exclusively bottle fed babies, too!)… Read the rest!

Maximize Fertility by Eating According to Your Cycle

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Fertility is greatly influenced by a woman’s menstrual cycle.

Eating and living based on what part of the cycle we are in helps keep us in balance and can increase fertility. A woman’s cycle can vary and doesn’t always look like a typical 28-day cycle. Your cycle changes and can be affected by:

Stress (our perception)Diet (excess/deficiency)Our upbringingMindset/emotionsExerciseInflammationTravelFriends/family relationshipsThyroid functionMetabolism (sugar/PCOS)Amount of sunlight vs blue lightPerceived safety/securityUse of birth control pill/over the counter prescriptions/fertility medsEnvironmental hormonesTrauma Menstrual Cycle Phases

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are FOUR phases in a menstrual cycle.… Read the rest!