Abby Rappoport L.Ac. CMQ

If any patients wonder why I can't afford to accept insurance... please sign and support!!

this is awesome.

Friends: I sit on the board for Herbfolk community medicine in Petaluma, CA. Please consider donating to herbal first aid relief efforts. HERBAL DONATIONS: We need your help to support the North Bay Fire Evacuees, firefighters, first responders and our community at large. You can send donations to (all donations are tax deductible) Herbfolk Community Medicine... 121 Washington Street Petaluma, CA 94952 We are currently working on setting up an online donation system. I'll keep you posted ***Wish List*** Dried, pesticide free herbs, including homegrown: Nettle Mullein Elder flowers Elderberries Chamomile Elecampane Slippery elm bark Marshmallow root Chickweed Calendula flowers Passion flowers Valarian Coltsfoot Eucalyptus Thyme Elm Lemon balm Reishi Misc: Cash donations Packaged teas, syrups, holistic products for respiratory health &/or trauma Acupuncture needles Table paper Individually packaged alcohol wipes Honey, unopened Vodka, unopened Olive oil, unopened Sunflower oil, unopened Vitamin E oil, unopened Lavender essential oil, unopened

I love Macka B!!

"The injury and inflammation in our blood vessels is caused by the low fat diet recommended for years by mainstream medicine."

Come gyro with me!!

For those wanting some insight on what that "funny" machine in the corner is all about.... Come Gyro with me!!

I love this guy so much!!

In 1964, John Yudkin discovered that sugar was linked to obesity and heart disease. In 1972 he wrote a book about it. Spoiler alert: he was correct. But due to ...industry influence and scientific orthodoxy, his career was destroyed and his work was buried. I consider myself a science nerd and read scientific studies in my free time, but I always maintain a healthy sense of skepticism. When I hear the phrase, "the science is settled" on a particular topic, alarm bells go off in my head. We're never done, and when someone is telling you to stop researching a particular topic because the science is in, someone has an agenda. Often with industry influence. Instead of heeding Yudkin's warning, industry sponsored science vilified saturated fat and two generations ate bucket loads of low fat foods replete with excess sugar as the obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rates reached new highs. "Yudkin's (who warned that sugar is the problem, not fats 40 yrs ago) plight should be a cautionary tale to anyone who thinks we should blindly follow a scientific consensus, particularly when it involves extraordinarily complex entities like the human body, or when the consensus is used to push public policies that could affect vast populations." Yudkin's career never recovered, and millions blindly followed the scientific consensus that fat was the culprit, only to find themselves sick with the diseases they were trying to prevent. The more I learn about science, health, and medicine, the more I realize I don't know. But one thing I am confident of: always keep an open mind and consider diverse opinions, even ones from the fringe minority. Sometimes they're right. (thanks to Aimee Quin for this and the commentary above)