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For Good Luck in the New Year

Eat this! According to Bon Appetit Magazine
Many of the world’s most persistent New Year’s traditions revolve around eating, with certain foods acting as symbols of the eater’s hopes and wishes for the future. Recurring themes here are foods that symbolize wealth, prosperity, forward motion, long life and other sundry nice things that might (hopefully) happen to a person in the coming year.

If you’d like to get yourself some good juju for 2012, here are ten ways to eat for luck on New Year’s Day.

1. Eat twelve grapes at midnight. The Spanish and Portuguese eat twelve grapes as the clock chimes twelve times for midnight, to symbolize the twelve months of the new year. Incidentally, eating grapes this quickly is not as easy as it may sound.2. Seek out ring-shaped food for breakfast. Consider bagels or doughnuts for breakfast (don’t you always?), which represent not only carby deliciousness, but also the year coming full circle.

3. Down some pig. Lots of people consider pork to be the luckiest of all foods to eat on New Year’s Day. Why? Pigs are rotund, which represents prosperity (not, as it turns out, weight gain). They also “root forward” with their noses, which is supposed to symbolize progress. You can choose to eat your lucky pig any which way, including ham, sausage, whole roasted suckling pig, ham hocks, bacon, pancetta…sorry, where was I?

4. Smash a pomegranate on the floor. (And waste a perfectly good piece of fruit?) In Greece, when the new year turns, a pomegranate is smashed on the floor in front of the door to break it open and reveal seeds symbolizing prosperity and good fortune. The more seeds, the more luck.

5. Roast whole fish for lunch.  Fish are lucky in three ways: their scales resemble coins, they travel in schools, which represents prosperity, and they swim forward, symbolizing progress. This option has the added benefit of complying with whatever New Year’s dietary resolutions you’ve likely made.

6. Slurp soba noodles without breaking them. In Japan, long buckwheat noodles symbolize long life, and are therefore lucky–but only if you eat them without chewing or breaking them. So get your slurping technique down.

7. Nosh on greens. They resemble paper money, and who doesn’t want more money next year? Everything from cabbage to kale to your Mesclun salad mix applies here.

8. Whip up a batch of Hoppin’ John. This dish of black-eyed peas and rice is customary for New Year’s Day in the American south, where black-eyed peas are considered auspicious based on their resemblance to coins.

9. Cook some lentils. Can you guess what lentils resemble? Money! Yes, these coin-shaped legumes are lucky in Brazil and Italy, and are said to have been eaten for luck since the Roman times.

10. Bake a coin into a cake. The second Greek tradition on our list, this involves a special lemon-flavored cake called a vasilopita baked with a coin inside (again with the money!). Whoever finds the coin gets a year of good luck. That, or a chipped tooth. –Elizabeth Gunnison

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"I had some extreme joint pain and tiredness and was reminded NOT to use feeling ill as an excuse to NOT see Nancy! I saw her the next day and felt immediate relief after my session. I had more energy and no more joint pain. Nancy Burns has awesome bedside manner and really cares about her clients. She takes the time to get to know you and goes out of her way to find ways to help you, even if it means referring you to other practitioners." - Holly T.

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Arthritis Pain & Facial Rejuvenation- I’ve been seeing Nancy for several months now for two reasons: Facial Rejuvenation and Arthritis Pain in my knees. Here’s what I’ve noticed: the deep lines in my face have softened. Wrinkle lines are disappearing. The bags under my eyes… Read more
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Pain Management – Just to throw my two cents in here. When I was training for climbing Mount  Shasta, my knee started to hurt and it was interfering with my training. ONE TREATMENT with Nancy and my pain was completely GONE!!!!! I have had a lot of acupuncture and Nancy’s know… Read more
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Facial Rejuvenation – I had the pleasure of having seen Nancy for both facial rejuvenation and primary care acupuncture. I also have mutual patients with her. I can’t wait until my next appointments with her. Her office is like an oasis of calm and balance. She is very caring a… Read more
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General Health & Fatigue – Consider Acupuncture with Nancy Burns! So I had some extreme joint pain and tiredness and was reminded NOT to use feeling ill as an excuse to NOT see Nancy! I saw her the next day and felt immediate relief after my session. I had more energy and no more… Read more
Holly Thomas
General Health – Nancy is a talented acupuncturist who takes the time to get to know you and works with you to pin-point, not just your presenting complaint, but what the root cause may be – and then she treats that. Her office is inviting, her demeanor is warm and friendly wit… Read more
Karen Stevens - San Jose, CA
General Health – Nancy is an excellent acupuncturist with a magic touch. She has a calming presence, which is really important when you are getting needled! Nancy did a comprehensive intake at the first session and focused my treatment on what was most important for my health. I … Read more
Rayna Lumbard, LMFT - Los Gatos
Fertility – After trying for 3 years I’m finally pregnant thanks to Nancy. I was referred to her by my OB/GYN and liked her right away. I had treatments once a week for 12 weeks prior to IVF and 2 the day of the procedure, and we had success the first time! I have continued tre… Read more
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