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Grace Suh Coscia, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M., is founder of HolisticWeightLossMethod.com, which provides a whole-body, mind and spirit approach for lifelong fat loss and weight management. Combining Eastern medicine with genetic testing encompasses a holistic weight loss program that accounts for factors like stress, emotions and self-esteem.

Grace combines ancient wisdom with cutting-edge science to empower clients to stay lean and sexy for life. For the past 12 years she has maintained a busy practice in Venice, California. Grace integrates a science-based combination of Eastern medicine, Chinese herbology, acupuncture, and genetic, adrenal, and food sensitivity testing to help clients attain efficacious results that transcend the limited Western medicine perspective.

She focuses on preventive alternative medicine, diagnostics, and treatment to address a spectrum of conditions including food and environmental allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome, leaky gut syndrome, PMS, migraines, acne, candida, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, pain, infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome and stress.

Grace also incorporates alternative medicine for weight loss, including Chinese herbal remedies and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She combines ear acupuncture, meditations, and natural herbs to create an ideal weight loss program.

Based on the Eastern cycle of five elements to which nature rotates, Grace designed the 5 Elements of Weight Loss™. From that approach, she created her program Eat to lose weight™, which emphasizes balancing foods and divides clients into Yin and Yang Body Types™ for optimal fat burning.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA in 1995. She completed her Master’s at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine in 1999. She became a Diplomate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in 2000 and certified in Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique in 2002.

Professional affiliations include National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), Nambudripad’s Allergy Research Foundation (NARF), Step up Women’s Network, American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM), and the Korean American Museum.

She currently resides in Venice Beach, California with Anthony Coscia, her husband who is an architect, and Hudson, their American Staffordshire terrier. Had acupuncture not become her calling, Grace would dedicate her life to rescuing dogs.

Blog Entries by Grace Suh Coscia, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M.

How a Korean Spa Can Keep You Lean, Rejuvenated and Sexy

Posted February 6, 2012 | 02/06/12 12:48 PM ET

"How do you de-stress, maintain your energy with a super-busy schedule, and stay so lean?" my clients often ask me among their routine medical questions.

I'm going to let you in on my little secret: I visit a Korean spa every month.

Spas have become a lifelong habit for me:...

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Can Pickles, Sauerkraut and Fermented Foods Make You Healthier?

3 Comments | Posted February 1, 2012 | 02/01/12 03:29 PM ET

Being Korean American, I grew up eating numerous fermented vegetables like kimchi (also spelled kimchee or kim chee), a fermented cabbage that, especially when you season it with garlic, emits a rather potent smell.

"What reeks?" my friends would whisper whenever they visited my house as a child. "Kimchi...

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Less Bloat, More Gloat: Using Chinese Medicine to Fight Winter Fat

12 Comments | Posted January 7, 2012 | 01/07/12 11:28 AM ET

Last week in Barneys those skinny jeans perfectly contoured your curves and made your butt look incredible. Now, after you've removed the tags and struggle to snap that waist button for your heavily-anticipated office party, you mentally recall everything you ate and conclude that, other than a few bites of...

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