If the cooler weather has you craving “comfort foods,” you’re not alone. Plus, it’s not your fault—survival is driving your cravings. With shorter days, your body tells you to send down more carbohydrates which spark the production of serotonin—the mood-lifting chemical in your brain. Plus, colder temperatures up your body’s need to store fat.
But while everyone else is reaching for full-fat mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese, you can satisfy your hunger, and boost your health, all at the same time…
1. Craving mashed potatoes? Try mashed cauliflower—a cruciferous vegetable that’s rich in vitamins and antioxidants, and low in calorFoods Comfort
Day of Reckoning Chiropractic and a Healthy Lifestyle
A person’s lifestyle is a critical factor in one’s overall health and well-being. Increasingly, lifestyle is being recognized as a chief factor in the development of diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
A balanced diet and regular, vigorous exercise are cornerstones of a healthy lifestyle. Chiropractic care is an additional important component. Regular chiropractic care optimizes your body’s functioning. Your nervous system works at peak efficiency. You’re better able to make good use of the food you’re eating and the exercises you’re doing.
In order to obtain maximum benefit from your healthy lifestyles, it’s necessary to have a nervous system that is working properly. Chiropractic care helps make sure your nervous system is doing what it’s designed to do. The result is optimal health and well-being.
The human body is remarkably resilient. Your body can withstand a great deal of abuse. It bounces back to fight off many infections, repair strains and sprains, and heal broken bones. You may drive hundreds of miles in a day, fly across multiple time zones, and travel to other countries and other continents. Your body manages it all, keeping you healthy and on track. And then one day it doesn’t.
What goes wrong? You might say, “Why did this [high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack, herniated spinal disc] happen to me? I eat right. I exercise. I get enough sleep. Why me?”
The immediate response would be “Really? Do you really?” Are you actually engaging in healthy lifestyles that are right for you? Or are you “paying lip service” to these behaviors, going through the motions and not paying attention to what is really needed and necessary?
In the mid-1980s the author of a best-selling book on running suddenly died of a heart attack after a daily run. His death was national news and remains a cautionary tale of the need for a well-rounded exercise program. Running every day does not provide total fitness. Neither does lifting weights every day. Neither does daily yoga nor daily Pilates classes. Healthful exercise programs encompass a range of activities. Total health requires total fitness.1
Healthy eating calls for the same balanced approach. Too much of anything will usually lead to problems down the road. Excess carbohydrates cause problems with serum glucose and exhaust supplies of insulin, ultimately resulting in diabetes and overweight/obesity. Excess meat or excess dairy will likely result in high blood cholesterol levels, possibly leading to arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.
In addition to 30 minutes per day of vigorous exercise (which can be satisfied, in part, by 30 minutes of daily walking), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends five daily servings of fresh fruit and vegetables.2,3 It is remarkable how few people actually do these things. The result is that the prevalence of overweight/obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure continue to rise.
It’s best not to have to play catch-up. The day of reckoning may never arrive if we begin, right here and right now, to take consistent, daily, healthy actions on our own behalf.
1Andersen LL, et al: Effectiveness of small daily amounts of progressive resistance training for frequent neck/shoulder pain: Randomized controlled trial. Paini 2010 December 20 [Epub ahead of print]
2Scarborough P, et al: Modeling the impact of a healthy diet on cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010 December 15 [Epub ahead of print]
3Toledo E, et al: Hypothesis-oriented food patterns and incidence of hypertension: 6-year follow-up of the SUN prospective cohort. Public Health Nutr 13(3):338-349, 2010
Healthy Living Chiropractic Newsletter
Advanced Family Chiropractic
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Montour Falls, NY 14865
Phone: 607-535-7080
Tired of being sick and tired? Welcome to the world of chiropractic ~ discovers how natural health can be.
We are not teasing you with this picture, but inspiring you. What’s the best time to be reminded of soft, warm breezes, sunshine and beaches? We don’t need it in the summer. Remember, every day brings us closer to spring.
I like winter because I can stay indoors without feeling guilty.
– Teresa Skelton
This issue’s table of contents
· Chiropractic and pregnancy pain
· Words of wisdom
· Hormone replacement therapy drugs Prempro® and Premarin® …
· Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D.
· Kids get measles from the measles vaccine!
· Did you know?
· Researching chiropractic
· Please keep your laptop off of your lap
· Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey.
· Humor
· References
This issue has a lot of valuable information you may not see anywhere else. If you have any questions or comments please write to us. Feel free to send this to your friends and relatives and if you’d like a hard (printed) copy, stop by the office.
Stay warm – spring is coming.
Chiropractic and pregnancy pain
A Norwegian study reveals that one-third of patients seek chiropractic care as first choice for pain during pregnancy.
The study interviewed the first 100 pregnant women presenting at a chiropractic clinic. The interview included reasons for visiting the clinic, average weeks of pain, where they were in pain and the number of chiropractic visits. The study found that 90% of the patients’ chief complaint was pelvic pain and for 30% of the patients chiropractic was their first choice for care.
Those who had never had back pain before waited the shortest time before seeking care. The authors also found that the longer the patients waited to seek chiropractic care the more areas of pain they experienced and the more areas of the spine needed adjusting. (1)
Words of Wisdom
Your true place is a place of light. Even if you find yourself in the midst of darkness and sorrow, you must remember this is not your home.
Your essential self lies in an inseparable bond with the Source of Light. From there it extends a glimmer of itself below to illuminate the darkness.
– Tzvi Freeman
Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D.
Dr. Wakefield is the British gastroenterologist who was viciously attacked for reporting that parents told him their children developed autism after vaccination.
Below are an audio interview and a video interview of his side of the story. After you watch and listen, you decide.
Watch Dr. Andrew Wakefield on the Alex Jones show.
Kids get measles from the measles vaccine!
This is coming from the MMWR which is the U.S. government’s own publication. We’ve always known that vaccinated kids can contract measles. There are numerous reports in the medical journals of epidemics in fully vaccinated populations. Here is just one from Illinois in which 17 high school students who were fully vaccinated came down with measles even though 99% of the high school population was vaccinated with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. (2)
Did you know?
Dr. Seuss’ first book, And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, was rejected 27 times before he stepped into an office elevator and bumped into an old friend who happened to be working at a publishing house.
Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham after being challenged by Bennett Cerf (his editor) to produce a book using fewer than fifty different words.
Researching Chiropractic
Pervasive developmental disorder. A three-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder by a pediatrician, had communication problems, apraxia and speech delay. The child received chiropractic care over the course of 5 months to his upper cervical (neck) and sacral regions.
The outcomes were measured by re-assessments, parental evaluation and health care provider and teacher reports. The child began making friends, became more interactive and less defiant and was reported to be an overall happier child following the introduction of chiropractic care. (3)
Please keep your laptop off of your lap
A new study finds that using your laptop computer where it was designed to be used (in your lap) can lower your sperm count. Researchers took the temperature in the testes of men working on their laptops. In just 10-15 minutes, the temperature down there rose to levels high enough to damage sperm production. (4)
Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey.
Studies published in medical journals reveal that non-vaccinated children are significantly healthier than vaccinated children. One such study on the health of non-vaccinated children is being conducted right now and you can be a part of it.
It is a short survey. So far over 700 parents have participated, but to have accurate results at least 2000 participants are needed. Please go to http://www.vaccineinjury.info/vaccinations-in-general/health-unvaccinated-children.html
It’ll only take a few minutes of your time at most and future generations will thank you.
Humor
What are grandparents?
(Taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)
· They can take their teeth and gums out.
· Grandparents don’t have to be smart.
· They have to answer questions like ‘Why isn’t God married?’ and ‘How come dogs chase cats?’
· When they read to us, they don’t skip. They don’t mind if we ask for the same story over again.
· Everybody should try to have a grandmother, especially if you don’t have television because they are the only grownups who like to spend time with us.
· They know we should have snack time before bedtime, and they say prayers with us and kiss us even when we’ve acted badly.
· A 6-year-old was asked where his grandma lived. ”Oh,” he said, ”She lives at the airport, and when we want her, we just go get her. Then when we’re done having her visit, we take her back to the airport.”
· Grandpa is the smartest man on earth! He teaches me good things, but I don’t get to see him enough to get as smart as him!
· It’s funny when they bend over; you hear gas leaks, and they blame their dog.
Bye!!!
References
1. Aas-Jackobsen E, Miller JE. Chiropractic care during pregnancy: survey of 100 patients presenting to a private clinic in Oslo, Norway. Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. 2010;11(2):771-774.
2. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000359.htm
3. Handt M. Improvement in a child with pervasive developmental disorder undergoing chiropractic care. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health – Chiropractic. 2011;1:5-8.
4. Sheynkin M. Protection from scrotal hyperthermia in laptop computer users. Fertility and Sterility. 2010;95(2):647-651.
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