Jan 07
CRC Wellness eNewsletter
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• New Years Special
Message
• Probiotics for a
Healthy
• Speaking of Cancer
• It’s really a
chiropractic perspective….
• Low Testosterone &
Anemia
• A simple way to Lower
your chance of Alzheimer’s
• Back surgery or
waiting? No difference in outcome.
• Anti-bacterial soaps
• Ear and eye infections
in kids don't need antibiotics, say researchers.
• Dangers of Childhood
Obesity
• Did you know….?
• Chiropractic Case Studies
• Humor
• References
New Years Special Message
Thank you. We really value knowing you and working with you.
Our relationship is dynamic – we learn from you as you learn from us. We really
do. Every person we see is a wonderful mystery and our relationship gives us
each a unique opportunity to learn, grow and appreciate the infinite variety of
life.
At this time of the year we’re rededicating ourselves to
better healing, better teaching and better helping others – including you and
your family.
Thank you.
Probiotics and a Healthy
For more information on Raw Milk check out RealMilk.com and WestonAPrice.org
Speaking of Cancer
Here it is, your monthly
reason for taking a high quality Omega 3 supplement. A study from JAMA (Vol. 296 No. 11, September
20, 2006) showed that people who consumed higher
amounts of fish had lower amounts of Renal Carcinoma’s (kidney cancer).
It’s really a chiropractic
perspective….
One of chiropractic’s
premises is that we are born with a wonderful healing potential. It is always
with us. We must learn to respect it and work with it so it may permeate our
beings and fill us with healing, strength, hope, growth and life.
We are never without this potential. Even cancer patients, for example,
still have a healing ability. Cut a cancer patient and they will heal. The
question is, if they can heal a cut, why can’t they heal their cancer?
They can! There are numerous case histories of people with all kinds of
terminal illnesses who undergo spontaneous remission – they heal. Somehow they
were able to tap into their innate or inborn healing ability and defy all the
doctors’ grim predictions. Years later they may attend their doctors’ funerals.
Chiropractic helps us tap into our potential by freeing us of
subluxations – blockages to our flow of energy and information. Free of
subluxations, your body and mind function more efficiently – in communication
with your natural perfection.
Low Testosterone
& Anemia
This study
is important for all of us. Especially if you have a decreased sex drive,
impotence, erectile dysfunction, fatigue, tiredness and many more symptoms. It
is from The Archives of Internal Medicine
(Vol. 166 No. 13, July 10, 2006). It found that men an women who have lower testosterone levels also
have a higher chance of getting anemia when older. I think that this is very
important because out of all of the Labrix studies
that we do, I have never seen anyone
with to high of testosterone. I have, on the other hand, seen
a ton of people with testosterone levels that are way to low.
There are relatively easy ways to elevate testosterone. Exercise (especially lifting weights), don’t drink/eat out of plastic containers (they contain chemicals that mimic estrogen), avoid soy products (contain phyto-estrogen), take something like Total Male/Female, GHR, or T. Arginine.
A simple way
to Lower your Chances of Alzheimer’s
Some of you
may remember me saying a few eNewsletter’s past that I am convinced that
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) rates are going to continue to rise. Well here is a
easy and simple way to lower your chances of getting AD. Eat your veggies! A study in Neurology (2006;67:1370-1376) looked at the consumption of
fruits and vegetables in the elderly and their cognitive function. They found
that consumption of fruits did not affect the cognitive abilities but found
those that had a higher intake of
veggie’s had a much slower rate of cognitive decline.
Back surgery
or waiting? No difference in outcome.
For the
first time ever (and it’s about time!), large scale studies were done asking
whether it’s better to rush into back surgery for ruptured lumbar disks and
sciatica or…just wait. The results found that surgery was no better than doing nothing. Patients in both the
surgery and non-surgery groups improved substantially over a 2-year period.
Tell that
to the 300,000 Americans that have spinal surgery each year.
Actually
these findings are nothing new – other studies have demonstrated the same
thing: people with ruptured disks in their lower
backs or with sciatica usually recover without surgery and (very
important) there is no harm in waiting. No one in either study developed cauda
equina syndrome that can cause nerve damage, weakened leg or loss of bowel or
bladder control.
Many
surgeons were against doing the studies because they said that they knew that
the operations worked and it was unethical for their patients to participate in
the study.
The study
mentioned that a percentage of those who had back surgery needed repeat
operations within the year. (2-3)
Anti-bacterial
soaps
In
2004, Americans spent more than $540 million on anti-bacterial hand cleaners,
soaps and detergents that contain chemicals such as triclosan to kill germs,
even though a Food and Drug Administration panel found that they
are no better than soap and water.
Triclosan mimics thyroid hormone, is commonly added to soaps, toothpaste,
deodorant, dog shampoo, cutting boards, clothing, toys and other anti-bacterial
products, and is turning up in fish, breast milk and wastewater. A recent study
has shown it's enough to disrupt thyroid function in frogs. Equivalent data on
humans isn't yet available.
By the way, anti-bacterial soaps don't prevent colds or flu, which are
associated with viruses, not bacteria. (4)
Danger of
Childhood Obesity
This is an
article from USA Today on children and obesity. It is pretty eye-opening,
especially for parents as we ultimately decide what goes in our children’s
mouths. A few highlights:
1) As parents we dictate what/how much
our children eat
2) Many Children are getting 500 Calories or more from soft drinks (soda, cool aid, even
juices)
3) School meals also are not helping
out our children
My wife and
I recently got addicted to the show “Biggest Loser.” It was a very fun thing to
watch those people work so hard and loose so much weight. One person lost more than 200 lbs! The thing that
I want to mention regarding this show is during the finale they went to public
schools and saw the school lunches. They consisted of pizza, pop, chocolate
milk, tons of deserts, and the kicker
was the kids veggie intake, French fries. This is a serious problem and we
all as parents and adults need to make a stand and get back on track. There is
no body to blame except us!
Ear and eye
infections in kids don't need antibiotics, say researchers.
I
really like the following article. It discusses the rate at which children’s
ear infections healed using antibiotics vs. no drugs. I will tell you that the
kids that took the antibiotics did heal quicker. Click the link to find out how
much quicker.
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/s1748158.htm
Did you know….?
Your body contains nine pints of
blood that travel
along 62,000 miles of blood vessels (they could go around the equator 2.5
times). The nerves from your spine control the size of many of the blood
vessels that go to your internal organs. A subluxation that irritates your
nerves can affect your blood vessels and cause internal organ malfunction – another reason to see your chiropractor.
Your body has 650 muscles. Subluxations may cause pain, muscle
spasm, contraction, muscle weakness and muscular in-coordination (as in you
just can’t seem to get a good golf swing). Remember, it takes 17 muscles to
smile and 42 to frown (and only three to extend your arm and smack the person
on the head who was bothering you in the first place).
Chiropractic
Case Studies
Infertility
and Chiropractic
(From The
Did
you hear the one about the woman who went to the chiropractor and got pregnant?
Really, all Karen Bulch wanted was a little
neck-and-shoulders adjustment.
But a month after wandering into chiropractor Mark Kimes’
Kimes told her it might happen. And if it did, he said it
would be within the first few months.
Kimes noticed a subluxation – essentially, that’s
chiropractic for blockage – in Bulch’s lower back. He wasn’t sure, but Kimes
thought he just might be able to tweak the subluxation to the point of
reproduction. “I’ve been in practice for 12 years and I’ve seen it happen with
many women,” he said. (5)
Deafness, hearing loss and
chiropractic
Patient: 68-year-old woman native of the
At her daughter’s urging she came in for chiropractic care. By her third visit
she was able to hear sounds for the first time since she was 9. On her forth
visit she was able to hear sounds (phone ringing, etc.) without having her
hearing aid in her ear. On her fifth visit she was able to hear more subtle
sounds without her hearing aid. [From the records of Joseph A. La Barbera, DC]
Humor
The Divorce
A man in Phoenix calls his son in New York a couple
of days before Christmas and says, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to
tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is
enough."
"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams.
"We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the father says.
"We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call
your sister in
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "No way
they're getting divorced!" she shouts, "I'll take care of this."
She calls
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he
says, "they're coming for Christmas and paying their own way."
Ed Was In Trouble
He forgot his
wedding anniversary. His wife was really angry. She told him, "Tomorrow
morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in 5
seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE!!"
The next morning Ed got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up, she
looked out the window and sure enough there was a box gift-wrapped in the
middle of the driveway. Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the
driveway, brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found a brand
new bathroom scale.
Ed has been missing since Friday.
See you next month.
Have a wonderful holiday season and never stop seeing yourself, your children,
family and loved ones as full of health, healing and perfection – even though
it might not seem that way at times. Beauty is always there, we just have to
learn to see better.
Come by for a holiday adjustment
too. All the stresses of this season can be a bit much.
References
1. Salpeter SR
et al. Meta-analysis: Effect of long-action B-agonists on severe asthma
exacerbations and asthma-related deaths. Ann
Internal Medicine. 2006;144:904-912.
2. Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Deyo
RA et al. Surgical vs.
nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation. The Spine Patient Outcomes
Research Trial (SPORT): A randomized trial. JAMA. 2006;296:2441-2450.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/296/20/2441
3. Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Tosteson AN, Deyo
RA et al. Surgical vs.
nonoperative treatment for lumbar disk herniation. The Spine Patient Outcomes
Research Trial (SPORT): Observational cohort. JAMA. 2006;296:2451-2459. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/296/20/2451
5. A
spine-tingling affair. The