HealthFultips

A link between Vaccines and Autism?

2008-12-11T16:32:00.001-05:00

There is a great debate currently unfolding in the U.S., and it centered on the link between childhood vaccines and the development of Autism.

Many scientists and drug companies (who make the vaccines) claim that vaccines do not cause Autism in children. In stark counterpoint, many consumer organizations claim to have solid evidence that vaccines do indeed cause Autism in children.

According to a spokesperson for the National Vaccine Information Center, the rise in Autism cases can be directly correlated to the increased number of vaccines given to our children. In the recent past, the administration of vaccines to children has nearly doubled. At the same time, our nation experienced a nearly 50 percent rise in children diagnoses with learning disabilities and asthma. Plus, we’ve seen cases of childhood diabetes triple and in every state Autism has increased by 200 to 7,000 percent. These are big numbers that deserve big attention. But money stands in the way of settling this debate, as many federal grants have not been renewed to continue research on this vital topic.

So what can you do as a parent to protect your children? Learn more about the research that has already been conducted in the field of vaccinations. Visit the National Vaccine Information Center at http://www.909shot.com/ for the latest news and information.

New Newsletter

2008-12-01T17:48:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone! I sent out a new newsletter on Thanksgiving Day. If you didn't receive it, you can see it here. You can also see a listing of all our past articles and newsletters here.

To register visit http://www.naturallifeclinic.com/news.html

After-Thanksgiving Cleanse

2008-11-29T11:53:00.003-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving day-you've eaten till you couldn't anymore, ruined the healthy eating plan that you were on- what do you do now?

Try The Dieter's Cleanse-It's a complete 7 day cleanse program. What's even better-This kit includes TWO programs in case you want someone else to do the cleanse with you. (which I recommend)

Read more on cleansing

The Lemonade Cleanse (Master Cleanser)
Tiao He Cleanse

Happy Thanksgiving day

2008-11-27T15:41:00.002-05:00

I just wanted to wish all the readers of Healthfultips.com blog a Happy Thanksgiving day.
I love you all and wish you the best this upcoming holiday season. Thank you for your readership, your interest, and your loyalty.

Quote

2008-11-23T12:21:00.000-05:00

"The master maker of the human body did not create you and then run off and leave you masterless. He stayed on the job as Innate, as the Fellow Within, as nerve transmission controlling every function of life, as Spirit from Above-Down, Inside-Out, expressing, creating, exploring, directing you in every field and phase of experience so that your home is truly the world and the world is your home."

Not a good Tattoo idea

2008-11-23T09:59:00.005-05:00

He may regret this tattoo tomorrow..

When is the right time to stop getting adjusted?

2008-11-22T15:12:00.001-05:00

If chiropractic adjustments have made your aches and pains disappear—it’s vital that you continue getting adjusted on a regular basis! Just because your symptoms have gone away does not mean that the misalignment in your spine has been fully corrected. Nor is it a guarantee that the pain will not return should you stop receiving maintenance adjustments.

Just as braces move teeth into proper position, chiropractic adjustments move vertebrae back into proper alignment over time—but regular maintenance is required to help maintain the desired results. If a patient of orthodontics does not wear a retainer after the braces come off, over time the teeth will move out of proper alignment. The same principle holds true to maintaining the proper alignment of the delicate spine.

Furthermore, Doctors of Chiropractic are trained to detect problem areas in your spine before they develop into aches, pains and health problems. Think of it as preventive maintenance that will help keep your body functioning at maximum capacity.

Is a popping sound normal during an adjustment?

2008-11-13T09:56:00.001-05:00

As a patient of chiropractic care, you’ve most likely experienced an audible popping or cracking sound the moment particular areas of your spine receive a spinal adjustment. But what causes this sound? Is it normal? And should it be heard with every adjustment?

The noise you hear is not coming from the spinal bones that are being adjusted; rather the sound comes from synovial fluid, a natural lubricant that is found in every joint in the body. This fluid contains dissolved gasses that have formed tiny bubbles within the fluid.

During a chiropractic adjustment vertebral joints are slightly separated as the vertebra is moved back into proper position. This movement releases the built-up pressure on the fluid and gasses within the joint and creates a “pop” similar to the release of pressure when a cork comes off a bottle of champagne. It is a natural process and not harmful in any way.

Not all adjustment techniques produce a popping noise, so it is impossible to judge the quality of a chiropractic adjustment based upon the noise, or lack of noise, created at the time of adjustment.

A Cure for Colic

2008-11-07T06:56:00.000-05:00

Being the parent of an infant is a wonderful privilege, but if your baby suffers from colic your new found joy may quickly be replaced with feelings of helplessness and frustration.

Symptoms of colic in an otherwise healthy baby are described as periods of prolonged irritability, fussiness and inconsolable crying that lasts at least three hours a day, at least three days a week. While nearly all infants experience times of unexplained fussiness, colic escalates “fussiness” to a whole new level.

The good news is that colic is very treatable through gentle chiropractic adjustments.

In a study of healthy babies who were diagnosed with colic, chiropractic adjustments were administered to correct misalignments in the infant’s spines. After just two weeks of chiropractic treatment, 94 percent of parents reported that their infants experienced fewer episodes of inconsolable crying and irritability. Of these babies, over fifty percent of them had been previously treated with medication to alleviate the symptoms of colic, but to no avail.
In another study, over 90 percent of the infants experienced a major decline in episodes of colic after just two chiropractic adjustments.

The root of colic behavior can be traced back to the birthing process. As the baby is being born it experiences tremendous pressure and strain on the neck and spine. A prolonged time of “pushing” or extraction with forceps or vacuum multiplies the pressure placed on the baby’s delicate spinal column. During this time it is common for vertebrae in the neck and back to shift out of place, causing pain and discomfort (as well as a plethora of other health issues) that provokes a baby to become irritable, fussy and cry for hours on end.

The good news is that through simple and gentle chiropractic adjustments, an infant’s spine can be realigned, delivering much needed relief to both baby and parent.

It’s never too early to have your child checked and adjusted for misalignments in the spine. It’s a healthy practice that will help your child grow and develop to their fullest potential.

Sleep Better with Hops

2008-11-04T17:08:00.003-05:00

A German study found that Hops is proven to have sedative effects. Hops is widely used to treat tenseness, restlessness, and sleep disorders. Hops extracts have been combined with herbs such as valerian to induce sleep and with passion flower to produce sedation.

he authors conducted experiments to determine the sedating activity of ethanolic and CO2 extracts of hops. They found that body temperature fell (indicates sedation) in subjects given Hops

Hops Supplements:

Hops (100)
Herbal Sleep
Nutri-Calm

Do Vaccines cause Autism?

2008-10-31T16:41:00.000-04:00

Scientists believe they have found a direct link between childhood vaccinations and autism, asthma and ADHD!

These shocking results come from a Generation Rescue study released in June 2007. The research, privately funded without ties to the pharmaceutical industry or the medical community, included an extensive interview of 17,674 vaccinated and unvaccinated children.

When compared to non-vaccinated boys in the same age group, researchers found the following statistics:

- Vaccinated boys age 4-17 are 155 percent more likely to have neurological disorders, are 224 percent more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and 61 percent more likely to have autism.

- Vaccinated older boys, in the age range of 11 to 17, were found to be even more susceptible to autism. They are 158 percent more likely to have a neurological disorder, 317 percent more likely to have ADHD, and 112 percent more likely to have autism.

- Vaccinated boys were 224 percent more likely to develop ADHD.

- Vaccinated boys and girls were 120 percent more likely to develop asthma.

Younger boys that have been vaccinated show less symptoms of autism, however researchers believe that these lower numbers will rise over time as professionals are more able to accurately diagnose the early symptoms of autism in younger children.

Scientists who conducted the study now believe that the mercury found in routine childhood immunizations plays a major role in the ten-fold increase in autism cases over the past two decades.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in every 150 children will develop autism.

[Source: article “The Age of Autism: Study sees vaccine risk” at www.sciencedaily.com, http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070626-16403000-bc-ageofautism.xml]

Cold Medicine can be deadly for small children

2008-10-23T03:14:00.000-04:00

A 2007 announcement from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) warns parents to avoid giving their babies and toddlers over-the-counter cold medicine and cough syrup without first consulting a physician.

Results from a two-year study found that over 1,500 babies and toddlers were rushed to hospital emergency rooms with health threatening reactions to common cold medications designed for small children. Sparking this investigation was the 2005 deaths of three infants who were found to have up to 14 times the recommended amount of cold medicine in their systems.

The problem is that it’s very difficult to regulate a safe medication dosage for children so young and small. The CDC currently has no dosing recommendations for children under age two.

So what is the best method for helping an infant or toddler fight a cold? The chiropractic community suggests that all infants and toddlers receive a spinal examination and chiropractic adjustments. These gentle chiropractic adjustments relieve misalignments in the spine allowing the immune system to function at maximum capacity, thus quickly and naturally fighting off sickness.

(Source: http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/mmwrnews/2007/n070111.htm)

Is your child in pain?

2008-10-16T20:39:00.000-04:00

Did you know there is a direct correlation between your child’s health, and the health of their spine? In a 2004 study of 650 children--323 girls and 327 boys--researchers found that pelvic subluxation, or misalignment of the lower spine, promoted a rash of aches, pains and other symptoms kids commonly experience while growing up.

Each child in the study received a full physical examination, x-rays and surface EMG and thermography test. The results were as follows:

- 96 percent of the children examined had pelvic subluxations.

- Common physical complaints included low back and neck pain, numbness of limbs, pain in limbs, sinus problems, headaches, dizziness, stomach problems, bed-wetting, constipation, diarrhea, asthma, fatigue, colic, and croup.

- Common behavioral concerns included memory and sleeping problems, ADHD, learning difficulties, and elevated temper.

- Common immune system complaints included ear infections, fever, acne and throat complaints such as Strep, tonsillitis and soreness were also noted.

Why did so many children share the same health complaints? Because a misaligned spine causes surrounding muscles to move out of normal position in an effort to correct the misalignment. In doing so, both the subluxation and the over-adjusted muscle cause signals from the brain, traveling through the nervous system in the spine, to be partially or totally blocked. In turn, normal body processes become impaired, health problems begin to immerge and symptoms—like those address above—become present.

How can you correct these harmful childhood subuxations? Seek a spine evaluation and Chiropractic adjustments as soon as possible.

Source: Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, October 2004

Quick Headache Remedy #1

2008-10-15T20:37:00.004-04:00

If you usually get a headache upon waking up, drink two glasses of water.

Chances are, you are dehydrated. You should feel better within 5 minutes.

In my practice, I see people with constant headaches become amazed that just a little bit of water can make such a HUGE difference. Try it!

Simple Weight Loss

2008-10-01T21:15:00.013-04:00

Dr. Madeira’s Weight Loss: Natural and Simple

Everyday Americans are bombarded with advertisements for weight loss plans. Each plan claims to have a unique strategy for rapid weight loss. But if you can’t decipher which weight loss plan is the best for you, or you can’t afford to buy all the extra gadgets and meals that come with the plan, it’s time to consider Dr. Madeira’s Natural and Simple weight loss solution.

When followed diligently, these simple steps can yield remarkable weight loss results.

Get on the scale each morning—knowing where you are at the start of each day will help keep you honest with yourself.
Stop drinking soda pop forever – both diet and regular sodas are off limits.
Eat smaller portions more often. This will minimize insulin release which causes fat storage in your body.
Portion your meal in the kitchen, but eat in the dining room. Skip the second helpings.
Drink more pure water.
Exercise a little bit each day, start small if you have to.
Stop eating Trans Fats (a.k.a. partially hydrogenated oils), especially margarine, butter substitutes, commercial peanut butters and French fries!
Eliminate the “White Family”—no white sugar, white flour, white rice and white bread.
Increase your fiber intake by eating more vegetables (steamed or raw)
Eat 8oz. of lean protein each day
Wean off coffee. Get down to one cup or none each day.

(Source: the book “Setting Things Straight: Acheiving Spectacular Health Without Medical Guesswork, Drastic Dieting and Deadly Drugs” by Natural Health Care Expert Dr. John Madeira)

A Little Thing

2008-09-25T09:08:00.002-04:00

The other day a patient came in and said that that last adjustment had "changed his life" The thing is, when I adjusted him I didn't give him a special "Life Changing Adjustment"-It was a regular (good)adjustment that I try to give to all my patients.

It got me thinking of the following by BJ Palmer:

Small Things Are Large

A slip on the snowy sidewalk, in winter, is a small thing. It happens to millions.
A fall from a ladder, in the summer, is a small thing. That also happens to millions.
The slip or fall produces a subluxation.
The subluxation is a small thing.
The subluxation produces pressure on a nerve.
That pressure is a small thing.
The pressure cuts off the flow of mental impulses.
That decreased flowing is a small thing.
That decreased flowing produces a dis-eased body and brain.
That is a big thing to that man.
Multiply that sick man by a thousand, and you control the physical and mental welfare of a city.
Multiply that man by a million and you shape the physical and mental destiny of a State.
Multiply that man by one hundred thirty million,* and you forecast and can prophesy the physical and mental status of a nation.

Now comes a man. Any one man is a small thing.
This man gives an adjustment. The adjustment is a small thing.
The adjustment replaces the subluxation. That is a small thing.
The adjusted subluxation releases pressure upon nerves. That is a small thing.
The released pressure restores health to a man. That is a big thing to that man.
Multiply that well man by a thousand, and you step up physical and mental welfare of a city.
Multiply that well man by a million, and you increase the efficiency of a State.
Multiply that well man by one hundred thirty million, and you have produced a healthy, wealthy, and better race for posterity.
So adjustment of the subluxation, to release pressure upon nerves, to restore mental impulse flow, to restore health, is big enough to rebuild thoughts and actions of the world.

Man is a SMALL thing, worlds considered. An axis vertebra is small, man considered. The odontoid process, on an axis, is small. An atlas is SMALL, man considered. The neural canal, in an atlas, is also SMALL. Yet, that axis odontoid process, small as it is; crowding in upon the atlas neural canal, small as it is, acts as a governor to the destiny of man's thots and functions; for it, in normal position permits a free flow, or in subluxation interferes with a free flow of all that force with which man thinks and acts. Man lives when he CAN think and act. Man dies when he CEASES to create thot and perform motion. Man becomes sick when thot and function are below par. Therefore, the inter-magnum-atlas foramen or the odontoid process may be a SMALL thing, but it is the BIGGEST thing in man.

So, atlas or axis specific adjustment of the inner-magnum atlas foramen or odontoid specific subluxation, to release pressures upon nerves, to restore normal quantity impulse flow, to restore health IS BIG enough to rebuild the thoughts and actions of the world.

The atlas or axis is a lever that opens or closes the tube passage thru which flows energy which controls quality of thot, in the brain, by static stoppage of flow above; and quantity of function, in the body, below, by active stoppage of flow.

The atlas or axis is a rheostatic switch, located close to the human-dynamo-generator; on the path of the great main feedline; which, because of multitudinous potential and practical possibilities, can cut current flowing into any number of fibers from one to all; from fraction to totality; from one part of the body to its entirety. The atlas or axis, by opening or closing, controls living or dying processes and can make a man all present or all absent; make him half here or quarter gone. Any one thing, at any one place, which controls force-flow, is a dominant factor for damage, if it stops it; a dominant factor for good, if it releases it. In the hands of an incompetent fiend--one whose objectives are unsound--the hand that controls that switch, that turns OFF power, can darken the human city and commit human murder, even tho slowly. In the hands of a competent friend--one whose objectives are sound--the hand that controls that switch, that turns ON power, can enlighten the nation and fool many a physician, surgeon, or undertaker. And, it takes so little to turn that switch on or off. Any adult can learn how. It is a powerful weapon, for good or ill, in the hands of humanity, for the welfare of humanity. If a person uses this switch to extract money from the sick, caring little whether he turns it on or off, that person is a menace to society; a criminal in desire, and his hands should be padlocked OFF that switch, and his feet leg-ironed so he cannot reach it. If a person approaches this switch desiring to help humanity secure MORE POWER to think clearer, purer, and better thoughts, that man is a benefactor of the race; a humanitarian in desire, and his hands should be assisted to stretch out to reach every human atlas or axis switch; his feet should have wings, that they might reach them faster; obstacles in his path should be removed; hurdles cast to one side. THAT SWITCH IS THE GREAT SPECIFIC BETWEEN GOD AND HIS MAN; for with that switch OFF, God is partially absent and His man is sick, insane, criminal, and a fiend in destructive thots and actions. THAT SWITCH IS THE GREAT SPECIFIC BETWEEN GOD AND HIS MAN; for with that switch ON, God is entirely present in His man and he is well, sane, law-abiding, and a friend in constructive thots and actions. The value of learning how, and the ability that can turn ON human specific switches, is beyond computation, in the bigger sense. We do know what it costs our country alone to care for the unfortunates whose switches are TURNED OFF.

The idea that knows cause, that can correct cause of dis-ease, is one of the biggest ideas known. Without it, nations fall; with it, nations rise.
The idea is the BIGGEST I know of.

Dr. B.J. Palmer

Reading the Stickers on Your Fresh Fruit

2008-09-19T15:42:00.001-04:00

Want to steer clear of genetically-modified fruit? Not sure if your fruit is organically grown? Here's how you can tell.

Sticker labels on the fruits actually tell you how the fruits have been grown -- whether they were organically grown, conventionally grown with pesticides and herbicides; oh, and let's not forget about the genetically-engineered fruits.

Conventionally-grown fruit labels have four digits and usually start with a 4.

Organically-grown fruit stickers are five digits and start with a 9.

Genetically-modified fruit stickers start with an 8. This is good to know, because stores aren't obligated to tell you if a fruit has been genetically modified.

So next time you go shopping, remember these critical numbers and know how to avoid purchasing inorganic and GMO fruits. Shop safe.

Boost your immune system

2008-09-18T13:15:00.001-04:00

Your immune system is designed to naturally fight off colds, viruses, infections, diseases, allergies and asthma, even auto-immune disorders. But if your natural body processes are hindered and unable to function at top level, your immune system—and your health—is put in jeopardy.

Want to boost your immune system easily and naturally? Simply follow these 6 suggestions and you’ll be on your way to maximized health.

Chiropractic Adjustments.
The No.1 best thing you can do to boost your body’s immunity is to get your spine adjusted. Your immune system is a direct extension of your nerve system. The nerve system is what carries messages from your brain to the rest of your body. These messages instruct the body on how to defend itself from sickness and heal itself. But if these vital messages are blocked due to spinal misalignment, your health will begin to fail.

Eat Your Veggies.
Feeding your body leafy green vegetables, fruits and foods high in vitamins A, B, C, D and E all help to strengthen your immune system. These nutrients provide the building materials your body needs to build up and maintain things like clear vision, strong teeth, healthy internal organs, etc.

Breastfeed Your Baby.
Babies that are breastfed tend to be far healthier than babies that are fed synthetic formulas out of a can or a box. Breast milk is loaded with antibodies and other immune building nutrients that synthetic formulas just can’t replicate.

Don’t Vaccinate Your Children.
This is a controversial topic, but after decades of studying health and contrasting and comparing cultures that do and do not use vaccines, it’s clear that the harsh chemical formulas of vaccines often cause more harm than help. (For more information on this topic, read Dr. Madeira’s book “Setting Things Straight” found at http://www.amazon.com)

Germs: Friend of Foe?

2008-09-11T20:21:00.000-04:00

True or false: when you come in contact with a germ, you’re bound to get sick from that particular germ.

While many people believe this statement to be true, the answer is actually false. Just because you make contact with a germ doesn’t mean you’ll get sick. The truth is that healthy people remain healthy when they contact a germ; it’s the unhealthy people who develop serious illnesses from germs.

The human body is not indestructible, and therefore very healthy people may develop a simple illness like the common cold, or perhaps the stomach flu, but rarely anything worse. People who are truly strong and healthy on the inside do not drop over dead from heart attacks or get cancer. Only people whose inner health has slowly deteriorated and whose resistance has become compromised get sick with serious illness.

Think about it like this—if the germ theory was true, no one who works in a hospital would be alive to talk about it. Doctors, nurses and health care workers come in contact with germs all the time, yet just the opposite occurs. They rarely get sick because their body’s resistance has been built up.

To compliment the germ theory, a new fear of germs has spread across the U.S.—it is called the “hygiene hypothesis” In a nut shell, the hygiene hypothesis tells us that we’re not safe from the illness caused by germs, therefore we must eliminate germs every chance we get. That’s why we’ve seen a dramatic rise in the use of antibacterial soaps and hand gels. As a theory, the idea sounds great, get rid of the germs before they get you. But in reality, just the opposite it true.

Everyone’s immune system needs exercise, or else is gets weak and becomes unable to fight off sickness. By creating sterile environments with antibacterial washes, sprays and cleaning agents, we’re making our immune systems lazy. Then, when a germ happens to sneak past our line of defense, its ability to make us sick increases dramatically because our immune system is too weak and out of shape to fight it off.

To prove this point, let’s look to the Amish community of America.

The Amish are comprised mainly of farmers who live in less than sterile conditions. They do not use vaccinations or medications of any kind. They don’t seek medical doctors, but believe in natural home remedies and chiropractors to keep their health in check. They eat fresh produce and get natural exercise from their active lifestyles. Many also interact with livestock on a daily basis and their children often get dirty playing on the farm. Yet, these people who come in contact with all sorts of germs everyday—and never visit medical doctors—have one of the healthiest track records in the world. Why? They’ve allowed themselves to be exposed to life and the germs that come with it. That exposure has exercised their immune systems so that they can withstand the sickness caused by germs.

It all boils down to this—don’t be afraid of germs. Instead, allow yourself to live a full and healthy life, and in the process eat lots of fresh produce and avoid processed foods. Exercise. And optimize your immune system by getting regularly scheduled chiropractic adjustments.

[Source: Book, “Setting Things Straight” by Dr. John Madeira, D.C.]

Dating a Chiropractor-cartoon

2008-09-04T21:06:00.002-04:00

How Chiropractic Works

2008-09-04T20:50:00.000-04:00

Our body is made up of trillions of cells that form our tissues and organs. Those cells are connected to our brains by way of a vast network of nerve pathways, known as our nervous system. Your brain directs and controls all body function by sending messages down your spinal cord to reach every tissue and organ in your body.

Every cell of your body is in constant contact with your brain, controlling your heart beat, blood pressure, digestion, immune system, liver and kidney function, blood cell production, body movement, etc. But when a misalignment of the spine occurs, some of your body’s nerve pathways get blocked, inhibiting brain to cell communication. This blockage interferes with the body’s ability to heal itself and work properly. The scary part is that many people have a spinal misalignment and they don’t even know it. They do not feel discomfort in their back, but the misalignment may be secretly causing problems elsewhere in their body. That’s why receiving chiropractic adjustment on a regular basis is so important to good health.

Chiropractors are rigorously trained for eight years to evaluate the health and alignment of the spine, and its impact on the rest of the body. The treatment delivered by chiropractors is a very safe and painless procedure—so safe that it won’t even harm the spine of a tiny infant.

Chiropractic adjustment restores the normal nerve flow from the brain to the body, and back again. In order for your energy to be strong and for your to feel and function at your best, it is imperative that your spine be checked and adjusted to remove misalignments on a regular basis.

[Source: Setting Things Straight, John H. Madeira, D.C. available at www.settingthingsstraight.com]

Lower your Cholesterol Naturally

2008-08-27T21:54:00.002-04:00

If you’ve been told your cholesterol levels are too high, don’t just rely on prescription medication to improve your condition—that should be an absolute last resort. Medication only masks the real problem, anyway. Instead, choose a natural, non-invasive cholesterol lowering plan that comes with no negative side effects and is proven to improve all other areas of your health. What is this natural method? It is a healthy lifestyle combination of proper food, regular exercise and chiropractic adjustments.

But before we reveal the details on how these three ingredients can lower your cholesterol, there are few things you should know.

Often cholesterol is seen as a villain, but the truth is that our bodies need cholesterol—even what the government refers to as “bad cholesterol”—to survive. Each cell in our body needs cholesterol in order to reproduce, grow and function. The real job of cholesterol is to help rid our bodies of harmful waste and fats, while also delivering beneficial components that help to heal internal areas that have been damaged.

A high cholesterol count is not always a problem, it is often a sign that other things in your body are under attack. You see, chronic inflammation of your arteries and other internal body parts can be caused by many unhealthy things. When internal inflammation or deterioration occurs, the human body naturally creates more cholesterol to help heal and repair the damage.

Therefore to properly lower cholesterol, you must lower or eliminate the internal damage that is being done to your body. Three common catalysts of internal damage are:

Poor Eating Habits: Fatty processed foods, trans fats and high refined sugar intakes can wreak havoc on your internal processes.

Lack of Exercise: Failure to increase your heart rate on a regular basis can drastically limits your immune system’s ability to provide the proper defense your body needs to stay healthy on the inside and reduce inflammation in the body.

Spinal Misalignments: Misaligned vertebrae in the spine can partially or totally block brain signals that are being sent to areas of the body, causing faulty bodily functions, inflammation and pain.

To reduce high cholesterol levels, improve your eating and exercise habits and receive chiropractic adjustments on a regular basis. It’s a simple plan that works for most. So before you let your doctor medicate you with unnecessary chemicals that mess with your body’s natural processes, can cause nasty side effects and cost hundreds of dollars each year, opt first for a simple and natural plan for better health.

Dr.Dan said...

One of my patients lowered her cholesterol 100 points in 1 month using Red Yeast Rice

Avoid Cholesterol Drugs

2008-08-21T23:17:00.000-04:00

Have you been told your cholesterol level is high? Wait! Before you fill that prescription for cholesterol-lowering medication that will come with a handful of nasty side-effects, there are a few incredibly important things you need to know that your physician may have failed to tell you. Like what a drug’s NNT is and how it directly affects you.

NNT stands for “number needed to treat.” NNT answers the question: How many people must take a particular drug to avoid one occurrence of a medical issue, such as a heart attack? In other words, if a drug has an NNT of 50 in regards to avoiding a heart attack that means that 50 people need to take the drug in order to prevent one heart attack. Of that group, one person’s life is spared; the other 49 are still at major risk for coronary failure.

You’ve probably never heard about NNT because the term is only used by pharmaceutical researchers during the drug “testing” phase. After the results are in, this term and the drug’s “number needed to treat” are often spun around by a quick-witted marketing department who find a way to make even the worst drug statistics look like the next miracle.

To better understand NNT, take a look at the drug Lipitor, made by Pfizer.

A Lipitor newspaper ad claims the drug reduces heart attacks by 36 percent. This claim is followed by a small asterisk. At the bottom of the ad, in mouse type, the asterisk reveals:

“That means in a large clinical study, 3 percent of patients taking a sugar pill or placebo had a heart attack compared to 2 percent of patients taking Lipitor.”

When you do the NNT math on this statement you’ll find that what the asterisk is really saying is that in a group of 100 people taking Lipitor for over 3.3 years, only one person’s life will be spared from a heart attack. The other 99 people taking Lipitor have nothing positive to show for their Lipitor experience; instead they’ve spent hundreds of dollars on a useless pill and are now suffering through a bunch of Lipitor-related side effects.

The true effectiveness of a drug is usually well hidden behind scientific mumbo-jumbo and ads that contain pictures of happy people enjoying life. The reality is that the prescription drugs your physician is so quick to hand out could cause you more harm than help.

To make sure you’re getting the true help you need, take your health matters into your own hands. Get educated on your health conditions and start implementing a cure the natural way: healthy food choices, healthy doses of exercise each week and regular visits to your chiropractor and other natural minded health care professionals. These health options combined come with an NNT of 1—you.

Take control of your health today; choose a healthy lifestyle that includes regular chiropractic adjustments.

[Source: Article by Dr. Mercola “The Low-Down on Cholesterol: Why You Need It—and the Real Methods to Get Your Levels Right”]

8 Medications that M.D.'s Would Never Take

2008-08-18T21:10:00.001-04:00

So if they won't take them, why should you? Click here to read the story.

Summary:
1. Advair
2. Avandia
3. Celebrex
4. Ketek
5. Prilosec
6. Nexium
7. Visine Original
8. Pseudoephedrine

Vaccines Are Not Mercury Free

2008-08-12T09:46:00.001-04:00

After much public controversy surrounding the mercury content of
childhood vaccinations, Health Advocacy in the Public Interest (HAPI)
raised $500 to have four vaccines tested for heavy metal content.
The vials were sent to Doctor's Data, an independent lab which
specializes in heavy metal testing.

Many manufacturers voluntarily began producing supposed "mercury
free" vaccines in 1999. Some product inserts currently claim that
a "trace" amount of mercury still exists in the final product but
that the amount has been greatly reduced. Others claim to be
producing completely mercury free products.

During an investigation into the mercury issue, HAPI learned that
Thimerosal, a 50% mercury compound, is still being used to produce
most vaccines and that the manufacturers are simply "filtering it
out" of the final product. However, according to Boyd Haley, PhD,
Chemistry Department Chair, University of Kentucky, mercury binds to
the antigenic protein in the vaccine and cannot be completely, 100%
filtered out.

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Vaccines are NOT Mercury Free