May is Celiac Disease Awareness Month. Gluten, Celiac, AND Gluten Sensitivity… Before you skip over this section because you don’t have Celiac Disease… I’ll tell you this is likely the most important article you have ever read about your health and the health of your family. This discussion goes FAR beyond Celiac Disease and includes […]
Health Quotes Of The Week
Quotes That Make Sense… 3 Health Quotes from the excellent book, “Why Isn’t My Brain Working? A revolutionary understanding of brain decline and effective strategies to recover your brain’s health” The book is written by Datis Kharrazian, a chiropractic neurologist and PhD researcher. He’s well known for his work in ‘functional medicine,’ as well as […]
Exercise Improves Brain Inflammation
Exercise Reduces Neurological Inflammation and Improves Mental Health Exercise reduces levels of brain inflammation (IL6) in people with schizophrenia in a dose dependent way. Interestingly higher IL6 is associated with so many other problems also and drives CRP (c-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker). This is just one example of exercise helping chronic disease. Could exercise […]
Chiropractic Improves Stress (PET Study)
Stress Causes and Contributes To So Many Health Problems It’s often said that stress kills… and there’s a lot of truth in that statement particularly when we’re talking about chronic stress. A 2008 research paper found that up to 90% of all primary care doctor visits dealt with a stress related health problem. Stress related […]
How To Prevent Dementia
What is Dementia? Dementia isn’t a specific disease process, but more of a syndrome that describes a group of symptoms related to a loss of brain function. Dementia occurs through different processes that ultimately are leading to groups of neurons (brain cells) dying. When enough neurons die, symptoms occur. The area(s) of cell death determine […]