People like chiropractors because their care is safe, gentle and drug-free. But perhaps most exciting is our philosophy of health care: chiropractic enhances health rather than fights disease.  Instead of diagnosing and treating disease, chiropractors work to eliminate a serious form of stress from your body that interferes with your natural healing ability – the vertebral subluxation complex.  Your chiropractor is the only health professional trained to correct Subluxations using the art of the spinal adjustment.  Once your spine is adjusted your health is enhanced, your body functions better, heals better and feels better.

 Chiropractic is the most popular drug-free health care system in the world.  Increasing numbers of people are seeing chiropractors for health problems because when your body works better you are better able to heal no matter what you are suffering from.  There is no limit to what your body can heal.  Researchers have found that your body can heal “incurable” diseases – everything from the common cold to cancer. 

 More families are seeing chiropractors to maintain and enhance their health, for better sports performance, natural immunity – and a drug-free lifestyle.

The Secrets For A Longer Life

The “secrets” of living longer and healthier are not really secrets at all. In a large study of Finnish men, those that expressed a high level of satisfaction with their lives are more likely to be alive 20 years later than those who are dissatisfied. One of the greatest predictors of satisfaction was the ability to form intimate relationships. 

Conversely, dissatisfied men were found to be three times more likely to die of serious diseases such as cancer.  Men who drink heavily are even more likely to die, while moderate drinking appeared to extend life.  Marriage, reasonable exercise, a good social status and not smoking all proved to be life-extending. (1) 

P.S.  Don’t forget regular chiropractic adjustments.

Vitamin D, Sunlight and Cancer Prevention

Vitamin D is essential for health, however the vitamin D added to milk and most vitamins is synthetic vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) that is not nearly as good as the vitamin D obtained from sunlight or natural food sources like cod liver oil.

The best place to get vitamin D is from ultraviolet rays from sunlight. Darker skinned people require 10 to 20 times the sun exposure than lighter skinned people to build up the same amount of vitamin D. That is one of the major reasons why African Americans have a much higher rate of cancer in North America than other ethnic groups.

New research reveals that insufficient exposure to ultraviolet radiation may be an important risk factor for cancer in Western Europe and North America. The research found an inverse correlation between cancer mortality and levels of ultraviolet B light – the part of light that the body uses to create vitamin D. The study's author, Dr William Grant, says northern parts of the United States may be dark enough in winter that vitamin D synthesis shuts down completely.

There are 13 malignancies that show an inverse correlation between sunlight exposure and cancer.  The strongest inverse correlation is with breast, colon, and ovarian cancer. Other cancers apparently affected by sunlight include tumors of the bladder, uterus, esophagus, rectum, and stomach. A moderate amount of sunlight is good for you – just don’t burn. (2)

Breastfeeding

Babies who are breastfed are physically and  neurologically healthier and the benefits are livelong.  Breast feeding also decreases the risk of breast cancer. According to the Baby Friendly Hospital Newsletter: “Study after study shows that babies who are not breastfed have higher rates of death, meningitis, childhood leukemia and other cancers, diabetes, respiratory illnesses, bacterial and viral infections, diarrheal diseases, otitis media, allergies, obesity and developmental delays.  Women who do not breastfeed demonstrate a higher risk for breast and ovarian cancers.” (3)

Words of Wisdom

The first duty of love is to listen. – Paul Tillich

Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. –  Victor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and author

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. – Kahlil Gibran

Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do. –  Satchel Paige

Love is ...

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4-to-8-year-olds: "What does love mean?"  Here are some answers:

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca, 8

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren, 5

"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way."  Charlie, 5

“I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her."  Bethany, 4

"Love cards like Valentine's cards say stuff on them that we'd like to say ourselves, but we wouldn't be caught dead saying." Mike, 8

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen, 7

Humor

My grandfather always said, “Don’t watch your money; watch your health.”  So one day while I was watching my health, someone stole all my money.  It was my grandfather. – Jackie Mason

While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds.  She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"

 A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit."

"And why not, darling?"

"You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning."

A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother "I can't read, I can't write – and they won't let me talk!"

A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. "Mama, look what I found," the boy called out. "What have you got there, dear?" With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, "I think it's Adam's underwear."

As the doctor completed an examination of the patient, he said, "I can't find a cause for your complaint.
Frankly, I think it's due to drinking." "In that case," said the patient, "I'll come back when you're sober." 

References

1.   Am J Epidemiol.  2000;152:983-991.

2.   Cancer. March 2002;94:1867-75

3.   Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Newsletter. James T. Grant. Former Director of UNICEF. July/August 1994.

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