Ever notice how a "bug" is going around your office and some people get sick and some don't? Or it knocks some folks out for two weeks while others are good as new in 24 hours? The strength of our immune system is related to many factors, but one of them is definitely stress. Worry and stress can literally steal resources that could be better used fighting off disease and keeping you healthy. And stress not only depletes immunity, it also shortens your life and shrinks your brain. Here are some things you can officially take off your list of things to stress about! Aren't you glad you asked?
1. Your Cholesterol: Though it gets the lion's share of attention, cholesterol is only one of many measurements, and it may be far less predictive of heart disease than was previously believed. Look at the whole picture of risks: your triglycerides (under 100 is great), your HDL (60 for men, 40 for women or better), and the ratio of triglycerides to HDL. That last ratio predicts heart disease way better than cholesterol (you'd like it to be 40 or less). And five basic habits reduce heart disease and death many times more than lowering cholesterol does: stop smoking, maintain a healthy weight, exercise, eating fish, vegetables and nuts, and drinking alcohol very moderately.
2. Your Performance: Whether in the boardroom, the bedroom or the tennis court, worries about performance never accomplish anything except to make things worse. While focus on goals can be a healthy thing, it can also keep you from being present in the moment and enjoying the process. An exclusive concern with how things are going to turn out keeps you from actually getting better at what you're doing because your mind is too busy judging your performance. Sometimes the best way to get somewhere is the slow scenic route. Not only do you arrive, but you get to enjoy the trip.
3. The Past: There are three important things to know about the past. One, it's over. Two, you can't change it. And three, the only thing keeping it alive is the energy you put into holding on to it. Letting go of the past can be one of the most liberating events in your life. It means allowing what was to be what it was -- and also, what it was not. It doesn't necessarily mean forgetting, but it does mean forgiving -- both yourself and others.
4. Your Fat Intake: Walter Willett, MD, PhD, the head of the Harvard School of Public Health, has said that the percentage of fat in the diet is not associated with any health outcome ever studied. The type of fat, and the type of carbohydrate, however, is. If you dump the trans fats, keep calories reasonably low, and eat as little sugar and processed foods as you can, the percentage of fat in your diet is irrelevant. Really!
5. Getting Sick: The study of the way our thoughts and feelings interact with our brain chemistry and our immune system has given birth to a whole new science: psychoneuroimmnology. The take-home message is that it's all related. Studies show that people are far more resilient when they're in a crisis than they thought they would be. If you get sick, you'll deal with it -- probably better than you thought you would. Meanwhile, take the best care of yourself possible, and let the cards fall where they may.
6. Your Limits: Stress comes not from our limits but from the stories we tell ourselves about those limits. We make ourselves miserable by thinking we should be doing so much better than we are. Examples: the assistant who thinks she should be boss by now, the tennis player who thinks he should be serving 140 miles an hour, or the dieter who thinks she should have lost 50 pounds by Tuesday. Embracing your own limitations is part of the process of growing and becoming better. At the very least, it will make you happier to live in your own shoes at the moment. Remember the saying "Progress, not perfection." Wisdom begins when you realize that the perfect moment is the one you're in.
7. Having It All: One of the most destructive myths of the past few decades has been this one: You can have it all. You can't. You can't spend eight hours a day of quality time with your infant and be on the fast track to make partner in a law firm that requires 100 hour weeks. But that's not bad news. When any road is possible, we often take none, or if we do take one, we worry constantly that it was the wrong choice. Relax. Wisdom and happiness begin when you make a commitment, even if it means there are some things you won't do. Choose, choose wisely, and enjoy the process and the journey. You don't actually have to "have it all" to be happy. True happiness is possible when you're content with what you've chosen.
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Subluxations...
...are usually painless!
We have learned that subluxations are disturbances or interferences in our nervous system. We have also learned that subluxations have devastating effects of our health and well-being. But what most people don’t realize is that most subluxations go unnoticed for years because most subluxations are painless.
In a 1993 study, researcher M. Hause published his study revealing that pressure to the nerve root (the nerve root is located between two vertebra) can exist without pain. More importantly he stated that this pressure can influence the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is the part of our nervous system that regulates the function of our organs, blood vessels and glands.
Researchers have also discovered that subluxations often occur during the normal birthing process and often go undiagnosed for years and even decades. Dr. G. Gutman discovered that more than 80% of the infants that he examined shortly after birth were suffering from injuries to the neck that resulted in all types of health problems such as nose, throat and ear infections. Dr. Towbin, Harvard Medical School’s department of pathology found that “the birth process even under optimal conditions is potentially a traumatic, crippling event. Spinal cord and brain stem injuries occur often during the birth process but frequently escape diagnosis.”
Undetected subluxations are an epidemic health challenge in our society and need to be taken very seriously because of the consequences. Every man, woman and child should be checked for nerve interference on a regular basis by a Wellness Chiropractor, it’s that important.
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
We have learned that subluxations are disturbances or interferences in our nervous system. We have also learned that subluxations have devastating effects of our health and well-being. But what most people don’t realize is that most subluxations go unnoticed for years because most subluxations are painless.
In a 1993 study, researcher M. Hause published his study revealing that pressure to the nerve root (the nerve root is located between two vertebra) can exist without pain. More importantly he stated that this pressure can influence the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is the part of our nervous system that regulates the function of our organs, blood vessels and glands.
Researchers have also discovered that subluxations often occur during the normal birthing process and often go undiagnosed for years and even decades. Dr. G. Gutman discovered that more than 80% of the infants that he examined shortly after birth were suffering from injuries to the neck that resulted in all types of health problems such as nose, throat and ear infections. Dr. Towbin, Harvard Medical School’s department of pathology found that “the birth process even under optimal conditions is potentially a traumatic, crippling event. Spinal cord and brain stem injuries occur often during the birth process but frequently escape diagnosis.”
Undetected subluxations are an epidemic health challenge in our society and need to be taken very seriously because of the consequences. Every man, woman and child should be checked for nerve interference on a regular basis by a Wellness Chiropractor, it’s that important.
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
Friday, December 4, 2009
On a Scale of 1-10…How Important Is Your Health To You?
When asked, most people respond that their health is very important to them.
When pressed for a number, the answer is almost always a 7 or higher. How about you? How would you rate the importance you have placed on your health up until now?
Now remember, most people come to our office for the first time with a health problem or concern that is, unfortunately, usually…minimally, chronic. This means that their health has had to have been deteriorating for a while before consulting us. Well, here are the attributes of the different levels of health priority:
1- Addicted-continuously looks for and adds self-destructive choices.
2- Binges-makes occasional destructive lifestyle decisions-is in denial.
3- Unconscious-doesn’t know a healthy choice from an unhealthy one.
4- Tolerates poor health – “maybe it will go away” – “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
5- Seeks treatment only when they have a problem.
6- Open to prevention of future health problems.
7- Makes effort to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
8- Consciously works at being healthy-makes healthy choices.
9- Occasionally looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
10- Continuously looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
It’s easy to see that for a health problem to become chronic, the importance placed on personal health could not have been higher than a 4 prior to consulting us. Starting care requires bringing your priority up to at least a 5. Unfortunately, what causes most people to raise the priority they place on their health is a serious health problem that doesn’t go away with their own approaches to correct the condition.
It should also be obvious that in order for one’s health to actually improve, the priority placed upon it must also be higher. So, the question for today is, “if I started living like a 7 instead of a 4 and the problems caused by me living like a 4 were not permanent, are they likely to go away? The answer? Of course!
Dr Greg Haitz
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC: A Creating Wellness Center
1133 patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
When pressed for a number, the answer is almost always a 7 or higher. How about you? How would you rate the importance you have placed on your health up until now?
Now remember, most people come to our office for the first time with a health problem or concern that is, unfortunately, usually…minimally, chronic. This means that their health has had to have been deteriorating for a while before consulting us. Well, here are the attributes of the different levels of health priority:
1- Addicted-continuously looks for and adds self-destructive choices.
2- Binges-makes occasional destructive lifestyle decisions-is in denial.
3- Unconscious-doesn’t know a healthy choice from an unhealthy one.
4- Tolerates poor health – “maybe it will go away” – “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
5- Seeks treatment only when they have a problem.
6- Open to prevention of future health problems.
7- Makes effort to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
8- Consciously works at being healthy-makes healthy choices.
9- Occasionally looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
10- Continuously looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
It’s easy to see that for a health problem to become chronic, the importance placed on personal health could not have been higher than a 4 prior to consulting us. Starting care requires bringing your priority up to at least a 5. Unfortunately, what causes most people to raise the priority they place on their health is a serious health problem that doesn’t go away with their own approaches to correct the condition.
It should also be obvious that in order for one’s health to actually improve, the priority placed upon it must also be higher. So, the question for today is, “if I started living like a 7 instead of a 4 and the problems caused by me living like a 4 were not permanent, are they likely to go away? The answer? Of course!
Dr Greg Haitz
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC: A Creating Wellness Center
1133 patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Killer Subluxations
Why don’t you want your dinner laced with arsenic? Because someone told you that arsenic was poisonous and that you will die if you consume too much of it… Right? In fact, in the last decade we have been flooded with endless information about potential threats to our health. So if you are like most people… you ignore most of this barrage of negative information and concentrate of what you think are the “REALLY BIG RISKS”… Right?
What About The Number One Killer? Over 400,000 people die annually from heart disease… 15% of all natural deaths are from “Sudden Cardiac Death” in the industrialized nations. It is the leading cause of death… Right? This is a risk that everybody needs to address.
Many of you may have already begun a preventive program to reduce your risk of heart disease because of how common heart attacks are. Most programs to reduce the risks of heart attacks include low fat and low cholesterol diets, reducing your weight, and cardiovascular type exercise. Most people don’t know about a very commonly overlooked contributing factor to heart disease, that only chiropractors know how to find. To illustrate this fact I have a question…
How do folks that are in great physical shape, eat right, not over weight, with great routine medical check-ups die prematurely of heart attacks?
Lets Look At A Gruesome Practice For Insight…
We are all familiar with the gruesome practice of hanging felons convicted of murder and other heinous crimes. The felon is dropped suddenly from a height with a rope around the neck. If done properly, the felon is dead once he reaches the end of the rope. The heart immediately stops and breathing ceases... Instantaneous death! This is too fast for someone to suffocate to death! How do they die then? The spinal cord is severed… and all nerve impulses from the brain to the heart are stopped!
“Neurogenic” Heart Failure…
Recent Examples From Sports
Hank Gathers from Loyola-Marymount in L.A.; “Pistol Pete” Maravich, the former NBA All-Pro; and Reggie Lewis of the Boston Celtics all died suddenly from cardiac failure… yet they were all “world class” physically conditioned athletes. Medical authorities were baffled for the reasons their hearts should suddenly just give out and fail!
The newspaper account of the death of the collegiate great basketball player Hank Gathers said the medical experts explained his heart attack as the result of “electrical conduction problems to the heart.” Reggie Lewis’s final diagnosis as the cause of his death was “neurogenic-cardiogenic heart failure”, which simply means nerve impulse problems to his heart caused it to stop. Pete Maravich death was unexplained but it should be noted he was a vegetarian, which rules out the typical dietary problems as a cause of death!
Let’s translate these accounts into more familiar terms… “Nerve interference” caused their hearts to stop!
RESEARCH - A 1985 research article “Effective Prevention of Coronary Heart Attacks” by P. Sherwood, MD, from London, England suggested that 40% of heart attacks are caused by spasms of the coronary artery triggered by dysfunction (interference) of nerves of the upper back. Dr. Sherwood’s approach to relieve these spasms was to adjust and massage the upper back to relieve the dysfunction (interference) of the nerves of the upper back!
John Bourdillion, MD, author of “Spinal Manipulation” and Irvin Korr, PhD, from Princeton University, editor of “The Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Manipulative Therapy”, both did extensive research documenting the affect the nervous system has on organ function… including heart function. They both postulated that spinal adjustments affect dysfunction (interference) of the “autonomic nervous system”. These nerves exit from the mid back region of the spine and primarily control organ function and the blood supply in the human body.
Does The Starter Have Power?
A vertebral subluxation is … a misalignment of the spine that produces interference in the function of the nervous system. If your car doesn’t start... most people would check their battery and electrical system first… But when it comes to their health, rarely do patients have their spines checked to see if “nerve interference” may be the reason why their organs don’t work well. The human brain constantly monitors your heart rate and blood pressure and then makes adjustments that are appropriate to your activity. If there is any interference in this system that controls the heart… tragic events as previously mentioned can happen!
Customized Just For You - The heart is a muscle that pumps your blood throughout your body 72 times per minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as long as you live. Now that is a lot of pumping! 72 beats per minute is an “average”. Your heart rate may be told by your brain to speed up to over 180 beats per minute under extreme stress and exertion, or slow down to as low as 50 beats per minute while you are sleeping. Your brain is constantly making adjustment to the heart rate depending on what your body needs through the nervous system.
Keeping “The Power On” - Chiropractic care is about a whole lot more than “back aches”. Chiropractic care is all about keeping your nervous system free from the damaging effects of “nerve interference” from vertebral subluxations that impairs your body’s ability to regulate itself and use its recuperative powers to heal you from injury and disease. THE GOAL OF CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS IS TO KEEP YOUR POWER ON 100% AND UNINTERRUPTED.
The next time you think about skipping a scheduled chiropractic appointment also think about this… THAT NEXT ADJUSTMENT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE FROM A KILLER SUBLUXATION!
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
1133 Patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
243-1388
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
What About The Number One Killer? Over 400,000 people die annually from heart disease… 15% of all natural deaths are from “Sudden Cardiac Death” in the industrialized nations. It is the leading cause of death… Right? This is a risk that everybody needs to address.
Many of you may have already begun a preventive program to reduce your risk of heart disease because of how common heart attacks are. Most programs to reduce the risks of heart attacks include low fat and low cholesterol diets, reducing your weight, and cardiovascular type exercise. Most people don’t know about a very commonly overlooked contributing factor to heart disease, that only chiropractors know how to find. To illustrate this fact I have a question…
How do folks that are in great physical shape, eat right, not over weight, with great routine medical check-ups die prematurely of heart attacks?
Lets Look At A Gruesome Practice For Insight…
We are all familiar with the gruesome practice of hanging felons convicted of murder and other heinous crimes. The felon is dropped suddenly from a height with a rope around the neck. If done properly, the felon is dead once he reaches the end of the rope. The heart immediately stops and breathing ceases... Instantaneous death! This is too fast for someone to suffocate to death! How do they die then? The spinal cord is severed… and all nerve impulses from the brain to the heart are stopped!
“Neurogenic” Heart Failure…
Recent Examples From Sports
Hank Gathers from Loyola-Marymount in L.A.; “Pistol Pete” Maravich, the former NBA All-Pro; and Reggie Lewis of the Boston Celtics all died suddenly from cardiac failure… yet they were all “world class” physically conditioned athletes. Medical authorities were baffled for the reasons their hearts should suddenly just give out and fail!
The newspaper account of the death of the collegiate great basketball player Hank Gathers said the medical experts explained his heart attack as the result of “electrical conduction problems to the heart.” Reggie Lewis’s final diagnosis as the cause of his death was “neurogenic-cardiogenic heart failure”, which simply means nerve impulse problems to his heart caused it to stop. Pete Maravich death was unexplained but it should be noted he was a vegetarian, which rules out the typical dietary problems as a cause of death!
Let’s translate these accounts into more familiar terms… “Nerve interference” caused their hearts to stop!
RESEARCH - A 1985 research article “Effective Prevention of Coronary Heart Attacks” by P. Sherwood, MD, from London, England suggested that 40% of heart attacks are caused by spasms of the coronary artery triggered by dysfunction (interference) of nerves of the upper back. Dr. Sherwood’s approach to relieve these spasms was to adjust and massage the upper back to relieve the dysfunction (interference) of the nerves of the upper back!
John Bourdillion, MD, author of “Spinal Manipulation” and Irvin Korr, PhD, from Princeton University, editor of “The Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Manipulative Therapy”, both did extensive research documenting the affect the nervous system has on organ function… including heart function. They both postulated that spinal adjustments affect dysfunction (interference) of the “autonomic nervous system”. These nerves exit from the mid back region of the spine and primarily control organ function and the blood supply in the human body.
Does The Starter Have Power?
A vertebral subluxation is … a misalignment of the spine that produces interference in the function of the nervous system. If your car doesn’t start... most people would check their battery and electrical system first… But when it comes to their health, rarely do patients have their spines checked to see if “nerve interference” may be the reason why their organs don’t work well. The human brain constantly monitors your heart rate and blood pressure and then makes adjustments that are appropriate to your activity. If there is any interference in this system that controls the heart… tragic events as previously mentioned can happen!
Customized Just For You - The heart is a muscle that pumps your blood throughout your body 72 times per minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as long as you live. Now that is a lot of pumping! 72 beats per minute is an “average”. Your heart rate may be told by your brain to speed up to over 180 beats per minute under extreme stress and exertion, or slow down to as low as 50 beats per minute while you are sleeping. Your brain is constantly making adjustment to the heart rate depending on what your body needs through the nervous system.
Keeping “The Power On” - Chiropractic care is about a whole lot more than “back aches”. Chiropractic care is all about keeping your nervous system free from the damaging effects of “nerve interference” from vertebral subluxations that impairs your body’s ability to regulate itself and use its recuperative powers to heal you from injury and disease. THE GOAL OF CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS IS TO KEEP YOUR POWER ON 100% AND UNINTERRUPTED.
The next time you think about skipping a scheduled chiropractic appointment also think about this… THAT NEXT ADJUSTMENT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE FROM A KILLER SUBLUXATION!
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
1133 Patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
243-1388
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Vitamin D - Protective Effects on both Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza
The reason why public health officials are worried about the current H1N1 flu pandemic, is the fear that there will be a recurrence of the great flu outbreak of 1918, which killed millions of people. It is this fear that has prompted them to come out with a swine flu/H1N1 vaccine. This novel flu vaccine has not been properly tested for safety or efficacy, contains dangerous preservative such as thimerosal, as well as may contain dangerous adjuvants such as MF59, which contains Squalene.
In March of 2001, the FDA issued a statement warning pregnant women and young children not to eat fish containing high levels of mercury because it causes neurological problems in children. But now, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommend that these same women and children should get the seasonal and H1N1 vaccines. Many seasonal influenza vaccines, as well as the H1N1 vaccine, contain mercury, from the preservative thimerosal, in amounts exceeding the EPA recommended safe levels.
The Benefits of Vitamin D
There is data from studies(1) showing that Vitamin D is protective against seasonal flu. Additional recent data(2) corroborates this very compelling evidence that Vitamin D will also be highly protective for this year’s H1N1 Swine flu.
1. Study by John Jacob Cannell, MD – practicing physician and Executive Director of the Vitamin D Council.org.
2. Data from Norris Glick, MD and Ellie Campbell, DO
In September 2009, Dr. Glick reported the following:
“Central Wisconsin Center is a long-term care facility for people with developmental disabilities, home for approximately 275 people and approx. 800 staff. Serum 25 OHD has been monitored in virtually all residents for several years and patients are supplemented with Vitamin D.
In June of 2009, at the time of the well publicized Wisconsin spike in H1N1 cases, two residents developed influenza-like illness (ILI) and had positive tests for H1N1. One was a long-term resident, the other, a child, who was transferred to the center and later proven to have had the H1N1.
During this time period 60 staff members developed the ILI or were documented to have H1N1. An additional 43 staff members called in sick with ILI (flu). Approx. 12 staff members developed the flu after working on the unit where the child was provided care, several tested positive for H1N1.
But what is astonishing is that only 2 residents of the 275 developed the flu – one of which did not contract it at the facility – while 103 of the 800 staff member did. It appears that the staff was susceptible to H1N1, and the residents protected.”
Vitamin D Deficiency
About 70 percent of U.S. children have low levels of Vitamin D, and 75% of U.S. teens and adults are deficient in vitamin D. A number of factors have contributed to this; the overuse of sunscreens, the contamination of our fish, inadequate amounts of Vitamin D in milk and the inadequate recommendation for Vitamin D supplementation. No vitamin has had more scientific studies recently published than the rediscovered “Sunshine Vitamin” – Vitamin D.
Raising your Vitamin D level above 40-60ng/ml could contribute to less chronic pain, longer life, less susceptible to cancer, less chronic illness, less colds and even less seasonal swine flu. There is scientific evidence that links low levels of Vitamin D and low level of Probiotics to an increased risk of many medical conditions.
Supplement with Vitamin D
There are almost no natural food sources of Vit D. Most researchers feel that the best source of Vit D is UV exposure. The skin produces Vit D3 in response to UV exposure and this is the best way to get it. Some estimates say that 30 minutes of sun exposure on a significant area of exposed skin can produce upwards of 10,000 iu of D3. The lack of sun exposure in the fall and winter months very well explains the increased susceptibility to the flu. If sun exposure is not a possibility, consider short 5 minute tanning sessions once or twice a week. Another natural source of D3 is Cod Liver Oil. Mammals store D3 in the liver, and Cod is rich in this nutrient. Why did grandma always want to give us that nasty tasting oil when we were sick? She new that it worked. From a wellness perspective, supplementing with Cod Liver Oil daily makes sense. I have pre=ordered a new Cod Liver Oil from Innate Choice that is tripled distilled and infused with Vit E and lemon oil to preserve it from oxidation. Most bad tasting fish oil is actually oxidized and rancid. Fish oil is very unstable and susceptible to light and oxygen. This oil comes in a dark glass bottle and actually doesn't taste bad.
I hope to start carrying this at my office in the next 2 weeks. If you want to pre-order with me send a message to my via email or Facebook and let me know how many bottles you want.
Greg C. Haitz, DC, CSCS
Doctor of Chiropractic
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC: A Creating Wellness Center
1133 Patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
970-243-1388
drgreghaitz@msn.com
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
In March of 2001, the FDA issued a statement warning pregnant women and young children not to eat fish containing high levels of mercury because it causes neurological problems in children. But now, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommend that these same women and children should get the seasonal and H1N1 vaccines. Many seasonal influenza vaccines, as well as the H1N1 vaccine, contain mercury, from the preservative thimerosal, in amounts exceeding the EPA recommended safe levels.
The Benefits of Vitamin D
There is data from studies(1) showing that Vitamin D is protective against seasonal flu. Additional recent data(2) corroborates this very compelling evidence that Vitamin D will also be highly protective for this year’s H1N1 Swine flu.
1. Study by John Jacob Cannell, MD – practicing physician and Executive Director of the Vitamin D Council.org.
2. Data from Norris Glick, MD and Ellie Campbell, DO
In September 2009, Dr. Glick reported the following:
“Central Wisconsin Center is a long-term care facility for people with developmental disabilities, home for approximately 275 people and approx. 800 staff. Serum 25 OHD has been monitored in virtually all residents for several years and patients are supplemented with Vitamin D.
In June of 2009, at the time of the well publicized Wisconsin spike in H1N1 cases, two residents developed influenza-like illness (ILI) and had positive tests for H1N1. One was a long-term resident, the other, a child, who was transferred to the center and later proven to have had the H1N1.
During this time period 60 staff members developed the ILI or were documented to have H1N1. An additional 43 staff members called in sick with ILI (flu). Approx. 12 staff members developed the flu after working on the unit where the child was provided care, several tested positive for H1N1.
But what is astonishing is that only 2 residents of the 275 developed the flu – one of which did not contract it at the facility – while 103 of the 800 staff member did. It appears that the staff was susceptible to H1N1, and the residents protected.”
Vitamin D Deficiency
About 70 percent of U.S. children have low levels of Vitamin D, and 75% of U.S. teens and adults are deficient in vitamin D. A number of factors have contributed to this; the overuse of sunscreens, the contamination of our fish, inadequate amounts of Vitamin D in milk and the inadequate recommendation for Vitamin D supplementation. No vitamin has had more scientific studies recently published than the rediscovered “Sunshine Vitamin” – Vitamin D.
Raising your Vitamin D level above 40-60ng/ml could contribute to less chronic pain, longer life, less susceptible to cancer, less chronic illness, less colds and even less seasonal swine flu. There is scientific evidence that links low levels of Vitamin D and low level of Probiotics to an increased risk of many medical conditions.
Supplement with Vitamin D
There are almost no natural food sources of Vit D. Most researchers feel that the best source of Vit D is UV exposure. The skin produces Vit D3 in response to UV exposure and this is the best way to get it. Some estimates say that 30 minutes of sun exposure on a significant area of exposed skin can produce upwards of 10,000 iu of D3. The lack of sun exposure in the fall and winter months very well explains the increased susceptibility to the flu. If sun exposure is not a possibility, consider short 5 minute tanning sessions once or twice a week. Another natural source of D3 is Cod Liver Oil. Mammals store D3 in the liver, and Cod is rich in this nutrient. Why did grandma always want to give us that nasty tasting oil when we were sick? She new that it worked. From a wellness perspective, supplementing with Cod Liver Oil daily makes sense. I have pre=ordered a new Cod Liver Oil from Innate Choice that is tripled distilled and infused with Vit E and lemon oil to preserve it from oxidation. Most bad tasting fish oil is actually oxidized and rancid. Fish oil is very unstable and susceptible to light and oxygen. This oil comes in a dark glass bottle and actually doesn't taste bad.
I hope to start carrying this at my office in the next 2 weeks. If you want to pre-order with me send a message to my via email or Facebook and let me know how many bottles you want.
Greg C. Haitz, DC, CSCS
Doctor of Chiropractic
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC: A Creating Wellness Center
1133 Patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
970-243-1388
drgreghaitz@msn.com
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
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