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HEALTHY BODY
CHIROPRACTIC CARE
NOT JUST FOR BACK PAIN
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By Tiffany Towne
ARE YOU ONE OF THE 62 PERCENT OF ADULTS IN THE U.S. WHO HAVE VISITED A CHIROPRACTOR DUE TO NECK OR BACK PAIN? IT MAY SURPRISE YOU THAT REGULAR CHIROPRACTIC CARE, NOT JUST WHEN YOU HAVE PAIN, CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR BODY AND OVERALL HEALTH.
Chiropractic care may help avoid some visits to your primary care physician. Regular visits can provide preventative, natural care that heads off issues that would normally send you to your doctor’s office. Here are just a few examples of how chiropractic care can benefit you.
ß Heal heartburn
The nerves that run through the spine control digestive functions like acid production. When the spine is misaligned, the nerves don’t function as well, which can result in digestive issues. Routine adjustments can improve many digestive issues, including heartburn. or cause inflammation in the lungs. Correcting these subluxations with regular chiropractic care can reduce lung inflammation and result in easier breathing.
ß Lower your blood
pressure
The University of Chicago hypertension center recently conducted a study that found that in a group of subjects with early-stage high blood pressure, a specific type of adjustment to the C1 vertebrae resulted in a significant decrease in blood pressure with no negative side effects.
ß Get rid of
headaches
Using adjustments to the spine, a chiropractor can relieve muscle tension in the neck. In today’s world where most of us sit in the same position or posture every day (like at a computer), this tension can be a constant presence that results in frequent headaches and neck pain.
ß What to expect
when you visit the chiropractor
At your first chiropractic visit, you can expect to complete a medical history and receive a basic physical exam. The chiropractor will test your
ß Breathe Easy
Subluxations in the spine (misalignments) can add to muscle strength, reflexes and range of motion. In some cases, they may order X-rays or test your blood pressure. The main part of a chiropractic visit is usually the adjustments to the body. While the spine is the most common area of adjustment, chiropractors can also adjust other joints like wrists, shoulders, elbows and knees.
As with any doctor, do your research. Find a chiropractor that is recommended and credible, and don’t be afraid to ask questions about treatment. Then get ready to enjoy the health improvements that chiropractic care can provide.
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RAISED BED GARDENS ARE ALL THE CRAZE RIGHT NOW. WITH PEOPLE STAYING HOME BECAUSE OF SAFETY, THERE’S MORE TIME TO START A GARDEN. IF YOU ARE LIMITED ON SPACE OR SIMPLY DON’T WANT THE HASSLE OF A LARGE GARDEN, A RAISED GARDEN BED MAY BE YOUR BEST BET.
If you are handy with tools, there are several YouTube videos on how to build your bed. One of the most important things to remember is drainage. Your bed should have adequate drainage so that your plants don’t rot.
It’s easy to grow plants in a raised bed because you get to build a nutrient-filled soil base using compost and other additives. Research the plants you want to grow then use the soil to compost ratio preferred by those plants. THINK SALAD
Salad plants are actually the easiest to grow in a raised bed. Lettuce, radishes, carrots, beets tomatoes, onions and herbs flourish in raised gardens.
Root plants like carrots, beets and radishes thrive with clean soil free from underground obstacles like rocks.
Lettuce and onions can be planted earlier in the year in a raised bed because they like cool weather, warm soil and well-drained roots. Raised gardens warm and drain faster than in-ground beds.
Tomatoes and onions need nutrient-dense soil, so add extra compost. Be sure to plant your tomatoes with enough room to branch out and allow for cages or stakes. They will need the extra support in your loose soil.
Be careful with herbs unless that’s all you are growing. Some herbs grow like ground cover and will take over your raised bed. Aggressive growers include mint, oregano and thyme.
Enjoy your fresh grown salad!
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By Tricia Danflous
MEMORY LOSS
BEGINS SOONER THAN YOU CAN REMEMBER
Wouldn’t you like to be 39 forever? Turning the corner to 40 can be a traumatic journey that has nothing to do with numbers. Sure, you don’t look different and you probably feel like you have the energy of a 25-year-old. But we all know it – or someone has told you, if you’re not there yet – 40 begins the need for reading glasses and turning up the volume. You’re probably the only one to notice it, but there are a few strands of gray in your hair or a wrinkle or two around your eyes. And silently, deep down inside your brain, the intracellular seeds of the Alzheimer’s Disease process, Parkinson’s Disease process, potential memory loss and eventual dementia can be growing particularly in people at risk.
“As you age, your brain wears individually based on multiple factors including a genetic component,” said Towny Robinson, a national expert in the brain biochemistry field and founder of JayMac Pharmaceuticals. “Unfortunately, we don’t usually see the signs of memory loss until we hit the mid-60s and by that time we can have tissue damage in the brain that cannot be patched up with one magic bullet.” “We can tell when our eyes are not working like they used to,” he said. “But we can’t perceive if our individual brain cells are aging poorly and possibly leading to a neurodegenerative disease.”
“Knowing your risks and taking recommended preventive measures is the best way to minimize memory loss in the aging process,” added brain health consultant, Diane Pratt. “It’s never too early to implement preventive action.”
In an age of advanced clinical research and increased knowledge about the brain, we now know that the Alzheimer’s disease process has multiple intracellular causes over time leading to cell death and poor aging. Science has identified a group of unique natural ingredients that work together and may prevent, arrest, manage and restore the Alzheimer's disease process, memory
loss and cognitive dysfunction at the cellular level. The ingredients, which include a patented bioavailable form of curcumin, low dose nutritional lithium orotate and other antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents are contained in the non-prescription FDA regulated medical food called LUMA TC. Robinson developed the medical food formula based on years of study, research, collaboration with integrative medicine specialists and clinical trials.
In 2018, the showcase ingredient in JayMac’s LUMA TC Medical Food product, sub-micron TC curcumin 180mg. per day in a divided dose, was studied in a 40-patient, 18-month long, randomized, placebo-controlled human clinical trial at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and published in the prestigious American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. This bioavailable form of curcumin found in LUMA TC led to significant memory and attention benefits compared to placebo. Brain scans performed pre- and post-treatment suggested that behavioral and cognitive benefits were associated with decreases in plaque and tangle accumulation in brain regions modulating mood and memory compared to placebo.
“The mind is a miraculous creation and a sound mind is essential for the quality of our lives,” Robinson said. “The human brain comprises two percent of the body's weight but it accounts for 22 percent of its metabolic activity. As you age, your brain is worn down by environmental stressors such as toxic exposure, trauma, disease and genetics, just to name a few. Silently in our 40s, the initial stage of Alzheimer's disease can begin to occur due to nerve cell deterioration starting in the part of the brain that controls memory. Haven’t we all asked ourselves, ‘Where did I put my keys?’ By your 60s, as cell death continues, the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, memory loss and dementia can appear. This disease process repeats itself in other parts of your brain over time causing a continued decline in cognitive, emotional and motor skill ability leading to Alzheimer's disease.”
“The identified medical ingredients in LUMA TC can prevent arrest, manage and restore nerve cellular health,” Robinson said.
The brain is comprised of 100 billion nerves with trillions of connections and as LUMA goes to work, its unique combination of ingredients works synergistically in each nerve cell to help prevent, reduce, and arrest inflammation and oxidative stress. As well as beta-amyloid plaque and tau tangle nerve cell death while stimulating new nerve cell growth, connectivity and brain volume. "Unlike with heart disease and cancer, we don't diagnose and treat Alzheimer's disease until symptoms hit and then we treat the cause, amyloid plaques. We need to stop the amyloid plaques 10 to 20 years before the person shows symptoms,” said Rudolph Tanzi, the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard University, and Vice-Chair of Neurology, Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit, and Co-Director of the Henry
and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital. With Luma TC, an enormous void in this therapy area is safely addressed.
“One of the most important aspects of preventing the Alzheimer’s disease process and minimizing brain tissue loss is recognizing family history,” said Pratt, who coordinates DNA testing for JayMac. “If you have a family history of cognitive impairment, memory loss, dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s or ALS diseases, and other genetic factors such as a positive test result for APOE4 or MTHFR polymorphisms, we recommend a genetic screening as you approach or begin your 40s.”
To learn more, to order LUMA TC, or a genetic testing kit, go to lumaforlife.com or call Direct Value Dispense at 985-629-5742. IN ADDITION TO FAMILY HISTORY, RISK FACTORS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE INCLUDE: • Age 40 or above • Moderate to heavy alcohol or tobacco use • Lack of exercise • Mental state • Cardiovascular issues • Diabetes • Previous head trauma • Genetic factors APOE4 or
MTHFR polymorphism • Toxic and chemical exposure • Homocysteine (an amino acid) levels over 11mm/L
The use of Luma TC once per day as part of the breakthrough natural management plan may help in the preventing, arresting, managing and restoring brain function along with following a healthy diet, 8 hours sleep, exercise, stress reduction, staying engaged socially and learning new things. The scientific literature, experts and clinical data certainly suggest this and because of Luma TC’s all-natural ingredients, side effect potential is almost nonexistent.
Integrative medicine pioneer in the field of mental health and member of Tufts University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry James M. Greenblatt, MD, is a proponent of the use of nutritional lithium. “Conventional medicine has failed to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s with no drug or proprietary treatment proving effective,” he said. “Nutritional lithium, at a lowdose, has a long and well-documented history of restoring brain and nervous system function at the molecular level.”
