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By Dr. Greg Fors, DC Board-certified Neurologist (IBCN) Chronic pain in the US impacts about 100 million adults, which is more than the number impacted by diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. Most suffering from chronic pain turn to their family physician for help, but many leave the office with nothing more than a prescription for painkillers in hand. Why? Most doctors simply do not know how to help their patients heal their chronic pain. This is only going to continue, a very small percentage of medical schools have a required course in pain where before many offered no dedicated courses at all. Even so, a medical course on chronic pain in those schools that required them amounted to less than five hours and the focus was only on drug therapy.

The following is not conjecture or theory but now established scientific fact. The National Library of Medicine now has more than 5000 scientific papers on the subject matter of chronic pain and our modern day diet and environment. So, yes, at the very least your diet and environment makes a huge difference in why you have and how you might alleviate your chronic pain.

First, you have to realize and accept that pain signals are not something to be ignored or blocked by drugs. Pain is your body’s prime signal that something is not functioning properly and needs attention, so taking a drug that blocks pain signals is like putting a piece of black tape over your flashing check engine light. It makes perfect sense that, if your body is malfunctioning and chronically sending you signals (PAIN), it is essential that you stop, take a hard look, and address your diet, environment and lifestyle as a possible reason and concern.

One of the primary triggers of chronic pain is chronic systemic inflammation and a primary cause for this inflammation is sugars and simple refined carbohydrates.

Like spilled gasoline, excess blood sugar levels create a highly combustible environment which leads to free radicals and inflammatory fires chronically erupting and sweeping the

body. A spike in blood sugar levels that comes from a meal or snack of highly refined carbohydrates and sugars (white bread, pastas, baked goods, white rice, French fries, sugar-laden soda, etc.) increases levels of inflammatory messengers from your immune system called cytokines. Excess blood sugar levels from improper diet causes your body to inadvertently attach glucose (blood sugar) to proteins and lipids making them abnormal, a process called glycation. Then these abnormally glycated or sugary proteins and lipids attach to receptors on your cells turning on a master switch that leads to tissue inflammation and dysfunction, causing your body to send you the message of pain to the brain.

A second hidden cause of systemic inflammation and chronic pain is a condition known as Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. SIBO is ‘an overabundance of noninfectious microorganisms adversely affecting the human host’. SIBO is driven by the consumption of fermentable simple carbohydrates and sugars. It is an underlying cause of many functional digestive disorders such as: GERD, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and colitis.

Some of the bacteria found in SIBO can even produce toxins that damage the lining of the small intestine. This damage can prevent your small intestine from absorbing the micronutrients you need. Deficiencies in B1 Thiamine and magnesium can result, a third hidden factor in chronic muscle and joint pain.

Furthermore, these toxins can damage the “glue� that holds the intestinal cells to each other leading to what has been called “Leaky Gut Syndrome� our fourth hidden cause of chronic pain.

With a leaky gut (yes it is real), foreign molecules like toxins, microbes, and undigested food particles can escape from these leaks in your gastrointestinal. Now, pay attention!

70% of your immune system exists in this lining, so a leaky gut gives it ample opportunity to mark these “foreign invaders" as pathogens, so it attacks them! This immune response is natural, essential, and in the case of this preventable condition, will cause local G.I problems e.g. IBS and systemic inflammation leading to‌pain!

There is more! Your immune system’s reaction to the leaking through of undigested food proteins, particles, etc. is

also a primary cause of food allergies, our fifth hidden cause of chronic pain. Food allergies and sensitivities occur when your immune system mistakenly identifies a normally harmless substance (e.g. a food protein) and tags it as an invader, as it does to bacteria or viruses. Your immune system then attacks this substance the same way it would attack any invader. When your immune system chronically attacks an invader it releases inflammatory cytokines, which have side effects (aches, pains, fatigue, brain fog, mood and behavioral problems), much like the symptoms you experienced when you last had the flu.

All five of these hidden causes of chronic pain have specific laboratory tests that can be run to determine if they are a factor in your suffering. Tests such as HA1c for glycation driven inflammation, SIBO Breath Test for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, micronutrient assays for tissue deficiencies of magnesium and B vitamins, a blood test specific for “Leaky Gut Syndrome� and high quality IgG food allergy blood tests. You will need to go outside of a visit to your local health care conglomerate and see a doctor of functional medicine who can show you how to reverse these causes through diet and nutrition.

This vital information to your health is covered in greater detail in my book “Why We Hurt�. Consider how your life could be with the restoration of your health. Call for a free consultation today. You can also attend my upcoming workshop on “What The ____ Should I Eat?� where this vital information to your health is covered Wednesday, July 17th at 7 PM at the Pain and Brain Healing Center 1400 131st Ave NE Blaine. Seating is limited to 12 participants. Call 763-8627100 to register. All dietary changes are taught to you in detail by me and my staff. The dietary changes are made with your preferences in mind; a corrective diet will only work if there is full patient compliance.

Dr. Greg Fors, D.C. is a Board-certified Neurologist (IBCN), certified in Applied Herbal Sciences (NWHSU) and acupuncture. As the clinic director of the Pain and Brain Healing Center in Blaine Minnesota he specializes in a Functional Medicine approach to your health issues. If you have any questions or comments regarding this article you can contact Dr. Fors at 763-862-7100. Dr. Fors is the author of the highly acclaimed book, “Why We Hurt� available through booksellers everywhere.

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► On July 14, 1099, during the First Crusade, Christian knights from Europe capture Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege and begin massacring the city’s Muslim and Jewish population. ► On July 11, 1656, Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, two Englishwomen, become the first Quakers to immigrate to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Their liberal teachings enraged the Puritan colonial government and they were arrested and jailed. After five years in prison, they were deported. ► On July 12, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signs into law a measure calling for the awarding of a U.S. Army Medal of Honor. The previous December, Lincoln had approved a provision creating a U.S. Navy Medal of Valor.

To date more than 3,400 men and one responsibility, a British newspaper later woman have received the Medal of uncovered evidence of French President Honor.

Francois Mitterrand’s authorization of the bombing plan. ► On July 8, 1951, Paris, the capital city of France, celebrates turning 2,000 years ► On July 17, 1941, New York Yankees old. However, the City of Lights was center fielder Joe DiMaggio fails to get most likely founded around 250 B.C., a hit against the Cleveland Indians, when a Gallic tribe known as the Parisii bringing his historic 56-game hitting settled an island (Ile de la Cite) in the streak to an end. DiMaggio also lost Seine River, which runs through present- the $10,000 promised to him by Heinz day Paris. ketchup for matching the number “57” featured on its labels. ► On July 9, 1962, Bob Dylan records “Blowin’ in the Wind,” although it ► On July 21, 1959, Elijah Jerry wouldn’t be released for another year. “Pumpsie” Green makes his Boston Red The most well-known version was done Sox debut, becoming the first African

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FOOD (cont’d) • Although there are 60 meat packers in the U.S., just four of them control 80% of the American market for meat: Tyson, Cargill, National, and JBS USA. A large meat packer may process up to 30,000 cattle per day.

• American farmers did not start growing broccoli until the 1920s, and major production didn’t start until after World War II. In Italy, it had been grown for centuries. Today Americans eat an average of about 6 lbs. (2.7 kg) of broccoli annually.

• Of the 3.6 billion tons of lettuce harvested in the U.S. each year, 70% is grown in Salinas, California, and 20% is grown in Yuma, Arizona. The other 10% is grown at various other places.

• Head lettuce keeps longer than leaf lettuce and ships better as well. It was put on railroad cars and surrounded by heaps of ice, leading to its name “iceberg lettuce.” Other lettuces didn’t become popular until shipping methods improved in the 1980s. Today, pre-shredded bagged salads outsell head lettuce.

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Service Prices include: Trip, labor & parts in the metro area during standard business hours • There are over 40 different Oreo products.

• Whole milk is usually 3% or 4% fat, so drinking 2% milk is not eliminating a huge amount of fat.

• Americans eat about 8.5 lbs of carrots per person per year. Apples are 25% air, which is why they float. Cabbage is 91% water.

• Baby carrots are the cores of misshapen regular carrots which are whittled down to the size of a thumb.

The sludge left over from the “polishing” process is sold as cattle feed.

• The best-selling weekend for selling strawberries is Valentine’s Day; the biggest time for selling corn is the 4th of July; the most popular time for selling turkeys and cranberry sauce is Thanksgiving; but when are the most avocados sold? Super Bowl Sunday.

• Americans eat an average of 26 lbs. (11.8 kg) of bananas each every year, more than any other whole fruit.

• “Edamame” is a Japanese phrase meaning “beans on a branch” and denotes soybeans that are sold still in the pod.

• Jello flavors that failed: celery, mixed vegetable, coffee, cola, bubble gum, cinnamon, and Italian salad dressing.

• Cheese is the most shoplifted food.

• The cheese product called Velveeta was given the name because it’s velvety. It was invented as a method of using the whey that was being discarded during the production of cheese.

Velveeta has a longer shelf

life than natural cheese. Velveeta has one third fewer calories than cheddar. It’s a “pasteurized processed cheese product” so it doesn’t need to be refrigerated before being opened.

• In 1989 the Canadian band Barenaked Ladies released a song called “If I Had $1,000,000” which included the line “We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner.” In Canada, macaroni & cheese is called Kraft dinner and is a popular item. During concerts, whenever this line was sung, fans would pelt the band with boxes of the product. They finally asked that the boxes be collected at the door of the concert and donated to a local food bank in each city.

GROCERY STORE FACTS • A typical market around the year 1900 would carry about 200 different items. By 1975, an typical grocery store carried about 9,000 items. By 2008, it was up to 40,000 items.

• An average grocery store will have about 12,000 shoppers every week spending an average of $40 each.

• A grocery store used to carry three kinds of eggs: small, medium, and large. Now there are usually around 15 kinds of eggs and egg-like products to choose from including cage-free eggs, pre-hard boiled eggs, and Eggbeaters imitation eggs.

• It used to be that groceries carried only iceberg lettuce but now an average store will have 15 different lettuces and lettuce products, including a variety of pre-bagged, pre-tossed, and pre-shredded greens.

• The average American grocery store does about $500,000 in business every week, or about $26.8 million each year. Multiplied by the number of grocery stores in the U.S., that works out to about $1 trillion per year that Americans spend on groceries. The gross domestic product of the U.S. is $16 trillion, including all goods from shoes to cars.

• Studies have shown that if quick, upbeat music is played in the background

of grocery stores, people walk fast and push their shopping carts quickly. But if the music slows, then the people, and their carts, also slow. The slower they move, the more they buy. Dropping the beat from an allegro (108 beats per minute) to an adagio (60 beats) will typically result in an increase in sales of nearly 40%.

• People tend to get sick more often if they live in rural areas or urban food deserts where there are no grocery stores nearby. About 7% of the American public lives in a “food desert,” with no full-service grocery stores within a ten mile radius.

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LEO BURNETT By: Janet Spencer

• Leo Burnett was born in 1891 in Michigan. His father ran a dry goods store and Burnett often watched his father create ads for the store. Burnett earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and then went to work as a reporter for a newspaper in Peoria, Illinois.

• In 1917 he moved to Detroit to work for the Cadillac corporation, where he edited their publications, ran their publicity department, and became the head of advertising. Later he went to work for an advertising agency in Indianapolis, where he learned the difference between a “hard sell” and a “soft sell” and decided that it was best to use the “warm sell.”

When the Great Depression began in 1930, the agency was hit hard. By then, Burnett had a wife and a family to support.

• In 1930 he went to work for a Chicago ad agency, where he spent the next five years. He found that he objected to their hard-sell methods, as did some of his clients.

• In 1935, Burnett sold his home, cashed in his insurance policies, and borrowed from banks. With $50,000 as working capital, he quit his job and opened his own firm, calling it the Leo Burnett Company, Inc. He started out with eight employees, one accountant, and three clients. One of those clients was the Minnesota Valley Canning Company.

• The Minnesota Valley Canning Company was trying to market a new variety of pea. This pea was sweeter than normal peas. However, this type was

large and wrinkled, and consumers were accustomed to peas that were small and smooth. Store managers refused to stock it, so the company decided to emphasize the pea’s size. The company designed a gnome-like pagan harvest god to hawk the virtues of the product.

• Later, Leo Burnett was commissioned to fine tune and update the logo. After experimenting with green painted men and a green rubberskinned puppet, a new advertising mascot was settled on: the Jolly Green Giant. The peas were so successful that the Minnesota Valley Canning Company renamed itself the Green Giant Company.

The Jolly Green Giant is one of the most recognizable figures in American advertising.

• It was Burnett’s antagonism toward slick big city ads that convinced him to use models that looked like ordinary people instead of movie stars. This idea led him to use rugged sunburned cowboys in Marlboro cigarette ads. At the time, filtered cigarettes were not considered masculine, and only ladies smoked them. Their Marlboro market share was only 1%. Burnett created the character of a cowboy, which exuded masculinity. Sales increased dramatically and soon it became the number one cigarette brand in the U.S. • These successes led to many others. If you’re familiar with Tony the Tiger, Charlie the Tuna, the Maytag Repairman, the Pillsbury Doughboy, or the Keebler Elves, or if you ever “Fly the Friendly Skies” with United or find yourself in “Good Hands with Allstate” – that was Leo Burnett.

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Whatever the cause, we can avoid falls. The recent study divided participants into two groups: those in an exercise program and those not in one.

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BALDNESS By: Kathy Wolfe July 12 is “Bald Is Inâ€? Day, a special observance for those who are without hair! • More than 50 million people in the United States are bald, for whatever reason, with the vast majority being men. Baldness might be due to family genetics, hormonal changes, medical conditions, or a reaction to medication. • Hair is made up of a shaft that grows out of the skin, a strong root below the skin, and a follicle, in which the root develops. Hair loss is the result of damage to or death of the follicle. When the follicle is damaged, the root can’t grow, and the shaft can’t develop. • The average person normally loses between 50 and 100 hairs a day, but it’s not noticeable because new hair is continuously growing in. When the growth phase is disrupted, hair loss occurs. Becoming bald is a gradual process, and because it’s not large amounts of loss at a time, about half the hair might be lost before it is even noticed. Hair gets thinner because hairs are not replaced. • Male pattern baldness, which is genetic, is an age-related condition that typically begins later in life, but can affect men in their 20s. A receding hairline is the first symptom, followed by baldness on the top of the head. About half of all men will face some type of hair loss by age 50. • It’s a myth that baldness can only be passed

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through the mother’s genes. Baldness can be inherited from either parent. It’s also a myth that baldness can be caused by frequently wearing hats or helmets. The argument is that in order to have a head of healthy hair, the scalp needs to breathe. But hair follicles are under the skin, and they receive plenty of oxygen from the bloodstream, and exposure to air isn’t necessary. • Vigorous shampooing also does not contribute to balding. Hair loss is just more noticeable in the shower drain. • About $1 billion a year is spent on the battle against baldness in the form of shampoos, lotions, pills promising to cure baldness, hair pieces, and follicle transplants. Toupees and hairpieces alone amount to $250 million a year. A hair transplant, which can cost from $3,000 up to $20,000, takes hair from an area where a person has hair and moves it to the bald area.

A surgeon removes a 6- to 10-inch strip of skin from the back of the head, and divides it into up to 2,000 tiny grafts. Holes or slits are made in the scalp with a scalpel, and the grafts are placed in the holes. The process takes between 4 and 8 hours. • When small patches of hair loss occur, it’s usually the result of alopecia areata, which occurs as a by-product of psychological or physical stress.

Alopecia is usually temporary, and can be brought on by chemotherapy, surgery, a hormonal imbalance, or sudden weight loss. Hair loss can occur overnight. • Some prescriptions claim to reverse hair loss.

Rogaine is designed to stimulate hair follicles and seems to slow hair loss for many when applied to the scalp. A pill known as Propecia has been shown to decrease the rate of hair loss, but hair loss returns when the treatment is discontinued.

When Mahatma Gandhi was studying law at the University College of London, a professor by the name of Peters disliked him intensely and always displayed animosity towards him. And because Gandhi never lowered his head when addressing him, as he expected, there were always "arguments" and confrontations.

One day Mr. Peters was having lunch at the University dining room when Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to him. The professor said,"Mr Gandhi, you do not understand. A pig and a bird do not sit together to eat. "Gandhi looked at him as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied, "You do not worry, professor.

I'll fly away," and he went and sat at another table.

Peters, red with rage, decided to take revenge on the next test paper, but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all questions.

Unhappy and frustrated, Mr Peters asked him the following question: "Mr Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money, which one would you take?" Without hesitating, Gandhi responded, "The one with the money, of course." Mr Peters, smiling sarcastically, said, "I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom."

Gandhi shrugged indifferently and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have." Mr. Peters, by this time, was fit to be tied. So great was his anger that he wrote on Gandhi's exam sheet the word "idiot" and handed it back to him. Gandhi took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk, trying hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move. A few minutes later, Gandhi got up, went to the professor and said to him in a dignified but sarcastically polite tone, "Mr. Peters, you autographed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade."

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A&P GROCERY STORES By: Janet Spencer • George Gilman, born in Maine in 1826, ran a profitable tea company in the 1860s, when tea was one of the most profitable items a grocer could sell. When the first transcontinental railroad linked America’s East Coast to the West Coast in 1869, Gilman took advantage of the new mode of transportation by starting the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, distributing tea to merchants from coast to coast.

• It was Gilman’s gift for marketing that led him to package his tea in recognizable form, creating a name, a package, and a brand in the days when grocers simply weighed out goods and wrapped them in paper. Gilman’s tea was called “Thea-Nectar” and was the first tea that people could ask for by name.

• He then began offering premiums that could be redeemed, first for lithographs of famous events, and then for other household items.

• When the Great Chicago Fire levelled much of the city in 1871, Gilman rushed to set up a new tea store there, shipping in wagonloads of tea in an area that had been stripped of all of its stores.

• In 1878, Gilman turned

management of the entire company over to George Hartman. Hartman had started working for Gilman as a clerk, then learned bookkeeping and cashiering before becoming manager of the firm. By the 1880s, Hartman had 150 tea outlets across the eastern U.S. • When Congress levied a tariff on tea to raise funds, profitability of tea dropped. Hartman’s sons convinced him to add other items to their tea shops, including baking powder, sugar, condensed milk, spices, and butter – all packaged in Atlantic & Pacific wrappings.

• In 1901, Gilman died without leaving a will, and his numerous heirs filed suit. Hartman declared that Gilman had given him half of the company in a verbal agreement in 1878, and provided accounting that backed up his claim.

The Gilman heirs realized the company would falter without Hartman at the helm.

The company was incorporated with the Gilman family receiving shares, while Hartman maintained control. In 1908, Hartman turned management over to his sons.

• In 1912, they started opening grocery stores instead of tea stores and the company name was shortened to A&P. By the 1920s, there were 1,600 A&P outlets.

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► If you’ve ever worn a tuxedo, you know what a cummerbund is, but you probably don’t know the origin of the word. It comes from a Hindi word meaning “waistband.” (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

► In an anthropological study once conducted in Papua New Guinea, it was found that one in three adult deaths was the result of homicide. And it seems that those murdered were often targeted because they were suspected of practicing sorcery.

► It’s been reported that country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson believes he’s had numerous previous lives, including at least one as a Native American.

► The monkfish, a species of anglerfish found primarily in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, has an enormous head. Really, really enormous. The monkfish’s head is so large, in fact, that it makes up three-quarters of its body.

► Other than the fact that they were all famous writers, what did Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, James A. Michener and Leo Tolstoy have in common? They all were adopted.

► Albert Einstein’s final words are lost to history. He spoke his last words in his birth tongue, German, and it seems that the nurse who was attending him during his last moments spoke only English.

► Those who study such things claim that a single teaspoon of ordinary soil contains more living creatures than all the humans on the planet.

► I don’t know who studies such things, but those who do say that over the course of a lifetime, you’ll probably spend about three years in the restroom.

► There was a time when cartoon character Fred Flintstone appeared in ads for Winston cigarettes.

► If you’re like most Americans, you’ve stolen from your employer - though probably not much. It seems that 58% of your fellow citizens admit to taking office supplies for personal use.

► There seems to be quite a rivalry between the towns of Rosehill, North Carolina, and Wilmington, Delaware. Both locales claim to be the home of the world’s largest frying pan, with a diameter of 10 feet. This begs some questions, of course: How many eggs are being fried at once to require such a large piece of cookware? And what sort of stove is required to heat such a mammoth pan?

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RANDOM FOOD FACTS • The word “diet” comes from the Greek “diaita” meaning “a way of life.”

• It used to be that 75% of oranges were sold whole, and 25% were turned into juice. Now, 75% are turned into juice and other orange products, and only 25% are sold whole.

• The most popular items served for dinner are chicken, and sandwiches. The most popular side dish served with sandwiches is chips. The most popular side dish with chicken is vegetables, followed by potatoes, salad, and bread (in order).

• In 1986, 25% of American households had a microwave. By 1990, 90% did. Still, the stovetop is the appliance most often used to cook meals, with the microwave in second place.

• “Canola” is an abbreviation of “Canadian oil association.” “Crisco” stands for “crystallized cottonseed oil.”

• The term “probiotic” was coined in 1965.

• 89% of corn grown in the U.S. is genetically modified.

• Cows used to take 4 years to grow to their optimal weight, but they now achieve that weight in 14 to 17 months.

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