The problem of obesity in the US is well documented . When it is our own children that are obese, it is very easy to make excuses. However, your child is probably not “big boned,” and it is not “in her fathers genes.” The scientific evidence, supported by a recent study as well, concludes that it is nearly always lifestyle and behavior that create obesity.
This particular blog post has been quite personal, in that I am one of those people who can run a high cholesterol. That is unless I follow the diet which I’ll recommend later. However, it became much more personal when a close family member had cardiac bypass surgery. Thankfully, they are doing very well, but it was a sober reminder that I too must always be on guard with my diet and exercise.
I hate to admit it, but fall and winter are already upon us! With that time of year comes cold and flu season. Frequent colds often lead to ear infections, which bring children to emergency rooms and pediatric offices each year for more than just about any disorder. It is estimated that doctors write approximately 15 million prescriptions per year in the U.S. alone for earaches, but half of these prescriptions are unnecessary and ineffective for this problem.
I recently received an e-mail from one of our patients on the common and sometimes deadly food additive MSG. It was passed on to her by a friend who discovered her illness was caused by MSG. At someone’s suggestion, the woman “began reading and researching and making changes in her diet that have resulted in a full recovery…,” according to our patient.
In my previous blog, we established that by making one simple change to our nation’s standard medical protocol, we could see a 15 billion reduction in our health care costs. By referring patients that are surgical candidates to first seek chiropractic care would result in a 60% reduction in surgeries. This is an astoundingly successful option for patients that may have felt resigned to surgery. But what about the 40% of patients with stubborn disc conditions who didn’t have a successful outcome from chiropractic? Vertebral Axial Decompression (VAX-D) has been shown to be successful in 75% of even the most stubborn low back disc patients.
