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We have many parents we speak to frustrated because after years of their children suffering from ear infections and being treated medically with antibiotics or surgery, they find out that these measures were often not necessary and in some cases even harmful. They are also frustrated because they were never told by the pediatrician that other options are ava...

Leptin, a recently discovered hormone, regulates body weight by suppressing food intake and/or increasing energy expenditure. Leptin is a very powerful and influential hormone produced by fat cells. Science has discovered that leptin is the most powerful metabolic regulator that tells your brain whether you should be hungry, eat and make more fa...

Attention-deficit disorder affects a startling 17 million people and seems to be gaining ground every year. As a parent of child suffering with this disorder.. what are you to do?? Attention-deficit disorder is the most frequently diagnosed childhood psychiatric condition in America. In the past most medical journals described this disorder as minimal b...

Chronic inflammation is a very serious thing. Scientists have actually linked it to various diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke and cancer. By now you should understand that the American diet it’s absolutely filled with inflammatory foods and ingredients. 6 Inflammatory Foods To Avoid #1 – Fried Foods -...

Headaches are one of the most frequent health complaints with 76 percent of women and 57 percent of men saying they have a headache at least once a month. It comes as no surprise then that headaches cost the U.S. economy an estimated $17 billion a year in lost work, disability payments, and health care expenses (2). There have been many suggestive theories a...

So many people have asked WHY we have the Doctor Supervised ChiroThin Weight Loss Program in our practice. I like to answer to that question by explaining the correlation to weight gain, obesity and chiropractic and determine if it is right for you or someone you know. We have had so much success with this program; it is literally changing people's lives...

The terms seem to almost go hand in hand. Many pregnant women have been seeking Chiropractic care for low back pain and for good cause. This recent research publication showing that Chiropractic care helps soon to be mothers during pregnancy. Original article can be found: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24690125/ Outcomes of pregnant patients w...

Rheumatoid Arthritis is an inflammatory condition in which a malfunctioning immune system causes the body to attack itself. The traditional approach to this condition has been to treat using immune suppressing drugs, steroids, and anti-inflammatory drugs. But is this the only option? Does it address the complex, fundamental causes of this disease? Th...

If you love drinking coffee in the morning and you happen to be trying to lose a few extra pounds, you’re in luck. Adding just a few simple ingredients into your coffee can help accelerate your metabolism. Naturally our bodies are more insulin resistant in the morning, partly due to a rise in cortisol upon waking. That means our bodies aren’t very efficient ...

If you haven't read the two previous articles about Vitamin D please go to: Vitamin D part 1 Vitamin D part 2  In this article I want to portrait 9 signs of Vitamin D deficiency Vitamin D deficiency symptoms explained: the top 9 warning signs (naturalnews.com) Some people who have a vitamin D deficiency have no im...

Inflammation is the body’s natural response to harmful stimuli, pathogens, tissue injury or irritants. It is the body’s protective attempt to remove the irritant as well as initiate the healing process for the tissue. In the absence of inflammation, wounds and infections would not heal which would lead to progressive destruction of the tissue. However,...