According to Dr. Anelkoic "Nobody benefits from chiropractic more than kids."

Many aberrant neurological patterns can be changed in children before they create lifelong compensatory patterns.  Regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms children spines should be checked for neurological and biomechanical fascilitation patterns known to chiropractors and "subluxations."
 
"The subluxation that all of us worry about occurred sometime between birth and the seventh year of life, and the remedy would of course be careful chiropractic care from birth through the seventh year of life."  Major Bertrand DeJarnette

"Traumatization of the suboccipital structures (upper part of the neck) inhibits functioning of the proprioceptive feedback loops.  The motor development, though preprogrammed, cannot develop normally.  These systems are fault tolerant and able to overcome considerable difficulties and restricted working conditions.  But the price for this is a reduced capacity to absorb additional stress later.  These children may show only minor symptoms in the first months of their life but later on at the age of 5 or  they suffer from headaches, postural problems or diffuse symptoms like sleep disorders, being unable to concentrate etc."  Journal of Manual Medincine, Springer-Velag 1992

Without correction, aberrant motiliy of the motion units of the spine will inevitably result in spinal degeneration.  With appropriate correction before the spinal degeneration occurs, there will be no spinal degeneration."  Dr. Jan Jirout "Studies in the Dynamics of the Spine"

"Birth related spinal cord injuries appears to be under diagnosed.  Severe injuries cause death immediately: incomplete injuries can either cause death within the neonatal period or permit survival.  In birth injuries, the upper cervical spine or the cervicothoracic junction is usually affected.  However, any level of the spinal cord can be involved, and the involvement of multiple levels is not uncommon.'"  Dickman, Rekate, sonntag, Zabramski Division of neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ.

These studies emphasize the importance of having an infants spine checked for subluxations as soon as possible after birth.  Chiropractic is not just a treatment for symptoms but serves an preeminent role in preventing the onset and progression of neurologically fascilitated dis-ease processes.

 

It is a well known fact that poor dietary habits can create an acidic environment in the blood and interstitial fluids.  This leads to abnormal joint inflammation, degeneration, pain and immobility. While the digestive system (alimentary canal) must maintain a slightly acidic environment (pH 6.5-6.8) to aid in the digestion of food the interstitial tissues and blood should be slightly alkaline. 

To reduce acidity in the body or to get an idea of how acidic or basic your diet is consult an acid base food chart.  These can easily be accessed on line ( http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html).  Note that a food's acid or alkaline-forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end-products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so lemons are alkaline-forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion but it leaves very acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is very acid-forming.

 
Fruit Can Keep Your Arteries Squeaky Clean

Lower cholesterol

Less oxidative stress

Less fat accumulation in their aorta

BBC News May 16, 2008

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research April 2008; 52(4):400-7

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Yields: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 eggplant, chopped into bite-size pieces
1 can chopped tomatoes
Sea salt and pepper to taste

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