95% of degenerative conditions can be prevented by diet.

 

80% of all health problems are related to stress.

 

American surveys show that 40% of the total population never eat fruit or vegetables and 80% never consume whole grains and high fiber foods.

 

The National Cancer Institute states that a diet consisting of 5 or more servings of fruit & vegetables considerably lowers the risk of degenerative diseases, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

 

The Environmental Protection Agency can identify over 400 toxic chemicals in human tissue.

 

Nutritional "deficiency" is at an all-time high and verging on nutritional "bankruptcy." This is due largely to a decrease in the mineral content of soil where U.S. crops are grown.  Mineral content drops when crops are not rotated properly or where pesticides are used. 

 

According to the FDA and Congress, it is nearly impossible to eat the number of nutrients currently needed to prevent disease by diet alone; supplementation is necessary universally.

What To Look For 

 

* they are only available through licensed professionals to assure safety.

* GMP certified manufacturing from FDA

* pass U.S. disintegration standards

* products are scientifically researched by an independent 3rd party 

* pharmaceutical grade for purity and quality of ingredients

* certificate of analysis available for all products

* certified organic and free from heavy metals

* no preservatives, colorings, or additives

* avoid common allergy sensitive ingredients like wheat, yeast, and corn when they can

 We now know that the Recommended Daily Allowance doesn't tell us everything that we need to know about health and nutrition. In the US, the RDA is an estimate of the average safe amount of nutrients and calories needed to prevent deficiency. The RDA is NOT adjusted for age, weight, gender, activity level or medical history.

 

The RDA is not devised for specific individual requirements and tells us only the bare minimum of vitamin or minerals required to prevent disease ---much lower than the amount to promote health. The RDA, similar to Food Pyramid information is an outdated attempt to simplify intake guidelines.

 

Common Questions: 

Am I taking too much or is this toxic in high doses? 

 

It makes sense to be concerned over the safety of any vitamin, mineral, herb or prescription drug.  A chemist, RJ Williams, developed the concept of "biochemical individuality."  He stated "Each individual has a distinctive nutrient environment of his or her own, because while the list of nutrients needed by all of us may be the same, the respective amounts needed are necessarily not the same for all individuals."  "Studies have shown that there are vitamins and minerals have large therapeutic indices and are free from adverse side effects even at doses of 10 to 20 times the normal dietary intake." (Hathcock JN. Vitamins & Minerals; Efficacy and Safety. Am J Clin Nutr. 1997;66:427)  So if you take the RDA of calcium, depending on what your starting point is, you may never get to a healthy starting point.  That is why we use Applied Kinesiology, your lab work, and Bio-meridian Stress Assessment to determine nutritional priorities.  

 

 

 

 

One of my most brilliant Chiropractic professors, Dr. Mary Balliett, a biochemistry graduate from Cornell University taught us that  there is no such thing as a "drug side-effect."  The side effects are the unwanted effect of a chemical taken internally on the undesired target organs. In English-if you swallow a medication designed for the stomach, it is absorbed in your bloodstream and therefore interacts with every organ, not just your stomach! While that drug may be useful by the stomach, it can be harmful when it comes into contact with the cells of your heart, liver or kidneys, for example.

 

Below is a list of some common medications and the nutrients that they deplete when ingested. For a complete listing, see our Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion Handbook in our office.

 

LIPITOR: depletes CoQ10, an important antioxidant for healthy heart tissue.

ZYRTEC: depletes B vitamins & healthy gut flora, important for stress and digestion.

FLONASE:  depletes calcium & folic acid, important for immune function, bone density and the nervous

                  system.

PRILOSEC: depletes B12.

ASPIRIN: depletes Folic acid, iron, & vitamin C, important for soft tissue and heart health.

IBUPROFEN:  depletes Folic acid.

ESTROGEN: depletes magnesium, zinc, & vitamin C, important antioxidants and minerals involved in over 500

                    reactions in the human body.

Each month, this feature will walk you through one or more sections of www.onelifechiropractic.com . 

 

Since the focus is nutrition this month, first click on the Nutrition tab in the left hand column of the homepage to watch a short video.

 

After that, read more under "Nutrition Counseling" by clicking under Techniques in the left hand column of the hompage.  You can also read about "Applied Kinesiology" (AK) by clicking under Techniques.  AK is the technique we use to determine what supplements work best with your body.  We call it a Total Body Scan.

 

Find out about the supplements that we recommend by going to the Nutri-West Products and/or Metagenics Products tabs.  They are on the toolbar along the left side of the homepage.  After you are to the products list, you can research it's supportive function (organ or body system being helped), ingredients, suggested dosage, and contraindications.  While you are checking out the supplements you are taking, you can also read about manufacturing processes and scientific studies regarding certain products.

 Call now and find out how nutrition balancing can help you!