Vitamin D is critical to maintaining ones health and preventing or reversing diabetes. It has been shown time and time again through research that a deficiency of this vital hormone can facilitate the development of a great many debilitating diseases.
Your skin makes vitamin D when exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation from the sun. This is the great thing about Vitamin D, it’s free, if we get adequate amounts of sunlight. Then we must also remember that sunscreens and sun block will inhibit the production of Vitamin D by blocking the UVB rays. Recently the researchers at Environmental Working Group released the statement that sunscreen products may actually increase the speed at which malignant cells develop and spread skin cancer.
To get adequate amounts of vitamin D a person would want to have at least ¾ of their body exposed to direct sunlight for about 20-30 min each day. Sun exposure through a window will not do as the UVB rays do not penetrate the glass. Also the person should not wash their skin immediately after sun exposure as the vitamin D must be absorbed by the skin over the next few hours. If one needs to shower then I suggest only rinsing with cool water and using soap only on the areas where the “sun don’t shine”, as to not wash away the oil and vitamin D from the skin.
In addition to its well-known role in calcium metabolism, vitamin D activates genes that control cell growth and programmed cell death (apoptosis), express mediators that regulate the immune system, and release neurotransmitters (e.g., serotonin) that influence one’s mental state.
Though much of the research into the benefits of vitamin D have been available for years the medical community is still slow to embrace the concept of this alternative to drugs. This is a much needed transition due to the fact that here recently the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta released 3 large studies revealing that the most widely prescribed medications to reduce the risk of heart disease in Type 2 diabetes patients appeared “not to provide much benefit at all.” This means that thousands of diabetes patients are paying thousands of dollars for drugs that are ultimately providing them with zero benefit.
Researchers at the Health Sciences Research Institute at Warwick Medical School in the United Kingdom have shown that “high levels of vitamin D among middle-age and elderly populations are associated with a substantial decrease in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.” They went on to say that “interventions targeting vitamin D deficiency in adult populations could potentially slow the current epidemics of cardio-metabolic disorders.”
The strong evidence of the need for vitamin D to maintain quality health coupled with the fact that roughly 90% of Americans are deficient in this essential hormone is the only reason Maximized Living has produced a high quality supplement for ourselves and our patients. Because I spend most of my days inside the office and not always getting my daily sun exposure I do supplement with vitamin D to support my body. Note that God did provide us with the sun and created our bodies to produce vitamin D on its own. This source is free and you can’t beat the real thing but when your daily routine doesn’t allow for you to get adequate amounts of sun exposure I would highly recommend supporting your body with a quality vitamin D supplement.
While every problem has unique needs, the ML Principle is the same when it comes to all conditions:
STEP 1: Build health. If you work towards getting the body well and working right again, all conditions improve or are eliminated. STEP 2: Look at causes. Whether it’s diabetes, asthma, ADD/ADHC, chronic infections, pain, fatigue, cancer, or Alzheimer’s – there’s an underlying reason. Conditions are rarely there as simply a result of genetics or bad luck. Might be easy to call it that – but just not true.
Changing the way you think about and experience health through 5 Essentials of Maximized Living. By Dr. Dale Brown
We get a lot of emails asking for more research proving a bad spine affects your overall health!
Proof in the news:
Elderly Women with 'Dowager's Hump' May Be At Higher Risk of Earlier Death - 26 May 2009
Hyperkyphosis, or "dowager's hump" the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have vertebral osteoporosis, UCLA researchers have found.
In a study published in the May 19 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found that older white women with both vertebral fractures and the increased spinal curvature that results in the bent-over posture characteristic of hyperkyphosis had an elevated risk for earlier death. The finding was independent of other factors that included age and underlying spinal osteoporosis.
Women who had only hyperkyphosis, without vertebral fractures, did not show an increased risk for premature death.
Hyperkyphosis can be caused by a number of factors besides osteoporosis, including habitual poor posture and degenerative diseases of the muscles and intervertebral discs.
"Just being bent forward may be an important clinical finding that should serve as a trigger to seek medical evaluation for possible spinal osteoporosis, as vertebral fractures more often than not are a silent disease," said Dr. Deborah Kado, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery and medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the study's primary investigator. "We demonstrated that having this age-related postural change is not a good thing. It could mean you're likely to die sooner."
For the study, the researchers reviewed data on 610 women, age 67 to 93, from a cohort of 9,704 participants in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures. The participants were recruited between 1986 and 1988 in Baltimore, Md.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Portland, Ore.; and Pennsylvania's Monongahela Valley. Researchers measured spinal curvature with a flexicurve and assessed vertebral fractures from spinal radiographs; they assessed mortality based on follow-ups averaging 13.5 years.
Adjusting for age, as well as osteoporosis-related factors such as low bone density, moderate and severe vertebral fractures, and the number of prevalent vertebral fractures, the researchers found that women with previous vertebral fractures and increasing degrees of spinal curvature were at increased mortality risk from the spinal condition, regardless of age, smoking, spinal bone-mineral density, or the number and severity of their spinal fractures.
These study findings provide evidence that it is not just vertebral fracture alone but the associated increased spinal curvature that may be most predictive of adverse health outcomes. Other studies linking hyperkyphosis to poor health, such as impaired physical function, increased fall risk, fractures and mortality, have been unable to exclude the possibility that vertebral fractures alone were the underlying explanation for the findings.
The researchers note several caveats. This study focused on women, though hyperkyphosis also affects men; measurements for vertebral fractures were based only on height ratios, which could lead to misclassification of other causes of height ratio decreases, such as Scheuermann disease; and the timing of the assessments could have affected the results, though it's unlikely to have made much difference.
However, this study demonstrates a possible association between hyperkyphosis and increased risk for earlier death independent of the number and severity of vertebral fractures or osteoporosis in older women, the researchers write.
"These results add to the growing literature that suggests that hyperkyphosis is a clinically important finding. Because it is readily observed and is associated with ill health in older persons, hyperkyphosis should be recognized as a geriatric syndrome a 'multifactorial health condition that occurs when the accumulated effect of impairments in multiple systems renders a person vulnerable to situational challenges.'"
Study co-authors include Arun S. Karlamangla of UCLA; Li-Yung Lui and Steven R. Cummings of the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute; and Kristine E. Ensrud and Howard A. Fink of the University of Minnesota.
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the National Institute on Aging funded this study.
The UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery provides consultation and treatment for disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Department faculty members provide comprehensive services for such specialties as joint replacement and reconstructive surgery, microvascular surgery, sports medicine, arthroscopy, foot and ankle surgery, hand surgery, pediatric orthopedics, spinal diseases, orthopedic trauma, orthopedic oncology, and metabolic bone disease. In 1998, UCLA and Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital formed a strategic alliance through which Orthopaedic Hospital was integrated with UCLA in the replacement facility for Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital.
Source: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
One particularly large controversy in health care is over the Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and other related “mental health” issues in kids. Millions of school aged children are currently diagnosed as having ADD or ADHD.
Part of the argument here is how vague the definition of these conditions really are and the complete lack of a viable way to measure whether or not a kid has a “problem.”
Questions arise like; What does this diagnosis really mean? Is it the correct diagnosis? Is it really even a “diagnosis” or is it something teachers and parents label a child whose behavior doesn’t fit in the box? What, after-all, is “normal” child behavior? Clearly, not every mega active child is hyperactive, not every shy or withdrawn child is clinical, and not every daydreamer is “inattentive.”
The greater part to this and many of these controversies in medicine is the drug machine they create and the profits the system then begins to churn out. It becomes a major point of contention when you find that much of the information that supports the diagnosis and treatment of a so called illness is birthed from parties that have vested financial interest.
Being in a family practice for 20 years and working extensively with the Osceola County school system for most of that time, I’ve watched while many children received the mental health problem label. Yet, in working with these kids, the explanation of these disorders never made sense. First of all, it always seemed like a contradiction that children who could not attend to school work could still play computer games for hours even though both activities use the same areas of the brain and in many cases they could also sit still for T.V., movies, and keep their attention when doing something they were interested in.
I also found that the issue was far more complex than something you could write off as a chemical disorder. There were generally family issues including the learning curve a parent has to deal with today when trying to raise children in what is often either a home where both parents work full time, a single-parent home, or a scenario where a child now rarely sees their father or mother, etc., etc. Children are left to deal with a whole lot of emotional issues and are ill-prepared for that challenge. If they act unusual as a result, it means they need help – not drugs.
The original medical solution for ADD, ADHD, etc. was RITALIN. Ritalin (Methylphenidate) - a central nervous system stimulant, whose pharmacological properties are essentially the same as those of the widely-abused amphetamines like cocaine or speed. The warning label on Ritalin states, "Ritalin should not be used in children under six years, since safety and efficacy in this age group have not been established."
“In 1997 alone, nearly 5 million people in the United States were prescribed Ritalin—most of them young children diagnosed with ADD. Use of Ritalin, which is a stimulant related to amphetamine, has increased by 700 percent since 1990. And this phenomenon appears to be uniquely American: 90 percent of the world's Ritalin is used in the United States." - Running on Ritalin by Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
The side-effects of Ritalin are vast. “The stimulant Ritalin causes long-term changes in the brain. As it’s in the same class of drugs as amphetamines and cocaine, the effects are very similar."
REPORTS THAT EMERGED ON RITALIN:
“The research suggests that it has the potential for causing long-lasting changes in brain cell structure and function.” - Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego November 11, 2001. “The FDA found a link between Ritalin and cancer. A University of Texas study showed damage to the chromosomes of 12 children who had taken Ritalin for three months.” - Cancer Letters February 16, 2005. Additionally, “Ritalin has also been linked to psychiatric events and heart disease. The FDA has been considering labeling changes to all methylphenidates due to psychiatric events and cardiovascular side effects.” - New York Times July 1, 2005, Forbes July 1, 2005
As stigma developed surrounding your kid “Being on Ritalin” doctors solved the concern by moving to other equally potent, adult drugs like: strattera, adderall, concerta, metadate, and focalin. Each with it’s own very extensive list of serious side-effects and all with little to no short or long term testing on children.
I don’t want to minimize the challenge of raising a child that would be labeled with these types of conditions even 1%. As a father of 3, raising kids is a tough game to win in the best of circumstances. I do want to offer solutions. As you walk through the 5 Essentials of Maximized Living, there are extensive answers to this complex situation. Here are 3.
1. ESSENTIAL #3: There is a wide body of evidence that shows chemicals, preservatives, colorings, grains, and sugars (even healthy grains and sugars) will negatively affect mood and personality. In our experience with 1000s of kids, it would be virtually impossible to see most of these severe types of cases if you had these kids eating not in a way that’s simply considered “Healthy” but the actual correct way to eat.
Our Maximized Living Nutrition Plans book shows an Advanced Diet that really is where everyone should lean. These kids are more sensitive than the average person or child so following a plan like this that is very low on grains, bad fats, preservatives, chemicals, and sugars and higher in quality protein, good fats, fruits, and vegetables. Follow the recipes for kid friendly breads, desserts, and other treats to make it do-able.
Sodas are particularly a problem – has it all; chemicals, colorings, and sugars or artificial sugars. See Soda Webinar below for details on August 17th Webinar so you can learn more on this topic vital to your family’s health.
2. ESSENTIAL #2: In 100s of clinics across the country, we’ve seen these kids respond incredibly well to rebuilding the integrity of their nervous system by correcting the structure and function of the cervical spine. This is particularly true of balance structures in the upper cervical region that are incorporated so closely to brain stem function. See below for August 18th free evaluation opportunity as part of our Back To School evaluations.
3. ESSENTIAL #1: Not to judge, but to give an example. In his book, American Victory, Henry Cejudo tells his story. Barely more than a toddler, he had an alcoholic dad who sold his Christmas presents on Christmas Eve and was eventually put in prison and a mother forced to be completely absent being left to raise multiple children and work many jobs. He saw more pain, hunger, and Rated R stuff before 10 than most will experience in a lifetime.
So, you can bet that when he went to school he didn’t act right. However, when they went to put him on Ritalin, his mother said she had her own Ritalin. It was called her fist. Henry went on to be a gold medalist and write a best-selling book on the topic. Neither of which would’ve been likely had he been put on Ritalin.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HEALTHY FAMILY.
If you haven’t taken your kids to a Maximized Living doctor, now’s your chance. Back To School evaluation and lifestyle education is happening now.
August 18th Back To School Evaluation -Go to your ML doctors site to sign up or visit their clinic to participate. Don’t have a doc? Visit us at www.maximizedlivingdrernst.com
DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON AB MACHINES – UNLESS YOU’RE GOING TO FOLLOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS!
“THE TRUTH ABOUT ABS”
SASQUATCH, THE WHITE WHALE, THE LOCHNESS MONSTER, CROP CIRCLES, AND 6-PACK ABS. There’s a saying among marketing people: “If I can confuse you, then you have to pay me to un-confuse you.” This statement can’t ring truer than with weight loss, nutrition, and perhaps the most confusing mystery of them all – abs. Whether it’s Sasquatch, the White Whale, “Nessy,” or Crop Circles – no mystery in the new millennium is more evasive than the 6 pack.
People think that the rarest, most valuable possession in the world you can possess when you grow up is something like a Maserati, a 5 carat diamond, or a 20,000 square foot mansion. Yet, a whole lot of people have those. What hardly anyone owns when they get past 30 is a set of abs.
How popular is this topic? When my son was 5, he came up to me and said, “Dad – are you thirsty?” Realizing a joke was coming I thought, “I’ll bite.”
“Sure Skylar, I’m thirsty.”
He showed me his stomach and said – “No problem, I’ve got a 6 pack.” (Which he didn’t have then, but does now at 15).
I love the Peyton Manning Prie-less Pep Talk about abs. Peyton says, “Bummed about that gut? Wish you had rock hard abs? I’ve got to be honest – unless you’re 23 or a professional football player – it’s probably not going to happen. If I were you – I’d just buy some bigger shirts.”
THANKFULLY, PEYTON’S PEP TALK – IS COMPLETELY NOT TRUE IF YOU UNDERSTAND “THE TRUTH ABOUT ABS!
UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY: The morning I sat down to write this, I flipped through the channels and without exaggeration, there were 6 different ab or ab-related infomercials on. Talk about confusion and driving the mystery of the 6 pack even deeper.
DON’T BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT, BOOK, OR MEMBERSHIP THAT GUARANTEES ABS UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND SOME IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES.
The truth is, it’s really a no brainer for people 40 and under to get ripped (Without being a professional football player). Of course, if you’re really deep in the hole, you’d have to stay the course –but it’s actually not confusing. It’s really quite simple. On the other hand – it’s completely impossible, no matter what machine or video you buy to get ripped or achieve the Holy Grail of actual “Abs” without these important principles.
THE 4 PRINCIPLES OF ABS
PRINCIPLE #1: THE INFLAMMATORY SET: Bad fats, artificial sweeteners, additives, colorings, sugars, refined grains, and a diet that consists largely of even whole grains or natural sugars all cause inflammation and fat storage. Do all of the Magic ab machine sets and follow all the fad diets you want but like Peyton says, “It’s probably not going to happen.”
PRINCIPLE #2: IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE DIET!: Obviously – physiology plays a huge role. We all know the people that eat what they want – and they’re still ripped. DON’T YOU HATE THOSE PEOPLE! The truth is, most of them, if they keep eating that way, get fat. The reason – at one point their physiology worked in their favor and so they stayed lean no matter the diet. Eventually, that type of diet and potentially aggravated by a sedentary lifestyle changed their “ripped” physiology for a “fat” one.
Good physiology is when good hormones are working for you and not against you. With the wrong physiology, you are a fat storing, muscle building machine. Not only will many exercise or diet plans not help – they will even further support bad hormone function.
PRINCIPLE #3: TOXINS: Toxins bind to fats and can make it virtually impossible to lose those fats ---- and also difficult to detoxify those toxins. PRINCIPLE #4: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: Neurological issues will effect gland function and make it more difficult to kick the necessary physiology into gear to get you the body, the energy, and the health you want
These are literally laws. Follow them and it’s a no brainer. It’s not confusing and it works no matter where you are right now. We’ve seen it too many times with 100s of thousands of people with all kinds of genetics and in every conceivable situation that if you break the law – sooner or later you’re in trouble. If you go back to the law, it’s simple – sooner or later you’re back in shape.
Sorry Peyton – follow these 4 Principles and it’s probably going to happen.
DON’T BUY A BIG SHIRT JUST YET:
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND APPLY THESE PRINCIPLES IN AUGUST NUTRITION WEBINAR AUGUST 17TH
20 Million Americans suffer from asthma. We spend a whopping 20 million dollars on this condition and it accounts for 15 million sick days of work and 14 million sick days of school. (1) Common methods of treatment are heavy medications, inhalers, and steroids to control the condition. What is it that causes this life limiting disease?
While every problem has unique needs, the ML principle is the same when it comes to all conditions:
STEP 1: Build health. If you work towards getting the body well and working right again, all conditions improve or are eliminated.
STEP 2: Look at causes. Whether it’s asthma, ADD/ADHC, chronic infections, pain, fatigue, cancer, or Alzheimer’s – there’s an underlying reason. Conditions are rarely there as simply a result of genetics or bad luck. Might be easy to call it that – but just not true.
Everyone knows that asthma is the constriction of the airways and lung causing difficulty breathing. Like all conditions, however, few doctors, patients, or parents of kids with asthma spend enough time looking at causes and building health.
In building health – we apply 5 Essentials. In Essential #2, Maximum Nerve Supply - it’s clear that the brain tells the lungs how to work, how to take in air, how much, and when. The brain does this by sending messages down through the spinal cord and out through the nerves into the airway tissues. One set of nerves comes from the lower brain/upper neck region directly to airways and one set comes out of the spine in the upper back. Any damage or pressure to these nerves would clearly inhibit the brain and subsequently the lungs from doing their job. Clearing your nervous system has been proven to address a CAUSE and improve the respiratory track especially cases like asthma. (2)
The next Essential we’ll address here is Essential #5, Minimized Toxins. We are exposed to toxins daily like never before in history. While the toxins used in household products, food, drinking systems, medications, fabric, plastic, and many other areas are cleared for use by the FDA, they build up in our bodies and cause illness.
As toxins build up, our cells are suffocated and deprived of nutrients. In a recent study two detoxification genes were studied. The genes glutathione-S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) and glutathione-S-transferase T1 (GSTT1) are responsible for 2 phases of detoxification in our bodies.
The proportion of individuals with a deficiency in both GSTM1 and GSTT1 gene activity was found to be four times higher in asthmatic patients than in the control group (54.1% and 12.2%, respectively). (3) Filling our bodies full of toxins leads to the activation of these detoxification genes. An overload of toxins is going to severely bog down our respiratory tract, leading to asthma like symptoms. So this study is right, these genes are more common with asthma, because they are detoxification genes that HAVE to kick in or else we can’t get rid of any of the toxins. Toxins interfere with how our bodies work, if they build up, you’re in trouble.
By addressing these two Essentials – nerve supply and toxins, Maximized Living doctors see improvements with asthma and other closely related illnesses like allergies and infections. Your ML doctor has specific resources like Daily Detox and nutrition and spinal correction protocols to help both build health and eliminate causes so you can get better.
Changing the way you think about and experience health through 5 Essentials of Maximized Living
1. http://www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=9&sub=42
2. Alcantara, J., Van Roo, L., Oman, RE. Chiropractic care of a pediatric patient with asthma, allergies, chronic colds & vertebral subluxation [case report]. Journal J Pediatr Matern & Fam Health - Chiropr. 2009 Sum;2009(3):Online access 7p.
3. Ivaschenko TE, Sideleva OG, Baranov VS. Glutathione-S-transferase μ and theta gene polymorphisms as new risk factors of atopic bronchial asthma. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 2002;80(1):39–43.
There are some shocking statistics about our children’s health that you must know now in order to literally save their lives. Prescription drug use in American kids rose by 5 percent in 2009, which is the highest of any other single demographic group, and nearly 4 times higher than the overall population. More than one in four children are now taking at least one prescription medication to treat a chronic medical condition! A chronic medical condition means that they’ll likely be taking the pill for the REST of their lives! The number of our children 19 and younger using type 2 diabetes medications has risen by more than 150 percent in the last 9 years, with adolescent girls increasing by 200 percent!
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the cells ignore the insulin being produced by the body and hence, the body becomes insulin resistant. This type of diabetes is the acquired or lifestyle induced condition - which means you get it by what you’re doing or not doing.
What we’re doing is growing up and continuing into adulthood on a diet based largely on carbohydrates - grains, refined grains, sugars, and sugar based additives. This is aggravated by what we’re not doing – which is moving.
While our body’s are born with the ability to process carbohydrates, there’s only so much it can take. Kids used to get away with sugar a bit more in the past because you can burn a whole lot of it by being active 12-16 hours a day like kids were in the past. Now, with the onslaught of refined foods, the addition of 100s of sugar based additives, and hours of movement slashed by the computer age – we’ve got a full blown real epidemic on our hands. (Not a fake one like Swine Flu?)
Because changing lifestyle has seemed impossible, people haven’t changed much despite the crisis. Of course our medical system is prone to create drug and surgical solutions – that in the case of a lifestyle condition can seem preposterous. For example, research from Pittsburgh suggests that brain surgery may decrease the onset and progression of type 2 diabetes.
Whoa. Wait. Brain surgery? Surgery on our brains? For a disease that occurs because of what we choose to eat or feed our kids?
We can stop this madness right now and change the future for our children and believe it or not – make your life easier (not harder) to live than it is right now. The solutions are as simple as getting involved in a webinar series you can do in the comfort of your own home, getting the Maximized Living Plans book from your ML doctor or on our site, and going to your ML doctors Makeover or monthly classes.
These solutions are inexpensive, easy to apply, kid and busy family friendly, and don’t involve operating on yours or your children’s brains. Seems like a “no-brainer” doesn’t it?
While every problem has unique needs, the ML Principle is the same when it comes to all conditions:
STEP 1: Build health. If you work towards getting the body well and working right again, all conditions improve or are eliminated.
STEP 2: Look at causes. Whether it’s diabetes, asthma, ADD/ADHC, chronic infections, pain, fatigue, cancer, or Alzheimer’s – there’s an underlying reason.
Conditions are rarely there as simply a result of genetics or bad luck. Might be easy to call it that – but just not true.
Changing the way you think about and experience health through 5 Essentials of Maximized Living
The long search for the fountain of youth is finally over. It has been discovered. The discovery comes as a surprise to many due to the fact it was always right under their noses. Trillions of dollars have been spent over the centuries developing pills and potions and lotions, but none have ever succeeded long term. Today is a new day!
Where is this “Fountain of Youth?” Where does the greatest doctor in the world live? He lives INSIDE YOU! Research is constantly revealing that the body has several mechanisms in place to maintain youth. Unfortunately, so much of life is spent blocking these mechanisms and then old age marches on.
There are many key factors we teach and discuss in our office related to aging. Issues like inflammation, muscle to fat ratios, toxicity, stress, posture, and many topics surrounding nutrition are all addressed in our care and workshops with the goal of keeping the age monster away and slowing his approach for as long as possible. Don't miss this weeks Surge Training Workshop at our offices and theAugust 17th webinar on what you should be drinking!
You can age gracefully! We define this as someone who is still active, fulfilling a purpose, independent, energetic, not on medications, and still able to chase the grandkids down the beach at 65+. While it’s possible, the odds are only approximately 1: 1000. A number we’re radically improving in our patients in our Maximized Living clinics.
In addition to the nutrition, fitness, and stress Essentials that most people first associate with staying young and healthy, research now shows that Essential #2, Maximum Nerve Supply, may very well be the most essential Essential when it comes to finding your Fountain of Youth.
One measurement of healthy aging is called Serum Thiol. Testing Serum Thiol levels is a way of measuring how well you are repairing and rebuilding your DNA – your genetic tissue in the cell.
This study which includes top researchers from around the globe discovered that people who were receiving regular removal of interference to their nerve system via chiropractic adjustments had STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT SERUM THIOL LEVELS. That’s huge!
The way the body is designed to heal and function is, of course, amazing, but also straightforward. The brain and nerve system control and regulate EVERY SINGLE function in the body from breathing to hormone production. There is no debate that you MUST have communication between your brain and your body to heal and function at any level and now we know that this is a fact all the way down to the nucleus of your cells.
When it comes to normal function and healing in our bodies it is vital that your MASTER CONTROLLING SYSTEM (Nerve System) has as little pressure and interference as possible. Being adjusted by a corrective care Chiropractor and utilizing your home correction kitsand exercises helps to maximize nerve supply.
Being part of Maximized Living and living the “5 essentials” is about so much more than just getting out of pain and/or over disease. It is about you and your family, and the ENTIRE PLANET reaching their potential. The greatest loss and regret is “what could have been.” Unleash that power inside of you and LIVE LIFE TO THE MAX!
Remember where the greatest doctor in the world lives - INSIDE YOU! That’s the truth.
Join the Mission to change the way people think about and experience health! You'll be saving lives!!
The Anti-Aging Impact of Essential #3 Surge Training
When you think of hitting 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 (Well most people don’t really think of hitting 90) – you think of getting slower, shorter, flabbier, flakier, tired, wrinkly, and making the kind of noises you remember old people in your family making.
Those ugly signs of aging however are totally “old school.”That’s so last millennium!That’s the “Old 80.”80 is now the new 40 - it’s science, it’s proven, and it’s being done at your local triathlon, marathon, and competitive company picnic.
Getting old is a fact.If you live long enough, eventually you’re going to die.Death runs in all of our families!However, how you live and how you die are something else entirely.While time does march on, it’s not supposed to march over you.Turns out, the natural decline that occurs during aging isn’t so natural – and it’s not normal. (See part 1 on common vs. normal).
If you do nothing – you’ll get old by definition.However, if you decide not to go gently into that good night and not become forty, flabby, flatulent, fun-less, and infertile without a fight you’ll definitely win.The decline in strength, muscle, sex-drive, mental acuity, digestion, emotional health, and the increase in back pain can be slowed dramatically and for a long time to a complete halt by the right kind of movement.
Most people get more and more sedentary as they age and then blame aging for their deteriorating body.The youth run, jump, and play and as a result – get youthful bodies.Youths that don’t – get old people bodies just like old people usually do.The right type of exercise stops this.
If you don’t do something about it, aging can cause a gradual and progressive reduction in the secretion of testosterone and growth hormone.These are the hormones directly related to tone, strength, lean muscle, vigor, and functional capacity and youthful appeal.1
Yet, the proper type of exercise stops and slows this aging process down by increasing the output of growth hormone and testosterone.It’s popular today to shortcut this by getting growth hormone injections.Like all drugs or anytime you manipulate the system, there are the side-effects you have to pay.You can lose nearly 30 pounds of body fat and add almost 10 pounds of lean muscle with injections, but look out for the side effects.2
Remember, it’s illegal to take these as an athlete due to the dangers and it’s cheating.Growth hormone and testosterone are effective and you’re supposed to make them yourself – and you will if you apply the power of short duration, high output exercise.
While studies show that ultimately, low intensity exercise does nothing for hormones – and can even produce bad hormones, short duration, high intensity can literally take years and pounds off your body.The impact of exercise and the damaging effects of aging could be greatly reduced if you learn how to use exercise to induce a “good” hormone response. 3
Doing this type of exercise, you’ll also see fat that was hard to dislodge, begin to go quicker.Studies have shown that when you crank up the intensity for a short period to the point where you can feel the burn, growth hormone is released in such a way that better regulates fatty acid through your metabolism.Again – exercise is natural, safe, and has NO SIDE-EFFECTS.It’s the TRUTH!
At 90- 100% output, the good hormone response kicks in quickly in less than 10 seconds.The average person can only and most should only be at the 75-85% output requiring closer to 20-30 seconds for the same positive factor to kick in.At the point of 10-30 seconds, you can no longer maintain an optimum output so you have to have a recovery period.That burn you feel is good – and thankfully with this method it’s quick.
The best part of these routines is that they’re fast.But more importantly, while they don’t take much time, they add time to your life.While you can add the principle to virtually any workout, ours take as little at 3 minutes at a time and only 12 minutes per week.
To learn these workouts you can go to your ML doctors web-site and make sure not to miss the SURGE TRAINING WORKSHOP taking place in their office.
To make 80 the new 40 and the new “normal” for you, get moving!
1. Neuroendocrine aging in men.Andropause and somatopause, 2001, Endocrinool Metab ClinNorth Am., Anawalt BD)
2 Growth hormone therapy and Quality of lif: possibilities, pitfalls, and menchanisms, J Endocrinal, 2003 Dec. Hull KL
3.Sports Med. 2003, Godfrey RJ
4. Exercise stimulated the turnover of free fatty acids in GH deficient men, 2004, J Appl Physiol, Kanaly
What’s “common” isn’t “normal.”For example, it’s “common” to get divorced or be bankrupt, but it’s not “normal.” When you look at the common mental and physical health of a 40 year old, it’s not so hot.Many at this age are no longer playing sports, running, energetic, and a substantial percentage are taking something for pain, sleeping, and depression.Ouch – not normal.
Equally, what’s “uncommon”, is often what should be considered “normal.”While it’s uncommon for an 80 year old to run a marathon – and set a personal record, and for a 77 year old to complete the Ironman in Kona, or for a 55 year old to have no pain, be on no medications, sleep well, and be at peace, these instances should actually be the "norm".Plenty of science on aging and the fact that these scenarios are out there, help to prove that this is what normal for 80 should look like.
You should think about making 80 your new 40 and consider it to be normal.
Here are some Nutrition Steps you need to take for Starters:
My wife, Dr. Sheri and I both have a degree in Nutrition.While the foundational understanding of biochemistry that degree gave us helps us to forevermore understand the difference between science and fad, you can’t rest on your laurels.It’s an exciting field because it’s not been a focus for that long, so you have to work hard to keep up.What the degree teaches you is what we’re now seeing in study after study: There is a nutritional component to nearly all disease.Meaning that truly, nutrition isn’t the only cause of disease – as some would now have you believe.BUT, while whether or not you ate your fruits and veggies or too much junk food isn’t the only reason for illness, it usually plays a significant role.
We cover many important aging factors in our nutrition books and workshops. These include the hormone factor, inflammation and acidity, fatty acid balance, good fats vs. bad fats, carb/protein/fat ratios and amounts, getting the nutrients you personally need, and several other important issues that have a whole lot to do with aging, quality of life, and staying disease free for as long as possible.
In your first step to make 80 the new 40, you have to address a big concern in today’s world. The toxic foods you have to stay away from and how you deal the toxins you eat or inject is the most critical area to start.
Isn't everything on the market relatively safe? I mean the Government checks up on these things, right?
When a governmental agency like the FDA or the vast majority in the scientific community review the safety of toxins that are allowed in foods, water, drugs, etc. they base it on whether or not there are clear, associated illnesses.In other words, if you eat it, drink it, or inject it and it doesn’t cause you to drop dead on the spot or the next couple of days – it’s “Safe.”
I spoke to a pediatrician on an airplane years ago and got into the vaccine debate.He was a very nice guy and wanted to assure me that they’d safely done over 1000 injections of the rotavirus vaccine and had no reactions at all.6 weeks after our conversation the vaccine was pulled for causing a dangerous and often deadly intestinal illness in children.
That’s why today’s blockbuster drug (or sweetener) often becomes tomorrow’s class action lawsuit.
The accumulation of toxins from the foods and drugs we ingest is heavily involved with illness and with your problems, if you are suffering today.Sodas for instance – catch our Webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 17th to find out how these are prime sources of killer toxins.Sure, few people will drink a Diet Coke today, grab their throat, and keel over dead.Yet, as the poisons accumulate over the years – that will likely be a whole other story.
While a diet soft drink is a type of chemically based food, also consider the source of the ingredients.Sources are important – while McDonalds may have a “Gourmet Bistro” menu, if you study where fast-food chains get their cheap food, you’ll realize it’s far from healthy.As it’s said, “If you buy a diamond ring for 5 bucks, you just bought a diamond ring that’s not worth 5 bucks.”
When it comes to making 80 the new 40 (40 is now like 80 should "normally" be) – being aware of the “later effects” of the poisons you’re eating is HUGE. Make being well, "Normal." That's the truth.
2 QUICK STEPS TO PRESERVING (AND RESTORING) YOUR YOUTH
ABSORB/DE-TOX:Activated charcoal of the appropriate surface area has been found to absorb toxins.If you use the right product – it will not only absorb, but eliminate them as well.
A number of tests have found activated charcoal to significantly increase lifespan. It does this in many key ways. A big one being blocking the chemical absorption of the junk foods and medications you’re consuming from damaging the brain. It also helps your body to normalize cholesterol and lipid metabolism as well as helping essential organs like liver, kidneys, and adrenals to function.
There are a number of other big benefits to organs and aging, but in all – it’s just a great way to protect yourself from the scourge of toxic, modern nutrition that has been allowed into the system because it won’t kill you immediately.Because you’re exposed or ingesting toxins daily, you need to look at a daily detox and carbon product.
V. Frolkis, et al., Enterosorption in prolonging old animal life. Exp. Gerontol. 19; 217-25, 1984.
#1 STAY AWAY FROM MEDICATIONS:As we know, the use of antibiotics and fever-fighting medications weaken your immune system. Other medicines considered to be safe, like over-the-counter cold and flu remedies, have shown to cause strokes and colon problems, and allergy medication causes alcohol-like effects.
“The greater part of all disease is created by the suppression of acute diseases with drug poisoning,” said Harvey Lindlar, M.D.
#2 GET CHECKED FOR SUBLUXATION CAUSING NERVE INTERFERENCE:The first step to healing is to get your spine and nerve system checked for interference (subluxation). When you are experiencing symptoms, your first tendency is to stay homeand skip getting your spine checked. But the facts show that it is time to get your spine checked more.
Within you lies all the power and intelligence of the universe. All of the wisdom that develops all of creation creates and recreates you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You are in a constant state of repair and regeneration in every cell and system of your being.
This wisdom in humans is controlled by the nervous system. This internal intelligence uses the brain, spine and nerves to organize all growth, repair and function. Removal of this wisdom by stopping nerve flow creates death to all or part of the body. Therefore, this neurological flow is life.
When this life can flow uninterrupted, without spinal subluxation, you have the ultimate manifestation of God’s potential in your body. Without interference to neurological life flow, you have a balance in your own inner universe. Then you are all God has created you to be and asked you to be. Subluxation causes brain, spine and nerve interference equaling weakened immunity and slower recovery.
A tremendous amount of research has shown that chiropractic is extremely safe and effective for recovering and, more importantly, preventing sickness and disease. Dr. Ronald Pero of New York University studied the immune systems of cancer patients, non-cancer patients and non-cancer patients that had been under chiropractic care for five years or more. The non-cancer patients had immune systems that were 200 percent stronger than the cancer patients. The chiropractic patients had immune systems that were 200 percent stronger than the non-cancer patients and 400 percent stronger than the cancer patients.
Chiropractic research on HIV-positive patients revealed that those who received chiropractic care showed a 48 percent increase in CD4 immune system white blood cells compared to those that did not receive chiropractic care, said Drs. Selano, Hightower, Pfleger, Peeley, Collins and Grostic.
#3 FEED YOURSELF WELL: When asked about what we eat, most people will say they eat well.But when eating don’t just eat for taste, eat for your health. When feeding your immune system consider foods with Vitamin C, antioxidant vitamins, low sugar fruits, green vegetables and Echinacea.These all provide nutritional support for the organs of the immune system so that it may function at it’s best. Immune killing foods include most meats, alcohol, sugar, caffeine and other chemical preservatives.If you cant pronounce it on the label, chances are it’s a killer ingredient.
#4 REST AND RELAXATION:Stress and lack of sleep also drain strength from the immune system and very often are responsible for the reason you are sick. Slow down to let your body heal and get well.
#4 EXERCISE:Even when you are sick, get moving!Exercise has been proven to increase immune system function to the point where male and female cancers can be reduced 50-80 percent compared to those who do not exercise.God made our bodies to move!If you think you don’t have time to exercise, SURGE only takes 15 min a day.If you are too tired to exercise – watch out!That’s a sign of a weak immune system that is hungry for exercise!
Chiropractic adjustments work to harmonize the body's natural systems by realigning the spinal bones and removing pressure and congestion within the nervous system. This process decreases the physiological stress response and restores optimal function and healing to the body. Along with many other health issues, chiropractic care has shown to consistently achieve remarkable results in helping to stabilize blood pressure.
The nervous system is what allows our internal physiology to adapt to the stresses and demands of the external environment. The skull and spine surround and protect the nervous system and bear the consistent stress of gravity every day. When the external stressors become too great there is compromise in the spinal structure and resulting interference in the nervous system. This interference is termed subluxation. Subluxation causes the nervous system to move out of balance and towards sympathetic (fight or flight) dominance. This process increases stress hormone secretion, inflammatory processes, and blood vessel tone. For many individuals this results in higher blood pressure. Chiropractic adjustments remove subluxation and restore harmony to the nervous system allowing the body to stabilize and heal appropriately.
In 1988, a double blind study of 75 patients was performed to fully analyze the reports that chiropractic care could help stabilize blood pressure in patients. Within this study, one group of patients with elevated blood pressure received adjustments to the thoracic spine area. Another group received placebos (movements that seemed to be adjustments but were not), and a 3rd group received no treatment. The result was that the adjusted group experienced decreases in both systolic & diastolic blood pressure while no change was noted in either the control or placebo group.
A special chiropractic adjustment to the upper cervical region can significantly lower high blood pressure, a placebo-controlled study performed at the University of Chicago suggests. "This procedure has the effect of not one, but two blood-pressure medications given in combination," study leader George Bakris, MD, tells WebMD. "And it seems to be adverse-event free. We saw no side effects and no problems," adds Bakris, director of the University of Chicago hypertension center.
8 weeks after undergoing the procedure, 25 patients with early-stage high blood pressure had significantly lower blood pressure than 25 similar patients who underwent a sham chiropractic adjustment. "When the statistician brought me the data, I actually didn't believe it. It was way too good to be true," Bakris says. "The statistician said, 'I don't even believe it.' But we checked for everything, and there it was."
Compared to the sham-treated patients, those who got the real procedure saw an average of 14 mm Hg greater drop in systolic blood pressure (the top number in a blood pressure count), and an average of 8 mm Hg greater drop in diastolic blood pressure (the bottom blood pressure number). This was a greater effect than 2 powerful blood pressure medications given in combination.
In another double blind study, Dr. Yates examined the effects of upper thoracic chiropractic adjustments on blood pressure in 21 subjects with elevated blood pressure. Subjects in the active group (those getting adjusted) showed statistically significant decreases in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Placebo and control groups demonstrated no such changes and did not differ significantly from each other. Results support that adjustment of thoracic region significantly reduces blood pressure of patients with elevated blood pressure.
McKnight ME, DeBoer KF. Preliminary study of blood pressure changes in normotensive subjects undergoing chiropractic care. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1988 Aug;11(4):261-6.
G Bakris, M Dickholtz Sr, P M Meyer, G Kravitz, E Avery, M Miller, J Brown, C Woodfield, B Bell. Atlas vertebra realignment and achievement of arterial pressure goal in hypertensive patients: a pilot study. Journal of Human Hypertension. March 2, 2007.
Yates RG, Lamping DL, Abram NL, Wright C "Effects of Chiropractic Treatment on Blood Pressure and Anxiety: A Randomized, Controlled Trial" J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1988; 11(6): 484-488.
Over $80 billion are spent each year on drugs to relieve heartburn, acid reflux, bloating, gas, irritable bowel, constipation, diarrhea and other digestive disorders. These symptoms of abnormal digestive are becoming increasingly more prevalent in our society. Science and research have shown that chiropractic care offers a powerful solution to this modern-day epidemic.
The nervous system controls digestive function from several different regions. The vagus nerve which courses out of the brain stem and runs near the atlas bone innervates all the major organs of digestion and functions to stimulate the digestive process. Other major areas controlling the pace of digestion include the sympathetic nerves coming out of the thoracic & lumbar regions and the sacral parasympathetic nerve fibers. Spinal misalignment in any of these regions can lead to neurological compromise and altered digestive function.
Chiropractors search for the location of such spinal misalignments termed `subluxations.` A specific chiropractic adjustment realigns the altered regions and restores nerve supply to the deficient organs. This approach honors the body's innate ability to heal and works to harmonize this incredible life force in order to enhance organ function & quality of life.
Several studies have demonstrated the power of chiropractic adjustments restoring optimal function in individuals with digestive disturbances. In a published case study, a young woman had been afflicted with IBS symptoms once or twice a week for 5 years. After one adjustment she noticed an easing of symptoms and within a short time all her digestive problems disappeared. When the report was published 2 years later she was still symptom free.
A 2008 study demonstrated how effective chiropractic care is for infants with digestive disturbances. Researchers chose three infants who were experiencing infrequent bowel movements from once a week to once every 3 or 4 days. Parents of these infants had tried several different laxatives and other procedures recommended by their medical staff. They had also followed specific dietary changes and the use of cod liver oil and mineral oil without any results.
The infants began wellness oriented chiropractic for periods ranging from three weeks to three months. According to the study author Dr. Larry S.Arbeitman, D.C., ` All three experienced almost immediate improvement. By the end of the study all three had bowel movements at least once every day.`
Subluxations within specific areas of the spine can prevent the bowel from functioning properly. Throughout the years it has been common place to see instances of people of all ages who have not had a bowel movement for days experience almost immediate relief after an adjustment. Regular chiropractic care can help patients establish a more natural rhythm of comfortable, effortless elimination.
Wagner, T., J. Owen, E. Malone, and K. Mann. 1996. Irritable bowel syndrome and spinal manipulation: a case report. Chiropractic Technique 7:139-40.
Marko, S. 1994. Case study: The Effect of Chiropractic care on an infant with problems of constipation. Chiropractic Pediatrics 1().
Hewitt, E.G. 1993. Chiropractic treatment of a 7-month-old with chronic constipation: a case report. Chiropractic Technique 5(3):101-3.
"The successful chiropractic care of pediatric patients with chronic constipation: A case study and selective review of the literature," Clinical Chiropractic (2008) 11, 138-147.
(NaturalNews) The President's Cancer Panel (PCP) recently released its yearly report to the President outlining the status of cancer in America. This year's report focuses primarily on environmental factors that contribute to cancer risk. According to the report, pharmaceutical drugs are a serious environmental pollutant, particularly in the way they continue to contaminate waterways across the country (and the world).
Many reports have recently appeared about pharmaceutical contamination of water supplies, rivers, lakes and other waterways, but spokespersons from the drug and chemical industries have denied that this pollution poses any risk whatsoever to the environment. But this report, issued directly from PCP, provides a stunning indictment of the dangers associated with pharmaceutical pollution.
The executive summary of the PCP report includes the following statements:
"[P]harmaceuticals have become a considerable source of environmental contamination. Drugs of all types enter the water supply when they are excreted or improperly disposed of; the health impact of long-term exposure to varying mixtures of these compounds is unknown."
It's important to note that PCP is required by law to assess the National Cancer Program and offer a truthful evaluation of the various things it finds to be responsible for causing cancer. The panel is a division of the National Cancer Institute itself, so its findings hold fairly considerable weight in the scientific world (or they should, if the reaction wasn't so politicized).
The report itself is quite extensive, evaluating everything from the environmental and health impacts of drug and pesticide pollution to cell phone radiation and nuclear testing residue. But the section on pharmaceutical drugs is especially interesting when considering the fact that numerous reports have shown that drugs and drug residue that ends up in water supplies typically isn't filtered out by municipal treatment plants.
No laws exist to protect the public from pharmaceuticals
Many chemicals are highly regulated because they are known to negatively affect human and environmental health. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tasked with regulating exposure to these chemicals, but pharmaceuticals are not included in its regulatory scheme. Despite years of prodding by environmental scientists, the EPA has given very little attention to the dangers posed by widespread pharmaceutical contamination.
According to a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study conducted back in 2002, antidepressants, blood pressure and diabetes medications, anticonvulsants, oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy drugs, chemotherapy drugs, antibiotics, heart medications and even codeine are all showing up in the water supplies of American cities. This study was the first national-scale evaluation of pharmaceutical drug contamination in streams, and roughly 80 percent of the streams tested were found to be contaminated as well.
In 2008, an AP investigation found that at least 46 million Americans are drinking water contaminated with trace amounts of pharmaceuticals. Even though every city tested has its water treated and "purified" prior to being delivered to the public, trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are making their way through to the tap. (Since not all major metropolitan areas were tested, the number of people affected is likely far higher than what was reported by AP.)
In spite of all this, water quality reports don't disclose the levels of pharmaceuticals found in tap water. Since the EPA and FDA have failed to establish any proper guidelines for drug contamination in water, most people have no idea that their water contains a dangerous cocktail of prescription medications.
Hospitals, consumers and drug companies are all responsible
None of this is surprising if you consider that unused and expired drugs cannot be legally returned to the pharmacies where they were purchased. Many people just flush them down the toilet because the drug labels actually encourage patients to dispose of them this way (and they probably don't know what else to do with them).
People who take prescription and over-the-counter drugs will excrete them as well, contributing to the drug overload being found at wastewater treatment plants. (Drugs are not necessarily "broken down" by your digestive system.)
It is also regular protocol for hospitals to flush millions of pounds of unused medications every year, a practice that contributes significantly to water contamination.
And let's not forget the drug companies that dump large amounts of their own pharmaceuticals into water supplies. The same AP investigation found that more than 270 million pounds of pharmaceutical compound residue is dumped every year into waterways nationwide, many of which serve as drinking water for millions of people.
One Indian river where 90 different pharmaceutical companies dump their waste tested positive for over 21 active drug ingredients. In one river alone, there was enough ciprofloxacin (a strong antibiotic) being dumped every day by drug companies to treat 90,000 people! (And scientists detected this in water that was supposedly purified by the drug companies before being released into the environment).
The drug contamination levels found in India's rivers were 150 times the detected levels found in the U.S. These findings prove that drug companies couldn't care less how much drug residue they dump in water as long as they can get away with it. They don't even believe that pharmaceutical contamination is a threat to the environment.
"Based on what we now know, I would say we find there's little or no risk from pharmaceuticals in the environment to human health," explained microbiologist Thomas White, a consultant for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, in a Dallas Morning News article about the AP investigation. This is similar to BP's CEO saying, after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, that the amount of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico was "tiny" compared to how big the ocean is.
Studies show drug residue cocktails actually do cause harm
Though the chemical and drug industries deny any danger from exposure to drug residue in the water, science (and common sense) says otherwise.
Even though current water contamination levels are measured in parts per million or parts per billion, there is no way to know just how much exposure people are actually experiencing. People drink contaminated water, shower in contaminated water and cook with contaminated water, so it's illogical to suggest that there's no harm being caused by widespread exposure, even at "low" doses, especially when the exposure is a combinationof dozens of different drugs that have never been tested in combination.
People are not the only beings that are affected by pharmaceutical contamination, either. The world's aquatic ecosystems (and the plants and animals that belong to them) are all being negatively impacted.
Drugs are being found in fish
According to an MSNBC report back in 2009, all kinds of drugs are being found in the bodies of fish near major U.S. cities. Researchers found drugs for high cholesterol, allergies, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder and depression in the livers and tissue of fish.
Researchers are in agreement that aquatic species of all types are being harmed by continuous exposure to water contaminated with pharmaceuticals. Even though wastewater is treated in the U.S. before entering waterways, most treatment facilities do not have the proper filtering technology to remove dangerous drug residues from wastewater before it gets dumped.
Many fish are experiencing reproductive problems as a result of exposure, as is explained in the following report: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23504633/)
Beyond having their sperm damaged, some fish are actually changing sexes. Males are becoming females and females are becoming males as a result of drug exposure in the water. Other water creatures are experiencing things like organ failure and the inability to grow. It makes a reasonable person ask "How long until these effects start to hit humans?"
Or have they already?
"We have no reason to think that this is a unique situation. We find pretty much anywhere we look, these compounds are ubiquitous," explained Erik Orsak, an environmental contaminants specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in response to the findings.
And it's not just near American cities where fish are turning up with all kinds of drugs in their bodies. As of 2008, more than 100 different pharmaceutical compounds have been detected around the world, affecting fish and wildlife everywhere. These are chemicals that simply do not belong in our environment. And yet they are there, dumped into our waters by the pharmaceutical industry and its hospitals, pharmacies and consumers.
Why we need more research on the toxicity of pharmaceutical contaminants
Many animal studies have been or are being conducted on pharmaceutical exposure, and they are indicating that these drugs are causing widespread harm. But very few official human trials have been conducted, prompting many to push for increased efforts.
If drug residue is building up in animals and wildlife, then of course it's building up in humans as well, posing the risk of significant harm. Reproductive failure, thyroid dysfunction, cancer, osteoporosis -- all of these diseases and more may be caused, at least in part, by prolonged exposure to low levels of all sorts of drugs in the water supply.
Many states pushing for drug waste legislation
Because the truth about drug contamination in water is no longer a secret, many states have begun enacting legislation to regulate drug disposal. Last August, Illinois passed the Safe Pharmaceuticals Disposal Act, which restricts hospitals from flushing drugs down the drain.
The same report indicates that there have been five bills introduced to regulate drugs at the federal level.
While this addresses the hospital waste problem, there's still the human and drug company waste problems. No matter how you look at it, pharmaceutical drugs are going to continue making their way into the water supplies because they will pass through the bodies of consumers first!
Drug companies must be held responsible for their wastewater
Since it's already been revealed that drug companies are failing to properly treat their wastewater before dumping it into rivers (even though they claim to be treating it), U.S. regulatory agencies need to step up and correct the problem. Regular monitoring of wastewater contaminant levels is the only way to halt the chemical contamination of waterways.
And if U.S. companies are polluting water supplies in other countries (such as India), they should be held accountable for their actions. There's no excuse for U.S. companies to pollute anywhere in the world just because they're operating outside domestic borders.
Wastewater treatment plants should be retrofitted
State and local legislators would do well to put forth their own legislation to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities so they can properly filter out pharmaceuticals (and dispose of them safely). Since there's no way to stop human elimination of pharmaceuticals (apart from slowly educating the masses to stop swallowing dangerous pharmaceuticals), municipalities need to do their part to prevent these dangerous toxins from getting into water supplies in the first place.
Together, these measures would help to drastically reduce the amount of pharmaceutical waste entering our environment.
It's the environment, stupid!
The careless disposal of toxic pharmaceuticals is proving to be highly destructive, despite reassurances by some that it's not that big of a deal. The health of the planet and all of its amazing biodiversity is now threatened by the steady poisoning of toxic chemical pharmaceuticals.
And it's not just pharmaceuticals, either. Chemical byproducts and waste from many different industries are polluting our environment at unprecedented rates. Mercury (from dental fillings), fluoride (dripped into the public water supply on purpose, if you can believe that!), and all sorts of other chemicals and heavy metals are showing up in food, water and the global environment.
Haven't we poisoned our planet enough already?
Plants, animals and even humans can only take so much of this. That's why we need to keep fighting against the corporations that are causing this harm and force them to stop destroying the world in which we hope to raise our children.
After all, if we keep poisoning the planet at this rate, there won't be much left to offer future generations except a toxic stew of patent-protected chemicals that all the corporations pretend pose no problem at all.
A famous author and Rabbi once asked to describe hell and heaven.
He said hell is a place where several stoning people are sitting around a bowl of soup holding a spoon.The problem is the spoon is too long and their arms are too short so they cannot get the soup in their mouth. Heaven is the same.The only difference is, the people are feeding each other.
Life is a short walk. The end of the journey, at least on this plane, is the same for all of us. There will be a day, A day of reckoning.How, where, or when this is to occur is left to argument.But, all seem to agree on some level that we will all one day meet our maker in some shape or form and that how we spent this life on earth will be subject to some review.
In the New Testament. Jesus gives us perhaps the greatest metaphor in the entire bible of how we are to live. Though considered Rabbi. Teacher. Lord, and Master of His disciples. He washed their feet to teach them and us about love and service. He even washed the feet of Judas and Simon who He knew were to betray Him. He taught that anyone can love his friend or brother, but can you love the tax-man and pray for your enemy.
How often in the name of your job or of business do people do what is wrong or not quite right or ethical. Will you one day tell God. "It was my job" or "I needed the money."
How often do people not say or do what should be said or done because it is not popular opinion and would effect their status or relationships. Will you one day tell God. "Everyone else was doing it" or "That is the way it is allowed."
Recently a patient who came to see us brought their daughter who is 7 years old with asthma. Now after care at age 8, she has nothad an asthma attack in over 9 months.One day while adjusting him, the parents told us about a dinner party they were at the other week.The hosts got into a heated, top of the lungs argument with the daughters father. The host said, "For years you have known that my son has had asthma.You have even been at my house earlier when we had to take him to the hospital. Not once did you mention that Chiropractic could help. How could you!?"
It has been said by many authors and scholars that the hottest place in hell is reserved for those who hold back information that could help others. Let doing what is considered right give way to doing what is righteous.
IF IT DOESN'T SERVE GOD AND PEOPLE IT'S WORTHLESS
Announcement:Your opportunity to touch the lives of those around you is approaching.Monday August 2nd is our next PATIENT APPRECIATION DINNER – 6:45pm Bravo Italian Northlake.
Each and every one of you know someone who needs to hear the true message of healing.If God has placed a stirring in your heart to touch the lives of others, tell them about the care you are receiving and invite them to experience the same healing miracle you are.
To reserve a seat for you and up to 4 guests, simply register at the Hostess station we have in our office and we will take care of the rest for you and your guests.
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad” the son replied
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what you learned from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
We all live our life in FEAR! What if I lose my job? What if I don't make enough money this month? What if I say what I want and that client leaves? What if my performance goes down? What if? What if? What if?
The average person lives their life in fear. What if I lose everything I have gotten already? This is not a fun way to go through life. A lot of you think, "But when my life has _________ , then my fear will stop. When I have a million dollars, then my worry of losing money will go away!" Fear and worry never go away when you have more, actually because you have gained more, now you will have even more fear of losing it!
So how do you stop it? You have to change what you focus on. Just like that little boy, he didn't see poor, he saw opportunity. Instead of seeing what could have been negative, he saw it all as better! That is the key. Right now you have to change your values of how you live your life!GOD, health, family, Chiropractic!
That is the order! Whatever you focus on expands in your life! When the fear sets in immediately shift your focus to God, or your health, or your family, and immediately realize how lucky you are RIGHT NOW!

As soon as you change the way you look at things, the things you look at changes! Life is amazing.Begin today to fall in love with exactly where you're at in life, that's the fastest way to achieve your next goal in life!
The obstetricians and gynecologists are figuring out that a bad spine affects your organs!
In this study, they took 363 patients who had some type of female organ problem and they measured their lumbar curve (lower back). Just as you expected, almost every patient had a loss of the lumbar curve, which means they were Subluxated. The conclusion of the study was an abnormal change in spinal curvature, which appears to be a significant risk factor in pelvic organ prolapse.
If I cut the nerves to your eye, you would not see anymore. If I cut the nerves to your lungs, you would not breathe anymore. What is flowing through the nerves? Life and energy! If you lose the normal spinal curves, nerves get irritated, the less life and energy get to the body, and the body starts building disease.
The most dangerous thing about loss of spinal curves [Subluxation] - you do not get any symptoms until enough disease is present. Why would we ever wait to check your spine, yoour family, when we know they could already be building disease in their body?
So what are the OB/GYN's doing about this research? Nothing! They have no training in the removal of nerve damage and bringing life back into the body.
That is why your Chiropractic spinal and nervous system exam is the most important test their family will ever receive.
Chiropractic creates miracles everyday!
Source: Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000 Dec;183(6):1381-4; discussion 1384
1- Q: I am trying to minimize my cravings for sweets.....any suggestions?
A: The Advanced Plan does exactly that. You will find that about 2-3 weeks into the plan, cravings go from a 10 to a 0! By eliminating the sugar and anything that turns to sugar, you are flipping your body’s switch into fat burning mode.
2- Q: What do you think of the safflower diet
A; Commercial safflower oil is typically polyunsaturated which are very unstable and highly vulnerable to oxidation- even at room temperature. This means the formation of free-radicals. Just being exposed to air and light accelerates the oxidation process. When you start heating it for cooking, the oxidation progresses even further.
The best oils to use for cooking are coconut oil, butter, and grapeseed oil
3- Q: Can I get enough fiber on the advanced plan if I cut out fruits, grains, beans, etc. if I one has digestive issues?
A; Absolutely- you will get plenty of fiber from vegetables. Digestive issues can have many root causes but the Advanced Plan works wonders for allowing the body to heal and to correct problems with digestion.
4- Q: Can I still have a vacation meal as Dr. Lerner suggests on the Undiet from the Body by God book and still have success with weightloss?
A: While this is perfectly acceptable under normal circumstances and for long term sustainability, it is not effective for weight loss. Unfortunately, if you want to be as successful as possible, you will need to avoid the vacation meals until your weight loss goals are achieved. When you are trying to get your leptin under control, it is crucial to eliminate sugars and anything that turns to sugar. Sugar is highly addictive and causes an immediate physiological response in the body- you can avoid it for a month but as soon as you have that “vacation meal” the cravings come right back in full force.
5- Q: In the Asian lettuce wraps recipe in the Nutrition Plans book, do you add the almond butter to the ground turkey?
A: You can add the almond butter after the ground turkey is browned – with the rest of the ingredients.
6- Q: What do you say to people who don’t do a Maximized Living Diet, yet live a very long healthy life?
A; There is one very important health risk factor that is often overlooked which is how a person’s nervous system is functioning. That is why you can see a person with a terrific diet who exercises all of the time, die of a heart attach at age 40 and someone who smokes, eats poorly, and never exercises live to a ripe old age. Much of the so-called mystery can be boiled down to how well their body is able to function and heal. Your Maximized Living Doctor can give you much more information on this topic.
7- Q: What about the Flat Belly Diet?
A: While the idea of a MUFA (mono-unsaturated fatty acid) at every meal is a good one and it is good that this diet focuses on organics- it also overlooks several important points. There are no recommendations about the type and quality of meats you are eating and there is still a heavy emphasis on carbohydrates which does nothing to get someone’s leptin under control.
8- Q: Can you offer an opinion regarding Agave nectar?
A: Agave nectar, while much lower on the glycemic index scale, meaning it doesn’t spike blood sugar as much, IS still sugar and has the same effect on the body. It will still cause a rise in blood sugar, insulin, and the body’s inflammatory response. That is why we recommend staying away from it, especially if weight loss is a concern.
9- Q: I cannot have soy and it is in everything!!! What is soy lecithin and why is it in everything?
A; Maximized Living agrees that soy is a food that needs to be avoided, in any form. Soy lecithin is a waste product from the processing of soy oil and yes, it is in almost every processed food out there. Your best bet is to stick with whole foods or foods that have been minimally processed.
10- Q: Isn't grapeseed oil another healthy fat?
A: Yes- grapeseed oil is fine for salad dressings or for medium heat.
11- Q: Is the info on saturated fats in the book: MLNP book? I just had a girfriend tell me sat fats are bad for you. I want to pass along this info.
A: YES! All of the information you need on the les we have been told about saturated fats is in there. The saturated fat phobia has really compromised the health of North Americans.
12- Q: So the Promise Spread that is endorsed by cardiologists, is bad?
A; YES! It is a man-made product, made in a lab, subjected to extensive processing, bleaching, heat, etc. It is best to stick with the natural foods that have been around for 1,000’s of years like coconut oil, butter, olive oil, etc.
13- Q: So with cutting out sugar...are you really wanting us to stop eating fruits???
A: If weight loss is a concern, leptin is disregulated, or the body is in crisis mode, the answer is YES. That is not to say that fruits are not healthy – they are! It is just that when the body is in crisis or weight loss is a concern, all sugar must be eliminated to help the body heal and repair.
14- Q: Are you saying that increased healthy fat intake will not increase breast or prostate cancer risk?
A: Yes. In fact, if you look at cultures like Polynesia where they eat very high amounts of saturated fats from coconut products or at some African tribes that eat up to a pound of fat per day, you will not see breast cancer, prostate cancer, or any cancer for that matter. Fat is actually the #1 missing ingredient in most American’s diets.
15- Q: What do you replace grains with?
A: You are replacing grains with more healthy fats and more vegetables. After the first 2-3 weeks, you won’t even miss the grains. In addition, the human species survived for thousands of years before the advent of farming and milling grains. In other words, you do not need grains to survive and attain optimal health.
16- Q: What is a good breakfast without grains?
A: Good breakfast options without grains include: eggs, nut butters, smoothies, whey protein, organic yogurt, raw vegetables, smoked salmon, grainless (nut-based) granolas, berries with coconut milk, etc.
17- Q: How do you replace pasta?
A: One good “trick” is to use a spiral slicer on zucchini- it comes out looking just like spaghetti noodles.
18- Q: I thought 100% whole grains were good to eat
A: Whole grains can be good for some people but it really depends on your ancestry. Some cultures were never designed to eat grains. That may explain the very high level of gluten and wheat sensitivities. If weight loss is not a concern, and you are not facing any health challenges, whole grains can be a healthy part of your nutrition plan. The Core Plan outlines which grains are recommended.
19 - Q: What are the 5 purposes of the Advanced Plan?
Burn fat
Detoxify
Reduce inflammation
Balance hormone
Repair tissue cells
20- Q: How can you control the ratio if fats are coming in outside of the supplement, ie through your diet?
A: If you are consuming only healthy fats, there is no need to monitor your fat intake.
21- Q: Is there any soy in NaturePro?
A: NO! Maximized Living does not recommend consuming soy (except for organic fermented soy products like tempeh, miso. Tamari, amakaze, and natto)
22- Q: What do you mix with Nature Pro?
There are several smoothie recipes in the book that use NaturePro but some quick ideas are:
Vanilla NaturePro with frozen berries and coconut milk
Chocolate NaturePro with romaine lettuce, coconut milk, and mint flakes
You can add greens to any smoothie for added nutrition.
The possibilities are really endless.
23- Q: I have not been able to obtain grass-fed beef this winter at my organic grocer - is organic beef okay to buy?
A: Organic does not necessarily mean grass-fed. It just means that the animals haven’t been given hormones or antibiotics. You can find some online sources of grassfed beef that will come directly to your house.
But the biggest questino everyone has is "How can I obtain more energy?"
Having TONs of energy is the most magnificent feeling one can have. Think back to this morning when you woke up. As soon as your eyes opened, you were alert with magnificent powerful energy. You were precise and awake. You had keenness about you. You had a certain strength and clarity. That is the optimal energy flowing through you — or at least optimal at that point in your life. Now if this can occur once, it can occur everyday. The key word is can. The energy source never changed, but the expression of that energy source changed.
“The sun is always shining, only clouds get in the way.”
Well, this brilliancy about your body, this energy, this aura, this life force, is always shining. There are many things interfering with this energy source that create different levels of feeling, emotion, alertness and strength. The key to tapping into this energy source is to remove all major interference. Yes, there is outside interference that can get in the way of this energy source. Before an outside in energy source can interfere, however, an internal energy evaluation must occur. This internal energy evaluation or source comes from the brain. The magnificent power within the brain reaches out to all cells, tissues and organs in the body with life force that is undetectable at times, unnoticeable, something not quantitatively evaluated. But the energy source is still there.
The one major identifiable interference source for chiropractic is vertebral subluxation. The vertebral subluxation is that condition that interferes with the life force and energy that travels from brain to body, tissue, cell and organ. If there is interference in that energy source, that magnificent power, feeling and euphoria when we wake up in the morning cannot be achieved because the body was unable to rest at the level that it should. This interference creates a dampening of the energy source in the human body. Chiropractic correction of the vertebral subluxation will change a life by re-establishing a harmony and balance of this energy from brain to tissue, cell and organ. If this point can be expressed properly to the individual man, woman and child, that feeling of alertness, euphoria and precision as we wake in the morning will be a seven-day-a-week, 24-hour-a-day, 365-days-a-year occurrence.
that a deficiency of this vital hormone can facilitate the development of a great many debilitating diseases. 
Researchers at the Health Sciences Research Institute at Warwick Medical School in the United Kingdom have shown that “high levels of vitamin D among middle-age and elderly populations are associated with a substantial decrease in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.” They went on to say that “interventions targeting vitamin D deficiency in adult populations could potentially slow the current epidemics of cardio-metabolic disorders.” 
