Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Organic Food
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Urinary Metabolites of Organophosphate Pesticides. Bouchard, M. et al., Pediatrics, Volume 125, Number 6, June 2010.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Swine flu pandemic was made up!
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/section_pdf/340/jun03_4/c2912.pdf
When do we get tired of Big Pharma killing for profit?
Friday, June 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Horsing Around
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2010/05/21/for_animals_an_adjustment/
Dr. Jean-Marc
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
High Fructose Corn Syrup Will Kill You
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Food Revolution
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Chinese Fluoride in Your Water?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Subluxations Ruin Your Body
Falling Apart Doesn't Have To Be Painful
During my weekly scientific literature review (keeping up-to-date is work) I ran across an intriguing reference to a 1980 article. I have seen this article referenced numerous times, so I decided to look it up. It was published in the prestigious Spine Journal, vol. 5, number 2 and written by “pain guru” Gunn (he literally wrote the book on the neurology of pain).
Straight to the juicy parts: Gunn describes how trauma to a healthy nerve is usually painless. But significant problems arise over time. The nerve acquires a quality called “denervation supersensitivity” that modifies the signals your body sends to the brain and scrambles the signals the brain sends to the body. Worse, the presence of pain or the intensity of pain is unrelated to the degree of damage. You could be falling into ruin without even knowing it until massive problems are present.
What it means to you: Painless spinal trauma (like a desk job, sleeping wrong...) causes nerve conduction disruption that can have devastating long-term effects on your glands and organs. Therefore, it is essential to have your spine checked by your chiropractor on a regular basis to correct the problem in order to maintain health, function and wellbeing. And if the spinal trauma actually was painful at the time, run, don’t walk to the chiropractor, because your central nervous system functions are compromised and you are starting to fall apart!
See you soon for your essential-for-a-long-healthy-life check-up.
Dr. Jean-Marc
Prespondylosis and some pain syndromes following denervation supersensitivity. CC Gunn. Spine, vol.2, number 2, March/April 1980
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Neck Misalignment Hurt Your Heart
Friday, October 23, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Student Survival Tool Kit
As Alain was preparing to go away to college, I assembled a kit of vitamins and supplements for him to take. I realized that the number had to be minimal and instructions laid out simply. Yet, I wanted to cover as much ground as possible.
The goal here is to promote general health and wellness. I identified some of the challenges a student might encounter. Therefore, the supplements had to effectively deal with the destructive impact of stress, erratic sleep patterns, possible toxins. They also must prime the immune systems.
So I came up with a short list of supplements and an equally short user's manual. Since everyone who hears of this "tool kit" wants to have it, I am posting it here for all to enjoy and benefit from.
Alain’s Supplements:
- Omega 3. Take 2 daily
- Co-Factors. Take 1 with omega 3.
- Complete Glutathione or NAC. Take 2 when you want to cleanse toxins, after strenuous exercise, lack of sleep. PRN.
- OPC Pinegold. Immune booster. Take 2 when you feel that you are coming down with something. Take 2 every 1-2 hours if you are sick.
- Arnica. Melt 2 pellets under tongue after physical trauma. Every hour for up to 24 hours.
- Sabadil. Allergies. PRN.
- Multi. Take 1-2 daily.
Since I want Alain to have the best, cleanest products, I carefully selected the brands of each of these products. The first 3 and the multi are from Nutri-West. OPC is the brand name. Call my office to order any of these . Sabadil and Arnica Montana are homeopathics from Boiron and can be found at Whole Foods and better health food stores..
Dr. Jean-Marc
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Health Care Cost up 131%
When I see these numbers, I get more and more convinced that shuffling who pays for health care is not the answer. Isn't it time to actually BE healthy?
This is a quote from Dr. Gerry Clum, President of Life Chiropractic College West.
"Mid-September also brings us an annual report from the Kaiser Family Foundation on the cost of health care insurance in the United States. In the past year, premiums have risen 5% and, in the past decade, they have risen 131%. This is in contrast to an increase in wages over the past decade of 38% and an inflation rate of 28% for the period. This means health care costs rose at a rate 4.67 times as great as inflation. Some other numbers from the KFF folks...if family coverage increases at a rate of 6.1%, as anticipated, by 2019, the annual cost of the average family's health care insurance will be $24,000...this year, the average individual cost was $4,824 and the average family cost was $13,375...60% of employers provide coverage, down from 66% a decade ago...more than 40% of employers indicated they would be shifting more health insurance cost to the employee...on average, employers pay 74% of the cost of family coverage. The full report from the Kaiser Family Foundation can be found at www.kff.org."
I know from personal experience that MA cost are substantially higher. Now you know why the family budget just doesn't allow as nice a car or as exotic a vacation as it used to. But for some, it is cutting into healthful endeavors like a gym membership, unprocessed food, stress reducing activities. It is fascinating to see how rising health care cost has become a clear cause of poorer health. More on that in a later post...
Dr. Jean-Marc
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
School on Wheels
A big thank you to all of you who participated and donated generously!
Dr. Jean-Marc