Dirty Dozen: Produce to buy organic
1. Apples
2. Celery
3. Strawberries
4. Peaches
5. Spinach
6. Nectarines
7. Grapes
8. Sweet Bell Peppers
9. Potatoes
10. Blueberries
11. Lettuce
12. Kale/Collard Greens
Clean 15: Lowest in Pesticides
1. Onions
2. Corn
3. Pineapples
4. Avocado
5. Asparagus
6. Sweet Peas
7. Mangoes
8. Eggplant
9. Cantaloupe
10. Kiwi
11. Cabbage
12. Watermelon
13. Sweet Potatoes
14. Grapefruit
15. Mushrooms
Facts About Prescription Drugs
FACT: Next to marijuana, the most common illegal drugs teens are using
to get high are prescription medications. Teens are turning away
from street drugs and using prescription drugs to get high. Indeed,
new users of prescription drugs have caught up with new users of
marijuana.
FACT: The CDC reports that from 1999 to 2004, unintentional poisoning
death from prescription drugs, sleeping pills, antidepressants and
tranquilizers grew 84 percent to 20,950 deaths, overtaking cocaine
and heroin combined as the leading cause of lethal overdose.
FACT: According to the Journal of the American Medical Association in
1998, a report found that prescription drugs kill about 106,000
Americans each year – that’s three times as many as are killed by
automobiles – making prescription drug death the fourth leading
killer after heart disease, cancer and stroke.
FACT: In 2005, 2.1 million teens abused prescriptions. Prescription drugs
are the most commonly abused drug among 12 and 13-year-olds.
FACT: The most recent research on deaths in the u.s. due to poisoning
over a five year period (1999- 2004) shows that nearly all poison
deaths in the country are attributed to drugs, and most drug
poisonings result from the abuse of prescription and illegal drugs.
(CDC, 2007)
FACT: Teens are abusing prescription drugs because they believe the myth
that these drugs provide a medically safe high.
FACT: Almost 23 percent of youths who used stimulants non-medically in
the past year experienced a major depressive episode in the past
year compared with 8.1 percent of youths who did not use
stimulants non-medically in that period.
Sources: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/prescr_drg_abuse.html
Chiropractic is safe, effective and natural alternative to many health concerns that many of us take prescription medicines for. We are seeing an overwhelming increase in preventable health issues CAUSED by taking this “safe” drugs. Please contact us at 919-303-2213 to see how Chiropractic can help you or some you love!!
Have you ever wondered why your finger pads wrinkle when they are exposed to water for a certain time? Scientists thought they had figured out the right answer – osmosis. They thought our fingers absorbed water and that caused the wrinkling process. But they were wrong.
A 2011 study showed that the wrinkling was due to a mechanism triggered by our nervous system. The study also proved that when our fingers wrinkle, it is easier to grip objects underwater. It means the wrinkling is an evolutionary response to the change of our environment.
In the study the researchers made the participants move dry and wet objects. The catch was that they had to do this first with dry fingers and then with wet and wrinkled ones. Can you guess what the results were? The study showed that moving objects with wrinkled fingers was 12% faster than moving objects with dry fingers.
It looks like our own bodies never cease to amaze us.
THE MOST DANGEROUS THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH…
Which one is yours?
Maybe it will go away…Are you willing to take that chance?
It comes and goes…Why wait until it is a constant problem?
It’s not that bad!…Compared to what?
It only hurts when I…If your tooth only hurts when you drink something cold, is the problem the cold water or a cavity? Stress is the water and the misalignment is the cavity.
I know what my problem is… What is your solution?
I was told I’ve got to live with it, so I do…Don’t give up on your body or your body will give up on you!
My doctor couldn’t find anything wrong!…Isn’t it time for a different approach?
I’ve been this way for years, why change now?…Doesn’t your body deserve a chance to live rather than just exist?
I don’t want to know!…What you don’t know can hurt you.
It’s because of my age!…You have control over how fast your body ages.
I don’t have any symptoms…Did you know that the first symptom in over 75% of heart disease cases is…a heart attack?
I don’t have the time…If your time is valuable, can you afford being out of commission for weeks or months?
I can’t afford it…You can’t afford not to!
These “thoughts” may potentially be dangerous because they could prevent you from experiencing what millions of others have successfully experienced through chiropractic.Call us at 919-303-2213 for a NO CHARGE consultation today…You have nothing to lose but your problem!
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Are you willing to take that change?
Why wait until it is a constant problem?
Compared to what?
If your tooth only hurts when you drink something cold, is the problem the cold water or a cavity? Stress is the water and the misalignment is the cavity.
What is your solution?
Don’t give up on your body or your body will give up on you!
Isn’t it time for a different approach?
Doesn’t your body deserve a chance to live rather than just exist?
What you don’t know can hurt you.
You have control over how fast your body ages.
Did you know that the first symptom in over 75% of heart disease cases is… a heart attack?
If your time is valuable, can you afford being out of
commission for weeks or months?
You can’t afford not to!
Author: Dr. Pierre DuBois
Do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? When the going gets tough, the optimists among you can take heart – new research that has found that viewing stress positively can be of benefit to both the mind and body.
When the brain perceives stress (either physical or psychological), it reacts by releasing cortisol, adrenaline and norepinephrine to prepare the body for a “fight or flight” response. Fortunately for us, this response is not triggered in most people today as frequently as it once was or for the same kinds of reasons.
After all, relatively few of us are in life-threatening situations on a regular basis. Today’s “modern” stresses are more likely to be caused by wrestling with the IRS, trying to escape a traffic jam or competing with a coworker for a promotion.
It is interesting to note that stress, in itself, is not necessarily a negative thing. It is how we perceive it that makes it either good or bad for us. This is a hopeful discovery, as most people have only limited control over how much stress they experience. The everyday stresses of modern life are difficult to escape. But if we can train our minds to view them as a challenge rather than a threat, it could actually help to bring about better health.
Scientists from a handful of universities, including Yale University and Columbia University, examined the effects of stress on 300 investment bankers who had just emerged from a round of layoffs (I know it’s difficult to feel bad for the stress of investment bankers, but stay with me here). In the study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, scientists divided the participants into two groups, and tried to alter the perception of half of them to view stress as debilitating and the other half to view it as an enhancement.
The first half of the participants were shown videos of people succumbing to stress. The other half were shown videos of people meeting challenges, such as sports figures accomplishing a difficult goal. The results showed that those who had a more optimistic view of stress had fewer health problems, including headaches and muscle pain, and performed better at work than the pessimistic group. In addition, levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) were lower in those who viewed stress as potentially enhancing.
There is actually a term for positive stress, called eustress, which was coined by endocrinologist Hans Selye in the 1970s. It has been proven that stress in moderation improves cognitive performance and improves memory.
Good stress involves the kind of challenges where we feel that we are in control and are accomplishing something. It boosts the immune system and can improve heart function. So eliminating all stress from our lives is probably not a good idea.
The stress to watch out for is the chronic, long-term emotional stress, which causes stress hormones to remain at persistently high levels, leading to many chronic ailments such as heart disease, high blood pressure and depression.
However, viewing certain stressors as challenges rather than threats can be a positive thing and can help ensure that you have a healthy, satisfying and exciting life.
