It may not always feel like here in northern New England but spring is right around the corner. One of my favorite signs that spring is here is the local farm stands will be opening up. If you’ve read my newsletters for any length of time you know I am a big fan of choosing…
Stress is one of the single most detrimental things to our health. Stress reduces our bodies ability to properly heal and fight off infections.You may have noticed in other people, or even in yourself, stress can have many varied effects. Some people may get digestive issues, others get headaches. While others have muscle aches or…
If a group of people are all exposed to someone who is sick some of the group would get sick, but not all of them. What is the difference? It all comes down to an individuals immune system. We are fighting off nasty bugs all the time. Sometimes the bugs win and we get sick.…
This is a topic I’ve covered several times before but a few recent studies prompted me to revisit the topic. I’ve covered how organic produce has a higher concentration of antioxidants and vitamins before. You can read that article here.For this article I wanted to cover two studies that show reduced risk of cancer from choosing…
The news is full of talk of the latest virus that is going around. I thought this a good time to review how getting adjusted boosts your immune system so you can stay healthy. If someone with an infectious virus was on a plane coughing, sneezing and touching their face then everything around them there…
With Valentines Day just having passed it got me thinking about the health benefits of love. I was reading through some research articles on how love affects our mind and body and found an interesting article from a neuroendocrinology journal. In this paper they were looking at how love affects our stress levels and how…
Can living in an area with more vegetation and green space really help you live longer? According to this study the answer is yes! This was a long term study done on nurses that lived across the United States. They filled out health questionnaires over the course of almost 10 years. The survey questions monitored…
If you follow our Facebook page (as I’m sure you all do) you may have seen an article I posted about an extreme case of diet restriction. The article was from the United Kingdom and you can read the full story on BBC news here . The short version is a teenager ate only potato…
This week I’m keeping the outdoor theme going. While I am a huge proponent of letting kids play outside unstructured there are benefits to being involved in team sports. This time of year soccer is a big one that lots of kids will be participating in so I found an article that looked at how…
When I first meet someone and they find out I am a Chiropractor there is a response I sometimes get that I dread. “Oh you’re a Chiropractor? I have back pain so I adjust myself all the time.” Then they proceed to twist their spine or even worse grab their head and torque their neck…