Get Moving!

One of the aims of chiropractic care is to get people moving better.

But why is that important for people who aren't professional athletes?

The more you move the longer you live!

Movement is anti-inflammatory, especially inside joints. Lack of motion increases pain signals inside the joints leading to the feeling of pain.

Chiropractors get motion back into joints that aren't moving and help to break the inflammatory cycle reducing pain and preventing long term joint problems.

Ultra-Processed Packaged Food

"More so than any other Western country, Americans are being bombarded with food products that are high in sugar, saturated fat, salt, and calories. More specifically, after analyzing over 200,000 U.S. packaged food products including bread, snacks, salad dressings, sugary sweets, and sugary drinks researchers found that a whopping 71% were classified as ultra-processed. Furthermore, 86% of the packaged foods sold by the 25 top manufacturers were found to be ultra-processed.

For reference, the term “ultra-processed” was defined as foods that “are industrial formulations made entirely or mostly from substances extracted from foods (oils, fats, sugar, starch and proteins).” These foods are usually created in laboratories and derived from hydrogenated fats and modified starch."

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Source: https://www.studyfinds.org/

Waist to Hip Ratio and Overall Health

Measure yourself, and don't lie to yourself.

Waist to hip ratio is one of the easiest tests to see how your overall health is.

If you have a poor waist to hip ratio, it means your body is in an inflammatory state increasing pain and swelling internally but also that you are on your way to having high blood glucose, type 2 diabetes, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, metabolic syndrome and heart disease just to name a few.

Usually the goal waist circumference for men is around 33" and 28" for women depending on your frame.

If you aren't in the proper ratio: 

1. Increase healthy protein 

2. Decrease net carbs to under 100 grams/day 

Net carbs = total carbs - fiber

3. Intermittent fast and only eat from 11-7 PM 3-7 days per week

4. Sleep more

5. Take magnesium to increase frequency of bowel movements