Nutritional Do and Don'ts-Seaman Chiropractic in Chicago
Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 7:00 PM.
Nutrition do’s and don’ts
Do’s:
Do drink plenty of good water.
Do use sea salt.
Do use good fats such as olive oil, coconut oil and butter.
Do use raw milk and foods made with raw milk.
Do eat a variety of different foods.
Do eat organic food.
Do eat meat from grass-fed pastured animals.
Do eat eggs from free range, organic feed chickens.
Do get sunlight – sunlight is a nutrient (just don’t burn).
Do’s:
Do drink plenty of good water.
Do use sea salt.
Do use good fats such as olive oil, coconut oil and butter.
Do use raw milk and foods made with raw milk.
Do eat a variety of different foods.
Do eat organic food.
Do eat meat from grass-fed pastured animals.
Do eat eggs from free range, organic feed chickens.
Do get sunlight – sunlight is a nutrient (just don’t burn).
Don’ts:
Don’t drink water that is distilled or has chlorine or added fluoride.
Don’t use NaCl (table salt).
Don’t use oils that are unnatural or tend to rancidity. Especially stay away from canola, corn and vegetable oils and margarine.
Don’t use meat from grain fed cows (cows are supposed to eat grass).
Don’t use pasteurized milk or milk products (if possible).
Don’t eat refined carbohydrates, soda (pop) or other refined foods.
Don’t use aspartame (Nutrasweet™) or other artificial sweeteners.
Don’t use sunscreen (it’s linked to cancer and blocks the most healing of the sun’s rays
Don’t drink water that is distilled or has chlorine or added fluoride.
Don’t use NaCl (table salt).
Don’t use oils that are unnatural or tend to rancidity. Especially stay away from canola, corn and vegetable oils and margarine.
Don’t use meat from grain fed cows (cows are supposed to eat grass).
Don’t use pasteurized milk or milk products (if possible).
Don’t eat refined carbohydrates, soda (pop) or other refined foods.
Don’t use aspartame (Nutrasweet™) or other artificial sweeteners.
Don’t use sunscreen (it’s linked to cancer and blocks the most healing of the sun’s rays
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:Do Not Silence Your Inner Voice-Seaman Chiropractic in Chicago
Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on Friday, July 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM.
DO NOT SILENCE YOUR INNER VOICEYour body is intelligent and filled with many wondrous mechanisms designed to keep you alive and healthy.
These mechanisms include symptoms such as pain, rash, fever, diarrhea, vomiting and others. Although unpleasant, these symptoms help your body heal, cleanse and restore itself to balance and harmony.
Symptoms tell us the body is struggling to regain balance and restore itself. If we suppress our symptoms (prevent them from doing their job) with medications and/or surgery the result can be harmful because illness may never leave but rather be driven deeper. John Upledger, DO tells this story:
"A friend and general surgeon with more than thirty years experience once confided to me that, in retrospect, he felt the majority of surgical procedures he had performed might be classified as excisions of the 'vocal apparatuses' of the inner selves of the patients.
He meant that by removing certain organs or tissues, he was eliminating the bodily voices that were attempting to communicate the presence of deeper emotional or spiritual problems in need of attention."
What's the best way to deal with uncomfortable symptoms? Work with them! Let them do their job. In their wake you'll be a healthier, stronger person. Chiropractors, by correcting subluxations, permit your body to function at its optimum so it may fully express its symptoms to burn off poisons, eliminate infection, cleanse, rest, rejuvenate and heal.
While medicine uses drugs to suppress symptoms, chiropractic promotes symptom expression. Chiropractic helps support your body's cleansing processes (symptoms), which are its self-healing mechanisms.
When we take drugs to suppress our aches, pains, fever and other uncomfortable symptoms we are silencing our inner voices. Rather, we each need to increase our sensitivity to it. It is constantly whispering to our every cell leading us toward greater wholeness, fulfillment and healing so we may enjoy a long, healthy, happy, loving life.
Wake up and pay attention to the small, subtle signs of physical or mental dis-ease now so your body and mind won't have to use serious illness to get your attention later. Listen to your heart. Observe your dreams. Often the best indicator of ill health or dis-ease is your own intuition.
Look for the subtle clues now. Practice health optimization now rather than disease treatment later. Don't wait - do it now while you still have the energy and the will to act
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Drugs and Your body vs Natural Healthcare-Dr Seaman in Chicago
Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 11:48 AM.
Over $30 billion in over 30 years has been thrown at a "War on Cancer." So far it looks like cancer has won. (1) Similarly, all the money spent on an AIDS cure has not resulted in a single life saved (medically). (2) Why, you ask; because a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. For example, we think we can artificially "improve" the immune system so we "tinker" with it using vaccines. The result is an epidemic of autism, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, allergies, Alzheimer's, cancer, asthma, ear infections, vision problems and many other conditions.
In the same way, we think we can artificially make someone healthy by pumping synthetic drugs into them. We think the body is making a mistake when it creates symptoms and we try to suppress the symptoms rather than correct the cause (i.e. build up natural resistance, remove subluxations and other interferences).
But.there is another way: Respect the body and observe what it is doing in sickness and health. This is known as Empirical healthcare.
The body can tell us how to be healthy. Why do so many people not get cancer? Why do so many people not get AIDS - even if they have the risk factors? Why do so many people not get the flu? What makes people recover from horrible diseases while others succumb and die? This is what needs to be studied: health!
Chiropractic is based on Empirical health philosophy. Simply stated: rather than invade the body with artificial drugs and procedures, we try to learn what it wants to do and support it; we respect the body's symptoms. For example, if the body creates a fever we don't suppress it with drugs, but rather permit the body to disinfect, cleanse and heal - and the body will be healthier and stronger as a result. Relying on drugs makes us weaker. For example, studies show that antibiotics for ear infections lead to more ear infections. Also, consider that children who have more infectious diseases of childhood have lower cancer risk and less heart attacks as adults.
Chiropractors, homeopaths, naturopaths, acupuncturists and other natural healers respect your body's wisdom by working with it to discover what is blocking healing.
Chiropractors locate and correct subluxations, often painless distortions in your body that can weaken your resistance to disease and interfere with your physical and mental health. Remember, no matter how deep and complex science explores, our bodies seem to mirror every revelation. Let us respect the body's wisdom by working with it and the holistic nature upon which is was created and is sustained.
Exhaustion, Fatigue and Chiropractic-Seaman Chiropractic in Chicago
Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on at 11:48 AM.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. - Carl RogersLike all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's waiting out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it. - Pema Chodron
Love work, hate tyranny. - Shemayah
Looking for a drug-free lifestyle, for health and wholeness for yourself and your family? Interested in disease prevention and health enhancement?
Welcome to a more natural world ~ welcome to the world of chiropractic.
Exhaustion, fatigue and chiropractic. .
Why do people often feel an improvement in their energy with chiropractic care?
There are many reasons. One has to do with balance: as your hips, head and overall body structure become more balanced, you become more efficient and don't have to expend extra energy on misaligned body parts.
Imagine walking around with your head slightly off center - you'd have loads of stress on your neck, shoulders, hips, legs and feet that would weaken your joints, create arthritis, wear down your discs and lower your energy.
Unless you are balanced you can't function with ease and grace; every step drains energy and the evening finds you falling asleep with a book or in front of the TV (unless you have young kids, then you're trying to sleep every free moment).
In addition to fatigue, signs of structural imbalance include feelings of tightness, joints that are "noisy," an inability to move or turn in either direction or as easily as you once could and premature aging. Make sure you're balanced - come in for a chiropractic checkup.
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True Health for All Ages
Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 6:34 PM.
Discover the Truth about Chiropractic for All Ages. Chiropractic for me and my family?
Why? We don't have back or neck pain. If you are wondering about the answer to this question, you'll want to read on. As chiropractors, we often encounter those who understand the importance of regular exams for their entire family’s eyes, ears, nose, throat, hearing, and teeth, but who overlook routine family spinal check-ups. In fact, they could be the most important check-ups you and your family can receive. As a health conscious person, you want the best for you and your family and no doubt wonder if you are all as healthy as you could be.
Several factors determine everyone’s overall health. These include: diet, exercise, proper rest, emotional and spiritual support, and a properly functioning nervous system. A major component of health is the communication between your brain and body. This vital link controls the growth, repair, and function of every tissue and organ. The spinal cord sends messages from the brain throughout the body via billions of nerves. Interference (nerve pressure or irritation) places the body in a state of disharmony. This can lead to decreased immune function and sickness. Starting with the birthing process itself, our bodies are subjected to many spinal traumas. Even the most "natural" of births can cause stress and strain to the tiny developing spine. This initial damage can be compounded when the child develops proper head support, learns to sit up, to crawl, and to walk. During this time of rapid spinal growth, any tiny bump or fall can cause unexplained health problems. The home is the primary place where a young child receives spinal injuries. A study, conducted by the National Safety Council, discovered that nearly 50% of children fall headfirst from a high place (changing table, bed, etc.) during their first year of life. Many of these falls go undetected and unfortunately, although no immediate symptoms may appear, spinal health can be compromised. Ear infections, asthma, colic, ADD/hyperactivity, bed wetting, learning disorders, and other health problems result from nervous system interference called vertebral subluxation complex. Doctors of Chiropractic are the only health care professionals trained in the detection and correction of this problem. School is the most common place for accidents to occur for five to eighteen year olds. A 1990 study from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner, revealed that almost a quarter of a million children under the age of 15 were treated for injuries related to playground equipment. The majority of these accidents are falls, and approximately 50% of all falls result in head and neck trauma. Bicycles are also a source of childhood trauma. Over 50,000 children per year are treated for head (not wearing a helmet) and neck trauma.Common childhood activities including surfing, skate boarding, water slides, horseback riding, and roller-skating are often associated with falls that can cause the spinal vertebrae to lose their normal motion and position. The delicate nerve tissue housed in these bones can be damaged, impairing the brain’s ability to control the associated tissues and organs.
Children should have regular well care visits to the Doctor of Chiropractic. With appropriate chiropractic care, these spinal problems can be located and corrected, restoring normal spinal and nervous system function. Many adult spinal problems actually began in childhood. If left uncorrected, childhood spinal problems may lead to more serious conditions later in life: "As the trunk is bent, so grows the tree." Without a properly functioning spine and nervous system, true health is impossible to achieve. Maintaining your family's spinal health is one of the greatest gifts you can provide for all of you. For this reason, families are receiving routine periodic chiropractic spinal check-ups. Today, many progressive consumers are choosing conservative chiropractic care, to help maximize their own natural healing. Parents of children who receive regular chiropractic care often report that their kids seem healthier than other children; they get fewer colds and other childhood diseases. Adults experiencing regular care report improvement in all areas of life including decreased physical symptoms, more emotional and mental peace and overall improved quality of life. The chiropractic approach to health is safe and natural. For these reasons and more, your Chiropractor may be your best family doctor! Many people feel encouraged to have a Chiropractor as part of their health professionals network.
Why? We don't have back or neck pain. If you are wondering about the answer to this question, you'll want to read on. As chiropractors, we often encounter those who understand the importance of regular exams for their entire family’s eyes, ears, nose, throat, hearing, and teeth, but who overlook routine family spinal check-ups. In fact, they could be the most important check-ups you and your family can receive. As a health conscious person, you want the best for you and your family and no doubt wonder if you are all as healthy as you could be.
Several factors determine everyone’s overall health. These include: diet, exercise, proper rest, emotional and spiritual support, and a properly functioning nervous system. A major component of health is the communication between your brain and body. This vital link controls the growth, repair, and function of every tissue and organ. The spinal cord sends messages from the brain throughout the body via billions of nerves. Interference (nerve pressure or irritation) places the body in a state of disharmony. This can lead to decreased immune function and sickness. Starting with the birthing process itself, our bodies are subjected to many spinal traumas. Even the most "natural" of births can cause stress and strain to the tiny developing spine. This initial damage can be compounded when the child develops proper head support, learns to sit up, to crawl, and to walk. During this time of rapid spinal growth, any tiny bump or fall can cause unexplained health problems. The home is the primary place where a young child receives spinal injuries. A study, conducted by the National Safety Council, discovered that nearly 50% of children fall headfirst from a high place (changing table, bed, etc.) during their first year of life. Many of these falls go undetected and unfortunately, although no immediate symptoms may appear, spinal health can be compromised. Ear infections, asthma, colic, ADD/hyperactivity, bed wetting, learning disorders, and other health problems result from nervous system interference called vertebral subluxation complex. Doctors of Chiropractic are the only health care professionals trained in the detection and correction of this problem. School is the most common place for accidents to occur for five to eighteen year olds. A 1990 study from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner, revealed that almost a quarter of a million children under the age of 15 were treated for injuries related to playground equipment. The majority of these accidents are falls, and approximately 50% of all falls result in head and neck trauma. Bicycles are also a source of childhood trauma. Over 50,000 children per year are treated for head (not wearing a helmet) and neck trauma.Common childhood activities including surfing, skate boarding, water slides, horseback riding, and roller-skating are often associated with falls that can cause the spinal vertebrae to lose their normal motion and position. The delicate nerve tissue housed in these bones can be damaged, impairing the brain’s ability to control the associated tissues and organs.
Children should have regular well care visits to the Doctor of Chiropractic. With appropriate chiropractic care, these spinal problems can be located and corrected, restoring normal spinal and nervous system function. Many adult spinal problems actually began in childhood. If left uncorrected, childhood spinal problems may lead to more serious conditions later in life: "As the trunk is bent, so grows the tree." Without a properly functioning spine and nervous system, true health is impossible to achieve. Maintaining your family's spinal health is one of the greatest gifts you can provide for all of you. For this reason, families are receiving routine periodic chiropractic spinal check-ups. Today, many progressive consumers are choosing conservative chiropractic care, to help maximize their own natural healing. Parents of children who receive regular chiropractic care often report that their kids seem healthier than other children; they get fewer colds and other childhood diseases. Adults experiencing regular care report improvement in all areas of life including decreased physical symptoms, more emotional and mental peace and overall improved quality of life. The chiropractic approach to health is safe and natural. For these reasons and more, your Chiropractor may be your best family doctor! Many people feel encouraged to have a Chiropractor as part of their health professionals network.
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-Teach your children-Jefferson Park -Seaman Chiropractic
Published by Chicago Chiropractor Seaman Chiropractic on at 6:34 PM.
Teach your children well
Are you popping pills, smoking, reaching for "something" every time you have an ache or a pain? Are you living on drugs? I bet you aren't but so many people are - and they have kids who watch and learn from them. I'm reminded of a true news article, the title is: Dog Removed from Abusive Home. This really happened in Kentucky. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and the local government removed a dog from a family's home because the couple that owned it fed the animal a diet of potato chips and Coca-Cola!
The couple's four children remained.
Yes, shocking but true. The lack of health education is one of the main reasons people are in poor health. That's why we like the photo of the chiropractor teaching children. Your body is the world's greatest drugstore (making all the drugs and chemicals you need) IF (BIG if) you give it the raw materials it needs: good food, water (no chlorine or fluoride please), sunlight (no sunscreen so the healthy rays reach you properly), sleep, love, laughter - AND avoid poisons, recreational and prescribed.
Are you popping pills, smoking, reaching for "something" every time you have an ache or a pain? Are you living on drugs? I bet you aren't but so many people are - and they have kids who watch and learn from them. I'm reminded of a true news article, the title is: Dog Removed from Abusive Home. This really happened in Kentucky. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and the local government removed a dog from a family's home because the couple that owned it fed the animal a diet of potato chips and Coca-Cola!
The couple's four children remained.
Yes, shocking but true. The lack of health education is one of the main reasons people are in poor health. That's why we like the photo of the chiropractor teaching children. Your body is the world's greatest drugstore (making all the drugs and chemicals you need) IF (BIG if) you give it the raw materials it needs: good food, water (no chlorine or fluoride please), sunlight (no sunscreen so the healthy rays reach you properly), sleep, love, laughter - AND avoid poisons, recreational and prescribed.
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