60 Day Turnaround

So we are in the Suero Challenge for many of you, and some are getting ready to get started.  30 days of healthy cellular detox.  Build a healthier intestine, and utilize the cultured whey to drive your cellular metabolism.  This will improve your energy (if you have deficiencies in mineral content), it will improve your digestion (if you have deficiencies in healthy bacteria – this includes just about all of us), it will improve your energy systems (if you have low levels of cultured foods in your diet already), and it will help stabilize your blood sugar (if your leptin levels aren’t below 12 already).

The plan to acheive these wonderful goals over 30 days:

Basic Plan:

1. Drink One bottle of Suero Viv a day
2. Drink 64 ounces of water everyday, most with lemon or enhanced with minerals (artesian/sparkling)

Mid Plan:

1. Drink One to Two Bottles of Suero Viv per day
2. Drink 64 ounces of water everyday, most with lemon or enhanced with minerals (artesian/sparkling)
3. Eat no solid food for 6 hours each day, while drinking the Suero Viv over that time

Advanced Plan:

1. Drink two bottles of Suero Viv per day
2. Drink more than 64 ounces of water everyday, most with lemon or enhanced with minerals (artesian/sparkling)
3. Eat no solid food for 10-12 hours per day, while drinking the Suero Viv over that time
4. Take Daily Detox everyday

BONUS:

Stick to the advanced nutrition plan during this time (buy the green book)

I recommend purchasing three of each of the Suero Viv flavors from our office to get started (we are fully stocked).  They are $4.50 each, but we will cut the price to $4 if you buy six.  Then place an order by becoming a preferred customer ($20) at beyond organic, and then order three cases of the suero (pick your favorite).  In order to sign up to be a preferred customer, you can go to my Beyond Organic Website Here and pick the preferred customer route (if you want to introduce these products to anyone else, you can pay $39.95 and then have your own website).

We’ll be throwing a Detox Closing Party/Healthy Spine Day at the office at the end of April, and we’ll be cooking Beyond Organic Hot Dogs (100% Organic Grass Fed Beef) for our party!

I recommend everyone jump on this.  No matter who you are, where you are, or what you have been doing!  The reason why, is because anyone can do the Basic Detox Plan.  It is affordable, especially given its impact, and it takes minimal commitment!  Be well, live the toxin reduced and detoxifying improved, lifestyle!

God Bless, I am heading to see Winter the Dolphin in Clearwater (Savannah fell through) later this week.  – Dr. E

More on Detox.  Autism is a disease of toxicity.  Some have blamed vaccines, others have blamed digestive tract toxins, others have looked at arsenic.  In the end, I believe the strongest evidence points to a collection of all of these things.  The big question that I am left with, is why is it so predominantly effecting boys over girls.  It might be part of the difference in detoxification methods of each (subtle), it might be in the fat buffering (girls have more fat than boys).  Regardless, this is a problem, and toxicity is at the root.

Detox now for yourselves, but also do it as an example to your kids.  Take it all serious, your pre-teen and teenage children will be having their own kids in the next ten to fifteen years possibly.  Are they living a lifestyle that will lead to DNA damage and higher risk?  We don’t fully understand this, but we do understand that toxicity starts with mom and dad.  Just take it seriously, that is all I ask.

Utah and New Jersey Swamped with Autism, 1 in 12 Boys

CDC: 1 in 88 Kids Has Autism Larger Study; Docs Debate Cause

By Lawrence Borges, M.D., ABC News Medical Unit

One in 88 children is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, by age 8, according to a study released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a rate that has risen far above the 2006 estimate of 1 in 110.
But experts remain locked in debate about whether these numbers tell the whole story.
The CDC report, which analyzed data from 2008, indicates a 23 percent rise in diagnoses of ASDs over a two-year period.
The news could be most alarming for boys. The study reports that on average 1 in 54 boys was diagnosed with autism, compared to only 1 in 252 girls.
But what this rise actually means is still a mystery. Some doctors contacted by ABC News believe a broader definition of autism has contributed to rising rates.
“I think it has to do with changing diagnostic criteria, including mine over the years which have made me label many more children as being on the autism spectrum than say 10-20 years ago,” said Dr. Isabelle Rapin, professor of pediatrics and neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “Not only physicians, but parents, teachers, therapists and the public are much more aware of the symptoms of autism, and I suspect some may apply the diagnosis based on one symptom, which is inadequate.”
Dr. Lisa Shulman, also at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, echoed this concern.
“Over the years, children with autistic disorder remain a relatively small group in our center,” said Shulman, director of Infant and Toddler Services at Einstein and an associate professor of pediatrics. “It is the group of children with milder social-communicative impairment and without a large array of mannerisms and atypical interests consistent with an ASD diagnosis that has increased.

Dr. Eric – as my patient “V” commented, we’ll both be calling BOGUS on the claim that broader definitions of autism, as well as better diagnoses are the reasons for the higher rates.  We have been pretty broad on the definition as well as good at identifying it for over a decade now.  There is a problem here, and toxins are at the root.  I don’t do vaccines because I do not believe they reward you at all as much as the medical profession would have you believe.  I also don’t believe the toxic damage is worth the supposed reward.  But my goal for today is that you would simply be cautious about all toxins.   Be well, be blessed, happy Easter Break!  – Dr. E

Just a quick note for everyone.  Dr. Eric separated his left shoulder today in a Mountain Biking fall.  He will be in adjusting, but will be limited, so he’ll be relying on help with anything that is required that he cannot accomplish himself.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.

All Month we are talking DETOX, and so is Maximized Living, like this ARTICLE published this week.  If you have not yet read about the challenges, we have people on the Suero-Challenge (some have started), the Daily Detox, the Healing Diet (Max Nutrition Advanced Plan), and I have a few doing the opti-cleanse intestinal repair.

The differences are significant, but all are focused on preparing you for lifelong improved detoxification through support of your body’s ability to self detoxify.  Not just to make you go to the bathroom more (really has little to do with detox), but to truly support your body’s production of glutathione, and to increase the cellular resistance of the intestinal lining as well as the improved growwth of strong probiotic colonies.

If you haven’t, you should read the Detox daily sprout from last week, and consider that there is a true cancer risk implication of your lifestyle.  Be wise, and take it seriously.

Here is the article in its entirety:

A study published in the International Journal of Andrology found elevated levels of toxic plastic chemicals located in a pregnant woman’s urine will cause more feminine genetic traits to occur. Phthalates and other plastic-softening chemicals are used in many household items such as vinyl floors, soaps and lotions.They are pervasive in the environment and have increasingly become associated with changes in development of the male brain, genital defects, metabolic abnormalities and reduced testosterone in babies and adults.

The team of U.S. and British researchers posed a standard play questionnaire to the parents of 145 preschool-age children. They were ranked on the types of play on a scale from most masculine (such as play fighting or using trucks) to most feminine. On average, those boys scored 8 percent further away from the masculine end of the scale than other boys.
Are Men Becoming an Endangered Species?
According to a report issued by ChemTrust last year, half of all male fish in British rivers have been found to grow eggs in their testes! And that’s just one eye-opening example of the impact these gender bender chemicals are having on our environment.
Their study lists the symptoms found in each of the numerous species tested, which includes testicular cancer, hermaphrodites, genital deformations, low sperm counts, and infertility. Numerous other studies over the past eight years confirm that similar dangers are posed to human health, males are particularly at risk.
Common Sources of Phthalates 

 

• Processed food packaging
• Lubricant and adhesives
• Detergents
• Beauty products, nail polish, hair spray, shampoo, deodorants, and fragrances.

The common household products that you think are safe have been proven to cause harm to you and your children.  Revelation is coming, change is happening, do not wait until a disease says I told you so. The truth is sometimes hard to hear, but it is still the truth. Our goal is educate, motive and inspire this change and mobilize communities to better health.

Are you toxic? Find out your score! Like us on Facebook and download our FREE Toxicity Test and find out what your exposure is and how to eliminate toxins you encounter on a daily basis!

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Upcoming Events: Give Your Life a Detox! Maximized Living Makeover. Join us through April 15th for events that will forever change your life!

 Facts:

• 4 Billion prescription drugs are ingested by Americans
• 70,000 chemicals are used commercially
• 3,000 chemicals are added to our food supply
• 10,000 chemicals are used in food processing, preserving and storage.
• 3 million tons of pesticides are used, with 1,600 chemicals used in their production

Toxicity slips by unnoticed to most people in North America, but the consequences are deadly. The Maximized Living Makeover is a one of a kind event where thousands of people earn the true principles of health. At April’s Toxicity Makeover, you will learn:

• Common household items and habits that are toxic
• How to create a healthy environment for your family
• The science behind natural detoxification
• How to have incredible health without depending on medications

Don’t miss this life-changing event! There’s room for everyone, so bring family and friends.
For more info visit the Maximized Living Makeover website
For the specific time and date of your local event please contact your doctor!

I was in small group this evening, and a question was asked in the study we are doing, “How do you want to be known?”  I considered this question quite a bit, and though I really want to be known as the guy who is changing the way the world views health, I also want to be remembered as the guy who has sought and followed the will of God in my life.

I realized that I would have my kids think of me as that, more than the guy who fought against the marketing machine of healthcare lies.  I would like them to think of me as this incredibly compassionate and caring follower of Christ, more than a man who led people to life change (even if it saved their life).  To be known as the person who was available to everyone, vs the one who was well known in the CrossFit community for growing competition and fitness.

I realize that many of you, who have been with me for a long time, would probably say that I am doing that.  Some might think that my commitments are to all of these things.  But we are so good at self analyzing, and finding opportunities to improve our efforts, and I am no different.  My mission is, and has been for years, “To Change the way the World perceives health, while showing honor and respect to God and my family”.

It is a good mission, and I am confident that it is my calling, that right now, I am where I am supposed to be.  But I want to be sure that I continue on that path.  And so I am writing this Sprout, because I want to be sure that YOU are on the right path.  Have you considered God’s calling in your life?  I don’t mean a job, but I mean the question…

“How do you want to be known?”

The question comes out of an Andy Stanley message from 2007, and he answers it with some very focused and specific ideas.  To be known as an incredible leader is one that I felt compelled to add to my list.  So how do you want to be known?  When people consider you, do they know you as you would hope?

We talk about stress because it is a killer, it destroys you over time.  One great source of stress, is to live in day in and day out, without feeling that you are achieving purpose.  In Bruce Wilkinson’s book, The Dream Giver he first describes this mundane existence of going to work, coming home, watching TV, going to bed, then repeating it all again.  The story leads us to know another person in this town who chooses to change his life, and is met with scrutiny and malice from his friends.

This might not seem like a stressful life, but the slow build up of feeling like there is something more in life, not feeling complete.  This is a nagging stress.  I hope that today’s sprout leaves you with some questions, and perhaps will help you find some renewed passion for your direction!  Be well, Be blessed – Dr. E

You should read this article’s follow up at the author’s site - http://autismroadtorecovery.blogspot.com/

This post is from a friend.  She was in my typing class in some odd grade before boys new how to talk to girls, and girls spent more time looking pretty than working on typing.  She became a good friend of my wife (then girlfriend of course) and they roomed together for a couple years at college.  She has a daughter who she has worked hard to bring along the autism spectrum to a place of very functional autism right now.  All three of her children have had sensory issues.  She has battled hard for her kids.  Really battled.

So as we are in our DETOX month, it is only appropriate to share her story (this post was published on her blog yesterday).  Please read my follow up below.

The day the house went quiet

I have to say…this is hard for me to write.  I am the type to focus on the “how to get better” and not on the “how did we get here?”  But it is part of Marley’s story, albeit, the hardest part.  Was it in my imagination?  Was she really the sweet connected baby I remembered her to be?  Did the vaccines take a toll on my baby?  So just today, I finally pulled out the baby videos along side her vaccination schedule and all the doctor’s notes, sat down with a box of tissues and pressed play.  I needed to know.

The beginning was wonderful.  She was so cute and responsive.  She made great eye contact.  By 10 months old, she was starting to use words like bye bye.  Then at 12mos, you can see a bit of a regression after her 12 month chicken pox and polio vaccines.  But she bounced back.  She is still looking at me when I call her.  At 14 months old, I watched her play peek-a-boo with the cat through the window and laugh.  I watched her have a pillow fight with daddy laughing when he called her name.  She was mouthing every toy, but she was still talking.  When she started walking at 16 months old, she was saying mama, dada, papa, bye bye, kitty and a few other words.  She was late to walk because her left side was affected by her brain bleed.  But she did it.  She was determined.  I looked down at the doctor’s notes at age 15 months.  She got a clean bill of health.  She was cognitively behind one month, but was catching up to her adjusted age.  (She was a preemie.)

Then it happened.  At 18 months old, she got an MMR and a DTaP.  That is 3 live viruses and 3 dead ones.  Apparently, her immune system couldn’t take it.  It rocked her world.  The home videos start to turn ugly.  We take her to the beach.  She cannot pull herself out of the water.  We try for about 30 minutes but she just screams and heads back to the water.  I keep watching.  It seems the only things that can soothe her are music and Sesame Street on TV.  She dances, but no longer dances FOR me.  She dances because she is rocking to the music.  She no longer looks at me when I call her name.  The tantrums turn scary.  They go on for an hour or longer sometimes.  We even video taped one.  It made me shake all over to hear those screams again.

Then there is the comment that will stay with me forever.  Marley’s nana told me,  “I used to come and stay at your house and listen to Marley babble in her crib for at least 30 minutes in the morning.  Just playing.  Just using her voice. Then it stopped.  I didn’t hear her anymore”.  That was like a knife to my heart.  The very true realization that there was nothing.  No noise.  Just screams. My baby stopped talking.  She stopped babbling.  She stopped responding to me.  She stopped looking at me.  She was gone.  It was like someone came and took her voice away one night as she slept.  That was the day the house went quiet.

Our life was pretty ugly for a while.  We endured out-of-body like tantrums.  Earth scattering screams.  Anything and nothing would set her off.  She would hurt herself and others during these episodes.  We took her in for an EEG to check for seizures.  It came back clean but they said that doesn’t mean she is not having them.  It just means they did not catch her in the midst of one.  But the worst is when my rock of a husband finally caved.  He cried.  He NEVER cries.  He was so afraid of Marley hurting herself.  Then is when we started looking for help.  REAL help.  Not medication to drug her up.  (Believe me, we were offered the open-ended Rx of Prozac for my 2 year old.)  No….we needed REAL help.  We needed to heal our baby.  That is when our autism road to recovery began.

Chris was surfing the web and he turned to me and said, “I think I found something.”  We watched a video of Dr. Bernie Rimland talking.  He is the founder of DAN!  Defeat Autism Now!  It looked interesting and it was our best lead since we walked out the pediatric neurologist’s office just shaking our heads at the doctor’s condescending mannerisms and offering of Prozac to our 2 year old baby girl.  We watched Dr. Rimland some more.  This looked interesting.  He was saying that our kids are SICK.  That there are many approaches like diet and supplements that can help.  Chris said “There is a conference in Boston coming up next month.”  I remember saying “I don’t think we can afford for me to go.”  And then my life partner said to me…”I don’t think we can afford for you NOT to go.”  And boy was he right.  That is why I married this man.  When push comes to shove, he stands up for what is right…no matter the cost.

I did go to that conference in Boston in 2005.  I met other moms with similar stories and learned their successes.  I listened intently to the most cutting edge science coming out of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.  And finally, I cried because I didn’t realize that her 10 loose bowel movements a day WAS NOT NORMAL.  I cried because I had just watched my daughter slip away.  And I cried because I was finally getting some answers.  My daughter would start to get better.  I just knew it.

Dr. Eric – I know most of you know that we don’t vaccinate.  As a mater of fact, we simply don’t treat.  I trust that our pursuit of health through chiropractic, diet, exercise, stress control, and sleep will allow us to thrive.  And it has.  Brooke at seven years old, has never had a drug of any kind in or on her body.  This is not luck, nor chance.  This is by effort and design.  It is by God’s grace, and my willingness to part with the idea that treatment of a symptom makes sense at any level.  Therefore, she has lived seven years, primarily symptom free.

Ansley – well, she broke her leg and has had four total doses of pain relief (3 were infant ibuprofen, one with a little more kick to it).  But that has been it for her.

My point in sharing this, is that we don’t vaccinate and we don’t treat, but NOT out of fear.  Many think that people are avoiding vaccines because of fear.  Our choice to not vaccinate had nothing to do with fear.  I did not read all the stories of autism and say, oh no.  But rather, I looked the other way.  I was interested in this CLAIM that disease has been eradicated through vaccination.  And what I found, was that most infectious diseases were HEAVILY eradicated before the vaccine program had even begun.  Including Polio!

My choice to not vaccinate was driven by a desire to not put a toxin in (and I don’t just mean mercury, formaldehyde alone is reason enough, not to mention aluminum… I gave up anti-perspirant because of aluminum, and I hate to smell!), and by a belief that the reward of the vaccine, was highly manufactured in the minds of the people, thanks to the marketing of the greatest manipulation played on man, that from the pharmaceutical companies.  We have hosted professional vaccine educators over the years, and paid really good money to do so.  It might be time to do it again.

I recommend everyone do at least TWO solid months of detox per year, but I would prefer the pursuit of a lifestyle that promotes detoxification.  This month is all about detox, from the awesome Detox night we had Monday at Towne View Baptist along with Exodus Healthcare.  And now heading into our Hair Analysis, and BIA anlysis… we will have many of you learn A LOT about your needs to be clean, and where those needs are greatest.

So what do you need to know about the Challenge?  First off, if you are doing this right, you will get some great advantage over 30 days, without having to kill yourself with your diet.  If you do it great, you will get incredible results with a bit of a commitment on your diet!  There are two components.

1. The Suero-Viv Challenge.  Suero Viv has been a regular part of my diet for the last three months, and I have been blown away by it.  I regularly was drinking coconut water, as I believe hydration is a difficult place to get to when working hard all day, and working out really hard.  So you have to understand that I was VERY skeptical of Beyond Organic products at first.  Especially given the price of beef relative to the price that I get amazing beef through Indian Creek Angus (we are ordering soon so if you want more, let us know now).

Point is, I expected little, and was amazed by the results.  Where I never actually felt the hydration effect of any drink, I could actually feel hydrated after drinking a Suero-viv.  Even though it is really quite comparable to Coconut Water, it just had that extra boost.  I have come to realize, it is the cultured Whey.  Something about a cultured whey protein simply drives hydration.  And though I cannot say with certainty that it is the detoxifying effect of the whey, I believe strongly that it is.

Probiotic rich foods are detoxifiers all on their own, but when it is a cultured protein (vs. carb component like so many naturally occuring probiotic foods), they go to a new level of detoxifying.  It is due to the fact that it is cultured protein vs. carbohydrate/sugar.  So the Suero-challenge is a hydration/detox challenge.  Here is the Hydration 101 workshop on detoxification:

• Toxins cause fluid to be retained in the toxic areas, which are around the cells, retention of this fluid increases the peripheral resistance around your blood vessels, thus increasing blood pressure.  The problem is likely that you are toxic.  Hydration allows the water into the cell, to drive normal function.  You need hydration that detoxifies you.  Everyone should move into using Suero viv.
• EVERYONE OF YOU ON A BLOOD PRESSURE MED NEEDS THE SUERO CHALLENGE

The Suero Challenge is simply to drink 1-2 Suero Viv’s per day over the course of 30 days.  Liquid fast over one meal period everyday, using the Suero as your meal.  Skipping any meal is satisfactory, it doesn’t matter.

You need to order your Suero Online here: SUERO-VIV.   Buy three cases to start, and then get cracking!  If you went to the detox workshop, bring your sheet into the office, it is a better deal, and we can work your package perfectly for you.

2.  Daily Detox.  We have been using Daily Detox as the number one, gentle on your system, awesome at removing neuro-toxic metals and other toxins, daily detoxifying supplement.  I use this product, my wife uses this product, I have used it with my kids.  It is gentle and everyone can utilize it as a way to clean out the nervous system.

Because of its Glutathione precursors (glutathione is the most powerful and prevalent detoxifying agent in your body), it helps every cell build more glutathione, and eevntually builds your ability to clear out cancer causing agents.  Twice a year minimum for one month.  That is my best recommendation.  In addition, the activated carbon/charcoal, is awesome at binding toxins in the large intestine, and porting them out.  This prevents re-tox.

So the whole 30 Day Plan looks like this if you do it all:

1. One or two bottles of Suero-viv daily as a replacement for one meal.  Consume nothing but liquids from the prior meal, to the next meal (could be from lunch to breakfast the following day if you choose).
2. 12-24 hour liquid fast each week.  This is in addition to the 4-6 hour fast that you should be doing each day.
3. 8 glasses of water everyday, with fresh squeezed lemon (this is to alkalize the body, aiding in detox).
4. Juice Plus – which can be opened and dumped into a liquid.  This is for the power of the greens, which are more potent than any green powder on the market.  For those who have a surplus of juice plus from missing days, this is a good time to use it up, by double dosing daily for a period of time.
5. Daily Detox

This is the detox in its entirety.  The diet is not the KEY for this one, as you will get detox no matter what.  However, it is obvious if you eat garbage, you might not ever get anything truly out of your system.  Secondly, if you have weight loss resistance, you need the healing diet/advanced plan for this one.  But you can achieve great results without it.  Ask away, but don’t turn your head to this.  We need to get 100 people doing this for sure.  Sign up in the office, so I can communicate with you via email, and keep you on track!

There is no cost to be on the email list, that is just so I can help you.  If you are not a patient, comment to this post and we will get in touch with you!  Be well, Be CLEAN – Dr. E

This coming Monday night you have our Home and Body detox workshop along with Dr. David Jockers, located at Towne View Baptist Church.  The event is $5 if you pay today (Friday), after today it is $10.  Over the years, I have taught 6 different detox workshops, and I have taught them a combined 18 times.

I am however, more excited to teach this one than any before, simply because of the unique approach.  There will be new material that I have never taught before, and there will be old material that we will teach from now until the end of time.  But the approach is going to be awesome and will make learning a joy!

We will start by giving you some education of the toxins that are around you daily.  These toxins are ever present, and at low concentrations, so our government agencies don’t necessarily frown on them… but what happens when you accumulate them from a thousand unique sources over the course of the day?  What about two thousand?  This is how most of you live your life, so trace amounts are no longer trace amounts, and this is serious.

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We will get to the breakout sessions, and this is where the fun starts!  We will do four breakouts, and every attendee will do each of those four breakouts.  The first is The Probiotic Lifestyle, teaching you how to live a probiotic rich lifestyle and what it does for you.  There will be a breakout on detoxifying herbs.  As many of you know, I do not consider myself well-versed in herbal remedies… primarily because I don’t treat… with anything.  If we are sick and expressing health, I let it go.  However, I do use herbal detox formulas, so wormwood is part of my life!

We will have a break-out specifically on the Suero challenge.  A Suero-viv meal replacement challenge, which we will be promoting heavily in office following the event.  This is a great way to gently support detoxification of your body, and is recommended for anyone, even pregnant or nursing moms.  How?  Because it doesn’t drive a toxin dump into your system, but rather it builds a toxin buffer in your system.  Come to learn more about this!

Last breakout will be detoxifying exercise.  This is the one that Dr. Levi and I will be running.  It is a powerful breakout that will demonstrate to you how exercise can drive toxin reduction.  All the breakouts will be short and sweet, but extremely valuable and effective.  We will be giving samples throughout.

In addition, come chat with Simon, the GM of The Garage, and let him answer your fitness questions, and there will be healthy air and healthy water vendors there.   Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to get all of the information you want and need, in one place!

I feel very inspired to get all of you to show up on Monday and to bring a friend.  Pull someone away from cancer, and in the direction of healing.  This is a great place to start.  Be well and know that you are loved, Dr. E

by Craig Singleton – Intern

Researchers found that the reduction of upper-cervical subluxations resulted in a stabilization of plasma glucose levels during a three-hour fasting period.  Subluxations are what chiropractors correct, and here, what we focus on correcting for life long help.

In allopathic medicine, a subluxation is a partial dislocation. In chiropractic, a vertebral subluxation is described as a spinal vertebra has lost its correct juxtaposition with one or both of its adjacent vertebrae to a degree less than a luxation in such a way as to impinge upon nerves and get in the way of the proper transmission of impulses, upsetting general health and causing dis-ease.  Sounds simple?  The simplicity is that interfering with nerves, kills.

There are as many ways to correct subluxations as there are chiropractors. When you experience a structural insult, you usually have a bone that has been injured and forced from its normal position. The chiropractor hardly ever makes an adjustment that moves any bone back to an abnormal position.  Nor does any ONE adjustment return the bone completely to normal.  How could misalignment affect Diabetes?

The Centers for Disease Control quoted the following figures in its 2002 National Diabetes Fact Sheet: – Six percent of the population – seventeen million people – have diabetes – The total medical cost of diabetes in the United States is $132 billion – Diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death on US death certificates in 1999 – Heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, nervous system disease, dental disease, difficult pregnancies, and amputations are some of the complications of diabetes – More than 60 percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations were performed each year among people with diabetes

The most disturbing news about diabetes is that one major form of the disease, Type II diabetes, has reached epidemic proportions. The facts and figures relating to diabetes are alarming. Individuals living with diabetes can live longer, healthier lives and considerably decrease health issues connected to their ailment by using thorough diabetes self-management approaches that include following a program of exercise, healthy nutrition, medication and self-monitoring under the supervision of a health-care team.

Chiropractic care can provide an extremely important function for diabetics, and the outcome is nothing less than stellar! Spinal nerve interference has been acknowledged in scientific literature to be a contributing factor of endocrine and metabolic disorders including diabetes. Chiropractic care is founded on the principle that a good working nervous system is vital to the general well-being and function of the human body.

One of the most often named causes of diabetes is spinal injury. The nerve supply to the digestive organs gets compromised by stress on nerve centers in the thoracic area of the spine. Most often the problem is in the 5th – 10th thoracic vertebrae. Thus, spinal adjustment is a primary therapy for the treatment of diabetes.  As we report on a recent patient who has followed our protocols, being adjusted no less than weekly over the last fifteen months, changing diet, and maintaining his exercise routine, he is now medication free.  Would that have happened without adjustments, not likely as fast.  With adjustments but without diet change, again, possible, but likely to be a slower process.

Dr. Eric – I had a patient a few years back who came off of blood pressure meds, statin meds (her cholesterol dropped 120 points) and diabetes management.  Her husband was a pharmacist.  She never changed her diet or her exercise, all she did was get adjusted.  She stopped seeing me after her second year, and I remember thinking “how could she have stopped, it had been going so well”.  Then I ran into her at a weekend “farm outing” for my church.  She had volunteered to help because she knew the farm owners.  After the initial hello and pleasantries.  She came back to get me and talk some more, and she told me “I want you to know, you have impacted my life more than any one health practitioner ever has.  I continue to live medication free and I continue to ride my horse pain free, after thinking that I would never be able to ride again.  I thank you for your help”.

She might not be coming in right now, but I could guarantee after that comment, that if she ever “felt” her health slip, she would be back.  The best use for chiropractic, is to never let your health slip.

Thanks to Craig for the Daily Sprout, and Blessings to you and all of our interns in their chiropractic careers, soon to begin!  Be well – Dr. E