Healthy Midlife Diet Staves Off Dementia

Healthy Midlife Diet Staves Off Dementia:

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What you eat at 50 is what you become at 80.  Consuming fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, and coffee are gonna keep your sanity at 80.  Dementia/Alzheimers has become the greatest concern for the Baby boomers.  They worked so hard to save a nest egg to have it robbed by dementia/Alzheimers.

Salt and Battery: Debate on Sodium Targets Gets Feisty!!

Salt and Battery: Debate on Sodium Targets Gets Feisty!!
 
The AHA recommends that individuals consume no more than 1500 mg of sodium per day. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends a daily sodium intake of 2300 mg for the general population and 1500 mg for individuals 51 years of age and older, African Americans, or individuals with hypertension, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease.

In a multivariate-adjusted model, those who consumed less than 3000 mg of sodium per day had a 25% increased risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events compared with those who consumed between 4000 mg and 5990 mg/day (reference group). 

And finally, in a subgroup analysis, the PURE researchers report that those without hypertension had an increased risk of clinical events at the low end of sodium consumption (<3000 mg/day) but not at the high end (>6000 mg/day). For those with hypertension, there was a heightened risk of death and cardiovascular events at the low and high end of sodium intake.

So Low sodium and high sodium contribute to disease. 
Just maybe moderation is the best medicine.

DR. Shawnie
Chiropractor in Broken Arrow, OK
918.249.1535

FDA Approves First Device to Prevent Migraine

FDA Approves First Device to Prevent Migraine:



Do you want to be migraine free and drug free then this device may be worth your time researching. (Cefaly, STX-Med)







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Fatty acids Bad fats and risk of cancer.

Fatty acids

The correlation between fat consumption and the risk of cancer seems to depend on the specific types of fat and their constituent fatty acids. Fatty acids can be separated into 3 classes on the basis of their carbon-carbon bonds, as follows:

·                            Saturated fatty acids, such as stearic acid, contain no carbon-carbon double bonds.

·                            Monounsaturated fatty acids, such as oleic acid, have a single carbon-carbon bond.

·                            Polyunsaturated fatty acids, including linoleic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, have 2 or     more carbon-          carbon bonds.

Trans fat is an industrially created unsaturated fat that is neither necessary nor beneficial. Trans fat may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated.  Trans fats are bad fats.

Fatty acids are generally found in foods and in fat deposits as triglycerides or neutral fat, in which 3 fatty acids are esterified to a single molecule of glycerol. In cell membranes, fatty acids exist as phospholipids, in which one of the fatty esters is replaced by a head group such as choline, serine, or inositol. Phospholipids are integral components of cellular membranes; they are responsible for maintaining cellular integrity and for regulating membrane enzymes, cell-signaling processes, and the construction of cellular receptors.

Omega 3 Fatty Acids (O-3 FA) are found in:

nuts,

avocado 

berries

fish

Incorporate one of these food sources in your daily food intake to get your O-3 FAs.

Smoking is associated to Diabetes

The Surgeon General report concludes: "The evidence is sufficient to infer that cigarette smoking is a cause of type II diabetes." To my Chiropractic patient base, Be well and live long.
Best Regards, Dr. Shawnie

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/index.html



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Active Release Technique A.R.T.

What is Active Release Techniques (ART) to Individuals, Athletes, and Patients?

ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

How do overuse conditions occur?

Over-used muscles (and other soft tissues) change in three important ways:

• acute conditions (pulls, tears, collisions, etc),
• accumulation of small tears (micro-trauma)
• not getting enough oxygen (hypoxia).

Each of these factors can cause your body to produce tough, dense scar tissue in the affected area. This scar tissue binds up and ties down tissues that need to move freely. As scar tissue builds up, muscles become shorter and weaker, tension on tendons causes tendonitis, and nerves can become trapped. This can cause reduced range of motion, loss of strength, and pain. If a nerve is trapped you may also feel tingling, numbness, and weakness.

What is an ART treatment like?

Every ART session is actually a combination of examination and treatment. The ART provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with very specific patient movements.

These treatment protocols - over 500 specific moves - are unique to ART. They allow providers to identify and correct the specific problems that are affecting each individual patient. ART is not a cookie-cutter approach.

What is the history of Active Release Techniques?

ART has been developed, refined, and patented by P. Michael Leahy, DC, CCSP. Dr. Leahy noticed that his patients' symptoms seemed to be related to changes in their soft tissue that could be felt by hand. By observing how muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments and nerves responded to different types of work, Dr. Leahy was able to consistently resolve over 90% of his patients' problems. He now teaches and certifies health care providers all over the world to use ART.

Swim Stronger by Swimming to Recover, Tulsa sports injury chiropractor

Swim Stronger by Swimming to Recover, Says Laird Hamilton - How to Swim Stronger: Swim to Recover - MensJournal.com:
Be sure to click on the link above.
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Swimming is a great mode of exercise to recover from another sport.
It improves shoulder and arm flexibility.  The water acts as a compression suit to assist in filtering your blood and flushing lactic acid.  The pressure of the water also enhances blood flow which is important for any healing tissue.
It is also a great, no-impact workout.  When are you going to hit the pool?

In best of health,
Dr. Shawnie
www.drshawnie.com
918.249.1535