Heart sounds

What onomatopoeic words are used in medical literature to describe the sounds of your heartbeat?

Lub dub. 

New Max heart rate calculation

The new equation for calculating your maximum heart rate:

211 - (age x .64)

Now you can push your intensity harder. 

Go hard!

America's Test Kitchen Radiogram - April 19, 2014 - drshawnie@gmail.com - Gmail

America's Test Kitchen Radiogram - April 19, 2014 - drshawnie@gmail.com - Gmail: " Junk Food Engineering: Why Food Companies Weaponize Sugar, Salt, and Fat"

Did you know that Cargill has more than 40 different types of salt, each one designed for a specific application, most of them used in the production of processed foods? In the big money world of junk food engineering, nothing is left to chance. Finding the perfect balance of sugar, salt, and fat results in consumers finding the “bliss point,” the perfect junk food that makes you want to come back for more. To achieve this culinary home run, big food companies use everything from food chemistry to brain scans to turn a new product into a $100 million business. There is nothing random about Cheetos.



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Artificial sweetners

Did you know that artificial sweetners cause bladder spasm?

You will have increased urges to urinate. 

Remedy this urge by limiting  diet sodas/drinks.  Be healthy!!

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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Gluten free spaghetti - Go rice!

Wanna be gluten free? A pasta made from brown rice flour is a perfect alternative to wheat. Thanks to a relatively high combined total of fiber and protein and a low, slow drying process, rice spaghetti is  delicate, thin stranded, springy and clean-tasting. 

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.

Like Your Selfie

It's a "Like your selfie" day. Think on those thing that you LIKE about yourself!!

HEALTHY SELF

“INNATE INTELLIGENCE”

Simply suggests

that the body has

the inborn

intelligence to heal

and regulate itself.

As a chiropractor I provide an optimum environment for the body to heal itself.

How wonderful to know!



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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.