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Your Ventura Chiropractor Offers Several Different Types of Chiropractic Care Plans For A Range of Health Goals

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:29:06 +0000

Your Ventura Chiropractor, Dr. Steven Alff, offers a variety of chiropractic treatment plans that are effective when working with your musculoskeletal system, from dealing with basic health issues to treating specific disabilities. After thoroughly examining you, Dr. Alff will recommend to you which approach would be most beneficial for you personally. As your Chiropractor in Ventura, Dr. Alff will likely present a number of individualized treatment options from which you will be able to choose in accordance with your present health issues as well as your long term health goals.

It may be helpful for you to have some information, ahead of time, about the diverse chiropractic treatment plans Dr. Alff will likely recommend.

Relief Care is a type of chiropractic program offered to people who are in the throes of almost any acute pain or distressing soreness, no matter the reason for the problem. The reason for this type of treatment is to give fast pain relief. The length of the treatment phase likely will fluctuate as the treatment depends entirely on the scope of the condition or disability experienced by the person and how quickly it can be remedied.

Corrective Care is often a “more advanced” form of chiropractic treatment. It is for individuals who have endured spinal difficulties over an extended period of time, which is to say, for individuals who have a persistent condition that has developed into a more difficult issue as a result of neglect of specific therapy. Corrective treatment ordinarily stretches over a longer time period. The length of time is determined by the scope of the progressive harm and how swiftly the person responds to the treatment.

Maintenance Care, as the name implies, is intended to maintain or support any type of therapy already administered to a patient. In many cases, chiropractic care is extended solely after the initial treatments have been estimated to be successful. The objective of this kind of chiropractic care is to inhibit the potential of the original affliction coming back and to avoid degenerative changes in the future.

wellness Care is provided to those people that aren’t afflicted by acute discomfort, but are looking to maximize their overall health. Regular chiropractic treatment enhances the flow of blood and oxygen within the body, increases muscle flexibility, helps prevent work and play injury, and boosts a person’s all round sense of well-being.

Whether you are presently suffering from pain or you want to increase your overall health, chiropractic care can help. Call Dr. Alff, your Chiropractor in Ventura, today!

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More Foot Power, Less Car Pollution Best for Health

author — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:10:14 +0000

Walking and cycling plus low-emission vehicles may reduce future disease burden, researchers say

(healthDay News) — Encouraging city dwellers to walk and bicycle instead of using cars would offer much greater public health benefits than increased used of low-emission vehicles, U.K. researchers have found.

The study compared the projected health effects in 2030 of alternative urban land transport scenarios for London, England, and Delhi, India: business-as-usual (no greenhouse gas reduction policies); motor vehicles with lower carbon emissions; increased walking and cycling (active travel) plus less motor vehicle traffic; and a combination of increased walking/cycling and low-emission vehicles.

In both cities, reductions in carbon dioxide emissions achieved through increased active travel and less use of motor vehicles offered much greater health benefits than increased use of low-emission vehicles. The benefit was over 40 times greater in London and over seven times greater in Delhi. The greatest health benefits would be achieved by combining active travel and increased use of low-emission vehicles, according to the report published online Nov. 27 in The Lancet. Read more…

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Bypass Food Reactions – Learn How to Read Food Labels

author — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:32:47 +0000

via Alternative Medicine and Natural Health

If you are a regular food label reader, did you know that even the most diligent scanning can still result in food reactions? If you have problems with gluten or dairy, those supposed gluten-free and dairy-free foods still may have some type of enzyme or chemical derived from the very types of food you are trying to circumvent. Because of this issue, the FDA is devising a number of standardized definitions for the description of foods so that you will be able to tell what each ingredient is.

Food labeling is necessary to comply with the law. Any major food allergy triggers must be clearly displayed on the packaging if it contains any ingredient or derivative of the ingredient. While the foods may not contain the actual allergic ingredient, if the food is made in the same manufacturing plant as another product that does create food products with those allergens, there is a possibility of cross contamination. The food labels must clearly state this scenario as well. For instance, cookies may have a food label saying they contain no nuts but other cookies in the factory may be baked with nuts and so the label must indicate the possibility.

How to read food labels

It is smart to read food labels, but you must be more aware of the variety of ways ingredients can be described, especially if they are derivatives of foods you are allergic to. Here are some important aspects to keep an eye out for:

Even if it is a product you have purchased for years, read the food packaging. Sometimes, food manufacturers change the production process or modify ingredients without any type of warning. It is important, therefore, to always read food labels, even for those “tried and true” go-to safe products.
Please note that food labels that proclaim it is free of something like “dairy-free” are not always accurate. These proclamations are not regulated by the government and therefore these food products could still have minute amounts of the supposedly absent ingredient. For example, powdered creamers for drinks sometimes mention they are dairy-free but there is usually a powdered form of some type of milk derivative.
Keep an eye out for food packaging that says something like “may contain” on its label. This possible claim covers manufacturers in the event of a consumer has an allergic reaction but it can be quite a nuisance for you when shopping for safe foods. This “may contain” phrase basically means that your supposedly safe food product could have been contaminated by an allergen. Any manufacturer that uses nuts for some products but not for others uses this proclamation quite a bit.

Some food labels are a bit nebulous. Is it safe to take a chance on a food product with “may contain” on the label? Is there any way to avoid these foods altogether? When food allergies are mild, you can probably chance it and be ok. However, if you have a life threatening allergy or one that makes you completely miserable, it can be tough to shop for food. This ambiguous food labeling is the very thing the FDA is trying to remedy.

The best thing to do is avoid anything suspect and purchase only fresh foods that have not seen the inside of a factory. Look to internet grocers that cater to people with severe allergies and only market safely manufactured foods. health food stores are good options to shop in. However, the only way to be absolutely certain about your food is to read food labels diligently.

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Baby Boomers May Prove More Disabled Than Their Elders

author — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:33:10 +0000

Wave of disabilities could overburden health-care system, researchers fear

(healthDay News) — Baby boomers in the United States may enter their 60s with far more physical disabilities than previous generations, which could spell trouble for an already overburdened health-care system.

That’s the finding of University of California, Los Angeles researchers who analyzed data from the 1988 and 1999 National Health and nutrition Examination Surveys to identify changes in disability trends among older adults.

The study authors looked at four areas of disability: basic daily living activities, such as walking from room to room and getting in and out of bed; instrumental activities, such as doing household chores or preparing meals; mobility, including walking one-quarter mile or climbing 10 steps without stopping for rest; and functional limitations, such as stooping, crouching or kneeling.

Between 1988 and 1999, disability among people in their 60s increased between 40 percent and 70 percent in all areas except functional limitations. The increases were considerably higher among non-white and overweight people. During that same time, there were no significant changes among people aged 70 to 79. Among those 80 and over, there was a decrease in functional limitations. Read more…

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Healthy Recipes Can Ward Off Headaches

author — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:45:38 +0000

By Debby Maugans

Years ago, before my children were born, I went on a press trip to Seville and Madrid, Spain. Several food writers and editors were flown over, wined and dined, and put up in posh hotels by the Spanish Olive Growers Association. After 5 days and nights of incredible tours, meals, and copious amounts of fino, olives, and very late night tapas, we flew back to the States together. I had developed such a passion for the dry sherry we had come to expect every afternoon around teatime that one of my compatriots took up a collection of fino miniatures for me on the flight home. When we disembarked in New York – him to find a cab and me to change planes – I had a purse full.

Robert Barnett and I have been great friends since that first day we sat together on a bus to a country chateau and olive grove. When my oldest daughter was born a year later, he came to see me in the hospital. At that time he was the editor of American Health Magazine; our relationship expanded professionally as he gave me story assignments and, later, recipe development jobs for his own books, American Health Cookbook, and Volumetrics. Bob has also enjoyed a colorful, successful career in New York as health editor of Parenting Magazine and, most recently, iVillage.com.

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Good Sleepers More Likely to Eat Right

author — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:15:34 +0000

Adequate shuteye is linked to healthier food choices in study

(HealthDay News) — Getting enough sleep can help you make healthier food choices, researchers say.

The new study included 542 male motor freight workers, who often work long hours and have irregular shifts. The average age of the participants was 49, and 83 percent were white.

The researchers from the sleep medicine division at Harvard Medical School found that adequate sleep was a strong predictor of healthy food choices, while work experiences were not significant predictors. The findings suggest that adequate sleep mediates the effects of the workplace on healthy food choices.

“Sleep duration and sleep quality are contributing factors to increasing chronic disease trends, in that insufficient sleep duration and sleep disruption have been linked to weight gain, diabetes and early mortality in the long term,” the study authors wrote. “Our findings suggest that sleep adequacy, by enhancing [healthy] dietary choices, is one means by which workplace factors may influence chronic disease risk.”

The study was published online Nov. 4 in the American Journal of Public Health.

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5 Ways to Snap Yourself Back into a Good Mood

author — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:39:24 +0000

via livewell360.com

We all have those moments. You know, where Captain Cranky Pants sneaks up behind us, and wedding sacks (Borat reference) us from behind, taking us from what was a great mood, to a mood of just plain blah or worse.

No matter the reason – whether it stemmed from something that someone else said or did, something we did, or even just our imagination running away with us – we HAVE the power to change how we feel. We can stop the train of thoughts that are blatantly causing us to feel worse and worse and flip them into an upward slope of feeling better and better.

Whether you are aware of it or not, our thoughts have a snowball effect. If we start thinking negative thoughts, it will only lead to more of the same – more negative thoughts. Unless we consciously choose to redirect what we are thinking about, we will just continue to cycle in those blah-icky-gloomy feelings.

The trick is first realizing what is happening. Awareness is a powerful powerful tool that many times we forget we have. We go on and on throughout our day, without realizing we actually have control over what we are thinking.

By stopping and becoming aware of what we are thinking, we are allowing ourselves to take that step outside of the picture long enough to observe what’s going on so that we can change it. You know the old saying, you can’t fix what you don’t know is broken. Well this is the prime example.

Here Are 5 Tricks That I Use to Put Myself in a Great Mood

1. I close my eyes, take a deep breathe, and think of 3 things in my life that I am grateful for.

I know this sounds cliché and silly, but the moment we shift our attention from something that we think is bad, to something we see as good, it automatically begins to shift our mood. When I think of these things that I am grateful for, I make sure to take time to see them in my mind, whether it is a person, place, or thing, I spend a few moments visualizing it until I notice the difference in how I feel. Try this and pay attention to your feelings, it’s almost like you can feel the shift in your chest as you move from the gloomy thoughts to the happy thoughts. The only way I can describe it is when I begin to focus on the things I am grateful for, I feel like I light up like a Christmas tree.

2. I ask myself, how does this serve me?

Sometimes I will even take #1 an step further and pull out a sheet of paper and start writing a list of reasons why whatever it is that was bringing me down, is actually a gift because it is allowing me an opportunity for growth or to learn some great lesson. Again, this trick is sooo under-rated because when we can see the good in any situation, and appreciate that it is helping us in some way to become stronger, smarter, or better equipped, then it no longer has the negative feelings attached to it. Every seemingly bad situation has the power to make our life better if we allow it, and that is the key.

3. I turn on a feel good song.

Good music is an amazing thing, so turn on a good song, and sing along, OUT LOUD, dance, move your feet… who cares who is looking, just do what feels good. It’s impossible to be in a bad mood after jamming out to your favorite feel good song. Don’t’ believe me? Try it. I dare you…

4. Get in a kick butt workout.

Yes, some days it’s tough to get inspired to get to the gym, but once you get moving, you feel pretty good, right? And then when you are finished, the endorphins are flowing, and you just feel great. The bad mood has completely vanished! Poof!

For faster results, combine #3 and #4.

5. Give to someone, unconditionally.

Whether it is with your time, your love, your attention, or your money, when you give open-heartedly to another human being it sparks something inside that turns on the happy switch. It really ties into #1 above, because when you give something to someone, with no strings attached, expecting nothing in return, you can’t help but feel gratitude for life itself and all the small things we so often take for granted.

Final Thoughts

Those are my go-to methods for busting a bad mood before it even starts. It’s really not rocket science, but these are the things that seem so simple, yet we just don’t do them. I challenge you to take a handful of these tips and make them part of your daily routine.

The more you take time for the simple feel-good pleasures in life, the more you will notice that life will automatically bring you more of the same. Happiness becomes.. EASY! And just a normal part of who you are. Can you believe it? What an amazing thought. That alone puts me in a good mood.

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Look at Your Nails!

author — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:37:35 +0000

Health Tip: Nails Can Reveal Your Health
A doctor should examine them carefully

– Diana Kohnle

(HealthDay News) — It’s important to pay attention to changes in your nails, as they can indicate an underlying health problem.

The American Academy of Dermatology says the condition of your nails could indicate possible:

Liver disease, which may be characterized by whitening of the nails.
Kidney disease, if half of each nail is pink and the other half white.
Heart condition, if the nail beds are red.
Lung disease, which could be characterized by thick, yellow nails that grow slowly.
Anemia, if nail beds are pale.
diabetes, if nails have a yellow tint that look blush at the base.

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The Beautiful Grape

author — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:54:37 +0000

Red-Grape Compound May Improve diabetes
But so far resveratrol works only as an injection into the brain of mice, study finds

By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter

(healthDay News) — New research provides further insight into how a health-boosting compound found in red grapes may help the body fend off type 2 diabetes.

But scientists have only seen the effect in mice who received injections in the brain, and no evidence has emerged that consuming red wine or other products made with grapes will alleviate the blood sugar disease.

The findings do tell scientists about how the compound known as resveratrol works on the brain, said senior study author Roberto Coppari.

If scientists know that the brain is a "major player," then drug companies working on related research "will focus on a drug that will penetrate the brain," said Coppari, an assistant professor of internal medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Scientists have been excited about resveratrol, which is found in red grapes, red wine, pomegranates and some other foods, appears to extend the life spans of mice, even those fed a high-fat diet. Resveratrol appears to mimic the effects of severely restricting food intake, which helps a wide variety of animals live longer, Coppari said. Read more…

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Improve Memory with Ginkgo Biloba

author — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:17:24 +0000

Improve Memory with Ginkgo Biloba

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