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Every
heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse
behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of
mankind. – Robert
Louis Stevenson
The best and
most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched...but are
felt in the heart. – Helen Keller
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Office
News
- We're
back! After some technical difficulties with our email system, we
are again sending you our monthly patient newsletter! We hope you
enjoy it! As always, we welcome any questions or
comments!
- 2004 is The
Year of Health! Have your health goal in mind, and let us help you
work towards it. More information is available at the office
during your next visit.
- A lot of
patients ask if they can come in sick to the office for an
adjustment. Yes! That's the time to definately get
adjusted. Your body needs to work at full power to fight whatever
it is you have, and removing subluxations allows your nervous system to
be interference free to do its job! Ask about Optibiotic when
you're in... its a great way to boost your body's fighting power
to keep healthy through the flu season.
- We're happy
to announce the return of "Health 101" information sessions every Monday
night at 6:15pm in the office! Watch for
information on the first class coming soon. Health
101 sessions are designed to discuss health related issues that are
most important to you and can help you make informed and healthy
decisions in your everyday life! We have compiled a lot of topics
we want to cover, but we want to hear what you want covered
too! What health topics are most important to you? Where are
you confused about what to do or not to do? Where would you like
help the most... children, adults, general health issues, pregnancy,
lifestyle changes, etc.? Please let us know what you want to see
in our Health 101 classes! You can reply to this email, or write
to us anytime at drross@rechargeyourlife.com. Call
us at the office at 480-730-7950 or mention it next time you come in for
your adjustment. Your opinion is
important to us!
Thanks and
hope to see you at one of our classes!
 XYLITOL: A
New Approach to the War on Infection
Xylitol is a
naturally occurring form of the five-carbon sugar xylose. Found in many
fruits and vegetables, i.e., plums, corn and strawberries, xylitol is even
produced in small amounts in the human body. The main sources of
commercially produced xylitol are corn cobs and birch
bark.
Discovered in
the late 19th century, xylitol remained relatively unappreciated until
World War II produced sugar shortages in Finland. The Finns had no
domestic sugar supply so they started using xylitol. Since then, xylitol
has become a sweetner for diabetics, because of it's low glycemic impact.
Europeans and Asians have used it in this capacity for decades. Doctors
even use it in IV solutions for these same reasons.
New
Findings:
Research and clinical studies have found that xylitol, in addition to
being an excellent sweetener and sugar substitute, may also be
instrumental in helping to prevent many types of infections. Generally,
infection occurs when bacteria enter the body and attach to cells. In the
presence of xylitol, some infection-causing bacteria lose the ability to
adhere. Without this adhesion, the body's natural cleansing process washes
bacteria away, reducing or eliminating their impact. Other bacteria
ingest xylitol but can't break it down. Either way, bacterial growth is
inhibited.
Xylitol Lacks
the Problems Often Associated with
Antibiotics:
Using xylitol could be an alternative way to avoid many of the problems
associated with the overuse of antibiotics. Xylitol works differently than
antibiotics. It doesn't kill the bacteria but rather helps wash them away.
Therefore, bacteria can't develop a resistance to xylitol like they do to
antibiotics.
European
Doctors Have Been Using Xylitol Since the
1970's:
In the early 1970's scientists at Turku University, Finland first
discovered xylitol's effect on dental health. Xylitol prevents tooth
decay, fights cavities, plaque, dry mouth and bad breath, neutralizes
plaque acids and even re-mineralizes tooth enamel. The Finnish government
has saved millions by using xylitol in its health
programs.
Finnish
researchers found that 8 grams of xylitol taking orally every day
prevented about 40% of children's ear infections and up to 80% of tooth
decay. by using a 5% solution of xylitol in water, they found that step
pneumo bacteria was reduced by 68% and H. Flu populations were reduced by
half.
This natural
substance is not a drug and non habit forming. World Health Organization
and U.S. FDA have given xylitol their safest ratings for food additives.
Xylitol, introduced as a nasal wash, may help to prevent sinus, ear and
upper respiratory infections and wash away the irritants that are known to
cause allergies and trigger asthma. XLEAR, INC - XYLITOL
1-877-599-5327. Website: www.xlearinc.com. Used from
Holistic H.E.L.P. Resources.
Xylitol (birch
sugar) is available at our office for a limited time. This makes an
excellent sweetner... looks and tastes like sugar. You can even bake
with it. It has less than half the calories of sugar and is safe for
diabetics.
You
Are Dancing All the Time
 Your body is
made up of billions of little packets of life called cells. These tiny
bits of life are vibrating, singing and dancing as your life energies
organize them from a formless mass into a living body. Your cells are
organized to form tissues, your tissues dance and vibrate together to form
organs, organs are organized as systems (such as the digestive system,
circulatory system, etc.) and when all your systems are working in a
harmonious, coordinated fashion they create an organism – a healthy,
living you.
What is it that makes all these structures come "alive”
and dance and work together? After all, a corpse has all its parts but it
is not alive. What is missing?
The wisdom of your body (also called
your innate intelligence) directs life energies and information that
travels over your nervous system – your brain, spinal cord and billions of
nerve fibers that go to your every nook and cranny. This flow of energy is
necessary for organizing your many parts and the thousands of activities
your body does every second. If your nervous system is stressed, this
fantastic communications system has “interference” – your energies are
disturbed and you suffer from dis-ease – and your parts aren’t working in
harmony.
The most common cause of nerve interference is a vertebral
subluxation, a tiny distortion in your spine that stresses your nervous
system. Chiropractors spend thousands of hours learning how to locate
“subluxations” and correct them. Without nerve interference your body and
mind are more organized, function with greater harmony and are better able
to heal. See your chiropractor to get a spinal checkup to make sure your
life energies are flowing without interference.
 Children’s
Letters to God
“In
Sunday school they told us what you do. Who does it when you are on
vacation?” Jane
“How did
you know you were God?” Charlene
“Dear God, I read the
bible. What does begat mean? Nobody will tell me.” Love, Alison
“Dear God, Instead of
letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t you just keep
the ones you got now?” Jane
“Dear God, Who draws the
lines around the countries?” Nan
“Dear God, What does it means
you are a jealous God. I thought you had everything.” Jane
“Dear God, Is reverend Coe a
friend of yours, or do you just know him through business?” Donny
“Did you really mean do
unto others as they do unto you, because if you did then I’m going to fix
my brother.” Darla
“Dear
God, When you made the first man did he work as good as we do now?”
Tom
“Dear God, My
grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy. How far back do you
go?” Dennis
“Dear God,
How come you did all those miracles in the old days and don’t do any now?”
Seymour
“Dear-God-if-we-come-back-as-something-please-don’t-let-me-be-Jennifer-Horton-because-I-hate-her.”
Denise
“Dear God, My
brother is a rat. You should give him a tail Ha Ha.” Danny
“Dear God, Please send
Dennis Clark to a different camp this year.” Peter
“Dear God, Maybe Cain and
Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It
works with my brother.” Larry
“Dear God, I want to be
just like my Daddy when I get big but not with so much hair all over.”
Sam
“Dear God, I am
doing the best I can.” Frank (1)
Chiropractic
Questions and Answers
Can
You Tell if You Need a Chiropractic Adjustment on Your
Own?
 Generally, no.
A subluxation can be likened to a dental cavity: you may have one
developing for a long time with no noticeable symptoms. That’s why
periodic spinal examinations by a chiropractor are so often
recommended.
However, after a period of time under chiropractic care,
some people become much more spine conscious and can actually be able to
tell when they need an adjustment. The effects of spinal nerve stress are
often gradual and slowly eat away at your well-being in tiny increments.
For that reason, an occasional spinal checkup by a chiropractor is
advisable.
Did You
Know...?
 Your brain
contains more than 100 billion nerve cells called neurons. Common “wisdom”
was that every day thousands of your neurons died until you eventually
lost brain function. Therefore, so the logic went, senility was
inevitable. Fortunately for us all, this “wisdom” was incorrect. Recent
research shows that, in fact, few neurons are lost as you age and your
brain is reorganizing and rebuilding itself, even into old age. Although
there is some cell loss, it's far less than once believed and appears to
be confined to certain highly select areas. Memory areas are spared, so
don’t blame your forgetfulness on your age. (2)
Hysterectomy
– Always Get a Second (or Third) Opinion
US
hysterectomy rates are still higher than those of other countries –
unnecessary operations are the reason. This news comes in spite of
attempts to reduce hysterectomy rates over the last few years. The rate is
more than three to four times the rate of other countries and represents
more than 600,000 surgeries per year. (3)
 Sex,
alcohol and fat are good for you?
That’s
right, many of life’s little pleasures may actually be good for you. New
research is showing that sex, alcohol and high-fat foods may help people
live longer, with less heart disease and stroke. So be gentle on yourself
and enjoy life. Don’t over do it, but don’t under do it either.
(4)
Nursing
home residents get flu despite getting flu shot
Nearly all
of the residents of a nursing home received flu shots before the outbreak
occurred. No visitors were being allowed and all residents were taking
antiviral drugs and eating meals in their rooms in an attempt to stop the
spread of the virus. The quarantine comes two weeks after an outbreak of
the flu led the Grand Island Veterans Home to take similar measures. The
Grand Island home was quarantined after seven cases were diagnosed at the
home of 340 residents even though 98% of residents were given flu shots.
(5)
Prayer
and Pregnancy
 It was a
finding that shocked researchers at Columbia University: women at an
in-vitro fertilization clinic in Korea had a higher pregnancy rate when,
unknown to the patients, total strangers were asked to pray for their
success. Prayed-for women became pregnant twice as often as those who were
not prayed for. The lead author of the report, Dr. Rogerio A. Lobo,
Columbia's chairman of obstetrics and gynecology, said he and his
colleagues had thought long and hard about whether to publish their
findings, since they seemed so improbable. In the end, the differing
pregnancy rates between the two groups of women proved too significant to
ignore. "It was not even something that was borderline significant," Dr.
Lobo said. "It was highly significant." (6)
Chiropractic
and Spinal Research
 Remember, a
person with any kind of health problem needs chiropractic. Feel free to
forward these studies to others.
Infertility. Two women deemed
medically infertile were considering artificial insemination. Chiropractic
evaluations were performed which detected spinal subluxations. Spinal
adjustments were performed and during the course of chiropractic care both
women were able to conceive. (7)
Ear
infection. A baby boy, age 6 months, was scheduled for ear tube
surgery for chronic ear infections. He was brought to a chiropractor and
received a spinal adjustment. His ear infection completely cleared up by
the next day. Tubes were never inserted. Two [girls], ages 3 and 4 with
chronic ear infections and upper respiratory dysfunction, [received] upper
dorsal and cranial adjustments. No more ear infections have occurred since
the first visit. (8)
Migraine. This is a six month study
of 127 migraine sufferers. Half received chiropractic care, while the
other half did not (controls). Those who received chiropractic had
decreased number of and shorter migraines. They had less disability and
less medication use. Twenty two % reported more than a 90% reduction in
migraines after two months of care; 50% reported significant improvement
in severity of migraine episodes. (9)
Pregnancy and Delivery. This may come
as a surprise but a secret AMA (American Medical Association) study
revealed that pregnant women under chiropractic care have an easier
pregnancy and delivery. Irvin Hendryson, MD, a member of the AMA Board of
Trustees, did the study which revealed that pregnant women who received
chiropractic adjustments in their third trimester were able to carry to
term more frequently and deliver children with more comfort. This
information was never revealed to the public and the AMA continued to
attack chiropractic as “useless and dangerous.”
(10)
Words of
Wisdom
If you want to know how rich you are, just
count up all the things you have that money can't buy. – Daniel
Webster
 A
meowing cat catches no mice.
Laughing is easy, doing is tough.
Hit a
cold stone, and you’ll get a hot spark.
– Yiddish
proverbs
The unsuccessful are
always busy running – in place.
Cooking is hard; eating is
easy.
Early risers are blessed with luck.
– Ladino
proverbs
Humor
BEST
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES OF THE YEAR
1. Include
Your Children When Baking Cookies
2. Typhoon Rips through Cemetery;
Hundreds Dead
3. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
4.
Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
5. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
6.
Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
7. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes
Over
8. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
9. Teacher Strikes
Idle Kids
10. Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead
11. Local High
School Dropouts Cut in Half
12. Miners Refuse to Work After
Death
13. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
14. Stolen
Painting Found by Tree
15. Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in
Checkout Counter
16. War Dims Hope for Peace
17. If Strike Isn't
Settled Quickly, It May Last a While
18. Couple Slain; Police Suspect
Homicide
19. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
20. New
Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
21. Astronaut Takes Blame
for Gas in Space
 Have
a wonderful New Year! Please stop by for a spinal checkup and bring
your friends and relatives. Everyone needs to be free from the damages
caused by subluxations – even chiropractors go to chiropractors so we can
function at our best when we take care of you. Here are a couple of bonus
jokes to help you during the stress of the holiday
season.
Have a great
and healthy day! Dr. Ross
While
working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I
used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was
unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly
the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair
of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable
barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy
will never believe this!"
While walking along the sidewalk in front
of his church, our minister’s 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a
dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had
secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole. The minister's
son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with serious dignity
intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: "Glory be
unto the Faaaather, and unto the Sonnn.... and into the hole he
gooooes."
References
1. Marshall E
(Editor), Hample S (Illustrator). Children’s Letters to God. NY:
Workman Publishing. 1991.
2. http://healthy.net/scr/news.asp?Id=7918
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Farquhar C. Journal of the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. January 31,
2002.
4. Fackelmann. Valuable Vices. Science News. 1998;153:142.
5.
Midwest Nurse Week.
March/April 2002;3(2):27.
6. Journal of Reproductive Health.
October 2001.
7. Anderson-Peacock E. Case study reduction of
vertebral subluxation using torque release technique with changes in
fertility: two case reports. J
Vertebral Subluxation Research. July 19, 2003;1-6.
8.
Hochman J. The management of acute otitis media using SOT and SOT cranial.
Sorsi Communicator. July
2001;14(2).
9. Tuchin PJ, Pollard H, Bonello R. A randomized controlled
trial of chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for migraine. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological
Therapeutics. 2000;23(2):91-95.
10. American Medical
Association records released in 1987 during trial in U.S. District Court Northern Illinois
Eastern Division, No. 76C 3777 (the Wilk
trial).
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