Understanding The Three Ratings For Produce

Recently, I was fortunate to interview Kenny Camp, owner of Organic Harvest about what's the best produce to eat and the different ratings for produce.  If you haven't met Kenny yet, I encourage you to stop by and talk to him about produce, food and everything organic. (No, he's not paying me to write this)  He really is a font of knowledge.

Did you know anyone can slap an all natural tag on a product?  There is no regulation for the term "All Natural".  Also, conventional produce often times has pesticides that are not even water soluble?  That means with out special cleaners, your household sink water will not get the chemicals off.

Besides the fact that to be "Organic" produce, the grower must follow strict standards with chemicals, and the soil must be rotated in just the right way, there is another big reason to eat organic.  MINERALS.

If you have ever bitten into a fresh, organic tomato, you'll notice right away the flavor takes over your mouth.  Conversely, often times the conventional produce tastes flat.  The diffefence is the amount of sugar to minerals in the fruit/vegetable.  Organic produce is higher in minerals, which is not only good for you but tastes better, too.  Conventional produce is higher in sugar, thus needing more pesticides because they attract more bugs.

For more info about Organic Harvest, go to orgharvest.com

Till next time, Live Healthy, Be Happy, and Eat Your Organic Veggies.

Dr. Stasi

Kill The Sweet Cravings

Many of you have sweet cravings that can get in the way.  If you want to lose weight or be healthier, you'll need to knock out the sweet cravings.  We have some products that can make a big difference.  Obviously, you may need to do several things to take care of the cravings, and this is a great place to start.

First, whats a craving?  The unyielding urge to eat something.  The more relevant question is why do we have cravings?  There are several reasons including mental addictions, that topic is for another blog.  Today, let's discuss the physiological reason for a craving; nutrient deficiency.  

Many times when you gotta have some type of food it relates to what that food has in it that your body desires.  When it comes to sweets there are some common vitamins and minerals that relate to specific cravings.  Below is a listing of sweets, the vitamin/mineral deficiency and the product(s) we have to help.  The recomendations come from the Standard Process Line of supplements.

Breads and Pasta - Vitamin B deficiency - Cataplex B

Sweets in general - irregular blood sugar/ low potassium - Gymnema & Organically Bound Minerals

Chocolate - Magnesium/ low adrenals - Magnesium Lactate & Drenamin

If you have had a lot of sugar in your diet, consider Pancreatrophin PMG and Livaplex to suport the pancreas and liver.

If you have questions or would like to purchase any of these products, please call 205-879-5799 or email us.

I hope this helps you kill the sweet cravings.

Eat well, Move well, Live well - Be well,

Dr. Stasi

Chiropractic Helps You Relax

Anita is a dream to have as a chiropractic pracitce member.  From day one she new what she wanted, to feel less tense and more relaxed.  Her measuring stick?  Co-workers and clients.  Seems Anita noticed feeling jumpy at work and so did everyone else.  When you're the "cruise director" for an assisted living facility, patience is a must so all can have a good time.

After only a few weeks of care, Anita commented, "I feel a lot less stressed. I am able to deal with daily issues.  I love life now."

What makes this story even better is her relaxtion came during the holiday season.  A time when most people are revving up, Anita was chilling out, and her clients and co-workers were the one letting her know, too.

Are her results strange and out of the ordinary for a chiropractic office?  Not at all.  Stress and tension can do all kind of nasty things to ones body and mind.  In Anita's case, the tension that built up in her nervous system and body started to wear on her until life's little things sounded as loud as a boom band playing around her all the time.

The chiropractic care helped improve the communication through her nervous system, allowing her posture to improve, and allowing constant pain in her neck, shoulders and midback to diminish.  These kind of results are common but not everyone does as well as Anita. 

Why is Anita so succesful?  She showed up.  What makes Anita a dream patient is her willingness to play full out in the office and followed the at home instructions. 

I hope to hear or see you soon.

Dr. Stasi

Tap Water, Seriously?

Ok, since I taut myself as a Holistic Chiropractor, I must be a tree hugging, save the planet, drink bottled water freak.  Well, most of that is true.

I definitely do my best to live with integrity towards others, including the planet, and some of my best "friends" are trees.  My son and I are Boy Scouts so when we are in the woods we live by the principle of Leave No Trace. Everyday I do my best to help others and teach others how to be healthy.

Here comes the rub.  Many years ago at a seminar I learned about tap water.  Now for those of you thinking I am about to dog tap water, you're right.  I learned of the evils of tap water and how all our health troubles will go away when we consume good, clean water.  (Of course, one of the sponsors of the seminar was Dasani.)  Now, that may be true but you have to ask what is good, clean water and where does it come from?

As the old saying goes, "If you want to know who's running the show, follow the money trail."  So after some research, I learned that tap water isn't that bad for you.  Huh, go figure.  I was convinced it was.  Then I looked into where all the plastic bottles go.  That was really scary.

This video by Annie Leonard is the most succinct explanation of why tap isn't that bad, bottle water isn't that good AND where all those plastic bottles go.   Watch and be amazed.

Oh, by the way, about 10 years ago, I started using a home reverse osmosis water filter to pull out all the parts of the tap water I didn't want to drink, like chlorine.  Most recently, I've been using a Kangen Water Machine and love it.  Mostly because it helps alkalize my body and provides water with a high ORAC (anti-oxidant) value.  But the truth is, if all you have to drink is tap water then YOU are the tree hugging, granola crunching, planet saving freak.  Seriously.

Stretching the Boundaries

How often do you feel stuck in your life?  The same routines day in and day out.  When's the last time you saw something that you never thought possible?  For many of us, our days seem to be the same.  That's not to say that each day isn't busy and full of stuff to do.  Honestly, kids and life can keep you red lining it until you run out of gas.  And that's the point.

Where in your hurried schedule do you build time in for you. If your everyday is the same hurried and scurried race to bed everynight to get up and do it all over again, here is a short video that might just make you pause and say, "WOW!"

How does this relate to chiropractic?  Easy, we get so busy moving in our life we lose sight that our bodies are what keeps us going.  If we take time to nurture our bodies, our bodies will be around a long time for us.  I wonder what these guys and gals at Pilobolus do to take care of themselves?