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Want Healthy Muscles And Bones? Start By Increasing Magnesium Consumption

Published by Dr. C.J. DeFabio, D.C. | September 6, 2016

Want Healthy Muscles And Bones? Start By Increasing Magnesium Consumption Magnesium does a little bit of everything, making it an essential mineral in the human body. Those who don’t have adequate magnesium concentrations are likely to suffer from a wide range of ailments that could easily be treated, if the problem was addressed at its roots. Sadly, the greater majority of people in the Western world suffer from a magnesium deficiency, forcing health practitioners to…
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Guidelines for Choosing a Quality Nutritional Supplement

Published by Shannon Ford OT/L, IMP-2M | August 19, 2016

Guidelines for Choosing a Quality Nutritional Supplement Chiropractic treatment often involves more than the manual manipulations you receive from your chiropractor during a session. It also involves lifestyle changes (or rather: improvements) that can help enhance and maintain the benefits received in a chiropractic session throughout your day-to-day life. One such lifestyle change that might come up for you is in the area of nutrition. Your chiropractor might recommend certain dietary changes and/or the addition…
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What is Qi and Meridians?

Published by Dr. Marlena Siroki, DACM, L.Ac. | August 19, 2016

What is Qi (pronounced “Chee”)? Qi (also seen to as “Chi”, “Ki”, and “Ch’i”) is the active energetic principle that forms part of every living thing It is the intangible but very real spiritual energy or life force underlying all living beings. Though it has no literal translation in English, it is most closely translated as “breath” or “air” or “vapor”, and often referred to as “energy flow”, “cosmic energy” or “life force”, Qi regulates a person’s…
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Using Traditional Chinese Medicine to Make Healthy Eating Choices

Published by Dr. Marlena Siroki, DACM, L.Ac. | August 19, 2016

Using Traditional Chinese Medicine to Make Healthy Eating Choices Changing your diet today can help you start feeling healthier tomorrow. We now know that eating too much sugar and refined foods can lead to diabetes and that foods high in sodium can cause high blood pressure. How can we use Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to make healthy eating choices? In TCM, eating foods high in sodium can cause water retention leading to “kidney deficiency” and diets…
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Top 7 Reasons to Get a Massage Today

Published by Dr. C.J. DeFabio, D.C. | August 19, 2016

THE TOP 7 REASONS MASSAGE MAKES YOU FEEL FANTASTIC! RELEASE YOUR ENDORPHINS It’s no secret that therapeutic massage makes you feel wonderful. This is because therapeutic massage causes your brain to release endogenous opiates called endorphins or the “feel good” chemicals. Endorphins have a “morphine-like” quality that is described as causing exhilaration and relaxation and thus it often relieves pain, anxiety, and stress that you may be experiencing. IMPROVE CIRCULATION OF VITAL NUTRIENTS AND REMOVAL…
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