How to Need Less Supplements

I've talked with people who buy over $300-$400 worth of supplements a month so they can have better health. I've also talked with people who go to Kinney's or WalMart and buy an antioxidant for $7.00. Who is healthier?

Did you say neither? I hope so.

It is an disputable fact that we need supplements because the food supply is grossly adulterated all the way from the farm to the store and then your home.

Soil nutrients are depleted, processed foods are made from GMO corn and other grains. Sugar use has skyrocketed in the last century giving us some pretty addictive desires for unhealthy foods. Even our mass farmed livestock are over fed grains and chemicals for a better profit outcome.

All that said, even with a steady diet of home cooked foods and fresh produce (as fresh as we can get from the store) we need to supplement with high quality vitamins, minerals, and adaptogenic nutricueticals.

I truly believe a good supplement routine is necessary for optimal health. Do you need to spend $300-$400 dollars a month? No. If you are ask yourself this: Am I feeling better? It is possible you still have nagging health issues.

Should you go to Kinney's and WalMart and buy what is on the shelves? No. You must have more on the label than a cheap price. A supplement company should be researched for its raw materials, bio-availability, and purity testing.

We know we need to make a small investment in supplements but how do we narrow down the choices?

The most important factor is your daily diet. At this point, evaluate how close you are to the Paleo-Primal diet. I say this because if you are not, you are probably taking needless supplements to help you with health issues related to your diet.

If you think your diet is healthy, visit my Myth of the Month website. And stick around on my new Time to GO Paleo blog. More is coming.

When you fix your diet, you will need less supplements.

Ask me about it at your next visit. We will discuss if you are getting enough protein. A poor protein balance can throw off Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium . More minerals won't fix it. Protein intake will. We can talk about replacing grains with high fat foods that make your appetite happy and your waistline smaller.

See you at the table...the chiropractic table.

Dr. Lisa

Your Health Freedom Advocate

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Myth of the Month

Time to Go Paleo

Health: A Glass Half Empty or Half Full?

My Citizen article for the month published this week, delves into world of health thought.

Do you see your health as something that has to be managed because it is poor?

Or do you see health an opportunity to be the best you can be?

Read the full article at the Citizen's link here.

What Does Your Iodine Deficiency Look Like?

Get the October 2011 issue of Life Extension Magazine and read about the connection between iodine deficiency and obesity, brain impairment, heart issues, mental disorders, and cancer.

Do you have an iodine deficiency?

Consider this:

1. You don't need to have a goiter to have an iodine deficiency

2. Manufacturers are not putting adequate amounts of iodine in their refined salt products.

3. Once cooked, salt loses iodine content

4. Sea salt has no iodine

5. Reducing your salt intake is also making the problem worse

6. If you eat more vegetables than meat, you are getting less iodine

7. If you exercise regularly you lose iodine in your sweat.

8. A common flavor enhancer for foods derived from the explosive/rocket fuel industry

blocks iodine from reaching the thyroid.

9. Iodine is important for breast health.

10. Breast cancer cells easily absorb iodine and the cells die.

11. Iodine is important for fibrocystic breast disease.

12. Iodine deficiency leads to abnormal heart rhythm.

13. Iodine deficiency contributes to abnormal lipid and cholesterol profiles (can't be fixed by a statin).

14. Thyroid hormone treatment is not good for an already weakened heart. (Iodine deficiency should be looked into first.)

The article is found on page 43.

You can also read it online here.

See you at the table...the adjusting table.

--Dr. Lisa

--Your Health Freedom Advocate

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Time to go Paleo

Become a Bio-Hack and Upgrade Yourself

I want you to meet Mr. Dave Asprey:

Dave Asprey is a Silicon Valley investor, computer security expert, and entrepreneur who spent 15 years and $250,000 to hack his own biology. He upgraded his brain by >20 IQ points, lowered his biological age, and lost 100 lbs without using calories or exercise. The Financial Times calls him a "bio-hacker who takes self-quantification to the extreme of self-experimentation." His writing has been published by the New York Times and Fortune, and he's presented at Wharton, Kellogg, the University of California, and Singularity University.

So what does that mean to you? If you sign up for his newsletter, he will teach you about:

- Spending less time to get more upgrading done

- Brain hacking to gain jaw-dropping memory

- Thinking faster and more clearly

- Quicker recovery when you're tired

- More focus all day long

- Sleep hacking to get more sleep in less time

- Controlling your heart rate variability to upgrade your nervous system

- Quantifying your upgrade results

Go to his Bullet Proof website and learn more.

See you at the table...the adjusting table.

--Dr. Lisa

Your Health Freedom Advocate

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I'm Not Getting Better-Worksheet

Print out this page, or take notes on the check list topics below. Then read the next blog post below about the things we miss when it comes to protecting our health.

Chemical / deficiencies-intoxication

[ ] poor diet (usually too many carbs, not enough protein, too many processed foods)

[ ] relying on food for nutrients/ not taking supplements

[ ] taking ineffective supplements

[ ] medications causing deficiencies

[ ] too much caffeine

[ ] too much sugar

[ ] artificial sugar use

[ ] nicotine

[ ] too much alcohol

[ ] illegal drugs

[ ] poor detoxing due to weak immune system, body unable to naturally cleanse

Mechanical
[ ] poor balance

[ ] under conditioned muscles

[ ] being overweight

[ ] lack of sleep

[ ] poor posture during activities

[ ] repetitive strain

[ ] lack of "conditioning exercise"

Emotional/Mental
[ ] life challenges: they exist but how do we face them? rate them from 0-10 / 0 = not bothersome 10= very difficult

[ ] "worry-triggers" (your biggest fears)

[ ] repetitive themes in relationships that you react to in a negative manner

I'm Not Getting Better

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You've tried many different things to feel better. You are healing from an injury and it seems to be taking too long this time. You have nagging little health issues that you tolerate, but they just don't go away.

Let's look at things a little differently.

1. You've tried many things to feel better.
Different view: Something else in your life repeatedly overpowers your attempts keeping you from feeling better.

2. You are healing from an injury and it seems to be taking longer this time.
Different view: More attention is needed now than what was adequate in the past.

3. Nagging health issues just aren't going away.
Different view: They are sticking around for a reason, because something else is sticking around.

Your Body Speaks to You in Interesting Ways
Often we are clueless because we just wish the answers were obvious. Why doesn't my body speak the language of me? Because it can only speak the language of cause and effect with a little nervous system thrown in.

Keep in mind the 3 causes of poor health.

1. Chemical stress
2. Mechanical stress
3. Emotional/Mental stress

Chemical
This includes deficiencies and intoxication. Nutritional deficiencies arise out of poor diet, relying on just food for nutrients, as well as medication effects. Intoxication is not just over- imbibing in caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol. It also includes medications, illegal drugs, and the body's poor ability to detoxify on its own. Chemical stress doesn't allow us to heal properly.

Mechanical
Vulnerable mechanics is due to poor balance, under conditioned muscles, being overweight, lack of sleep, poor posture during activities, repetitive strain, and lack of "conditioning exercise".(I say conditioning exercise because people perform a great deal of exercise that is inefficient and ineffective out of habit.)

Emotional/Mental
Life issues change all the time. We have good days and we have bad days. They tire us out and weaken the immune system. If you have a "worry-trigger." It will get you more often than other issues that don't bother you. If you had an injury or illness look back at the last two weeks and see if a "worry trigger" popped up in your life.

Now re-evaluate your situation and your actions. Look at yourself as if you are watching a movie on TV. What things do you notice are getting in the way of your health? What things are you missing?

See you at the table...the adjusting table.

--Dr. Lisa

Your Health Freedom Advocate

Why the Good Old Days Were Good

I am going to assume this guy is drinking mass farmed, store bought pasteurized milk.

Here's a great take on the milk marketing dilemma and should you really be drinking it for your bones. READ HERE.

I was actually looking for fitness tips with the Paleo lifestyle. I'm still looking but I thought this was a good blog post. More on my Paleo interest will come later but it ties in with the low carb mentality.

If you are looking for raw milk or want to understand why raw milk is the real milk, VISIT THIS WEBSITE HERE.



See you at the table...the adjusting table.

--Dr. Lisa
Your Health Freedom Advocate