Why Whole Food Supplements?

I'm baaack! Sorry about the temporary hiatus there! Things have just been crazy at the office in March since the weather broke. People have come out of hibernation...and into the office! Since it has been awhile since my last post here are some updates:

• Our First Annual Patient Appreciation Anniversary Week was awesome! We had lots of in-office specials and goodies for everyone to enjoy. Plus we even had some wonderful patients bring in treats for us...which was crazy since we were the ones that were supposed to be appreciating them! It just confirms to us that we are in a great place with great people!
• New office hours! We are now open Monday through Friday 9:00am-6:00pm. Most days we will take a lunch from 1pm-2pm.
• Starting in April we will be offering Infrared Sauna Packages. We have not offered these in the past (we usually did specials each month), but I think we have really come up with a great way to save you money.

I think that is all the updating for now. Now I'll move on to the main reason for this post: Whole Food Supplements!

At our office we provide patients with Whole Food Supplements. The majority of the foods we eat now are devitalized. We eat too much refined and processed food and not enough fresh foods that are naturally high in nutrients. We need to replace the nutrition that is taken out of the foods we are eating and boost our intake of nutrients. This is why nutritional supplements are needed.

There are many different kinds of supplements on the market today and all of them have varying ingredients and benefits. It can be very confusing to determine which supplement is best for you. When selecting a supplement to take, it's important to look at the ingredients on the label. Doesn't it make sense to go back to basics and choose products that are made from whole food ingredients rather than ingesting ingredients that you can't even pronounce?

Well, it makes sense to us! That's why we offer Standard Process Whole Food Supplements. A "whole food" is any food grown and harvested in nature. Examples: beets, carrots, spinach, etc. A whole food contains all the things we need for great health-naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and phytonutrients.

Many of the ingredients in Standard Process supplements are grown on the company's own certified organic farm. Their unique manufacturing process captures and keeps the food's enzymes and nutritional factors intact, providing a concentrated whole food supplement full of natures nutrient complexity.

At the office we promote wise food choices and whole food supplements to provide you with the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, along with their synergistic cofactors that you need to sustain a healthy life!

Key to remember: You can't repair and rebuild a living body with dead chemicals!

Happy Anniversary to us!

It's so hard to believe that our one year anniversary at this office location will be here Tuesday March 9th! I totally agree with all the people out there that say "Time Flies!".

To celebrate our Anniversary and also to celebrate all our wonderful patients who helped us to get to where we are, we are holding our First Annual Patient Appreciation Anniversary Week! We will be celebrating all week long next week March 8th-March 12th!

Come out and enjoy some homemade goodies, fruit (of course), and hot tea! We will also be raffling off our "Crazy For Spring" raffle basket at the end of the week. For each visit you have during the week, even sauna visits, your name will be entered to win the basket!

We are also offering several specials for the week:

1. Enjoy 20% Off your total supplement order
2. Enjoy a complimentary sauna session
3. New patient Special: X-rays (if necessary), Exam, and Adjustment for only $50. So make sure to tell your friends and family because New Patient spaces are limited and filling up fast!
4. For each new patient you refer in, you'll receive not 1 but 2 free visits!

We hope you come out and join us sometime during the week and take advantage of the specials we have going! Hope to see you all here!

P.S. Enjoy the awesome weather we are supposed to have this weekend! =)

Fluoride Part 2

Fluoride Toxicity

Fluoride is a soluble salt, not a heavy metal. There are two basic types of fluoride. Calcium fluoride appears naturally in underground water sources and even seawater. Enough of it can cause skeletal or dental fluorosis, which weakens bone and dental matter. But it is not nearly as toxic, nor does it negatively affect so many other health issues as sodium fluoride, which is added to many water supplies.

Sodium Fluoride is a synthetic waste product of the nuclear, aluminum, and phosphate fertilizer industries. This fluoride has an amazing capacity to combine and increase the potency of other toxic materials. The sodium fluoride obtained from industrial waste and added to water supplies is also already contaminated with lead, aluminum, and cadmium.

It damages the liver and kidneys, weakens the immune system, possibly leading to cancer, creates symptoms that mimic fibromyalgia, and performs as a Trojan Horse to carry aluminum across the blood brain barrier. The latter is recognized as a source of the notorious "dumbing down" with lower IQ's and Alzheimer's effects of fluoride.

Another not commonly known organ victim of fluorosis is the pineal gland, located in the middle of the brain. The pineal gland can become calcified from fluorides, inhibiting it's function as a melatonin producer. Melatonin is needed for sound, deep sleep, and the lack of it also contributes to thyroid problems that affect the entire endocrine system.

Various permutations of Sodium Fluoride are also in many insecticides for homes and pesticides for crops. Sometimes it is even added to baby foods and bottled waters. If you live in a water fluoridated area, purchase commercially grown fruits, especially grapes, and vegetables that are chemically sprayed and grown areas irrigated by fluoridated water, you are getting a triple whammy! Better skip that fluoridated toothpaste!

Step 1: Getting Rid of the Source

As always, the first step in detoxifying is to curb taking in toxins. Drinking a good quality spring water is a good start to slowing down your fluoride contamination.

Avoiding sprayed, commercially grown foods while consuming organic or locally grown foods is another big step. Watch out for processed foods such as instant tea, grape juice products, and soy milk for babies. They all contain high concentrations of sodium fluoride. So do many pharmaceutical "medicines". By minimizing your sodium fluoride intake, your body can begin eliminating the fluorides in your system slowly.

Magnesium is a very important mineral that many are lacking. Besides being so important in the metabolism and synthesis of nutrients within your cells, it also inhibits the absorption of fluoride into your cells! Along with magnesium, calcium seems to help attract the fluorides away from your bones and teeth, allowing your body to eliminate those toxins. So during any detox efforts with fluoride, it is essential that you include a healthy supplemental dose of absorbable calcium/magnesium as part of the protocol.

Step 2: Speed Up the Fluoride Detox

Exercise, a healthy diet, not over eating, and stress reduction all contribute to higher melatonin production from the pineal gland.

Iodine supplementation has been clinically demonstrated to increase the urine irrigation of sodium fluoride from the body as calcium fluoride. The calcium is robbed from your body, so make sure you are taking effective calcium and magnesium supplements. Lecithin is recommended as an adjunct to using iodine for excreting fluorides.

Iodine is another nutrient lacking in most diets and causing hypothyroid symptoms of lethargy or metabolic imbalances. Eating lots of seafood for iodine has it's constantly rising mercury hazards. Seaweed foods and iodine supplements that combine iodine and potassium iodide are highly recommended over sea food by most.

Tamarind, originally indigenous to Africa but migrated into India and southeast Asia, has been used medicinally in Ayurvedic Medicine. The pulp, bark, and leaves from the tree can be converted to teas and strong tinctures, which have also shown the ability to eliminate fluorides through the urine.Cleansing the liver is also considered effective for eliminating fluorides and other toxins.

Dry Infrared Saunas combined with exercise releases sodium fluoride stored in fatty tissues. Be sure to keep the pure water intake high to protect the kidneys while using a highly absorbable calcium magnesium supplement.