Wednesday, August 29, 2012

" I can smell everything, I have Leaky Gut, and my doctor won't listen to me"

I just had a woman walk into my office to buy a Thorne multivitamin.  There aren't too many people that come to my office who aren't patients and I had a couple minutes so I asked her why she wanted this particular supplement.  She told me a story I had heard way too many times in practice, but not yet from another Applied Kinesiology doctor.

To summarize the conversation...she had been told by an alternative medicine doctor many years ago that she had Leaky Gut (see our blog on 4R program or dysbiosis) and was given a big bunch of supplements to fix her problem...this was overwhelming to her, she wasn't the type of person used to taking pills so she never followed through.  After a number of years she wound up with the classic progression of Leaky Gut which is either an Autoimmune condition and severe environmental sensitivities (very sensitive to smells, tastes, skin and hair products and always sick but can't figure out why). 

Fortunately she eventually wound up at the office of an Applied Kinesiology(AK) doctor that turned her around within a short period of time with a few supplements, one of which was this Thorne multivitamin.  So after this great success this AK doctor wanted to fix a lot of other things still wrong with this patient so she prescribed a lot of different other supplements.  Then the problems got worse again, this patient being very frustrated decided to take a break from all the other supplements and listen to her intuition and only take the one supplement again, she felt better!  When she returned to her doctor and explained the situation her doctor didn't LISTEN to her; she merely started her protocol again and suggested another line of supplements.  Despite this woman's intuition she agreed to try again and immediately felt worse so now she has given up on going to doctors and will only take this one supplement. 

This supplement has actually worked on most of her symptoms for a couple of years but recently she has developed more and is scared of seeing anyone because of her past experience of a doctor not listening to her.

Sorry for the long story to get to the point which is this...If you find your doctor isn't litening to you and is not getting results don't give up on doctors...find one that does listen and get results.  There are many talented caring chiropractors/Applied Kinesiology doctors ( and lots of other health practitioners ) that aren't busy because someone had a bad experience at one doctors office and is scared of trying again...Like our older post says DON"T GIVE UP.  Help is available.  If you need a reference give our office a call.

Acid Reflux--More information

I decided to write a follow up to our acid reflux post because it is the most popular post that we have had.  We have seen so many people throughout the years in practice who had a complete resolution of acid reflux, I just can't understand why more people aren't trying the strategies discussed in our first post.  One of the reasons I thought were that people TRY things out rather than following through and DOING them.

The difference between trying and doing is immense.  Principle 6 in the chiropractic principles of healing is that everything takes time.  It takes time for problems to manifest and it also takes time for problems to heal.  From what we see in our practice it is very rare that a person with acid reflux can't heal...it's just that some people aren't willing to give their body time to replenish and heal.

Another reason that we find that is common is that people pick and choose which method they want to do and if it doesn't work then try the next one while dropping the first one.  In our practice we treat people as a whole unit. Sometimes a particular therapy doesn't alleviate a patient's symptoms but we don't necessarily give up on it...we add the next layer to the equation.  Some people may need to do all the protocols at the same time and stick to them long enough before results can occur.  I'll bullet point the best approaches below and read through our other posts to get the details.

  • Get to a great chiropractor that understands the relationship between stress on the nervous system and how it can lead to acid reflux.  Ask your chiropractor if they can describe the relationship to you.  If they can't then find someone who can.
  • Find a way to release tension a stress from your jaw...hopefully with a doctor familiar with Applied Kinesiology
  • Supplement with zinc
  • Food Combining ( read our post )
  • Find the right digestive enzyme for you!  Start with one that includes Betaine Hydrochloride.
  • Eat Food!  ( again read the post )
These are all strategies that will get you healthier and in turn your body will heal whatever ails you...yes even acid reflux!

Monday, January 09, 2012

The Dukan Diet, The four hour diet, the 17 day diet...

Its been a long while since I've written a post. We've done a bunch of short informative videos posted to our YouTube site but I've got the bug to write again so here it goes...

There were some new Fad diets that were all the buzz in 2011 and I'm sure there will be more this year. I don't have anything against most of them actually. Most diet fads out there have the same recommendations with slight little twists and tweaks and names that make them sound new and exciting. Even my wife is hooked on one, "Crazy Sexy Diet" by Kris Carr. She ordered it towards the end of 2011 and went full steam ahead with it right away. The CRAZY thing is the fact that as she was reading it she was telling me that it basically was the info I had been teaching her over the past 13 years that we have been together.

You see, there is nothing new out there, there is no magic bullet (well I do like my magic bullet mini blender) when it comes to diets. All the info we are ever going to need is already out there and most of you already know it. So what are you waiting for? Maybe, just like my wife Stacey, you are just waiting for the right time. That's it! Stacey was ready for the change. Even though she had been making positive lifestyle changes slowly over the years there was always that "extra few pounds" she was pissed about. Well when you are really truly ready for change you can do it anytime. Stacey put her nutrition into overdrive and now she picks on ME for the food choices I make because she is so committed to being healthy.

So my recommendation to you is this...find an old diet book that you had read (or skimmed through) in the past and follow it because it works. Don't have one? I like Crazy Sexy Diet, it's what I teach anyway! All diets work! Some are better than others but they all get results if you are committed to them. So GET COMMITTED! Draw a line in the sand! Make today the day you change! Don't TRY to do it, DO IT! then remember the changes you are making are FOR LIFE! Not for a few weeks.

This is the kind of info we teach at our office. When you are ready to change your life you can do it. If you need help, call us email us and Innate Chiropractic of Manhattan will Help you achieve optimal health!