Your Dietary Guidelines In 3 Words...EAT REAL FOOD

TheFDA announced new food labels this past week, since they have not been updated since the early 1990s. On the surface this is a good idea but they are completely missing the mark on calories!

Yes, obviously you want to burn more calories than you take in, this makes sense. However, what does not make sense is a constant obsession with calories in our foods. Some people who have serious problems surrounding food may need to use this as a tool at first but the majority of people should look at other factors rather than focusing on calorie intake.

What should people be looking for? Things like pronounceable ingredients, as few ingredients as possible, and the best case scenario is that there are NO ingredients because you are eating a whole food! There is not a label on a carrot you purchase form an organic farmer at the farmers market, it is just a carrot…. So eat it! My biggest piece of nutritional advice as a doctor is to Eat REAL FOOD! I do not believe there is one diet or nutritional plan that is perfect for every person except for eating real food. This means buying local, buying organic, and making meals. It may take a bit longer right now but it will save you time and money later when you are not wasting it in the doctor’s office or hospital.

One of the good things I am seeing about these new labels is that they are finally acknowledging the harmful impact of synthetic sugars on the body. They cause serious inflammation and do tremendous damage to the nervous system, and since the nervous system controls everything, they damage the entire body. Please refer to my previous post on sugars here.

The FDA still has miles to go in regard to food! If you are eating real food you will be healthier. Proper nutrition combined with reguar exercise and regular chiropractic care will allow you to live a full and active life.

You deserve to be healthy from your first breath of life thorugh your last. This is the 100 year lifestel philosophy www.100yearlifestyle.com and something Genuine Chiropractic www.genuinechiro.com believes very strongly in.

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Perscription for Disaster

Perscription for Disaster

Last night I read an article on the Mercola page about prescription drugs. It is truly frightening how many people are taking dangerous substances and dying from them. This epidemic is brought to light every once in a while when a celebrity overdoses and dies or ends up in jail. It is time we start taking a much more serious look at this problem.

Straight out of the New England Journal of Medicine – prescription drugs, taken as prescribed, are the third leading cause of death in the United States. These are only counting the reported cases, many experts believe that if everything was counted for then it would be the number one cause of death in the United States. Isn’t that disturbing? You should be disturbed, upset, and wanting to make healthier lifestyle decisions.

In the Mercola article last night he was discussing a study in which over 500,000 pregnant women was look at, and a shocking 14% of them were prescribed pain killers during their pregnancy. The most common reason for painkillers – low back pain.

Now, I am not positioning myself as some low back pain doctor. Yes, I am a chiropractor so that is what you may think my focus is on. However, my focus is helping you live your own ideal lifestyle to 80, 90, 100 years and beyond. Certainly if you have back pain I will adjust you and this will get better. I will provide you with the information you need to live a healthy lifestyle, refer you to my amazing community partner list, and check and adjust your spine regularly.

A nervous system free of interference will allow you to live an optimal life and avoid being dependent on prescription drugs. You should be outraged by the statistics I provided earlier in this post, you should be telling everyone you know what is happening in this country. We are sicker than ever. We are fatter than ever. Babies born after the year 2000 will go down one of two paths… half will live to be over 100 years of age. The other half will die sicker and younger then their parents and grandparents.

Why is there such a difference between these two groups? It all comes down to lifestyle. You eat, how often you move, and how well your nervous system is functioning will determine your lifespan. You have the genetic potential to live a healthy 100 years, are you going to take control of your lifestyle or let sickness and disease control every aspect of your life?

To make an appointment with Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski call 805-285-2712 and visit www.genuinechiro.com to learn more.Follow on Twitter @genuinechiro

Chiropractic Locates the Cause

"Chiropractic is the only science that exactly locates the cause of dis-ease then adjusts it." B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C.

Chiropractic Locates the Cause

"Chiropractic is the only science that exactly locates the cause of dis-ease then adjusts it." B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C.

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Peace Through Strength

When you are going through a difficult time, people often tell you to dig deep and find inner strength. How do you do this? Where does this inner strength come from? This is something I have been constantly seeking and trying to cultivate my entire life. Enduring over 30 eye surgeries throughout my childhood and watching my mother die as a result of breast cancer treatment when I was only 14 led me on what seemed like a wild goose chase for inner peace and strength.

It has been quite the rocky road the past 15 years, but now that I will be turning 30 in summer, I am beginning to find this strength…. Or perhaps it has always been there! I feel fortunate to be part of a very dedicated healing community and that I am able to call upon my community partners when I need extra support. Obviously I get adjusted regularly, depending on the week I will get checked and adjusted 3 – 4 times a week. Regular acupuncture, theta energy healing, perception reprograming through biofeedback, massage, yoga, meditation, and lots of exercise are allowing me to recognize the full expression of my strength.

Chiropractic care takes pressure and stress off the nervous system(removing interference) thus allowing the body to heal its self from above, down, inside-out. Having a nervous system free from interference allows me to workout harder, focus on my yoga practice with clear intention, and touch base with the true essence of what makes me, me! It creates mindfulness, so that I am constantly connected with my own innate intelligence and can better serve others through universal intelligence. A fully functioning nervous system allows the body to adapt and respond to stresses properly therefore overall health is improved.

Each day I realize a little bit more who I am, where I am going, and how to live my life optimally. Through my loss of sight I am connecting with people on a different level. I receive a lot of my sensory impute directly into my heart space on a vibrational level. This is such a different way of receiving sensory impute, that I am just now realizing how to interpret and understand what I am receiving and feeling.

I encourage you to get checked and adjusted regularly so that you to may start realizing your full genetic potential. There are so many beautiful healing modalities but you need a free and fully functioning nervous system in order to take full advantage of them.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski of Genuine Chiropractic call 805-285-2712 and visit www.genuinechiro.com

Spine Specialists

Regular chiropractic adjustments maintain the brain's control of your body to keep you healthy.

Spine Specialists

Regular chiropractic adjustments maintain the brain's control of your body to keep you healthy.

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Downward facing dog:yoga::squats: strength training

Last July I started working out with a personal trainer once a week. Part of the warm-up each week was “bear crawl” and it was extremely difficult for me. I understood how to do it but had a hard time making my body do what I wanted. I had lost my cross crawl pattern over the years as my eye sight declined. Over time it started coming back, it became a little bit easier each week to perform bear crawl and other primal movements. I was literally experiencing what it was like to rehab from a neurological perspective, truly realizing that the neurons that fire together, wire together!

By Autumn I was working out with a second trainer and started private yoga teacher. When I started yoga in August, I had only been to one class and did not know all that much about yoga. Very quickly I found myself loving my yoga practice. I was practicing every day on my own and reading about yoga at night. I let go of my fears and started attending actual classes at a studio. I had been fearful of class because I was unsure if I would know what was going on since I cannot see the teacher demonstrating the poses. Now, come February, I am attending advanced level classes and really pushing myself! Regaining balance and overall stability in my body has been empowering. Being able to hold standing tree pose without falling over was a huge accomplishment in my life. Dead lifting 155 lbs and knowing that I can do more was exilerating! These are all huge achievements and I am so proud of myself. None of them would have been this allows me to be strong and very flexible. I reaching my potential, getting new PRs every time I try because I have an optimally functioning nervous system.

What are you doing to get your ESS in shape? Do you practice yoga regularly? That is great! Now, if you want to feel stronger when you are in plank or performing yogi push-ups, find a personal trainer. Do you belong to a gym or have a trainer? That is awesome, you are on your way to living your own ideal 100 year lifestyle! Now, go outside your comfort zone and start going to your local yoga studio.  Possible without receiving regular chiropractic care.

Eating healthy, drinking clean water, and do The best way to enhance your life, increase your longevity is through getting your spine and nervous system checked by a chiropractor on a regular basis.

To set-up an appointment with Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski call 805-285-2712 and visit www.genuinechiro.com

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Ail movement are all essential to living a long, happy life.  

The nervous system controls every cell, tissue, organ, and other system in the body. When there is interference in the nervous system your body cannot express its full potential. As an 100 Year Lifestyle affiliate in Santa Barbara I discuss with all of my patients how to get their “Ess” in shape! Ess stands for Endurance, Strength, and Structure cannot imagine practicing yoga with out strength training and cannot imagine strength training without yoga.     

Combining yoga and strength training on top of my regular chiropractic care has been life changing. At the risk of sounding like a lame infomercial…I truly mean this, with all of my heart, if I can do this then you can do this! My eyes are not an excuse to workout, so start changing your life by getting your ESS in shap! What are you waiting for?