Santa Barbara Chiropractor Thanks Patients and Colleagues

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

As your Santa Barbara chiropractor, over the years I have blogged often about the adverse effects of obesity on the musculoskeletal system. Because excess weight can cause misalignment of the spine, tilting of the pelvis, unhealthy gait patterns, and wear and tear on the joints, it has been ...

Purple Fruits Ward Off Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Eating purple fruits, such as blueberries, can help ward off neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s.  Drinking green tea can also have the same protective effect. New research finds that the majority of debilitating illnesses are in part caused by poorly-bound iron.  The iron causes the production ...

Santa Barbara Chiropractor: Travel, Jet Lag and Your Brain

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

The holiday season brings lots of travel — visiting family and friends, taking vacations. If you have ever traveled and experienced jet lag, you know that you can feel that you are just not quite fully functioning (particularly when traveling east) when you arrive at your destination. A ...

Chiropractor Santa Barbara: Zinc and a Common Cold

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

Santa Barbara Chiropractor weekly health alert: A review of the medical research on zinc shows that when it is taken within one day of the first symptoms, it can cut down the time you have a cold by about 24 hours.  It also greatly reduces the severity of ...

Santa Barbara Chiropractor says: Exercising This Time of Day is Better

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

A new study suggests that exercising in the morning, before eating, can significantly lessen the ill effects of a poor holiday diet. Researchers recruited healthy, active young men and fed them a bad diet for six weeks. A group of them that exercised before breakfast ...

Santa Barbara Chiropractor: Tomatoes and Vascular Disease

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Tomatoes, the most widely produced fruit in the world, contain a nutrient which could prevent the onset of vascular diseases. The compound, 9-oxo-octadecadienoic, was found to have anti-dyslipidemic affects.  Dyslipidemia is a condition caused by an abnormal amount of lipids in the blood ...

Chiropractor Santa Barbara: Want Stronger Muscles?

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Santa Barbara chiropractor with your weekly health alert: New research shows that, after taking a small dose of inorganic nitrate for three days, healthy people consumed less oxygen while riding an exercise bike. This provides one explanation for the well-known health benefits leafy green vegetables in ...

Santa Barbara Chiropractic Health Alert: The Average Child in U.S. Gets Seven Radiation Scans

Monday, February 7th, 2011

The latest health news from your Santa Barbara Chiropractor: An average child in the United States will undergo more than seven radiation scans by the age of 18.  Most of the scans involve X-rays but some children also get CT scans, which entail far more radiation and can ...

Chiropractor Santa Barbara: Is your Neighborhood Making You Fat?

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Santa Barbara Chiropractic Weekly Health Alert: According to several studies, your neighborhood may be making you fat.  It can be difficult to work on your weight when your environment is one in which access to healthy foods — or even safe sidewalks — are almost impossible to find.  One recent ...