Category Archives: Health & Wellness

Vitamin A plays an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, and cell division. Adequate amounts of vitamin A help to regulate the immune system and protect against infections by producing the white blood cells that destroy harmful bacteria and viruses. Dietary sources: Carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, eggs, milk.

Vitamin C: As you probably already know, a daily dose of vitamin C is one of your easiest Read more »

In a 12-week long study, researchers evaluated the effects of coconut oil and soybean oil on the biochemical profiles and waist circumference on 40 obese women, aged 20-40. Belly fat, known as visceral fat, Read more »

Gluten often hides in processed foods like ready-made soups, soy sauce, candies, cold cuts, and various low- and no-fat products, as well as refined grain products like bread, pizza crust, pasta, cookies and pastries.

When you cut all of these foods from your diet, you end up cutting out primarily refined carbohydrates, which are linked to weight gain and obesity.

So it’s very possible that switching to a gluten-free diet could help you lose weight, particularly if you’ve been eating a lot of refined gluten-containing foods. When eating gluten-free, however, you need to be careful that you’re replacing the gluten-containing foods with healthy choices, like vegetables and other whole foods.

If you instead opt for gluten-free processed foods, like the wide assortment of gluten-free cookies, pasta and breads that are now commercially available, there’s a good chance that you will not lose weight, and may actually gain instead.

In fact, one study of people with celiac disease who followed a gluten-free diet found that 81 percent gained weight after two years. So keep in mind that just because a food is gluten-free it does not necessarily make it healthy or automatically good for weight loss.

To lose weight effectively, you’ve still got to follow the principles of a healthy diet, which includes avoiding gluten-containing grains and focusing on whole food choices, not processed alternatives.

Never underestimate your body’s inborn ability to heal itself.  Dr. Matt Hunt maintains a chiropractic office at 10020-A S. Mingo Rd Tulsa, Oklahoma. Follow me on twitter athttp://twitter.com/huntspinalcare or like Hunt Spinal Care on facebook.

Source: www.mercola.com Is Gluten Making You Fat?

I can’t even count how many times a patient has walked into my practice with some kind of ache or pain and said, “But, Doc, I have no idea what happened, I didn’t do anything!” Really?

What many patients don’t know, or don’t understand, is that it’s not always a case Read more »

Everyone, regardless of age or condition, can benefit from a nervous system that is working at its very best.

Obvious Spinal Problem

Most people associate chiropractic care with headaches, neck and back problems. Our interest in the spine is because it Read more »