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Dwelling on negative events can increase levels of inflammation in the body, a new Ohio University study finds. Researchers discovered that when study participants were asked to ruminate on a stressful incident, their levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of tissue inflammation, rose. The study is the first time to directly measure this effect in the body. The study showed that those people who focused on a stressful even, the levels of the inflammatory marker continued to rise for at least one hour. Compared to people who thought of more relaxing events, the marker returned to starting levels. More and more, [...]

More of us are struggling with energy issues, experts say; they point to the weak economy, which has us working harder and plugging in longer, and the belief that we can have it all (so what if we're up till midnight making it happen?). "I'm seeing so many women who think of themselves as machines that can run nonstop, and they're living with this deep fatigue," says psychologist Michelle Segar, associate director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls at the University of Michigan. "Just like houseplants need water, our energy reserves need regular [...]

By: Jacob Sokol “I’d always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed.  I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live - that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing the world I had to master before I could awaken to a simple, happy, uncomplicated life.” -Dan Millman     Studies conducted by positivity psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky point to 12 things happy people do differently to increase their levels of happiness.  These are things that we can start doing today to [...]

10 Tips for a healthy Lifestyle:   x     1. Drinking 500ml of beetroot juice could reduce blood pressure     2. Thinking outside the box; without making an excuse, and do something healthy     3. Don’t take the biscuit (ex. chocolate chips cookies)     4. Embracing good health- hug a friend of your partner for 20 seconds to reduce blood pressure and level of stress hormone cortisol. High levels of cortisol have been linked to heart disease and other conditions such as diabetes.     5. Cut down on salt to no more than 6grams a day [...]

"Keeping your Fall/Winter food intake up to snuff is easy with these 17 options!!" ~Dr Josh http://fitbie.ca.msn.com/slideshow/17-fall-superfoods    

"Here's an account of an avid runner trying something new! A great statement of what many of us think about, but don't follow through with" ~ Dr Joshua Gelber   I never thought I’d say this, but I went to a yoga class today. A real yoga class, with mats and music and mantra chanting and sweat and everything you’d imagine would come along with doing yoga in a studio. You see, my wife Erin is a yoga instructor and has been a yogini for about as long as I have been a serious runner. She also runs, but until today I’d [...]

Disconnect begets disaster – whether it be separation anxiety from a broken relationship, restricted nerve flow from vertebral subluxation or a mind unplugged from reality, induced by pharmaceutical stupor.  In the state of disconnect, we operate dangerously below our God purposed potential. No one can truly understand the disconnect that initiated the events in Newtown last week.  It is difficult to apply logic and rationale to an illogical, heinous act.  We can only wonder had the source disconnect been exposed and the appropriate RE-connect been made, would events have played out differently. For the victims and families of Sandy Hook, we [...]

  Giving feedback is a whole lot easier than receiving it, especially about writing. So today, when I got an earful about what how to improve my blogs on mindfulness, I felt stressed. But then I remembered to practice what I preach. Put simply, I took a conscious breath, and then another, and so on.   As a result, I gained two insights. First, I can and should strive to write better, as I hope this post will demonstrate. Second, when I follow my own advice (and that of many, many others who promote these techniques), I become increasingly confident that [...]

Chiropractic is about human health and disease. This drugless profession places emphasis on the nervous system and its inter-relationships with the spine. Chiropractic is distinct because it emphasizes the reduction of spinal or pelvic rearrangements. This is achieved by adjustments to the spine, which normalizes the relationship of the vertebrae. It works by reducing affects of built up physical, emotional, and chemical stress on the nervous system, which can cause tension in the spine and pelvis… Additionally, other aspects of your health such as exercise, rest, diet, nutrition, food supplements, etc. are considered on an individual basis. [...]