You get your teeth, heart and blood pressure checked periodically but....what about your spine?

A spinal checkup is one of the most important checkups or exams you and your family could ever have because all your organs, muscles and glands get a nerve supply from your spine.

An unhealthy spine could affect your eyes, teeth, stomach, intestines, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and even your brain! (And some people think chiropractic is just about back and neck pain.)

Your chiropractor is specially trained to check your spine (and those of your children) for areas of subluxation - nerve pressure. Subluxations are often painless; you may have one right now and not feel any pain in your spine - but other parts of your body may malfunction as a result.

Subluxations can be especially dangerous in infants, babies and children. For that reason all children should see a chiropractor for periodic spinal checkups. Is chiropractic all you need to stay healthy? See below....

Raw Materials
Chiropractic helps your body function at its best. But even the best engine can't run on junk; your body needs good raw materials. How can your body manufacture insulin, digestive enzymes, antibiotics, painkillers, antidepressants and the hundreds and thousands of chemicals you need from coffee, soda, donuts and other nutrient-shallow foods?

Think back on what your last few meals were and ask yourself if your body will really benefit from them. Can it make more heart, lung, brain, blood and kidney from those foods? The best foods really are those grown organically and especially bio-energetically. They may seem more expensive, but you get more nutrients from them, and they are not full of unnatural chemicals. The savings in medical bills will more than offset the cost of eating better quality foods.

Speaking of unnatural chemicals...
Artificial sweeteners encourage your body to gain weight? It's true! When people are taken off (or stop using) artificial sweeteners they lose weight. It appears that Nutrasweet TM, Equal TM, Splenda TM and other similar drugs cause you to crave carbohydrates. It's best to switch to Stevia, a natural zero-calorie sweetener often found in health food stores.

Foods especially worth avoiding are those with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). HFCS was invented about 25 years ago by Japanese scientists with too much time on their hands. Today you'll find it everywhere, even in so-called health bars, sports drinks and yogurt.

HFCS cannot be used by body cells so it therefore goes to the liver to be broken down. Animals fed HFCS develop liver damage (cirrhosis). The rise in diabetes and obesity has also paralleled the use of HFCS. In addition, it interferes with copper absorption - rats fed a high-fructose, low copper diet died in 5 weeks. A similar human study had to be stopped because the subjects developed heart abnormalities.

Start living healthier today!!!

Pruitt Chiropractic
88 East Main Road
Middletown
(401) 847.8889
www.pruittchiropractic.com