3 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays Without Tipping the Scale

The holidays are a food frenzy! Here are a few tips to help you combat the onslaught of unhealthy foods that are as a part of the holidays as gift wrap.

Balance

You deserve to enjoy every delicious holiday delicacy that comes your way this season. However, there are ways to enjoy these delicacies without the guilt. One way to do this is by controlling your portions. Opt for a small plate at the potluck or eat a large salad before taking off to a holiday party. This way, you can still indulge without guilt or an upset stomach.

Exercise

For many, the holidays mean a little more time off work than usual. Take this opportunity for a mid-morning jog or even hit the gym to even out your holiday food indulging. This will allow you to effectively burn off the excess calories. Not to mention, getting into a habit of exercise before the start of a new year can?t hurt either.

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Skim over your grandma?s famous cookie recipes and try to discover creative alternatives to ingredients high in calories or saturated fat. For example, plant-based butters are healthier and even comparative in taste to conventional butter. Coconut milk whip cream is a definite contender to its dairy counterpart.

Spring, summer, fall, and winter comprise the seasons of the annual calendar. Millions of people would identify allergy season as the agonizing fifth season of their personal calendars. Seasonal allergies arrive in the form of sleep troubles, itchy eyes, mucous, and congestion among other uncomfortable and annoying symptoms.
Most medical schools, doctors, and medical literature assert the assumption that pollen serves as the primary cause of seasonal allergies. Doctors prescribe antihistamine drugs as a solution and millions of dollars change hands in exchange for temporary relief that comes at the expense of money and potentially dangerous side effects. A huge piece of the puzzle goes overlooked in this transaction. Why do some people suffer from allergies while other people go unaffected?
The medical model presents a cycle of annual dependence on drugs in order to allow people freedom from symptoms that complicate the simplest of daily tasks. The Chiropractic model insists on fixing the cause of the issue in order to focus on a result-based outcome that improves health and vitality. If ten people walked through a windblown field of pollen, statistics state that only three would be afflicted with allergy-type symptoms. Pollen does not cause seasonal allergies or all ten people would experience an allergic reaction. Every person possesses an ability to encounter and filter potential allergy stressors like pollen. People who encounter the same stimulus without succumbing to allergy symptoms simply react and adapt to pollen differently through the function and health of the systems working within the body. Health and function receive direction from the central nervous system.
The central nervous system directs the immune system?s ability to adapt to outside stressors like pollen and cat dander. The spine maintains an intimate relationship with the central nervous system and improved function of the spine provides a venue for the healing of various diseases and afflictions. A 2010 study determined that patients receiving Chiropractic care experienced higher levels of immune-producing antibodies in their blood. These antibodies help minimize the effects of allergy inducing agents.
The central nervous system serves as the health mainframe for every person regardless of age, gender, or race. Chiropractors commit to the health and function of the spine in order to unlock the health potential in every patient. Everyone in a community experiences the same allergy stressors. Those equipped with healthy nervous systems carry an added advantage. Chiropractic patients across the world experience improvement or resolution in allergy symptoms after a period of adjustments that enable restoration of spinal health and nervous system function.
Drugs do not heal or fix the cause of allergies. People suffering from seasonal allergies deserve a solution that does not promote dependence on pills and medicine that only provide temporary relief and do so at the expense of harmful side effects. Chiropractic provides a safe, drugless solution to the cause of dysfunction that contributes to allergy symptoms and a long list of other ailments. Chiropractic works.
Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2010
?Interleukin 2-regulated in vitro antibody production following a single spinal manipulative treatment in normal subjects?
Julita A Teodorczyk-Injeyan, Marion McGregor, Richard Ruegg, H Stephen Injeyan
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4 Reasons to be Thankful for Chiropractic Care

1. It?s Natural

Chiropractic is a natural and effective form of healthcare, which promotes proper functioning of the central nervous system. Many of our patients have eliminated the need for dangerous surgery and expensive medication after receiving regular adjustments. Everyone is treated as an individual under our chiropractic care, meaning the aches and pains specific to your body are recognized and corrected.

2. It lets the body heal itself

When a patient comes in for an adjustment they experience precise forces to specific parts of their spinal segment, which ultimately correct misalignments and allow normal nerve transmissions to the rest of the body. When nerve transmissions are sending clear messages, your body can recuperate itself. Chiropractors tackle the root of your pain, which is often just nerve transmissions being blocked (these are called ?subluxations?). Rather than simply treating symptoms, chiropractic care assists your body in resisting disease and regaining its potential.

3. Relief

We are confident that there is no limit to the benefits regular chiropractic care can provide. The most common relief associated with chiropractic care is back pain. However, no matter the pain or discomfort people come in experiencing, our chiropractors seek to correct underlying causes rather than masking or numbing your pain with medications.

4. It?s great for the whole family

Chiropractic care is not only for adults; our chiropractors are specifically trained to check a child?s spine for areas causing nerve damage. If any indication of trauma or damage is present, a gentle adjustment is administered with the same pressure you would use to test the ripeness of a tomato. From infants to grandparents, our families report having more energy, less dependency on medication, and improved overall health as a result of regular chiropractic care.
Experience these reasons to be thankful for chiropractic care by scheduling a consultation today at (949) 250-0600.

According to the Mayo clinic, ?a concussion is a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions. Effects are usually temporary but can include headaches and problems with concentration, memory, balance, and coordination.?
Any blow to the head or upper body can result in a concussion including but not limited to: physical altercations or fights, playground injuries, car accidents, bicycle accidents, falling down the stairs, or other falls.
When considering sports for your child to participate in, remember that not all sports include physical contact, but all sports do have the potential to result in a concussion. It?s important to know the signs and potential damage.
It?s important to know the signs of a concussion. It?s common for a blow to the head to result in a concussion, while not always causing a loss of consciousness. Many will claim to feel ?fine? not being aware that they are dealing with a concussion so it?s important to know the typical signs:
– Loss of consciousness
– Memory problems
– Severe Headache
– Blurred vision
– Trouble walking
– Confusion and saying things that don?t make sense
– Slurred speech
– Drowsiness or feeling sluggish
– Unresponsiveness
– Sensitivity to light or sound.
These symptoms are a sign of a possible concussion and anyone displaying any of the above symptoms after a blow to the head or upper body should be taken immediately for examination by DeMoss Chiropractic or other healthcare professional.
We?re trained in how to gently and properly adjust a child?s spine. While a blow to the head or neck may not actually cause a concussion, it very well may have created a slight misalignment to the vertebra in the spine resulting a vertebral subluxation (nerve interference that can interrupt the signal from the brain that goes down the spinal cord and out to the muscles, organs and glads.)