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.

Review

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.

It’s the month of love! Everyone knows love isn’t just a box of See’s candies and a dozen roses – it’s wanting the best for someone in all aspects of life! That’s why at DeMoss Chiropractic we encourage patients to invite their loved ones to see the chiropractor! Here are just a few reasons to bring your loved on to the chiropractor!

• Regular chiropractic users report improved physical and emotional health, less stress, less drug use, more energy, and life enjoyment. Chiropractic is proven to boost you and your loved one’s quality of life.
• The body?s wisdom sends energy and information to the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. This helps you adapt your internal environment and your external environment to maintain homeostasis. When this energy is flowing through someone without interference the body and mind are more sensitive to the body?s needs, thus allowing the best expression of the self.
• The true purpose of chiropractic is not a treatment of aches and pains but rid the body of subluxations as they occur so people are better able to adapt to life?s stresses. Successfully adapting to life?s stresses is what true health is all about.

Refer a friend or loved one to DeMoss Chiropractic today! Ask the front desk for details.

Chiropractic results are best when chiropractic is utilized consistently. Consistency is key! For this reason, many experts compare chiropractic care to brushing your teeth. The following points come from a a study (one of many) proving the efficacy and value of chiropractic wellness care!
8 Major Points of the Study:
1. In animal studies, fixation of facet joints for 4-8 weeks causes degenerative changes and osteophyte formation of the articular surfaces with facet articular surface degeneration beginning at less than 1 week.
2. Facet joint fixation resulted in synovial fibrotic adhesions that ?progressed to mild adhesions in 4 weeks, moderate adhesions in 8 weeks, and severe adhesions after 12 weeks.
3. In humans, it can be hypothesized that there is a period where the adhesions are forming WITHOUT CLINICAL SYMPTOMS. This would support the common weekly or monthly spinal adjustment despite the presence of symptoms.
4. Four weeks of joint immobilization has been found to cause a time dependent loss of neurons that become progressively worse thereafter.
5. Joint immobilization has also been shown to cause muscle weakness, atrophy, and fatty infiltration and deposition into the muscle.
6. It is demonstrated that the spinal adjustment gaps the facet joints which may break up adhesions, preventing the fibrotic or degenerative process to continue.
7. There may be a possibility of reversal of the neuronal degeneration and muscular weakness through adjustments and remobilization of the joint.
8. Due to the neurological and bio-mechanical consequences of manipulative therapy, it is both logical and scientifically accurate that monthly spinal adjustive care prevents the progression of adhesion formation, joint degeneration, neuronal changes, and changes in muscular strength and recruitment.
Research shows that those who utilized chiropractic care before or after pain or symptoms were present, achieved the greatest benefit! Regular Chiropractic check ups and adjustments (when necessary) improves function, prevents future problems, and saves money by addressing the cause.

*Source: Journal of Chiropractic Humanities. 2011 Dec; 18(1): 74?85.
* ChiropracticAdvocate.com