Dear Practice Members:

Thanksgiving has quickly passed us by and as we are approaching the Holiday Season, I would like to share some personal thoughts and opinions with you concerning my life, your health and all of our happiness. This past year has been the greatest in my life. Never having a child before Alexandra, I didn't realize the joy that you could experience being a parent. Yes, the hard work is hard, but one smile, a new word, a hug, a first step all bring new meaning to the words "worth while." Being a parent has made me a different person, a person I am happy to be. So, for all of you grandparents, parents and future parents out there, it is never too late to start thinking about your own personal health. The desire to be "here" for a long time with our children and grandchildren should outweigh just about all else. Being a healthy parent or grandparent is not just good for you, it is also a way of being an exceptional role model for your children. To ensure your health and
longevity, it is time to really pay attention to what foods you eat and to exercise on a daily basis. It is important to take vitamin supplements to ensure your nutritional needs and to read labels on food poducts so that it is easy to avoid all of the dangerous additives that are put into our foods. It is time to take the extra body weight off. Weight gain is possibly the biggest (no pun intended) hazard to our nations health and one of the causes for the current health care crisis. The single most important thing you can do to stay healthy and around for your children is to avoid all over-the-counter medications and limit prescription drug use to only when it is absolutely necessary. Drugs will kill. It doesn't matter how comfortable they make you, they are harmful and overtime the usage of drugs damages everything from your kidneys and liver, to your stomach and heart. For your children and grandchildren, let us all try and be healthier!

I want to take a moment to tell each and every one of you how proud I am of you and your committment to your health. I want you to know how happy I am to know you and participate in your health care. It is a complete and utter joy for myself and my staff to serve you and care for you. Thank you for the opportunity for allowing us to teach, love, care and serve. Happy Holidays to all!


Health Tip of the Week:
Winter time means it is time to switch from regular Carlson's Omega 3 Fish Oil to Carlson's Cod Liver Oil. The all so important Vitamin D our body manufactures from the sun is severely limited due to the cold weather and short day time hours. Cod Liver Oil is high in Vitamin D and will make up the difference. A tip for taking your fish oil is to mix it in yogurt and have it for breakfast. You or your children will never know it is in there. The dosage rule is one teaspoon per 50lbs of body weight.


Movie of the Week:
If you have a spare 5 minutes, take a look at this movie, the statistics are amazing and do a lot as far as backing up my Opinion above.
Click on:

www.thehealthmovie.com

Announcements:
It is time for our annual Holiday Food Drive. As always, we will be collecting food for Sister Jean Webster's Food Kitchen. Please bring canned food to our office and we will enter your name into a drawing. The winner will receive three months of free chiropractic care. Each time you come in and bring a can, you can enter, if you are coming in 3 x per week that is three entries, the more entries, the more chances to win.


Our Gift To You:
Please stop by our office and mention this newsletter and we will happily and joyously take $5.00 of your office visit fee between December 4th and January 1st. One visit only-----Grinch.


This From Our Practice Members:

Dr Jay,
Do I often write too much about the importance of not eating sugar? In my
thinking, nothing impedes the body's ability to heal itself as much as white
refined sugar. Flu and colds and viruses linger in bodies weakened by the
ingestion of sugar.
So, it is holiday time and there are cookies, breads, cakes, pies, candied
yams. Childhood memories draw us to the comfort foods of our past holidays. For
a person with a wicked sweet tooth, such as myself, it poses quite a
challenge. There are times when a compromise and moderation are the key: using barley
malt, or brown rice syrup to sweeten baked goods. Another great sweetener is
Organic Agave Nectar, which comes from the agave plant and is suitable for
diabetics. It's a challenge, but my pancreas is so-o-o happy!
And, the flu and viruses get very bored when they try to lodge in my body, so
they don't stick around.

Kate

New Advertorial, Can You Help? I am in the process of writing a new advertorial. The Headline goes, "You like your chiropractor? I love mine!" I would like anyone who is interested and wants to help, the more the merrier, to write a comment about our practice and give me permission to publish. I think an article full of testimonials will reach more people and effect more lives with what chiropractic can do. A sentence or three is all it will take. Thank you.


Joke of the Month:

Old MacDonald

Two redneck college football players were taking an important final exam. If they failed, they would be on academic probation and not allowed to play in the State game the following week. The exam was fill-in-the-blank. The last question read, "Old MacDonald had a _________." Bubba was stumped. He had no idea what to answer. But he knew he needed to get this one right to be sure he passed.

Making sure the professor wasn't watching, he tapped Tiny on the shoulder. "Pssst. Tiny. What's the answer to the last question?" Tiny laughed. He looked around to make sure the professor hadn't noticed, then he turned to Bubba. "Bubba, you're so stupid. Everyone knows Old MacDonald had a FARM."

"Oh yeah," said Bubba. "I remember now." He picked up his No. 2 pencil and started to write the answer in the blank. He stopped. Tapping Tiny's shoulder again, he whispered, "Tiny, how do you spell farm?"

"You are really dumb, Bubba. That's so easy. Farm is spelled E-I-E-I-O."

 

That's all for this month. Any questions or concerns, please e-mail me at any time. Have a great holiday season.

Dr. J.

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