Archive for February, 2008

The Magic of Aerobic Exercise

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SwimmerAerobic exercise literally means with oxygen. These foundational exercises demand oxygen without producing an intolerable oxygen debt. They activate the training effect and start producing wonderful changes in your body.

  1. The heart gets stronger. Pumps more blood with fewer strokes.
  2. Blood supply to the muscle improves due to increased collateral circulation.
  3. Total blood volume increases.
  4. Increases HDL and decreases LDL.
  5. Blood vessels become more pliable.

In short, you are improving your body’s capacity to bring in oxygen and to deliver it to your tissues and cells.

Interesting Facts:

  • 1 out of 3 people now die of cancer.
  • Only 1 out of 7 athletes die of cancer. Interesting!
  • So you must exercise if you want to be healthy.
  • You must exercise if you want to BURN FAT.
  • You must do it in an aerobic capacity, which means working at 70% of your maximum heart rate.

Good Fats

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almonds.bmpOmega 3 fats are essential. Most Americans get enough Omega 6 and 9 foods like butter and animal products. But they are deficient in Omega 3 fats. Examples of these fats are flaxseed, almonds, walnuts, salmon, tuna and other cold water fish. Good fats are vital for health.

Below are a few of the benefits of Omega 3 fats.

  1. Boost the immune system.
  2. Carry and store fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, & K.
  3. Healthy hair, skin and nails.
  4. Reduce food cravings.
  5. Can lower cholesterol and triglycerides.
  6. Are required to build hormones that assist in the treatment and prevention of PMS and other hormonal problems.
  7. Are an excellent source of energy.

Autism

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AutismI’m frequently asked my opinion on the causes of Autism. If you are reading this, you are probably painfully aware of how controversial this topic is. Most of the controversy is centered around vaccination.

As a physician, I try to look for the “obvious” cause first. I find it amazing how often the “obvious” is overlooked. You know the saying, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck. It’s probably a duck. The component in the vaccine that is the most controversial, is Thimerosal, which is a mercury compound. What do we know about mercury? Mercury is a “known” neurotoxin. Meaning it is toxic to the nervous system. This cannot be good for an infant’s developing brain and nervous system.

I always advise new parents to ask a lot of questions when contemplating vaccinating their children. Here are three “extremely” important ones:

  1. If my child is vaccinated, can they still contract the illness or disease they are being vaccinated against?
  2. If my child is vaccinated, can the vaccine possibly cause neurological damage?
  3. If my child is vaccinated, could he or she become deathly ill?

If you have an Autistic child, you now realize the importance of the above questions. If you are a new parent, it is your obligation to become informed. Your child is voiceless in this matter.

For more information on this topic, please check out the informative links located in my Blogroll.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Gould

Indigestion

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on February 12, 2008
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So many people in our modern society suffer from indigestion. In a previous post titled “Belching, Bloating & Flatulence” I mentioned Food Combining. In this post, I’d like to give you some background on Food Combining and explain why it is so effective with indigestion and many other health problems.

Correctly combining your foods will eliminate your indigestion.

Yes, I said eliminate your indigestion. It will also help your cholesterol levels and your metabolism. Remember, without complete digestion, the nutrients in even the most wholesome foods cannot be fully assimilated by the body. Conversely, incomplete digestion and inefficient metabolism are the prime causes of of fat and cholesterol accumulation in the body.

In simple terms, here is the science behind proper Food Combining. I think you will find that it makes a lot of sense. It’s a fact, in order to initiate efficient digestion of a protein, the stomach must secrete pepsin. It is also a fact that pepsin can only function in a highly acid environment, which must be maintained for several hours for complete digestion of proteins.

It is a equally known fact that when we chew a piece of bread or eat a potato or any other carbohydrate or starch, ptyalin and other alkaline juices are immediately secreted into the food via the saliva in the mouth. When swallowed, the alkalized starches require an alkaline environment in order to complete digestion.

So far here is what we have learned? We now know proteins require and an acidic environment to digest and starches and sugars require alkaline environment to digest. We have been taught to mix all our foods together. When we do that both acid and alkaline are released. This causes them to promptly neutralize one another leaving a weak, watery solution in the stomach that digests neither protein or starch properly. Instead proteins putrefy (rot) and starches and sugars ferment. Putrefaction and fermentation are the primary cause of all sorts of digestive problems, including gas, heartburn, cramps, bloating, constipation, foul stools, bleeding hemorrhoids, colitis and so forth.

Now that you understand the benefits of proper Food Combining, here is how it is done. There is really only one rule. Never eat a protein with a starch. Example: You can have a protein with a salad or vegetable or you can have a starch with a salad or vegetable. It’s that simple!

Proper Food Combining

Let me know how this helps you.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Gould

The Life Force

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Have you ever been surfing the web and all the sudden you get the message, The Server Has Timed Out? Ugh! Very frustrating isn’t it? How about, The Server Is Busy? Also very frustrating. Guess what? This same type of event can actually happen in our body.

Did you know that are body was preloaded with software at conception? Hard to believe isn’t it? This is no ordinary software. The software that runs our body is absolutely amazing, it allows us to learn both consciously and unconsciously. It runs both our physiology and our thinking. It tells us to remove our hand from a hot surface and causes a scab to form after a cut.

Many many years ago, back in the time of Socrates, they pondered the difference between being alive and being dead. Imagine a scene of two identical twin brothers lying side by side, one alive and one dead. Socrates and his followers ruminating over what was the difference between the two. After talking about the obvious, they finally concluded that the dead brother was missing the “Animating Force.”

EKGMany years later, sophisticated machines were invented that could actually measure that “Animating Force.” or life energy. Maybe you are familiar with some of these machines. Here are the three most common ones. EEG (Electroencephalograph) actually measures the electrical activity in the brain. EKG (Electrocardiogram) measures the electrical activity of the heart. EMG (Electromyography) tests the electrical activity of muscles. So Socrates was right! There is an Animating force in all of us.

It’s this force that keeps us healthy. Any reduction in this force, allows us to become ill. Every cell, tissue and organ in our body is dependent on this “Life Force” to function properly. This is the “exact” force I work with as Chiropractor. We call it the Innate Force.

Our body’s nervous system is very similar to the Internet. Our brain is the server. Our spinal cord and the attaching nerves that exit our spine, act as a network to link up all our cells, tissues and organs. This allows constant back and forth communication. A feedback loop.

The problem with this setup is the spinal cord is delicate and easily damaged, that is why it is encased in the spinal column. The spinal column, due to its design can become misaligned, the chiropractic term for this misalignment is subluxation. When this happens pressure can be put on nerves causing them to malfunction. This causes the information or “Life Force” flowing through the nerve to be altered or garbled causing our cells, tissues and organs to get “The Server Has Timed Out” message over and over again. If this is not corrected, many things can happen including pain, numbness muscle spasms, stomach problems, headaches, insomnia and lowered resistance to name a few.

Have you been checked for subluxations? If not, call me.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Gould