The Truth

This is my favorite B.J. Palmer quote, and I thought I would share:

The Truth
by BJ Palmer, developer of chiropractic

We chiropractors work with the subtle substance of the soul. We release the imprisoned impulse, the tiny rivulet of force, that emanates from the mind and flows over the nerves to the cells, and stirs them into life. We deal with the magic power that transforms common food into living, loving, thinking clay; that robes the earth with beauty, and hues and scents the flowers with the glory of the air.

In the dim, dark, distant long ago, when the sun first bowed to the morning star, this power spoke and there was life; it quickened the slime of the sea and the dust of the earth and drove the cell to union with its fellows in countless living forms. Through eons of time it finned the fish and winged the bird and fanged the beast. Endlessly it worked, evolving its form until it produced the crowning glory of them all. With tireless energy it blows the bubble of each individual life and then silently, relentlessly dissolves the form, and absorbs the spirit into itself again.

And yet you ask, ? Can Chiropractic cure appendicitis or the flu?? Have you more faith in a knife or a spoonful of medicine than in the power that animates the living world?

By B. J. Palmer, D.C., Ph. C

Am I old-fashioned?

The other day I mentioned to a patient that I had been to Dr. Langley's 100th birthday party. He mentioned that he had seen Dr. Langley previously and that I actually reminded him of Dr. Langley.

I took it to mean that there are no fancy bells and whistles in my office, you get chiropractic care, good chiropractic care-and thats it. Some offices have fancy spinal decompression, rehab and physical therapy.

Yes, we do have a massage therapist working here and we do sell vitamins and supplements-but what I do as a chiropractor is offer chiropractic. If that makes me akin to a 100 year old doctor, then I take that as a compliment.

Now, I hope he didn't mean that I look like I'm 100....

Merry Christmas!

To all our friends-wishing a great Christmas and a wonderful 2007!

100 years old

Today I had the pleasure to be invited to the birthday party of the world's oldest living (and practicing!) chiropractor. Dr. Langley turned 100 today.

He still practice 3 days a week. One interesting thing he said is that what has kept him young for so long was a wife that took care of him, eating well (he only eats vegetables) , and chiropractic.

It's amazing to me that this man was taught in school by some of the founders of our profession.

I'm glad I got to share in this event in my own little way.

10 Steps to Being Happier and Healthier

If you have 10 reasons to be sad and depressed, there are 100 reasons to be happy. It all depends on the way you handle stress and problems. If you really want to be happy, you first need to make a conscious decision that you are going to be happy no matter what. There are numerous benefits of being happy - you will be more healthier and have a positive outlook towards life.

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Fun Factoids

The smallest county in America is New York County, better known as Manhattan.

The eye makes movements 50 times every second.

In 2003, a 6-year-old from Naples, FL was ticketed for not having a permit for her lemonade stand.

Things you should know, but probably don't

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
6. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
7. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was an albino.
8. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
9. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
10. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
11. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
12. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
13. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
14. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
15. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
16. Leonardo DaVinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
17. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
18. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
19. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!
20. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
21. Leonardo DaVinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
22. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
23. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
24. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19 You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know).
25. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).
26. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
27. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most well known record player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
28. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. The same thing holds true with apples!
29. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
30. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
31. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
32. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.

DNA Protected Against Damage by Olive Oil

As a primary component of the Mediterranean Diet (MD), research has shown that olive oil elicits a number of health benefits, including maintaining bone and colon health. Research has also started to discover that the polyphenol content of olive oil increases antioxidant levels and contributes significantly to its health benefits.

Now a new study has found more health benefits of olive oil, this time in helping keep our DNA healthy and protected against oxidation.

In the study, researchers gave 25 milliliters of olive oil with either low, medium, and high phenolic content to 182 males and measured urinary levels of DNA oxidation for 2 weeks. Read Entire Article

Ginkgo Biloba Works Just as Well as Dementia Drugs

European Journal of Neurology September 2006; 13(9): 981-985

An Italian study has determined that ginkgo biloba works just as well as Aricept (donepezil) in treating mild or moderate Alzheimer's-related dementia. Based on test scores to determine the severity of dementia afterward, scientists agreed both ginkgo biloba and Aricept work just as effectively to slow down the damage.

The 19 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Death

The life insurance Web site, LifeInsure.com, collected a list of 19 historical errata, superstitions and just plain weird facts about death.

1. After being decapitated, the average person remains conscious for an additional 15-20 seconds. Talk about a way to go.

2. Mourning your dear departed cat? You could shave your eyebrows like the ancient Egyptians used to. Then again, maybe a trip to the pet cemetery would be easier.

3. May want to rethink what you bury your loved ones in. An old wives’ tale claims that if a woman is buried wearing the color black, she’ll come back to haunt the family.

4. Speaking of preventing hauntings, yet another old wives tale led to the institution of burial wreaths. It was believed that the wreath would encircle the spirit of the dead person, thereby preventing them from returning from the grave.

5. In 1931, Henry Ford decided to preserve his friend, Thomas Edison’s last dying breath. He kept it in a bottle. Hope he put a label on that one.

6. One of the main reasons cowboys carried pistols in the 1800’s was to avoid being dragged to death by their horse. You think they could have just gotten bigger stirrups.

7. The last words spoken by Union General John Sedgewick were, “They (the Confederate soldiers) couldn’t hit an elephant from this dis…”

8. So much for the curse of good ole King Tut. Despite reports that all twenty-two people who were present at the exhumation kicked the bucket, twenty-one were still kicking ten years later.

9. If someone plans to jump off Mount Everest to commit suicide, you’ll need a lot of patience. It takes the average person 2.5 minutes to hit bottom. And we don’t want to know who timed it.

10. Here’s a job I definitely wouldn’t want to have. When Pyrenees beekeepers die, someone has to go around and splash every single one of their bees with black ink.

11. John Bowman, a tanner from Vermont believed that after his death he would be reincarnated with his pre-deceased wife and children. So, he ordered his house staff to have dinner on the table every night, just in case. They finally stopped in 1950 when the money finally dried up.

12. Think your décor is bad? Oscar Wilde’s last words were, "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has got to go" He fought the wallpaper and the wallpaper won.

13. An old superstition stated that if the doors in the house were locked, the soul of a dying person couldn’t get out.

14. Yet another superstition warns against pointing at a funeral procession, with the dire warning that you’ll die within a month. More proof for that whole three fingers pointing back at you thing.

15. Might want to read the labels a little more carefully. Nearly 2,500 lefties are killed every year using products meant for righties. Who knew? Now, just back away from those right-handed scissors.

16. A pet-parrot caused a ruckus at President Andrew Jackson’s funeral. His crime? Swearing during the ceremony. Guess he should have given Polly just one more cracker.

17. That ballpoint pen? The one you’re chewing on? Might want to put it down. 100 people are killed every year by choking on a ballpoint pen. Which proves the old quote about the pen being mightier than the sword. At least some of the time.

18. Apparently, they really are virtually indestructible. A cockroach can reportedly live up to 9 days without its head. The only reason they finally kick over? Starvation.

19. And you thought sex appeal was the first to go. Allegedly, it’s actually your sight that goes first when you die. It’s your hearing that’s the last to go…. What was that?

Truckstop Chiropractor

I just saw this at a truck stop today. What a great idea! Truck drivers spend the whole day driving-back hurts, get adjusted at the truck stop. Brilliant!

Ms. Dewey

Ms. Dewey is a search engine that taks back to you, makes fun of what you are searching for and if you neglect her, she will let you know!

Try it out! Ms. Dewey

Juicer as a gift

If you are into natural health and want to give a good gift check out juicers.

Experts Say: Skip Flu Vaccine

Contrary to what we’ve been taught our whole lives, the Flu Vaccine is turning out to be an apparent waste of money and time—this according to Tom Jefferson, a health scientist recently published in the British Medical Journal. “There is little evidence that the vaccines have any kind of beneficial effect, even for vulnerable people with asthma and cystic fibrosis.”

Contributing to the case against vaccine use is the fact that influenza viruses mutate and vary from year to year, making it difficult for scientists to study the precise effects of the vaccines. In addition, the medical field seems to have difficulty distinguishing between the flu and completely different illnesses that share the same symptoms as the flu.

“This confusion leads to a gross overestimation of the impact of influenza,” says Jefferson, “and unrealistic expectations of the performance of the vaccines, and spurious certainty of our ability to predict viral circulation and impact.”

Added into the mix of confusion are policy makers. In their efforts to deal with public health issues—or at least to be “seen” as actively working to defend public health—many politicians promote the flu vaccination simply because it’s a household name.

With so much controversy, it’s time to take the smart and simple approach to maintaining health and warding off sickness. Eat healthy, exercise and make chiropractic care part of your daily lifestyle.

Happy Feet

Last night we went to the movies as a family and watched Happy Feet. I had heard that the film was controversial because it promotes "alternative" lifestyles.

The movie was well-made and the graphics were impressive. As for the controversial part, no nig deal. The people that said that must be so obsessed with sexuality that an innocent movie can be turned into something "promoting gay lifestyles"

I'm sure if the ugly duckling was released now it would be said to have a gay message.

Anyway, not the best animated movie ever, but still fun and entertaining

:)

Split my pants

It's funny how when you're in a hurry-everything goes wrong. This morning we all woke up late and i had to take my daughter Chloe to school, since she missed the bus.

Her school is fairly close, but it takes forever to get on the road, due to all the SUV-driving parents trying to do the same thing I was doing.

I must have gotten my back pocket caught on something beacause when I stopped at the gas station-RIIIP! I had split my pants! Thankfully, my coat covered most of it and I managed to not get arrested to exposing myself.