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DID YOU KNOW that 16,000 healthy older adults with the average age of 79 who received aspirin experienced no significant long-term benefits against major adverse cardiovascular events?

In fact, the European Heart Journal study found the use of aspirin was linked to an 18% higher rate of major adverse cardiovascular events, a 25% higher rate of myocardial infarction, a 24% higher rate of major hemorrhage, and higher rates of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and bleeding compared to those taking the placebo.

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Steve: Recently, a study with the headlines "Eating meat may protect against cancer, landmark research shows," was all over the news. Were you surprised that we did not jump on it as well?

The study appeared in the July issue of Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. It examined a large number of adults 19 and over. The impetus was to analyze how much animal and plant protein people typically consume and whether those patterns were associated with their risk of dying from heart disease, cancer or any cause.

The researchers found no associations between total protein, animal protein or plant protein and risk of death from any cause, cardiovascular disease, or cancer. When both plant and animal protein were included in the analysis, the results remained consistent, suggesting that plant protein has a minimal impact on cancer mortality, while animal protein may offer a small protective effect.

Of course this is great news because it mirrors our philosophy. Yet, I have to look at the results with skepticism because the study was funded by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), a contractor to the Beef Checkoff. While NCBA was supposedly not involved in the study design, data collection and analysis or publication of the findings, it would be hypocritical if I did not place this study in the "self-interest of the food lobby" category.

When you read my newsletter, you can feel confident that the research I cite is independent. If it isn't, I will let you know.

A 23 year-old female came to see Steve to help maintain colitis remission, help bring on her period which was dormant, aid in weight loss, and help with binge eating.

She had been able to stay away from medication for her colitis, but still dealt with flare-ups that caused her to have blood in her stool periodically. Her blood work showed excess acidity and low grade inflammation, among other things.

She did our PureInsight Genetics panel, so Steve went over the results to elucidate not only where some of her issues came from, but what could be done to help switch off any negatively expressing genes.

Steve helped her alkalize her diet, gave recommendations for how to repair her intestinal lining to the degree that it could be repaired, fixed areas of nutrient deprivation, as well as gave her binge eating and stress management techniques.

While she definitely had some days where she binged, for the vast majority she was on track. She cut down on saturated fat, red meats, and acidic foods, as well as took targeted healing supplements. In a little over a month, she noticed her clothes fitting better because she lost weight. She got her period back. Moreover, she had not seen blood in her stool. 

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I often get asked why I work with kids. The reason is that I love helping children as early as possible to be their best selves. Kids can get out of alignment as early as birth. Not only is birth tough for the mom, it also exerts lots of pressures and forces onto the baby. 

An osteopathic doctor, Viola Freeman, studied more than 1500 babies across an eight year period. She examined all of them within the first five days of birth to check for how well the plates in the head moved. She found that 10% of the newborn babies had freely mobile skulls, 10% had severe trauma to those plates and the remaining 80% all had some strain patterns in their head. 

Along with patterns in the head being compromised so can the spine and skeleton be affected during pregnancy, delivery and a child’s daily activities. Left uncorrected these traumas, called subluxations by chiropractors, can impact a child’s health, posture and wellbeing. When function of the nervous system is restored this has a direct effect on the vagus nerve, digestive system, immune, hormonal, developmental and others systems of the body. 

Over the years chiropractors like myself have seen improvements in children’s mood, digestion, ear infections, posture, colds, asthma, reflux and more, all by using gentle adjustments to the spine, skeleton and or head. These gentle realignments are a drug less way to help babies, toddlers and teens. This is the beauty of Chiropractic, enhancing the bodies amazing ability to heal, self regulate and be more at ease through proper alignment. Our body is an elegant system that works so much better when things are in harmony.

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor and has been in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She uses a variety of techniques, including low level laser, to help patients reach their full potential. Contact Dr. Schuster at (847) 509-9067 or drliloschuster@sbcglobal.net.

PureInsight (formerly )Genomics harnesses the science of nutrigenomics so you can understand the relationship between your genes, nutrition, and wellness at the deepest level. Covering 72 genes in 11 trait categories, we've used Pure Insight since 2015 to help clients live longer with better quality of life.

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