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DID YOU KNOW that a study from Nutrition Reviews confirmed that supplementing with vitamin D2 actually reduces your available vitamin D3?

Vitamin D2 is usually what doctors prescribe for vitamin D deficiency or occasionally you may find it in a low quality dietary supplements.

While we have never recommended vitamin D2, only D3, this new research is critical for the public health health professionals because vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 are often treated as interchangeable sources of the same nutrient. Obviously, they are not. The last thing we want to do is increase one form and reduce another, especially when vitamin D3 is the most important form to utilize.

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Steve: A large study from the British Journal of Cancer offers a powerful reminder that everyday habits add up when it comes to cancer risk. Researchers followed nearly 288,000 adults for over a decade, scoring each person on five healthy behaviors: not smoking, keeping alcohol moderate, eating well, staying physically active, and maintaining a healthy weight. The results were striking - people who checked four or five of those boxes had a 29% lower risk of developing cancer overall compared with those who managed only one or none. More notably, the protection extended across 13 different cancer types, including several that get far less attention than the common ones - cancers of the mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, pancreas, lung, kidney, and bladder, plus postmenopausal breast cancer and a form of soft-tissue cancer.

Two factors stood out as the biggest drivers. Not smoking was linked to lower risk for 12 different cancers, with dramatic reductions for lung, voice box, and throat cancers. Maintaining a healthy weight independently lowered the risk for seven cancers, including kidney, uterine, and esophageal. To put the stakes in perspective, the researchers estimated that falling short on healthy habits accounted for roughly two-thirds of voice-box cancers and about half of lung cancers in this group. While no single habit guarantees immunity, these are modifiable choices, and stacking several of them together meaningfully shifts the odds in your favor.

Steve has seen significant improvement in many of his autistic child-aged clients.

While every child's needs are different, there are similar issues that link many autistic children: gastrointestinal dysfunction and nutrient deficiency. Once these are corrected, it is easier for parents and caregivers to work with their children to better their eating habits by expanding variety and accepting more textures.

For example, in one girl who was only stooling a few times weekly and exhibiting adverse behaviors, once Steve corrected her GI function and fixed various nutrient deficiencies, the parents are now seeing so much better communication and a more stable mood. Moreover, they were able to completely eliminate her leucovorin.

Now of course, this takes extreme effort from parents and caregviers because this is never an overnight process, but in the aforementioned case, the improvement was seen in just two months!

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Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all the information that is at your fingertips? I understand and for myself I take notice of whether I get excited and feel empowered or does something inside of me shut down with that information? I wait a while afterwards, create deeper calm inside and then see if the hype dissipated or if I am still compelled. Patients often ask my perspective about an expert’s opinion regarding an exercise, stretch, pillow, chair, herb, vitamin etc. I ask them to be aware of how their body reacts and to let that be the determinant. That just because an expert touted it, doesn’t mean our body agrees. I advise them to get in touch with their own inner knowing to guide them. 

We all have that inner knowing from the moment that we are born. That intelligence has been quietly guiding us since our heart began to beat. Instinctively knowing upon birth to make our way to the breast and to feed. To cry when hungry or soiled. So many of our instincts get squashed with schedules, cultural demands and a nervous system that becomes over stressed. Our inner knowing still exists, even if we do not trust ourselves and continually give our power to others. 

How can one get back in touch with that inner knowing and feel more confident when bombarded by so much advice? I suggest finding things daily that help your brain and nervous system get into a deeper state of calm. This allows one to be more aware if a decision is coming from that intuitive place and trusting oneself or if from a state of stress, being reactionary or feeling pressured. A few ideas to create calm are: Take 10 second breaks during the day of pure quiet, without a phone or other device. Spend time in nature. Use a Vagus Nerve Stimulator. Listen to relaxing music. Watch funny movies or videos to laugh more. Spend time with prayer, meditation, stretching, or lighting a nice smelling candle. Receive massages, acupuncture, chiropractic or anything else that you notice helps calm your nervous system. 

It takes dedication to learn to trust oneself in this journey called life. Be kind to yourself if you feel overwhelmed and do whatever it takes to get back into states of calmness to make more empowering choices. Allow knowingness to break through and to trust the expert inside of you. This way you’re in control of the information overload that seems to be all around us.

Perhaps Chiropractic can help. A newly published observational study containing 1419 adult chiropractic patients, evaluated changes in quality of life before and after a course of care. Patients were assessed with two questionnaires. One had the participants rate meaningfulness in their life and how well they manage challenges. The other evaluated fatigue, pain, depressive symptoms, anxiety, sleep disturbances and the ability to participate in social roles. 

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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1. Order a genetic kit directly from Ancestry.com (AncestryDNA for $99) or 23andMe.com (Basic Ancestry for $99) and send back your saliva specimen. When your results are ready, request that we set up a PureInsight account for you. We just need your full name, email address, and date of birth. You will receive an email invitation from PureInsight with a link to set up your account and instructions for how to upload your Ancestry data. You will receive a confirmation from PureInsight when your report is ready and we can then set up an appointment to go over your results.

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