YOUR HEALTHY BRAIN ZONE EXERCISE ROUTINE START SLOW Start where you are and with what you have. I recommend starting with light exercise: twenty minutes, three times per week, or medium-light exercise: twenty to thirty minutes, three to five times per week. Walking is a good option for starting—you don’t need a gym membership, you can work it around your schedule, and you can do it with your spouse or friends. It may not be aerobic or muscle strengthening, but walking is good exercise and certainly counts as being active. Using a treadmill works just as well. Walking for the times … [Read more...]
To-Do List for a Healthy Brain
YOUR TO-DO LIST FOR A HEALTHY BRAIN Avoid heavy metals (use chelation agents to remove them from your body): mercury (in silver fillings, certain fish, certain cosmetics), arsenic (in some drinking water and foods), lead (in water, gasoline, paint, cigarette smoke, pipes, toys, city dust), and cadmium (in chocolate, smoking, tobacco). Test to see if you are part of the 25 percent of the population that is sensitive to mold. Treat your body and home for mold (if needed). Avoid certain antihistamines long-term (Benadryl and Atarax). Avoid certain anticholinergic medications … [Read more...]
Ant Therapy
ANT THERAPY One of the most effective techniques we use with our patients at Discover Chiropractic is what we call ANT Therapy, or learning how to kill the ANTs (automatic negative thoughts). First, get to know the 9 different types of ANT species that can infect your mind, steal your happiness, and keep you from achieving what you want in life. 9 TYPES OF ANT SPECIES: All-or-Nothing ANTs: Thinking that things are either all good or all bad. Less than ANTs: Where you compare and see yourself as less than others. Just the Bad ANTs: Seeing only the bad in a situation. Guilt Beating … [Read more...]
Looking for a “Good Doctor”? We’re Looking for “Good Patients”
We often hear people say that they’re looking for a “good doctor.” Well, we’re looking for “good patients.” What would a “good patient” be like? Well… They would be honest with their doctors and tell them everything. They would put their health on the front burner and do whatever it takes to ensure success of their health program. They would find a doctor who they feel confident with, and they would completely follow through with the doctor’s recommendations. They would work as a teammate. They would take responsibility for themselves and realize the doctor’s limitations and not expect … [Read more...]
