I came across this article on Mercola.com, one of my favorite natural health web sites. Once again another study that shows we need to have alternatives to dangerous medications, even if they OTC (over the counter).

Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions negatively affect your brain, causing long term cognitive impairment. These drugs, called anticholinergics, block acetylcholine, a nervous system neurotransmitter.

They include such common over-the-counter brands as Benadryl, Dramamine, Excedrin PM, Nytol, Sominex, Tylenol PM, and Unisom.

Other anticholinergic drugs, such as Paxil, Detrol, Demerol and Elavil are available only by prescription.

Physorg reports:

“Researchers … conducted a six-year observational study, evaluating 1,652 Indianapolis area African-Americans over the age of 70 who had normal cognitive function when the study began … ‘[T]aking one anticholinergic significantly increased an individual’s risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and taking two of these drugs doubled this risk.’”

Sources:

Physorg July 13, 2010

Neurology July 13, 2010; 75(2):152-9

Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

It’s been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and  fish… All before making a human. He made and  provided what we’d need before we were born. These
are best and more powerful when eaten raw.  We’re such slow learners…

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!

God’s Pharmacy! Amazing!

A  sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The  pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye… And YES, science now shows carrots  greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the  eyes.

A  Tomato has four chambers and is red. The  heart has four chambers and is red.. All of the research shows tomatoes  are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart  and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound  heart and blood vitalizing food.

A  Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on  the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen  neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak.  These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocadoes,  Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this?  It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow.  Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

Oranges , Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body’s cells. Today’s research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic , also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

How To Select The Best Chiropractor

Chiropractic manipulation is a recognized and popular pain relief treatment, with an estimated 6% to 12% of the U.S. population seeking chiropractic care each year, according to a 2007 study. Given the current U.S. population (more than 306 million people), that could mean anywhere from 18 million to 36 million visits to a chiropractor in 2009.

Because chiropractic is a profession with a large variety of practice philosophies and techniques, selecting a good chiropractor can be a challenge.

This article outlines 6 key areas to ask questions to a chiropractor and provides guidelines for what to expect with chiropractic care. It also highlights some red flags that may indicate questionable approaches by a chiropractor.

Considerations for Choosing a Chiropractor

When looking for a chiropractor, a good place to start is to ask your primary care physician or spine specialist for the names of chiropractors who appear competent and trustworthy. It also helps to ask friends, co-workers and neighbors for recommendations.

Exercise caution however, because one person’s definition of a good chiropractor may be quite different from another person’s definition. In general, if multiple resources recommend the same chiropractor, chances are good that the chiropractor is reliable.

While recommendations can be valuable, it is also important to find a chiropractor who can meet an individual’s specific needs. This article includes guidelines of questions to ask when interviewing a chiropractor that can help assess the skills, qualifications and style of the chiropractor. Before starting treatment with a chiropractor, it is usually best to conduct a telephone interview or request an office consultation to find out more about how the chiropractor practices.

Find an integrated chiropractic clinic at the Spine-health Spine Center Directory.

If you are looking for a chiropractor in the Bellevue area, Dr. Michael Weir of Back in Action Chiropractic would love to sit down with you and discuss if you are a candidate for care. Call us today at 425-635-0495 to schedule your complimentary consultation.

Its time for us all to become informed as to what our gov. is debating in regard to the health care bill. This is what an MD had to say about the health care Bill that our government is proposing. He wrote this to his local rep. Its a little long, but I strongly recommend you read it.

July 23, 2009

Senator Bayh: As a practicing physician, I have major concerns with the healthcare bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the government’s proposed involvement in the patient physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous and certainly not helpful in designing a healthcare system that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our healthcare system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if passed. I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens.

Page 22: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure!!

Page 30 Sec 123: - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.

Page 29 lines 4-16: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!

Page 42l: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!

Page 50 Section 152: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise.

Page 58: Govt will have real-time access to individual’s finances & a National ID Health card will be issued!

Page 59 lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your bank accounts for elective funds transfer.

Page 65 Sec 164: a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community organizations: (ACORN).

Page 84 Sec 203: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.

Page 85 Line 7: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!

Page 91 Lines 4-7: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. Example - Translation: illegal aliens.

Page 95 Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.

Page 85 Line 7: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members - your Health care WILL be rationed.

Page 102 Lines 12-18: Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.

Page 124 lines 24-25: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Govt Monopoly.

Page 127 Lines 1-16: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (salary)

Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE!

Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.

Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.

Page 150 Lines 9-13: Business’s with payroll btw 251k & 401k who doesn’t provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.

Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.

Page 170 Lines 1-3: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)

Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans finances /personal records.

Page 203 Line 14-15: “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that!

Page 239 Line 14-24: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors, low income and poor are affected.

Page 241 Line 6-8: Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same!

Page 253 Line 10-18: Govt sets value of Doctor’s time, profession, judgment etc.

Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.

Page 268 Sec 1141: Federal Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs.

Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems preventable re-admissions.

Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -Govt will penalize you.

Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors what/how much they can own!

Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand.

Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. Can you say ACORN?!!

Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing.

Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.

Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people! Unbelievable!

Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy - Tele-health Advisory Committee. Can you say HC by phone?

Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life patients.

Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!

Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. (assisted suicide)

Page 427 Lines 15-24: Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has say in how your life ends.

Page 429 Lines 1-9: An “advanced care planning consultant” will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.

Page 429 Lines 10-12: “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOVT!

Page 429 Lines 13-25: The Govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

Page 430 Lines 11-15: Govt decides what level of treatment you will have at end of life!

Page 469: Community Based Home Medical Services = Non-profit organizations. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. A monthly payment to ACORN?

Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy means they will insert Govt into your marriage.

Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, rationing those services. Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating. Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor/patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election. Respectfully, Stephen E. Fraser, MD

This morning I was scheduling a patient and realized that the next time that I would see him would be in November. My oh my, how the year flies by! It has been a great year though, and I want to give you a quick update on what’s going on in my life. If you wonder why I am taking the time to write to my patients about what’s going in my life, it’s because when you become a patient here in my office I consider you a member of my extended family. I am always so excited to hear what is going on in your lives when you come in for your visits, with vacations, family, and work. So I want to give you a chance to hear what is going on in my life.

As many of you know from the “Starfish” letter that I sent you a few months back, (oh, by the way, if you didn’t get my starfish letter just ask me next time you are in and I will get you one. It’s very powerful!) I got engaged to the most wonderful woman in this entire world, Angela Fay (I’m not biased, I swear!). Now as a male, I had absolutely no idea how much work planning a wedding is. I figured you rent a church, send all of your family and friends an invitation and “get hitched”. Well I was utterly wrong! It is amazing to me how many details there are to a wedding. It has been a lot of fun to help Angela do the wedding planning thing, and prepare for this great celebration.

Now I get to brag a little bit about my amazing fiancée. (Now just remember I’m not biased) Angela is a Washingtonian through and though, having grown up in Snohomish. She has never lived out side of our wonderful state. We met at church (Overlake Christian Church) one week and the rest has been history. Angela works in the telecom industry supplying internet to big businesses and loves her job. It’s great to find not only a spouse but truly a best friend! We love to be with our families and friends. Angela is a huge Seahawks football fan so we watch a lot of football together and root for the home team!

One of my passions and hobbies is learning new things and I am always reading some kind of book or going to a seminar to keep my skills sharp to be the best chiropractor that I can for you! Right now I am learning some new functional moving stretches and exercises and I am excited to show you some of these “movements” to help enhance the care you get here. One of my other fun hobbies is to play fantasy football with the guys I went to college with. When I was in school, the class room hours were extremely intense, (7 AM to 6PM and many times on the weekends) so “fantasy football” was our way to have fun and relax when we were not in class and the tradition has carried on as we are all now in practice. For those of you who care (I realize this may be only a few) Payton Manning is my quarterback and so far my team is winning!

One of the things that I tell you is how important exercise is, and this is a very important part of my life. I must be honest with you though, I get bored with the same old exercise routine very quickly and I am always looking for ways to keep fitness fresh and fun for myself. I have started a new routine recently called YRG (Yoga for Regular Guys) and am finding that it is a fun new way to stay fit. It is also for women, ladies, and you can check it out at http://www.yrgfitness.com. All in all it is so important to find an exercise routine that fits YOU and that you are willing to stick to.

Until next time…

Dr. Weir