Chiropractors And Exercise - Best Way To Stop Neck Pain

A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, which was funded by National Institutes of Health, found that patients going to a chiropractor or exercising were twice as likely to become pain free verse those only taking drugs. The researchers followed 272 patients with neck-pain for twelve weeks. The researchers found that 32% of those receiving chiropractic care  and 30% of those who exercised were pain free. Only13% of those who took medication were pain free.

A lot of neck-pain today comes from our poor posture while we are working on a computer or other electronic devices. The proper exercises have an added benefit of teaching a person how to maintain a neutral neck position during long periods of sitting. This posture breaks the poor posture pain cycle. So…go to a Chiropractor for quick relief and then exercise to correct the problem.

A Supplement For Kids With ADHD

A study published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics looked at the benefits of taking the supplement phosphatidylserine (PS) for kids with ADHD and the researchers reported impressive results over a short period of time. What the researchers did was give 36 children between the ages of 4 to 14 a daily dose of 200 mg of PS for two months. They found that the PS supplementation produced significant improvements in reducing ADHD, AD, short-term auditory memory, inattention and impulsivity.

One reason the researchers believe they achieved these results is that PS nourishes the brain and corrects imbalances in the brain.
 

A Compound In Olive Oil May Clear Alzheimer's Plaques

Researchers reported in Chemical Neuroscience that a natural phenolic compound called oleocanthal in olive oil may protect against Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers gave a groups of mice oleocanthal and found that the compound caused the production of two proteins and key enzymes that seem to remove amyloid plaques preventing Alzheimer’s from getting a foothold in the brain. So…besides olive oil being a healthy monosaturated fat, it may also protect us from Alzheimer’s disease. Pretty good for taking a little oil!

 
More Proof Of The Negative Impact Of GMO Crops

One of the things politicians and the USDA like to claim is that there is no research proving that Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) have any negative impact. Well, there are research studies that have been done on the negative impact of GMOs. Here are several:

1. In Canada, researchers successfully identified toxic GMO pesticides, including Monsanto’s Bt toxin which is used in corn, in maternal and fetal blood. This makes the fetus susceptible to adverse affects of foreign chemicals affecting fetal development.
2. The US Department of Agriculture and the EPA released a study by the Institute for Responsible technology that linked GMOs to gluten disorders. These GMO foods were linked to five conditions that trigger or exacerbate gluten-related disorders, including autoimmune disorder. GMOs have been shown to imbalance gut bacteria, which can cause allergic responses and impair digestion.
3. A long-term study reported in Natural News found that GM corn treated with Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide was linked to rat tumors. The rats died young and had tumors the size of golf balls.

    (Reported Health and Nutrition, June 12, 2014)
 

  
Manuka Honey Can Stop MRSA
 

There are now sweet ways to stop MRSA – manuka honey and raw honey both do the job.   A study published in Scientific American found that honey kills off a majority of MRSA bacterial cells and cut down on the biofilms that they form (biofilms make it harder to kill these bacteria). The FDA has approved a dressing containing manuka honey that is called Medihoney Wound and Burn Dressing that uses the power of the honey.

Manuka honey has also been found to be effective against over 250 strains of bacteria, including the drug resistant strains of bacteria - MSSA and VRE. The key to its effectiveness is called its Unique Manuka Factor (UMF). While no one knows exactly what it is in the Manuka that makes the UMF work, these researchers have figured out a labeling rating scale that tells you how effective the manuka is. You want your manuka honey to have a UMF of 10 or higher. Raw honey, if you can get it, also offers tremendous healing benefits.

Other benefits of honey include healing caesarean section scars, intractable wounds, ulcers and even sun burn!  So…get rid of MRSA and the other infections with the sweetest thing in town – manuka honey.

Placebo Effect Has A Known Genetic Cause

A molecular geneticist, Kathryn Hall, has found a gene that increases the impact of the placebo effect. Hall found an enzyme in the brain called COMT, catechol-O-methyltransferase, which devours dopamine. COMT has two ingredients, methionine and valine and people have different proportions of these chemicals in the brain. Hall found that some people that have only one of the chemicals, methionine, responded very positively to the sham treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. Since it was a sham treatment, it meant that the brain was creating a placebo response that caused the healing to take place. People who had COMT with only valine responded even poorer to the sham treatment than the group that received no treatment at all. People with a mixture of the two chemicals responded in the middle range of having the placebo effect being positively triggered.

While Hall recognized that this won’t be the only gene related to creating the placebo effect, it’s the first time a genetic component of the placebo effect has been discovered.

(Reported DiscoverMagazine.com July/August 2014)

Bringing Nature And People Together Changes A City

The rust belt city of Milwaukee is making a comeback by bringing nature and people closer together. Their political leaders are using a concept from conservation biologist E.E. Wilson called biophilia, which means love of all life. The researchers looked at different projects using the biophilia concept and found a very powerful impact. In hospitals, it has been demonstrated that surgery patients recovered faster if they have a room with a view of trees and open space. A psychiatric hospital in Sweden was designed to incorporated natural light and allow access to the outdoors showed a dramatic 25% decrease in involuntary injections and a 50% reduction in the use of physical restraints on the patients after one year.

School kids who went for a walk in the park before taking tests scored higher than kids who just walked on a city street. Office workers got sick less often and were more productive if their work spaces had natural lighting and views of the outdoors. (From my research using muscle checking, I would include full spectrum lighting as an important element in creating a positive school or work space especially if you don’t have access to natural light or views of the outdoors).

What Milwaukee is doing is incorporating these biophilia concepts into its city planning which is turning turning a rust belt city into a place you want to live!

(Reported Onearth, Summer 2014)
 

Schools In The Forest Develop Kids Imaginations

In England, kids are attend an outdoor nursery school in a forest. They are finding that being in the woods allows the children to learn and lets their imagination run free. Everything the kids do is practical and hands-on which means they can set their own challenges and boost their self-esteem. A fallen tree trunk can be imagined into a rocket with the leaves for tickets. The kids can build dens, climb trees and explore the environment.

So…maybe playing in nature will make a comeback over just swiping a smart phone or a tablet.

(Reported by Siobhan Starrs, The Associated Press)

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