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Raising Healthy Families {3 Simple Steps}

Dr. Jake — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:00:12 +0000

Written by Dr. Jake, Ask Dr. Jake Contributor

Now that we are into our thirties and most of our friends, family and patients have children under the age of twelve, we have began to recognize that most folks don’t understand the most important principle of life besides loving the Lord, it’s your health.

There are some very simple, lateral changes that you can make with your lifestyle that will reap untold benefits with your health.

Here are 3 simple steps to keep your family healthy during this season:

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D helps to prevent certain types of cancer, is essential with brain function and staving off depression and other mood disorders as well as kidney infections.

It is also crucial for your immune system to function properly. In addition, vitamin D has been known to help with conditions such as fibromyalgia, autism and even obesity.

The majority of your sunlight comes from exposure to the sun, just being outside for less than an hour per day…which means you have to be outside, easily transitioning into the next step.

In the winter months (Oct– Mar) you make little or no vitamin D, if you live above the 35th latitude. So you have to supplement. I recommend Maximized Living’s D3.

Turn off the TV, video games and get outside!

Of course you know, be relational, turn off the TV and video games, but look at the stats and you will realize how much influence the world has on your young ones:

The number of minutes per week that parents spend in meaningful conversation with their children: 210 (3.5 hours)
Number of minutes per week the average child watches television: 1,680 (28 hours)
Percentage of 4-to-6-year-olds who, when asked to choose between watching TV and spending time with their fathers, preferred television: 54 %
1 in 5 ads for food, 70% fast food
5.2 food ads presented every hour. Science Daily 2009
80 drug ads every hour on TV NPR 2009
In 2009, preschoolers saw 56% more ads for Subway, 21% more ads for McDonald’s and 9% more ads for Burger King, compared with 2007.
Children age 6 to 11 saw even more: 59% more ads for Subway, 26% more for McDonald’s and 10% more for Burger King.

Source: L.A. Times 2010

Enough said I think. Good moments in life don’t come from watching movies, which are definitely fun. They are made by getting outdoors, or playing games. Laughing AT each other not WITH each other to a tv show. As toxic mass amounts of television can be to your mind, the next step helps you to remove toxic things from your body.

Don’t Consume Toxic Meat

It takes approximately 5 to 8 pounds of chemically sprayed grain to produce 1 pound of beef. Therefore you will ingest considerably more cancer causing chemicals from meat than from fruit and vegetables.

On average, one glass of inorganic, store-bought milk contains the residue of about a hundred different antibiotics. Once in our bodies, these antibiotics ultimately weaken our immune system.

Big Shopping Tip Alert: If you are going to buy anything organic, start with animal products, meat, butter, cheese.

Grass Fed Beef, Free Range Chicken, Wild Caught Fish and Dairy from Natural Sources are great ways to remove toxins from your body. Plus good meats like these provide great proteins, the perfect ratios of good fats and honestly, it taste better.

Other Toxins that sneak into our lives are:

Fluoride- Water, toothpastes, mouthwash
Mold- HVAC, water damage
Pesticides– Food, environment
Drugs– Over the counter and prescriptions
Victim mindset- brainwashing food and drug ads

How do you keep your family healthy?

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Understanding Health {Don’t just push Snooze on your Health Alarm Clock}

Guest — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Written by Dr. Jake, Ask Dr. Jake Contributor

Our mission statement at our clinic is “Leading Families to Healthy Abundant lives by changing the way healthcare is managed and delivered in Knoxville,TN and surrounding areas”.

So right out the gates, we have to have answers for sick children and parents and a support system that can handle starting groups of patients not just only supporting individuals.

That’s why being aligned with Maximized Living is so important.

By being a clinic that teaches the 5 Essentials, we have answers for everyone to reverse their problems or even if there isn’t a health problem, we can take healthy people to a whole new level. That’s why we have partnered with the US Olympic team and professional and collegiate athletic teams all around the world. Today, I want to give you some vital information on how to recognize Health vs. Sickness.

Number one is listening to your body.

If your body functions at 100% and you have no other health problems then you go down to the store and get some flavored potato chips, sour cream and onion or whatever flavor and you get a headache from the monosodium glutamate (MSG), is that a healthy headache or bad headache? Most people say bad headache.

I use an example in the clinic about my fire alarm going off. The question is this: If my fire alarm goes off right now, there is a fire in the back and the alarm goes off and everyone gets out then is that a good thing or a bad thing? ITS A GOOD THING! The fire is bad but the alarm is good because it saved your life. You don’t ignore the alarm or even worse just turn it off.

So lets talk about this in regards to health, when people have a headache, most turn it off by covering it up with a medication. What about thirst though? You drink water for thirst not take a pill. The cause of thirst is dehydration so you get to the cause and drink water. Get to the cause of whatever the health problem is and correct the problem.

So if we look at a fever, I need a Tylenol versus, what is causing it, could be an infection, could be Gods way of healing your body. A fever of 102 kills cancer cells, so do you want to drop a fever if its killing cancer in your body?

You have to take responsibility for it but we don’t anymore. We live in a country that takes that responsibility. We expect our insurance to take care of it, to take a med for it, we want a quick fix. That sums it up. So this is where we get the biggest problem. How do you know what health is? Old, young, doesn’t matter.

So if you have kids or if you have friends or spouses, people you care about. How do you know if they are healthy or not? This is how confusing our doctors and the model has made it for us, this is what we have been raised with. We don’t even know what the definition of health is.

What do you think most peoples definitions of health would be? They know their kids are healthy when they what, feel what? Feel Good. My kids feels good, then they are probably healthy, but can you really say that if God forbid the kid has a ten inch tumor in his chest and feels good. Have you guys ever known someone with cancer eating away at their body and not have a clue that it is there? Before my dad died I asked him if he had any symptoms or pain and he said no, I had no clue I had cancer.

We all know people like that, same thing if you have 100 people developing heart disease over here, when do 90 of them know when they have it? When its too late, of that 90 they all had their first symptom, their first symptom was a heart attack. Of those 90, 2/3 of them die. So some of those, most of those people, their first symptom was death, wow, so should we wait until symptoms come about. So symptoms are a terrible way to know if you are healthy.

How about if you exercise and eating right, does that mean you are healthy? Lets talk about Jim Ficks, he basically created jogging in the united states, do you think he was healthy. He was vegetarian or vegan, he was in shape. He was the modern day inventor of jogging in the united states. What happened to him? He died at 52 of a massive heart attack. So is just eating right and exercising the definition of health?

These things are certainly a component of health but not the definition of health. So whats the definition of health? Its about function, if you look up the definition of health, Dorland’s medical dictionary, what it says, its 100% function of all your organs, cells and tissues regardless of symptoms. Notice that last part, regardless of symptoms, you guys hear that last part. Regardless of symptoms, your body needs to work at 100%, that means every tissue, down to the smallest cell needs to work at 100%. How do you measure that? It’s a hard thing to measure isn’t it? But there is one organ that control and coordinates every single function of your body. It’s your brain. The power that created your body, your brain, controls and coordinates all those cells.The only way to achieve 100% communication between your brain and body is corrective chiropractic care.

If you haven’t heard of Maximized Living before, you will soon. We have towns exploding with health all around the country because of our revolutionary clinics.

Action steps to understanding health

Living up to our God given potential really defines Maximized Living. We were all created in God’s image to honor and glorify Him. Through sin, not only do we turn away from God but we degrade and neglect our mind body and spirit.

1. The first thing and most important aspect to maximized living a God centered life.

2. The second aspect is taking care of the body that God has given to us, remember you were bought with a price and God doesn’t make junk.Maintaining our health is how God is glorified.

3. A Pure Mind includes maintaining mental health by proper time and stress management.

Where the medical model teaches us that we can neglect our mind, body and spirit and even indulge in our sinful desires and turning away from glorifying him but become selfish by pleasing ourselves. We then poison our body in all aspects, when the body has done all it can to counteract our destruction,the medical model teaches us to use outside man-made methods such as drugs and surgeries to correct the damage.

Maximized Living teaches us to honor God by taking care of what He has given us and recognizing that God created us to heal from above down inside out.

How do you live a Maximized Life?

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Choosing a Healthcare Provider

Rachel — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Choosing a Healthcare provider is the number one decision at which you need to sit down and take a long hard look.

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5 steps to choosing the right doctor:

1. Listening

Have you ever been to the doctor, got a diagnosis and left with a prescription then get home and think, “what just happened there”? I certainly have been there, done that. Being “present” with patients is so important.

Does your doctor actually hear you concerns, go over them with you and respond to those concerns? There is a difference between spending five minutes with your doctor as he is on his way to other patients and spending five minutes with your doctor and there is nothing else on his mind but you. If you feel like you doctor is rushed, he or she is! But, does he/she focus on you or your child when in that five minutes space you have or do you feel like they are on their way out as soon as they come in. Regardless of time spent with you, does your doctor have “present-time consciousness” to be there when you need them most?

Workshops at our office

2. Teaching

The word Doctor is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docere, which means to teach. The number one question when choosing the right doctor is, Do I learn from my doctor?

If your doctor isn’t teaching you, then unfortunately, he/she isn’t doing their job. I don’t mean to be abrasive here but the truth is that your doctor has all this knowledge and it is their duty to share that knowledge. The goal of being your family doctor should be to educate each patient on how they got sick, how to get un-sick and how to stay healthy.

3. Providing

As a healthcare provider, my patients have complete access to me. As a rule, all of my patients have my personal cell phone number and email address. Sometimes, just like anyone else, I get busy and do not have 10 minutes to speak with each patient. At the same time, I make 100% effort to be present when I am with each patient (See number 1).

I make an effort not to leaving as I am coming. The results are this, patients get well and feel like I care. But, my off hours aren’t just off hours. I am a doctor, hundreds of people depend on me. I have to be there for them. If I don’t, then they go to another doctor who might not care as much, might not educate as much and you know what happens when I fail to do my part. People get sick. Do you have your doctors email and personal cell phone number?

4. Options

Have you ever been to the doctor and they give you a medicine or therapy, you ask if there is another option and they get offended or even worse, they tell you there is no other option?

Recently, a friend of mine was diagnosed with four brain tumors. The doctors told him that they wanted to start chemotherapy immediately. He asked if there was another option and was told no repeatedly. He left the hospital, went to Nevada for a few weeks for alternative therapies and is now cancer free. Does your doctor give you options besides pill, potions, lotions and surgeries?

5. Answers

This not only refers to your doctor providing answers to your condition but answering your questions concerning other lifestyle choices. Unfortunately, most physicians are trained in treating symptoms and not finding causes to the problem.

Example: Did you know that a lot of skin problems, eczema and psoriasis included can be treated by diet alone and in fact, I have seen dozens of patients completely resolve years of embarrassment by just changing their diet to include good fats and taking some omega-3’s. When your guts are toxic and can no longer detox the “normal way” bowels are supposed to, toxins are released through your skin. Are you getting answers from your doctor or are you searching on the Internet for the cause of your problem? Maybe, that’s why you are reading day2dayjoys in the first place; because you are finding answers here.

Now what…

Choosing the right doctor is as simple as I have just written. All you have to do is follow these simple guidelines and you will find what you seek. If you ever have feelings that you aren’t getting the information you need or getting as healthy as you were created to be, don’t be afraid to seek care elsewhere. Just because they have been your doctor for 10 years, doesn’t mean you are married to them. And maybe the reason you are still sick after 5 to 10 years is because you still have the same doctor. Find a wellness doctor in your area here.

Be Blessed, Dr. Jake

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Becoming a Cancer Killer

Rachel — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Written by Dr. Jake, Ask Dr. Jake Contributor

Everybody is afraid cancer, and I used to think “rightfully so”. Over the past few years, we have discovered new therapies, new ways to treat it but more importantly, we know the cause. When you know the cause of something, it’s significantly easier to reverse it. Before we get into curing cancer, we need to discuss how much this effects you. Now understand, we live outside the norm and away from the box. When you understand and know the truth, there is no going back.

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In the United States, 41.24% of men and women born today will be diagnosed with cancer at some time during their lifetime.This number can also be expressed as 1 in 2 men and women will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime.Cancer is still the leading cause of death from disease among U.S. children over one year of age. National Cancer Institute statistics Global cancer cases are expected to rise 75% by 2030. Journal Lancet Oncology

In 2012-

202,964 women were diagnosed with breast cancer.

40,598 died from it.

142,672 people were diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

53,219 died from it.

203,536 people were diagnosed with lung cancer.

158,683 died from it.

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 2012

So what is Cancer? Really?

What we know is that Every cell has a life cycle. Cancer occurs when a group of cells do not die. The cells continue to grow until they grow so large that normal bodily functions become dysfunctional. Abnormal cellular growth and diminished immune response are byproducts of poor lifestyle choices. A normal healthy cell is functioning aerobically- in the presence of sufficient oxygen but cancer cells are non-aerobic, so they function with no oxygen, they use sugar instead! Your body kills cancer cells every second!

Cancer doesn’t make you Sick

You develop cancer when your body can’t kill cancer cells! Your health and lifestyle dictate how well your body can kill cancer cells. Cancer doesn’t make you sick. You get sick because you have cancer.

There are two functions of the immune system. Maintenance (Cleaning/Repair) and Defense. When overwhelmed by maintenance requirements (cleaning/repair), the immune system has too few resources left for defense. So the development of infections, degenerative diseases, and cancer happens faster and easier.

Myth: Cancer is genetic

Truth:Approximately 5 % of all cancer is considered to be genetic. 100% of cancer is influenced by lifestyle factors.

5 common treatments of cancer:

Chemotherapy,Radiation,Surgery,Drugs and Transplantation are the five ways that modern medicine use to fight cancer. Mustard Gas was used chemical warfare agent during Word War I. The first chemotherapy drug was called Mustine. Chemo only kills fast-growing Cancer cells. It does not kill slow-growing.

Women taking 1 Ibuprofen daily for 5 years increased their risk of Breast Cancer by 50%. Women taking 1 Aspirin daily for 5 years increased their risk of Breast Cancer by 80%. Antibiotic use – Associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Researchers found that the more antibiotics used, the higher their risk of breast cancer. National Journal of Cancer Research.

Better than treating cancer lets learn how to not get CANCER is exactly the opposite of how you get CANCER. Minimizing and eliminating toxins then boosting your immune system is just the opposite. The best detox you can do is eating a quality diet like Maximized Livings Nutrition Plans. Then incorporate The Most Powerful Immune Booster on the planet Glutathione.

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Eating garlic, onions and the cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, kale, collards, cabbage and cauliflower) help boost your levels of glutathione. Because weakened immune systems get cancer, you have to boost your immune system. Bioactive whey protein has high levels of glutathione and you can also do burst training high-intensity, short-duration exercise. Lymphocytes — cells vital for your immune system, depend on glutathione for their proper function and replication. It detoxifies your body and also fights inflammation and the diseases of aging.

How does your Nervous System fit in?

To call your Cancer killing systems into high gear, you’re nervous system will call on the release of Interleukin-2. Interleukin-2 activates the killing of Cancer cells. Interleukin 2 (IL-2) release causes growth of T-Cells and T-Cells attack specific disease-causing agents. Activation of T-Cells and Natural Killer (NK) Cells kill viruses. This activates Lymphokine Activated Killer (LAK) Cells.   LAK Cells destroy tumor cells and improver recovery of the immune system. This is amazing to me! What is more amazing is the next paragraph.

Dr. Charles Majors discussing how to Kill Cancer

One of the most conclusive studies on the importance of corrective chiropractic was a 2010 study showed the direct response from an adjustment to your cancer- and infection-fighting system. The report showed that immediately, “Chiropractic adjustments positively influence interleukin-2 -regulated biological responses following a single adjustment.” For example, the IL-2 biological response of activating LAK tumor destroying and immune boosting cells.Actual spinal correction and on-going spinal wellness care helps to establish more ideal IL-2 levels, LAK potency and immune strength on a long term basis.*Chiropr Osteopat. 2010 ;18:26. Epub 2010 Sep 8. PMID: 20825650, Julita A Teodorczyk-Injeyan, Marion McGregor, Richard Ruegg, H Stephen Injeyan

Everyone needs to be checked for harmful nerve stress. Everyone means children too. The fastest growing cause of death for children is cancer. What I am saying here is that children under regular chiropractic care, have a better chance to not get cancer than those who don’t get care. The research backs that up.

Action Steps For the Don’t get it plan:

Increase your glutathione levels
Maximized Living Nutrition Plans
Remove the chemicals from your home, TOXIC BLOG
Remove harmful nerve interference by utilizing specific chiropractic adjustment
Read Cancer Killers, the book!

Click here to get more info about Cancer Killers

What steps are you taking to avoid and kill Cancer?

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Dealing with a Health Crisis

Rachel — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:11:00 +0000

Written by Dr. Jake, Contributing Writer

I am going to be very transparent here. I feel it is rare to truly have a physician be totally available and as transparent as possible on their experiences as a doctor and patient, or even as a friend watching people go down the wrong pathway with their health.

We are on mission to save and change lives and there is no time for blinders, shades or whatever you use to hide the truth about where health and healing come from.

If you have ever known someone with ear ringing, dizziness/vertigo and/or hearing loss it could be Meniere’s Disease. Personally having battled back from this horrifying experience, I am completely compassionate upon someone going through it.

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In the spring of 2008, I thought I was this awesome mountain biker, tackling trails and starting get pretty fluid going off-road. After getting out of class, I rushed home to get Rachel and we decided to take a stroll on the new mountain bikes we got. We were strictly on the main road then I decided to be awesome, like I thought I was, and go down a huge embankment with ruts at the bottom. As soon as I hit the rut, flipped over the handle bars and landed on my shoulder. I couldn’t move my arm for a week. No breaks thankfully but I was definitely beat up.

Two weeks later, I went to the dentist to have a root canal. My tooth had chipped and the amalgam filling in the tooth had broken also. After leaving the dentist, I went home numb and went to sleep early. The next day, we woke up and headed out to an event that school was having outdoors. As soon as I stepped out of the car, I felt my head wobble and then felt the need to lean on the car. So Dizzy. I went home and laid down. This has never happened before, never in my life had I been so dizzy. It felt like I was continually turning my head to the left even though my head was straight. Then I threw up. All I could think was, what is happening to me? I called the dentist and told them I was sick and they told me that I had taken too much of the pain medication for the post-surgery pain. I replied “ I haven’t taken any of that stuff”. I didn’t even pick it up at the pharmacy. I hang up the phone and started to throw up again.

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The next day, I was 50% better but in no way was I better. 50% means I could hold my head up without throwing up. I noticed my ear felt full and over the next few days, my right ear began to hummmmm. Then a more high pitched noise came. It was annoying but I could deal with this. The nausea had faded but I felt like I was consistently in a brain fog, always felt warm and swimmy headed. I continued to try to ignore the problem and then after a few weeks it happened again. I came home from school earlier feeling like I was running a fever. Then the vertigo and throwing up began. I noticed that before I got sick, my ear started ringing so loud that it drowned out everything around me.

Six months went by with no change, continually swimmy headed and now I was researching. All I was finding was problems with inner ear, nerve problems and cancers. I decided to go to an ENT. Maybe this would help. He did multiple tests and although I had no hearing loss, He labeled it Meniere’s Disease. He told me to take some supplements, which I did, to dampen the noise and increase circulation in the ear. I noticed that if I didn’t take the pills though, there was no help. And even though, these were supplements, I felt like I was still just covering up the symptom. I was beginning to think the worst: Brain Tumor. I couldn’t handle even the slightest vibration, even the tap of someone’s pencil on a table made me nauseous. Loud noises were awful.

I started researching the spine next. Seeing how the nervous system is so connected with help, I decided to spend the next few weeks in the library and I came upon something from the early 1970’s. It was work from Clarence Gonstead pointing to the 1^st and 2^nd vertebrae in the neck. The research looked very conclusive. There were stories about miracles, I wanted to be one.

At some point, I cant remember the day. I had a friend, who specializes in upper cervical (upper neck) care reach out to me. He said “You look like crap”. “I feel like crap, somethings not right Lee”. He knew I had been going through this as did many of my friends. He simply told me to go get on a table, let him check my spine and see what happens. The first adjustment, made me sick. I couldn’t handle vibration or drop of the table. A few days later, round 2. I laid on the table, he gave a specific adjustment to my 2^ndcervical vertebra. I instantly flushed and felt like I was on fire. No throwing up this time. Over the next few weeks, I continued to get adjusted.

I had also been reading about toxicity, especially aspartameand mercury. I had been drinking diet coke on a regular basis for about a year. Then I watched a movie called Sweet Misery and heard these stories of life altering diseases being manifested through the consumption of this toxic substance. I stopped drinking it immediately after watching the movie. I also watched some documentaries and did literature research about amalgam fillings (silver fillings). The evidence leads to this: Safe removal of silver fillings is necessary. Vacuum, detox protocol, goggles you name it. This stuff is toxic in your mouth and just as bad when you remove it. I have since had all of my amalgams removed. This made a huge difference almost immediately. We also know that just the pressure from having dental work of any kind can cause an extreme amount of harmful motion in your upper neck where your brain stem is located.

Along the way, Rachel and I both have picked up this Lifestyle, the philosophy of living an abundant life through decreasing our toxins and increasing our deficiencies. We now have the opportunity to teach these principles to the world. It is amazing at the response, the world has been waiting. And best of all, God gets all the glory for the miracles that we see.

It’s been over 4 years now.

Action steps to overcoming a monster like Meniere’s:

Don’t wear the label. The more you speak into anything, the bigger it gets. Remove the label.

Have your spine checked immediately by a wellness chiropractor like at maximizedliving.com.

Remove the toxic substances from your life. Artificial sweeteners have to go. Read this post on toxicity.

Proper removal of amalgams with proper detox. Go to this website to find a holistic dentist near you.

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How to build a Titanium Immune System

Rachel — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:19:00 +0000

Written by Dr. Jake, Contributing Writer

Over the next few months, we will be bombarded with ads all around your town, on the television and even the radio about getting your flu shot, washing your hands with antibacterial soaps and more fear mongering with huge corporations wanting to profit at your expense.

Today I want to address the Top Foundational Immune System Destroyers and how to avoid being sick and then what to do when you get sick.

Stress and F.E.A.R. (the allopathic/vitalistic response)

Not controlling your surroundings has severe consequences to your health. I want you to know that you are in control. We all have circumstances in our lives that we can choose to live in fear, pain and hurt. But you are in control of your thoughts. Don’t be afraid to do your own research and don’t live in fear when you or your child starts to run a fever, has a sniffle or a sneeze. Be thankful that you have a symptom. Symptoms are your bodies way to let you know something needs to change.

90% of people that find out that they have heart disease find out by having a heart attack. Your mindset is everything.

Rest & Recovery

Sufficient rest keeps your immune system at it’s highest levels. You get the best sleep when you have cave-like darkness in your bed room. Also try to not use any electronic devices in the bed, cell phone, ipads and even the TV, they keep you stimulated well beyond an hour after use.Research shows that 8 hours a night with a regular sleep/wake time is what is needed.

Poor Nutrition or Deficiencies(and bad fats)

Diet is so key to your health. We know that sugary foods like grains, sodas and even some fruits with high fructose levels effect your your immune system. Recently my wife and I went to a restaurant and saw a three-year old drinking a soda and we just looked at each other in disbelief. Anytime I see this kind of thing, I can guarantee you that the kid is going to the doctor every month or every other month with some type of infection or sickness.

That’s because sugars and acids increase rates and decrease your chances of being healthy. That’s just a simple truth. I have listed below some proper supplementation for a Titanium Immune System:
• B- Complex: B2, B6, B12
• Folic Acid
• Glutathione
• Selenium
• Vitamin D3
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin E

And be sure to eat breakfast to start you day off right!

Lack of Oxygenation

Exercise is effective way to warming up your body, increasing hormonal function and regulating your immune system. I recently wrote an article on Burst/Surge training, you can read it here.

Toxicity (meds/vaccines/environmental)

The hardest thing to change is your mindset. You literally have been trained that treating a symptom is the best thing to do for your health but the truth is that if you are having a symptom, then your body is telling you that something is wrong. There is a cause to the symptom and fortunately for us, its not a lack of medication. Remember the motto. You were created wonderfully made, you were bought with a price and God doesn’t make junk.

In the Lancet Journal an article was written and the statement that rang loudest for me was this. “…The largest historical decrease in deaths caused by infectious disease was not from the modern antibiotic and vaccine era, but from the introduction of clean water and effective sewer systems.

Some other research articles are:

263 children ages 6 months to 18 years Children Who Got Flu Vaccine Had Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu! Science Daily on May 20, 2009-Mayo Clinic

“ Antibiotic therapy is not an effective treatment against ear infections and rates of recurrent ear infections are significantly higher (7-10x) in children who’ve been treated with antibiotics.” “90% of the time useless”- Journal of Family Practice, U.S. Center for Disease Control

The truth is this:

AT 102 DEGREES BACTERIA ARE KILLED
AT 103 DEGREES VIRUS’ ARE KILLED
AT 103 DEGREES YOUR BODY MAKES INTERFERON, necessary for killing cancer

Dr. Tamara R. Kuittinen, Director of Medical Education at the Department of Emergency Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City states that, “These medicines can do more harm than good. The ingredients in children’s cough and cold medications do not help. They are not effective, especially the decongestant, and part of it is because children’s anatomy is different. The risk margin is high.” According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), over-the-counter cough and cold medications should not be given to infants and children younger than 2 years “because of the risk of life-threatening side effects.”

The AAP also points to the fact that several studies show that cold and cough products “don’t work in children younger than 6 years and can have potentially serious side effects.” Antibiotic use -associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. Authors found that the more antibiotics the women in the study had used, the higher their risk of breast cancer. -National Journal of Cancer Research6/05

Hand Washing

Regular hand washing with NON-antibacterial soap and hot water for 20 seconds is good enough.

Simple hand washing with rigorous scrubbing destroys bacteria naturally by breaking their cell membranes effectively killing them. Recently there have been several articles have linked triclosan, commonly used in antibacterial soaps to heart muscle damage. These are serious chemicals, please be careful with this stuff.

A 2004 study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine investigated household use of antibacterial products and the incidences of bugs like the common cold. The researchers found that people who used antibacterial products developed just as many colds, runny noses, sore throats, fever, and stomach bugs as did people who didn’t use them.

Harmful Nerve Interference

Every single cell, tissue and organ in your body is controlled by your nervous system. That includes your immune system. There are thousands of articles that agree, spinal misalignments cause the immune system to malfunction and decrease a regular immune system response. At our office, this is the primary focus of the practice. There is nothing more important for your health, or your child’s health than getting to a wellness based physician, specifically a Maximized Living doctor.

RESEARCH ON THE Nervous System:

If your first spinal bone is misaligned, the less energy we have for metabolism, healing and thinking -Sperry 1982 NPP

Immune System boosting effects of chiropractic care: T and B lymphocytes numbers, natural killer cell numbers, antibody levels, phagocytic activity and plasma endorphin levels are positively influenced by spinal correcting adjustments (CJA 1993)

Research shows that a loss or increase in spinal curves, increases mortality (speeds up death) and takes up to 14 years off your life J. BONE JOINT SURG. AM 1981 JUN;63(5):702-12 Weinstein Sh, Zavala DC, Ponseti IV idiopathic Scoliosis: Long-Term follow-up and prognosis in untreated patients

98.7% of children with A.D.D. have subluxated Atlas bones (Burl Pettibon, 2005)

Uncorrected cervical subluxations cause the patient to suffer from loss of balance, along with additional side effects (Cailliet and Gross, 1987)

A study, published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, says that out of 1250 infants chosen at random, 211 of them suffered from nervousness, vomiting, muscular abnormalities, tremors and insomnia. 95% (200) of those children had abnormal cervical (neck) muscle strain indicating vertebral subluxation.

When the subluxation was adjusted and the muscle strain removed, an immediate calming often resulted, the children’s crying stopped, the muscles relaxed and the children fell asleep.

Action Steps for a Titanium Immune System:

Immune systems should be battle tested, the more drugs you take the longer you stay sick, regardless if your symptoms go away. Dirt is dirty, not germy. Let the kids play.
Nutrition is huge. Vitamin D3 and a quality multivitamin are musts.
Get adjusted. The proof is in. People under corrective chiropractic care are healthier. Period.

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Burst Training {The BEST Exercise for your Body}

Rachel — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:20:00 +0000

Written by Dr. Jake, Ask Dr.Jake Contributor

Fitness has a bad wrap. Many times we get caught up in these fad exercise principles: run/walk on the treadmill for 45-60 minutes per day, get on the bike a pedal as fast as you can to nowhere and even protein shake before, after and even wake up in the middle of the night and drink your protein.
The truth is: exercise and fitness can be created in less than 12 minutes every other day. This is important to remember, especially for moms! You can even do this as a family!

Here’s how and how not to go about being fit:

First, The Ugly: Moving is better than not moving, period. Lack of exercise is known to increase your risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes as well as osteoporosis. Action step: Get moving, even if its walking. And since you are walking, do it outside so you can get your daily dose of Vitamin D.

The Bad: Long duration cardio exercise like running endlessly on the treadmill is known to cause increases in the stress hormone Cortisol. Cortisol stimulates appetite, is catabolic (breaks down muscle), increases fat storing, and slows down or inhibits exercise recovery. It can also decrease testosterone and growth hormone. Now, to all you fitness junkies out there, don’t be offended. You know the truth is coming…and its coming in the form of burst and surge training.

The Good: Conditioning exercises that elicit a specific hormonal and energy production response designed to improve the capability of the body to efficiently and effectively deliver energy for activity. It is characterized by short surges of high intensity exercise and exercising at 90% to 100% of maximal heart rate. There is a greater increase in fat loss after high intensity exercise due to the release of growth hormone.

There is a positive relationship between carbohydrate expenditure during exercise and fat expenditure during recovery when you are exercising in short bursts as hard as your little heart can take it. In fact, a recent study showed: There was a significant loss in body fat in a group that exercised at a high intensity of 80-90% of MHR. In the other part of the study, No significant change in body fat was found in the lower intensity group which exercised at 60-70% of MHR. Also, the type of workout exercises, loads were not changed between the groups. Only the intensity changed. No significant difference in workload existed between groups.1 The effects of exercise intensity on body composition, weight loss, and dietary composition in women.2

Another study in the Journal of Applied Physiology December 31, 2009 showed that burst type fitness training increased growth hormone and testosterone, causes fat to be burned after exercise for 36 hours,causes muscle building and not muscle wasting and increased sensitivity to insulin which means more sugar burning which helps both diabetics and people who don’t want fat stored on their hips and thighs.

Here is a guide to “getting it done”!

Burst time Goals- up to 45-60 sec burst with 30-40 sec breaks and continuing with a 2 minute rest in between sets, this can be done either 3 days/wk or 6 days/wk.

Exercises to choose: Squats, Push-ups, Jumps, Dips, Swing arms Squats, Explosive Jumps, Punch Arms-front, Jumping Jacks, Punch Arms-sky, Lunges, Knee Raises, Mountain Climbers, Mountain Jumpers, Alternating Heels Raises, Burpees (up-downs), etc. Bands-remember, you can always use bands in some fashion to resistance.

12-20 minutes is all you need. Go at 90% of everything you can, Go Hard!

Set ONE-
20 secs on
20 secs off
20 secs on
20 secs off
20 secs on
2 minutes off

Set TWO-
20 secs on
20 secs off
20 secs on
20 secs off
20 secs on
2 min off

Set THREE-
20 secs on
20 secs off
20 secs on
20 secs off
20 secs on

DONE! Once you get to the point where you aren’t as tired when you get done, increase the amount of time, IE, 20 secs burst to 30 secs.

When you do start this simple training, don’t sabotage your workout afterward. Post Exercise Nutrition: No carbs/sugar for at least 2 hours after exercise. Consuming a snack, drink, or meal high in sugar will negate the positive effects of HGH and increased insulin sensitivity (NO FAT BURNING). A protein smoothie without harmful sucralose, splenda or aspartame is a great post workout food.

Here is a link to the best protein on earth… Perfect Protein

At Victory, our clinic, we specifically teach Maxt3. This has been designed for all ages and sizes. In fact, several of our patients that helped design these workouts won gold medals in the Olympics this year, Kayla Harrison, Americas first Judo gold medalist, included.

Don’t forget too! Exercise boosts the growth of new nerve cells and improves learning and memory.

In comparison to sedentary mice, the brains of mice that exercised had about 2.5 times more new nerve cells. 3 “Catecholamine release, growth hormone secretion, and energy expenditure during exercise versus recovery in men.” 4

Why do you think exercise is important to your health? Don’t forget You are in charge of YOUR health and raising a healthy family!

My husband (a wellness doctor) has a feature on my blog called “Ask Dr. Jake“, he would be happy to answer any of your health related questions or at least direct your path to some better options.

SOURCES:
ScienceDaily November 9, 1999
1, Bryner, R. W., R.C. Tome, I.H. Ullrish, and R.A. Yeater
2, J. Am. Col.
3, Pritzlaff, Wideman, et al. (2000)
4, J Appl Physiol. Sept;89(3):937-46

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