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Colitis and diet

10/22/2014

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    Most digestive problems, including colitis, can be healed with proper diet and eating habits. In a prior post I talked about consulting our "owner's manual" to understand how we are supposed to eat. Here I will list a plan to help heal colitis, or any digestive problem for that matter.
    If you read your "owner's manual", you will see that we were not genetically designed to eat grains and sugars. Our genes code us to eat lots of greens, animals that eat greens (not grains), the eggs of animals that eat greens, seeds and nuts, and plenty of clean water. That is it. That is your genetic code diet. I would also reduce the intake of nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, white potatoes, eggplant, and peppers).
     Simply cutting back your intake of grains (wheat and gluten products) and sugars will go a long way to help your digestive system heal. A diet plentiful in vegetables and fruits is critical, except for the nightshade group. Probably one of the most important steps to take if you suffer form colitis is to take a good from of probiotics:  re-populating your bowel with healthy cultures of friendly bacteria. Eating fermented foods (ex. sauerkraut, kimchi) is an excellent source of probiotics.
     Another important ally to healing is to optimize your intake of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (krill or fish oils). Avoiding stimulants and irritants are also key (caffeine, aspirin).
    Lastly, exercise that increases your circulation activates healing and well-being. I like interval training and body weight exercises because they are easy to perform, are efficient, effective, and inexpensive.
    In summary, eating what we are genetically designed to eat, adding some assistance to digestion and healing in the form of probiotics, optimizing your vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid intake, and exercise are all great steps to take to heal your digestion.
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Flu hype?

10/16/2014

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It is that time of the year and you can't go anywhere without seeing the gorilla marketing used to sell flu vaccines. Helping to push those sales are the never-ending statistics stating that yearly deaths from the flu are estimated to be 36,000!!! Scary huh? I recently heard on the radio that 52,000 people die each year from the flu. Come on man! Really?

Fortunately, after some research, I found this figure to be grossly over estimated. In addition, deaths from pneumonia, respiratory, and circulatory illnesses were included with deaths from the flu.

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A paper published in 2005 from MIT asked the question if the flu death figures were accurate or just PR.
In addition, studying the statistics of our government's own publication,
U.S. Vital Statistics Mortality Data, we find a totally different story than the one being fed us. Studying the chart, the average yearly death total from the flu between 1995 and 2010 was 1,206! The low was 257 deaths in 2001 and the high was 2,918 in 2009. A far cry from 36,000 deaths per year. How can this be? Follow the money and think for yourselves.
Hyping fear and scaring people is an effective way to sell a product, a product that brings in billions (that's billions with a "b") of dollars. Most of the deaths recorded are from pneumonia and a small percentage of those pneumonia deaths are from influenza.
The CDC now says that "only 8.5 percent of all pneumonia and influenza deaths and only 2.1 percent of all respiratory and circulatory deaths" are influenza related. On their website the CDC even states that they do not know how many deaths are from the flu each year.

The best flu vaccine is prevention and there are effective, natural ways to protect yourself:
1. Optimize your vitamin D, either with appropriate sunning     technique or supplementation.
2. Reduce your grain and sugar intake as it weakens your         resistance.
3. Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
4. Take a good probiotic
5. Wash your hands.
6. Get plenty of rest and good sleep.
7. Exercise regularly.
8. Don't fall for the hype.
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    I am George DeFranca, DC, chiropractic physician in Central Massachusetts since 1982. I love my patients, my practice, and talking and teaching about health. I enjoy the outdoors, especially the ocean and kayakfishing.

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