Quotes of the week:
"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."
— Og Mandino
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
— James Dean
"What is not started today is never finished tomorrow."
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Office news:
Today is our Health Seminar with Dr. Bob on "Stretching your Body, Mind & Soul for Better Health". It will be held at our Villages office at 11:30 AM. It's not too late to join us for great information, just give us a call to let us know you're coming!
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Doctor's Corner
Dr. Etheredge's Corner:
Research Review
Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reduction on Future Cardiovascular Disease
The New England Journal Of Medicine, January 20, 2010
The recommended daily intake of salt 5 is .8 grams and 2300mg of sodium. With a lower target of 3.7 grams /day for most adults (over 40 years of age, and persons with hypertension).
Despite these recommendations the average man consumes about 10.4 g of salt/day and the average woman 7.3g/day.
The U.S. diet is high in salt and most of this salt comes from processed foods. 75-80% of all the salt in the U.S. diet comes from processed foods, not from salt added during food preparation or consumption.
Reducing salt intake by 3 grams/day (1200mg sodium/ day) is projected to reduce the annual number of new cases of Coronary heart Disease by 60,000, Stroke by 32,000, Heart Attack by 54,000, Annual # of deaths from any cause by 44,000.
Reducing salt intake by 3 grams/day would save 194,000 to 392,000 quality adjusted life-years and $10-24 billion in health care costs annually.
The benefits of salt reduction may be even greater than projected by lowering salt intake even earlier, during childhood and adolescence.
BOTTOM LINE cut the salt!!!!....Fruits, Vegetables, natural food preparation. Quit buying it packaged, wrapped, frozen. Natural still works...
Yours in Health,
R. Kim Etheredge D.C.
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This week in nutrition:
Minerals Matter - But Are You Getting Enough?
Webster's Dictionary defines minerals as "inorganic substances occurring naturally in the earth and having a consistent and distinctive set of physical properties and a composition that can be expressed by a chemical formula: sometimes applied to substances in the earth of organic origin, such as coal." Even the official definition leaves questions regarding the vital role of minerals in the body.
Minerals are essential for all the chemical processes required for the human body to function properly. All nutrients, such as vitamins, proteins, enzymes, amino acids, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, oils, etc., require minerals for proper cell utility. In fact, minerals play a more important role in our health than do vitamins. While vitamins are required for every bodily biochemical process, they are useless without the presence of minerals.
Minerals are also essential for healing. Tissue rebuilding occurs more easily when the body has access to necessary minerals. Certain minerals are critically necessary to the body. These are known as "trace" minerals and include zinc, iron, magnesium, calcium, selenium, and copper, to name a few.
When it comes to mineral supplements, most are not easily incorporated into the body, either. It's important for mineral supplements to be water-soluble (liquid form is best) and not in rock form, and that the elements be absorbed readily and fully, bringing more oxygen to the blood cells and thereby releasing toxins from the body.
Remember to talk to your doctor before taking any mineral, vitamin or other supplement for the first time, particularly if you are taking prescription or over-the-counter medications.
For more information, go to http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=1234
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Knee Arthritis
Do you suffer pain with normal activities? Do you have a limited range of motion? Stiffness of the knee? Swelling or tenderness along the joint?
Who do you know that suffers from Knee Arthritis and could use our services?
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