June 2013 Newsletter
Welcome to Christine Edstrom, Certified Massage Therapist…she recently leased and moved into the back room here at the clinic. Graduating in 2007 from National University of Health Sciences, Lombard, IL as a Certified Massage Therapist and Certified Chiropractic Assistant, her education included: treatment of all life stages from infant through geriatrics, Swedish, Thai, AIS, sports, cancer, myofascial release, deep tissue, and chair massage techniques. In addition, she became a licensed minister of the Gospel. The combination of body, soul, and spirit training brings a unique dimension to her massage, enhancing physical as well as emotional and spiritual healing. If you’d like to book an appointment,
please feel free to call Christine at 630-873-9621.
Relay for Life…Kristin Valenti is the team captain for our Relay for Life team. The relay goes from the evening of June 14th to Saturday morning on the 15th. We have a table in our waiting room selling luminary bags for $5 each. Kristin or I can help design the bag or you can make it yourself, right in our office. We have a nice assortment of colored markers. Also for sale, for $15, is a special pillow made for tablet computers that support and elevate it while in your lap. We are at the Farmer’s Market every Friday morning throughout the month of June!
Conversation starters…following are a few ‘fun facts’ that might be useful in getting the conversation going at summer gatherings.
*In 1976, the Swine flu vaccine caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
*Caffeine enhances the effects of aspirin and other painkillers, which is why it is found in some medicines. If you are caffeine-sensitive these medicines can unintentionally keep you awake.
*When a person dies, sight is lost first and hearing is lost last.
*Ninety percent of all living things live in the ocean.
*The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
*A comet’s tail always points away from the sun.
*Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
*Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at one hundred and sixty-seven calories per hundred grams.
*The moon moves about two inches away from earth each year, and earth gets one hundred tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
Cholesterol: the facts and the fantasies…about a necessary and vital part of every cell in the human
body. The following data is derived from Cholesterol Facts and Fantasies by Judith DeCava. Essential in virtually all aspects of metabolism, we would actually die without it. Cholesterol regulates the exchange of nutrients and waste products, which helps to form the cell membranes for billions of cell. It also plays an important part in the production of bile salts. These bile salts aid digestion, especially fats and vitamins A, D, E, F and K, none of which can be absorbed without them. Cholesterol is an
important component of the hormones produced by the pituitary and adrenal glands, and the gonads (sex glands). Additionally, it is necessary in allowing the skin to absorb solar energy and convert it into
vitamin D, and also protects the skin by serving as an effective barrier to fluids that might be inappropriately absorbed. Cholesterol plays a part in metabolizing calcium and in our bone structure. It is also involved in heart muscle contraction and liver function. In consideration of all this information, it can be concluded that a cholesterol deficiency can result in fatigue, obesity, nervous and emotional
disorders, digestive difficulties, impotency or fertility issues, interference with digestion and absorption of important nutrients, compromised bone strength, and diminished immune functions.
Here are some more quick facts about cholesterol:
* The cholesterol-lowering (statin) drug industry earns four billion dollars per year.
* At this clinic we have had four different cases where back pain was directly related to statin drugs. When the patient stopped taking those drugs, their back pain disappeared.
* At any given time there is about five ounces of cholesterol in the body, and only about seven percent of that circulates in the blood.
* The liver produces about eighty percent of that cholesterol, the intestinal wall produces additional cholesterol, and when needed, cholesterol can be synthesized by every cell in the body except nerve
cells.
* The AMA recommends eating only three hundred milligrams or less of cholesterol a day, while the body manufactures between one and two thousand milligrams per day.
* Studies have revealed that the more cholesterol consumed, the less the body produces; inversely, the less consumed, the more the body produces.
* Only one third of all people will have an increase in their blood cholesterol levels when they eat extra cholesterol or fat. It has been known for years that sixty-five to seventy-five percent of us have biological systems that are very efficient, resulting in the body only able to absorb a small amount of
cholesterol. It is also remarkable that the amount absorbed is often converted into bile acids which are then used to digest fats.
* About fifty percent of emergency room patients with heart attack symptoms have normal cholesterol
levels.
* About forty percent of all heart attacks occur in persons whose arteries are not narrowed by athero-sclerosis.
* An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) is a ‘classic cause’ of high cholesterol levels. Ingestion of
Synthroid (a synthetic thyroid hormone) usually inadvertently also lowers cholesterol levels. Since the
patent on Synthroid has run out, it is a good indicator that the side effects and risk are minimal.
* Cholesterol levels vary throughout the day.
* Nicotine use, pain, fear, pregnancy, lack of exercise, numerous drugs and medicines like sedatives, female hormones, diuretics, alcohol, and even cortisone products increase blood levels of cholesterol.
* Certain diseases like diabetes, hepatitis, kidney disease and obstructions in the gall bladder also raise cholesterol.
* While blood is being drawn, the longer a tourniquet is bound to the arm, the higher the cholesterol level.
* Cholesterol fluctuates constantly and seasonally. Cholesterol is often higher during the colder months; however, there is no consistency to the highs and lows that provides and easy pattern to
follow. This variation seems to flow between twenty and fifty percent.
* “The lab test for cholesterol is probably the most inaccurate test there is. Results can be off fifty percent in either direction.” This is a quote by Dr. Edward Pinckney, a former director of the Journal
of the America Medical Association. If your ‘levels’ are borderline, you might remember this before you decide to start taking cholesterol-lowering drugs.
please feel free to call Christine at 630-873-9621.
Relay for Life…Kristin Valenti is the team captain for our Relay for Life team. The relay goes from the evening of June 14th to Saturday morning on the 15th. We have a table in our waiting room selling luminary bags for $5 each. Kristin or I can help design the bag or you can make it yourself, right in our office. We have a nice assortment of colored markers. Also for sale, for $15, is a special pillow made for tablet computers that support and elevate it while in your lap. We are at the Farmer’s Market every Friday morning throughout the month of June!
Conversation starters…following are a few ‘fun facts’ that might be useful in getting the conversation going at summer gatherings.
*In 1976, the Swine flu vaccine caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
*Caffeine enhances the effects of aspirin and other painkillers, which is why it is found in some medicines. If you are caffeine-sensitive these medicines can unintentionally keep you awake.
*When a person dies, sight is lost first and hearing is lost last.
*Ninety percent of all living things live in the ocean.
*The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
*A comet’s tail always points away from the sun.
*Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
*Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at one hundred and sixty-seven calories per hundred grams.
*The moon moves about two inches away from earth each year, and earth gets one hundred tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
Cholesterol: the facts and the fantasies…about a necessary and vital part of every cell in the human
body. The following data is derived from Cholesterol Facts and Fantasies by Judith DeCava. Essential in virtually all aspects of metabolism, we would actually die without it. Cholesterol regulates the exchange of nutrients and waste products, which helps to form the cell membranes for billions of cell. It also plays an important part in the production of bile salts. These bile salts aid digestion, especially fats and vitamins A, D, E, F and K, none of which can be absorbed without them. Cholesterol is an
important component of the hormones produced by the pituitary and adrenal glands, and the gonads (sex glands). Additionally, it is necessary in allowing the skin to absorb solar energy and convert it into
vitamin D, and also protects the skin by serving as an effective barrier to fluids that might be inappropriately absorbed. Cholesterol plays a part in metabolizing calcium and in our bone structure. It is also involved in heart muscle contraction and liver function. In consideration of all this information, it can be concluded that a cholesterol deficiency can result in fatigue, obesity, nervous and emotional
disorders, digestive difficulties, impotency or fertility issues, interference with digestion and absorption of important nutrients, compromised bone strength, and diminished immune functions.
Here are some more quick facts about cholesterol:
* The cholesterol-lowering (statin) drug industry earns four billion dollars per year.
* At this clinic we have had four different cases where back pain was directly related to statin drugs. When the patient stopped taking those drugs, their back pain disappeared.
* At any given time there is about five ounces of cholesterol in the body, and only about seven percent of that circulates in the blood.
* The liver produces about eighty percent of that cholesterol, the intestinal wall produces additional cholesterol, and when needed, cholesterol can be synthesized by every cell in the body except nerve
cells.
* The AMA recommends eating only three hundred milligrams or less of cholesterol a day, while the body manufactures between one and two thousand milligrams per day.
* Studies have revealed that the more cholesterol consumed, the less the body produces; inversely, the less consumed, the more the body produces.
* Only one third of all people will have an increase in their blood cholesterol levels when they eat extra cholesterol or fat. It has been known for years that sixty-five to seventy-five percent of us have biological systems that are very efficient, resulting in the body only able to absorb a small amount of
cholesterol. It is also remarkable that the amount absorbed is often converted into bile acids which are then used to digest fats.
* About fifty percent of emergency room patients with heart attack symptoms have normal cholesterol
levels.
* About forty percent of all heart attacks occur in persons whose arteries are not narrowed by athero-sclerosis.
* An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) is a ‘classic cause’ of high cholesterol levels. Ingestion of
Synthroid (a synthetic thyroid hormone) usually inadvertently also lowers cholesterol levels. Since the
patent on Synthroid has run out, it is a good indicator that the side effects and risk are minimal.
* Cholesterol levels vary throughout the day.
* Nicotine use, pain, fear, pregnancy, lack of exercise, numerous drugs and medicines like sedatives, female hormones, diuretics, alcohol, and even cortisone products increase blood levels of cholesterol.
* Certain diseases like diabetes, hepatitis, kidney disease and obstructions in the gall bladder also raise cholesterol.
* While blood is being drawn, the longer a tourniquet is bound to the arm, the higher the cholesterol level.
* Cholesterol fluctuates constantly and seasonally. Cholesterol is often higher during the colder months; however, there is no consistency to the highs and lows that provides and easy pattern to
follow. This variation seems to flow between twenty and fifty percent.
* “The lab test for cholesterol is probably the most inaccurate test there is. Results can be off fifty percent in either direction.” This is a quote by Dr. Edward Pinckney, a former director of the Journal
of the America Medical Association. If your ‘levels’ are borderline, you might remember this before you decide to start taking cholesterol-lowering drugs.
