Nutrition is the fuel that runs your body, try running a car without oil and see what happens. That's exactly what many of us do everyday. Get up later for work, skip breakfast, and run out to McDonalds for lunch. Your body needs a well balanced nutritional supply to continue to work properly. The effects of a bad diet may not show themselves tomorrow or next week, but the toll on your body over the years will be evident.

Nutrition is one of the three principles that keep you healthy. Exercise and structural well-being will serve you well but without the balance of nutrition your more likely to get ill, you'll lack energy throughout the day and your sleep pattern will be effected.

At Roy Chiropractic Center we see the body as a whole - and treat it as such. Structural well-being, your proper body exercises, and nutritional balance can all be achieved here. A nutritional guidance session composes of a visit with one of the Center's Doctors, a through examination, a survey to find out any problems you may have noticed, and then the analyze. We utilize a state-of-art computerized analyze system to assist in your diagnoses, that combined with highly trained Doctors is a combination that's hard to beat. The outcome is a serious view of your nutritional habits, good and bad.

We'll use the output of this examination to develop you a personal nutritional guide and provide you with any minerals or vitamins that are necessary for your well-being. We then schedule a follow-up appointment to examine your improvements. With a proper supply of nutrition your body will create more energy, sleep better, and fight off illnesses.

Below we've included a couple of vitamin and mineral facts and the effect they have upon you. As you can see vitamins and minerals have a strong effect on your body... are you getting enough?

VITAMIN A (Beta Carotene)

IMPORTANCE: Necessary for growth & repair of body tissues; helps maintain smooth, soft disease-free skin; helps protect the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose , throat & lungs, thereby reducing susceptibility to infections; protects against air pollutants; counteracts night-blindness & weak eyesight; aids in bone and teeth formation. Current medical research shows that foods rich in Beta Carotene will help reduce the risk of lung cancer & certain oral cancers. Unlike Vitamin A from fish liver oil, Beta Carotene is non-toxic.

DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS: May result in night blindness; increased susceptibility to infections; rough, dry, scaly skin; loss of smell & appetite; frequents fatigue; lack of tearing; defective teeth & gums' retarded growth.

VITAMIN C (Ascorbic Acid)

IMPORTANCE: Essential for healthy teeth, gums & Bones; helps heal wounds, scar tissue, & Fractures; prevents scurvy; builds resistance to infection; aids in the prevention & treatment of the common cold; gives strength to blood vessels; aids in the absorption of iron. It is required for the synthesis of collagen, the intercellular "cement" which holds tissues together. It is also one of the major antioxidant nutrients. It prevents the conversion of nitrates (from tobacco smoke, smog, bacon, lunch meats, & some vegetables) into cancer-causing substances. According to Dr. Lines Pauling, the foremost authority on Vitamin C, Vitamin C will decrease the risk of getting certain cancers by 75%.

DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS: May lead to soft & bleeding gums, swollen or painful joints, slow-healing wounds & fractures, bruising, nosebleeds, tooth decay, loss of appetite, muscular weakness, skin hemorrhages, capillary weakness, anemia, impaired digestion.

CHROMIUM

IMPORTANCE: Works with insulin in the metabolism of sugar and stabilizes blood sugar levels; cleans the arteries by reducing Cholesterol & Triglyceride levels; helps transport amino acids to where the body needs them; helps control the appetite; medical research has shown that persons with low levels of Chromium in their bodies are more susceptible to having cancer and heart problems and becoming diabetic.

DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS: May result in glucose intolerance in diabetics; atherosclerosis, heart disease, depressed growth, obesity, tiredness.

 

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