Positive Affirmations

Whether you think you can, or think your can’t, your are correct. It really is mental. Here are some of my favorite affirmations which help move me to a positive mindset.

• I am filled with love and kindness.

• Abundance is all around me, flowing to me and through me.

• I am strong and confident.

• I make great things happen.

• I am full of joy and love.

• I am in control.

• I am intentional in my thoughts and actions.

• Great things happen to me.

• I am grateful and blessed.

• I am proud of who I am.

• I am peaceful and full of ease.

Please add to this list, customize the list for you. I recite these while driving to work and in the evening before bed. Positive affirmations fill me with gratitude, improve my mindset, and set a positive tone for the next day. May they help you in ways you did not realize.

Have a great day,

Dr. John

Chiropractor. Owner of Harding Holistics. Neuro-muscluoskeletal specialist.

Four easy things you can do to change your LIFE, in 30 days.

1. Get adjusted. Your nervous system is in charge of everything you do. Getting adjusted directly impacts your nervous system. Your spine is your body’s circuit breaker box, if a breaker is thrown, power to an area is compromised. The journal article Neurophysiological effects of spinal manipulation, by Pickar, JG in the Sep-Oct 2002 journal Spine shows this to be true. “One mechanism underlying the effects of spinal manipulation may, therefore, be the manipulation's ability to alter central sensory processing by removing subthreshold mechanical or chemical stimuli from paraspinal tissues. Spinal manipulation is also thought to affect reflex neural outputs to both muscle and visceral organs. Substantial evidence demonstrates that spinal manipulation evokes paraspinal muscle reflexes and alters motoneuron excitability.”

2. Eat real food. Eat items with minimal ingredients. For example an apple is an apple - blueberries, beef, chicken, fish, rice, sweet potato, beet root, cheese, yogurt, honey, etc. Eliminate seed oils, processed foods, food dyes, additives, colorings, corn syrup, and any food you think you may be sensitive to. Ask yourself, do I have to run to the bathroom soon after I eat? Do I have brain fog after I eat? Click here for my “How to determine your food sensitivity at home.”

3. Sleep. Set a consistent sleep time and wake up time. Get 8 hours per night. Sleep is recovery. Think you need less, baloney! Check out Matthew Walker PhD’s book, Why We Sleep: unlocking the power of sleep and dreams. For those of you that know me, most days I go to bed at 8:30 pm and wake up between 4:30 and 5:30.

4. Move. Move it or lose it. Exercise, especially strength training, improves hormone production, lowers blood pressure, improves cardiovascular health, slows neurological degeneration (think dementia, Parkinson’s), improves strength, reduces ones risk of injury from a fall, and is a great way to spend time with friends.

Stop thinking of health as something you do for others. Think of it as payment to yourself.

“I owe it to myself to get adjusted.”

“I owe it to myself to eat only real food.”

“I owe it to myself to get 8 hours of sleep.”

“I owe it to myself to go for a walk.”

Turn off the television, get off social media, and you will find more than enough time to to put these into practice. I know, because I have done it.

Love,

Dr. John

Chiropractor. Owner of Harding Holistics. Neuro-muscluoskeletal specialist.

Why Detox?

Why Detox?

Do yourself a favor and read The Hundred Year Lie: How Food And Medicine Are Destroying Your Health (2006) by investigative journalist Randall Fitzgerald. This book examines the rise of the local and global influence of the United States food and chemical industries. The Hundred Year Lie illustrates how by introducing synthetic chemicals into our food and water supply over the past century the chemical and food industry has altered and damaged the lives of millions of people in the United States. While there may have been a good intention it has produced disastrous results. From micro plastics in our water, dioxins in our food, bisphenol A, valproic acid, and organochlorine compounds affecting our in-utero development. Chemicals surround us: in our clothing, bedding, furniture, water, food, air, and vehicles. The good news is our body is incredible at handling the constant onslaught of toxins. The bad news is with the ever growing chemical list to which we are exposed, our bodies become overburdened. Here is a link to a toxicity questionnaire to help you determine your bodies burden. So what are we to do?

My favorite tool is Standard Processes 21 Day Purification Program. The 21-day Standard Process Purification Program isn’t just a cleanse diet (no colon cleanse!). It is a structured program that brings healthy lifestyle habits into focus. It’s designed to purify, nourish, and help you maintain a healthy body weight. It’s easy to follow: eat whole foods, exercise (walk), drink nutritious shakes (I use one shake as breakfast), and take supplements made with whole food and other ingredients. The menu includes a varied abundance of fresh vegetables and fruits for the first 10 days, with proteins added on day 11. The supplements support the body’s ability to naturally remove occurring toxins. Before and after blood labs (glucose, hemoglobin A1C, cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides) are a fantastic way to objectively see the changes. Here is a link to the program guide book. Look it over and ask me questions.

Do yourself and your loved ones a favor - invest in your health. I want you to be healthy and strong until you are 100. Join me and my office and start the 21 Day Purification Program January 2nd. Have your spouse or a friend do it with you - we are more successful when we have an accountability partner.

I believe in you.

The B Vitamin you really need

Many people today are taking either a multi-vitamin or some kind of B vitamin, which are two of the most common supplements consumed on a daily basis. The “Vitamin B Complex” is sold in a variety of forms claiming to help boost energy, increase muscle tone, and fortify the nervous system, and so on. However, do not be fooled by vitamin labels that show a long list of synthetic B vitamins – they are most likely missing the important foods that are rich in the whole vitamin B complex. Our bodies were designed to assimilate real foods for growth and repair of organs and tissues... not synthetic chemicals. Therefore, vitamins are best derived from real food. Vitamins, unlike drugs, are living complexes and it is critical to get these in a form that includes all of the enzymes, co-enzymes, and minerals that make up a naturally occurring vitamin complex. The other benefit of deriving vitamins from real food and whole food supplements is that you always get more than what is on the label. Most labels list vitamins like B1 Thiamine, B2 Riboflavin or B3 Niacin, but what is missing are the foods that contain all these B vitamins and more. These synthetic ingredients are much cheaper and easier to produce in a laboratory rather than sourcing all the different foods that naturally contain these vitamins. However, our bodies were designed to utilize them in the natural form, so make sure you are selecting a high quality whole food supplement.

Cataplex® B is a vitamin complex that is in a base of organically grown whole foods which are rich in many B vitamins. Most people have heard of B1, B2 and B6, but there is also a lesser known B4 in the family of B vitamins. The Merck Manual, 10th edition, describes vitamin B4 as “widespread throughout plant and animal tissues.” Vitamin B4 promotes the efficient nerve conductivity of the heart and helps maintain the rhythm of the heart.

Unless you derive your B vitamins from whole food sources, vitamin B4 would not be included because it cannot be synthesized. Therefore, most off-the-shelf vitamins do not contain this important factor of the B vitamin complex. Whole B vitamin complexes are only found in foods such as nutritional yeast, liver, and wheat germ, which contain natural vitamin complexes that support many body systems including your heart muscle, your central nervous system, energy production, and more.

There are many Standard Process® products that contain these foods which are a rich source of B vitamins, such as Cataplex® B, Cataplex® G, Ligaplex® II, Catalyn®, Livaplex®, Drenamin®, Vasculin®, and Cardio-Plus®.

Click the following link for more information:

https://hardingholistics.standardprocess.com/products/cataplex-b

*Please be advised that any suggested nutritional advice is not intended as any primary treatment or therapy for any disease or particular bodily symptom. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Nutritional counseling, vitamin recommendations, nutritional advice, and the adjunctive schedule of nutrition is provided solely to upgrade the quality of foods in the patient's diet in order to supply good nutrition supporting the physiological and bio- mechanical processes of the human body.

Heart Sound Recorder

You are invited to schedule a Heart Sound Recording.

Your heart is the most important muscle in the body. Every day it beats 100,000+ times, sending over 2,000 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels. To function optimally it is vital that the heart have the proper nutrition to maintain its correct rate, rhythm, and tone.

The Heart Sound Recorder is a computer-based low risk general wellness monitor which uses the principles of auscultation to observe heart sounds. During this non-invasive procedure a specialized microphone is placed over each of the four valve areas of the heart while graphing the sound. The heart’s reaction to certain stressors (chemical, nutritional, and emotional) can be observed using the heart sound recorder. Certain types of heart stress can be monitored by observing the Rate, Rhythm, and Tone of the heart cycle graph.

Did you know your nervous system controls the Rate at which your heart beats. The sympathetic side manages your “fight or flight” response and can accelerate your heart rate. The parasympathetic side manages your “rest and digest” response and can slow your heart rate. You need a healthy balance between the two.

The Rhythm of your heart is the work to rest ratio. Your heart should rest twice as long as it works.

The Tone of your heart refers to the strength of the ventricles as they push blood through your body. The “lub-dub” sound your heart makes on the graph shows how efficiently your heart is pushing blood through your body and refilling to prepare of the next cardiac cycle.

The Heart Sound Recorder can be an important tool in evaluating your overall health, and then in following the progress you are making when under wellness care. Making changes to your stress level, diet, lifestyle, and nutrition will provide you with grater endurance, ability to rest, and overall well-being.

In order to improve your wellness, I am offering heart sound recordings in my office to current patients for $35! Do not wait, call the office to schedule!

To your health!