Will an Aspirin-A-Day Improve your Health?

An aspirin a day to improve your health?  A recent study indicates that an aspirin-a-day may do a lot more damage to your health than just stomach problems.  The American Association for Cancer Research in Phoenix, Arizona presented a study in October, 2003.  The study indicated that people who take an aspirin-a-day may risk pancreatic cancer!

They studied 88,000 women who took aspirin for a long period of time.  Women who took two or more aspirin a week had an increase risk for pancreatic cancer by a whopping 58% and the women who took 14 or more aspirin a week increased their risk of pancreatic cancer by an amazing 86%!

Why would someone take an aspirin-a-day?  We are made to believe that an aspirin-a-day will reduce our risk of heart disease.  We may reduce our risk of heart attacks but we increase our risk for other diseases such as: stomach problems, kidney problems, stops your blood from clotting correctly and even pancreatic cancer. 
   
According to recent studies, research shows that aspirin might cause as many problems as it's supposed to prevent.  The HeartCenter online recommends not taking an aspirin if you have high blood pressure.  Another recently discovered aspirin side effect is aspirin-induced asthma, which could effect up to 21% of all those who regularly take it or other NSAIDs. This discovery was based on 66 medical papers dating back to 1964.  According to a new study in the British Medical Journal, many people who regularly take aspirin still suffer from heart problems, giving birth to a new condition: aspirin resistance. Doesn’t it make better sense to reduce your risk of heart disease by adopting a wellness lifestyle?  With a healthy lifestyle there are no risks of side effects.

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Your Body, the Doctor!

No doctor can heal you! If that is so, you may wonder why chiropractic works so well? Wellness Chiropractic holds forth the notion that your body is the true healer, not the doctor. Chiropractic care facilitates your healing force, but it's your body that does the healing. Understanding simple wellness principles will help you understand how chiropractic frees your body to heal itself. There are two simple wellness laws that you can't violate in order to stay well.
1. Your nervous system must be free from interference. Your central nervous system controls the function of every cell, tissue, organ and system of the body, and you must keep it functioning at 100% to maintain function and health. When a wellness chiropractor removes the interference in the nervous system, it allows the tissues, cells and organs to function properly and heal from within.
For example: When a child comes to us with an ear infection and is healed after chiropractic care, it is not the chiropractic that did the healing; it is the child's innate ability to heal itself that does the healing. The real magic is inside. Chiropractic doesn't treat ear infections; chiropractic removes interference in the nervous system and allows the body to be the doctor. Only our body can do the healing, there has never been a doctor o a drug that has healed you.
2. Your body must be free to heal itself from within. Your body is a self-healing organism and has the ability to heal itself naturally from within, as long as there is no interference. True healing comes from within. When you take drugs or have surgery, you are trying to gain health from an outside source or agent. You are forcing the body against its will and there are always consequences, which we call side effects. Adding chemicals to your body only adds additional interference to its natural ability to function and heal. Free your body from outside chemical, physical and emotional interference to allow your body to heal naturally. We are not saying never to use drugs. There are times when drugs may be necessary, but there are consequences. We want you to practice wellness first; drugs and surgery should be a last resort.

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There are only 3 Types of Health Conditions!

It may be a gross over-simplification but there really are only 3 kinds of health problems or conditions and they are:
*Acute
*Chronic
*Permanent
And, these conditions are progressive. The first time someone’s health begins to fail, there are usually no symptoms. When the body has been moving in an unhealthy direction long enough for it to begin to break down, symptoms
generally appear. The first sign of a symptom does not mean that the health problems associated with it are acute or new…it just means the symptoms are. An acute health problem is usually one that develops as a result of an obvious injury either physically, chemically or emotionally.
If the cause of that health issue is left unhandled, eventually the problem returns, symptoms return and the body demonstrates signs of a chronic problem. Unfelt but frequent signs of a chronic problem include symptoms that come and go, xrays that demonstrate localized areas of spinal degeneration or decay, muscle
problems that won’t be massaged away or simply health concerns that most people use over-the-counter medicines to deal with.
Permanent health problems result from simply treating symptoms when they arise without taking the time to address the underlying cause of the malfunction in the body. People often use medication for the rest of their lives to try and bring comfort to a malfunctioning body. Unfortunately, this only buys comfort…not
health. And, this practice usually actually causes health problems that are easy to correct to progress from acute to chronic to permanent.
It is for these reasons that we so strongly recommend spine and nervous system evaluations be performed regularly…not just when symptoms develop. It is also why we are so adamant about how important it is to make sure your children grow up healthy rather than wait for them to break down as adults.

Dr. Daniel Lonquist

Certified Chiropractic Wellness Practitioner

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