How To Prevent High Blood Pressure

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High blood pressure increases your risk for heart disease. People at any age can take steps each day to keep blood pressure levels normal. Working with a Holistic Chiropractor is the best way to develop a life-style for creating normal blood pressure.  They will help you develop a plan to return your blood pressure to normal and to place you back in control of your health.

How to Prevent High Blood Pressure

Increases in blood pressure increases your risk for heart disease. People at any age can take steps each day to keep blood pressure levels normal.

Lifestyle 

• Eat a healthy diet. Eating healthfully can help keep your blood pressure down. Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, which provide nutrients such as potassium and fiber. Also, eat foods that are low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

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High Blood Pressure and What You Need To Know

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About 1 in 3 U.S. adults—as estimated 68 million—have high blood pressure¹, which increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, leading causes of death in the United States.²

High blood pressure is called the "silent killer" because it often has no warning signs or symptoms, and many people don't realize they have it. That's why it's important to get your blood pressure checked regularly.

The good news is that you can take steps to prevent high blood pressure, or to treat it if it is already high.

About High Blood Pressure

Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls as it circulates through your body. Blood pressure normally rises and falls throughout the day, but it can cause health problems if it stays high for a long time. Having high blood pressure raises your risk for heart disease and stroke, leading causes of death in the United States.¹

High blood pressure is called the "silent killer" because many people don't realize they have it. High blood pressure often has no warning signs or symptoms.

Diastolic and Systolic

Measuring Your Blood Pressure  Always Check Your Blood Pressure In 3 positions

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Healthy Adrenals Can Be A Girls Best Friend

Healthy Adrenals Can Be A Girls Best Friend:

Women, Menopause and Weight Management

In a culture where multitasking is key and life seems to run on fast forward, a woman’s adrenal system can get quite a workout.  When you add menopause to the mix, the adrenal glands can go on high alert.  Keeping the adrenal glands healthy plays a very important role for women in menopause.  This is especially true for those feeling worn down from dealing with the effects of hormonal fluctuations and battling weight gain.

Stress and Cortisol

You may be aware of the hormonal fluctuations that occur in menopause but don’t see the connection between adrenal health and menopause.  When stressed, either physically or emotionally, the adrenals will release adrenaline and Cortisol to moderate stress.  When a woman in menopause also has chronic stress, Cortisol production can be in excess, and she may experience adrenal fatigue.  This can result in cravings for sweet or salty foods, weight gain, or stubborn pounds that won’t go away, even with diet and exercise.  Without the support of a healthy adrenal system, menopausal symptoms can be more pronounced and make life miserable. 

Caffeine-Fueled Lives Don’t Promote Energy

Women facing the combination of menopause and hectic lives often feel tired.  Many think they need caffeine in their morning coffee, energy drinks at lunch, and mid-afternoon lattes just to keep going.  These stimulants make the adrenal glands...

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I Thought Antibiotics Were Safe!

I Thought Antibiotics Were Safe. If so, what is the harm in prescribing them?

As a Newburgh Chiropractor and a Holistic Chiropractor, I have many patients who come to me who have been on or are currently taking an antibiotic.  And when I ask them about the side-effects associated with taking the antibiotics, they look at me with a confused look and say, “My doctor didn’t tell me there would be any side-effects!”  And then the education begins.

All medicines have side effects, including antibiotics. Because few antibiotics are highly specific, they not only destroy the "bad" bacteria, but also kill many of the beneficial bacteria that inhabit the body. These good bacteria play a critical role in maintaining general health and preventing disease-causing organisms from establishing a foothold. Serious, potentially fatal antibiotic-associated infections remain a major concern in hospitals, and thus antibiotic use is monitored carefully. IV antibiotics, such as those sometimes promoted for treating symptoms attributed to Chronic Lyme Disease, require lines and catheters that present an avenue for dangerous secondary infections to get into the body and take hold.

Patients also risk negative and sometimes serious reactions to the antibiotics themselves. In the first studies, 25 percent of the patients in the treatment group experienced study-related adverse events (New Engl J Med 345:85-92, 2001). In the clinical trial looking at cognitive function (how a person's brain works in the way of thinking and remembering), six patients experienced serious adverse events, four of whom required hospitalization (Neurology 60:1923-30, 2003). In the most recent trial for cognitive improvement, 26 percent of patients given IV therapy experienced adverse events compared with 7 percent for the IV placebo group (Neurology 70(13):992-1003, 2008).

In addition to personal safety concerns, unnecessary antibiotic use contributes to the serious, growing problem of antimicrobial resistance. Overuse of antibiotics has led to many bacteria developing resistance to the very drugs doctors once used to combat them.  

Finally, because antibiotics destroy the beneficial bacteria needed by the body to digest your food, what results from taking antibiotics will be a digestive Yeast/Candidia imbalance which will then lead to sugar cravings, Leaky Gut Syndrome, allergies, elevated cholesterol levels, elevated blood pressure, auto-immune concerns, heart disease, irritable bowel, colitis, diverticulitis and the potential for cancer.  Please consider this before taking an antibiotic without having your doctor confirm that your symptoms are being caused by a bacteria.  Without a culture, there is no way to know if you are dealing with a true bacterial infection, or if your symptoms are due to a different cause such as a virus or other pathogen.

A Must for ANY Antibiotic Therapy

The most common effect of taking antibiotics is, (because it destroys the friendly bacteria that play a critical role in maintaining normal digestive function, when the antibiotics destroy these good bacteria) it results in a Yeast/Candidia overgrowth.  This will then lead to a Yeast and/or Candidia infection.  This usually occurs after the consumption of sugar found in most foods that come in packages and have a shelf-life.  To avoid this common side-effect, it is recommended anyone who takes an antibiotic to also take a probiotic.  Probiotics are the friendly bacteria needed to help re-establish the required beneficial bacteria (flora) to help restore balance to the digestive system.  Taking a probiotic requires one dosage every time you eat a meal for a period of no less than 9 to 12 months.  Ideally you should figure 1 year to recover.  In addition to the probiotic, there is a second supplement called Zymex which is designed to reduce and eliminate the excess amounts of Yeast/Candidia.  This too is required every time you eat a meal for the same period of no less than 9 to 12 months.  Monitoring this condition is important.  Working with a Holistic Chiropractor who is well versed in dealing with this condition is warranted.  The effects of antibiotic therapy are probably the number one cause of health imbalances in the United States.  Knowledge is power.  Do Not let this side effect ruin your health or the health of your loved ones.

Yours to Consider

Health concerns are a major source of lost happiness and lost joy in all of our lives. Finding a solution that is agreeable and enables you to get back to your life is important. Please appreciate that you always have the more invasive surgery and prescription medication available to you as a last resort. What many Traditional Medical Doctors may not share is, many times, once you begin that journey into medication and/or surgery, it alters your original body from the one that you were born with. Unfortunately, at that time, more conservative and natural treatments may no longer be viable. I encourage you to consider that before making any decisions about treatment for your health. As always I am here to help. 

Your Choice: 

• Continue doing the same thing and nothing changes or it may get worse

OR

• Try something different and get a different result that makes you happier and healthier.

The Choice is Yours

Please call Dr. Huntoon at 845-561-BACK (2225) to discuss your options or click on our E-Visit to do it via e-mail. 

Thank You for your consideration.