Healthy News - March 2020

“Listen to your elders!” An analysis of over-60 year olds discovered that 29.2% of them used complementary health alternatives in the past year: herbal therapies, chiropractic and massage topped the list. 60% of those folks said it was “important” for keeping their health and well-being. They stated that it improved their overall health, and they felt better. They had an improved sense of control over their health. They said these types of interventions created an easier way to cope with their health problems. (1) Today more than ever, we in Montreal are all in need of a stronger sense of control over our health and well-being. Your Montreal chiropractor is with you in good times and difficult times, for young folks and elders! Come see us soon. In the meantime, taking this sensible advice from the CDC in this time of the coronavirus pandemic is a good idea, too, as these are all things within our control when so much around us is not. (2)
A healthy body needs a healthy, well-functioning immune system. Vitamin D supports a health immune system and aids fight challenges to it. Air pollution is a challenge as it can elicit undue immune responses: infection, cancer, auto-immune conditions. Inhaled air pollution usually settles on respiratory mucosa and influences the respiratory system. (The news is filled with talk about the respiratory system today.) Vitamin D supplementation is one strategy study proposes may enhance the immune system to combat such invasion. (3) Vitamin D is reportedly beneficial to improve and keep clinical depression at bay via its homeostatic, immunomodulatory and neuroprotective roles. (4) Everyone from government, research and industry around the world know that vitamin D deficiency is an extensive problem. They are seeking for ways to deal with it and answer the questions “How much vitamin D should I take a day?” and “How best do we ensure everyone gets that?” (5) Let’s discuss this at your next chiropractic appointment and make a plan to increase your vitamin D level and let your body to fight health-compromising issues.
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