​This week’s minute looks at the benefits of chiropractic care in fighting obesity.
 
Chiropractic care offers health benefits for people of all ages and sizes, including those who are overweight.  In fact, chiropractic adjustments may help in lowering body weight, along with benefiting the aching joints and muscles resulting from carrying around the excess weight.
 
Obesity does not just affect the way you look.  It is a serious health condition with long-lasting effects on your organs, skin, back, muscles and joints, even after the weight is lost.
 
Chiropractic adjustments and manipulations not only result in a healthy spine, but also......................................

​This week’s minute looks at how lower back adjustments may help you to lose weight.
 
A visit to your chiropractor will definitely ease an aching back, but did you know the additional benefits include improved posture, less referred pain in your legs and hips, and even weight loss?
 
A study in the Journal of Pain Research confirmed chronic back pain can lead to weight gain through a combination of decreased activity, poor sleep, and eating for comfort.
 
Your spine also contains nerves that connect your brain to your body.
 
These communication pathways also control hunger and fullness cues.
 
By adjusting your spine and helping to open up these pathways, 

​This week’s minute looks at the impact a healthy lifestyle has on breast cancer survival.
 
Almost 25% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will eventually die of that disease. 
 
Research now supports how a healthful lifestyle can influence the chances of prolonging life once diagnosed with breast cancer.
 
Some lifestyle factors associated with an increased risk for breast cancer include:

​This week’s minute looks at how severe stress may increase your risk for developing an autoimmune disease.
 
A recent study suggests trauma or intense stress may lead to developing an autoimmune disease.
 
Your body's immune system is your natural defense protection from disease and infection. 
 
Autoimmune diseases turn your body's defense system against itself by attacking healthy cells.
 
Researchers found stress to be linked with a 36 percent greater risk of developing 41 autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease and celiac disease.
 
It is also important to look at the impact stress has on lifestyle. 
 
For example, people who have been through severely stressful circumstances may be more likely to smoke, get less sleep or have increased drug and/or alcohol use -- all being linked to an increased risk of certain autoimmune diseases.
 
Some proactive steps you can take to reduce the impact stress has on your immune system: