This week’s minute looks at 5 bad habits that are wreaking havoc with your health.
 
We all have them, but some can be worse for you than others.  Here is how 5 common, yet bad habits can destroy your health...........................................

I had a patient come and see me yesterday for neck pain, but when I went through his history and he began to realize how stress over time has lead to not only his neck pain, but also his anxiety, IBS, weight gain, poor mental state and sleep issues and how they were all linked, he was astounded, and excited to embark on a journey of true healing, correcting the underlying cause of his health concerns with me. 

Understanding that the nervous system controls every function in your body, and that in alignment, and free from interference, the body is self-healing and self-regulating, and that stress, or more the inability of the nervous system to adapt appropriately to stress, leads to nerve interference, where the brain may not be perceiving the environment properly, or it may send the wrong signals to the body, leads to break down, and eventually symptoms. Often, by the time we have symptoms, this process has been going on for many years already. 

The Stress Response Evaluation helps us to assess the function of the brain and limbic system, how they respond to stress, and how they recover. It allows us to monitor the progress through a care plan as well. 
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​This week’s minute looks at the possible connection between depression and a compromised immune system.....

This week’s minute looks at the true healing power of foods, like nuts and seeds, to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.........

​When it comes to weight loss, are all calories created equal?
 
A large study published in the journal BMJ found that the overweight participants who replaced their carbohydrate consumption with fat dramatically increased their metabolisms. In fact, after 5 months, their bodies burned 250 calories more per day than those who ate a high-carb, low-fat diet.
 
The participants eating the low-carb diet also had the sharpest declines in ..................................................................

​Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that returns in late autumn or early winter when there is less sunlight as the days get shorter.
 
The farther you are from the equator, the more likely you are to have SAD; and women get it four times more than men.
 
Some doctors believe fewer daylight hours raises levels of melatonin and lowers levels of serotonin, two substances that help keep your sleep regular and your mood even.
 
Some of the SAD symptoms include: .......................................................................