Wellness Library

Kids and Ipads

The use of ipads and tablets is growing exponentially.The average time a child spends on a device every day is increasing.Kids sit in abnormal and poor posture for prolonged periods while on devices. The most common poor posture is the body cradling the device with the head bent forward. This posture causes a huge increase

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The Fear of Fevers

Whenever our oldest child, Zoe, gets a ‘cold’ or ‘flu’, it is amazing to witness how effectively and quickly her immune system works. She innately follows her body’s cue to need more sleep and rest. Her appetite goes down. And…she gets a fever. Her fever is usually high, she sleeps, and rests, and then the

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The Role of the Chiropractic Adjustment in the Care and Treatment of 332 Children with Otitis Media

From the abstract: This pilot study included children from 27 days old to five-years-old, was on the effects of chiropractic adjustments on children with otitis media used tympanography as an objective measure. Results: the average number of adjustments administered by types of otitis media were as follows: acute otitis media (127 children) 4 adjustments; chronic/serous

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Whole Foods

What are whole foods? 1. Whole foods are foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, or processed and refined (eg. cooked) as little as possible before being eaten. 2. Whole foods are what our ancestors ate before the introduction of processed, shelf life designed ‘food’. 3. Whole foods provide a greater source of micronutrients in their

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Olympic Nutrition Article

Are you eating like an athlete? How can you improve your nutrition with healthy, high energy, high nutrient food? Roxanne Fisher of BBC Good Food interviewed 21 olympic athletes from the last summer games on their daily diets. The following nutritional choices summarizes what is shared among most of the athletes. For breakfast most of the athletes

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