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Why Should I Take Probiotics? A Lunch and Learn Series
Have you ever wondered what all the buzz about probiotics is all about? This is your chance to find out! Have you been told you should take a probiotic but don’t know what kind to buy? On July 21st from 1:30 to 2:30, we are offering a Lunch & Learn session dedicated to Probiotics. Bring…
Vitamin D: Beyond Bone Density
It is widely understood that vitamin D is necessary for healthy bone density. A focus on this one benefit leads many people to mistakenly view vitamin D as being only important for aging women in their efforts to avoid osteoporosis and the dreaded “dowager hump.” Actually, we now understand that vitamin D is critical to…
Seven Strategies to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season! Toward that end, this month we’ll discuss seven of my favorite tips for avoiding holiday weight gain. Focus on fellowship. This season is meant to be celebrated with friends and family. Don’t hover around the food table or the bar when you are at holiday gatherings….
Sweet Poison
The young woman seated near our table at a local eatery gushed that the sweet confection she was enjoying as her dessert was “to die for”. Her statement was truer than she probably understood, however, not in the sense that she intended. The sugar which sweetened her dessert and which has become pervasive in the…
Seven Strategies to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season! Toward that end, this month we’ll discuss seven of my favorite tips for avoiding holiday weight gain. Focus on fellowship. This season is meant to be celebrated with friends and family. Don’t hover around the food table or the bar when you are at holiday gatherings….
What if it’s not all in your head?
Many people can relate to the story of a friend or relative who within a few days after being declared healthy in a routine physical, suddenly dropped dead with a heart attack or discovered a lump which turned out to be cancerous. How does that happen? Have you been told that your lab tests are…
Do You Have a Chiropractor?
Article for Cape Fear Living Magazine Title: “Do You Have a Chiropractor?” Submitted by: Dr. R. Todd Shaver 24 June 2015 Do you have a chiropractor? Well, if you do not, you probably have friends or family members who are chiropractic patients and you may have wondered why they are so enthusiastic about chiropractic…
Osteoporosis Drugs Ineffective in Prevention of Hip & Spine Fracture
Pharmaceutical companies profit billions of dollars from Boniva, Fosamax, Actonel, Reclast, Zometa and other such osteoporosis drugs. Prescribed to millions of patients, these drugs are intended to treat and prevent osteoporosis and they are the primary tools used in the effort to prevent hip and spine fractures. However, recently published research demonstrates that these drugs…