Olson Chiropractic
S.E.N.S.E
Spiritual, Energetic, Nutritional, Structural & Emotional Wellness
Newsletter – May 5, 2004
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The “O” Zone-Your Incredible Brain
Your brain is the first organ to form as an embryo. Find out how it is just as important to exercise and feed your brain as well as the rest of your body. Find out how the brain is like a muscle and what important nutrients help you maintain vital brain functioning.

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Thoughts to Ponder
A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new.
--Albert Einstein

Aging is a mental process. It has nothing to do with the earth’s revolutions around the sun. The quality of your thought determines the quality of the aging process. Where does your thinking dwell?

* Fear, Anger, Hate, Revenge, Greed lead to rapid aging
* Compassion, Patience, Love, Forgiveness, Joy, Honesty Leading to a Joyful, Rewarding, Growing Maturity

The choice is yours! Refuse to let other people’s actions steal your peace of mind.
-- George Kropp
from Sue G.

The way I see it, living your DASH is about two things; being and doing. How are you going to ‘be’ as a human being? And, what are you going to ‘do’ to contribute?
-- Eric J. Aronson

Aspirin for Heart Attacks
Are you one of the millions of Americans taking an aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks. Read this important bit on what you don't know about the dangers of aspirin and how much it really helps prevent heart attacks.
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Iodine Therapy
Thyroid care has caused all kinds of problems over the years. Tens of thousands of thyroid glands have been unnecessarily surgically removed and medically poisoned or burned. Treatment today remains the same, with destruction of an over-active gland and thyroid hormone drugs for the under-active.
Yet not too long ago iodine was a useful treatment for physicians. Find out more about this treatment and why it fell out of favor, and why it might make a comeback.
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Recipe—Strawberry Pie
2 cups boysenberry juice (or any good “red” juice from health food store)
1 1/2 packages unflavored gelatin
1 T. honey
2 pints strawberries 9” or 10” pre-baked pie shell

Heat juice until hot. Melt gelatin in juice. Add honey to hot juice and stir. Wash strawberries and place in pre-baked pie shell. Pour cooled juice mixture over strawberries. Refrigerate until firm.

The office will be closed Friday May 21st. In observance of Memorial Day the office will also be closed on Monday, May 31st.

Dr. A Rand Olson
Mon. 8:00 -12:00 & 2:00 - 6:00 / Tues. 2:00- 7:00 / Wed. 8:00 – 1:00 & 2:00 - 6:00 /
Fri. 7:00 -12:00 & 1:00 - 5:00
Big Bend & 141 – Next to Schnucks Shopping Center – Phone 636-225-2121


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The O-Zone : Your incredible brain
The brain is the first organ to form within us as an embryo. It then extends into a spinal cord and then into peripheral nerves that wrap around the body. Then the other organs like the heart, kidneys, and lungs form. The nerve system has billions of miles of networks it develops. Was that billions of miles? Yes, billions. The brain actually reshapes itself to hold new information. It acts like a muscle. Use it and it grows, abuse it and it shrinks. Don’t use it and it shrivels. How do we use it? Think, read, and exercise the brain. Do crossword puzzles, solve problems, riddles, write, develop new talents, play a new musical instrument, learn a new language, dream, stay active, exercise, change your daily routine, and keep a positive attitude. Emotional extremes are not healthy. Anger and rage actually kill brain cells. Prolonged stress also kills brain cells. Good nutrition is vital for balanced and vibrant brain function. It can actually enhance brain function. This works by stimulating the production of neurotransmitters, improving blood flow to the brain, and restoring brain cell metabolism to more youthful levels.

B Vitamins play a critical role in brain function, especially B12, B6, B1, and B3. Thiamine, Niacin and B12 are necessary to optimal performance. Sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium are the key mineral ions in the brain and must be maintained in critical balance. Calcium increases your ability to concentrate. Omega 3 fatty acids are pivotal to cell production and brain health. Antioxidants like Vitamin C, E, and beta-carotene also play an important role in brain nutrition. They help battle damage caused by free radicals that may lead to cloudy thought and confusion. Iron transports oxygen in red blood cells including those to your brain. Iron-poor blood is linked to a short attention span and mental sluggishness. Choline regulates memory and mental sharpness. Folic acid helps maintain levels of memory-boosting choline. Linolenic is a super-unsaturated fatty acid (like Omega 3s) that helps brain cells forge new connections, which are useful for complex thought processes.

We recommend our Greens First, Omega-3, and Cod Liver Oil for complete brain nutrition. These three supplements together provide a great jumpstart toward optimal brain nutrition. See our web page for complete information on their benefits. Also avoid mercury and aluminum in vaccines, poor quality fish, aluminum cooking pans and antiperspirants.

The extraordinary value in Chiropractic is that it frees up the brain to be more efficient and effective in guiding physical response to life circumstance. If you have any nerve pressure in the spine, only an adjustment will free you to live your highest potential. How do you want to experience life?

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Aspirin for Heart Attacks
The practice of using aspirin for people with cardiac arrhythmias, artificial heart valves, high blood pressure, clogged arteries, and just about anyone who has had a heart attack has really caught on. Today 26 million Americans are taking a daily aspirin!

The practice itself has been debunked in Europe, as reported in medical journals there, yet it continues hear as a routine practice. It’s a life long drug debility for unsuspecting patients. Aspirin has a dangerous side effect of internal bleeding. There are some natural products that will help reduce platelet aggregation, the main reason for prescribing aspirin. These products are cod liver oil and whole phytonutrient vitamins B and E. They work like a low dose aspirin without the risk.

* Aspirin does not prevent 50% of heart attacks and strokes. In fact, aspirin is a prime cause of strokes by inducing bleeding in the brain.
* Aspirin can often conceal rather than actually prevent vascular (heart and blood vessel) events. Because aspirin is a pain-killer, it is estimated that lots of cases of chest pains associated with small vascular events and heart attacks may be missed. And since aspirin induces indigestion and abdominal discomfort, it is estimated that many small heart attacks and chest pain syndromes are misdiagnosed as abdominal problems in aspirin takers.
* In every long term study, aspirin increased the risk of sudden death following a heart attack. The increase was anywhere from 2-5.6%
* What about all the non-vascular problems? Estimates are that low dose aspirin as heart attack prevention therapy may account for more than 30% of all major gastrointestinal bleeding and hemorrhage in patients over age 65.

If you are one of the Americans taking a daily aspirin, consider these facts. If you are using it to protect your heart, there are safer alternatives. To learn more about Cod Liver oil and phytonutrients check out our products page on our website.

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Iodine Therapy
Thyroid care has caused all kinds of problems over the years. Tens of thousands of thyroid glands have been unnecessarily surgically removed and medically poisoned or burned. Doctors stay locked into laboratory tests to evaluate thyroid glands—a practice that just doesn’t work. Treatment today remains the same, with destruction of an over-active gland and thyroid hormone drugs for the under-active.
Yet not too long ago iodine was a useful treatment for physicians. Patients with thyroid problems, asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema were given huge amounts of iodine in doses from 100-1,000 mgs daily for several years. This huge dose was brought down to around 5-10 mgs/day with excellent results and normalization of mild hyperthyroidism. This dose, considered huge and dangerous by most medical experts, was effective and produced no side effects.

Today, physicians warn those with hyperthyroidism to actually avoid iodine. This despite the fact that iodine as a supplement or medicine actually normalizes overactive thyroid glands. And little to no research has been done regarding iodine therapy. Therefore, there are only estimates and old research about the correct levels of iodine. In the 1940s one man’s theory about iodine ended the normal use of it, and little thought has been given to it since.

Iodine is critical when it comes to a healthy thyroid. And because of the thyroid’s role in the female reproductive system, it is also key in the prevention of cancers of this system. Outdated medical theory rules over iodine therapy, saying iodine causes hypothyroidism. In the real world, mainland Japanese have consumed more than 100 times the FDA of iodine for centuries. And they have one of the lowest incidences of hypothyroidism in the world, which flies in the face of past theories. Organic iodine can be found in Celtic sea salt, the best form of salt for your diet.

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