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Dr. Perlstein is a family chiropractor in Santa Fe who takes a holistic approach to healing. At the Family Chiropractic Center of Santa Fe, Dr. Steve Perlstein offers a variety of chiropractic treatment options to optimize your health and wellbeing. From alignments to massage, injection treatments, and prolotherapy, your local chiropractor can help!
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How Much Sugar Is In Your Food?
With people living ever more frantic and fast-paced lives, we can often lose track of which essential and non-essential nutrients we consume. Sugar is vital for good health, without it all the cells in our body would come to a halt and perish. However, too much sugar raises the risk of several diseases and conditions,…
How Exercise Can Calm Anxiety
In an eye-opening demonstration of nature’s ingenuity, researchers at Princeton University recently discovered that exercise creates vibrant new brain cells — and then shuts them down when they shouldn’t be in action. For some time, scientists studying exercise have been puzzled by physical activity’s two seemingly incompatible effects on the brain. On the one…
Signs of Overheating and Heat Exhaustion
During the summer’s hot heat, it’s important to be careful when exposed to high temperatures. Stay hydrated during hot days, as both heat exhaustion and heat stroke are dangerous conditions that occur when one is exposed to high temperatures. Heat exhaustion happens during times of strenuous activity and/or humidity. The body loses fluids quickly through…
How Carbs Can Trigger Food Cravings
Are all calories created equal? A new study suggests that in at least one important way, they may not be. Sugary foods and drinks, white bread and other processed carbohydrates that are known to cause abrupt spikes and falls in blood sugar appear to stimulate parts of the brain involved in hunger, craving and reward,…
Fresh vs. Dried Blueberries : Important Nutritional Facts
Q Do dried blueberries provide the same antioxidant benefits as fresh berries? Asked by BSB • 433 votes A There are some nutritional differences between dried and fresh fruit. But antioxidant activity is generally not one of them. A study published in The Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology looked at the effects that freezing and…
Bad News if Your BMI is High: Fat Causes Heart Failure
TUESDAY, June 25, 2013 – The elevated body mass index (BMI) in overweight and obese people isn’t just linked to heart failure, it actually causesheart failure, finds a major new genetic study. Normal BMI is from 18 to 25. But for every one-point increase in BMI over 25, the incidence of heart failure goes up…
A Popular Myth About Running Injuries Bites the Dust
Almost everyone who runs (or has shopped for running shoes) has heard that how your foot pronates, or rolls inward, as you land affects your injury risk. Pronate too much or too little, conventional wisdom tells us, and you’ll wind up hurt. But a provocative new study shows that this deeply entrenched belief is probably…
Steps for More, and Better, Sleep
I regret that for most of my adult life, I treated sleep as more a luxury than a necessity. There was always something more to do before I crawled under the covers and turned out the light. I realize belatedly that I might have been more productive — and a lot nicer to live with…
A Surprise Benefit of Eating More Vegetables
Here’s what we know: Smokingis an undeniable health risk, so much so that quitting smoking almost immediately increases your expected lifespan and reduces your risk of developing everything from cancer to cardiovascular disease. We also know that fruits and vegetables are undeniable health boosters, with increased consumption linked to reduced risks of many of the…
Five Healthy Behaviors Lower Dementia Risk
A 35-year study from the UK cites five lifestyle behaviors that have been shown to reduce the risk of cognitive decline, and researchers say these healthy habits are more beneficial than medical treatments or preventative procedures. The study, published in the journal PLOS One, was led by Prof. Peter Elwood of Cardiff University’s School of…
More Helpful Fatty Acids Found in Organic Milk
Whole milk from organic dairies contains far more of some of the fatty acids that contribute to a healthy heart than conventional milk, scientists are reporting. A study shows that drinking whole organic milk is more likely to lessen the risk factor for heart disease than conventional milk. The finding, published Monday in the journal…
Is Juicing Healthy For You?
Juicing is very quickly becoming one of the hottest topics we address in my clinic of integrative medicine. Because most of my patients are self-motivated in becoming healthier, they are quick to jump on the band wagon of some of the latest health trends. <img src=”http://content-dimestore.dmi.sensic.net/prod/vixml/image/300×250.jpg”/> <A HREF=”http://oasc12.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/toyourhealth.com/ROS/L20/890904205/Middle/Martini/StateFarm_Q313_AVPD_Survey_Control/StateFarm_Q313_Survey_300.html/51774433346c4b6c2f394541434b4675?http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/N1823.149925.MARTINIMEDIANETWORK/B7782125.20;sz=300×250;ord=890904205?”>< IMG SRC=”http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N1823.149925.MARTINIMEDIANETWORK/B7782125.20;sz=300×250;ord=890904205?” BORDER=0 WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=250 ALT=”Advertisement”></A&gtThe great…
Chamomile is Showing Outstanding Anti-Cancer and Anti-Anxiety Properties
Chamomile is Showing Outstanding Anti-Anxiety and Anti-Cancer Properties Chamomile is a flowering plant in the sunflower family. This plant is believed to have originated from Europe and Asia. Chamomile require open land to grow, usually growing wild. Chamomile plants can grow as tall as 15 to 60 cm. The leaves are long and small groups…
Important Tips to Soothe and Relieve Dry Skin During Cold Months
(NaturalNews) Cold weather, low humidity levels and wind are factors that can really dry out and damage your skin, especially when central heaters are used at home. How can one alleviate dryness and help skin stay moist and healthy through the coldest months of the year? Moisturize more! Find an “ointment” moisturizer that is oil-based, …
Diet’s Direct Link to Allergies, Nutrition, and Disease
iHealthTube.com – Jeffrey Smith on GMOs: From Chemical Waste Dump to Your Plate
Jeffrey Smith on GMO’s: From Chemical Waste Dump to Your Plate
iHealthTube.com – Jeffrey Smith on GMOs: From Chemical Waste Dump to Your Plate
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