For Your Health
Winter Safety Tips
Keep your auto gas tank filled to one half full or
greater.
Have an emergency kit in the trunk.
At a minimum it should include a sleeping bag and
a blanket (you need to be able to cover your
head), waterproof matches, a couple of bottles of
water (partially filled to allow for freezing)
protein bars or a jar of peanut butter and a change
of dry clothes (in a sealed plastic bag) including
socks, shoes, a hat andgloves.
Let people know your travel plans including
driving directions you intend to follow.
Just one more reason….to dread Mondays!
According to several studies Monday is the
day you are most likely to suffer from either a
heart attack or a stroke and die from it.
Experts think that previously identified spikes
in blood pressure that occur most frequently
on Monday mornings may be linked to these
findings. What can you do? Take a
multivitamin. In a study of 150,000 women
those with high levels of B vitamins were half
as likely to develop high blood pressure. Also
helpful? Calcium, magnesium, CoQ10 and
omega-3 fatty acids.
Coming up Roses
Rosemary has chemicals (carnosol & rosmanol) in
it that help keep cancer-causing agents from
binding to DNA. Other rosmary components
inhibit the breakdown of acetylcholine, a
neurotransmitter while other components act as
anti-inflammatories that neutralize free radicals in
the body. Rosmary, sage & Ginkgo biloba and
may help gurad against Alzheimer’s disease by
maintaining cerebral circulation. Rosmary tea is a
good antiseptic mouthwash for halitosis and can
be added to a bath or rinse water for healthy skin
and hair. Topically rosemary can ease muscular
pain, sciatica, and neuralgia or even be used as an
insect repellant. While the herb itself is safe, the
oil should NEVER be taken internally.
As you begin the new year you will hear
many “experts” tell you what you can and
cannot do. Sometimes even experts are
wrong. Only you know your full potential.
Make 2012 your best year yet!
The trouble with predictions:
"The concept is interesting and well-formed,
but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea
must be feasible."
-- A Yale University
management professor in response to Fred
Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight
delivery service. (Smith went on to found
Federal Express Corp.)
"Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying
machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to
be a hoax."
-- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin,
British scientist, 1899.
It will be years -- not in my time -- before a
woman will become Prime Minister."
-- Margaret Thatcher, 1974
"With over 50 foreign cars already on sale
here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to
carve out a big slice of the U.S. market."
-- Business Week, August 2, 1968.
Sinus Season Solutions
You know the drill. It is winter in Ohio. Sometimes it is minus ten degrees and your
nose is so dry you could start a brush fire in there! Sometimes we have a balmy 35 degree day
that is full of slush, sleet and “winter-mix”. All of these ups and downs in temperature and
pressure as well as living in more enclosed spaces with more mold growth often lead to the
dreaded sinus infection. Over and over and over…
There is a safe, inexpensive and easy (although not particularly elegant) way to minimize
your risk of getting sinus infections. It involves a soft plastic cup (6-8 ounces) of barely warmed
water, ¼ to 1 teaspoon of sea salt (you can use regular old Morton’s table salt but the iodine in it
may be a bit harsh and you miss out on the anti-bacterial trace minerals in the sea salt) and a dash
of baking soda. Mix up the water, salt and baking soda until the solids are all dissolved.
The maneuver is a messy one so do it while you are still in your pajamas and before the
hair/makeup routine you do each day. Stand over the bathroom sink and gently squeeze one
nostril shut with your finger. Then pour/snort the salt concoction as far into your sinuses as you
can get it. This sounds quite disgusting and if done properly water and mucus will gush out of
both nostrils and your mouth. Repeat the procedure until you have done it on both sides and
used up your salt water mixture. Doing this each morning or each night before bed may decrease
your risk of sinus infections and colds because the salt is deadly to most bacteria. While neti
pots are great for cleaning out the nostrils, you will need the strong, active inhalation technique
described above to get the cleansing fluid up into your sinus passageways. Finally, (and far less
uncomfortable) chiropractic adjustments can help to open clogged sinus passageways and to
strengthen your immune system!
Other Winter Wonders
SORE THROAT--Gargle with salt water, same reason as above.
EARACHES--Especially in children, respond remarkably well to chiropractic adjustments. Most
childhood earaches are the result of viral infections and antibiotics are no help. Draining the middle
ear takes away the warm, nutrient-rich fluid the viruses like to vacation in. It just makes more sense
to drain the fluid away with gentle adjustments than by cutting a hole in the eardrum (that is what
“tubes” are) and risking membrane scars and possible hearing loss later in life. A simple at-home
treatment is to roll a piece of garlic clove in some olive oil and then to place 2-3 drops of the oil in
the sore ear.
DRY SKIN--Also benefits from olive oil or coconut oil. Open a vitamin E capsule and add it to a
teaspoon of either oil. Rub fully into the dry area. If you have chapped hands do this before bed
and wear cotton gardening gloves to sleep. And for goodness sake--drink some water!!
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HUFFMAN CHIROPRACTIC
26 West Depot Street
PATASKALA , OHIO 43062
927-9222
www.huffmanhealth.com