Healthy News - March 2020

“Listen to your elders!” A study of over-60 year olds found that 29.2% of them used complementary health alternatives in the last 12 months: herbal therapies, chiropractic and massage topped the list. 60% of those folks wrote it was “important” for keeping their health and well-being. They stated that it improved their overall health, and they felt better. They had a better sense of control over their health. They said these types of interventions created an easier way to cope with their health problems. (1) Today more than ever, we in La Grande are all in need of a stronger sense of control over our health and well-being. Your La Grande chiropractor is with you in good times and hard times, for young folks and elders! Come see us soon. Meanwhile, taking this sensible advice from the CDC in this time of the coronavirus pandemic is a good idea, too, as these are all things within our control when so much around us is not. (2)

A healthy body counts on a healthy, well-functioning immune system. Vitamin D supports a health immune system and helps combat challenges to it. Air pollution is a challenge as it can cause excessive immune responses: infection, cancer, auto-immune conditions. Inhaled air pollution typically settles on respiratory mucosa and influences the respiratory system. (The news is filled with talk about the respiratory system today.) Vitamin D supplementation is one strategy study suggests may boost the immune system to resist such invasion. (3) Vitamin D is reportedly advantageous to improve and keep clinical depression at bay due to its homeostatic, immunomodulatory and neuroprotective roles. (4) Everyone from government, research and industry around the world are very aware that vitamin D deficiency is a big problem. All are working to find ways to deal with it and answer the questions “How much vitamin D should I take a day?” and “How best do we ensure everyone gets that?” (5) Let us talk about this at your next chiropractic visit and make a plan to boost your vitamin D level and permit your body to fight health-compromising issues.

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Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic appointment today with Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. Your La Grande chiropractor is your partner on your health journey offering chiropractic treatments and tips - like supplementing with vitamin D - to follow at home to cope mentally and physically when pain, stress and depression bother you. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is privileged to be your – and your elders’ - health partner.