and is now just playing catch-up with the evidence. The misinformation has contributed to soaring rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. An example of this was the advice to reduce fat, which resulted in increased con-sumption of sugar, starches and carbs. Diabetic patients get much better results when they re-duce consumption of foods that cause inflammation and increase intake of good fats. This is one of the main areas that functional medicine doctors focus on when dealing with chronic disease. Functional medicine is also a way for chi-ropractors to guide their holistic approach. Nutritional misinformation combined with ineffective medications have contributed to our current situation where many experts believe we are losing the war against diabetes. One of the bright spots in conventional medicine is the Joslin Diabetes Center (JDC), which is associated with Harvard Medical School. It’s the world’s largest diabetes research facility and employs more than 300 full-time re-searchers devoted to diabetes. Dr. George King, chief sci-entific officer at JDC wrote the book, The Diabetes Reset, which covers the causes of diabetes and treatment protocols that are used to reverse diabetes at the Joslin clinic. Researchers at the Joslin clinic have done extensive re-search into the latest nutritional protocols for diabetes and King outlines those recommendations in his book. What they are telling their patients to do is quite different than the advice most patients receive today. It will likely be some time before these recommendations become mainstream. According to King’s research, the main causes of insulin resistance are: excess weight; inflammation; oxidative dam-age; and changes in the bacterial flora in the gut Recent studies have shown that chiropractic treatments can help in addressing these issues. Weight loss Losing body fat while keeping muscle revolves around proper body chemistry and balancing hormones. Chiroprac-tic adjustments help balance good hormones and decrease bad ones through the spine’s direct relationship to the brain. Interference occurs within the central nervous system when a vertebrae is misaligned or moves incorrectly. This interfer-ence triggers an increase in stress hormones, like cortisol, and a decrease in growth hormones by interfering with the afferent stimulation of the hypothalamus. This relationship has been proven by two important stud-ies. The first one measured metabolic changes after chiro-practic adjustments and showed they had an effect on glu-cose metabolism, hormone balance and sympathetic tone Turn your computer into a Point of Sale terminal with Chase Paymentech Introducing our new Hosted Checkout Retail solution: Process payments from your computer Collect payments on a regular schedule Share one PIN Pad across multiple practitioners within your offi ce View your transaction history in real-time HOSTED D T retail CHECKOUT Visit chasepaymentech.ca/hcor for more information or call us at 1.866.833.8182 All merchants are required to complete a more detailed application, and agree to terms and conditions, at the time of enrollment. All merchants are subject to credit approval. TM Trademark of Paymentech, LLC, Chase Paymentech Solutions authorized user. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and logos identifi ed or mentioned herein are the property of Paymentech, LLC, or their respective owners. © Copyright 2016, Paymentech, LLC. All Rights Reserved. www.canadianchiropractor.ca October 2016 Canadian Chiropractor 29
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