Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College Your practice supply partner Vancouver on Day 1 of the Marathon of Health was the very first time they had run 10 kilometres; running every day was also a first experience. Getting a project of this magnitude underway could not be done without some outside help. Two sporting goods stores – Sports 4 in Ottawa and Aerobics First in Halifax – provided us with running shoes and running wear. Timex gave us GPS watches; Tanda Professional gave us some laser light therapy units; StemTech provided us with stem cell nutrition products; and 7-Minute Workout helped us create our website, www.mara -thonofhealth.com. Our mission of inspiring people to improve their health naturally resonated well with the visions of 7-Minute Workout and Stemtech, so they gladly helped us with our project. RMT Chiropractic Acupuncture Visit our new online store at www.cmccstore.ca CMCC Supply Centre & Bookstore 6100 Leslie Street Toronto, Ontario, M2H 3J1 Local: 416 482 1532 Toll Free: 1 800 268 8940 Fax: 416 482 9745 [email protected] GET SET . . . Although my family and I agreed we wanted to share the ac-tual adventure with others, we also spent some time solidifying our message , during that preparation period. We wanted people to know that they need to take responsibility for their health and the prevention of problems that can arise. We wanted to stress that this approach is much more effective and less costly than waiting for the damage that can occur and then having to institute some form of treatment. Although the pharmaco-logical and surgical approaches to health care are very effec-tive, they are mostly meant to deal with symptoms of health problems once they have occurred; they very rarely address the root causes, and we believe this is bankrupting our country. I wanted to let people know that good health is possible for everybody if they take certain action steps now! A well, I wanted to be sure to let everybody know that we are a chiropractic family; thus, I prepared my portable adjusting table so that I could provide regular treatments to the members of the family. The Marathon of Health Petition – As well as helping us with our website, 7-Minute Workout set up the petition that can be found, and signed, on the site. The goal of the petition is to get as many people to sign, so we can create one strong voice in order to influence policy makers to implement changes in the way health is delivered and perceived in North America – that is, to become a system geared more towards health enhancement and disease preven-tion than simply treatment after the fact. For example, we all know, without a doubt, that a diet con-sisting of mostly plant-based foods will prevent many condi-tionsthat we see, such as obesity, diabetese, etc.. Why not have a system in place in which plant-based foods are made more af-fordable for everybody, instead of refined foods – which clearly contribute to the most common diseases – being the least ex-pensive option in the majority of cases. The importance of this was made so clear to us when we presented to a group of high school students in Manhattan. A girl made the comment that she understood the importance of eating real foods. But, she asked, were we aware that many of them lived in areas that did not have grocery stores nearby and the only affordable option for them was to purchase highly processed and fast foods? If our governments invested more time and money in the area of prevention, and developed incentive programs that en-couraged people to better take care of their health, could you imagine what the impact on our societies could be? www.canadianchiropractor.ca 42 • CANADIAN CHIROPRACTOR | FEBRUARY 2012
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