Dead Animals & Maggots

Wow, what a gross title but it sure is attention getting! Each week I write a different quote on a dry board in my office, all designed to educate and inform people on something health or chiropractic related. This one caused a lot of people to ask what I was talking about and after a brief explanation, they "got it."

So....when you see a dead animal that is covered in maggots, what are your thoughts? Gee those vicious maggots killed that animal? Or was the animal dead first and that is what attracted the maggots? Looking at it that way the answer is obvious, but what does that have to do with chiropractic? Well, nothing directly related to chiropractic, but everything related to health.

The comparison is to germs and disease --- does germs cause disease or is it that disease attracts germs? If germs caused disease wouldn't EVERYBODY get sick if there were germs around? Why is it that some people get sick and others don't? Doesn't it depend on the health of the individual and how resistant they are to illness? The answer is yes, how sick you will get really does depend on the strength of your immune system.

People who are getting adjusted regularly (nervous system has direct control over the immune system), people who are eating 9+ servings of fresh raw fruits and veggies everyday, people who are getting sleep, exercising, drinking plenty of water, these are the ones who are going to be healthier and can fight off illness versus those who don't. I see it in my office with my patients on a very regular basis.

So that brings me to the Swine Flu, which I'll really save for another posting (or several), and the people who are going to really be affected by it are the ones who have weakened immune systems to begin with. On the news the other night they showed an interview with a very large, overweight man who said "yes I'm going to get the shot."

My impression of that is well of course he will, he's not someone who's healthy to begin with and doesn't realize (or care) that prevention is the best approach to health. He views prevention as getting a shot and I view prevention as developing immune system strength through nutrition, exercise, sleep, attitude, and chiropractic adjustments. It works, you just have to try it.