With Valentine's right around the corner, here is a festive dip that can be served while you are preparing that special romantic dinner. Dr Clow loves how the pomegranate fruit was added for a little twist and a pop of color.
Check out the full recipe here.
Dr Clow always believes in comfort food. What better way than a hearty healthy soup that you do not have to stand over and watch?! You can substitute white rice with organic brown rice in this recipe to make it even healthier. Remember, try to always use as many organic items while cooking to give you better flavor.
Check out the full recipe here.
Food. Family. Fun. That’s about the order of priority around the holidays, but if you (like most) are worried about gaining those few extra pounds over December, we’ve got a few tips for you.
It doesn’t have to be a blue Christmas this year with bland foods that taste like cardboard, but take the initiative to make a DEFENSIVE game plan when it comes to eating this season. Start with some of our helpful tips and maybe sprinkle in a few ideas of your own. Happy season’s eatings!
1. Be A Picky Eater – In other words, spend your calories wisely on the foods you love and enjoy. Put yourself on a food budget at each meal and at every party and come New Years, you won’t be disappointed in your waistline. That’s something you can take to the bank.
Try This: Make a mental note of which foods are your favorites and try to stick to those instead of going crazy and eating every single thing on the table.
2. Rethink Seconds – It takes a little time for your brain to realize you’re “full” so give yourself a break and then take inventory of how you feel. You may not want those seconds after all.
Try This: After you’re finished with your first plate of food, take a 10-minute break. Grab some water. Talk to an old friend. Go to the bathroom.
3. Don’t Be A Grazer – We’re talking about acting as guardian of the food table. It’s easy to mindlessly eat while you talk, even if you’re full, so keep some distance between you and that delicious spread.
Try This: If you know you’re the type who will grab a snack at every turn, carry some gum or mints in your pocket and pop those in when you get a hankering to keep on snacking.
4. Never Go To Party With An Empty Tummy – That’s just asking for trouble and you’re almost certain to gorge yourself when you get there. It’s just human nature, when you’re famished, you FEAST.
Try This: Grab a filling bite before heading out. Something like apple slices with peanut butter or turkey and cheese on pita bread are perfect choices.
5. Try Not To Drink All Your Calories – Easier said than done when you’re enjoying friends and food in a fun atmosphere, but there are some tips that can at help (a little). Did you know that a glass of eggnog can rack up 500 calories or more in a single glass? Wine, beer or cocktails typically run 125-250 calories per drink, so they can add up quickly. Be mindful of those deliciously dangerous drinks.
Try This: Take a break between drinks to grab a glass of water or even a flavored seltzer between takes.
6. Slip-On Those Dancing (Walking) Shoes – Depending on the type of dancing and obvious intensity levels, dancing can burn up to an average of 282 calories per hour! The perfect way to make up for those yummy hors-d’oeuvres and cocktails. Walking can also be a great way to burn some calories before a night of partying.
Try This: Choose a dinner spot that offers live music so you can dance the night away or grab a friend or family member and take a brisk walk around the block before the night starts.
7. Don’t Shop Hungry – Similar to going to a party hungry, NEVER leave the house hungry, especially if you’re going shopping. Strolling around the mall or department store will have your stomach growling for those yummy cinnamon rolls and pretzels that you won’t be able to resist. Poor choices are just bound to happen.
Try This: Grab a healthy snack before you leave the house or eat a good meal at home. This will help cut down on those impulse snacks that seem to be everywhere.
8. Cook For Those You Love – Going out to eat or to a party, it’s hard to control your food choices or more importantly what’s in them. Why not plan your own dinner party and cook a delicious heart-healthy meal for the important people in your life. There are lots of ways you can make your meals healthier around the holidays without sacrificing all the good flavor.
Try This: Get creative by using less of those ingredients that are piled high with saturated fats and cholesterol like butter, cream, and vegetable shortening. There are lots of healthy alternatives out there such as applesauce or even evaporated skim milk.
We want everyone to be happy and healthy overall, and that requires baby steps sometimes. We hope these tips help you out, and if you have any questions about health and wellness we’d love to talk with you. Give our team a call and let’s set some health goals to make next year your best year yet!
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West Melbourne, FL, November 20, 2018
Dr. Clow grew up right here in Brevard County and has never strayed from his career or his goal of helping as many people as possible reach their optimum health potential through chiropractic care. Dr. Clow utilizes not only chiropractic adjustment in his office but provides a complete spectrum of natural healthcare. He believes in a level of personalized care that's simply hard to find anywhere else and also believes in the spirit of giving!
This past Tuesday Dr. Clow continued a tradition started in his practice 20 years ago. Every year before Thanksgiving Dr. Clow provides his patients with a holiday gift of a frozen turkey with their adjustment.
Over the years Dr. Clow has given away over 40,000 lbs of turkey. This year he gave away a record number, 3390 lbs of turkey to 226 families. A majority of his patients paid this kindness forward and donated their turkey to Serene Harbor Domestic Violence Center in Palm Bay.
This is one of our favorite times of the year because we get to give back to this community that we love and care about! Happy Holidays from all of us at Clow Integrated Medical Center!
Pumpkin season has finally arrived, so we thought it appropriate to carve out some time for dishing out some impressive health benefits of this yummy seasonal favorite. No more feeling anxious about what you’re bringing to family gatherings, now you can feel good about all of your pumpkin recipes this fall and brag away about how healthy they are.
Check out our 6 favorite health benefits of pumpkin and feel free to share them with everyone, unless you want to hog all the credit for yourself, in which case we won’t tell anyone.
Seeds and nuts no matter what kind are actually all heart healthy, and of course that includes our favorite pumpkin seed. They contain what are called phytosterols, a plant-based molecule that acts in the intestine to lower bad cholesterol absorption. Pumpkin seeds can lower cholesterol by 10% when taking 2g per day, which is a little less than 1oz. If not being used as a garnish for a delicious recipe, raw pumpkin seeds are great snacks that can be picked up at most local grocery stores. Snack away!
Unless you’re just a Scrooge around the holiday season, who doesn’t like to be happy? Pumpkins contain an amino acid called tryptophan, a key ingredient in producing serotonin. In case you were unaware, serotonin is huge when it comes to our mood, so partaking in a bit of pumpkin this season will help chase those moody blues away. And unlike Cinderella, this pumpkin will last past midnight.
Packed FULL of vitamin C, it’s hard not to get excited about pumpkin during the season that is famous for cold and flu assaults. The recommended daily dose for vitamin C is 65mg, and one cup of cooked pumpkin contains nearly 20% of that recommended dose. Sounds like a winning combo to us, so start pumping your body with some pumpkin before sickness has a chance to set in.
The orange family of vegetables all have something in common, and we’re talking about carrots, sweet potatoes, butternut squash and of course pumpkin. They all have strong levels of beta-carotene, and according to the National Cancer Institute, it may have a strong link to preventing certain cancers. Seems silly NOT to plate up some pumpkin this season, there’s really nothing to lose.
Hello best beauty product ever! Ok, maybe a bit too far but seriously how awesome is that?! Carotenoids contained in pumpkin act as protective antioxidants that not only protect the body against free radicals that damage the body but also keep the skin wrinkle-free. So don’t feel bad to ask for seconds when the pumpkin’s being passed around. Your skin just might thank you.
When we think of fiber, we hardly think of pumpkin, but it has surprisingly large amounts of fiber within that bright orange packaging. For every 1 cup of pumpkin, there are 3 grams of fiber and only 49 calories. It’s common knowledge that a fiber-rich diet actually helps people feel fuller longer and eat less, giving them the ability to lose some of those pesky pounds. PLUS pumpkin is just yummy to eat. Wins all around!
These top health benefits are yours to take advantage of this fall season, so pop into your local farmer’s market or grocer and grab some pumpkin before it’s all gone! If you have any questions about how your diet plays a part in balancing the body and its function, then we’d love to help. Give our team a call today!
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The world’s most used herbicide, glyphosate, has been found in corn, soybeans and pet food by two different testing studies released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Cornell University this week.
The FDA report released Monday on their 2016 testing program, showed that 2,670 domestic food samples were tested for pesticides, 99% of which were found to be in compliance with federal EPA pesticide residue standards and 4,276 imported food samples were tested, 90% of which were found to be in compliance with the EPA standards.
The FDA also tested for glyphosate and AMPA (the main metabolite of glyphosate) for the first time in a small range of products in 2016, these included corn, soybeans, eggs and milk. The results showed that glyphosate was found at high but legal levels in soybeans and corn but not in eggs or milk.
CORN – WHOLE GRAIN
Glyphosate: 241 samples (66% positive) – Mean Average 40 ppb, Highest 4500 ppb
AMPA: 238 samples (39% positive) – Mean Average 30 ppb, Highest 5500 ppb
POPCORN
Glyphosate: 25 samples (32% positive) – Mean Average 8 ppb, Highest 64 ppb
AMPA: 21 samples (4.3% positive) – Mean Average 0.7 ppb, Highest 17 ppb
SOYBEANS – WHOLE GRAIN
Glyphosate: 264 samples (66% positive) – Mean Average 790 ppb, Highest 10,000 ppb
AMPA: 264 samples (61% positive) – Mean Average 840 ppb, Highest 13,990 ppb
Sustainable Pulse Director, Henry Rowlands, reacted to the FDA report; “The levels of glyphosate found in soybeans and corn are of great concern. In 1999, the EPA’s ‘safe level’ (MRL) for soybeans was raised from 0.1 mg/kg (100 ppb) to 20 mg/kg (20,000 ppb) in the USA and Europe. Likewise in 2004, the glyphosate MRL for soybean was raised from 0.2 mg/kg (200 ppb) to 10 mg/kg (10,000 ppb) in Brazil. A peer-reviewed study in 2014 suggested that these MRL adjustments were only made in response to actual observed increases in the glyphosate residue detected in GM HT soybeans.
“The FDA have also admitted that they didn’t test crops or food products for glyphosate until 2016. The reason they give for this disgraceful lack of control is that they have a limited budget. However, in reality, 100 samples costs $20,000 or less, so I have never understood this excuse."
“The FDA should now be concentrating on testing all crops that are desiccated using glyphosate, these include wheat, oats, lentils, peas, soybeans, corn, flax, rye, triticale, buckwheat, millet, canola, sugar beets, sunflowers, and potatoes.”
For more information and quotes on the FDA report please see here.
In a separate peer-reviewed study, also released on Monday by Cornell University, levels of glyphosate were found in a range of pet foods.
The 18 dog and cat foods tested were all mixtures of vegetable and meat ingredients, and one product was certified GMO-free. The study found that all of the products contained glyphosate at concentrations ranging from approximately 80 to 2,000 micrograms of glyphosate per kilogram (ppb).
“While the levels of glyphosate in pet foods surprised us, if a human ate it every day, their glyphosate exposure would still be well below the limits currently deemed safe,” one of the study authors Anthony Hay said.
Dr. Michael Antoniou of King’s College London, who has conducted research on the health impacts of glyphosate herbicide, reacted in a quote for GM Watch; “The authors of this study, as quoted in this article, are ignoring established scientific principles and evidence in arriving at their conclusion that the levels of glyphosate residues found in the pet foods are “within a range that would be deemed safe for humans”.
“First, they do not acknowledge the well-established principle of low dose toxicity, especially through endocrine disruption, which does not follow a linear ‘dose makes the poison’ model. Second, they ignore a large body of evidence that shows that daily intake of glyphosate well below what regulators have ruled as safe causes ill health to multiple organ systems such as the liver, kidney and reproductive system.”
When thinking about being healthy, what’s the FIRST thing most people think about? It’s food and exercise, right? Not to say that those aren’t important, but if you’re NOT thinking about your spine you’re missing out on the foundational piece of building good health.
So how exactly can we promote good spinal health? Here are 3 things to remember that will help.
#1 Pay Attention To Posture
Something that’s easy to overlook is how we’re sitting every single day. It’s a safe bet to say that most of us work sitting down behind a desk, or at least sitting down somewhere (shout out to the lucky few who get to work from the couch). Did you know that the average American spends 11 hours sitting per day? No wonder they say sitting is the new smoking! It’s easy for the spine and our posture to suffer when we’re not paying attention. Avoiding this sedentary type of lifestyle without physical exercise and activity will make a HUGE impact on your health.
Quick Tip: Set an alarm for every 30 minutes to an hour to get up and walk around. Your spine and your back will thank you.
#2 Stretch it Out
Stretching is an underrated exercise that ANYONE can do from ANYWHERE. You don’t have to go see a doctor or a chiropractor to take full advantage of this useful activity. Specific exercises can strengthen your core and muscles around your spine, supporting excellent spinal health. There are specific exercises you can do for lower back pain, sciatica, herniated discs, and even scoliosis. Building these muscles up around the spine is extremely important and will help with long-term health.
Quick Tip: You can do a quick search online for easy at-home stretches for specific lower back pain or core building exercises, or reach out to our team here and we’d love to help you out!
#3 Visit Your Local Chiropractor
Chiropractors are the experts when it comes to spinal structure and musculoskeletal structure, so this makes perfect sense. We get that some people have some apprehension when it comes to even hearing the word “chiropractor”, hey we get it. Let us ease your mind for a second though. We know that people have legitimate fears and questions about doctors and their treatments, but fear is the result of the unknown. We are in the business of helping people get pain relief from a variety of health conditions and this starts with simple, effective spinal adjustments. Removing interference within the spine is how we target the root cause of problems not just treat your symptoms. A healthy spine will create a healthy body and life and getting treated by a chiropractor will be the best decision you can make for yourself.
Quick Tip: The easiest way to get past any fear or skepticism is simply call and make an appointment. Experience for yourself how powerful this non-opioid and non-surgical treatment really is.
We’re pros when it comes to musculoskeletal health, so trust us when we say the spine is a big freaking deal. It has 24 vertebrae plus discs that act as shock absorbers, oh and it’s the super highway of communication for the entire nervous system, so yeah kind of important. And if there’s anything we know, traffic jams on major highways cause major delays, headaches, and a flat-out bad mood for the rest of the day. Translate this into traffic jams and interference of the nervous system and you’ve got the breakdown of systems and processes of the body plus pain and symptoms popping up all over the place. Not ideal.
Can we take it a step further? When these traffic jams don’t get fixed, the problems only get worse, building up on top of each other creating bigger complications on down the line. We’re talking stuff like high blood pressure, diabetes, sciatica, neuropathy, even cancer. Come on, where did you think sickness and disease came from?
Give our team a call and let’s start building a healthier life starting with your spine!
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Here at Clow Integrated Medical Center, nothing is more important to us than finding the underlying cause of people’s pain. We are all about finding the cause of the problem for each and every person, so give our team a call and we’ll find a way to personally help you out.
We'd like to share an interesting article that shares recent Gallup Poll results about attitudes in the United States when it comes to pain management. The poll finds that most Americans want to find other ways to manage their pain before taking pain medication prescribed by a doctor.
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/220166/americans-experiences-non-drug-treatments-pain.aspx
We know that simple and safe spinal adjustments work to remove any interference to your nervous system and have been proven to help with many symptoms and health complications. Give us a call today to schedule an appointment if you're ready to live a pain-free life.
At Clow Integrated Medical Center, we value your health. We do all of the research and training so that your health needs can be addressed by Dr. Clow and his staff of experienced doctors and assistants. Dr. Clow has been serving the community for over 34 years and looks forward to welcoming you into our family.
Here's what's new in our office for September:
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Recall of Levothyroxine and Liothyronine (Thyroid Tablets, USP) due to the risk of adulteration.
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us at (321) 237-0308.
When spring and summer attack….sounds like a bad movie. There’s nothing worse than allergy season if you happen to be one of the 50 million people in America that suffer from allergies. According to the College of Asthma and Immunology, allergies are actually the 6th leading cause of chronic illness in the U.S. Wow! These statistics are trending up and don’t look to slow down anytime soon.
Common allergies and conditions such as hay fever and even asthma affect both adults and children, so much in fact that our country spends over $18 billion dollars every year as a result. Medication, doctor visits, and even ER appearances add up quickly, leaving in the wake millions of people still searching for relief.
Here’s a question we’re just going to throw out there: Why not stop the allergies before they even start? Here are 5 all natural things you can do to help prevent allergies before they flare up.
5 Action Steps For Preventing Allergies Naturally
This is the part where you drink LOTS OF WATER! The goal is to consume half of your body weight in fluid oz. per day. Why? Because your sinus cavities and respiratory tract membranes are extremely sensitive to dehydration, so staying hydrated helps fight any flare-ups.
Your immune system gets taxed easily by fighting off all the allergens and it needs to recharge. Sleep can help with this. Adding an extra 30 minutes every day will give your immune system a boost. This will help it to react appropriately and not overreact.
Probiotics are live bacteria that help keep your systems healthy, especially your digestive system. Your immune system is in your gut so taking a y probiotic every day helps build that health from the inside out. We recommend taking a capsule that has 20 billion organisms in it. Allergens entering in will end up in the gut where the first immune reaction begins.
Consuming local honey from your area is a natural way to desensitize yourself to the allergens. There is actually local Spring honey in most markets. Take a look at your local farmer’s markets and ask. Eating 1-2tsps per day will help and as a bonus, honey is a superfood!
Getting regular chiropractic adjustments helps remove interference to your nervous system and keeps everything running optimally. Neck pain and other pains are related to a compromised immune system, boost it up with regular chiropractic visits.
Save yourself the itching and the sneezing for the season and give these things a try! Your nose will thank you, and if you have further questions please feel free to contact our team! We’d love to talk!