Chiropractic Care, Nutrition and Health
Being a Chiropractor in San Diego brings special challenges. In addition to our population leading more active and physically demanding lifestyles, they also are more likely to seek out alternative health care.
Neck pain, back pain, headaches and sciatica rule the symptoms that instigate new patient and returning patient visits.
What do they all want? Chiropractic adjustments of course!
Most of my patients consider themselves to be purveyors of natural health care. However, when asked about nutrition, most of them don’t have a good handle on it. Hence the topic of this blog post.
I thought that I would do a very brief overview of vitamins.
Vitamins are essential for us to maintain a healthy body. They regulate metabolism and assist the processes that release energy from digested food. The body needs vitamins in much smaller amounts than it needs carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water. Vitamins are considered MICRONUTRIENTS.
Vitamins act as coenzymes that work with enzymes that are the foundation of all humane bodily functions. They are the catalysts or activators in all of our chemical reactions.
Vitamins exist in two categories; water soluble and oil soluble. Water soluble vitamins must be taken into the body daily. Water soluble vitamins cannot be stored in the body and are usually utilized and excreted within 24 hours. Vitamin C and the B vitamins are examples of water soluble vitamins.
Oil soluble vitamins are stored for longer periods of time in our fatty tissues and in the liver. Examples of oil soluble vitamins include A, D, E, and K.
Both types of vitamins are necessary for maintaining health and fitness.
Vitamins are a small piece of nutrition. Just as important as taking vitamins is the ability to resist the urge to eat junk.
Soda, deep fried foods, tobacco, alcohol, refined sugar and many others steal our health.
True health maintenance has to include examining our nutrition.
Here’s To Your Health
Dr. Jones