Positive Thinking

Can Speed Your Healing!

 

WELCOME!

 

Welcome to my new Enews format. I felt that the old format was limiting for what I wanted in a newsletter, so I decided to shake things up a bit.  I hope that you enjoy this newest issue!

I also found that many people were getting bogged down because I was giving them too much information in each issue.  For that reason, they put off reading it until they had more time.  Often they never got back to it at all. 

For that reason, I decided to reduce the number of topics that I talk about in each issue as well. I would rather bring you a single topic each month that sticks with a reader, instead of 4 or 5 involved topics that don't get read!

  This new format is a ‘work in progress’, so I hope that you will bear with me during this transition! 

Dr. Frisch

 

People have long asserted that being positive can speed healing and improve the quality of that healing.  There is, however, more to this ‘happy healing’ than just putting a smile on your face.

Recent research studies echo this idea of happiness and better healing. A German study, published in Neuro Endocrinology Letters (2004), found that ...”Moderate pleasurable experiences are able to enhance biological flexibility and health. Hence, pleasure can be a resistance resource .”  This means that performing pleasurable activities, thinking pleasant thoughts, and then projecting them into your own life, can speed a more complete and successful recovery from trauma and illness.

Chiropractic has described this phenomenon of the human mind, since day one!  D.D. Palmer, the father of Chiropractic, first described the...”innate intelligence of the human body”... long before anyone else recognized or professed self-healing techniques.  Chiropractic continues to remain the leader in self-healing medicine!

Ignorant people who were afraid to learn about the neurological processes of healing have persecuted chiropractic over the years. Thankfully, with time and public education, Chiropractic has taken its rightful place in the forefront of safe and effective care for many types of injury and trauma!

If you would like to read specific Chiropractic research, please visit www.activator.com, you won’t be disappointed!

 

Why Johnny Can't Read

Educational Demands Often Blamed for Poor Grades

Students are often quick to blame parents and teachers for their poor grades, but that blame may be misplaced.  Recent research, published in the Annals of General Psychiatry (2006), found that there was a distinct relationship between video-gaming and ADHD in adolescents.

Adolescents who spent more than one hour each day on the Internet or playing video games suffered greater degrees of ADHD symptoms and inattention deficits than did those adolescents who did not.

It was strongly suggested that those students with increased levels of  inattention and focus would likely suffer with problems of learning in school.

I don't think that these findings are any big surprise to parents or educators.  Kids today do spend considerable time playing high-speed video games and watching 'quick blip' music videos, as well as text-messaging.

 This in itself may seem like no big deal, but there is something neurological that occurs when, as a youth, we train our brain to  learn and react at a speeds, which are different than we are hard-wired to perform.

When children train their brains to receive and process information quickly, they may be missing out on an important part of learning, which is integration and understanding!

Learning, which occurs without real integration and understanding of the material studied, rarely leads to long-term recall or knowledge.

The student who learns in this manner becomes a processor of information, but not a user of information.

The key to resolving this problem may be to simply turn off the television, log-off of the computer, put down the cell phone and.....

GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!

 I Exercise Often, Why Aren't I Healthier?

It might surprise a few people to hear me say that exercise has only limited benefits to being healthy!

We are told by society that we are supposed to look a certain way, and if we don't, we are lazy, slovenly and lack personal responsibility.  To that I say... 'Humbug'.

A person can be classified by Medical Standards as 'obese and unhealthy', even though he or she exercises 3-4 days a week, has normal blood pressure and no cholesterol or arthritic problems, and will likely live to be 90.

This is in contrast to the person deemed Medically healthy by normal weight standards, but who 

does not exercise, has high blood pressure, and suffers with a myriad of ailments that will significantly shorten his or her life, even with drug therapy.

So, which person do you think is actually the healthiest and will live the longest?

I you chose 'chunky'...your right!

Eileen's Corner

 

"This is my version of a classic appetizer. I hope that you enjoy it!"

 

Crab Appetizer

 

6 English Muffins halved. I like to use Old English, I think that they are the best.

2 Tbs of Mayonnaise

1 stick of butter softened

1/2 lb of crab meat. I like to use 1 package of Louis Kemp Artificial Crab Meat.

1 Tsp Lawry's or Tastefully Simple Garlic Seasoning

1 1/2 jars of Old English, Sharp Cheddar Cheese

Chop up the crab meat (I use a cuisinart!) and then mix all ‘soft’ ingredients together.

Spread the mixture on English muffin halves and cut the halves into quarters.

Place them on cookie sheets and freeze them. Once frozen, transfer the triangles to Ziploc freezer bags.

To cook: Place as many of the frozen triangles on a cookie sheet as you want and BROIL them until the cheese bubbles.

Cool slightly and eat up!

Enjoy!

Eileen