Detox

 

While healthy eating is our birthright, for many of us it seems like taking the plunge into eating a whole foods-based diet is the equivalent to traveling to some distant land but, it doesn’t have to be such a scary or foreign experience.

My priority is to guide each patient through a safe, simple, realistic and pleasurable (yes!) transition into healthy eating. Because whole foods-based diets remove all the sugary, fatty, chemical-laden, artificial stuff from the diet, they sometimes get called a detox or a cleanse.

 

Why is Detoxification Important?

When our bodies become “toxic,” it means that our natural means of ushering out metabolic waste from normal human metabolism, environmental pollution, and what has become known as the Standard American Diet (or SAD diet – funny, right?!) have exceeded the threshold for what the body’s innate detoxification system can tolerate on its own. With this toxic load, every system in the human body can become affected. From our head to our toes and everything in between, toxicity makes us sick!

Common Symptons of High Toxic Levels:

• Bad Breath
• Constipation
• Fatigue
• Gas and/or Bloating
• Memory Loss
• Migranes
• Rashes
• Weight Gain

 

Detoxification Life Style

When aiming to clear your system of toxins you must adapt your life style to a much more healthier one. The affect of a eating a non-toxins can make you much more in tune with your ability to feel. (emotionally and physically) Once you change your diet and environment to a more non-toxic one, you will experience a completely new world.

• Drinking purified water inside of a glass container – The high level of BPA will increase the toxins within your body
• Consuming kidney and liver enhancing foods such as: beets, artichokes, leafy vegetables, burdock root, and milk thistle.
• Eliminate the use of practice containers – The high level of BPA will cause your food to obtain a high level of toxins.
• Avoid fried food – Toxins can be formed when cooking carbohydrates at extremely high temperatures
• Avoid chemical usage in your home and purchase a faucet purifier – Clear the chemicals within your household and start to see the benefits of detoxified living.

 

Nutritional Tips

The Problem

If you look at what happens to people who are newly “civilized” and recently exposed to the modern Western diet, you can get an idea of the problems caused by eating a refined, processed diet. A couple examples of the deterioration in general health caused by the Western diet are the in Pacific Islanders.

• People living on Pukapuka eat a traditional diet. Their diet averages about 1800 calories per day, which includes about 70 grams of fat and 9 grams of sugar.
• The Rarotonga people have a hybrid diet, they eat a combination of traditional and western. They consume about 63 grams of fat and 35 grams of sugar.
• The Maori people of New Zealand eat a modernized Western diet. They average 2500 calories with 125 grams of fat per day and about 71 grams of sugar per day.
• Americans average 2600 calories per day even upwards of 3000 calories per day, with a sugar intake of about 147 grams of sugar per day and 35% of all the calorie intake is fat.

 

The Damage

In Raratonga, gross obesity is 5.2 times more common than it is on Pukapuka. The New Zealand Maori have 13 times more gross obesity than the people on Pukapuka. Diabetes is 3.1 times more prevalent on Raratonga than on Pukapuka. There is almost six times more diabetes in New Zealand than on Pukapuka. Heart disease is twice as common on Raratonga and 2 1/2 times more common in New Zealand than it is on Pukapuka. High blood pressure is seen in 10 times more people on Raratonga and in 8 1/2 more times more people in New Zealand than on Pukapuka.

Some Affects of Poor Diets

• Allergies
• Chronic Pain
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Disease
• Fatigue
• Heart Disease
• High Blood Pressure
• High Cholesterol
• Obesity
• Skin Problems
• Some Cancers
• Stroke
• Tooth Decay
• Type-2 Diabetes

 

The Solution

We are designed to eat whole foods that contain the necessary proteins, carbohydrates, fiber, enzymes, vitamins and minerals, and other nutrients that our body’s need for proper nourishment and health. Supporting your healthcare with a customized supplement program can provide the nutrition that your body does not receive from our contemporary diet.

What if there was a way to discover EXACTLY what your body needs-what nutrition and vitamin supplements to take and in what quantity? There is a way! Through a combination of diagnostic tests (blood work, salivary hormone testing, Applied Kinesiology protocols) Dr. Laven can determine precisely what your body needs in order to function at its highest level of wellness. He will guide his patients in making positive dietary changes and taking necessary supplements. What you take into your body is a part of what determines how you feel perform.

Considering the nutritional component of your health is one of the pathways to improving your overall health and wellness. Pave the way to a healthier you. Start today with Laven Wellness Center.

What if I already diet?

Even with a balanced diet it is possible to have nutritional deficiencies. Stress, pollution, poor dietary habits in the past and genetics may make it necessary to supplement a good diet. Unfortunately, most people are unsure about which supplements they need. A custom designed nutritional program ensures that the supplementation you take is appropriate to your needs.

 

Spine Health

Virtually every nerve in the body passes through the spine. When the spine contains subluxations, fixations, and muscle spasm the nervous system is affected. The obvious manifestation of this is pain and discomfort. Pain and discomfort is caused by stimulation (or irritation) of the nerves that emerge from the spine.

Sometimes the pain is severe, sometimes it is merely annoying. Pain is what brings most people to chiropractors. Chiropractors adjust (manipulate) subluxations and fixations to relieve pain and discomfort. It works very well. Chiropractic, as we know it, has been around for a hundred years. Spinal manipulation, however, has been practiced since the time of the ancient Egyptians and has a pretty good track record of improving health and relieving pain.

The Spinal Nerves

The spinal nerves are responsible for feeling pain (and other sensations) and for the movement of muscles. They emerge from the spinal column and are responsible for feeling and movement throughout the body. Pain, weakness and other symptoms caused by irritation of spinal nerves are what usually bring people to chiropractors. To most people, the value of chiropractic is its ability to relieve neck, back and other musculus-skeletal pain. Even chronic distortions of the spine, while taking a little more time, can be relieved through chiropractic care.

Autonomic Nervous System

While it is clear to many people that chiropractic is effective in treating neck, back and musculoskeletal pain, they may not fully realize that chiropractic helps the function of another part of the nervous system, the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic nervous system there are clusters of nerves, called along side of the spine.

The ganglia handle automatic functions (they work autonomously). When you eat, you don’t have to tell your stomach to produce acid for digestion. When you run, you don’t have to tell your heart to beat faster to supply blood and oxygen to your legs. These functions happen automatically. Think of the brain as the president of the company. The president isn’t involved with every detail of the running of that company. There are heads of various departments, marketing, accounting, sales etc. These department heads are like the ganglia of the autonomic nervous system.

Structure Affects Nervous System

There are many approaches to balancing the body’s structure. Some practitioners work with fascia, like Rolfers. Many styles of massage help to fix muscle and other structural imbalance. Chiropractors work directly on the bones of the spine. If you take a rubber band and put it around your arm, your hand will become numb, tingle and then ache. You have interfered with the nerve and blood supply. Similarly, subluxations and fixations affect your body. Spinal nerves are affected, causing pain and weakness and the autonomic nervous system is affected causing dysfunction in various organs.

When you place a rubber band around your arm, the effects are felt in a few minutes. Pressure from subluxations and fixations, when chronic, are usually more subtle and their effects are felt over time.

Structural balance can create a sense of well-being and improve health. People are commonly aware that such techniques are effective for relieving pain, but its real strength lies in its ability to improve the health of the nervous system and the rest of the body.

 

Sports Injury

At Laven Wellness Center our goal is to help you overcome your sports injury so that you can feel and perform at your best. When you come to us, you’ll get the personalized service and attention you deserve as we work to target the source of your discomfort and provide the therapy you need to heal. The reason people tend to reinjure themselves has to do with faulty muscle patterns, which creates poor function, as well as less then optimal performance. I will correct those patterns, which alleviates pain and helps prevent future injuries. Patients tend to injure themselves after they have started a new exercise program. The problem is strengthening muscles around a structure that is out of balance. You wouldn’t stake up a bent tree before straightening it, You shouldn’t strengthen muscle before straightening your structure. Lets make sure your exercise is helping, not hurting. Whether you need to get back in your sport faster or desire to optimize your performance and potential, Laven Wellness Center is the place for you. Take the step now towards being a better athlete.

Pre-Treatment

Prior to heading over to Laven Wellness Center you should: try to not apply pressure to the injury as it may begin to become worse, get lots of rest, apply an ice pack to the injury to calm the swelling down, wrap the injury lightly in gauze to help with the swelling and stop any potential bleeding, and raise the injured body part as gravity will help slow the bleeding.

Benefits of Pre-Treatment

• Decreased Swelling
• Slows/Stops Bleeding
• Reduces Pain
• Optimizes Healing

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