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RU S TIC I C H IR OP R A C TIC
Rustici News
April 2012
Inside this issue:
Genes do not encode the
final word
1
You aren’t eating food
anymore!
2
You aren’t eating food
anymore, Cont...
3
Office Hours
4
April Health Talks
4
Genes do not encode the final word
The famous scientist Emmanuel Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D. once said, “People are always blaming genes. They’ll say ‘Of course I’m fat, it’s because of my genes. My kids
are fat because of their genes. My wife is fat because of her genes. My dog is fat because of his genes.’ They ignore that they are all eating like pigs.” (1)
Blaming our genes is unscientific – newer scientific research reveals that by changing
how we eat, drink, think and live we can in fact change our genetic expression for the
better, or for the worse. We have much more power than we realize.
Dawson Church, Ph.D., author of The Genie in your Genes, puts it this way:
The old view that our genes contain indelible instructions governing the functioning of our bodies is, in the scornful words of my offspring, “So twentieth
century.” We now know that a host of other factors determine which genes
are expressed. Some of these are physical like diet, exercise, and lifestyle.
Others are metaphysical, like beliefs, attitudes, spirituality, and thoughts. (2)
Mission Statement
Rustici Chiropractic is committed to
the healthiest expression possible
for all people by eliminating the
Vertebral Subluxation Complex.
Through specific gentle Chiropractic
spinal adjustments to eliminate the
Vertebral Subluxation Complex,
interference of the nervous system
is safely removed allowing the
innate wisdom of the body to express optimal physical and mental
health. Through our commitment
to education and patient referrals
we can reach as many people as
early as possible thereby creating a
healthier world now and for future
generations. We strive for your
It’s true. If you change your lifestyle you change your future – you are not a slave to
destiny. You are not destined to get cancer, stroke, heart disease, mental illness –
you were born to live a long, happy, healthy, fulfilling life.
What does this have to do with chiropractic? Actually, quite a lot. Regular chiropractic
care is one of the best things you can do to improve your genetic expression because
removing blockages or interferences to your nervous system permits your inner wisdom to function at higher efficiency. Your energies can flow to your every nook and
cranny and you’ll be more healthy and whole.
Remember, your brain and nerves control, coordinate and enhance your health and
well-being, and chiropractors locate and release interference or blockages to your
nervous system called subluxations. When subluxations or blockages are released
your body and mind work closer to their potential and you live closer to your natural
healing potential.
Do you know anyone with a spine? If they have a spine then they need to get it
checked for subluxations and that includes everyone – from infants to the elderly.
Chiropractic has become the most popular natural healthcare system in the world
because it works. It has proven itself for over a hundred years and it proves itself
every day on countless people of all ages and with all kinds of health problems.
Why should your friends and relatives live with subluxations in their bodies when they
can get a chiropractic checkup and live without them?
experience to be easy, efficient,
affordable and effective with a
friendly family atmosphere.
Please share chiropractic with everyone.
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R U S T I C I NE WS
You aren't Eating FOOD Anymore—You're Eating Food-Like
Products
The foods eaten by most Westerners today bear little resemblance to the foods our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate.
And our lifestyles are equally non-reflective of our roots. Our bodies evolved to weather the cycles of feast and famine; to accumulate body fat easily in order to make it through times when food was scarce. But the famine never
comes now, so all we have is the feast. And feast upon feast upon feast adds up to a LOT of extra body fat.
The documentary points out that 68 percent of U.S. adults are now overweight or obese.
Hunter-gatherers consumed foods with high nutrition and low calories. Today, most Americans are getting the converse—high calories and low nutrition. Many are overfed, yet starving to death. Their bodies are accumulating fat
and pollutants from intentional AND unintentional contaminants in our food supply, causing their biological systems to shut down and be vulnerable to a variety of chronic diseases.
Adding to the caloric excess is an exercise deficit.
As a culture, we've gotten away from farms and moved to cities, adopting an indoor lifestyle that expends far fewer
calories. Instead of walking, we ride in cars. Instead of running from tigers, we chase cursors around a screen. We
have completely lost touch with where our food comes from and what goes into creating it. Our very relationship
with food has changed, and not for the better.
Are You Addicted to Additives?
Processed food has become a multi-billion dollar industry that dangles the carrot of "convenience." However, the
price you pay for convenience is your very health and vitality. Hungry For Change exposes the dark side of the food
industry's marketing plan—namely, the addition of certain chemicals that secretly can get you addicted and make
you a perpetual customer (they hope). You can probably already see the parallels with the tobacco industry that, in
the 1960s, began increasing the nicotine level in cigarettes, which kept smokers coming back for more.
One example of an addictive food additive is MSG (monosodium glutamate), which is added to 80 percent of all flavored foods. MSG excites the part of your brain that's in charge of your fat programs. MSG is what's known as an
excitotoxin, but it's also used to fatten up mice for scientific study. Yes, MSG is the perfect obesity drug. If you want
to achieve your ideal body weight and health, avoid MSG at all costs.
Feeding Your Child Sugar Can Be a Highly Addictive Habit
American children are consuming about ten times as much sugar as they were a century ago, especially in the form
of fructose (primarily in the form of high fructose corn syrup). Fructose is the average American's largest source of
calories. This comes as no surprise, as it's highly addictive. The prevalence of fructose in the Western diet is a very
significant factor driving today's obesity epidemic.
Much of the fructose in processed foods and beverages is in the form of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
You'll find high fructose corn syrup in an alarming number of everyday products—bread, salad dressing, pasta
sauce, infant formula, and nearly all processed foods. In these highly concentrated, highly refined forms, fructose
can have some very serious metabolic effects that wreak havoc on your body and make it difficult to escape the addictive cycle. Because it's so energy-dense, putting HFCS in your body is like putting jet fuel into an automobile
engine—you'll burn it out.
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You aren't Eating FOOD Anymore—You're Eating Food-Like
Products, continued
Cont.
When you consume something so high in sugar, your pancreas must secrete large amounts of insulin to bring down
your bloodsugar level. And all of that sugar is turned into fat so it can be stored. Insulin is in fact a fat-producing
hormone. But the problems from sugar don't stop there.
Sugar is a drug. It causes a beta-endorphin rush in your brain, stimulating the production of morphine-like chemicals. When you're feeling down or under stress, it's natural to want to eat foods that lift your mood. Sugar fits the
bill as a "comfort food," given its morphine-like physiological effects. And like any drug, your body can become habituated, meaning you will require more sugar over time to get the same sugar high.
Sugar is actually is similar to cocaine in many respects.
Both are highly refined, chemically manipulated agents that are derived from natural, harmless plants—it's the
extremely concentrated forms that are dangerous and addictive to your body. Cocaine is made from coca leaves,
which are not in and of themselves harmful and have been used nutritionally for hundreds of years in South Americai. If you want to be healthy, you MUST take control of your sugar intake so that it doesn't take control over you.
Diets Don't Work
Diets really don't work. Although most people have heard this admonition before, many are still unable to resist
the temptation. "Dieting" is a multi-million dollar industry itself and does some powerful marketing to lure you in.
However, studies are clear that 90 to 95 percent of dieters gain back the weight they lose, and THEN some. Dieting is a temporary fix… do you want to be temporarily healthy? Of course not! You want to be permanently
healthy. So, you have to make some permanent lifestyle changes.
Every time you lose weight by dieting, your body will be triggered into trying to protect you from the effects of another "famine" in the future, so it will add some extra body fat as insurance. You may lose 10 pounds on a diet, but
you'll gain back 15 or 20. Dieting is a physiologically flawed concept and sets you up for failure.
Fake-Foods of the Western World
People of vastly different cultures and environments thrive on all sorts of diets, from high fat and high protein to
high carbohydrate; some mostly animal products and others largely vegetarian. Yet, as varied as native diets are,
most native populations have very low rates of chronic disease when compared with Americans and other Western
cultures. Eskimos thrive on diets rich in animal fat and muscle and organ meats, but tropical natives thrive on
abundant fresh plants, fish and fruit. Yet both cultures are healthy!
So what's the common denominator?
Native diets consist mostly of natural, whole foods (whether plant- or animal-based) rather than processed foods
that come in a box or a can. Americans are eating overcooked, overprocessed and chemically manipulated fake
foods, instead of REAL foods.
Native diets, in general, are largely made up of whole vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and meats. Not cooked down,
refined, dehydrated and reconstituted, boxed-up pretend foods that aren't really foods at all. Eating wisely requires
a gradual transition toward the consumption of natural, whole foods that are unaltered by a lab. The closer to nature a food is, the more nutritious it will be. A change away from the cultural "norm" won't be accomplished over
night. Start gradually. As good foods are added into your diet, bad foods will eventually be crowded out.
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to an evening that will
change the way people
view chiropractic.
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April Schedule
Wednesday April 4th, 2012@7pm
Monday April 9th, 2012 @1pm
Wednesday April 18th, 2012@1pm
Monday, April 23th, 2012 @7pm
Special class times
can also be arranged
for groups.
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