NUTRITION & CHIROPRACTIC: WHY IT MATTERS

You go to the chiropractor to get adjusted, removing those pesky subluxations that affect your body’s ability to heal and function well.   But did you know you can go to your chiropractor for nutritional care, as well?

According to a study from the National Institute of Health, 80% of chiropractors from a New York State study reported using nutritional counseling in their practice. 

Chiropractors practice the concept of holistic medicine, which provides care for the entire body instead of concentrating on a disease’s symptoms.  Part of holistic medicine includes nutrition, which uses food to bring health and wellness to the body.   Putting the two together, along with other holistic methods such as massage or cranial sacral therapy, allows chiropractic care and nutritional counseling to provide the holistic approach more people are seeking.

Seaman’s article “The Diet-Induced Proinflammatory State: a Cause of Chronic Pain and Other Degenerative Diseases,” published in the journal Manipulative Physiological Therapy, states that a “substantial amount of research exists to suggest that dietary changes reduce systemic inflammation which, in turn, alleviates pain and other clinical symptoms caused by inflammation.”

Also, according to a study by the Colorado National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, eating more organic fruits and vegetables, healthy fats, and omega-3 fatty acids, combined with avoiding processed foods and drinking more water, helps to reduce inflammation, which can help relieve the symptoms of autoimmune conditions. 

Chiropractors do this because they are required to study nutrition as part of their schooling in chiropractic. Chiropractors study nutrition to better understand how your subluxations could be affected by the food you eat.

These vitamins and supplements are made from plants that we consume as food (or, we should, at least).   Medical doctors, on the other hand, are not required to study nutrition or how vitamins and supplements benefit their patients’ health.

Want to take a holistic approach to chiropractic and nutritional care? Call Graham Chiropractic Wellness Center located in Modesto, California today to schedule an appointment. Dr. Graham and the team at Graham Chiropractic will help you improve your spinal – and nutritional – health today!

Here are the Nutritional Supplements we offer at our office!

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Apex Energetics™ serves the healthcare community as a leading sponsor of cutting-edge functional medicine education and has created an innovative portfolio of research-guided nutritional formulas supported by superior customer service for over 30 years. Our unique approach to nutrition involves capturing and integrating science and healthcare professional insights into successful performance-based health products and strategies for patients. 

Apex Energetics formulas are developed by leading experts in close association with our Scientific Advisory Board. This collaboration integrates a wide range of healthcare perspectives and approaches such as functional medicine, chiropractic principles, Eastern medicine, and the latest nutritional science. Our science-based process results in formulas that maintain compliance with our rigorous quality control standards while meeting unique patient needs.

Our formulas support specific biochemical pathways and physiological processes, such as the neuroendocrine-immune axis, the brain-gut axis, and hepatic detoxification, as well as brain chemistry and functional blood chemistry.