Healthy News - March 2020

“Listen to your elders!” A study of over-60 year olds discovered that 29.2% of them utilized complementary health alternatives in the last 12 months: herbal therapies, chiropractic and massage lead the list. 60% of those folks wrote it was “important” for maintaining their health and well-being. They reported that it improved their overall health, and they felt better. They had an improved sense of control over their health. They said these types of interventions created an easier way to cope with their health problems. (1) Today more than ever, we in New Roads are all in need of a better sense of control over our health and well-being. Your New Roads chiropractor is with you in good times and hard times, for young folks and elders! Make your appointment soon! Meanwhile, take advice from the CDC while the coronavirus pandemic is on our minds, too, as these are all things within our control when so much around us is not. (2)

A healthy body counts on a healthy, well-functioning immune system. Vitamin D plays a beneficial role in supporting a health immune system and aids combat challenges to it. Air pollution is a challenge as it can elicit extreme immune responses: infection, cancer, auto-immune conditions. Inhaled air pollution typically lands on respiratory mucosa and influences the respiratory system. (The news is filled with talk about the respiratory system today.) Vitamin D supplementation is one strategy research proposes may boost the immune system to resist such invasion. (3) Vitamin D is reportedly beneficial to improve and keep clinical depression at bay via its homeostatic, immunomodulatory and neuroprotective roles. (4) Everyone from government, research and industry globally are very aware that vitamin D deficiency is an extensive problem. They are working to find ways to deal with it and answer the questions “How much vitamin D should I take a day?” and “How best do we make sure everyone gets that?” (5) Let’s discuss this at your next chiropractic visit and make a plan to increase your vitamin D level and let your body to fight health-compromising problems.

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Arrange your next New Roads chiropractic appointment today with New Roads Chiropractic Center. Your New Roads chiropractor is with you on your health journey offering chiropractic treatments and tips - like supplementing with vitamin D - to follow at home to deal with mentally and physically in times of pain, stress and depression. New Roads Chiropractic Center is privileged to be your – and your elders’ - health partner.