Dr. Mark and Dr. Chip's Healthy Blogs

  Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation-                 Another glorious weekend that I hope you were able to enjoy. Friday was a little wet but it sure helped to green the grass up and it’s nice to see that most of the tree leaves are green yet, so we still have some Fall to come before the white stuff. Because of the change of weather in the lower temperatures, such a change from the hot weather, we are starting to notice some patients with coughs and colds. Of course, we have great nutritional products to help the immune system to strengthen and get us ready for the really cold weather to come. Also keeping the nervous system working correctly by getting regular chiropractic adjustments, really help to keep the body working correctly and able to use the nutrition that we take with our supplements and good diets.               ...

  STORY AT-A-GLANCE Researchers found the caffeine in one standard cup of coffee stimulated brown fat activity, burning more energy and potentially improving insulin sensitivity. These activities may help improve weight management Daily coffee drinkers also enjoy greater metabolism of fatty acids and a downregulation of the endocannabinoid system, which regulates cognition, immunity, sleep and appetite, having the opposite effect in the body than the ingestion of cannabis Your body has white fat and brown fat cells; the white cells may be programmed to brown cells when the programming is not naturally suppressed by a special protein. Conversion of white to brown fat is known as "beige" or "brite" fat The location of fat is important, since subcutaneous fat just under the skin is not as dangerous as visceral fat found deep in your abdomen around your organs. You may increase the activity of the brown fat you already have through exercise, exposure to cold and sleepin...

  Hello Natural Health Family! I imagine everyone enjoyed themselves at least some during the past weekend. I have been contemplating the health of our country and even the world. It comes up in discussion here and there for various reasons when talking to others. Let’s then discuss a way of seeing health and illness to gain a different perspective.  When you think of health and illness what do you think? You may think of a virus, a flu, a cold, or friends or relatives suffering from certain health related issues. It could be the many dis-eases that are commonly found in the country. Or perhaps the different establishments that are associated with health including offices and hospitals. Nonetheless, many times our minds will go to the illness rather than the health. We hear about sickness and issues all the time on social platforms including television. We see the commercials about how this drug can help with this issue, the latest product on helping with this problem, or th...