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An Apple a Day…

All about apples...

Is it true that, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”?

Numerous studies have concluded that it has a ring of truth for many reasons, particularly because of the fiber content in the apple peel (don’t remove it!) and the high antioxidant properties present in apples that fight damage to your body’s cells.

Adding an apple to your daily diet is beneficial because:
  • Increasing the amount of fiber in your diet helps lower cholesterol, aids in weight reduction, reduces abnormal sugar (insulin) level surges, reduces your risk of heart disease and colon cancer and makes you feel fuller so you don’t overeat.

  • Eating apples may protect you from getting serious lung disease. In fact, a University of Nottingham, England study, conducted over nine years, found that the lungs of those who ate more apples were three years younger than their counterparts who did not eat apples and other fruits.

  • Similar research conducted in Finland concluded that the more apples you eat, the more you reduce your risk of disease.

  • The antioxidants in apples help prevent diabetes, asthma, heart disease and cancer, particularly lung cancer. Anything you can do to reduce your risk of serious illness is something worth doing, particularly when it concerns your diet. A healthy diet, regular exercise, and chiropractic adjustments increase your ability to ward off disease and help to maintain peak functioning of your central nervous system functioning. For life!

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Dr. Gerard Asks some important questions of interest to Lethbridge residents - Chiropractor Lethbridge Dr. Gerard Asks...

What's the difference between sick care and health care?
Sick care is largely about relieving or suppressing symptoms. Health care is about improving performance. While sick care is about how you feel, health care is about how you function. Sick care is what you do to treat an obvious problem, and health care is what you do to avoid the problem and advance your well-being.
Is a muscle spasm a cause or an effect?
With the knee-jerk use of muscle relaxers, you'd think it was a cause. But it's an effect. Chiropractors know that bones don't move unless muscles move them. And muscles don't contract unless commanded by the nervous system. That's why your nervous system is the focus of our Lethbridge chiropractic practice.