The Blame Game On Raising Children

I will admit that I'm not a parent but I am a daughter, a sister, a friend and a mentor. The other day one of my coworkers and I were talking about health and convenience. We live in a society that is go go go and so we don't stop to take the time to take care of ourselves.
One topic that came up is my sister who has terrible acne scarring on her face. She spends hundreds and hundreds of dollars every year trying to get rid of it, from one treatment to the other. Last month it was microdermambrasion, which didn't help, with a side of pregnancy pills to control her hormones. This month she is continuing the pills but has replaced the microdermambrasion with an orange peel. She has a morning and night ritual of face creams and nothing has helped. I have talked to her before and recommended that she look into detoxing and changing what she eats. Her diet consists of easy to create food such as frozen pizzas, instant things, pop, beer and such. Our bodies needs more nutrients, vitamins and just plain old healthy things. Unfortunately she won't touch the vegetables I cook and her version of vegis are either frozen or from a can (filled with preservatives). One night she took a can of corn and heated it in a microwave. Intending on making me proud she pointed out she was eating vegetables. I didn't have the heart to tell her that corn has no nutritional value and the corn she was eating was not only drenched in preservatives but also it was genetically engineered. My sister is a prime example of someone who thinks she is doing what is right but isn't. Instead she wants an easy fix, an easy answer, so she can go on and enjoy her life. Detoxing means giving up somethings she likes to eat and spending the time to take care of herself.

The example my coworker had was of her children and their friends. One of her daughter's friends stayed with them. She wouldn't eat their organic chicken nuggets and said they tasted funny. Her breakfast at home was typically a poptart and when offered fruits she didn't want them and with quite a few berries have never had them. That is sad. It makes you wonder what her diet at home is. There was a video clip from a documentary that I saw a long time ago. A doctor came into a classroom of children bringing vegetables to show the children. The children didn't know what a potato was but knew what fries were. The children didn't know what a tomato was but knew what ketchup was. The world of convenience made it very difficult for people to lead healthy lives. Instead on changing ourselves we go back and try to get a pill to fix our problems.

We need to take responsibility for our actions and change ourselves instead of trying to cover up the symptoms then blame the world.

I'll Take What Mommy's Having... SHAKED NOT STIRRED

This is the second article of my 3 article series about Consumptions during pregnancy. The first one was about drugs and pregnancy. Last fall I was driving down a highway and saw an advertisement on the billboard. A child stood there was a drink in his hand. The advertisement said something about it being ridiculous and so don't drink while you're pregnant. This is common sense, I would think, but unfortunately it's not. Apparently there are a handful of mothers who think an occassional drink would not harm them nor their fetus.
According to the March of Dimes website, each year up to 40,000 babies are born with "festal alcohol spectrum disorders" (FASDs). Any consumption of alcohol can effect the baby but not many mothers consider that. Alcohol breaks down slower in a baby's body because they are not fully developed and can cause from moderate to extreme damages to the development of the child. This includes mental retardation, behavioral problems, heart problems and more. Some babies might be even be stillborn because of it.
There is an article on the Discovery webpage starting that it is okay to do some light drinking during your pregnancy. They stated that a couple drinks a week wouldn't harm the child. But their definition of a drink is "a small glass of wine, a half-pint of beer or a single serving of hard alcohol." To be honest most people have a hard time measuring out just a little of something and keeping to it. What will stop a mother from pouring an extra glass or redefining the definition of a drink? If you are pregnant think about making positive decisions for your child.

February 2012 Workshops

Insulin Workshop 

• obesity~weight gain
• Diabetes
• high blood sugar
• fatigue

Learn how insulin is the CAUSE of these diseases and what you can do to get well.
Saturday February 11th 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Roseville City Hall
2660 Civic Center Road
Roseville, MN 55113

Call 651-235-8200 to reserve seats

Healthy Heart Workshop

• The true cause of heart disease
• The devastating statistics of heart disease in the United States
• How your amazing heart works
• The function and purpose of cholesterol

Heart disease may be common, but it is absolutely not normal! At Maximized Living, we always search for the true cause of disease in order to find the solution. The evident cause of heart disease is inflammation triggered by sugar, acidity, free radicals and an improper ratio of omega fatty acids. Through our revolutionary advanced talk, Maximized Living will teach you about how these factors affect your body, and give you 7 steps to prevent heart disease altogether.

Saturday February 18th 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Bandana Chiropractic and Wellness Center 
1912 Lexington Ave N Suite #250
Roseville, MN 55113

Call 651-235-8200 to reserve seats




Immunity Workshop




Saturday February 28th 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Bandana Chiropractic and Wellness Center 
1912 Lexington Ave N Suite #250
Roseville, MN 55113

Call 651-235-8200 to reserve seats

I'll take what Mommy's Having... DRUGS AND ALL

When one of my close friends first got pregnant, her whole lifestyle changed. She was very picky on what she ate, what she drank, just what she put into her body in general. I thought she was just being too picky. Things have changed and this is the first of a three part blog post I will be doing this week.
This is a response to an article posted on Yahoo! News, More Newborns Suffering Drug Withdrawal at Birth. A study was done with data from a 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The common outcome for the babies was drug withdrawal symptoms after they were born. These symptoms includes such things as "irritability, shrill crying, vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity poor sucking, tremors, seizures, restlessness, sleep issues, hypothermia and breathing brothers."
The interesting thing about all this is that not many people consider that their baby is getting whatever their mother puts into her body. All of the nutrition the baby is from the umbilical cord which absorbs everything the mother is exposed to. Not only is this the food, drinks, and drugs but also the air the baby breaths.
While doing the research for this blog I found a very useful page SafeFetus.com . The page allows you to look up a drug and then it will let you know more about how it affects the mother and baby.
Another article on BabyZone lists the affects of different recreational drugs on the mother and child. An interesting statement in their article was that it's not just what drug you are taking but also what trimester you are in during your pregnancy. One example is Amphetamines which includes Meth and Ecstasy, these can not only affect the baby's weight but also could lead to an increase in premature labor, miscarriage and placental abruption.

How to be healthy?

This is a really good question because majority of us have different definitions of health. Today when you think of being healthy what do you really think? What defines health or most importantly being "healthy"?

Someone laying in a bed at the hospital?  Not healthy

Someone who is in pain all the time? Not healthy

Someone who is getting surgery? Not healthy

Someone who is taking drugs in order to function a normal life? Not healthy


There are so many more questions that you can ask and debate if it's healthy or not. Most likely if you have to ask then it's probably not. A lot of things we question that don't seem 'normal' are symptoms. Symptoms, any at all are exactly what they are "symptoms". A symptom is an indication of something or the result of something.

Symptoms are there to tell us something is going on. Just like if we have a cold, some symptoms are runny noses, high fever, headaches etc. So how are they any different for any other situation? So many of people I know have migraines and headaches. Several of them think they are "normal" but in reality they are just common. A drug just covers up the symptoms but never takes care of the root of the problem. A common example the doctors here uses is that of a "check engine light". It is an indicator that something is going on with the car so you should get it checked out. Will that change if you just put a band aid on top of the check engine light? No, because the car still has something going on.

Bandana Chiropractic and Wellness Center is a Maximized Living Clinic and focuses on the 5 Essential of health. Not only do the doctors concentrate on root of your problem but also they teach about the other essentials of health :

Essential 1 : Maximized Mind
Essential 2: Maximized Nerve Supply
Essential 3: Maximized Nutrition
Essential 4: Oxygen & Lean Muscle
Essential 5: Minimize Toxins

This coming Monday, February 6th 2012 the Doctors will be hosting a Free Dinner With the Doc Event at Pippins in Roseville, MN. Contact us at 651-354-8343 to reserve seats. Learn about health and how you can stop putting a band aid over your symptoms.

Watch out for processed meat, it has been linked with Pancreatic Cancer

Maximized Living posted a new article on Processed Meat Linking to Pancreatic Cancer. It is a very interesting article because majority of the food we have access to includes processed meat.
According to PubMed Health, the pancreas is an organ in the body that secretes enzymes that helps our intestines absorbs food, especially fats. Pancreatic Cancer is more common in woman than in men. The results from 11 studies was analyzed by the Swedish Cancer Foundation and Karolinska Institute, it showed that there was a 19% increase in risk of pancreatic cancer for people who ate 50 grams of processed meat every day compared to people who didn't eat meat.
What is considered processed meat? Anything that has to be "processed" before it gets to you. That means that preservatives (chemicals) are added to them or anything else are added to them in order to make them last longer. Processed anything seems to include that. One popular one for processed meat is sodium nitrate which is used to keep the meat from discoloration. 

Tropicana being sued

The article I would like to refer today is about Tropicana being sued. It is interesting because what they state is true. Most consumers today are sold into the words such as "natural", "pure", "healthy" and so forth. They want to get products that would make them feel as if they are doing good for their body. So when Tropicana puts the label of "100% pure and natural" on their products the same things applies.
The claim is that PepsiCo puts the orange juice through much more "processing" in order to achieve a more appealing look to their juice and give it a much longer shelf life. The Tropicana website claims that the juice is never from concentrate and uses about 16 oranges per 59 oz. If you dig further in the website they claim that they have no extras in the OJ, such as water, sugar or preservatives. That is pretty amazing. Now I think the best thing for any of us to do is to go to the store, pick up a bottle of Tropicana and read the back.
Majority of the time if there is something on the back that you know what it is, it's probably not natural or pure.