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Wellness Bootcamp 2010 is here!

jarthur — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:14:00 +0000

We’re excited to announce that Wellness Bootcamp is back and better than ever!

This year’s theme is “Challenge Yourself to Accomplish Something BIG this Summer!”

We’ve designed this bootcamp to help you do just that. It will start August 9th and run through Sept 3rd. Each week we will challenge you with three workouts (2 strength, 1 cardio) designed by McKinley Chiropractic and Windy City Crossfit to kick your butt! In addition you’ll be able to choose up to 4 Yoga sessions provided by Om on the Range Yoga Studio to help you stretch out and recover. We also add a little healthy fun with a kayaking excursion on the Chicago River. Finally, for those of you who want to take it up even another level, we’re doing a second round of “Detox with Dr. Arthur” and giving all bootcamp participants $75 off a detox program.

This will be an unbelievable experience, but we do have to limit it to 30 participants. So please ask yourself if you want to accomplish something BIG this summer, and if the answer is yes – sign-up today!

The cost is only $40 (detox is seperate) and all proceeds benefit the Non-Profit Chiropractic Organization who raises money to build wellness clinics in impoverished countries.

Reserve your spot today by clicking here!

Tainted Milk Jeopardizes Our Wellbeing

jarthur — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:57:14 +0000

Check out this great article from one of our mentors, Dr. Dennis Perman. He says it better than I could!

Dear Doctor:

From the “just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not really out to get you” mailbag – I received a youtube video from constant source of information and inspiration Dr. Barry Warren, featuring a terrifying expose´ about the presence of recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in our milk and dairy products, from injecting cows with the substance to increase their milk production.

The conspiratorial cover-up ranges from tampering with a Fox News investigative report that was squashed over a decade ago to reports that both Canada and Europe had already moved to ban the use of this dangerous chemical. With a little more homework, I found that the effect of this practice is to increase the concentration of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in our bodies, especially in infants, and excessive IGF-1 is linked to colon, breast and prostate cancer.

In fact, while Monsanto, the producers of rBGH (brand name Posilac, also known as bovine somatotrophin) allegedly threatened Fox and drove them to prevent the piece from airing unless they were allowed to eviscerate it and remove words like “cancer” from it, this video also says that Fox tried to contain the reporters, Steve Wilson and Jane Akre, with bribery, threats of termination and other questionable tactics, apparently due to financial pressure from Monsanto.

The hormone induces mastitis in the cows, which is then treated with antibiotics, and the pus from the cows’ infections appears in the milk along with the rBGH and the drugs, rendering it unsafe and potentially carcinogenic, as nations worldwide have concluded – but somehow, in the US we are still victims of the greed and indifference of a major corporation, even at the cost of life and health.

To say the least, this is infuriating, but it isn’t even the real problem – the underlying issue is that our worldview allows the perversion of nature no matter what the consequences, in health, nutrition, and all related businesses – and the ultimate penalties are paid by you and me, the consumer, who would never know about such criminal behavior if not for a few brave souls who are willing to go public.

To me, this is just a symptom of our departure from ”things natural,” and it is obvious that there is a price to pay – for example, our runaway health care costs are fed by such self-serving decision-making, and until we return to a culture that respects nature, evaluates the impact of our actions and errs on the side of health and wellness instead of avarice, we can expect more of this rampant disregard for our safety.

I am hopeful that reporting like this will eventually wake us up to the toxic beliefs that are destroying our world, but time is short – voice your opinions, not only to direct your patients and sphere of influence to avoid dairy products that don’t say “no rBGH” on them, but also to alert those you know to weigh the balance of their lifestyle choices before carelessly accepting the status quo.

Dennis Perman DC, for The Masters Circle

Purification Program

jarthur — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:29:36 +0000

We want to know how your nutrition program, detox, or purification is going. Please leave us comments below on your program or ask us any questions, we’ll respond quickly.

We look forward to hearing about all your successes!

Detox with Dr. Arthur

jarthur — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:22:16 +0000

As many of you know I’m in the middle of my Detox/Purification Program (day 8). I had planned on blogging before this but we’ve been a little crazy around the office. While it hasn’t been easy, I’m actually doing better than I anticipated. My energy levels have high, I’m going to the bathroom normally, and my cravings, while there, are subsiding more each day.

For those who don’t know, the eating portion of the program goes like this:

I can eat as many fruit and vegetables as I like.

I drink two smoothies a day made with fruit, vegetables, SP Complete, and a tsp of fish oil.

I can have 1/2 cup brown rice or lentils per day.

Starting day eleven I’ll add 3 oz of chicken or fish, 2-4 servings per day.

I haven’t been hungry. One thing that I have noticed that I didn’t expect is that by forcing me to read food labels, I am discovering that food that I was previously eating that I thought I was healthy really wasn’t – lots of additives that didn’t need to be there. When I resume full on eating after the program I definitely know what to start eating again and what to stay away from.

For more info on the Purification Program please pick up a program guide in the office or click here to download (PDF).