The answer depends on your view of what health is.  If your view of health involves feeling good then obviously they were a bad thing.  I felt like crap!  But if you view health, as I do, as the optimum functioning of the body, then my symptoms were a very good thing.  They were signs that my body was doing what it needed to to fight off infection.  Lets take a look at each symptom and what positive effect they had on my body:

• fever – raising the body’s temperature in order to kill whatever organism was invading my body
• congestion and runny nose – the by products of the white blood cells attacking the improper organism as well as my body trapping them in the mucous membranes so as not to let them infect deeper
• headache, dizziness, and low energy – my body’s way of making me stay and bed, rest, and allow it to do its thing.
• My lingering cough – breaking up and expelling the products left over in my lungs from the body fighting the infection

Look, it sucks to get sick.  Believe me I would have much rather been in the office working, not lying in bed.  But over the long haul I am better off going through what I just went through – I know that my body can fight something off in a relatively short amount of time, the next time I’m exposed to it I have developed natural immunity to it, and I’m back in the office today rested and relaxed.  Getting sick was a good thing!!!

Another good thing is Dr. M’s Birthday Bash this Friday at Mrs. Murphy’s Irish Bistro!  Everyone who has RSVP’d thank you, if they haven’t already, you will be receiving a call from Monica or Sarah confirming you and your guests.  We still have a few seats left for anyone else who wants to attend.  Please call us today with your name and your number of guests so we can seat you.  It’s gonna be a great time!!!

As silly as it is to hear at O’Hare, “security level Orange,” it is even more silly to assume that everyone is born defenseless against the flu.  You see, nobody can actually influence the true strength of your immunity except you.  Only you can decide what nutrients you will put in your body on a regular basis for your body to break down an use as energy for the next battle that comes your way.  Only you can decide to move your body to charge your metabolism or to sit in a lazy boy and veg out 4 hours a day into total catharsis.  Only you can decide to have natural, regular chiropractic care for your family to have an improved nervous system function, or to rely soley on symptom suppressants such a Tylenol, Zyrtec, Aderol, inhalers for asthma, NyQill, Well-butrin, Prozac, and think you are healthy because you feel fine.  So you see, there are different types of immune systems.  Those that are practiced and ready for battle, and those that are kind of ready, and those that absolutely are waiting to be pummeled by the next opponent.

We live in a culture with a lot of immune systems that suck, and so because it takes work to fix it, we rely on faulty chemistry, like the flu shot to get our quick, cheap fix (kind of like a McDonald’s drive through), and sadly believe this will be the answer to keep us feeling fine while we continue to live a mediocre or terrible lifestyle.  Even the CDC’s own statistics tell the truth about the ineffectiveness of the flu shot, yet they continue to recommend it, with little to no long term study on the known side effects of the neurotoxins contained within the vaccine.  Countries like Australia pulled the H1N1 last year because of the significant number of seizures it caused in children.  Um, yes, that was documented in the U.S. too, but I guess it was at “OK” levels here to keep recommending it to pregnant moms, kids, and our elderly first.  By the way, why is it ok to get a flu shot, but you can’t eat sushi if you are pregnant, when there is 10 times more neurotoxins, like Mercury, in the flu shot as compared to sushi?

It all comes down to fear.  People are actually afraid of something they shouldn’t be.  Our bodies have been fighting the flu for centuries with great success naturally, but we have been sold a bad, fear based bill of health that basically teach us and sadly our kids, that we are born flawed, and we need special chemicals put in ALL of us, or we will get really sick and maybe DIE.  My mission is not to battle this fear but to promote truth and empowerment.  For anyone that knows me, my family and I will not get this shot, so do any of you feel scared or sorry for my family because of my ignorance?  Of course you don’t, because you know, as well as I do, that our own, natural immunity, and what we choose to do naturally on a regular basis to boost it, holds a lot more weight than any concoction they can inject into your bloodstream. At the end of the “Flu season,” come and have a conversation with me if you don’t understand or agree with this, or better yet, register for our Nov. 10^th class on the science behind the myth of the flu shot with Dr. A and I.  If you do agree, register your neighbor and come with them.  The only way we can share this sense of true freedom is to open our mouths.  People are sick and tired of being sick and tired.  Lets help our community together!

Much Respect….,

Dr. M

We have such a surplus of the H1N1 vaccine, that government ads are popping up on bus billboards and bus stops, and on tv commercials, in order to get rid of it. Myself or my family didn’t get that untested, unproven vaccine, and now after new news coming out of Australia, I’m really glad we didn’t! Australia is calling for a ban on the flu vaccine as it has caused many convulsions in children under five. What’s really scary is that children and pregnant women are who they market it towards the most! It makes me sick!  At least Australia is willing to admit when danger exists, and is working to take steps to see if there is a better way.  We had the same vaccine here in the US.  Does any think that they same things weren’t happening to our children?  My wife, Monica, works in the ER at Mt. Sinai here in Chicago, and I KNOW she saw convulsions in children who took the vaccine hours before!  Yet, our own government is conducting a huge market campaign to get rid of the unused vaccine (for which we, the American people, paid pharmaceutical companies millions of dollars for) before it expires.  Why are we in a situation where the US government is acting like a drug dealer on the street corner?

Educate before you vaccinate….there is a better way!

Our annual vaccine seminar is coming in August, so keep a look out. Lots of people want to know more about the truth, and it’s my absolute pleasure to reduce fear by teaching TRUTH!

Be Well,

Dr. Heath McKinley

What should you be taking?

The answer, of course, is that everyone is different; depending on your lifestyle, your food intake, your environment you may need different levels and types of help – because that’s what supplements are, additional help to add to your healthy diet, not a substitute for a healthy diet.

If you’re like me you love living in Chicago.  We get to experience world class culture and art, the lakefront, all in all a vibrant environment to live in.  One consequence of our decision to live in Chicago are the long, grey winters.  This is especially important in the realm of health and Vitamin D.

Vitamin D may be one of the most overlooked vitamins, many people come into our office taking some sort of supplement – we see lots of Vitamin B and C’s for example.  We don’t see a lot of Vitamin D.

Most people know of Vitamin D from the milk we all drank in grade school – fortifide with Vitamin D.  Vitamin D is, as the Vitamin D Council explains

“Technically not a “vitamin,” vitamin D is in a class by itself. Its metabolic product, calcitriol, is actually a secosteroid hormone that targets over 2000 genes (about 10% of the human genome) in the human body. Current research has implicated vitamin D deficiency as a major factor in the pathology of at least 17 varieties of cancer as well as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, depression, chronic pain, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, muscle wasting, birth defects, periodontal disease, and more.”

Why Vitamin D is a major concern to us living in Chicago is that your body makes Vitamin D when exposed to direct sunlight.  This is great for us in the summer, but unfortunately it leads to deficiency when we begin our winter “hibernation”  from the cold.

The answer to this is supplementation.  According to the Vitamin D Council we should maintain a blood level of 50–80 ng/mL.  In order to achieve this they recommend supplementing 5000 IU of Vitamin D3 each day for 2-3 months then testing your blood levels.  (Please note:  Vitamin D toxicity can occur if you take too much, as always you should consult with your health care professional on appropriate dosage and supplementation for your individual needs).

One of our collegues, Dr. Meyer Eisenstein of Homefirst Health in Rolling Meadows, is on the forefront of Vitamin D supplementation.  Here’s a video from a presentation he gave on Vitamin D.

The number 1 health issue of the past year is obviously the so-called swine flu pandemic.  Vitamin D plays a huge role in the function of your nervous system and your ability to fight off the flu.  I’ll let Dr. John Cannell of the Vitamin D Council explain.

Supplements are not a substitute for a good diet.  But in cases such as the winter in Chicago, they are necessary for body to function properly.  If you have any questions whether or not Vitamin D is right for you please click here to send us a message, or talk to us at your next visit.

Here are some links with more info on Vitamin D.

Vitamin D Council

Recent JAMA Article

HomeFirst – Dr. Meyer Eisenstein

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They concluded that “Because of the moderate effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors, we believe they should not be used in routine control of seasonal influenza.”  (it should be noted that in drug research terms “moderate effectiveness” is not strong enough to warrant clinical use of a drug.)  They also question the reliability of much of the research (specifically that performed by the drug manufacturer).

Why is this coming out now?  Well, as the editor of the BMJ states in the following video, the drug companies control the flow of data about their drugs.  The good research that validates their claims comes out and that which doesn’t is buried.  These researches actually had to become detectives in order to get to the truth.

What does this say about the so-called “swine flu pandemic.”  Well, if we take the CDC numbers (which may be high due to the fact that most cases attributed to swine flu are not confirmed, they are based solely on symptoms – and we know that only about 20% of flu like symptoms are actually caused by the flu) we see that we are not anywhere close to the number of cases predicted by the medical establishment when the hype began.  We still don’t know if the vaccine even works (if it is similar to seasonal flu than it doesn’t), or if it is safe.  And know we know that Tamiflu doesn’t work as well.

What do we know?  We know that the best way to avoid the flu is to have a strong immune system.  We know that natural, safe ways to improve your immune system include:  good diet, exercise, chiropractic adjustments, Vitamin D3, fish oil, and pro-biotics.  We know that getting flu vaccines will actually hurt your immune system’s ability to fight off infection.  And we know that drug companies are making record profits off the sale of flu and swine flu vaccines and Tami-flu.

What does this mean?  Take control of your health and life!  Be proactive and boost your immune system!

Thanks to Dr. Meyer Eisenstein for info used in this blog post.

If you’re like me your probably sick of hearing about the swine flu.  Dr. McKinley wrote a great piece about it last week.  In it he mentioned that one of the events that put Chiropractic on the map was the Flu epidemic of 1917-1918.  You see before the 1970s the public consciousness didn’t immediately associate Chiropractic with back pain, people visited Chiropractors for any number of reasons.  You may have recently heard the term “Wellness Revolution”.  It’s used to describe the new focus (of mainly allopathic medicine) on holistic and natural methods of healing.  Well, guess what, there is nothing revolutionary about wellness, the Chiropractic profession has been practicing it for hundreds of years.  This is why those people in 1917-18 brought their loved ones to the Chiropractor when they were suffering from the flu.  It wasn’t because their back hurt, it was because at that time Chiropractic hadn’t been label as “back doctors”, and they understood that a chiropractic adjustment allows the body’s immune system to function better, allowing them to fight off the flu virus.  This is the reason that so many less chiropractic patients died during the epidemic than the general population as a whole.

This brings me back to the swine flu.  I’m linking a great article written outlining the scientific evidence for chiropractic helping those with the flu.  You’ll see close to a hundred articles referenced for this claim.

In the end it all comes down to this:  you can’t avoid the flu bug, if one person in your school, your place of work, your home has it, you will be exposed.  Your level of health and immunity will determine whether you or your loved ones will suffer from it.  If you eat healthy, exercise, manage stress in your life, live purposefully, are under chiropractic care, etc, you shouldn’t have to worry.  If you’re not doing these things it doesn’t mean that you will get swine flu.  But eventually your lifestyle will catch up with you:  maybe swine, bird, dog, cat, bear, iguana, or any other flu.  Why not do something about it now?

Click here for the article!!!

Enjoy!!!

Dr. Arthur

Enjoy

Dr. Arthur

Flu Prevention Plan Should Include Chiropractic Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dr. Matthew McCoy

People of all ages are encouraged to add chiropractic to their strategy for warding off and fighting the flu and its effects – swine flu or otherwise.

Spinal adjustments can have a positive effect on immune function according to a growing number of researchers who are exploring the common denominators in disease processes, and the role of the nervous, immune, and hormonal systems in development of immune related illnesses.

Chiropractic corrects spinal abnormalities called vertebral subluxations that result in interference of the nervous system. Since the nervous system controls all functions of the body — including the immune system — chiropractic care can have a positive effect on immune function.

“Contemporary research is beginning to shed light on the neurobiological mechanisms which may explain the outstanding clinical results chiropractors have experienced when managing patients with viral and infectious diseases,” stated Dr. Christopher Kent, Co- Founder of Chiropractic Leadership Alliance.

Dr. Kent explained: “A comprehensive review of the research literature reveals the current understanding that the brain and immune system are the two major adaptive systems in the body. During an immune response, the brain and the immune system ‘talk to each other’ and this process is essential for maintaining homeostasis or balance in the body.”

Since its inception, chiropractic has asserted that viruses and microbes don’t threaten us all equally and that a healthy immune system easily repels most invaders. The immune system protects us from the flu, as well as any other infectious disease, and strives to get us well again when we do fall ill. Our immune system, like every other system in the body, is coordinated and controlled by the nervous system.

Chiropractors are also aware of the importance of positive health life style practices (rest, drinking ample quantities of water, diet, exercise, proper diet, use of multivitamins and minerals, and stress reduction approaches) that can also positively influence the nervous system and immune response. According to a large study of the chiropractic profession recently conducted by the Institute for Social Research, Ohio Northern University (McDonald et al., 2003), chiropractors also customarily advise their patients as to the benefits of these other modalities in optimizing overall health.

Chiropractors helping patients battle the flu is not a new occurrence either. During the 1917-18 influenza epidemic, which brought death and fear to many Americans, it has been estimated that 20 million people died throughout the world, including about 500,000 Americans. It was chiropractic’s success in caring for flu victims that led to the profession’s licensure in many states.

Researchers reported that in Davenport, Iowa, out of the 93,590 patients treated by medical doctors, there were 6,116 deaths — a loss of one patient out of every 15. Chiropractors at the Palmer School of Chiropractic adjusted 1,635 cases, with only one death. Outside Davenport, chiropractors in Iowa cared for 4,735 cases with only six deaths — one out of 866. During the same epidemic, in Oklahoma, out of 3,490 flu patients under chiropractic care, there were only seven deaths. Furthermore, chiropractors were called in 233 cases given up as lost after medical treatment, and reportedly saved all but 25. In another report covering 4,193 cases by 213 chiropractors 4,104 showed complete recovery.

“These results are not so surprising given what we now know about the interaction between the nervous system and the immune system” stated Matthew McCoy DC, MPH, Editor of the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health – Chiropractic. “Through research we know that chiropractic has beneficial effects on immunoglobulins, B-lymphocytes (white blood cells), pulmonary function and other immune system processes.”

One such study, conducted by Patricia Brennan Ph.D and her team, found that when a chiropractic “manipulation” was applied to the middle back, the response of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (white blood cells) taken from blood collected 15 minutes after the manipulation was significantly higher than blood collected 15 minutes before and 30 and 45 minutes after the chiropractic procedure. This research demonstrated an “enhanced respiratory burst” following the chiropractic adjustment. This “burst” is needed for our immune cells to destroy invading viruses and bacteria.

Another small study of HIV positive patients was conducted to study the effects of specific chiropractic adjustments to correct vertebral subluxations in the upper neck on the immune systems of HIV positive individuals. Over the six-month period of the study, the group that did not receive chiropractic care experienced a 7.96% decrease in CD4 cell counts, while the adjusted group experienced a 48% increase in CD4 cell counts over the same period.

A large retrospective study conducted by Robert Blanks Ph.D and colleagues studied 2,818 individuals undergoing chiropractic care – these individuals reported an average overall improvement, ranging from 7-28%, in a battery of physical symptoms including stiffness/lack of flexibility in the spine, physical pain, fatigue, incidence of colds and flu, headaches, menstrual discomfort, gastrointestinal disorders, allergies, dizziness and falls (Blanks et al., 1997, Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research).
More importantly, the incidence of colds and flu was reduced by an average of 15% in this large population who were undergoing regular chiropractic care.

“In addition to the passive recommendations regarding hand washing, avoiding large gatherings, coughing and sneezing into your hands – it makes a great deal of sense to do everything you can to ensure that your immune system is functioning at its best. And that strategy should include chiropractic care” stated Dr. McCoy.

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What will it be next year? If not swine flu, bird flu, or cow flu…..maybe rabbit flu or even for us Chicagoans, we’ll have the Cubs flu (I do know some people who have Cubs fever)?    People, make sure your body is as well as it can be naturally and you need not worry about these little organisms that for the most part peacefully co-exist.  Maybe I should buy a ticket to Vacation in Mexico for Memorial day? It would be cheap and I guarantee you I wouldn’t be afraid of getting swine flu!!!

Here’s the link to a commentary from one of my colleagues and mentors, Dr. Dennis Perman.

C’est Le Terrain – April 27, 2009

Enjoy!

Dr. McKinley

MSNBC – Early flu season cases are resisting Tamiflu

The drug companies and their researchers are seemingly baffled again early into the flu season! At least the public can finally start to see that taking medication or getting a shot doesn’t buy you immunity. The best bet is playing offense by doing the things that make us stronger naturally like getting adjusted regularly, getting off our butts and working out, staying positive, eating fresh fruits and vegetables, etc…..

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