Food Matters Official Trailer

These days you hear a lot about our food industry. Organic farming and foods have become a huge movement in our society along with buying from local farms. Almost every grocery store nowadays offers choices of organic foods. There are even organic and natural food stores popping up all over the place, whether they are larger chain type stores or a local cooperative store. So why is that with a growing a demand for organic natural foods are we hearing about growing rates of cancers, diabetes, and other diseases popping up all over the place? Have you ever stopped to really think about it?

Our agricultural system has been our own worst enemy in terms of our health. We all know without a doubt we need food to live. We all also know, at least to some extent, that in order to live a healthy vibrant life we need to eat healthy, vibrant, nourishing food. This means we need to eat foods that are rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals. We need to put down the fast food crap and pick our food from the land. If we are unable to do that (because obviously we all are not and cannot be farmers) then we need to eat food that was grown or raised in a healthy way. This means the food we should be eating is free of pesticides, herbicides, growth hormones, antibiotics, and it wasn't raised in a tiny little cage that prevented movement.

I want to bring your attention to a movie called Food Matters. It is a documentary type movie detailing the state of our agricultural system and how it directly effects our health. This movie also goes into how we can, and people have, cured things such as certain types of cancers by cleaning up what they eat and adding vitamin and mineral supplementation into their life. (of course, the FDA and the medical societies will not tell you about this) As the movie states, "we are in a chronic constant state of malnutrition" within our society. The very soils we grow our food in have been depleted of essential vitamins and minerals; by genetically modifying foods, we are changing the chemical reactions that occur in our bodies as we digest the food. As rates of chronic diseases are growing, the only thing our healthy industry is doing is creating more pills to give people. A major shift is happening in society where people are tired of popping pills and want to know what lifestyle changes they can make to become healthier. Food Matters is shedding light on all this.

I strongly urge everyone to watch this documentary, and to watch it with an open mind. Crossroads Chiropractic Pembroke is showing Food Matters on Thursday March 22nd. If you are interested in viewing it with us please call us at 603-224-4281 to reserve a seat for you and your friends. We hope to see you all there! Enjoy a sneak peek at the trailer....

In health,

Dr Jen

Biyonca

If you missed our article in the Concord Monitor's Live Well Magazine on Friday, don't despair. I'm going to share this unbelievable story of healing with you right here on our blog!

The article was all about this cutie in the photo named Biyonca. She is now a Crossroads Practice Member. Biyonca had a rough start in life to say the least. She was born premature at only 3 pounds and 13 ounces. At age 1 she suffered her first upper respiratory infection. By the time she was two she was diagnosed with Reactive Airway Disease (asthma). Biyonca had flare-ups and frequently used a nebulizer, albuterol and cough syrup with codeine. Then even a rescue inhaler wasn’t enough. By age 3, Biyonca was rushed to the ER unable to breathe. From January to September last year Biyonca made 14 trips to the emergency room. Just before Biyonca’s 5th birthday her mother was told there was nothing more that could be done. They needed to just “stay the course” until she turned six, when more tests and medications could be given. Her mother didn’t want to accept this fate, and came to me looking for help.

After careful examination of Biyonca’s spine, I found several misalignments which were affecting her nerve system. I began to adjust her. In the first week of chiropractic adjustments her mother noticed a difference in the way Biyonca ran and played. She took less frequent breaks in soccer and didn’t need her inhaler at all!

After two months in my office, Biyonca weathered her first cold without a trip to the hospital. Her mom said, “I can literally say chiropractic has been her miracle! She no longer takes singulair or flovent. She rarely uses her rescue inhaler and I am proud to say she kicks butt on the soccer field!” Without a doubt, chiropractic has changed this little girl's life... and her family's too.

So I ask you, who have you told lately about chiropractic? Please help us to spread the word:)

Fan or Follower?

Fan or follower? It's an interesting question. It was posed to me at church this morning, actually. Here was the context: the sermon this morning challenged us, the listener, to examine whether or not in our beliefs, our faith are we "fans" or "followers" meaning: fans are those who admire/enjoy/etc but are on the sidelines; followers are actually doing something. So when it comes to our beliefs essentially were we taking spectators or players? Did/do we let our beliefs inform our choices and actions? An interesting question, that requires introspection, but ultimately slaps you in the cheek and makes you examine the big questions of: who am I and what am I doing?

As a sports fan this concept can be confusing, right? Think about the sport fanatics in your life. They tend to think that as a fan they do have an effect on the game's outcome. It's not true, of course, but it's the reason so many fans have rituals and superstitions. If they follow them, the team will win. I mean, clearly, the Sox need one to eat three hot dogs and wear their argyle socks to play well......right? The real truth, obviously, is a spectator has little effect on the outcome of a game, with the exception of a great home crowd perhaps. Moreover, and just as big, the results of the game has very little actual effect on the spectator. I'm a Chicago Bulls fan (grew up in Illinois, if you didn't now) and after a recent loss as I was sulking, my wise wife asked me: did I play in the game, did it really change my life in any tangible way (win or lose), and did I have money on the game......no, no, and never......so why was I sulking? Here is the kicker/kick in the pants: fans don 't really effect the game and the game ultimately, doesn't really effect them. A fan will always be on the outside looking in and when it comes to sports fine, but when it comes to life......this is not okay.

The rubber is about to meet the proverbial road: ask yourself are you a fan or a follower in your life (if I may borrow the terms from my lesson this morning)? Do you let life happen to you (fan)? Or do you chase the life you want (follower)? Do you let others dream for you or do you dream for yourself? Do think your goal is attainable and are taking steps toward it? The bottom line: in all aspects of your life we must stop being fans on the sidelines and start being actively involved in becoming the person we want to/are meant to become.

What about in your health? What are you doing right now? I know so many people who are unhappy with how they feel.....they have the knowledge on how to change it, but don't.....this is the core of simply being a fan. Having the the means and knowledge but never taking action. If you don't like how you feel, how you look, what your health status is,or what your future health will look like on your current path......change it! Stop being a fan and start being a player. You have the ability and now just need the action. Maybe you are already and action person, if so, congrats and sorry for wasting your time, but for you fans and so many times I am right there with you, let's change. It is not as hard or as complicated as the media and modern medicine want you to believe. There is no "pill for every ill". There are no secrets. The game plan to be players in your health goals require a very simple basis. Become a follower of these and health will become much more simple.....ready: eat real food, drink water, sleep enough, exercise daily, turn of the technology and slow down, keep your nervous system working. If one did all of these things health wouldn't be certain (I mean hit by a bus is hit by a bus), but what is certain is you have given yourself the best shot, the most likelihood of being the healthiest you possible. It's right there for the taking. You have the knowledge: what are you going to do with it? Be a fan or be a follower?


Wishing you health and happiness, Dr. Graham, chiropractor

Will We Ever Cure Cancer?

My heart goes out to all of those who have struggled with reclaiming their body from cancer. I have seen the stress, anxiety and heart ache within my own family. It is perhaps one of the scariest diagonises that a person could ever hear. Because of this, it is with great hope that Americans raise millions of dollars each year through walks, fundraisers and donation campaigns. We feel good about ourselves as we willingly spend a few extra dollars on every day products like pink postage stamps, pink egg slicers and pink scotch tape dispensers. But where does the money go? How is it spent?


I smile each October as I sponsor a friend for her yearly breast cancer walk, but on the inside I'm burning up. I want to be supportive of her cause, sympathetic to all she has been through. However, I find irony in the fact that Americans are donating money to find chemical cures for cancer that pharma will later patent and sell back to us to make billions.


Click this link to watch a movie trailer for a new realease which is sure to uncover the business of cancer. With such a money making machine, I have to wonder if we will ever find the cure for cancer. Perhaps the real cure isn't in powerful chemicals, radiation or surgery. Just maybe prevention is where it is at. So please multi-national corporations, don't sell me your products containing cancer causing chemicals marked with a pink ribbon, telling me that a percentage of my purchase is given to cancer research. Instead, make me a skin cream or dish cleaning detergent that won't cause me to get cancer too.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QPZfcYTUaA&feature=youtu.be

Side Effects

Love this spoof on drug ads. Always to better to trust your innate!! Happy, healthy weekend!

The Power of Thoughts....

I want to share with you a story about the amazing power that thoughts and beliefs can have on health. It amazes even me when I truly think of the power in this story. This is about a man named Reggie Gold, who is in his 80's. Reggie is one of the icons within chiropractic. What I mean by this is, he is pretty much a legend in the chiropractic world, much the same as Bobby Orr is a legend in hockey. Reggie Gold is one of the "old timer" chiropractors who helped to shape the profession as the largest drugless, non surgical health care profession in the world. He not only had his own practice, adjusting thousands of families, but he also taught chiropractic philosophy at one of the chiropractic colleges and has lectured around the world for decades about the amazing healing power of our innate intelligence. He embodies everything that chiropractic stands for, constantly doing his best to help more people become healthier by staying well adjusted. He is a man that stands by his convictions; he is a man that "walks his talk".

At the beginning of January the word was put out to the chiropractic world that Reggie wasn't doing well. The message that spread via social media like wild-fire was that he wouldn't make it through the night. Reggie was in the hospital, with a possible heart and breathing problem. He had an oxygen mask on, wasn't very 'with it' and the doctor's told his wife to start making arrangements because they didn't think he'd last through the hour let alone through the night. As the word of Reggie possibly leaving us spread through the social media world, people started writing messages via email and on Facebook. They were posting that they were sending healing thoughts and prayers his way. They were sharing how he had been an inspiration to them; how much he had touched their lives. As his wife started receiving emails with all these messages of positive thoughts and prayers, she started reading them out loud to Reggie while he lay there in the hospital bed with the oxygen on. The more messages that were read to him, the stronger he became. He woke up and took the oxygen mask off himself. He told the doctors he didn't need it anymore, and that he didn't want any medical intervention at all. He had full belief that he was getting stronger and better, and that his body knew how to heal itself.

As news of his amazing recovery began to spread, more and more positive messages were emailed to Reggie. As he read each and every one of them, he became even stronger. When he was asked if he wanted anything, he requested a pastrami sandwich since he hadn't eaten in a few days! Though he wasn't given this, he did eat his first meal in two days. Of course the medical doctors were absolutely amazed that this 80-something year old was recovering so quickly. Just a few nights before they didn't think he would make it through the night. Reggie was also being adjusted, even while in the hospital. He and his wife knew that if he kept his nerve system clear of interference, his innate intelligence would do it's job at 100%. When the doctors kept wanting him to have some medical intervention, he refused, telling them he was doing this on his terms, and if it was his time to go, his innate would know it.

A few days after he was admitted to the hospital to die, Reggie was released to go home. The emails and messages were still flooding his inbox, and he was growing stronger with each one read to him. Now, about 3 weeks later, he is doing quite well and still getting stronger by the day.

I share this story with you because I want everyone to know that what you say, what you think, and what you believe truly can effect your health, and the health of others. So the next time you say something like 'my head is killing me' or 'she makes me sick', really stop to think about the power behind those words. People use them as descriptions of how bad something is, but at the same time there could be a negative effect on your health, without you even realizing it. The biggest lesson in this story to us all though is this: when you allow your innate intelligence to flow through your nerve system with no interference, there is no limit to the healing that can occur, or to the amount of health you can have. Reggie is still teaching us all about the amazing power within our own bodies; and he is showing us how to fully trust in it.

Stay well-adjusted,

Dr Jen

Who Do You Trust?

I want to ask you a very serious question....when it comes to your health and the health of your loved ones, who do you trust? What I mean is this: what information, input, and actions do you allow to affect you health? Where does this information come from? Why do we do certain things? If you stop and think about, for the majority of Americans the choices we make about our health are primarily cultural. They are so ingrained us that we don't think about them anymore. They are so ingrained in the collective psyche that we don't even question them. The issue is we have allowed this zeitgeist to deaden our true instincts and as a culture have marched our way to one of THE MOST UNHEALTHY SOCIETIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. We spend twice money on our health as much as any other nation, we take the vast majority of drugs in the world, yet according to the World Health Organization we are ranked 37th in the world in health. Start thinking cost to benefit ratio and its pretty horrifying. We are overfed, yet undernourished. We are more hygienic with all of our antibacterial junk, yet taking more antibiotics. We are toxic from chemicals, food, and stress. We over medicate and under meditate. Perhaps, our biggest transgression is that we have allowed the hum of the information age to drown out the voice within that teaches us better. Our own inborn wisdom, our inborn healer, our Innate Intelligence. We live in a media saturated culture. The noise around us is so thick and constant that the streamline of info and junk that is flowing around us seems almost infinite. The problem is almost all of this information is useless, wrong, or a lie. Start checking the sources, follow the money trail. We have let the culture dictate our lives enough and it is time to step away from that and choose a better future for ourselves and our families.

What this ultimately means is that we have to start trusting ourselves instead of our culture. We have to learn to trust our God given Innate Intelligence. Chiropractic uses the term Innate Intelligence as a proper name to describe that auto-pilot system in you that runs and organizes everything within you. The example we always use: you don't tell your heart to beat, your lungs to breathe, or your ears to hear. What does that for you? This organization that happens perfectly and effortlessly by our own bodies is your Innate. Go further, you don't tell a cut to heal or a broken bone to heal....and no doctor or medicine can do that for you either....it is only by your own internal healing mechanism.....your Innate.

So why are we so sick? I'm glad you asked. In my humble opinion it is because our cultural health process works against Innate, damages Innate, or simply doesn't trust Innate. Listen, we work against and damage Innate by pouring in crap food and toxic medicines. Make no mistake medicines are: all toxic, all of the time. All processed food is toxic. It is a testament to Innate that we are still standing after years of fast food and ibuprofen. We don't trust Innate by overlooking the protective mechanisms of the body. We kill a fever with meds, versus understanding it is brought on INTENTIONALLY by the body to kill a foreign invader. Thus, we've turned off our natural defenses and now allow the foreign invader to freelance in and damage us. Another example: we get a muscle spasm in our low back and take a pain killer and a muscle relaxer. The pain was there to warn you like a check engine light and the spasm was there to stabilize the damaged area. Artificially, take away these "symptoms" and then head out to your day....now feeling no pain and being spasm free we think we are "fixed", in reality we have killed our information system that was limiting us and the area is still broken, just forced into a drugged silence. Without these limits we do too much and then inflict REAL, ACTUAL DAMAGE to the area. The "symptoms" weren't symptoms but safety measures. What about immunity? We kill our immune system by never allowing it to work. We wipe ourselves in antibacterial goo (that puts on and leaves chloroform, a carcinogen by the way) and wipe out all the germs on our hands. In the long run, this prevents the body from ever forming immunity to bacterias and we actually weaken ourselves long term, effectively making us MORE susceptible to illness. So many new modern conveniences....so easy and available. Unfortunately, like most instances in life, the quick , cheap, and easy is usually not quick, cheap, or easy in the long run.

So now what? What do we do? Being one of the most fat, sick, and unhealthy nations in the world is clearly not working for us. It's time to step away from the "easy" and to start making real decisions. We have to eat for fuel. We have to move and exercise. We have to cultivate joy. Stress less, meditate more. We have to trust the process of Innate in our body: pain and other "symptoms" aren't to be turned off, but taken as wisdom. We have to maintain the function of Innate in our bodies. We have to step away from the TV and start looking for real answers. The beautiful thing is this: you can do this. You can create real change in your life and by doing this your family's life. You can be the positive, the different, the bold, the better, you can be all you were meant to be. It's simply a matter of trusting the inborn wisdom which God put in you instead of the wisdom of man and the Today Show.

When we adjust you, please know it is not to remove pain, but help the flow of Innate Intelligence that is housed in your nervous system. We listen to pain complaints, because they are information. They are not the primary goal, though. The primary goal is to allow the Innate to work perfectly in you. When the spine is subluxated to puts pressure on nerves and blocks the movement of Innate. We adjust a subluxation to remove this interference and allow the Innate to work fully and accomplish whatever it needs to within you. You are the healer and the the doctor. We simply try to help your body get out of its own way. Your body is the best doctor ever, in command of countless processes and a huge pharmacy of chemicals and hormones that run the body. Allow Innate to work within you fully and correctly and your processes normalize and problems heal as well as possible. It's amazing what happens when you trust your body and are patient with your body. The time is now. I encourage all of you to make the leap and trust your Innate, try it....all you have to lose is illness, unhappiness, and poor health.

Wishing you true health, Dr. Graham, chiropractor