Playing In the Dirt and Chiropractic Adjustments | Tulsa Chiropractor

Growing research is starting to show that kids exposed to a variety of germs early on in life are less likely to develop allergies, asthma or autoimmune disorders as they grow older. A study published in the Journal Science demonstrates that exposure to microorganisms at an early age is associated with protection from immune-mediated diseases…

The Best Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol | Tulsa Chiropractor

Cholesterol is an important nutrient essential to many bodily functions. Every one of the body’s cells is surrounded by a membrane in which cholesterol plays an important part. Cholesterol is responsible for the building and maintenance of these cell walls and also helps regulate membrane permeability. Cholesterol is also necessary for nerve cell communication, is…

What’s Your BMI?

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is one of many ways to measure and determine the level of excess fat you may have in your body. It is not the most accurate of measurements and many other ways such as hydrodensitometry (underwater weighing), skin-fold measurements (using calipers) and magnetic resonance imaging will provide more accurate determinations…

The Importance of Vitamin D

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is unique in humans because it acts as a prohormone, which is a precursor to a hormone, and it is synthesized during exposure to the sun on our skin. This makes vitamin D one of the few vitamins our body needs that can be produced by our body…

The Case For Drinking More Water!

Everybody knows it is important to drink enough water, but does that mean we actually do? There are a lot of people that mistakenly believe that drinking things such as coffee, soda, juice and tea can be a substitute for drinking plain water. However, it doesn’t even come close to measuring up with pure water…