Enemies of wellness

Stress (Emotional, chemical, physical, and thermal) cause:

• Increased cortisol and anitgen production causing inflammation
• Decreased glucose (blood sugar) utilization causing sugar craving
• Decreased collagen synthesis slowing repair
• Increased protein breakdown
• Inadequate diet resulting in poor vitamin and mineral intake

Enemies of Wellness:

• Dry heat
• Dehydration: body weight divided by 2=# oz/day of water you need to drink
• Poor food quality:  high carbs and fats with little protein
• Poor sleeping patterns:  irregular sleep patterns and poor sleeping posture (ex. lazy boys, stomach sleeping)
• Lack of motion
• Lack of exercise

Principles of Healing

• The body should be self regulating and self healing
• The nervous system is the master communication system coordinating body function
• Nerve interference causes disruption of neural input and output to the brain.  This causes abnormal function.
• The body’s response to stress is to adapt
• the body is always in a state of breakdown and repair.