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Dr. Richard A. Huntoon

Newburgh Chiropractor

 

MisUnderstandings and Vitamins

 

 "I continue to see article after article written by 'experts' who are telling people about the benefits of the newest, latest and greatest vitamins and how everyone should be on them.  I say 'Never should on yourself' and take the time to realize nutrition is not the same as chemicals."

I receive a magazine on a monthly basis in the office, (All my magazines are sent FREE of charge in an effort to get you, the public, to subscribe to them) and it is put out by a company that is supposed to be in the health care field who "understands" health.  And I continue to be amazed at what I read from educated practitioners in the health care field who still have little understanding about what real nutrition is, vs. chemically, man-made, synthetic and false nutrition that they recommend.   One of the headings in a periodical is titled "Nutritional Wellness" and goes on to discuss Natural approaches to Cardiovascular Wellness, and a second article on Selenium: Important for Colon Cancer Prevention.  Then there is the article on Brain Vitamins in an effort to ward of Alzheimer's Disease and other serious brain-related disorders as we age.  All the articles were written by doctors and to the average person seem very well written and present important information.  After all, these topics being written on are important for the health of all of us as we age, right?  And each article makes the point of discussing the importance of good quality nutrition as we age.  Unfortunately, the information discussed specific to the vitamins recommended are anything but high quality nutrition.  Each article recommends their brand of vitamins or "nutraceuticals" (which are pharmaceutical grade nutrients, standardized to contain specific amounts of the nutrients and look real official, but never considers what nature would say) without first gaining an understanding of what real nutrition is. 

When is Food Not A Food?

When you read a label, and the ingredients are listed from most to least, if you are dealing with real food, you will be able to both read and pronounce what is in the food.  When you look at a label and need a Ph. D in languagology to even begin to pronounce, let alone understand what you are reading, this is the first clue you are setting yourself up for failure.  Nature is simple.  Food that comes from nature is equally simple.  Man has taken a simple subject, and done the disservice of confusing the simple and making it complex.  Man does this, I feel, for the simple reason of creating class distinction: the knowing vs. the unknowing or the haves vs. the have nots or the powerful vs. the unpowerful.  However you call it, it continues to go back to nature being simple. 

When man was trying to understand the healing properties of a natural herb called White Willowbark, he examined the chemical nature of the herb and found it to be very simple.  And it offerred a wide range of effects to include relief from pain.  But since it was an herb, you could not patent it.  So man did what man does in an effort to make money and create power: Changed the formulation from nature-made and alter it slightly to be man-made.  And what was born was the over the counter medicine known today as Aspirin.  What man did was add a small amount of carbon and hydrogen to the formula for White Willowbark, known as a methyl group or CH3, and then was able to patent it as a unique chemical formula called Aspirin.  And they thought they had a winner.  And from a historical stand point, they have.  Certainly everyone in the United States knows to take an aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks, strokes and other circulatory problems.  Unfortunately, the addition of the methyl group (CH3) causes stomach irritiation in most individuals, whereas White Willowbark does not create this problem.  AND how many people have even heard of White Willowbark?  My experience says not very many. 

If you knew of a simple herb that exists in nature which could improve your health and wouldn't cost you future health or health expenses, would you choose to use it for all the reasons you use aspirin?  I'm pretty sure, once you got an education and compared the results, you would choose the herb every time.  But this is not good for Big Business, and therefore you would never know about White Willowbark, if the Big Business had anything to say about it, which they have.    And this is just one example of what goes on.

When it comes to food supplements, the answer is in the name.  Food by definition is any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etcSupplement is defined as something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole. 

When it comes to Synthetic Supplements, synthetic is defined as noting or pertaining to compounds formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin: synthetic vitamins.

Why is this Important?

When you go to your doctor, nutritionist, nurse practitioner or physicians assistant, consider what I am sharing here when asked to take a medication or supplement recommended or prescribed.  Will it create a chemical reaction or a healing response?

Chemical Reaction or a Healing Response?

A chemical reaction is the outcome as determined by a process in which atoms of the same or different elements rearrange themselves to form a new substance.  When this occurs in the body, the new substance is either blocking a normal pathway or the new substance is bypassing a normal pathway in an effort to suppress or express a reaction within the body.  And medication does this quite well, and with surprisingly little amounts of chemicals in the medications.  Usually milligrams or less of the chemical itself.  Powerful to say the least.  Think about what little chemicals are required to regulate or control major hormonal processes, such as Birth Control Pills. 

Healing Response is where there is the introduction of a natural substance that helps restore balance to a natural process within the body, by giving the body the necessary natural ingredients to promote normal metabolic processes for that body.  Nature knows how to do this inherently through its natural byproducts.  Similar to trees producing oxygen from the carbon dioxide they take in, which is the perfect compliment to the carbon dioxide we excrete as a byproduct of the oxygen we take in.  Perfect balance and perfect synergy.  No chemical reactions, simply healing responses.  Nothing added, altered or changed.  Natural outcomes from natural processes.

When Food is Not Food

So when you are looking to help yourself heal with natural means, appreciate that you will choose to pay attention to what you are putting into your body.  Take the time to read labels and get a little deeper of an understanding for yourself.  Empower yourself through education.  If you read a label and it has too many multisyllabic words that you have a hard time reading, simply put it back on the shelf and look for something different.  And DO NOT be fooled by the words "Natural" on the label.  Most times this is simply not true.  Again, turn to the ingredients and see for yourself.  Appreciate that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) allows for certain misrepresentations on the label.  For instance, when a hotdog label says 100 % pure all beef franks, do you really think 100 % of the hotdog is 100 % pure all beef?  More like the beef they use within the hot dog is 100 % pure all beef.  Even if it is only 3 % of the hot dog, they can put 100 % pure all beef on the label and call it that if the percentage of beef is 100 % pure. 

Similarly, when they put NO Cholesterol on a label of vegetable oil because people are cholesterol conscious.  Well, vegetables do not have cholesterol in them, therefore the label putting NO Cholesterol is a way for the consumer to feel they are helping themselves lower their cholesterol.  Unfortunately, when you heat these vegetable oils up to cook in them, they fractionate due to the high heat causing free radicals which then when eaten will cause your body to produce extra cholesterol to help heal the damge created.  Therefore, the NO Cholesterol oil will increase cholesterol when used in cooking.  Isn't that great? 

What to Consider

Eat real food.  Always eat real food, read labels to see it is real and stay away from anything man-made with a long shelf life.  Buy meats, poultry and fish that are not farm raised and are free from hormones and antibiotics. Buy fruit and vegetables that are cleaned of all the pesticides before you eat them, and consider juicing them just before you consume them.  Choose not to combine your fruits and vegetables at the same time, as they are processed differently by the body. 

What about Supplements?

We all need to take supplements.  Since the over refining of our soils has depleted the soil of high quality vitamins and minerals for the food being grown on the soil, this leads to less than ideal food for our consumption.  Even if it is organic.  As a result, all food is deficient in everything nature would choose for you to have.  Therefore, you will need to supplement if you are to be healthy.  Finding a good high quality whole food supplement and taking it everytime you eat is ideal and important.  It would also benefit you to find a practitioner who knows how to evaluate you for your nutritional levels and monitor your supplements.  This will allow you to know if you are truly doing what is necessary to help yourself be as healthy as possible.

And if this is important to you, I am available to assist you to that end.  I offer the highest quality supplements made from whole foods without any heat in the manufacturing process.  And since they are made from whole foods, they will have everything in them that nature intended for you to have, in the ratios nature intended.  For more information about these whole food supplements go to www.standardprocess.com and do some reading on their products.  They also partner with a second company called Mediherb and can be found on the Standard Process website or by going to www.mediherb.com  Both companies represent the highest quality products, and are made from whole foods and whole herbs, designed to contain everything nature intended for you to have, since they are 100 % natural with no other ingredients.  And if you have any questions for me, I can always be reached via my e-mail at Dr. Huntoon  I would be happy to help you to better health.  And if you know of someone who could benefit from this information, please forward it to them.  Thank You.  


Dr. Huntoon has a single mission:

To support as many people as possible in their quest for health and enable them to improve and maintain their health to the highest level possible, while educating them about the benefits of Chiropractic, Natural Healthcare and Holistic Living, so they in turn can teach others to support us having a healthy community.

Your Choice

Health concerns are a major source of lost happiness and lost joy in all of our lives. Finding a solution that is agreeable and enables you to get back to your life is important. Please appreciate that you always have the more invasive surgery and prescription medication available to you as a last resort. What many Traditional Medical Doctors may not share is, many times, once you begin that journey into medication and/or surgery, it alters your original body from the one that you were born with. Unfortunately, at that time, more conservative and natural treatments may no longer be viable. I encourage you to consider that before making any decisions about treatment for your health. As always I am here to help. 
 
Your Choice:
 
  • Continue doing the same thing and nothing changes or it may get worse

OR

  • Try something different and get a different result that makes you happier and healthier.
 
The Choice is Yours
 
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