Ready to Enjoy your Summer with a Spring in your Step and One in your Brain?

It is not uncommon for people to have a hard time tolerating the heat because of Adrenal stress.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE ADRENAL STRESS?

Your blood pressure changes up or down, and you may have associated light headedness.
You experience cravings for salty or sugary foods.
You are a lot more prone to allergies.
You may feel sluggish and tired or waking up at night between 4 & 6 am.
Struggling to get through the day, or anxious or unable to re-frame your thinking.
Experience more low back pain or increase pain where you were already hurting.
You may have cramps or Charley horses in the calf muscles.
You may feel more energy in the evenings.

WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN WHEN IT GETS HOT?

Among the many functions of the Adrenal glands, (aka the stress glands, the little Chinese shaped hats that sit on top of the Kidneys, located in your low back area), is the fact that they contribute to the control of  the heart’s flow and output of blood. When it is hot, your heart works harder so you can stay cool and not feel dizzy.

Anytime you solicit a gland to work and if it is already out of sorts, it is like whipping a tired horse.

Another remarkable thing the Adrenals do is to control how much water is in and out of the cells so that there is optimal exchange of “Goods”.

When the Adrenals are not happy, you tend to accumulate water and gain fat more characteristically in the arms, legs and face (Moon Face.)
The Adrenals also affect your brain by producing Adrenaline and Cortisol, both of which influence other brain messenger chemicals and or circuits which will affect your mood and drive.

WHAT TO DO, TO REMAIN YOUR AMAZING SELF?

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Every organ is like a factory, it needs raw materials to produce goods. The following is a basic list of raw materials that the Adrenals especially like:

VITAMIN C & E ;
VIT B : 1 . 2 . 3 . 5 . 6 . FOLATE, Brewers Yeast, Mushrooms, Rare Red Meat.

Drink Water: 2 - 3 L / DAY
OMEGA3 Type fats, it is best to buy capsules of sardine or anchovies oil. I recommend “Optimal EFAs” from Biotics Research, “EYEQ” from Equizen or “VEGEPA”  from Ingennus.
PROTEINS: 1.2 g / Kg of body weight. Chicken, Turkey, Eggs, Oats, RAW Pumpkin seeds, almonds, Avocados, Bananas, Lima Beans, Blue Berries, Spirulina.

ELECTROLYTES: Sea Salt ¼ of a tea spoon in a glass of water 1-2x/DAY, Organic Coconut Water
BOSWELLIA Infusions and use Turmeric spice on your foods.
EAT BREAKFAST!!! Even if you are not hungry, eat something with a quality protein, fat and carbohydrate.
Marmalade on brioche or toast with coffee will send you into a hypoglycemic spiral and kick the poor Adrenals and Pancreas right where it hurts.

Receive Network Spinal Analysis Chiropractic “adjustments”, it is one of the most powerful methods I know to help your brain to become calmer and coherent so it can regulate properly the Adrenals; and defrost and release your low back, so that the Adrenals receive all the nerve energy they need to work right.

If all this information seems a bit overwhelming, I will be clarifying and expanding on it during my next conference on Tuesday June 16^th at my office.

Energy Rich week to Youhu   :)

Dr. Muriel Poli,DC

Have you had your daily dose of Mozart?

Have you had your daily dose of Mozart?

A couple months ago I posted a video of an elderly gentleman

throwing away his crutches and dancing with all his heart at the sound of familiar music.

Part of the reason he was able to do this was because of the

unleashing of Emotions setting his Energy in Motion, and by the fact that the main form communication within the nervous system is through sound, (secondly electrical impulses and thirdly neuro-regulator chemicals). 

The cell to cell communication system is actually faster

than through the nervous system as it uses coherent light.

The famous French ear, nose and throat specialist, Dr. Alphred Tomatis

was actually at the forefront of his time in developing and entire system of

“re-education” of the nervous system through enhanced ( high pitched sounds), and prolonged listening to Mozart and Gregorian Chant music. 

Here at Vitalia Quiropractica we enhance both the nervous system and

the cell to cell communication systems, and our patients definitely feel more

Alive and Vibrant as a result!

Dr. Muriel Poli,DC

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Manifest a Different Reality

Manifest a Different Reality:

 
Leading with your strengths is definitely a winning strategy, but what happens if you have no physical energy to begin with?

To produce the quality of life you want or to manifest your heart’s desires requires that you shift your baseline energy to a higher level. You need a different you to manifest a different reality. As long as your energy level remains the same, you can’t expect new outcomes. This is why many New Year’s resolutions carried by emotions alone don’t last.

Your current state of energy is a product of your patterns: thoughts, stories, view of your world, past experiences and of the emotions you keep replaying. Of course there are life style choices, kinks in your neck and back that affect your nerve energy, physical trauma that interferes with energy, I deal with those on a daily basis with my patients.

However, every time you have a thought or an emotion your brain makes chemicals, (neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and hormones), which then trigger glands to release other hormones all of which, if we keep replaying the same thoughts over and over again, create chemical patterns; the same soup if you will, day in and day out.

Every time you have the same thought or emotion you trigger the same groups of neurons and their interconnected roots, branches and pathways; in effect hardwiring your thoughts and emotions into your supercomputer and engraving them into your physical body; by virtue of this process your body becomes the mirror of your “other than conscious mind” (usually referred to as subconscious.)

This creates a loop and what you end-up feeling in your body will then trigger your conscious mind into thinking more of the same. A vivid example of this, are cravings and addictions. You feel something in your body, which then triggers a set of thoughts and behaviors. These loops of automatic thoughts and behaviors you have can really do a number on your energy glands, by repeatedly throwing you into states of alarm (IE cravings), leaving you exhausted, gaining weight, foggy thinking, water retention, anxieties, low libido, afternoon headaches, frequent allergies, low back pain, light headed, cold hands and feet, loss of hair, constipation, these are some of the more frequent symptoms associated with fatigued Adrenal and Thyroid glands: This begs the question:

How do we undo these patterns?

The conscious mind represents 5% of your brain’s activity, the “Other than Conscious” part 95%. To try to have the 5% tell the other 95% what to do is a non-starter.

The name of the game is to interrupt the patterns at one or more ends of the Body/Subconscious loop.

How do you accomplish this?

As a chiropractor my specialty is the nervous system. I am like a gardener who helps you to prune old nerve cells connections/patterns and help you to sprout new connections. Helping you to establish new roots and pathways = stretching your neuroplasticity*.

As an Orthomolecular therapy specialist I help to reset some of the body chemistry patterns you have put in place = making new soups (Onion soup & Lobster bisque are my favorites)

As an example, a patient of mine, we will call her Ruppertah, was about to be fired from her job because she had memory lapses and could not focus her mind or her eyes, especially after lunch time.

Her distress was palpable because she loved her job but her symptoms were interfering with her creativity and performance, (she was a graphic designer for a PR firm), and they were interfering with her personal relationship because she had no energy to go out or libido. She went from doctor to doctor and was finally diagnosed with Attention Deficit and told to take some Ritalin-like substance.

It turns out she was chronically dehydrated, highly allergic to dairy which she ate massive amounts of because she FELT better after eating it. Cheese was her craving, a source of fire/inflammation and stimulation, (by the way the Harvard school of medicine has now eliminated cheese and dairy from its recommended “food pyramid” because of its overwhelming link with certain cancers and neurodegenerative diseases). One of the functions of the Adrenal glands is to put out fires with cortisol, the same hormone that they churn out when you are in a state of stress.

As with all cravings you first get a high and then you find yourself in the dumps.

We dramatically turned things around together by progressively eliminating the cheese, rehydrating , directing her toward Adrenal boosting foods and entraining her nervous system to a more peaceful and resourceful state. Naturally her mind, memory and vision became sharper.

She is now confident again in her abilities at work and with job security, and she has a more harmonious relationship with her partner.

In essence the way I help my patients to interrupt the outworn patterns, is by helping their body to erase the black board, so they have the opportunity to write a new message and to have room for new thoughts and emotions. Their active participation is where the transformational secret is at.

I will be providing Nutritional Strategies to generate more energy richness by supporting the Adrenal and Thyroid glands (the body’s energy glands), so you have the energy to enjoy your life with vitality and health.

I will be giving a workshop Friday February 21st at casa Orlandai, from 11 to12, during which you will experience and learn how to participate in creating a pattern interrupt by jump starting your energy glands with the use of foods and your kitchen as your “pharmacy”. You may contact my office at info@vitaliaquiro.com for additional details about the workshop or to sign-up.

Dr. Muriel Poli,D.C.

* Neuroscientific research indicates that experiences can actually change both the brain's physical structure (anatomy) and functional organization (physiology).

Open House Celebration: Friday April 19th

Open House Celebration:

Friday April 19^th from 3:30 to 9:00pm

You will be able to enjoy the following activities:

• A SRI workshop (Somato-Respiratory Integration)
• Chiropractic sessions using the gentle NSA method  (Network Spinal Analysis)
• How to move your life forward with new creative capacities  through NSA                                                              
• An Opportunity to sign-up for a special offer and a raffle                                                                                   

For more details about the Schedule of activities go to: https://www.facebook.com/vitaliaquiropracticabarcelona?ref=tn_tnmn

      You must reserve in advance at:                                                        info@vitaliaquiro.com   or 93 414 22 49                                                                      

 Event location: Vitalia Quiropráctica, C/ Muntaner 318, 4-2,  080021 . Barcelona

       

 We would be delighted to have your participation.

 Best of Health                                                                                                                                   

   

 Dr. Muriel Poli,DC

ADHD Treatments: Is it time to make an oil change?

For quite some time now fats have generally speaking been given a bad reputation. The reality is that 80% of the wall of our cells is made of fat. Our brain is a big “blob” of fat, and those fats need to be “fresh and flexible”.

Nerve cells can only communicate optimally when they have the proper fat insulation. Our hormones are made of cholesterol.

This being said the proportion of the types of fats we eat, influences the health of our body. Certain fats get turned into anti-inflammatory molecules while others are turned into inflammation producing molecules.

Essential Fatty acids are called “essential” because the body cannot make them, we must get them from our diet. Essential fatty acids such as omega-6 and omega-3, should be consumed at a ratio of 3 omega 6 for every omega 3 (3:1). Unfortunately, our modern Western diet is deficient in omega-3 and has excessive amounts of omega-6 (this ratio can be up to 20 Ω6:1Ω3.)

Why is this a big deal? Because studies have shown that the balance between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids is a determining factor in physical and mental well-being. This imbalance can cause a whole host of symptoms and disorders ; therefore it is essential to restore the balance.

In order to thrive, (and heal in particular the ADHD brain), and slow down the aging clock, we literally need to “make an oil change”.

The way we accomplish this is by first augmenting our omega 3 oil intake. How do we do that?

By eating fish twice a week such as sardines, mackerel, salmon, herring, trout, fresh cod fish, anchovies, boquerones, (Shell Fish, Tuna and Halibut have exceedingly high levels of mercury and chemicals. I do not recommend that your child eat them.) Start rotating your oils, meaning using different oils each day such as Flaxseed, Walnut, Linseed or Camelina oil; those oils are extremely sensitive to oxidation so do not heat them, protect them from daylight and keep them refrigerated. You can sprinkle, flax meal or blended chia seeds, on your veggies or salads.  Raw nuts (if you are not allergic) are an amazing snack.

The easiest strategy for the “oil change” is to take an oil supplements such as EYEQ from the Equazen laboratory, or DHA from Solaray.

In cases of Hormone imbalances or neurological problems I usually order a lab test, (red blood cell analysis), to determine exactly what type of omega 3 oil we need to “push”.

                                                                                                                                          

The next step is to reduce the intake of omega 6 oils.

You can accomplish this by decreasing your intake of vegetable oils such as: Sunflower, Safflower, Peanut and Corn oils, and if need be eliminate charcuterie (high in Arachidonic acid, an omega 6 oil) found in meats, smoked ham, cured ham, bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, lunch meats...

Finally you probably all know this by now, eliminate  “Trans” fats.

“Trans” fats are hydrogenated fats that are a few molecules away from being plastic! They lodge themselves in the brain and literally harden it! (I wonder if the term lard head applies here.) You can drastically reduce your exposure by avoiding foods such as fast food French fries, potato chips, sweets, cookies, and industrial mayonnaise and salad dressing. Read the labels to find out if what you are buying contains “trans”/ hydrogenated fats or not.

So no need to go to the mechanic, you can make an oil change right from the comfort of your kitchen! 

Dr Muriel Poli,D.C.