Double
Your Chances of Actually Keeping Your New Year’s
Resolution This Year
by Dr. Jason
T. Venn
Raise you right hand and repeat
after me: “I solemnly swear to eat healthier,
work out more, and take better care of myself in
2004.”
With any New Year’s resolution, you are making
goals that focus on a lifestyle change. To
change your lifestyle, you obviously have to
make a new habit. When you are forming a new
habit, repetition is definitely key. When you
are on a roll to making your new habit, anything
that interrupts that repetition really makes it
difficult to stay focused.
The number #1 obstacle this year may very well
be the flu. This flu season is the worst we’ve
seen in years. This flu is not going to end with
2003. People will still be coming down with the
symptoms well into February. Everyone was
rushing to get their flu shot and now you can
hardly find any left.
You know the classic symptoms of the flu: fever
of 101 - 103°, backache, headache, muscle and
joint pain, runny nose, congestion, sore throat,
and a cough. In other words, misery ensues. You
stop working out, concentrating at work (if you
even make it there) and your goals are shot.
Every winter public health officials and vaccine
manufacturers scare people into getting flu
shots. The fact is that the shot may be more
frightening than the disease itself. It’s often
linked to brain damage, paralysis, and death in
the elderly.
Take the 1976 mass swine flu shots, which caused
565 cases of Guillian-Barre paralysis and the
death of 30 elderly people. Pretty scary. Here’s
what Robert Medelsohn, a medical doctor, had to
say about the flu shot: “The nurse bringing in
the tray for the injection should be carrying
two syringes, the second containing adrenalin in
case you go into shock from the vaccine.”
So if flu shots are dangerous, what else can you
do? For germs to grow in you, you must first be
fertile soil. What I mean is, your immune
resistance has got to be low in the first place.
A chiropractic adjustment doubles your immune
resistance, making it heck of a lot harder to
get sick. I know what you’re thinking…sounds too
good to be true, right? Want some proof? To see
some studies? I’d say the same thing if I were
you.
Don’t Take My Word For It…
Ron Pero, PhD & Chief of Cancer Research at the
New York Preventative Research Center, did a
study about our body’s ability to fight off
disease. He found that chiropractic patients had
200% greater immunity (ability to fight off
sickness) than the average person. There are a
lot more studies that say the same thing –
chiropractic care can help you stay healthy and
boost your immune system.
So this year, help yourself keep your goals:
Keep your body from being fertile soil for the
bad stuff. Eat right, exercise, and don’t forget
to get adjusted.
Dr. Venn is a graduate of Parker College with
a B.S. of anatomy and a Doctorate of
Chiropractic. He has taken over 320 extra
hours of study specializing in the Gonstead
system. He resides in Frisco, TX, where he
practices at Venn Family Chiropractic. Contact:
972-668-9200 or
drvenni@aol.com.
