Sweet Health:  The Benefits of Dark Chocolate This holiday season, chocoholics are getting an extra special gift — evidence that chocolate is good for you! What makes chocolate healthy?  Chocolate contains substances called flavonoids — natural antioxidants that help prevent disease.  Antioxidants inhibit a destructive reaction within the body, called[…]

What You Should Know About Automobile Air Bags Global statistics support the overall benefit of air bags — when used properly.  At the same time, however, the chiropractic community wants patients to be aware of certain dangers associated with air bags — specifically injuries that affect the musculoskeletal system. While[…]

Yogurt:  Miracle Food or Commercial Hype? Nutrition is a cornerstone of the chiropractic lifestyle.  That’s why we educate patients about wellness-focused eating — and help them distinguish nutrition facts from nutrition trends. Lately, yogurt advertisements have been extolling a variety of virtues for this staple dairy food, and patients have[…]

Eat Right to Fight Inflammation Inflammation is your immune system’s response to injury or infection.  The inflammation process cleans out damaged tissue and sets the stage for healing to begin.  But if something interferes with the complex chemical balances of the immune system, the body fails to produce anti-inflammatory responses. […]