Immunity Now!

I bet everyone has taken a moment to think about their immune system in the last few months, or at least crossed their fingers in hopes they could make it through another flu season unscathed. Some do not realize that they have a lot of control over their health and can assist their immune system in staying strong and healthy.

Two weeks ago, I mentioned the use of chiropractic to help boost immune system function. This week I would like to touch on another study that helps demonstrate this point:

“One of the most important studies showing the positive effect chiropractic care can have on the immune system and general health was performed by Ronald Pero, Ph.D., chief of cancer prevention research at New York's Preventive Medicine Institute and professor of medicine at New York University. Dr. Pero measured the immune systems of people under chiropractic care as compared to those in the general population and those with cancer and other serious diseases. In his initial three-year study of 107 individuals who had been under chiropractic care for five years or more, the chiropractic patients were found to have a 200% greater immune competence than people who had not received chiropractic care, and 400% greater immune competence than people with cancer and other serious diseases. The immune system superiority of those under chiropractic care did not diminish with age. Dr. Pero stated: “

“When applied in a clinical framework, I have never seen a group, other than this chiropractic group, to experience a 200% increase over the normal patients. This is why it is so dramatically important. We have never seen such a positive improvement in a group…”

Over the past couple of weeks, I have mentioned some simple things you can do to stay healthy this season. Most of them are easy and we hear these simple steps all the time. Things like staying hydrated, getting enough rest, exercising, and eating right. These are all things that we intrinsically “know” to do, but we are not always vigilant in seeing them out.

Even if you are following some of the simple rules of staying healthy, it is still possible for you to fall ill. Chances are, since you have taken care of yourself, your illness will be shorter lived and milder in nature. That is the beauty of a healthy immune system, even when we do happen to get sick, our recovery is much easier.

Be sure to have regular spinal checks and chiropractic adjustments, so you and your family can have strong and healthy immune systems.