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Balanced Choices Are Keys to Good Health and Longevity and May Even Help Get Rid of Your Headaches
September 23rd, 2009 | 
Author: Just the other day I read an article on sciencedaily.com how caffeine decreased memory loss in aged mice raised to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. The article began with the suggestion that “Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup.” It went on to report on a sequence of studies published online July 6 in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease that proved that caffeine significantly decreased abnormal levels of the protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease, both in the brains and in the blood of mice that had developed symptoms of the disease.
But, before you make a decision to add an extra cup of coffee to your morning routine, let me, Dr. Jamie Phillips add that under “Related Stories” on the website were a couple of articles regarding studies that showed the non-beneficial effects of caffeine, “Morning Jolt of Caffeine May Mask Serious Sleep Problems,” and “Coffee Consumption Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Attack For Persons With Certain Gene Variation.”
Nearly any point of view, I’ve noticed, especially when it comes to health and longevity, can be confirmed, or at least given credence, by other related studies. The “yin-yang” of caffeine benefits-deficits certainly aren’t, by any means, the only ones. Nonetheless, it did get me to pondering about the reasonableness that there will not ever be simply “one thing” that will with absolute certainty help we, humans, to live longer, healthier lives. Humans are dynamic, biological creatures. We aren’t bred in a cage! We are free to participate in life. And, moreover, though Alzheimer’s disease is likely on the rise, obviously no one has been “artificially induced to develop symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease,” so caffeine isn’t entirely the “one thing” that is going to prevent or reverse it.
Our body is an exquisite, involved system that is based on homeostasis (balance). It makes sense, then, that good health is about a healthy, balanced approach to living, rather than our jumping on the bandwagon of the latest health study and “doing” or “overdoing” one specific thing under the illusion that it will reverse all of the other over-indulgent and harmful things we do to our bodies.
I believe, as a chiropractor in Santa Barbara, that every moment of the day we have an opportunity to make healthy choices for our body, decisions that will assist us to live longer, healthier lives. We know what actually “feels” beneficial and what doesn’t when it comes to what is good for us. So, I just wanted to pass along a little something for you to keep in mind the next time you consider having that extra cup of coffee or second glass of red wine. Neither one of those things is the “one thing” that will do “everything” for your age-related health issues.
Dr. Jamie Phillips
601 E. Arrellaga St. #201
Santa Barbara, CA, 93103
http://www.santabarbarachiropractic.org
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