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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | May 7, 2020 | Health Articles
Nearly every adult today has experienced some form of back pain in their lifetime. Whether the pain was caused by lifting something awkwardly or from strenuous activity. More often than not this pain will subside after a period of rest, if it is purely muscular pain. However, spinal disc injuries cause more of an extreme...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 30, 2020 | Health Articles
The way you eat your vegetables can affect the amount of nutrition you gain from them. Generally, the freshest and less processed vegetables will supply you with the most nutrients. Immediately after the harvest the nutrients in a vegetable will start to deteriorate, including the anti-oxidants. The sooner you eat a vegetable after it has been harvested, the more nutrients it will have. An excellent way to ensure you get the freshest vegetables is a home garden! You can simply walk out of the door, pick the vegetables and put them straight into your meals. However, not everyone has the time or space for a home garden.
One of the next best things you can use instead of a home garden is a farmers’ market! The vegetables from a farmers’ market are usually grown locally and are significantly fresher than what you can buy at the supermarket.
After the farmers’ market the next best thing is surprisingly frozen vegetables. Many people do not know how nutritious frozen food can be for you. In some cases it can be more nutritious than fresh, especially if the food has been transported over a long distance. For example, if you live in Washington D.C. and are eating fresh vegetables from California those vegetables have spent multiple days in a truck before arriving at the market.
Once the vegetable is picked the sugars start to convert to starch, this is why freshly picked corn straight from the farm is much sweeter than the kind of corn that has been sitting in the supermarket for days. However, many vegetables, such as frozen peas, are usually flash frozen and preserve their nutrients.
Eating cooked vegetables is generally not as nutritious as eating raw vegetables. If you do cook vegetables, you must make sure to do it only long enough to make them tender. The longer you leave them cooking, the more nutrients are being lost. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, such as tomatoes. Tomatoes can provide greater amounts of lycopene when they are cooked than when eaten raw. Cooking them helps to break down the plant’s cell walls, which releases greater amounts of nutrients.
Canned vegetables have the lowest amount of nutrients. Many vegetables lose their vitamins and nutrients in processing under high heat. Water-soluble vitamins are easily lost as they are boiled in the canning process. Raw vegetables are generally better, but if eating raw vegetables is unappealing to the point where you would rather avoid them, then it is fine to eat them lightly cooked. It is always better to get some nutrients!
Getting good nutrition can appear very complex as we are always learning more about it. If you have any questions you would like to ask about leading a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition, then give us a call and one of our team will help you! We look forward hearing from you!
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 23, 2020 | Health Articles
Does your jaw ache when you chew, or open your mouth wide to yawn? Do you suffer from pain or soreness in the front of your ear, in your jaw muscle, cheek, your teeth or your temples? Do your teeth throb or cause you pain? Do your jaws make clicking sounds loud enough to worry...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 16, 2020 | Health Articles
Our lives today have become congested and over run with stress. The effects of stress are seen across the nation at an earlier age and with more detrimental health effects. Stress can be caused by a number of factors, both personal and professional. In most cases, though, it is the result of the difference between...
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by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 9, 2020 | Health Articles
Nearly every adult today has experienced some form of back pain in their lifetime. Whether the pain was caused by lifting something awkwardly or from strenuous activity. More often than not this pain will subside after a period of rest, if it is purely muscular pain. However, spinal disc injuries cause more of an extreme pain and are usually described in many different ways. The pain experienced by a spinal disc injury has also been compared to the pain of child birth. The understanding of what the discs in our back do and how they work are extremely important in treating spinal disc injuries.
What is the purpose of Spinal Discs?
Situated in between our vertebrae are pads called the intervertebral discs. These discs contain a gel-like soft center and a stronger outer shell. They are attached to our vertebrae and act as separators. These discs are extremely effective shock-absorbers which offer a guard to prevent the bones rubbing against each other when we move. The discs in our spine keep it strong and supple.
A protruding disc occurs when the gel in the disc begins to push out against the ligamentous wall of the disc, but does not compromise or tear the wall. Two thirds of pain free adults have one or more protuding discs within their spine. A herniated disc is when the gel in the disc pushes out and starts to tear through the first layers of the ligamentous wall. This movement of gel can cause irritation of the nerve, inflammation and often severe pain.
One of the more serious conditions is called disc extrusion, sometimes known as a ruptured disc. This occurs when the gel of the disc breaks all the way through the ligamentous wall. When this gel leaks out of the disc it can cause extreme back pain and significantly reduced movement.
You Don’t Need Surgery to Recover From a Spinal Disc Injury
If you are suffering from a spinal disc injury or just back pain in general, then come and visit our team and see what Chiropractic care can do for you. Our team will help to alleviate your pain and get you back on track to leading a healthy, pain-free lifestyle!
by Dr. Brandon Chorney | Apr 2, 2020 | Health Articles
Living a high paced lifestyle of fast cars, fast computers, and fast food is not only accelerating our excitement and experiences but accelerating the age of our bodies. Our bodies are no longer able to replenish vital systems as fast as our bodies are depleting them. This system failure is seen across the human...
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The way you eat your vegetables can affect the amount of nutrition you gain from them. Generally, the freshest and less processed vegetables will supply you with the most nutrients. Immediately after the harvest the nutrients in a vegetable will start to deteriorate, including the anti-oxidants. The sooner you eat a vegetable after it has been harvested, the more nutrients it will have. An excellent way to ensure you get the freshest vegetables is a home garden! You can simply walk out of the door, pick the vegetables and put them straight into your meals. However, not everyone has the time or space for a home garden.
Nearly every adult today has experienced some form of back pain in their lifetime. Whether the pain was caused by lifting something awkwardly or from strenuous activity. More often than not this pain will subside after a period of rest, if it is purely muscular pain. However, spinal disc injuries cause more of an extreme pain and are usually described in many different ways. The pain experienced by a spinal disc injury has also been compared to the pain of child birth. The understanding of what the discs in our back do and how they work are extremely important in treating spinal disc injuries.