Dr Richard McCormick's NewsLetter

Volume 7  November 2007

I DID IT! I completed my Applied Clinical Nutrition program as administered by Texas Chiropractic College. I am now better able to assist you in addressing how nutrition can maintain and improve your cellular biochemistry. Gayla has two more modules and she will complete hers certification as well, probably in early January.

I was reading a really interesting research synopsis of some work done between 1932 and 1942 by a Dr. Francis Pottenger MD. His research was on cats and their diets.

Cats in one group were fed a diet consisting of 2/3 raw meat, 1/3 raw milk and cod liver oil. From generation to generation they maintained a regular healthy normal body. Their offspring had an average birth weight of 119 grams, usually with a litter of 5. When dropped from a height of up to 6 feet, these cats always landed on their feet and came back for more play. Over their life spans, these cats proved resistant to infections, to fleas, and to various parasites, and showed no signs of allergies.

A second group of cats were fed a diet consisting of 2/3 cooked meat, 1/3 raw milk and cod liver oil. Each kitten in these litters had different size and skeletal patterns. Their bones were longer and less dense, showing less calcium in the internal structure. In the third generation, some of their bones became as soft as rubber. Cats on the cooked food diet had heart problems, near or far sightedness, under activity of the thyroid gland, infections in the kidneys and livers, inflammation of joints and infections in their bones. These cats had intestinal parasites and skin lesions that got worse from one generation to the next. Abortion in pregnant females was common, running 25% in 1st generation and up to 70% in 2nd generation. The average weight from off spring born to this group was 19 grams less than the first group. Once the female cat had been subjected to cooked meat for 12 to 18 months, many of them were never able to give birth to normal kittens. 2nd and 3rd g eneration cooked meat eaters, showed abnormal lung tissue.

Another group was fed pasteurized milk as their main staple and showed very predictable decreases in bone density, lessened reproductive efficiency and respiratory problems. Cats fed with sweetened condensed milk had even more problems.

OK what does this have to do with you? Many of the health problems that seem to be ever increasing can be traced back to our diet and the advent of processed or cooked food. Ask your grand parents what they used to eat in the 30’s and 40’s. For the most part, they ate fresh vegetables, fruit and meat that were from a natural farm.

There is a valley in Pakistan that has people living to 120-140. These are very hearty mountain folks living in the Hunza valley. Many research teams have studied the Hunza valley dwellers and have discovered that they do not have some of the common degenerative diseases (hypertension, high cholesterol, cardio-vascular disease, arthritis, or diminished eyesight with aging). How do they do it? As you might guess, they eat only naturally occurring fruits and vegetables raised the only way they know how: organically. They drink mineral filled water from glaciers. They exercise daily, with walks of 15-20 kilometers not being out of the norm. They do not consider someone in their 90’s to be elderly. Child bearing age continues into their late 90’s. Imagine having a child at 100 years of age? They have lived an isolated life, away from the influence of modern medicine and modern nutrition. And yet they live actively into their hundreds. Unfortunately, a better road has been built into the valley. With that came tourists and outside influences. You might not be surprised to find that their life expectancy has begun to drop. The Hunzas lived in an isolated secure natural environment and were models of great health. They practiced good health strategies on a daily basis.

One of the greatest medical minds this past century was a man named Dr. Royal Lee. As the medical profession was deciding the direction they should follow, Dr. Lee was a founder in the thought that we should feed our bodies properly and that will prevent disease and improve health. Dr. Lee had this to say about our developing food industry and where it would lead us.

"We drifted into this deplorable position of national malnutrition quite inadvertently… …It is the result of scientific research with the objective of finding the best ways to create foods that are non-perishable that can be made by mass production methods in central factories… …and distributed so cheaply that they can sweep all local competition from the market… then after there develops a suspicion that these "foods" are inadequate to support life... modern advertising steps in to propagandize the people into believing that there is nothing wrong with them… that they are products of scientific research… …intended to afford a food that is the last word in nutritive value… …and the confused public is totally unable to arrive at any conclusions of fact… …and continues to blindly buy the rubbish that is killing them years ahead of their time."

Dr. Royal Lee- June 1943
If you look at where we rank compared to every other "modern" industrialized nations in terms of health issues, we rank at or near the bottom in most categories. The billions of dollars that we spend on health care in this country are not serving us well. Dr. Lee was right about where our health, eating, exercise, and stress habits are leading us. This generation of kids today is the first generation that is predicted to have a shorter life expectancy than the previous generation. If we are to turn this mess around, it must come from each of you.

I am not advocating that you isolate yourself from that rest of the world, but what I am desiring is for you to ask yourself, "knowing what I know today about improving my level of health, am I truly taking conscious steps toward that goal". Like most, you probably think that you are doing OK, that you eat an OK diet, and that you are in good health. I hope that that is true about you. Now ask yourself this, "what do I think my body and health will be like if I live to be 100". Unless you take action steps now, you are likely to follow the path that has been set out before you. To make changes is not easy to do, but you must be responsible for your own good health. I can provide services, natural product and education to assist you, but you have to be the one to step up to the plate. It is not easy but if you commit to do those things that you know will help you live a longer, healthier, and happier life for the next 21 days, then you will be on your way to developing habits of health. This is what I see for every one of you. I know that if I can make changes to improve my health, then certainly you can do it. This comes from a guy who used to eat 6 little chocolate doughnuts in the small plastic wrappers and wash it down with a Dr. Pepper on his way to work while in his 20’s. "What was I thinking?" I wasn’t!!!

21 days… that is all it takes to start a new habit. So tonight I am asking you to write down one thing that you are choosing to do for the next 21 days that is on that list of "things I am going to do for myself to improve my health". Please e-mail me and tell me what you selected. ( rmccormick@dynamichealthcenter.com).

Beginning Dec. 4, I am going to be doing nutritional assessments on Tuesday afternoons from 2:00-5:00. The cost is $35.00. Please call and schedule for the sessions. Come see what Gayla and I have been doing the past year while getting our Applied Clinical Nutrition Certification.

The holiday season is just around the corner. A great gift for your loved ones is a gift certificate to Dynamic Health Center. An hour massage with Gayla, a complete chiropractic examination, or a nutrition assessment/counseling session is a very unique and valued gift. Come by and we can help you take care of your loved ones.

It is nearing Christmas time. If you remember, I lower my office visit fees this time of year. This is to help you maintain you best alignment throughout this holiday season. For the month of December office visits will be a $30.00 fee. So schedule your appointments quickly.

Health is all about choices—all along the way. You can choose to be in front of the curve, not behind it. You can choose to build foundations rather that wait for symptoms to progress to treatable stages. You can make Dynamic Health Center your first choice in natural health care. We look forward to serving you.

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