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May 11 2020

The US Healthcare System Failure!

Looking like a gorgeous day ahead and after a couple cooler days a nice streak of spring like weather middle of next week. Now we are just one month away from Memorial Day weekend. I am so excited as summer and beach season is my favorite. Are you looking forward to the warmer weather?

The US Healthcare system has been a failure for decades and is only getting worse. In fact, the US Healthcare system is far from a healthcare system. It is a sick system that does nothing more than mask symptoms and cover up bad lifestyle choices by overmedicating and pushing surgery. These choices lead to more sickness. Covering up symptoms leads the underlying cause to just get worse. Also there are many side effects of each drug you take that leads you to get prescribed more drugs by your medical doctor.

In our country, obesity is running rampant. Weight problems lead to more sickness and disease. Being overweight is known to increase diabetes, heart attacks, cancer, stroke and other problems.

You have to make your health a priority. You must make lifestyle changes if you want to be more healthy. As a chiropractor, we are educating the public on how to optimize your body’s function and making lifestyle changes. It now is up to you as a patient to want to make those changes. Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? If so, lets talk at your next appointment. Or if you haven’t been in the office, make sure you call us to get back on track. Those of you that just come in when you have symptoms are not taking advantage of the best healthcare out there: CHIROPRACTIC! We adjust you to remove the pressure from the nerves so all your organs, tissues, cells and systems function at their best. Chiropractic is more than back pain! Don’t you and your family deserve the best healthcare and not a failed sickcare system?

Read some articles about this healthcare crisis:
1) US Healthcare Ranked Worst in the Developed World: http://time.com/2888403/u-s-health-care-ranked-worst-in-the-developed-world/
2) Medical Errors are the 3rd Leading Cause of US Deaths (It’s really the #1 cause being most medical errors are not reported or covered up): https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/03/476636183/death-certificates-undercount-toll-of-medical-errors

Other healthcare news:
1) Doctors Worldwide Are Now Advising Everyone to Stop Taking Ibuprofen IMMEDIATELY: http://awarenessact.com/doctors-worldwide-are-now-advising-everyone-to-stop-taking-ibuprofen-immediately/?=wuw
2) Disaster for Big Pharma as 50% of People Report Quitting Pills for CBD: http://ushealthmagz.com/2018/04/26/disaster-for-big-pharma-as-50-of-people-report-quitting-pills-for-cbd/
3) Will Walking 10,000 Steps a Day Make you Fit? https://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2015/07/03/walking-10000-steps-daily.aspx?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=facebookfitness_ranart&utm_campaign=20180415_walking-10000-steps-daily

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If you would like to lose weight, we have the most complete nutritional program. Patients are losing 10 to 20lbs in one month. Our program is different than most out there. Diets fail as they just count calories and don’t account for quality of the nutrition. Our program incorporates full body cellular cleansing to remove toxins from the body that cause your body to be acidic and unhealthy as well as store body fat. We also use intermittent fasting which is proven with research to reduce body fat and reset your metabolism.

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May 11 2020

Are You Sabotaging Your Health and Recovery?

Many people come to the office in pain or looking to improve their health. Then they wonder why it’s taking so long or they aren’t getting the results they are looking for. What are you doing that is sabotaging your health and recovery? If you continue to do things that are causing the problems, it makes it difficult to heal. There are many factors that affect your recovery and whether you get healthy again:

1) Hydration: Your body is made of many tissues. Muscles, tendons, ligaments, organs all comprised of cells that require water. Think of a sponge. If it is kept wet, it is pliable. You can bend it or twist it and it is more resilient. BUT if you let the sponge dry out, it gets hard and brittle. Try bending the sponge now and it will break and tear. When your body is dehydrated, it is like that dried out sponge. It becomes brittle and fragile. It tears easier. Your tissues and cells require water to be healthy. Being dehydrated is sabotaging your health and recovery.

Stop Sabotaging Your Health and Recovery!

Unfortunately most people do not drink enough water and on top of that you drink caffeinated beverages like coffee that dehydrate you. Your body needs half your weight in ounces of water per day (eg. if you weigh 150lbs you need to drink 75 ounces of water per day). If you drink just one cup of coffee per day it negates up to 4 to 8 glasses of water. I recommend that you cut out the coffee and try for just 30 days to drink the required amount of water and see how much better you feel.

2) Inflammation: Swelling is a response to injury, trauma and an unhealthy body. Even a poor diet and dehydration can lead to an increase in inflammation. Inflammation in your body leads to many diseases and even cancer. This is another factor sabotaging your health.

Many people take NSAIDs or pills that help decrease the inflammation but these pills are dangerous and have many side effects. By changing your diet and using natural supplements, we can reduce your inflammation naturally. In our office, we have a product call Inflammation, which is 20 herbs and botanicals to help your body reduce inflammation.

3) Tight, hyper muscles: Your muscles get tight to splint the areas of concern. Also, dehydration leads to tighter muscles. Stretching is a key component not only of your treatment plan, but to be done on a daily basis to help your body reduce stress built up each day while sitting or standing at work or doing other daily activities. It’s like brushing your teeth! You don’t only brush your teeth when the dentist finds a cavity do you? No, you brush daily to help prevent future problems and your teeth from falling out. At least your teeth can be replaced. You are born with one spine, and just like your teeth, the bones and discs decay when you don’t take care of them. Your spine cannot be replaced, so take 5 minutes a day to do stretching. Here are some links to stretching we show patients: neck stretching, low back stretching and leg stretches. Also, getting adjusted regularly is proven to help prevent spinal degeneration and improve overall body function, as well stopping the sabotaging your health.

4) Weight: 80% of the United States is overweight! Obesity is a leading cause of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, stroke and other diseases. This extra weight also puts on additional stress to your spine, joints, muscles and discs. For every 25 pounds you are overweight, there is an exponential amount of stress added to these tissues. Being overweight is sabotaging your health! By losing weight you not only remove this stress, but decrease inflammation and improve your health! Our nutritional weight loss system is scientifically proven to provide results. You can find out more: Freehold Weight Loss

5) Nutrition: Your body needs quality nutrition to heal tissues. Nutrition is the fuel for your body to run. Just like a high performance car, if you put low grade fuel into it, the car will drop in efficiency and start having problems. Your body starts to crash, have less energy and is less healthy when you put low nutritious food into it. Your body also needs the vitamins, minerals, quality protein to help tissues to heal.

Many processed foods are depleted of vitamins and minerals you need. Even organic foods aren’t what you are made to think they are. Our soils are deficient in elements from overuse. Studies show that you have to eat 10 apples today, to get the value of one apple from the 70’s. Another study shows you’d have to eat 50 bowls of spinach to get the value of 1 bowl from the 70’s. These are scary stats.

It’s so important to supplement with a quality multi-vitamin, mineral, antioxidant and omegas. Many patients tell me they take a vitamin: centrum, one a day, GNC daily or others. You have to know these vitamins are not bioavailable. This means they do not break down in time to be absorbed into your body. Research has shown many of these supplements even get stuck in the intestinal walls and cause inflammation in the gut. I had one patient that didn’t believe me and when we sent her for an X-ray of her back, the results came back stating multiple supplemental pills likely stuck in the intestinal mucosa. Once we got her off the centrum, stomach problems and joint pain she had for years, started to go away.

Another 80% of the United States population is deficient in Vitamin D. Vitamin D serves several important functions in the body. These include: promoting calcium absorption (women tend to experience osteoporosis), maintaining normal calcium and phosphate levels, promoting bone and cell growth, reducing inflammation. A deficiency in Vit D alone can lead to difficulty thinking clearly, bone pain, frequent fractures, muscle weakness, fatigue and more.

We highly recommend the top multi-vitamin with omegas, antioxidants and telomere support that makes sure you get the levels you need and actually absorb into your body. : Complete Essentials Daily Pack

Are you ready to stop sabotaging your health? Are you ready to make your health and body a priority? Do you finally want to feel the best you can? Are you ready to enjoy a long, healthy life?

If you answered yes, feel free to contact me. The hydration is an easy thing to improve on. I can also help you with weight loss. We have the number one weight loss program available as it addresses not only weight loss, but nutrition, anti-inflammation, removing toxins from the body and much more. We also have a proprietary blend of herbs in supplement form to help you reduce inflammation.

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May 11 2020

Freehold NJ Chiropractor Reveals Solution to Obesity and Weight Problems

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and wellness consultant in Freehold, NJ at Hometown Family Wellness Center. Weight problems and Obesity have become an epidemic problem in the United States. Dieting has failed over and over and people need an answer as to why it’s so difficult to drop the pounds. No matter how much people change their diets and incorporate exercise, it seems to be a lost battle jumping from Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, LA Weight Loss and the numerous other diet programs.

Several years ago I was fortunate to meet a husband and wife doctors in Toms River, NJ who introduced me to a solution to the problem. Upon listening to their presentation, it made total sense: everything we eat, breath and drink has chemicals and toxins in them. We consume these toxins and the result is heavier people. Not only is this going to affect the person consuming these chemicals, but if a mother is pregnant, the chemicals pass right to the developing fetus.

Today I was reading a great article in NaturalNews.com: Numerous Chemicals Linked to Difficult Losing Weight. It not only talks about the problems with these chemicals causing more fat cells and increased size of the fat cells, but how the chemicals alter hormonal balance. Your body uses body fat to try and help protect the different organs, tissues and cells. The fat surrounds the toxins and the more toxins in your body, usually the more body fat is stored! This is the cause of being overweight and obese.

The chemicals aren’t only in the foods by the way they are processed, but the pollution in the air we breath, the water we drink and bathe in, the pesticides used in farming and runoff into the water, pharmaceuticals, plastics we store drinks and foods in, even wall paper, handbags, air fresheners, hygiene products, laundry detergents and so much more are filled with chemicals that we are exposed to.

Obesity isn’t only a health problem, but it’s a social problem as kids and adults are ridiculed at being overweight, social life is affected, and it’s hard to be as active as one would like. Many avoid being in social settings.

So, the solution is simple: release the chemicals and toxins from the body and balance out the hormones and you will start to see natural and healthy weight loss! This process is called a detoxification program. When you remove the chemicals from the body, you eliminate the affects they are having on your body and the body doesn’t need to store the body fat! Being you are truly getting to the cause of the weight gain, you don’t get the rebound weight gain one gets with failed dieting programs.

Colleagues of mine introduced me to the ultimate in full body and cleansing program. To find out more and start your weight loss and health transformation contact me.

We have been helping patients in Freehold, NJ and the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Colts Neck, Jackson, Morganville and other Monmouth and Ocean County New Jersey Communities for the past 10 years. If you would finally like to gain your health and body back, contact our office for your New New New Your Body Transformation consultation. Find out more about our office at www.ChiropractorFreehold.com

May 11 2020

Dangers of Inflammation – Your Health Is At Risk!

The public is mislead to believe the causes of their health problems. One of the leading causes of health problems is Inflammation! There are many dangers of inflammation that you should be aware of.

First, lets get into “What is Inflammation?”

When your body is fighting infection, inflammation occurs where the body’s white blood cells and chemicals protect us from foreign substances like bacteria and viruses. Inflammation occurs also after trauma to help tissues repair themselves.

The body’s defense system, the immune system, sometimes reacts inappropriately by triggering an inflammatory response when there are no foreign substances to fight off. This occurs when people have diseases like arthritis.

Arthritis is a general term that describes inflammation in the joints. The body’s normally protective immune system causes damage to its own tissues in these autoimmune diseases. Some, but not all, types of arthritis are the result of misdirected inflammation.

Symptoms of Inflammation? You can experience redness, swollen joint that’s warm to the touch, joint pain, joint stiffness, and loss of joint function often.

Inflammation may also be associated with general flu-like symptoms:
Fever, Chills, Fatigue, Lack of Energy, Headaches, Loss of Appetite, and Muscle Stiffness.

What Causes Inflammation and what are its Effects?
When inflammation occurs, chemicals from the body’s white blood cells are released into the blood or affected tissues to protect your body from foreign substances. This release of chemicals increases the blood flow to the area of injury or infection and may result in redness and warmth. Some of the chemicals cause a leak of fluid into the tissues, resulting in swelling. This protective process may stimulate nerves and cause pain. The increased number of cells and inflammatory substances within the joint cause irritation, swelling of the joint lining, and eventually, wearing down of cartilage.

Can Inflammation Affect Internal Organs?
Dangers of Inflammation can affect organs as part of an autoimmune disorder. These types of symptoms depend on which organs are affected:

• Inflammation of the heart (myocarditis) may cause shortness of breath or fluid retention.
• Inflammation of the small tubes that transport air to the lungs may cause shortness of breath.
• Inflammation of the kidneys (nephritis) may cause high blood pressure or kidney failure.
• Pain may not be a primary symptom of an inflammatory disease, since many organs do not have many pain-sensitive nerves. Treatment of organ inflammation is directed at the cause of inflammation whenever possible.

Chronic Inflammation Statistics- From the Centers for Disease Control [CDC], each of the following diseases has been associated with Chronic Inﬂammation.
• Chronic inﬂammation once believed to be a disease associated with aging. Now we know its also associated with obesity and overweight. Its estimated by the Centers for Disease Control [CDC], that 66% of the American adult population is overweight or obese; at this rate by 2048 obesity will reach 100%.
• 24,000,000 people have diabetes, by 2025 its estimated to exceed 50,000,000!
• More than 5,000,000 Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s and Dementia! According to the Alzheimer’s Association the cost of care exceeds 148,000,000,000 per year!
• 43,000,000 suffer from Arthritis and Joint Disease, by 2020 its estimated to exceed 60,000,000!
• 25,000,000 suffer from Asthma. More people in America died from asthma in 2000 than 1970!
• 18,800,000 American Adults suffer from Depression triggered by Chronic Inﬂammation
• Allergies rank 6th among all chronic diseases!
• Hay Fever doubles every 3 decades

Many herbs naturally are Anti-Inﬂammatory and can Reduce the Dangers of Inflammation! Our Natural program contains these benefits below:
1) Boswellia Serrate (Boswellia serrata) – Boswellia extract is best known among herbalists as an anti-inﬂammatory agent. In addition to its anti-inﬂammatory properties, boswellia extract is said to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood.
Potential beneﬁts may include – Practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine also use boswellia extract to promote a general sense of wellness and as a mild sedative. Numerous clinical trials have found that the herb is also effective in treating asthma, Chrohn’s disease, and colitis.
2) Yucca Root (Yucca ﬁlimentosa) – The saponins in yucca root make it an excellent herbal remedy to treat problems associated with inﬂammation, including: arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, and colitis.
Potential beneﬁts may include – In one study done by Dr. Robert Bingham in 1975, most of the 149 participants had less pain, swelling, and stiffness in their joints. Some people noticed additional beneﬁts as well, such as migraine relief and a decrease in blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglyceride counts.
3) Devils Claw Root (Harpagophytum procumbens) Devil’s claw is approved as a non-prescription medicine by the German Commission E and is used to relieve arthritis and lower back, knee, and hip pain. Today devil’s claw is used as an anti-inﬂammatory for pain relief and joint diseases.
Potential beneﬁts may include Great news for pain sufferers who have grown dependent on pain killers for relief: recently published double blind studies have shown that devil’s claw can relieve pain from arthritis in as little as ten days of use (lower back, knee and hip pain included). It is also used to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, bursitis, tendonitis, and soft tissue pain (muscle aches).
4) Hops Flowers (Humulus lupulus) – Hop ﬂowers are best known as a nerve tonic.
Potential beneﬁts may include- Anxiety and insomnia
5) Fenugreek Seed (Trigonella foenum-graecum) – Has been found to contain protein, vitamin C, niacin, potassium, and diosgenin. Other active constituents in fenugreek are alkaloids, lysine and tryptophan, as well as steroidal saponins.
Potential beneﬁts may include – In India and China it is used to treat arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, improve digestion, maintain a healthy metabolism, increase libido and male potency, cure skin problems (wounds, rashes and boils), treat sore throat, and acid reﬂux.
6) Hyssop Herb (Hyssopus ofﬁcinalis) – Hyssop has been used for cleansing rituals and as medicine since biblical times. Nowadays it is known that the volatile oil and other ingredients that are contained in the leaves and green stems indeed have anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-inﬂammation, and other beneﬁcial properties. Potential beneﬁts may include – Bringing relief for the symptoms of lung and upper respiratory problems like the common cold, bronchitis, catarrh, and asthma, as it is anti-spasmodic, sweat inducing, and an expectorant.
7) Ginger Root (Zingiber ofﬁcinale)- The beneﬁts of ginger root have been well researched as modern science is discovering more and more therapeutic applications for this powerful herb.
Potential beneﬁts may include – Ginger is a powerful anti-inﬂammatory herb and there has been a lot of recent interest in its use for joint problems. It has also been indicated for arthritis, fevers, headaches, toothaches, coughs, bronchitis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, to ease tendonitis, lower cholesterol and blood-pressure, and aid in preventing internal blood clots.

These ingredients have a history of proven results! Eliminating the dangers of inflammation is so important to your health. We now have a natural protocol to improve remove inflammation to improve your health! You can experience natures power with our new Inflammation supplement to combat the effects of inflammation!

Another beneficial product we now offer helps reduce inflammation and reduce pain naturally! This new CBD crème works great alongside the Inflammation supplement discussed above. CBD is fantastic topically for pain but with the Liposomal Delivery System you also get the benefits internally as it can help stimulate bone growth. This makes it ideal for patients suffering with arthritis! View the picture to see other benefits of using CBD!

Patients report greatly reduced pain within 10 minutes of applying the CBD crème.

If you have interest in our new Inflammation and CBD products, contact me or talk to me at your next appointment.

In our next blog, I will discuss foods that help work alongside our natural supplement and other foods that you are likely eating that are increasing inflammation in your body! Avoiding certain foods and eating others can help reduce the dangers of inflammation on your health.

Helping patients one at a time be more healthy naturally!

May 11 2020

Weight Loss – Exploring a Modern Model

Our society has been one of going from one diet to another to try and beat the growing epidemic of obesity. Along with this weight problem are the countless of health problems like heart conditions, diabetes, stroke, cancer, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, kidney disease, fatty liver disease and so much more. Dieting has been a failed solution to the country’s problem. Rather than weight loss, we have seen increased weight gain. Counting calories and going to the gym is not the answer. Today we are going to discuss a modern model of weight loss!

Your body is inundated with toxins every single day. Everything you eat, breath and drink is loaded with chemicals. Detoxification is the body’s natural process of removing and altering metabolic waste so the body can function optimally without the effects of these toxic substances. It is necessary for overall health and wellness of the organs, tissues and all the way down to the cellular level.

When your body is detoxifying it is trying to eliminate toxins from the body. Centuries ago the body was not subjected to the amount of chemicals it is today. This makes it more difficult for the body to do its job. If your body is getting too many toxins, the organs that help detoxify get overburdened. If this happens, the body deposits the toxins into fat cells and collagen. Also, if the body doesn’t have the proper nutrients, organs like the liver which help cleanse the chemicals from the body will deposit the toxins into the fat cells (adipose tissue). This results in the enlargement of fat cells and water infiltrating the extracellular matrix. Lymph fluid helps protect the body from inflammation due to stored toxins. This is why people are becoming more overweight and obesity is an epidemic: the toxic overload leading to increased body fat!

Toxins are the leading cause of inflammation. They come from many sources. It can be from food or air pollution, water quality, pathogens, sensitivities, allergic reactions, heavy metals, food additives, cometics, household cleaners, medications, artificial sweeteners, the list goes on and on. Your immune system addresses the toxins with free radicals that cause damage to the cells. Further immune response leads to chronic inflammation.

This innate protective inflammatory response is a leading cause of disease. When the body struggles to get rid of toxins, inflammation builds up leading to autoimmune and chronic degenerative diseases. Add this to the nutritional deficiencies and intestinal microflaura imbalances from the consumption of refined sugars, genetically modified foods (GMO’s), processed food, caffeine consumption, and other low quality foods and you get a recipe for a body that is a toxic dump. Don’t forget the increased number and toxic load in the vaccines you are subjected to and over-prescribed antibiotics and other drugs.

A deficiency in antioxidants causes an ongoing of free-radical destruction. This causes low energy and damage to your genes leading to even more prevalence of disease.

This leads us to know that detoxification is actually a nutritional problem. Providing the body with optimal nutrition allows the body to detoxify. Our food supply is so nutritional depleted it cannot provide what the body needs to be healthy. We can solve the health care crisis in this country with better food choices and healthy supplements. The cost of healthcare is out of control and drugs do not provide any solution to disease. Living in the 21st century floods the body with toxins and deprives it of nutrition.

The best way to for weight loss is to detoxify the body by supporting its own natural systems with healthy nutrition:

1) The liver is the chief detoxifying organ. The liver needs phytonutrients from fruits, vegetables and herbs. The liver will do it’s natural cleansing processes when provided the best nutrients. At same time need to make sure the bowel is cleansed to keep the liver detoxification balanced.

2) Help the body remove toxins from the fat cells and extracellular matrix.

3) Support the intracellular processes of methylation, ATP production, reduction of free-radicals, telomere repair and cellular membranes with nutrition. There are some amazing supplements to aid healing at the cellular level.

Everybody needs the help of a quality detoxification program that helps with all these steps and nourish the body

Weight Loss Transformation with Nutritional Cleansing — Weight Loss Transformations with Nutritional Cleansing

with optimal nutrition. The body is meant to adapt, survive and maintain the cells and organs to achieve health. By working from the inside at the cellular level making sure it’s functioning and healthy, the body can focus more on detoxifying the brain, heart, lungs, intestines and other organs.

Even if you are a vegetarian or devote yourself to organic food you need to detoxify. Dr. Jack Tips is a licensed clinical nutritionist in New York and he did studies on natural health aficionados. He tested a marker for cell membrane inflammation and found most score in the “rapid aging, cell membrane inflammation” range. The body is being damaged from many sources of chemicals and radiation as mentioned earlier in this blog.

Detoxification is a 21st century solution to weight loss, health and wellness! It must be done right to be effective. Our global epidemic of poor health, disease, cancer, symptoms, count on exploring this modern model. The body needs help as it was never meant to take on the amount of outside factors we subject it to. Nutritional support enhances the body’s natural detoxifying processes to help the body heal itself and be healthy naturally.

We have a complete full body and cleanse program that works all the way down to the cellular level. Our program addresses the real cause of body fat and toxicity. People have been using this system for over 12 years with consistent results not only for weight loss but improved overall health and wellness. Dieting has failed for decades because it does not address the build up of toxins and the increased body fat to protect the tissues from those toxins. Removing toxins all the way down at the cellular level which results in the decrease in body fat and weight.

Freehold chiropractor, Dr. Russell Brokstein, has been helping patients lose weight with the nutritional cleansing. Dr. Russell’s approach to health is finding the cause and addressing it. This includes the approach to weight loss: detoxification and optimal nutrition. If you are ready to make your health a priority and lose the weight, you can find out more and contact: click here.

Reference: DC Practice Insights, July 2013 article by Dr. Jack Tips: Detoxification: Exploring a New 21st Century Model

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