I have several patients who suffer from sinus problems and the occasional cold as well.
When these patients come in complaining of these problems, after reviewing everything, I often find that they can benefit from a natural supplement called Sinutrol. This is a supplement offered only through licensed healthcare professionals and is sold at our office.
Symptoms of Sinusitis:
1. Pain when the forehead is touched over the front may mean the frontal sinuses are inflamed
2. Infection in the maxillary sinuses can cause upper jaw and teeth to ache, and cheeks to be tender to the touch.
3. The ethmoid sinuses (near the tear ducts) when inflamed can cause swelling of the eyelids and tissue around the eyes. It can also cause tenderness in the sides of the nose, a loss of smell, and a stuffy nose.
4. Infection in the sphenoid sinuses can cause earaches, neck pain, and deep aching at the top of the head.
Get this:
A study performed in 1999 found that 93% of chronic Sinusitis patients studied also showed signs of a fungal infection. Antibiotics and most OTC products treat bacteria only, and do nothing to address fungal infection, leaving lots of patients without help and taking uncessary antibiotics! Frequent antibiotic use weakens the immune system and can also cause digestive upset. (always remember to use pro-biotics after a course of antibiotics to re-establish healthy bacteria levels in your body. We recommend OTC Culturelle, or OrthoBiotic sold at our office. Use for a minimum of 30 days)
The active ingriedients in Sinutrol are:
Thyme leaf: a poweful anti-fungal to address the strong possibility of fungus presence over bacteria in the sinuses.
Andrographis and Siberian Ginseng: immune inhancing to help the bodies own natural defences. Andrographis also helps to significantly reduce the severity, duration and symptoms of a common cold.
Turmeric and Bromelain: natures anti-inflammatory agents that help to address the immediate need for pain and pressure relief.
N-Acetyl Cysteine: a powerful mucolytic that helps break down the viscosity or thickness of mucous and allows sinuses to drain. This also helps make the sinuses a less optimal environment for bacteria and fungus to grow.
If you or someone you know are experiencing acute or chronic sinus problems, a cold, or sinusitis, please give me a call and you can experience quick natural relief without side effects or synthetic chemicals.
The makers of this product also offer a satisfaction guarantee, so there's nothing to lose but your sinus problems!
Blessings in health,
Dr. Carri Tanaka
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
11 Healthy Foods that cost under $1!
I was recently reading an article about how during these rough economic times people can tend to gain weight. Not only due to stress which throws your adrenal and cortisol (hormone) levels out of whack contributing to belly fat... but people are skimping on the healthier options due to the price. That's why I borrowed this post from Brie Cadman. She breaks down the foods into the nutrition and value. Healthy eating/shopping!
Dr. Carri
The 11 Healthiest Foods for Under $1
1. Watermelon: Though you may not be able to buy an entire watermelon for a dollar, your per serving cost isn’t more than a few dimes. This summertime fruit is over 90 percent water, making it an easy way to hydrate, and gives a healthy does of Vitamin C, potassium, and lycopene, an antioxidant that may ward off cancer.
Serving suggestions: Freeze chunks for popsicles; eat straight from the rind.
2. Wild Rice: It won’t cost you much more than white rice, but wild rice is much better for you. Low in fat and high in protein and fiber, this gluten-free rice is a great source of complex carbohydrates. It packs a powerful potassium punch and is loaded with B vitamins. Plus, it has a nutty, robust flavor.
Serving suggestions: Mix with nuts and veggies for a cold rice salad; blend with brown rice for a side dish.
3. Beets: Beets are my kind of vegetable—their natural sugars make them sweet to the palate while their rich flavor and color make them nutritious for the body. They’re powerhouses of folate, iron, and antioxidants.
Serving suggestions: Shred into salads, slice with goat cheese. If you buy your beets with the greens on, you can braise them in olive oil like you would other greens.
4. Butternut Squash: This beautiful gourd swings both ways: sometimes savory, sometimes sweet. However you prepare the butternut, it will not only add color and texture, but also five grams of fiber per half cup and chunks and chunks of Vitamin A and C. When in season, butternut squash and related gourds are usually less than a dollar a pound.
Serving suggestions: Try Pear and Squash Bruschetta; cook and dot with butter and salt.
5. Whole Grain Pasta: Complex carbohydrate source that is high in protein and B vitamins. Plus, it’s one of the cheapest staples you can buy.
Serving suggestions: Mix clams and white wine with linguine; top orzo with tomatoes and garlic; eat cold Farfalle Salad on a picnic.
6. Sardines: As a kid, I used to hate it when my dad would order sardines on our communal pizzas, but since then I’ve acquired a taste for them. Because not everyone has, you can still get a can of sardines for relatively cheap. And the little fish come with big benefits: calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins. And, because they’re low on the food chain, they don’t accumulate mercury.
Serving suggestions: Mash them with parsley, lemon juice, and olive oil for a spread; eat them plain on crackers; enjoy as a pizza topping (adults only).
7. Spinach: Spinach is perhaps one of the best green leafies out there—it has lots of Vitamin C, iron, and trace minerals. Plus, you can usually find it year round for less than a dollar.
Serving suggestions: Sautéed with eggs, as a salad, or throw into your blender with your fav. smoothie ingriedients.
8. Tofu: Not just for vegetarians anymore, tofu is an inexpensive protein source that can be used in both savory and sweet recipes. It’s high in B vitamins and iron, but low in fat and sodium, making it a healthful addition to many dishes.
Serving suggestions: add to smoothies for a protein boost; cube and marinate for barbecue kebobs.
9. Lowfat Milk: Yes, the price of a gallon of milk is rising, but per serving, it’s still under a dollar; single serving milk products, like yogurt, are usually less than a dollar, too. Plus, you’ll get a lot of benefit for a small investment. Milk is rich in protein, vitamins A and D, potassium, and niacin, and is one of the easiest ways to get bone-strengthening calcium. (Dr. Carri recommends you buy organic when possible!)
Serving suggestions: In smoothies, hot chocolate, or coffee; milk products like low fat cottage cheese and yogurt.
10. Pumpkin Seeds: When it’s time to carve your pumpkin this October, don’t shovel those seeds into the trash—they’re a goldmine of magnesium, protein, and trace minerals. Plus, they come free with the purchase of a pumpkin.
Serving suggestions: Salt, roast, and eat plain; toss in salads.
11. Coffee: The old cup-o-joe has been thrown on the stands for many a corporeal crime—heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis—but exonerated on all counts. In fact, coffee, which is derived from a bean, contains beneficial antioxidants that protect against free radicals and may actually help thwart heart disease and cancer. While it’s not going to fill you up like the other items on this list, it might make you a lot perkier. When made at home, coffee runs less than 50¢ cents a cup. Serving suggestions: Just drink it.
Dr. Carri
The 11 Healthiest Foods for Under $1
1. Watermelon: Though you may not be able to buy an entire watermelon for a dollar, your per serving cost isn’t more than a few dimes. This summertime fruit is over 90 percent water, making it an easy way to hydrate, and gives a healthy does of Vitamin C, potassium, and lycopene, an antioxidant that may ward off cancer.
Serving suggestions: Freeze chunks for popsicles; eat straight from the rind.
2. Wild Rice: It won’t cost you much more than white rice, but wild rice is much better for you. Low in fat and high in protein and fiber, this gluten-free rice is a great source of complex carbohydrates. It packs a powerful potassium punch and is loaded with B vitamins. Plus, it has a nutty, robust flavor.
Serving suggestions: Mix with nuts and veggies for a cold rice salad; blend with brown rice for a side dish.
3. Beets: Beets are my kind of vegetable—their natural sugars make them sweet to the palate while their rich flavor and color make them nutritious for the body. They’re powerhouses of folate, iron, and antioxidants.
Serving suggestions: Shred into salads, slice with goat cheese. If you buy your beets with the greens on, you can braise them in olive oil like you would other greens.
4. Butternut Squash: This beautiful gourd swings both ways: sometimes savory, sometimes sweet. However you prepare the butternut, it will not only add color and texture, but also five grams of fiber per half cup and chunks and chunks of Vitamin A and C. When in season, butternut squash and related gourds are usually less than a dollar a pound.
Serving suggestions: Try Pear and Squash Bruschetta; cook and dot with butter and salt.
5. Whole Grain Pasta: Complex carbohydrate source that is high in protein and B vitamins. Plus, it’s one of the cheapest staples you can buy.
Serving suggestions: Mix clams and white wine with linguine; top orzo with tomatoes and garlic; eat cold Farfalle Salad on a picnic.
6. Sardines: As a kid, I used to hate it when my dad would order sardines on our communal pizzas, but since then I’ve acquired a taste for them. Because not everyone has, you can still get a can of sardines for relatively cheap. And the little fish come with big benefits: calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and B vitamins. And, because they’re low on the food chain, they don’t accumulate mercury.
Serving suggestions: Mash them with parsley, lemon juice, and olive oil for a spread; eat them plain on crackers; enjoy as a pizza topping (adults only).
7. Spinach: Spinach is perhaps one of the best green leafies out there—it has lots of Vitamin C, iron, and trace minerals. Plus, you can usually find it year round for less than a dollar.
Serving suggestions: Sautéed with eggs, as a salad, or throw into your blender with your fav. smoothie ingriedients.
8. Tofu: Not just for vegetarians anymore, tofu is an inexpensive protein source that can be used in both savory and sweet recipes. It’s high in B vitamins and iron, but low in fat and sodium, making it a healthful addition to many dishes.
Serving suggestions: add to smoothies for a protein boost; cube and marinate for barbecue kebobs.
9. Lowfat Milk: Yes, the price of a gallon of milk is rising, but per serving, it’s still under a dollar; single serving milk products, like yogurt, are usually less than a dollar, too. Plus, you’ll get a lot of benefit for a small investment. Milk is rich in protein, vitamins A and D, potassium, and niacin, and is one of the easiest ways to get bone-strengthening calcium. (Dr. Carri recommends you buy organic when possible!)
Serving suggestions: In smoothies, hot chocolate, or coffee; milk products like low fat cottage cheese and yogurt.
10. Pumpkin Seeds: When it’s time to carve your pumpkin this October, don’t shovel those seeds into the trash—they’re a goldmine of magnesium, protein, and trace minerals. Plus, they come free with the purchase of a pumpkin.
Serving suggestions: Salt, roast, and eat plain; toss in salads.
11. Coffee: The old cup-o-joe has been thrown on the stands for many a corporeal crime—heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis—but exonerated on all counts. In fact, coffee, which is derived from a bean, contains beneficial antioxidants that protect against free radicals and may actually help thwart heart disease and cancer. While it’s not going to fill you up like the other items on this list, it might make you a lot perkier. When made at home, coffee runs less than 50¢ cents a cup. Serving suggestions: Just drink it.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Chiropractic Care of Children NEW STUDY!
Chiropractic Safe for Children According to Study
The results of a large practice based study accepted and presented at the December 2007 "14th Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care" held at the Peter Chalk Conference Centre, University of Exeter, UK, showed that chiropractic care of children is safe and effective.
The study, titled, "Treatment-related aggravations, complications and improvements attributed to chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy of pediatric patients: a practice-based survey of practitioners", was funded by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. In this study data was reviewed from 389 pediatric cases (181 females; 200 males, 8 not reported) attending a total of 3048 office visits. The patents of the children in this study represented mostly a highly educated group with 39% having an undergraduate degree. Parental age ranged from 20-57 years with an average of 36.89 years. Their children ranged in age from less than 24 hours to 18 years with an average age for this study being 6.74 years.
The largest reason children reported in this study were under chiropractic care was "wellness" at 54%. After wellness, the primary reasons, the children were brought in for care were, in decreasing frequency, musculoskeletal disorders, ear, nose, throat and respiratory disorders and dealing with a challenged child.
In the review of these cases researchers found that "No treatment-associated complications were reported." Out of the 389 children and over three thousand office visits only two cases of “soreness and stiffness” of treatment-related aggravation were reported, but both were self-limiting.
For those children who did have some symptoms the research noted that these children showed improvements such as decreased pain, improved mood, and increased immune function. The study also showed improvements in the children who were initially symptom free and included immune system improvements, improved sleeping, and improved emotional states.
The authors of the study, Joel Alcantara, DC, and Jeanne Ohm, DC summed up their conclusions by stating, "This study provides supporting evidence on the safety and effectiveness of chiropractic SMT (spinal manipulative therapy, aka adjustments) in children based on parental reports." Dr. Ohm commented, "This survey shows us what we have known for over 100 years: chiropractic adjustments for children is safe, gentle and gets results!"
(Dr. Carri Tanaka’s pediatric patients and parents were participants in this study. Thank you to those families who participated in the study!)
The results of a large practice based study accepted and presented at the December 2007 "14th Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care" held at the Peter Chalk Conference Centre, University of Exeter, UK, showed that chiropractic care of children is safe and effective.
The study, titled, "Treatment-related aggravations, complications and improvements attributed to chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy of pediatric patients: a practice-based survey of practitioners", was funded by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. In this study data was reviewed from 389 pediatric cases (181 females; 200 males, 8 not reported) attending a total of 3048 office visits. The patents of the children in this study represented mostly a highly educated group with 39% having an undergraduate degree. Parental age ranged from 20-57 years with an average of 36.89 years. Their children ranged in age from less than 24 hours to 18 years with an average age for this study being 6.74 years.
The largest reason children reported in this study were under chiropractic care was "wellness" at 54%. After wellness, the primary reasons, the children were brought in for care were, in decreasing frequency, musculoskeletal disorders, ear, nose, throat and respiratory disorders and dealing with a challenged child.
In the review of these cases researchers found that "No treatment-associated complications were reported." Out of the 389 children and over three thousand office visits only two cases of “soreness and stiffness” of treatment-related aggravation were reported, but both were self-limiting.
For those children who did have some symptoms the research noted that these children showed improvements such as decreased pain, improved mood, and increased immune function. The study also showed improvements in the children who were initially symptom free and included immune system improvements, improved sleeping, and improved emotional states.
The authors of the study, Joel Alcantara, DC, and Jeanne Ohm, DC summed up their conclusions by stating, "This study provides supporting evidence on the safety and effectiveness of chiropractic SMT (spinal manipulative therapy, aka adjustments) in children based on parental reports." Dr. Ohm commented, "This survey shows us what we have known for over 100 years: chiropractic adjustments for children is safe, gentle and gets results!"
(Dr. Carri Tanaka’s pediatric patients and parents were participants in this study. Thank you to those families who participated in the study!)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Vaccine Safety
I'm back! Here's a great article for all of those parent's or parent's to be out there who are thinking about vaccines.
Vaccine Safety by Carri Tanaka, DC
The most important thing to know when considering vaccines for your child is that you do have a choice. You as a parent have the right to chose to vaccinate according to the recommended schedule, alternative schedule, or no vaccines at all! Many people are led to believe that if their child is not vaccinated that they will not be allowed into school and they are putting their child in danger. This is simply NOT TRUE. There are exemptions in each state for families who chose not to vaccinate. Check out http://www.909shot.com/ for exemption information, forms, and more info. This is a wonderful website.
The second most important thing to do is to get educated! Talk to your family doctor, pediatrician, and holistic health practitioner about your choices, rights, and the benefits and risks associated with vaccinations (both short and long term risks). However, don’t rely entirely on your doctor’s advice; there are several books as well as websites that I recommend parents review prior to making their decisions. Please educate yourself on both sides of this topic in order to make an informed decision. If you still need more time to make a choice, most doctors will respect your choice to postpone the vaccines.
And remember, never ever vaccinate during a time when your child’s immune system is compromised! (Actively sick or has a fever, are teething, or have increased stress levels)
If you do choose vaccines for your child (or even if not), the following tips will help ensure that he/she has a stronger immune system. Remember that 70-80% of our immune system is located in our gut!
Avoid unnecessary or excessive antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics will weaken the immune system and leave your child susceptible to repeat infections. If you do have to use antibiotics, make sure to re-establish good bacteria in your child’s body by supplementing them with a high quality pro-biotic supplement. Our patients buy Flora Boost from us which is a children's pro-biotic. One month supply is $16.
Certain foods weaken the immune system such as: dairy products, soy, processed milks, white refined sugars, juice and soda, processed cereals, fried foods, partially hydrogenated oils, etc. Focus on whole foods, organic fruits and veggies, breast milk, filtered water, etc. Do not give any solids prior to six months of age.
Absolutely important are omega three essential fatty acids. If you are nursing, make sure you are taking a high quality fish oil supplement as you and your child will benefit. If your child is no longer nursing, supplement 120mg EPA and 180mg DHA per every 10lbs of body weight daily. Our patients commonly use Coromega Omega Three supplements or DHA Junior. Both of these products are available at our office.
For more information on Vaccine safety, recommended websites/books, and nutrition tips, please contact Dr. Carri at 714-256-2225
Many Blessings in health!
Dr. Carri
Vaccine Safety by Carri Tanaka, DC
The most important thing to know when considering vaccines for your child is that you do have a choice. You as a parent have the right to chose to vaccinate according to the recommended schedule, alternative schedule, or no vaccines at all! Many people are led to believe that if their child is not vaccinated that they will not be allowed into school and they are putting their child in danger. This is simply NOT TRUE. There are exemptions in each state for families who chose not to vaccinate. Check out http://www.909shot.com/ for exemption information, forms, and more info. This is a wonderful website.
The second most important thing to do is to get educated! Talk to your family doctor, pediatrician, and holistic health practitioner about your choices, rights, and the benefits and risks associated with vaccinations (both short and long term risks). However, don’t rely entirely on your doctor’s advice; there are several books as well as websites that I recommend parents review prior to making their decisions. Please educate yourself on both sides of this topic in order to make an informed decision. If you still need more time to make a choice, most doctors will respect your choice to postpone the vaccines.
And remember, never ever vaccinate during a time when your child’s immune system is compromised! (Actively sick or has a fever, are teething, or have increased stress levels)
If you do choose vaccines for your child (or even if not), the following tips will help ensure that he/she has a stronger immune system. Remember that 70-80% of our immune system is located in our gut!
Avoid unnecessary or excessive antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics will weaken the immune system and leave your child susceptible to repeat infections. If you do have to use antibiotics, make sure to re-establish good bacteria in your child’s body by supplementing them with a high quality pro-biotic supplement. Our patients buy Flora Boost from us which is a children's pro-biotic. One month supply is $16.
Certain foods weaken the immune system such as: dairy products, soy, processed milks, white refined sugars, juice and soda, processed cereals, fried foods, partially hydrogenated oils, etc. Focus on whole foods, organic fruits and veggies, breast milk, filtered water, etc. Do not give any solids prior to six months of age.
Absolutely important are omega three essential fatty acids. If you are nursing, make sure you are taking a high quality fish oil supplement as you and your child will benefit. If your child is no longer nursing, supplement 120mg EPA and 180mg DHA per every 10lbs of body weight daily. Our patients commonly use Coromega Omega Three supplements or DHA Junior. Both of these products are available at our office.
For more information on Vaccine safety, recommended websites/books, and nutrition tips, please contact Dr. Carri at 714-256-2225
Many Blessings in health!
Dr. Carri
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