It's All About the Brain

This week's blog is going to be dedicated to the most important organ in our body; the brain! 

Hello there, Doctor Bob here. This week I want to talk a little bit about the most important organ of the human body, the brain! In the chiropractic world, we call it the "Master Controller". Your brain is very similar to the breaker box in your home that sends all the power and electricity to everything in your home. Your brain does something very similar for your whole body. 

The brain is the most important organ in your body because it creates all the messages for your body to work and move how it should. It regulates all the systems of your body. It is responsible for the trillions of things and activities that go on every second in your body, too. The brain is very intelligent, and some researchers say that we have only scratched the surface of how much power it has and that we are only using a small percentage of our brains. This is kind of scary and kind of interesting. Imagine everything we could do or achieve if we were able to access more of our brainpower? Maybe someday we will be able to. 

All the systems of your body like the immune, endocrine, the respiratory and digestive are all controlled by your brain. Your brain is constantly prepping and sending messages down your spinal cord through your nerves to all of these important systems and body parts so that they can do what your brain is telling them to do. Then these messages are sent back from these body parts, organs, and glands to the brain, so your brain has all the information it needs to make all the right decisions on how to keep you healthy. So, if your brain isn't working properly, you are not going to be as healthy as you could or should be. 

I always say that a lot of us are only operating at about 60-70% of our health potential. It's a scary but also inspiring thought, because there are several things you can do to boost those numbers and your brain function. That leads us to two big topics I want to discuss. 

1. What can you do to help boost your brain function? 
2. What can chiropractic care do to help boost brain function? 

1. What Can You Do?

I've been to a lot of conventions and seminars discussing Dementia and Alzheimer's and the biggest thing they talk about is that you have to keep inflammation out of your body and your brain to help prevent these diseases. Even though both of these diseases are still huge mysteries in the medical world, it is known that inflammation on the brain is a pre-curser to a lot of the mental issues in Dementia and Alzheimer's. We have talked about this before in other blogs and video blogs (that you can find on my Facebook page!) but keeping inflammation down all comes down to proper nutrition. There are certain foods that create inflammation in your body. These are the foods that you really want to stay away from. 
         
The biggest food group you need to stay away from are refined sugars. These are unnatural sugars that are manmade, also called added sugars. The sugars in fruits are okay, it's the super fake stuff you want to avoid. Refined sugars cause an inflammatory response in your body. Inflammation on your organs and digestive system can cause irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Heart and lung inflammation can cause massive issues. Inflammation on your joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons can cause a lot of pain. Inflammation on the brain will result in the brain not being as focused as crystal clear as it could be. It will prevent you from being able to process information as quickly and not allow it to create those messages that the body needs to hear to get its job done. 

So, over time, as the body breaks down and gets sick it can develop issues with memory and focus. Really look at your diet and try to stick with fruits and vegetables and stay away from the white flour products, the breads, and the pastas. Stay away from processed foods and low-fat foods with high sugar content. Read the labels of your food and be aware of what's all in it! Stay away from foods with lots of sugar in them! You can do this for yourself and continually get better at taking care of your body and brain on a daily basis. 

1. What can Chiropractic Care do for You? 

The second thing I want to focus on is what I can do as a chiropractor to help boost brain function. What research has shown, and it's pretty cool, is that when brain scans have been performed on chiropractic patients immediately before and after a chiropractic treatment (an adjustment) the brain scans change dramatically. The brain in the before pictures look normal, the colors are ok, they're kind of muted (brighter colors mean more brain activity). In the post adjustment MRI scan pictures, the results are amazing! The brain lights up with vibrant colors which shows that the chiropractic adjustments improve and increase brain function very quickly and effectively! 

So, hello! Wouldn't you want your brain to be functioning at a higher level? That's why chiropractic care is so great. It's not directly tied to pain and pain elimination, even though chiropractic care is amazing for that. We are talking about some real subtle stuff that over time will pay real dividends if you keep your brain "on fire" (lots of colors) and focused. You will experience better health, clarity, focus, and be able to prevent some of the conditions and diseases that I mentioned earlier, down the road. 

I really hope that this information has helped you today. This is another reason to go visit a chiropractor and not just for pain or pain elimination and better digestion. But for wanting your brain to function better and have more focus in your life. 

If you are wanting more information please reach out to the office and I will be more than happy to talk more on the subject with you. Come visit us in the office too! We would love to see you. 

Until next time everyone, stay well!