Anyone who eats needs to be informed about our food supply–it’s just too easy to make bad choices while thinking you are doing good for yourself and the planet. Check out this interview in the Price-Pottenger newsletter for the nitty-gritty on fake meats. I couldn’t agree more—Excellent job!
Frequent Illness No More
Please explain why you came to our office.
“My son had frequent ilnesses and we were in the doctor’s office a few times a month.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“Since Dr. Burgoon has been seeing him, he is sick WAY less often! He is also sleeping better and having more regular BMs.”
~3 year-old boy
A Real Head Turner
Please explain why you came to our office.
“My neck was causing constant pain both on my job and at home. I would have intermittent pain in my lower back and daily pain in my right forearm and hand.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“It is very remarkable that while my neck isn’t completely cured yet (I’m on my 4th visit), it is not causing me constant pain. I am able to turn my head much easier. My arm feels better. I do feel like a newer woman.”
62 year-old female
Is Your Inflammation From Eating the Wrong Fats?
We now offer the OmegaQuant tests for quick and easy determinations of the body’s balance of fats (pro-inflammatory vs. anti-inflammatory), vitamin D, and even hemoglobin A1C. A simple finger prick and collection of a drop of blood is all it takes. These are all very important indicators of whether the diet is anti-inflammatory, immune-system supportive, and supportive of healthy pregnancy/lactation. With these results we can make specific diet recommendations to address any insufficiencies/imbalances. Ask for more information by calling our office or scheduling an appointment with Monica.
Take Nothing For Granted
Please explain why you came to our office.
“I started bringing my daughter to see Dr. Burgoon because she had lower back pain and her gait was off. She was unable to take stairs by alternating her feet.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“Since being treated a few months by Dr. Burgoon, she no longer complains of back pain, her posture and gait have improved. She is now able to go up and down stairs by alternating her feet.”
10 year-old female
Commit to Eating Only Organically Grown Food!
There are many good reasons for supporting organic agriculture (and having an organic garden if you can) but this one strikes home powerfully. The industry-friendly EPA allows “biosolids”, a euphemism for human sewage, to be spread as fertilizer on US farm fields. Sewage is contaminated extensively with “forever chemicals”, toxins that accumulate and persist in the sewage, in the crops, and in people who eat them. Organic standards do not allow sewage to be spread on organically certified farms so organically grown food is safe from sewage. If you buy locally, be sure to ask growers what they are using as fertilizer and whether they use “biosolids”.
Time to be a Different Person
Please explain why you came to our office.
“Sick and tired of being sick and tired. Having to use motorized carts in Walmart and the Arc Encounter. Feeling like an invalid when getting together with friends and family. Then my 60th class reunion was coming up and they said there would be handicapped provisions. I did not want to participate in them, so I decided to try diet and chiropractic services and prayer.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“It’s hard to describe except that I feel like a different person. My prayers were answered. I have so much energy!! About 80 or 90% less pain, less time on the couch. Mental clarity is much improved and mental attitude is better. I’ve even lost 5 pounds without even trying. At the reunion, I walked a lot, went down stairs without even holding the rail and not stopping for each one using the same foot! Normal stepping. I refused biscuits and gravy, BBQ pork, cold slaw, baked beans. I brought homemade healthy muffins and granola bars and fruit!”
77 year-old female
Aches, Pains, and Migraines
Please explain why you came to our office.
“Normal pregnancy ‘aches and pains’ and migraines.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“My migraines and headaches are almost non-existent now! I feel much looser and more relaxed in my neck especially.”
28 year-old female
Flat on the Back Trouble
Please explain why you came to our office.
“Lower back pain and poor posture.”
Please describe your response to treatment.
“Very minimal back pain of any kind. And able to lay flat on my back on the floor.”
71 year-old female
Nut Or Seed Butter
Nut butters can be hard to digest and for people who have less of an ability to digest fats they may be off limits. By preparing your nuts and/or seeds this way you may tolerate them better. But keep in mind that eating nuts seems to cause some people who are eating a low-carb diet to gain weight–particularly belly fat. This may be related to the high arginine to lysine amino acid content of nuts. Be aware of this and limit your intake of nuts in general.
Follow the instructions given in a previous post for preparing your nuts/seeds.
What about peanut butter? Well, lots of folks don’t digest it well. Afterall, peanuts are a legume (as in dried beans) and not a true nut. Also, there is the possible contamination of aflatoxins–liver-harming toxins from mold that grows on peanuts even if they are organically grown because they are an underground crop.
If you are allergic to tree nuts, you can use 2 cups of pumpkin or sunflower seeds instead of using walnuts.
You will need a blender or food processor.
1 cup “prepared” walnuts
1 cup “prepared” pumpkin seeds
2 Tbsp. ghee, melted (you may substitute coconut oil)
2 tsp. honey, optional
salt to taste if your nuts were nut prepared with salt
Melt the ghee in a metal bowl on low heat. Remove from heat and set aside. Blend the pumpkin seeds first–blend until finely ground. Add to the bowl of melted ghee and stir well. Add the honey if you desire it and stir well again. Blend the walnuts in the blender until finely ground and add to the mixture. Stir well. Taste and add salt if desired. Keep in the refrigerator. It will harden so that it is hard to spread but you can remove the amount you need and allow it to warm to room temperature for easier spreading. Great on apple slices or celery sticks.
