Using simple testing, we can look into how your lifestyle is nutritionally. Why is this important? Nutritional testing allows us to look at how your body is working. It can tell us if there are inadequate nutrients which are the main building blocks for the body to work correctly.

Some carbohydrates have what are called high glycemic indexes, which alter one's insulin levels and blood sugar regulation. This can affect weight gain, fatigue irritability, lost endurance, and even juvenile diabetes.

One large factor that has changed how the body absorbs nutrients is how fast the food moves through your system. This is called peristalsis, and is controlled by the brain, spinal cord, and organ connection. Muscles along the intestine squeeze the food along its path by rhythmic contractions. Sometimes this occurs too slowly or quickly, leading toward not only changes in the body's ability to absorb nutrients, but also a build-up of toxic substances if too slow. Chiropractic care can have a positive effect on normalizing the movement of food through the digestive tract. This allows for the best absorption of nutrients.

Remember "you are what you eat"? Taking this phrase further, you are what your body absorbs. Simply put, only the nutrients absorbed into your body are what makes your body. So even on a "perfect" diet, your body may not be taking in all of what is needed for good health. If your intestinal system is not working properly, your body cannot absorb nutrients at its best ability.

Diagnosis is a very important tool to give a name for "what's wrong with you". This does not tell you necessarily how to fix the problem. We focus on the ground floor building blocks of how a body should work. Gentle chiropractic care can help reduce "subluxations" which if not corrected, can impede how the brain communicates with the spinal cord, which communicates to the organs and muscles throughout the body. Nutrition provides energy for all of these systems to work properly, down to the cell level. If you don't put enough essential nutrients in your body to begin with, you can't maintain a healthy environment for your body to detoxify and work correctly. Simple tests can aid in showing your body's deficiencies which allows for treatment to be given for your most optimal health. These approaches combined together is what helps your body improve.