Living a Healthy Lifestyle with Preventative Care

Preventative care is all about maintaining and taking care of your health. Your nervous system is so important as it plays a huge roll in keeping you healthy and feeling great! I can’t stress enough, it is so much easier to maintain the health of your spine rather than fix it later after months or even years of having an issue. 

Most of the time, people wait to see if a problem will go away on its own, in the meantime degeneration in the spine is happening leading on the path of disease. Secondary Conditions or also called symptoms are the signs that something underneath isn’t working right. Don’t wait too long for it to create bigger issues! 

“Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability in the United States, causing 7 out of 10 deaths each year. Heart disease, cancer, and stroke alone cause more than 50% of all deaths each year. Chronic disease is taking over as the most expensive, most painful and frustrating health epidemic, and the answer from the medical world?” 

Working on one area at a time will eventually lead to healthy lifestyle changes over time all of them will be in sync together!

  1. Are you drinking enough water? 
  2. Do you get good quality sleep every night?
  3. Are you eating nutritious foods? Are you taking quality supplements? 
  4. Do you have a stress reliever routine that works for you? 
  5. Do you buy products that are better for your body? 
  6. Do you get protection care adjustments? 

What Does Health Mean to You? 

With the new year coming up comes along new goals about getting healthy again. First off, it’s not all about losing weight, which it seems like new years resolutions are all about. Health is so much more than “looking” your best. 

Health is happiness.

Health is having more energy.

Health is having less stress.

Health is your body functioning at its best ability. 

Health is taking care of yourself and your loved ones. 

Health is eating nourishing foods that your body can us as fuel.

Health is doing exercises and movements that you enjoy and will benefit your body and not harm it. 

Health is getting enough restful sleep (most nights). 

What are your health goals this next year?

Pear, Raspberry and Pistachio Salad

Ingredients

  • 4 cups romaine, chopped
  • 1 cup raspberries
  • 2 pears, thinly sliced
  • ½ cup shelled pistachios
  • ½ cup crumbled feta cheese

Creamy Poppyseed Dressing: 

  • ⅓ cup mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup 2% milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 teaspoons cider vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons poppy seeds

** Honey Basalmic dressing is my go to and healthier than the creamy poppyseed dressing!

Directions

  1. To make the dressing: Whisk together in a small bowl mayonnaise, milk, sugar, cider vinegar, and poppyseeds. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl add tossed romaine, raspberries, pears, pistachios, and feta cheese. Toss the salad. Add the poppyseed dressing and carefully toss to coat all of the ingredients. Serve immediately.