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Costa Mesa Chiropractor: False Blueberries Beware

Costa Mesa Chiropractor Weekly health Alert:

A range of fake blueberries are being used in a number of retail food items, even though they contain labels or photos suggesting that they contain real blueberries.

The Consumer wellness Center reports that these “blueberries” are actually a mixture of sugar, corn syrup, starch, hydrogenated oil, artificial flavors and artificial food dyes blue No. 2 and red No. 40.  The companies that use the fake blueberries include well-known manufacturers such as Kellogg’s, Betty Crocker and General Mills

According to the Los Angeles Times:

“… [T]he fakes were found in bagels, cereals, breads and muffins. Some products contain real blueberries mixed with fakes. For example, the blueberry bagels sold at Target contain some real berries but the ‘blueberry bits’ listed in the ingredients aren’t real blueberries … Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats Blueberry Muffin variety has no blueberries but does have ‘blueberry flavored crunchies’ made from the sugar-and-dye concoction mentioned above.”

Sources:

Los Angeles Times January 20, 2011

Chiropractor Costa Mesa Offers A Surprising Solution to Your Allergy Symptoms

Chiropractor Costa Mesa offers a surprising solution for your allergies:  Everyday life can be miserable when you have allergies. A walk in the garden, a play date with Fluffy, a shellfish stew, or even something as small as a nut can cause such unwelcome symptoms as itchy eyes, a runny nose, sneezing, or a skin rash. To make things worse, for some of us allergic reactions can go from just plain irritating to dangerous and life-threatening as our air passageway constricts and we have a hard time breathing. It may even seem to you, from time to time, that your environment is a pretty hostile place and that the world around you is, in fact, out to get you!

Why does your body react, or rather overreact, to the environment with such a severe allergic reaction while other people seem unaffected? It’s a valid question. The answer is that some people, like you, have a hyperactive immune system that literally “freaks out” when they are confronted with common substances such as pollen, dander, shellfish, or nuts.

Have you been wondering if your chiropractor can help your allergies? The answer may surprise you. Even though chiropractic care doesn’t treat allergies, quite a few individuals notice that they experience ease from their allergy symptoms after receiving chiropractic adjustments. This relief occurs because chiropractic adjustments affect the entire nervous system, including the autoimmune system. When there’s an impedance in the nervous system, in conjunction with other problems, the autoimmune system, whose task it is to assist us in adapting and responding appropriately to our environment, can become under-active or overactive. The problem is the latter when it comes to your allergies. Since chiropractic manipulations decrease or take away disturbances in the nervous system and bring back balance and harmony to the body, the manipulations provide that same homeostasis to the auto-immune system as well. A strong immune system reacts appropriately to supposed allergens in the environment.

So, as pointed out above, your chiropractor doesn’t directly treat allergies. You could say, instead, that relief from your allergies is merely a part of a well-adjusted nervous system. Make an appointment, today, to see your chiropractor and get back into harmony with your environment.

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