Welcome to "DR LOU'S (not so) FUN FACTS!" Guaranteed to put a smile on your face, or send you to the bathroom with a dose of projectile vomiting.
Let's start with those "safe" over-the-counter drugs...
Just 1,000 capsules of Tylenol in your lifetime DOUBLES your risk of end stage renal disease. That means your kidneys fail and you die! (New England Journal of Medicine, 1994) Aside: the average American takes about 200 a year ...do the math.
Taking the correct drug for the correct diagnoses in the correct dose will kill about 106,000 Americans per year, making it the 4th most common cause of death in the US. (Journal of the American Medical Association, 1998) Aside: that's from the AMA ...other estimates from outside the medical profession run as high as 225,000 a year. But we'll never know because most that die don't call in to say they did!
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs --like Tylenol, Ibuprofen, etc-- conservatively causes 16,500 Americans to bleed to death internally each year, making that the 15th most common cause of death in the US. (New England Journal of Medicine, 1999) Aside: again, other sources put it much higher ...but does that really matter? What's important is that millions eat this like candy for the littlest ache or pain.
Consuming those same nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pain drugs in recommended doses increases your risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s dementia, by 66%. (Neurology, 2009) "But by-golly-gee, we still don't know where the heck that Old-timers disease comes from." ...said the research clinician paid for by Galaxo-Welcome Pharmaceutical.
Hey! Theoretically, if you take enough of those pills, you won't realize you're shitting blood because ...by-golly-gee ...you won't remember a thing! And does it get any more fun than THAT? Let's do a few FOOD FACTS...
Artificial Strawberry Flavor has 49 chemicals in it! Wanna see? Go here: http://www.feingold.org/strawberry.html Are you sure you want to go to Crackberry's for another scoop of that "healthy" fauxgurt?
Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) and Aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet) can cause chronic pain throughout the body, and removing them from the diet for 4 consecutive months can eliminate all chronic pain symptoms. (Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2002) Good luck ..that crap is in EVERYTHING!
...here's a good one ...and one I didn't know ...funny as all heck, too!
The largest exposure of Americans to neurotoxic mercury is through the consumption of products containing High Fructose Corn Syrup. (Environmental Health, 2009) Marketing idea: "Our Big Gulp doesn't just make you fat ..it makes you fat and stupid, too!
The newest estimate for the incidence of autism is 1 in 91 US children. (Pediatrics, 2009) Just 15 years ago, it was one in 15,000! Pssst! remember ...according to the CDC it's NOT from vaccines, no sir. Must be the weather.
"Oh ...what to do Dr Lou??" No worries...here's some interesting facts to save our sorry asses...
Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to be better than 5 times more effective than the above-mentioned nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of chronic neck and low back pain. (Spine, 2003) Na-na-na-na-naaaaa-na!!
Supplementing with Vitamin D3 has the potential to reduce cancer deaths in America by 75%. (Ann of Epidemiology, 2009) Sure you want to slather more of that SPF-75 on ya? What you don't know about THAT story is killing you!
Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to significantly lower your blood pressure. (Journal of Human Hypertension, 2007) Unless, of course, you're really fond of how beta-blockers and diuretics make you obese by blocking the “beta-receptors” that burn fat thus increasing your risk of type II diabetes – which can clip a good 11-20 years from your lifespan.
In patients suffering from chronic pain -- degenerative and/or inflammatory-- 59% can eliminate the need for pain drugs by consuming adequate levels of omega-3 essential fatty acids. (Surgical Neurology, 2006) Why do you think I carry the BEST ONES I could find?
...and finally...
A whopping 93% of patients with chronic back pain who have failed medical and physical therapy care reported marked improvement with Chiropractic adjustments. (Injury, 1996) I LOVE those kind of stats!! ...and that's just ONE of the million reasons why I do this stuff!!!
..and that's that!
GET ADJUSTED, STAY STRONG
Dr Lou
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