Read more about the article Parasites: Common Parasites and How They Affect Our Health – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

Parasites: Common Parasites and How They Affect Our Health – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

Any organism that lives in or on another organism (host) to derive its needed nutrients is known as a parasite. The host suffers in this parasitic relationship and sadly, we humans are victims. What do parasites actually do? They make use of the nutrients that are supposed to be beneficial to their hosts, depriving them and causing the development of health problems due to nutrient deficiency. Certain parasites live in our bodies and sometimes on our skin. These parasites affect our health by causing certain diseases. In fact, intestinal parasites are often implicated in many ongoing health issues, ranging from digestive symptoms to insomnia and more. Let’s look at some of these parasites and how they affect our health.

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Read more about the article What B vitamins support nervous system function and how do they work? – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

What B vitamins support nervous system function and how do they work? – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

There are eight B-vitamins that benefits overall health, including keeping your nerves healthy. But three of these vitamins – Thiamine (B1), Pyridoxine (B6), and Cobalamin (B12) are mainly known to support nervous system function. Continue reading to find out how these three B-complex vitamins help support your nervous system and keep it in tip-top shape.

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Symptoms of B vitamin deficiency- Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

In the previous article, we’ve described what B vitamins are, the eight types, their functions and food sources. In this article, let’s proceed to talk about the common symptoms associated with a deficiency in each of the eight B-group vitamins. B vitamins are essential for maintaining cell health and keeping you energized, and you must keep taking them in adequate amount since they are water-soluble and are not stored in the body. This means excess amount is given out through urine, and you have to load up on these vitamins daily to stay healthy. Some foods are high in several B vitamins, while certain foods are particularly high in a specific B vitamin. However, eating a balanced diet is key to getting all these vitamins, at least in amounts that your body needs.

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Read more about the article Top 6 ways to reduce chronic inflammation (#2 and 3 are Key!) – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

Top 6 ways to reduce chronic inflammation (#2 and 3 are Key!) – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

Inflammation is known to help fight illness or heal injury, but it goes beyond that sometimes. A chronic inflammation state may slowly be damaging your body it won’t even show. This form of inflammation goes into action without an infection or injury. This way, the immune system cells that are meant to protect you will start to destroy your healthy organs, arteries, joints, and other body parts. Several kinds of research have shown that when you don’t eat healthy, rest adequately, or get enough exercise, your body responds by triggering inflammation. The bad part is that chronic inflammation has a long-term damage on the body. If left unchecked, it can contribute to chronic disease conditions, such as blood vessel disease, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and more.

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What is SO BAD about a high-carb diet?

Carbohydrates are no doubt good for the health. In fact, according to the guideline of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it is recommended that carbohydrates should represent 45 to 65% of your total daily calories. But it becomes a problem when you consume too many carbohydrates in a short amount of time. If you’re overdoing pasta, bread, rice, chips, and other high-carb foods, you are at risk of suffering some health consequences which we shall be discussing below.

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Read more about the article Glycemic Index & Load: What are they and Why You Should Care

Glycemic Index & Load: What are they and Why You Should Care

You might have heard of the scientific terminologies – Glycemic index and glycemic load and wonder what it means. Well, we are going to keep it simple for you in this piece. What is a glycemic index? Glycemic index is simply a measure of how quickly glucose in your food is absorbed and causes blood sugar levels to rise. Foods that have a high GI are digested and absorbed rapidly and raise blood sugar levels too rapidly. Foods with a low GI, in contrast, are digested more slowly and they lead to a slower rise in blood sugar levels. However, rapid glucose conversion is something that you don’t want to experience, as your body needs sugar levels to be consistent for it to function optimally. Although your brain needs glucose to operate, rapid conversion of glucose is not healthy.

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Read more about the article How to use healthy blood sugar levels to help you burn fat for energy – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

How to use healthy blood sugar levels to help you burn fat for energy – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

You’ve probably heard of blood sugar a couple of times, but do you know that a healthy level of it can help to burn fat for energy production? Yeah, apart from energy production, balancing your blood sugar also helps in maintaining a healthy weight. Glucose is the body’s main source of energy, and it dictates how energetic or hungry we feel. When you eat carbs, blood sugar is released into the bloodstream. However, for you to burn fat healthily, you need a healthy balance of blood sugar: not too high and not too low. That’s more reason you should eat the right amount of fat, protein, and fiber at each meal. This way, you can stabilize your blood sugar level to burn fat and get a consistent energy supply throughout the day. More so, a healthy blood sugar level prevent any form of insulin spike. The normal range for blood sugar is between 70 mg/ml and 110 mg/ml. Insulin works on these sugars and transfer it from the blood stream to the cells. This helps to keep the blood sugar level within the normal range.

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Read more about the article How to take back control of Your blood sugar levels? – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

How to take back control of Your blood sugar levels? – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

The digestion of carbohydrates and other foods yield sugar which is carried in form of glucose through the blood stream to body cells. This glucose serves as a source of…

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Read more about the article Why are healthy blood sugar levels so important? – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

Why are healthy blood sugar levels so important? – Dr. Jason Jones Elizabeth City NC, Chiropractor

You might have asked questions like “why do I need to have a healthy blood sugar level?” Well, that’s a smart question for your health’s sake. Keeping your blood sugar…

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