Dear Steve,

DID YOU KNOW that based on decades-long observations of centenarians, people live longer when they get up and move around after sitting for twenty minutes?

A rigorous new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association showed that older women who sat for 11.7 hours or more per day increased their risk of death by 30 percent, regardless of whether they exercised vigorously.

Sedentary behavior is a health risk because it reduces muscle contractions, blood flow and glucose metabolism. And on the heels of a recent survey that shows 1 in 8 working Americans do not take a break during the day, please try to get up every 30 minutes even if only for 30 seconds at a time.

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Steve: We recently expanded our blood work wish list. The great thing is while the list has expanded, the cost has not. More on that later.

Required blood tests for new or follow up appointments have not changed, but the optional blood tests we added gives us more clues for how to best optimize you.

Here are the optional blood tests and why they are important.

Optional Blood Tests

• C-Reactive Protein, Inflammation - different from cardiac sensitive C-reactive Protein; this is a better indicator of whole body inflammation and automimmune risk
• Cortisol - measures stress level
• Folate - important for cognition, cellular health, and stroke risk
• GGT - pancreatic function
• HbA1C (Hemoglobin A1C) - better for blood sugar level than glucose
• Homocysteine - stroke, cardiac, and bone health risk
• Iron - important to have with ferritin
• LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) - blood sugar and cellular function
• Magnesium - crucial for over 300 bodily functions
• Phosphorous - blood sugar balance and bone health
• Uric Acid - inflammatory marker, blood pressure, gout
• Vitamin B12 - gut, bone, stroke, cognition, and more

While we don't expect your physician to grant every one of these optional blood test requests, it doesn't hurt to try, so provide them with the optional and required lists.

Required Blood Tests

• ABO Grouping and Rh Typing - blood type indicates certain foods that may not be well tolerated
• CBC (including basophils and eosinophils) - complete blood count
• CHEM SCREEN with HDL/LDL cholesterol differential - comprehensive metabolic panel
• CO2 (as bicarbonate) - how acidic or alkaline you are
• ESR (Sedimentation Rate) - chronic disease/inflammatory risk
• Ferritin - iron storage dependent upon vitamin B12
• HsCRP (High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein) - cardiac inflammation
• Simple Urinalysis w/Reflex to culture
• Thyroid Panel
• Vitamin D 25 Hydroxy 25(OH) D

If you do not want to go through your physician, you have the option of doing all of the aforementioned through us for a great price. You can have your blood drawn most anywhere in the United States. Contact our wonderful staff for details.  

A 57 year-old male recently saw Steve because of cancer recurrence. He had stage four adenocarcinoma of the esophagus along with four small lesions on the liver.

He wanted complementary therapy to not only minimize side effects of conventional treatment, but improve his outcome. Given that some of the cancer was located in the esophagus, the potential for severe side effects such as painful reflux was high.

Steve immediately put him on an individualized eating and supplement plan that would not interfere with conventional treatment, as well as optimize his ability to not only breeze through treatment, but thrive.

The client followed the eating and supplement plan to the letter, and added grounding and meditation on his own. He was shocked by how great he felt throughout the treatment process. Even directly after treatment, he had few side effects.

After eight months, his physicians were agog when his scans showed that he was completely cancer free. They had rarely ever seen such a quick resolution, especially in someone with cancer recurrence.

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Disclaimer: Case reports are not intended for self-healing. Case reports are for references purposes only and should be discussed with your health professional.

The March, 2024 Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health, Chiropractic reported on the positive health outcomes of an 11-year-old boy who was diagnosed with ADHD. He was also shown to have positive retained primitive reflexes and low scores on the Interactive Metronome System, which can indicate that his nervous system was affected.

The boy received chiropractic care, rehabilitation exercises of his retained reflexes, and the Interactive Metronome system, which combines sound, movement and video. He was reexamined at visit 12 and then again at visit 24. He showed marked improvements in behavior, decreases in his retained primitive reflexes and increases in his Interactive Metronome scores.

This comprehensive approach helped to improve cognition, attention, focus, memory, executive functioning, comprehension, as well as motor & sensory skills.

It’s amazing what the body can do when there is a healthier connection within the autonomic nervous system. That’s why it’s important for adults, children and even animals to be checked and adjusted for spinal misalignments. What health condition are you ready to let Chiropractic care help you with?

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor and has been in practice since 1989. She tailors each visit by using a variety of techniques that she feels are most effective. She loves seeing children and adults reach their full potential, trusting in the healing powers of their body. Dr. Schuster is in the same office as Bonnie & Steve Minsky as they have been in practice together for 33 years. She can be reached at (847)509-9067 or drliloschuster@sbcglobal.net

Bonnie, Steve, Liselotte, Lori, Sharron, Cindy, Diana, Ileana, and Carolyn