Dear Steve,

DID YOU KNOW that instead of using GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy, you can naturally elevate your GLP-1 levels by increasing the presence of Akkermansia muciniphila in your gut?

Akkermansia, which should make up about ten percent of your gut bacteria, produces a protein that stimulates GLP-1 production. If you are low or missing Akkermansia, your body is not naturally producing as much GLP-1 as it's supposed to be.

By giving back Akkermansia, you can now have the physiological benefits, such as muscle mass integrity as I reported a few weeks ago, better blood sugar balance, and myriad others. All of these benefits occur because of the gut lining repair mechanisms of Akkermansia.

Do not hesitate to email me (Steve) if you have questions.

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Steve: Scientists are always looking for the next best thing to treat pain. If they only exhibited the same fervor for prevention, we would not have 24.3% of US adults with chronic pain, and 8.5% high-impact chronic pain, according to National Center for Health Statistics.

Belly Fat

Excess abdominal fat may be doing more than just making your clothes fit tighter. It could be contributing to chronic pain throughout your body. A study from Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine found a surprising connection between abdominal fat and widespread musculoskeletal pain, with implications for how we understand and treat chronic pain conditions. Women had larger increases in pain risk as their abdominal fat increased. As we have said on numerous occasions, body fat is its own organ, and when dysfunctional, can send pain signals.

Men and Women Process Pain Differently

Evaluating meditation for chronic lower back pain, researchers in PNAS Nexus discovered that men and women utilize different biological systems to relieve pain. While men relieve pain by releasing endogenous opioids, the body's natural painkillers, women rely instead on other, non-opioid based pathways. This is why women react poorly to opioids. By tailoring pain treatment to an individual's sex, it will improve patient outcomes and reduce the reliance on and misuse of opioids. As an aside, both men and women in the study got pain relief by learning and putting into practice a meditation training program.

Diet

According to a study from Nutrition Research, a healthy diet can reduce the severity of chronic pain, presenting an easy and accessible way for sufferers to better manage their condition.

Exploring associations between body fat, diet, and pain, researchers found that a greater consumption vegetables, fruits, tolerated grains, lean meats, dairy and dairy substitutes, was related to less pain, and this was regardless of body weight, particularly among women.

Even with excess belly fat, if you defer to anti-inflammatory, high antioxidant foods, you can reduce pain.

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A 30-something couple saw Steve because they were having trouble conceiving and had been through several miscarriages. Their intention was to optimize their diet and lifestyle for six months before going the fertility treatment route.

Steve noticed that both of them were reacting to one or more foods. Both were overly acidic, but the wife was exceptionally so. The key was for them to understand that diet and lifestyle change was just as important for the husband as the wife.

After giving them both specific dietary modifications, stress management reduction techniques, and targeted supplemental nutrients, the goal was to get pregnant in three months. If not, they would do stool and/or food reaction testing.

They followed the plan to the letter and in three months, they became pregnant and carried a healthy baby to term!

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A chiropractor ruptured his Achilles tendon while playing paintball. He heard an explosion, and felt intense pain. Thinking that somebody shot him in the foot with a gelatin paintball, he looked down and there was no paint. His foot felt like jelly and he couldn’t move it. He knew something was very wrong. The pain was intense and an MRI revealed that the tendon had completely ruptured.

The medical doctors told him that he needed surgery. Before giving them his response he went into prayer as he does regarding all issues in his life. In that quiet state of asking what he should do, the answer was to not get the surgery. That within three months he would be completely healed. That’s exactly what happened. 

He received a boot to wear to compress the area of injury, rested and elevated the foot. He did not ice his Achilles or take any painkillers, knowing that these would reduce the release of important healing chemicals by his body. He viewed pain as an intelligent alert system to let him know what he could and could not do to improve his mobility. 

When his Achilles tendon healed, he posted about it on his social media. Others reached out to him to let them know that they too, were able to heal their ruptured Achilles tendon without surgery. 

Perhaps your intuitive voice would have said to get the surgery. This is a great example that there is no one right way to get to the end result of a desired outcome. Stay empowered and listen to your intuition about what is right for you in your life decisions.

Dr. Liselotte Schuster is a Holistic Family Chiropractor and has been in practice with Nutritional Concepts since 1989. She uses a variety of techniques, including low level laser, to help patients reach their full potential. Contact Dr. Schuster at (847) 509-9067 or drliloschuster@sbcglobal.net.

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