Wednesday, November 13, 2013

The 3 Most Crucial Brain Nutrients

In order to function at its best, our brain requires many nutrients such as proteins, good fats, vitamins and minerals.  But in order to function at all, your brain requires three crucial nutrients:  oxygen, glucose (the simplest form of sugar) and environmental stimulation.
Environmental stimulation is as necessary as any other nutrient.  Our brain is constantly stimulated by sounds, sights, touch, movement and a myriad of other environmental stimulation's that either come from the outside world or from the internal environment (such as messages relayed from the organs to the brain).
Among the many types of st56imulation that our world provides, one is more important that all the others:  the stimulation from the postural muscles.  Our body, in order to stay upright, needs to constantly adjust to the pull of gravity.  These constant adjustments are made by our postural muscles and the provide a baseline stimulation to our brain.  No one can escape gravity (except for astronauts).  Gravity is constant.  Other stimulation's are not (for example, your eyes are not stimulated when you are asleep).
Some stimulation's are great for the brain, such as the stimulation's provided by our muscles and joints when we move.  Other types of inputs tax our brain for the worse.  Messages from pain, tight muscles or nerves under tension are examples of stimuli that stress our brain.  Faulty input from vertebral subluxation--dysfunctional areas of our spine that interfere with communication in our nervous systems--are also a source of strain to your brain.
For more than 100 years, chiropractors have recognized how our back muscles and our spine affect our brain.  When your spine is healthy and moves freely, it send nurturing messages to your brain.  When your spine is locked or under tension, it bombards your brain with poor stimulation.
Having an unhealthy spine is like eating junk food all day long.  Your might not feel that bad in a few days or weeks, but in the long run, it drains your health.  A poor spine leads to a poor brain.  Chiropractic adjustments bring balance back into your spine and bring your brain back into balance.  Getting regular chiropractic adjustments is one of the best things you can do for your brain. 
Adjustments are safe, make you feel good and are a great way to nurture your brain.  The bring balance to today's lifestyle that too often tax our brains for the worse and make them age too quickly.

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