What Do You Eat? posted on 31 January 2016 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

Or This?

Do You Eat This?

We just saw a list of the top 8 most unhealthy restaurant meals from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Some of these you might not be familiar with, but please keep reading on…

1.)    Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ Monster Meal: 3,540 Calories

2.)    Joe’s Crab Shack’s The Big “Hook” Up: 3,280 Calories

3.)    The Cheesecake Factory’s Bruléed French Toast: 2,780 Calories

4.)    Famous Dave’s The Big Slab, St. Louis-Style Spareribs: 2,770 Calories

5.)    Maggiano’s Little Italy, Prime New York Steak Contadina style: 2,420 Calories

6.)    The Cheesecake Factory’s Farfalle With Chicken and Roasted Garlic: 2,410 Calories

7.)    BJ’s Signature Deep Dish Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza (Small): 2,160 Calories

8.)    Chevys Fresh Mex Super Cinco Combo: 1,920 Calories

Okay, we know what you are thinking…?

“I don’t eat at this restaurants OR I have never even heard of them.”

We hope this is the case, but what we also know is that there are plenty of local restaurants that would top this list, but they are just not large enough to be seen by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Not sure what are the best foods for you? There is a simple way to find out. 

Get checked by Dr. Sherry Yale, DC at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI if you are not sure what foods are best for you to eat. Dr Yale uses a simple, non-invasive method called NRT or Nutrition Response Testing to evaluate what your individual body needs are, and what foods your body wants. 

Contact Dr. Yale today at (734) 664 - 0339 to schedule your no-charge initial consultation & screening evaluation.

Eating to Look Younger Part 2 posted on January 19, 2016 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

Eating to Look Younger Part 2 

 Sea Vegetables: Polluted cells can't function at their optimum level. When our cells are functioning optimally, not only do we have more energy—we look and feel great. Sea vegetables are one of our richest sources of minerals and phytochemicals. These veggies help detoxify, rebuild and nourish all the cells in our body. Unhealthy foods, stress and environmental pollutants cause cells to age prematurely, potentially leading to thinning hair and premature wrinkles. Sea vegetables reverse this process!  Crunch them on your salad.

      Meat and Lentils: As you age, your hair and skin cells become damaged, making you appear older. The protein in meat, chicken, and certain vegetables promotes cell growth and repair, which translates to younger-looking skin, fewer wrinkles, less hair loss and a glossy mane. To take a break from meat try lentils instead; they contain more protein than any other legume.

      Eggs:  Vitamin A is especially important for skin repair, and decreased levels can lead to dry, flaky skin.  A lack of vitamin A may cause your skin to heal poorly and wrinkle easily.  A good source of vitamin A food includes eggs and some plants—carrots and broccoli, for example—supply beta-carotene, which your body converts to vitamin A as needed.

      Almond or hemp milk:  Almond milk is a nutritious dairy alternative because of its high levels of magnesium, potassium, manganese, copper, vitamin E, selenium and calcium.  Hemp milk is a delicious, nutty-tasting non-dairy beverage that provides essential balanced nutrition. It's a fantastic alternative to soymilk and has a natural well-balanced ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 essential fatty acids to keep your mind sharp, your immune system strong and your skin glowing.  Both almond and hemp milks are plant-based, and don't contain lactose. They offer high-quality protein that can give hair a radiant, healthy shine and helps keep skin soft.

   Salmon and Avocados:  Salmon is more than a delicious meal—it's an anti-aging feast. Salmon has precious omega-3 essential fatty acids, which enhance blood flow. The pink/orange color of wild salmon is an anti-aging carotenoid that protects cell membranes. Salmon also contains DMAE, which improves facial muscle tone and reduces wrinkles. Add avocado for its antioxidant properties and you'll be sitting pretty after dinner.  Make sure you get wild salmon and NOT farm raised or genetically modified salmon. 

     Crunchy vegetables: Fresh raw veggies are as good for your grin as they are for your skin! Celery, carrots, string beans and cauliflower contain cellulose which helps scrub stains from your teeth—giving you a whiter, brighter smile. Both the cellulose and the [other] fiber in these foods act as abrasives that clean and remove bacteria from teeth.

 Alkalized Antioxidant Rich Water:  Alkalized water is the most anti-aging water there is. This water tastes different and hydrates the body easier and faster than other waters. The high level of  antioxidants in this water when it is fresh make it beneficial for both the inside of the body, and the outside. Drinking this water allows the skin to become properly hydrated, which improves facial muscle tone and reduces wrinkles.

Get checked by Dr. Sherry Yale, DC at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI if you are not sure what foods are best for you to eat. Dr Yale uses a simple, non-invasive method called NRT or Nutrition Response Testing to evaluate what your individual body needs are, and what foods your body wants. Contact Dr. Yale today at (734) 664 - 0339 to schedule your no-charge initial consultation & screening evaluation.

Eating To Look Younger Part 1, posted on January 11, 2016 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

As we start the New Year here are some great foods to add to your diet to help you feel and look healthier and enable your skin look younger.

      Collagen: Collagen is used to make connective tissue for the skin. So does Vitamin C.  An interesting source of collagen would include honey. Honey has an amino acid in it called proline which is used to make collagen. Sweetener of choice – Honey.  I would avoid artificial sweeteners.  Bell peppers are a great source of vitamin C.

      Essential fatty acids: EFA's nourish the skin, help maintain skin integrity and keep skin cells performing optimally. "Essential fatty acids, a component of all cell membranes in the body, regulate the flow of nutrients, waste materials, and water in and out of cells—which keeps you looking young."  Flax oil and walnuts.

      Liver Cleansers: Foods that keep our livers cleansed of toxins, heavy metals and fats make our whole body function more efficiently. This makes us happier, which affects how we look. Plus, a healthy liver brightens our eyes and tightens our skin.  Best food for our liver – beets!  Also, green foods like broccoli and spinach take away the craving for sweets.  When you crave and eat sweets you are creating a process for wrinkles called glycation.  A wrinkle causing food would include yogurt.

      Fresh herbs for flavor: basil, dill and parsley. If you have puffy bags under your eyes in the morning, you are almost certainly consuming much more salt than you need.  Another problem is alcohol: It dehydrates you and can make your skin sag. The worst combination is alcohol and salt, which causes puffy dark circles under your eyes. Don’t go to the bar and have chips and beer. Use fresh herbs instead of salt.  Sparkling water instead of alcohol.

     Crunchy vegetables: Fresh raw veggies are as good for your grin as they are for your skin! Celery, carrots, string beans and cauliflower contain cellulose which helps scrub stains from your teeth—giving you a whiter, brighter smile. Both the cellulose and the [other] fiber in these foods act as abrasives that clean and remove bacteria from teeth.

   Alkalized Antioxidant Rich Water:  Alkalized water is the most anti-aging water there is. This water tastes different and hydrates the body easier and faster than other waters. The high level of  antioxidants in this water when it is fresh make it beneficial for both the inside of the body, and the outside. Drinking this water allows the skin to become properly hydrated, which improves facial muscle tone and reduces wrinkles.


Get checked by Dr. Sherry Yale, DC at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI if you are not sure what foods are best for you to eat. Dr Yale uses a simple, non-invasive method called NRT or Nutrition Response Testing to evaluate what your individual body needs are, and what foods your body wants. Contact Dr. Yale today at (734) 664 - 0339 to schedule your no-charge initial consultation & screening evaluation.

A New You in the New Year posted on January 1, 2016 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

Did you make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight? Here are some simple tips to start you on the road to a New You in the New Year.

It is true that you are what youeat. To lose more weight this year you need to stop eating fat storing foods and eat fat burning foods. Getting your metabolism to work efficiently is also important in weight loss.

Having an efficient metabolism means correctly digesting foods, and burning stored body fat for fuel. Food digestion requires the proper combination of digestive enzymes produced by the stomach, liver and pancreas. Failure to digest efficiently results in the undigested food being stored as unwanted body fat.

 

Sugar is a fat storing food. Sugar is hidden in all processed and man-made foods. Sugar is the product of all carbohydrates. Carbohydrates include fruits, vegetable and grains. Your body converts natural and man-made foods like potatoes, corn, pop, fries, chips, breads, pasta, cakes, candies, juices and cookies into sugar. Eating more sugar in the form of carbohydrates than your body needs will cause you to gain weight.

Your body needs 80-100 grams of carbohydrates daily for fuel. Carbohydrates are the kindling to the fire. The body burns them quickly and then burns the slower burning fuel, fat. The body cannot burn stored fat when carbohydrates are eaten too frequently.

The average American consumes between 300-600 grams of carbohydrates daily, or 1-3 cups of sugar. What the body cannot process or use, it will store as excess body fat around your waist, hips and thighs. To lose weight, look for the hidden sugars and eliminate them from your diet.

Dr. Sherry Yale, DC at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI is offering the opportunity for you to Start the New Year Healthy. Anyone in the Detroit and surrounding area including Bloomfield Hills, Farmington Hills, Novi, Redford, Westland and more can take advantage of this unique program.

This Start the New Year Healthy Program includes the following:

• A No Charge Consultation

• Free Stress Test

• Free Adrenal Stress Test for Hormone Imbalance

• Free Health Check Up
• Free Digestion Evaluation
• Free Diet and Sugar Consumption Analysis

• Free Evaluation for Undetected Nerve Damage

• Free Weight Loss Evaluation and Recommendations if Needed

Please call (734) 664-0339 and ask for your Start the New Year Healthy Program FREE as a gift from us to you. These services are normally valued at $175. You can become a New You in the New Year. Call now to schedule your appointment to receive your gift. Don't delay as this opportunity expires at the end of January 2016. 

 

Conquering Weight

Posted by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

As we start the New Year, win the battle against holiday weight gain or that stubborn weight that refuses to budge.

Unwanted weight gain occurs primarily from hormone imbalance. Excess dietary sugar and carbohydrates trigger the body to go into fat storage mode. When Trans Fats are part of the diet the body is unable to use or metabolize them. More fat storage occurs.

Excess sugars and Trans Fats are stored as body fat, especially around the abdomen, butt and thighs. The body will do what it can to store these as far away from the heart as possible. This is one reason why muscles become marbled with fat.

Once excess fat is present, the body will use the fat to store excess fat storing hormones and toxins. The more body fat, the more the hormone imbalance occurs.

Toxins abound in personal care products, household cleaners, and our food, air and water.

*   There are 1700 new chemicals released yearly in the US. Only 45% are tested for toxicity.

*   More than 700 chemicals are added to drinking water supplies.  

*   Common personal care cosmetics expose people daily to over 200 different hormone altering or cancer causing chemicals.

*  The average American consumes 14 pounds of chemical additives, 180 pounds of table sugar and 8 pounds of commercial table salt yearly.

*  During processing and storage 10,000 compounds are added to the more than 320,000 processed     foods available today.

*  Of the many toxins found in packaged foods, the worst is Trans Fat or partially hydrogenated fat. This fat raises LDL cholesterol and causes additional hormone stress.

Without good dietary fats the body is forced to use Trans Fat in its cell membranes. Water and nutrients cannot get into the cells and toxins cannot get out. Toxins become stored in more body fat and hormone stress/imbalance increases.

Good fat is essential for the body. It also protects the brain and nervous system. Every cell membrane in the body contains good fat. The body requires good dietary fat like flax seed, avocado, chia seed, olive oil, and fresh un-rancid Omega 3 fish oil to enable it to balance hormones.

To conquer the weight and win the battle requires simple changes in dietary & lifestyle habits including healthy water and nutrition to help re-balance the hormones naturally, and the release of fat burning hormones instead of fat storing hormones. This strategy successfully allows the body to gently release the toxins and burn the fat. You can be the winner in the weight loss battle!

Written by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, D.C. with Dr. Sherry Yale, D.C. who now owns TLC HolisticWellness in Livonia. Dr. Yale has provided holistic and nutritional recommendations using diet & whole food supplements for 26 years as a practicing chiropractor, holistic-wellness consultant in the Livonia, Michigan area. Visit www.TLCHolisticWellness.com for more information and to learn about our free weight loss analysis, or call (734) 664-0339. Long distance help is also available by contacting Dr. Fischer at drfischer@tlcholisticwellness.com

You Are What You Eat posted on December 13. 2015 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

You Are What You Eat

Since your body rebuilds itself, eat well for the holidays. Go easy on the sugars and junk food. Remember, you body has to make new heart cells and a whole new body from what you eat. Make sure you have a sufficient quantity of high quality protein. 

You are more than what you eat. You are what you digest and metabolize. In order to rebuild your body it is vital that your body be able to use the food you eat to repair and regenerate itself. If you feel bloated and full during holiday meals, you may need digestive enzymes or specific digestive support. 

There are natural ways to help improve the ability of your body digest and metabolize the foods that you eat. Instead of avoiding certain foods, or relying on unnatural solutions to digestive issues, help your body heal itself naturally by providing the right nutritional support. 

Not sure about what diet or digestive nutrition is right for you?  If you are Novi, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Livonia or in the surrounding Detroit area contact Dr. Sherry Yale, DC at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI at (734) 664 - 0339 for a no charge consultation to determine what foods might be hurting you, what foods might be best for you, and what digestive support you might need.

Enjoy the Holiday season with friends and family!

Enjoying Holiday Sweets Posted on November 19, 2015 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

Sugar now has a bad reputation, as does fat. Both have been linked to a lot of degenerative diseases and unwanted health issues. So how do you make holiday cookies, cakes and pies without the traditional white sugar and solid white oil? You use good sugars and good oil.

No all sugars are the same. There are natural sugars and man-made sugars. Man-made sugar from corn used to be known as high fructose corn syrup. It has been renamed as fructose. Fructose was considered fruit sugar, but now it is a highly processed GMO corn sugar.

Fructose as a refined sugar spikes blood sugar rapidly, compared to natural sugars that are metabolized slowly as food. Another man-made sugar that has seen a name change contains aspartame. This artificial sweetener is now amino-sweet, with the same toxic chemical compounds.

Good fat in the form of oil is needed in all baked goods. The best fats and oils to use occur naturally as foods. Man-made oils are made by adding hydrogen gas to create a solid mass at room temperature. The process is called hydrogenation, and it produces a fat known as a trans fat or hydrogenated fat.

Trans fats are flat molecules, like a pad of paper. Good natural fat is like many crumpled up papers. Natural fats are easily used as building blocks by the body for the brain, nervous system and all cell membranes due to their shape. Only 18 days are needed for the body to use a good fat, while it takes 51 days to break down a trans fat.

This holiday season can be a time of great joy, and sharing many festive foods with family and friends. Join the growing movement of healthier food choices in preparing holiday sweets. Here is a simple guideline of what sugars & fats to avoid and what to use instead. Enjoy the sweetness of the holiday season!

  Avoid These Sugars & Oils                                     Replace With These Sugars & Oils

White Sugar (made from GMO corn), Fructose AKA High Fructose Corn Syrup	Stevia, Organic 100% Cane Sugar, Organic Honey, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Raw Sugar or Organic Maple Syrup
Commercially Prepared Oils, Shortening, Margarine (Usually rancid synthetic oils with added chemicals and food colors) Canola Oil /Cottonseed Oil (from GMO seeds)	Organic Coconut Oil Organic Cold-Pressed Food Oils (best in dark bottles) Organic Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

Not sure if you have any health issues as a result of your past dietary habits? Call( 734) 664-0339 to schedule a free dietary analysis with Dr. Sherry Yale, D.C. at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI. She has provided holistic and nutritional recommendations using diet & whole food supplements for 26 years as a practicing chiropractor, holistic-wellness consultant.

Visit  TLC Holistic Wellness for more information and to learn about our free Holiday Gift for New Patients.