ATTITUDE

The good news is that you are where you want to be.

Yes, you may not like it, or you may be saying, “ I know what you mean, I worked for it.”

Your mind and body have to be on the same page. You can’t expect a nice physique or abundant energy and reach for a piece of cake and the remote.

I learned something about people from one of our friends. He said his neighbor considered himself “fat and happy”. I never want to get older and feel like I don’t care anymore about my health or fitness. You can’t buy health over night or watch the pounds melt away. But if you are “fat and happy”—great!

Health in takes time. The longer you wait to start the longer it takes. So make a commitment to start something new today.

Some patients read this and gloss over the info as if they are immune or it takes too much work to be healthier. Some patients punch holes in the newsletter and save every issue and re-read them. The information is the same but their attitude is different.

Make a decision right now NOT to be part of the unhealthy epidemic coming to a neighborhood near you.

According to the CDC,

The US ranked 11^th in the world in life expectancy.

20 YEARS AGO

NOW……………………………..

We are ranked 42^nd in the world.

We have so many cool things now, but we know nothing about health. Don’t follow the crowd when it comes to health advice, because the majority is clearly wrong. Always remember you can never go wrong with the natural world.

Use chiropractic first, organic foods, Standard Process supplements, cod liver oil, and probably more fat in your diet. You’d be amazed how good you can feel.  Yes, I said fat.  The fat’s that is.

Good Fats:
These are the easiest to obtain and use
1. Butter
2. Lard
3. Extra Virgin Olive oil (Not “Pure”)
4. Coconut oil
5. Cod Liver oil (not for cooking)
6. Flax oil (just don’t cook with it)
7. RAW milk or cream (Not pasteurized)

If you have these go ahead and use them
8. Beef, chicken, goose or duck fat
9. Palm oil, sesame oils
10. Flax oil (just don’t cook with it)

 A few little bonuses for you.  Good fats can:

1. Slim your waist.   Fat doesn’t make you fat.
2. Help transport nutrients from your guts to your body.
3. Help your liver
4. Help your brain
5. Really help your immune system.
6. And most importantly, it will help your heart.

Stay tuned for more.  This heart stuff is so fantastic, I am having a hard time distilling it down for you.

.Most people that walk through our front doors get some help or relief, but not everyone. Sometimes there is too much deterioration and the body is too weak to get better.  Working with the body is very inexact, but there are a few rules that do apply.#1 The body will do the best it can with what it has. Hummm, sounds like a good rule for life in general. If your day was tough, check this video out. If you get hurt and your diet isn’t filled with good clean vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats your body will still try and repair itself but in a weaker way because it doesn’t have enough building material.I hate to say it, but this lady that I let go this morning eats out every day for lunch. Mass produced food it the lowest grade food on the market. It is stripped down in nutrition for storage and transportation. The human body is incredibly adaptable and can survive a long time eating out but it does progressively get weaker.Injuries can take longer to heal, colds come on faster and stay longer, degenerative diseases, like arthritis appear and cause problems and the list can keep going.#2 The longer you wait to get help, the more chronic a problem becomes.Let’s say you get hurt. A little pain, nothing to bad. The body will adapt and “do the best it can” Pain goes away, cool. After a few more injuries the body will run out of the ability to adapt and the lingers a little longer, not cool. This is where we see 90% of our patients.Most people who come in get some relief in a few weeks or even a few months. They may need to get a tune up every so often, but they live happy well adjusted lives. I’ve gotten adjusted every week for the last 15 years because I feel so much better afterwards.The most dangerous words“I thought it would go away”If pains are lingering and not going away, the red flags should be going up. The longer you let problems exist, the more chronic they become. The more chronic, the more difficult they are to treat and the longer it takes. This lady was 85 years old and had never been to a chiropractor. Sometimes miracles happen, but we can’t count on them.I remember the first time I had to tell a patient “I don’t think I can help you” She was 90 and her spine was literally falling apart. Since she didn’t have any other options, the medics had done all they could with her, I agreed to at least try. She was ready for anything, and she was willing to do anything to get some relief. She got her relief and with an adjustment every week and lived pain-free almost until she died. To her kids that meant a lot that she wasn’t in pain.#3 Attitude means everything.I have met some real sourpuss’s in my life and they rarely if ever get better, because they always need something to complain about. Watch the video at the top again. They say if we all had our problems represented by playing cards and we all showed our hands at the end of the game. Most of us would keep the cards we were dealt, rather than take someone elses.If a happy positive attitude is not yours by nature, never fear it can be learned. You don’t need some magic happy pill. This is just a reframing of lifes experiences and how you percieve them and starting your day with good habits and filling it with good activities and good people.Count your blessings.I know this or that bad thing happened to you and there was nothing good about it. BULL, every dark cloud has a white lining and the sun shining behind it. A positive attitude in life can see the sun through the cloud. It may take you YEARS to see the sun, but every dark cloud that has rained on me has been somekind of blessing. I’ve had to get some big umbrellas, but the more I look at something bad as having a positive side the better I get at it.Start your day with a smile on your face and looking forward to doing something you love that day. If that seems impossible then start looking for the answers to why you can’t do that. Maybe you need a new job, a new friend, a new counselor, a new menu, a new house, a new book to read. If you are crabby in the morning start looking for ways to fix it. Your body will thanks you.Misery love company.People don’t go to bars at 3:00 in the afternoon to talk about how great life is.Like attracts like.Fill your life with good people, and that may be tough, but it is critical for a good day and a healthy body. That may mean a new church, new friends, or even a new spouse. That may be dramatic but I have seen the healthy benefits in patients who needed to make the tough changes.In summary, if you eat some good wholesome food, don’t wait for problems to become chronic, and have a good attitude about health and feeling good there is no stopping you from feeling good and being healthier.Health is a daily activity. You can’t wait until your 80 to start thinking about being healthy.Enjoy the day. If this helped you, send it on to people you care about.Dr. AltmanP.S. Watch your email. I have a special project coming this week. This is unlike anything I have done before. I know you are going to love it.

A mini review of “The Power Of Positive Thinking”

By Norman Vincent Peale

1. Believe in yourself
Dr. Peale’s affirmation- “I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.”
(Philippians 4:13)
An inferiority complex is nothing more than self-doubt.  Putting your faith in God will give you realistic faith in yourself.  Put this quote somewhere you can see it
“If ye have faith…nothing shall be impossible to you” (Matthew 17:20)

“Attitude is more important than fact”

2. A Peaceful Mind Generates Power

Don’t read the newspaper or watch the news, especially before bed.
Pray every night,  if you have a spouse you will be surprised how this will unite you.  It keeps you from drifting apart,  Many couples do without regular communication.
Try also to read the bible before bed.  Don’t go to bed with an ear full of trouble.  If you don’t feel up to the bible then something uplifting and positive.  Look this up (Romans 12:2) ____________________________________________
Words have power  — Remember— You are terrific!
Spend at least 15 minutes a day in silence…don’t think about anything

3. Constant Energy Can be Yours

If you think you are tired you will be, so focus on being alive and full of energy.
Guilt and fear suck the energy right from you
Become focused on something you believe in and you will never be short of energy.
Get out and do something.  Get involved in something bigger than yourself
Don’t sit around and moan and groan, and sure enough don’t be with those people.

4. Create Your Own happiness

“People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be” Abraham Lincoln
To be happy —have a clean soul, see romance in the commonplace, and a child’s heart.

5. Expect And Get The Best

“Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow”
You can do anything with faith.  Faith in yourself and faith in God
Expect success to get success, expect failure and get failure

6. Don’t Believe In Defeat

Eliminate negative speech
You can no longer use the words “I can’t”
Life is only rough if you think it is

7. Don’t worry so much

This is the most useless habit known to man.  To eliminate it—empty your mind before you go to bed.  The last 5 minutes before sleep are crucial.  Put positive things in, read something uplifting.  Imagine your mind being dumped out daily.  Put so much positive thought in to your head all the bad stuff will come out the other side.
Be around hopeful positive people.

8. Health comes from you

Irritation, anger, hate and resentment produce ill health
Goodwill, faith ,forgiveness, and love produce health
Basically, don’t be a jerk to people, or be with them.

9. Make more people like you

#1 Be a comfortable, easy going person
#2 Act and THINK nice things about people
#3 Take a genuine interest in other people
#4 Unselfishly try and build them up

10. Draw From The Higher Power, It’s Free Energy

State your problem
Ask for a specific answer
Believe you will receive that answer with God’s help
The Higher Power can drive out fear, hate, sickness, weakness, and moral defeat and replace you with health and happiness.  Use it, it is free.  Just ask. Thanks to Norman Vincent Peale