Scientists Blow The Lid on Cancer & Sunscreen Myth

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According to a June 2014 article featured in The Independent (UK), a major study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that women who avoid sunbathing during the summer are twice as likely to die as those who sunbathe every day.  

The epidemiological study followed 30,000 women for over 20 years and “showed that mortality was about double in women who avoided sun exposure compared to the highest exposure group.”

Researchers concluded that the conventional dogma, which advises avoiding the sun at all costs and slathering on sunscreen to minimize sun exposure, is doing more harm than actual good.

That’s because overall sun avoidance combined with wearing sunscreen effectively blocks the body’s ability to produce vitamin D3 from the sun’s UVB rays, which is by far the best form of vitamin D.

In the USA, vitamin D deficiency is at epidemic levels. Ironically, vitamin D deficiency can lead to aggressive forms of skin cancer. A ground-breaking 2011 study published in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that optimal blood levels of vitamin D offers protection against sunburn and skin cancer.

Additionally, vitamin D protects the body from diseases like multiple sclerosis, rickets (in the young),

tuberculosis, inflammatory bowel disease, type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren’s syndrome.

According to the Vitamin D Council, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently reported that “lack of sun exposure may lead to cognitive decline over time.”

A Dermatologist Who’s Not Afraid to Sit on the Beach”:

Bernard Ackerman, MD, (deceased 2008) was one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of skin cancer and the sun, sunscreens and melanoma skin cancer risks.

Below are Ackerman’s views excerpted from an article in The New York Times (July 20, 2004), titled “I BEG TO DIFFER; A Dermatologist Who’s Not Afraid to Sit on the Beach”:

The link between melanoma and sun exposure (dermatology’s dogma) is unproven.There’s no conclusive evidence that sunburns lead to cancer.There is no real proof that sunscreens protect against melanoma.There’s no proof that increased exposure to the sun increases the risk of melanoma.

A 2000 Swedish study concluded that higher rates of melanoma occurred in those who used sunscreen versus those who did not.

Sunscreens: Cancer-Causing Biohazards

Elizabeth Plourde, PhD, is a California-based scientist who authored the book Sunscreens – Biohazard: Treat as Hazardous Waste, which extensively documents the serious life-threatening dangers of sunscreens not only to people but to the environment as well.

Dr. Plourde provides proof that malignant melanoma and all other skin cancers increased significantly with ubiquitous sunscreen use over a 30-year period. She emphasizes that many sunscreens contain chemicals that are known carcinogens and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC).


Dr. Plourde’s research on mice and sunscreen exposure also showed increases in both pup and maternal mortality as well as reproductive issues in subsequent generations.

Additionally, the book documents how sunscreen chemicals have polluted our water sources including oceans, rivers and municipal drinking water. Worse yet, testing revealed that 97% of Americans have sunscreen chemicals in their blood!

Dr. Plourde’s book also has a chapter on the importance of vitamin D3 to health, and she posits that the widespread vitamin D3 deficiency is linked to overuse of sunscreen combined with sun avoidance in general.

Chiropractic Dentist ?

Subluxation Degeneration

Doctors of Chiropractic know that when a Subluxation is left uncorrected over years , a process known as Subluxation Degeneration will occur. This process is not unlike leaving a cavity in a tooth to degenerate and rot away. Others (in Medicine) may incorrectly define this as “spinal arthritis,” an accurate description, (arth = joint and it is= inflammation).  The reality is, Subluxation Degeneration is not a disease process; it is your body trying to prevent worse damage, like spinal fracture. All because you have vertebrae that are out of alignment with one another. Chiropractors correct subluxation preventing this process.

There are four phases of Subluxation Degeneration, up to and including spinal fusion.

 

 

This video was prepared by Dr. Joseph Ferrantelli .

He does an excellent job of demonstrating the degeneration that takes place with Subluxation.

 

This process unfortunately is often painless. Often times during a consultation with a patient they will say something like;  " My back goes out once and a while, but it usually goes away in a couple of days," or I just thought it would go away. Just like a tooth ache that may come and go will eventually lead to a rotten tooth possibly a root canal, Subluxation leads to Subluxation Degeneration.

How important is it to go to the dentist and get a check up periodically?

It is every bit as important to get your spine checked to assure that your body is functioning at 100% and not premature joint degeneration.


Don't wait until it is too late! Call Barton Chiropractic at 925 685-2002 and schedule your free consultation.

Chiropractic

Chiropractic Adjustments Are Essential to Health as Well as Prevention

The purpose of the chiropractic adjustment is not to treat back pain, though relief of back pain and neck pain is often a nice side effect. Chiropractic adjustments correct Vertebral Subluxation Complex (VSC), allowing your body to heal and function at a higher level… physically, mentally and socially.
Chiropractic adjustments are gentle, specific and scientific.

Our main technique is Gonstead, which can be exceptionally gentle, and specific, allowing me to adjust a particular subluxated vertebra in several planes of motion. It also allows me to adjust spinal discs, the temporo-mandibular joints, and extremities (hips, knees, shoulders, etc.)

Proper chiropractic analysis is always applied, with the basic information of initial exam, X-rays and neurological exams, and periodic progressive exams, along with analysis on every visit, pre and post every adjustment. This is not just “How do you feel?”

 

What do you think would happen If you stopped brushing your teeth?

What if you never went to the dentist to have him check your teeth? Does it make sense that someone would live with the pain. Or just wait for it to go away?

You can prevent Subluxation Degeneration.

 

 

Call 925 685-2002 today to schedule a free consultation with one of our doctors, or click on the link to visit our website Barton Chiropractic in Concord.

 

Subluxation and Osteoarthritis

Barton Chiropractic in Concord utilizes gentle adjusting techniques

At Barton Chiropractic in Concord our gentle adjusting techniques have been shown to not only slow down the progression of degenerative changes, but also decrease the symptoms associated with degenerative arthritis.

Arthritis is considered the leading cause of disability among adults in the United States today and contributes substantially to the rising cost of health care. Everyone always addresses the pain but never the cause. To me this is like having a dirty litter box in your house and spraying more room freshner. It makes no sense.

The research paper below proves that when a vertebra is stuck out of place, that joint began to break down and degenerate, while the joints that moved remained healthy. The type of breakdown that the researchers found in the fixated joints was the same as in osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis. They also found that the longer the joint did not move, the more degenerative arthritic changes it showed.

Degenerative Changes Following Spinal Fixation in a Small Animal Model. G.Cramer, J.Fournier, et al. J. of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Vol. 27 # 3, Pgs. 141-154

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate changes of the lumbar vertebral column following fixation.

Design: Using an established small animal (rat) model of spinal fixation (hypomobility), 3 contiguous lumbar segments (L4, L5, L6) were fixed with a specially engineered vertebral fixation device. Spinal segments of control rats were compared with those of animals with 1, 4, or 8 weeks of fixation. Subgroups of these fixation animals subsequently had the fixation device removed for 1, 2, 4, 8, or 12 weeks to evaluate the effects of attempting to reestablish normal forces to the vertebral segments following hypomobility.

Conclusion: These findings indicate that fixation (hypomobility) results in time-dependent degenerative changes of the Z joints.

 

Barton Chiropractic in Concord utilizes gentle adjusting techniques that have been proven to restore motion to the individual joints.

 

It makes sense to me that if you are suffering from arthritis, and Barton Chiropractic can remove the joint fixation, nerve interference and restore normal joint function, we can help you! We are not just A Chiropractor in Concord, we are "Your Chiropractor in Concord".

 

One of the great things about our office is that we never charge anyone to sit down and talk to one of our doctors. If you would like to find out how Chiropractic can help with your pain, contact our office at 925 685-2002 to schedule a free consultation, or click Concord Chiropractic to visit one of our websites.