{"id":193,"date":"2020-10-20T16:07:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T16:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hannonchiropractic.com\/blog\/?p=193"},"modified":"2020-10-20T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T16:07:13","slug":"embracing-playing-by-the-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hannonchiropractic.com\/blog\/embracing-playing-by-the-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing playing by the rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When it comes to rules most people can be placed into one of\nthree categories.  Group one are those\nwho like rules and find that they are beneficial, helpful, bring structure,\nprovide safety, etc.  Group two are those\nwho don’t like rules and feel that they are restrictive, intrusive, not\napplicable, etc.  Group three people are\nkind of a middle ground in that they recognize that they may not like the rules,\ndidn’t make the rules themselves, but also understand that they have to play by\nthe rules.  So lets think of a few rules\nthat we all know about, things like speed limits, the golden rule, no hands in\nsoccer unless you are the goalie, etc. \nBut think about this for a minute, what would a sporting event be\nwithout rules.  Imagine going to a\nfootball game where the players run out of bounds, kick the ball randomly,\nthrow the ball back and forth constantly, put too many players on the field at\none time, etc.  I am willing to bet that\nfans wouldn’t enjoy the game as much as they do currently with the rules\nproviding a level playing field, and referees tasked with the role of unbiased\nenforcement of the rules to the best of their ability.  So we should all agree that rules are good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So now that I got you thinking, “where is he going with\nthis? and what does this have to do with health?”    Lets switch gears.  Group one folks will love to know that our\nhealth, for the most part, can be based on the rules we follow; good or bad.  Yes, our body likes to go to bed every day at\nthe same time, wake up at the same time, eat meals at the same time, and exercise\nat the same time.  Our body operates to\nits peak performance with simple rules that state we need proper nourishment,\nfor fuel, repair, hormones, and more. \nThere really is no going around the fact that these simple rules are\nwhat is necessary for optimal health. \nThere are no special supplements, drugs, home remedies, or special work\nouts to cheat the fact that we have to put time and money into developing, and\nexecuting, rules to live by.  Recently,\nhowever the FDA has approved a new device that its critics have stated\n“the device is an enabling device, not a helping device.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The device is intended for obese people at least 22 years\nold who have not been able to loose weight through other approaches, excluding\nsurgery.  The device allows patients to\nsuck out about 30% of the food they just consumed, before calories are absorbed\ninto the body.  What they do is implant a\ntube into your stomach which is connected to a valve at the skin.  About 20-30min after a meal the patient will\ngo to the restroom and connect an external apparatus and open the valve and\nallow their food to drain into the toilet. \nThey will flush water back into the stomach and repeat for a second\ndrainage. The FDA approved this device after reviewing a study that showed\npatients using the device for 1 year lost an average of 12.1% of body weight\nwhile the control lost 3.6%.  Please\nconsider that 12% weight loss in 1 year is not really that much, and secondly\nthat the study didn’t mention what kind of weight was lost.  Was it fat? \nWas it muscle?  Was it water?  The FDA warns of side effects including\n“occasional indigestion, nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhea”\nas well as side effects from the placement of the tube such as sore throats to\nbleeding, pneumonia, and irritations around the valve.  Again critics are concerned that in reality\npatients will eat what ever they want and just suck it out.  Who thinks this is the most appropriate\nsolution for this problem?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But lets think more deeply about what is going on here.\u00a0 I don’t want to sound too callused, but in short, people often are not taking responsibility for their own health, for their own choices.\u00a0 I have a choice, you have a choice, every day, what I eat, what I drink, who I talk to, how I spend my money, etc.\u00a0 Americans are looking for an external solution for an internal problem.\u00a0 The reason why many of these programs, surgeries, drugs, and supplements fail is because we are taking the same person, with the same thinking, same values, same will power, same weaknesses, same emotions, same support system, and putting them into different programs.\u00a0 Truth is these individual need to change their insides before they can expect to see long lasting changes on the outside.\u00a0 Our mind, emotions, environment, habits, values, morals, purpose, strengths, and weaknesses will dictate what choices we make.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few health rules to live by to get you started:<\/p>\n\n\n\n