I often get asked if coffee is ok to drink. Yikes, what a loaded question! My little fireball of a mother thinks coffee is a food group and she is 80. The truth is some people handle the caffeine quite well and some people don’t. I personally don’t drink it because the few times I have had caffeine, it [...]
I recently lended my backcountry water filter to my daughter for an upcoming camping trip. The filter company has a very appropriate name "First Need". No, no, no, contrary to popular belief your first need is not coffee. We talk a lot about nutrition at Francis Chiropractic and one of the first issues people need to become aware of [...]
Let's talk medicine. Sometimes people assume chiropractors are against medicine. That is so not true! Here is my stance: I am against an overuse of medicine. I do not agree in medication to get a blood value down, but yet nothing being done to address the underlying cause. This happens a lot with cholesterol, high blood [...]
A few weeks ago I was at a cabin up north with some friends. I was sleeping on the porch having a dream of kissing a short haired, brunette German woman. I woke up to my friends German shorthair pointer French kissing me. Ugh! Dreams! So believe me, I was brushing and rinsing like no [...]
I am letting go of my eggo waffle! Why? Because the majority of western culture diseases are diseases of the fork. It is food driven...process food driven. Obesity, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, high blood pressure, insulin resistance (high blood sugar) are all part of the same issue. I have patients who are on a medicine for [...]
My uncle Norm definitely had a greater influence on my life than any other person growing up. He was an incredible human being with such a spark - a gentle giant. He had played football for Notre Dame under the legendary coach Ara Parsegian. Winning a national title and centering to a Heisman trophy winner [...]
Recently, my oldest daughter Rachel graduated from chiropractic school on her mother’s 30 anniversary from graduating chiropractic school. She already possesses the healing touch needed to be a great practitioner. My dear friend, Dr. Sam Carr in Arizona, had 10 members of his family in the chiropractic profession when we were in school. I was [...]
Saturday night I rode in the fundraising event for “Team Triumph” at Road America. The "Endurafest" (as it is now called) is loaded with biking and running events over the whole weekend. I participated in the 12 hours of Road America biking from 7 pm to 7 am. The fundraiser is to support people with various [...]
We have felt very fortunate that overall we have had very few of our main nutritional products on backorder but there have been a few we have been missing. I am pleased to announce that several of our favorites are back! Back in stock: Olprima DHA- one of our favorites for nursing mothers, pregnant women, nerve [...]
"It is better to live in Tiggers world than Eeyores’. You will get quite a bounce in your step." I recently found out my college roommate has a rare form of cancer. I was able to reconnect with him which was a positive that came out of the negative. He asked for some suggestions regarding [...]
