To fail to plan is a plan to fail! How many of you find yourself taking better care of your car, your hair, your home, your work tools or someone else, better than you take care of yourself?
In a study recently done on Australians, performed by the drug company Pfizer, 70% of Australians suffer from a health condition, including high cholesterol, depression, heart disease, chronic pain and diabetes. It also found that around 66% of Australians choose prescriptive medicines to treat the symptoms of these conditions, instead of making lifestyle changes or seeking natural health alternatives, such as Chiropractic, exercise or a change in nutrition.
Our life expectancy in increasing, however our quality of life is decreasing. So, people might be living longer, but spending the last of their years in a nursing home, or on numerous medications, with no quality of life – this is not living!
So, the question is, what is your plan to take yourself into your 50′s, 60′s, 70′s, 80′s, 90′s and beyond with more energy, vitality, health and zest for life as each year passes? Have you even thought about it? If you haven’t, then you must!
To Fail To Plan, Is A Plan To Fail
When it comes to planning, people spend more time planning a holiday than planning how they are going to take care of their body each day so they can enjoy their holiday. Now of course, we believe in balance and if you do the right thing 80% of the time, then you can afford to ‘zag’ as we like to call it. But, many people ‘zag’ 80% of the time and only stop to think about their health when something goes wrong.

Get Inspired!
We just had the privilege of celebrating our pop’s 90th birthday last weekend. He is one of the most energetic, passionate and full of life people you will ever meet. We are told often, how lucky we are to still have our grandparents alive. This is sad, but true. So many friends around us don’t have grand parents or great grandparents to share with their own children.
That being said, what is the picture you see when you think of yourself when you are 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100? Is it someone living life and getting out there and doing it? Or is it a picture of someone in a nursing home, unhealthy, waiting to die? You have the choice of how it will turn out. Remember, good health doesn’t happen by chance, we create it, we plan it, we do it every day!

Here is an example of Bill & Mary, an 83 year old high jumper and a 90 year old triathlete - both of them doing what it takes and living life.

They will bring tears to your eyes and show you what is truly possible, if you want it to be!

We hope you are as inspired as we are and that your choose life, choose health, choose to plan for a long and healthy life!

Every day in our centre I see newborns, toddlers and children of all ages as their parents understand the importance of nurturing a healthy spine.

In speaking with many parents, they are unsure why a baby or 5 year old may need to see a Chiropractor. What they don’t know is that a misalignment of the spine, what we call Subluxation, could be effecting their child’s level of health.

Ear Infections, Colic, Reflux, ADHD, Postural Imbalances and so much more may be caused from Subluxations. If there is pressure on the nervous system in the neck and those nerves travel to the ears, then it is highly likely that the nerve flow to the ears may be effected, causing Ear Infections, for example.

The techniques that we use on a newborn are completely different to those of a 15 or 40 year old and a Chiropractic Adjustment is very safe and gentle.

Our goal is to increase awareness in the community of how Subluxation may be effecting the level of health you or your children are experiencing.

So many parents are sick of being given a prescription for their child without doctors ever getting to the cause of why the health challenge arrived in the first place.

At Body Brilliant, out purpose is to get to the cause of your health challenges and to maintain health for you and your family, naturally.

We hope that you are able to use Body Brilliant as a resource that will help you on your path to wellness and that prevent you from feeling that medications are the only solution available to you and your family. If you don’t live in the area, contact us and we can put you in touch with a Chiropractic Team that will be able to take excellent care of you and your family.

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
150 grams of fresh spinach
3 tablespoons of sunflower seeds
3 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds
1 tablespoon of Braggs Liquid Amino’s or Tamari
1 tablespoon of Dulse Flakes (optional)
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
A sprinkle of Herbamare and Paprika
1 packet of Rice Paper Rolls

Prepare the spinach by washing and draining it, then steam it until it becomes cooked. Ideally, grind the sunflower and pumpkin seeds and stir into the cooked brown rice (if you do not have a grinder, try adding them into a food processor)
Mix the cooked spinach, herbs and spices into the rice and then place 3-4 tablespoons of the mixture into a wet, soaked piece of rice paper and roll them up.
Put on a tray and cook at 180 degrees until dry.
Serve with your favourite dipping sauce – enjoy!

Society is driven by ‘feeling’, if we feel good, then we must be healthy – wrong! In fact, less than 10% of our entire body has any ability to feel pain, yet most of us don’t do anything to take care of our health until we feel a ‘symptom’. How many times have you heard someone say, “i don’t understand how this person got sick, they seem so healthy and they were only 43?”

Many of us spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars a year on our hair, make-up, plastic surgery, clothing, teeth, body care products and treatments but often little thought is given to taking care of our spine and nervous system. Our nervous system controls every single function in our body. If our spine moves out of its ideal healthy position, it can place dangerous stress and pressure on the spinal cord and all the nerves that exit from the spine at any level.

This past Saturday was World Spine Day. Every day millions of people of all ages all over the world experience the natural benefits of Chiropractic Care. These people don’t just go to their Chiropractor for ‘back and neck pain’ but for thousands of other reasons, one of them being to maintain their health! It is not uncommon for us to see and help people with Ear Infections, Headaches, Reproductive problems, Period Pain, Infertility, Asthma, Poor Immunity, Chronic Fatigue, Digestive Problems, Stomach Ulcers, Thyroid Problems, Depression, Sciatica, ADHD, babies with Colic or Reflux, the list goes on….

By having a check-up by a Chiropractor, such as our team at Body Brilliant Chiropractic you can have the opportunity to discover how healthy your spine really is, rather than waiting for something to go wrong in the years to come.

There is no value in being the richest person in the graveyard. Think about looking after your health today, without basing it on the absence of symptoms (which is only 10% of the story). Each day, your actions either build or destroy health in your body, be aware of this and choose well.

In the past, I have spoken to several people who have been sales rep’s for pharmaceutical companies and they have all shared with me that their goal was to get the doctors they consulted with to recommend, or prescribe, more of their drug than others, plain and simple. At a recent pharmaceutical convention, drug rep’s were applauded on stage for the highest amount of sales for certain drugs, and the focus was all about money, money, money. Lets face it, the sicker people get, the less they focus on lifestyle improvements, the more drugs that will be needed.

My husband Dr Anthony, a Chiropractor, used to practice in Ireland, and during this time had a friend who was a drug rep for a major company and he also gave him many insights into the perks of selling more drugs. Tickets for doctors to soccer games, expensive meals out with doctors, free holidays for doctors and their families, all in the hope that the doctors would sell more of their drug, over the drug of another company.

Today, while I was waiting over 20 minutes for my appointment, I saw in the hallway three huge boxes of wine, addressed to all the doctors in the surgery, from, guess who??? A pharmaceutical company. It would be nice to think that this was just a friendly gesture, but this was all about selling more drugs.

This is a world that many people aren’t aware of, but it is controlling the health and the fate of our society. Pharmaceutical companies are some of the richest companies in the world today. They make their money off people staying sick, and doctors recommending their drug, sometimes over a simple lifestyle change that could be made.

Next time you think about taking a medication, ask yourself, and your doctor, do I really need this and can I use a more natural approach instead. Money is driving our sick care system, not health. Your health is your greatest asset and no one will take better care of it than you.

We see this every day in our centre. Entire families coming in to get well and stay well for life! Rather than waiting for a problem with you or a family members health, why not be proactive? Get a check-up, look after your spine and be healthy! Just like you would have your teeth checked by a dentist, it is even more critical to have your spine and nervous system checked by a Family Wellness Chiropractor, such as our doctors at Body Brilliant Chiropractic.

Many of us have even forgotten what it feels like to be functioning at our full potential, and often, we put our decline in health down to old age…try telling that to my 89 year young Pop who is fit as a fiddle, and he’d soon steer you on the right track.

Often if I feel major subluxations in a patients neck when I am performing a new patient exam, I will ask them if they experience headaches? It never ceases to amaze me how often their response is “yeah, just normal headaches though”…and my response…“HEADACHES ARE NOT NORMAL!”
Sure, headaches may be common, but this is because many of us are living in a state of dis-ease. A headache is simply our body’s way of warning us that something is not quite right.

Another perfect example is when I am performing a new patient exam on a child. What we know is that the integrity of the nervous system is directly proportional to immune function, and any subluxations in the spine, (especially in the neck) can result in poor immune function. If I find subluxations in the neck, of course I question the parent about the frequency of colds, flu’s, ear infections, and their child’s overall immune function. You would not believe how many parents think that colds and flu’s are completely normal, especially if their child goes to day care.

Your body will only allow bacteria or viruses if the immune system is compromised, and the body’s natural defence mechanisms are not working properly—subluxations, unhealthy diet, inadequate rest, lack of exercise and fresh air can all contribute to this.

Now with winter here in full force, many of us have been getting run down, and reaching for the box of tissues. Many of us have also opted for an extra adjustment, instead of reaching for the pack of cold and flu tablets…and for those of you who have done this…congratulations. Clearly you understand the amazing power that the body has to heal itself, and by removing any interference to the nervous system, you are ensuring you return to full health as soon as possible.

Sure the cold and flu tablets may make you a little less congested, but the truth of the matter is they don’t fix anything…they simply add more toxins to your system so that next time you get run down, you have an even bigger cocktail of chemicals which needs to be cleansed from the body.

So this winter, take the challenge…before reaching for the pills, ask the question “how can I naturally boost my health and immune system in a way that will serve me both now and in the future?” Your body will thank you!

In the past, I have spoken to several people who have been sales rep’s for pharmaceutical companies and they have all shared with me that their goal was to get the doctors they consulted with to recommend, or prescribe, more of their drug than others, plain and simple. At a recent pharmaceutical convention, drug rep’s were applauded on stage for the highest amount of sales for certain drugs, and the focus was all about money, money, money. Lets face it, the sicker people get, the less they focus on lifestyle improvements, the more drugs that will be needed.

Dr Anthony, my husband and Chiropractor, used to practice in Ireland, and during this time had a friend who was a drug rep for a major company and he also gave him many insights into the perks of selling more drugs. Tickets for doctors to soccer games, expensive meals out with doctors, free holidays for doctors and their families, all in the hope that the doctors would sell more of their drug, over the drug of another company.

Today, while I was waiting over 20 minutes for my appointment, I saw in the hallway three huge boxes of wine, addressed to all the doctors in the surgery, from, guess who??? A pharmaceutical company. It would be nice to think that this was just a friendly gesture, but this was all about selling more drugs.

This is a world that many people aren’t aware of, but it is controlling the health and the fate of our society. Pharmaceutical companies are some of the richest companies in the world today. They make their money off people staying sick, and doctors recommending their drug, sometimes over a simple lifestyle change that could be made.

Next time you think about taking a medication, ask yourself, and your doctor, do I really need this and can I use a more natural approach instead. Money is driving our sick care system, not health. Your health is your greatest asset and no one will take better care of it than you.

Many people don’t realise that their lifestyle choices and habits have caused a depletion in good bacteria in their digestive system. This can cause many different health issues such as digestive problems and poor immune system function. Learn what you can do to boost your system again with Body Brilliant

Fluoride has been banned in the water supply of over 60 countries, including much of Europe and many states within the USA.The question we have to ask ourselves is what have these countries seen to make them remove Fluoride from their water. And, why is the Australian government continuing to add Fluoride to the water supply of different regions throughout the country.

Watch this video below and the decision for you and your family will be clear. Fluoride has been linked with cancer, asthma and breathing difficulties, arthritic pain, tooth decay, immune disorders and learning difficulties just to name a few. There are even dentists lobbying against it, yet it is still being added to our water supply.