Healthy Thoughts by Dr. Helena

Health Tip #1

Posted: May 5, 2020
By: Dr. Helena Beacom
 

Health Tip #1, by Dr Helena

With everything that has been going on the last two months, it is imperative that we talk about HEALTH. According to Webster's Dictionary, "Health is a state of OPTIMAL physical, social and emotional well-being and not merely the absence of disease or symptoms." Understanding how to be healthy is crucial for everyone, including those with pre-existing conditions and the immuno-compromised. No matter what is going on, we need our body to be HEALTHY. People with pre-existing conditions need more HEALTH. The immuno-compromised need more HEALTH. Children and adults alike need more HEALTH.

We ALL have the potential to be healthy. There are always viruses floating around and there always will be. How do we make our body strong to combat stress to our body every day? For our family, Chiropractic is the core of how we care for our bodies and adjust to keep them healthy. But what are things we can all do at home? I will be sharing over the next few emails different healthy habits we can utilize at home outside our adjustments.

Here is the first:

Saline is a great way to clean the sinuses. I use a Neti Pot and saline on a regular basis as a preventative. You can buy a saline spray for kids as well. There are great articles and studies that show how saline solution can reduce the use of over the counter medications, the duration of the illness, transmission to others and viral shedding.

Here are research studies I wanted to share that show saline's affects on viruses:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/27/how-grandmothers-gargling-remedy-could-help-abate-the-wuhan-virus/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329714613_A_pilot_open_labelled_randomised_controlled_trial_of_hypertonic_saline_nasal_irrigation_and_gargling_for_the_common_cold

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18209140 (Children and Saline)