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The Last Diet You’ll Ever Need

A diet isn’t always the best option for you. Instead, choose a healthy lifestyle.

It’s that time of the year again when we make resolutions to lose some weight and embrace healthier habits. That often involves some type of “diet.”

Every year it seems there are more choices. Paleo. Ketogenic. Mediterranean. Weight Watchers. The list goes on.

Which one is best?

It’s a question we get all the time from those who have either begun a slimming program or are considering one. They’re looking for confirmation as to which diet is easy and effective.

But virtually every diet has a serious flaw. It’s the diet part.

Name the diet, and if someone follows it, they’ll likely lose some weight. When they reach their goal, they congratulate themselves and return to their original eating and exercise habits. These are the eating and exercise habits that created the need for a diet in the first place!

Not surprisingly, they’re back to where they began. But now, discouraged and disillusioned. This is such a common condition it even has a name. It’s called the Yo-Yo Diet.

If you resolve to shed some weight, think long term. Instead of a diet, plan on forming new habits. Plan on new ways of eating and moving that you intend to incorporate into your life.

We see this in our practice. Many people see their chiropractic care as a short-term “diet” of sorts. They come in religiously when they’re hurting, but discontinue their care when they’re feeling better.

Not surprisingly, later, they experience a return of their original problem or the rise of a new one.

That’s because your body is continuously changing whether or not you are having symptoms.  What you choose to do will determine which changes you will experience.  In fact, in the vast majority of people we see, their current challenges are not because of a single incident, but because of so many years of ongoing cumulative changes in a less-than-ideal direction. Kind of like brushing and flossing every day… it’s a lifestyle decision that establishes momentum in a direction of our choosing.

So rather than a brief episode of care in response to a crisis, getting and keeping our nervous systems healthy can be a lifestyle choice. That’s why we have more and more patients who opt to see us on a regular basis. They are often the same people who tried the chiropractic diet a couple of times, experienced the impact, and at some point, decided to go for the chiropractic lifestyle.  We understand that some people may be in that “diet” phase right now, either way, we’re here for you.

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