Your patients already no doubt know about the benefits of probiotic supplements or food (such as yogurt with active cultures) as a way to maintain overall digestive health. The advantage to probiotics, of course, is that adding them to your patients’ regular diet and supplement regimen will help keep their digestive system in balance, even if they don’t have any health issues. In essence, you can think of probiotics as preventive medicine for your patients’ digestive systems. However, your patients with serious issues, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), require more than just probiotics in order to get their digestive systems working properly.

In our current fast-paced world, there’s no question that it is becoming increasingly important to keep up.In our efforts to stay abreast of 24-hour news cycles, greater global telecommunication capabilities and significant advances in computer technology, we end up sacrificing hours that we should be spending asleep. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), more than 35 percent of U.S. adults do not get the recommended seven hours of sleep per night. As a result, we end up only half awake during the day and at risk of causing car accidents or dozing off while at work.

Since their invention in the 1940s, antibiotics have been a literal lifesaver to millions of people who otherwise might have died from infectious diseases.Unfortunately, the use of antibiotics has now become so prevalent that the bacteria these drugs were meant to kill have now mutated to become resistant. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), at least 2 million Americans become infected with drug-resistant antibiotics, and at least 23,000 people die each year from these infections.

If you are at all an aficionado of Asian cooking–most notably Indian food–you probably already are familiar with the distinctively pungent smell and taste of curry. Many Indian dishes use curry, which is also recognizable by its distinctive, bright golden yellow color. The main ingredient in curry is the powdered form of the turmeric plant. Turmeric also has a long history as a medicinal herb within Ayurvedic medicine. As with many culinary herbs and spices that actually have their roots as medicinals, turmeric has a long and fascinating dual history.

The number of your patients taking some type of vitamin or herb in the hopes of achieving higher levels of health is likely going to increase. Your supplement-based knowledge as a chiropractor will become even more relevant and beneficial when helping your patients determine what types of nutrients would benefit their health. One that keeps popping up is maca.