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YOUR INNER PHARMACY
Robert M. Blaich, D.C.

This seminar addressed what chemicals are in our body and how we can tap into them to create a healthy body.  A personal experience made Dr. Blaich acutely aware of this.

Dr. Blaich was the first doctor to work with the Coors Classic, a bicycle race that lasted weeks. It was an endurance event. He worked with the cyclists. These cyclists work their body hard and then they wear down. For example, some athletes experienced exercise-induced asthma. He had to figure out how to help them rebuild their bodies so they could continue the race from day to day. From working with these cyclists over the years, Dr. Blaich and other doctors found you can keep parts from breaking down. Cyclists came out stronger at the end of the Coors Classic and did not need as much recovery time.
 
Healthy aging is also an endurance event.

"You have a powerful tool, a complete pharmacy, within your own body. It regulates your pulse, blood pressure, blood sugar levels, moods, breathing, digestion, inflammation throughout your body."

Chemicals Produced By the Body

Some of the chemicals our body produces are:

• Insulin - Critical for blood sugar regulation to get glucose into cells of the body.
• Adrenaline - Helps us cope with stressful situations.
• Cortisol - produced by adrenal gland and raises blood sugar (glucose). It is as stress chemical. If you produce too much, you can't sleep.
• Cartilage - Glucosamine for joint problems. Body has to convert glucosamine for joint stuff. Some people's liver can't convert glucose.
• Cholesterol- is not bad; just too much of it is bad. Cholesterol is the raw material to help the body make progestrone, testosterone and estrogen.
• Serotonine - From pineal gland and helps maintain a "happy feeling"
• Anti-inflammatory chemicals

The three critical factors to producing these chemicals are:

1. Raw materials (includes diet plus supplements)
2. Lifestyle
3. Properly functioning body

Health Statistics

Some startling statistics mentioned during the seminar

1) In 1900 the average American consumed 10 pounds of sugar a year. By the year 2000, that figure jumped to 150 pounds.

2) According to the World Health Organization, in the year 2004, the world had more overweight people (over 1 billion) than malnourished people (800 million).

3) In the United States, chronic disease is now the principal cause of disability, consuming 78% of the nation's health care money.* (Chronic disease lasts for a year or more and requires ongoing maintenance. It is a set of symptoms that develop from the body's failure to regulate itself, not something you "catch".)

Some of the common chronic diseases are hypertension (high blood pressure), cardiovascular (heart) disease), asthma, gastric reflux disease, diabetes, arthritis and anxiety/depression (mood disorders).

A New Approach

It is possible to postpone or delay chronic disease, we are just starting in the wrong place.  The new approach would be:

1) What is the malfunction? What is not working in my body?
2) What is causing or triggering it?
3) How to correct it and minimize the "trade-offs".

Areas to look at in your own life would be food sensitivities, electromagnetic fields, and the diaphragm. 

Food Sensitivities - Food sensitivities can increase inflammation of the body. Some foods causing you pain are be foods you crave or something that you eat several times a day. It seems counterintuitive that foods you crave would cause harm, but remember, your body produces anti-inflammatory agents to combat inflammation. To counter these agents, you crave something that will cause inflammation to overwhelm the anti-inflammatory agents.  It becomes a cycle. The only way to break it is to cease eating the food causing the inflammation and the body will quit producing so many anti-inflammatory agents.

Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)

The body produces it's own EMF. Now it is being bombarded with man-made EMF. These man-made EMF are clashing with our own fields and creating havoc. Wearing magnets has been shown to be effective.

Diaphragm

The diaphragm is the second most important muscle in the body, second only to the heart. A weak diaphragm muscle is the major cause of GERD (acid reflux) and reflux esophagitis. You may think you have too much acid, but it is just that the acid is in the wrong place. It is in the diaphragm and esophogeal track. The acid from our stomach kills off bacteria that attacks the system. We need this acid. Physical exercise, good posture, proper breathing, eating smaller meals and avoiding bending over or lying down after eating are different ways we can build a stronger diaphragm.