by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
The notion that a restricted-calorie diets can increase our lifespan has been around since an experiment that was done on rats in 1934. During this experiment, rats were fed a diet that contained an adequate allowance of all key nutrients but a sharply reduced number...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
If you have ever experienced a sprain, you know how inconvenient it can be to locate some ice and a bag to put it in so that you can apply it to your injury. After all, not everyone is “lucky” enough to get hurt at a home and have a bag of frozen peas on hand when it...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
Most people are understandably confused about what constitutes a sprain and what constitutes a strain. Both injuries cause pain and can interfere with your ability to move. The difference is really quite small: a strain involves injury to a muscle or tendon and a...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
While chatting with patients recently about their families’ meal schedules and eating habits, I noticed a disturbing pattern that’s worth writing about. It has to do with kids and the way we’re teaching them to approach food. Whether we call it “grab-and-go” or “fast...
by Active Family new | Dec 22, 2025 | Articles
If you’ve ever visited a chiropractor’s office, the chances are good that you’ve seen a device that looks like the ones pictured here. And you may have been curious about what it is and why it’s used. The Activator Adjusting Instrument (AAI) is a hand-held tool that...
