America’s Healthiest Fast Food Restaurant Choices
Based on calories per entre and average serving size. Let’s see which restaurant had the best healthiest options. Eat This Not That With everyone’s busy schedules, most people grab a quick meal at least a couple times a month. I came across a men’s health article that listed the healthiest fast food restaurants. I thought I’d share it with you so the next time you’re busy and need a fast meal, you’ll know which restaurants are the healthiest options. Here’s how they rated the restaurants: they calculated the total number of calories per entrée. That gave the reviewers a snapshot of how each restaurant compared in average serving size–a key indicator of unhealthy portion distortion. Then they rewarded establishments with fruit and vegetable side-dish choices, as well as for providing whole-grain options. Finally, they penalized places for excessive amounts of trans fats and menus laden with gut-busting desserts. What they ended up with is the Eat This, Not That! Restaurant Report Card, which will show you how all of the nation’s largest eating establishments stack up nutritionally. Here are the restaurants that received the best scores. Less bread, no mayo, keep it 300-500 #calories, typically means no soda no fries Click To Tweet Chick-fil-A (Grade: A-) Between the breakfast and lunch menus, there are only two entrées at Chick-Fil-A that break 500 calories, a rare feat in the fast-food world. What this means is that you can’t possibly do too much harm–especially if you stick to the chicken. And unlike the typical fast-food chain, Chick-Fil-A offers a list of sides that goes beyond breaded and fried potatoes and onions. Also, Chick-fil-A receives an even higher grade when it comes to kids’ meals. Subway (Grade: A-) A menu based on lean protein and vegetables is always going to score well. With more than half a dozen sandwiches under 300 calories, plus a slew of soups and healthy sides to boot, Subway can satisfy even the pickiest eater without breaking the caloric bank. But, despite what Jared may want you to believe, Subway is not nutritionally infallible: Those rosy calorie counts posted on the menu boards include neither cheese nor mayo (add 160 calories per 6-inch sub), and some of the toasted subs, like the Meatball Marinara, contain hefty doses of calories, saturated fat, and sodium. Jamba Juice (Grade: A-) Jamba offers a viable and tasty solution to the dearth of fresh fruits and vegetables in the American diet: Stick it all in a blender and let us slurp it up. But make this your rule: If it includes syrup or added sugar, it ceases to be a smoothie. Jamba Juice makes plenty of real-deal smoothies, but their menu is sullied with more than a few faux-fruit blends. Just make sure you choose the right one. Au Bon Pain (Grade: A-) Sure the menu has its pitfalls, but what menu doesn’t? The bottom line is that Au Bon Pain combines an extensive inventory of healthy items with an unrivaled standard of nutritional transparency. Each store has an on-site nutritional kiosk to help customers find a meal to meet their expectations, and the variety of ordering options provides dozens of paths to a sensible meal. Boston Market (Grade: B+) With more than a dozen healthy vegetable sides and lean meats like, turkey...
read morenew book authored By Dr Trosclair
Improve your health, one step at a time! We all want to be healthy. We all want to avoid nasty diseases which will slow us down or even prematurely end our lives, but most of us tend to look for the quick fix. Fad diets, crash exercise courses and all manner of crazy weight loss programs mean that people may feel better in the short term, but are unable to maintain it. Now, with Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s Health: Small Steps to Improve Health, Food Choices and Exercise, there is a book which revolutionizes the way you should be approaching your wellbeing. Divided into three sections, the book examines the three things which are the keys to good health: • Our overall health • Eating the right foods • Making sure you exercise Complete with 12 Health Hacks, plus 11 great exercises, no matter if you are a Couch Potato or Weekend Warrior the simple steps are personalized for each individual and you can do them in the comfort of your own home. There are also blueprints for weight loss, muscle gain and better food choices, recipe tips for how to spice up your food and much more, including Dr. Justin Trosclair’s own personal journey of losing 25 pounds. Becoming healthier is a process and one which is best done slowly, to ensure a lasting effect. With Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s Health you have the perfect book to make a start on those life-changing habits. Get your copy NOW! Kindle http://astore.amazon.com/adoctorspersp-20/detail/1544294786 Paperback...
read moreHow You Can Decrease Your Stress
millions of Americans are suffering from stress related pain and headaches benefits of chiropractic care for the treatment and prevention of stress-related headaches and muscle pain, says the American Chiropractic Association I found some new information on stress from the American Chiropractic Association that I thought would be of value to you and your family. A new Associated Press-AOL Health Poll confirmed that millions of Americans are suffering from stress-related pain and headaches as they find themselves struggling with tough economic times. In light of these alarming new survey results, patients may wish to consider the benefits of chiropractic care for the treatment and prevention of stress-related headaches and muscle pain, says the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). “In today’s economy, financial problems and pressures can certainly escalate stress, which in turn can contribute to common muscle pain and headaches. It’s important not to ignore the symptoms associated with stress and anxiety,” notes ACA President Glenn Manceaux, DC. “Taking care of your health during times of personal difficulty can not only help to alleviate related aches and pains, but it also can help you feel more positive about your situation. “If your stress-related pain is not resolving on its own, visit your doctor of chiropractic. Working in partnership with your other health care providers, your doctor of chiropractic can offer a whole-person approach to health and wellness,” Dr. Manceaux suggests. stress-related pain not resolving, visit chiropractor Click To Tweet Doctors of chiropractic provide drug-free, non-invasive treatment options for many types of pain and inflammation. For example, chronic back pain, neck pain, joint pain and headaches can often be reduced with the appropriate combination of chiropractic adjustments, rehabilitative exercises and lifestyle counseling – all of which are offered by doctors of chiropractic in a patient’s personalized treatment plan. chiropractic provide drug-free, non-invasive treatment:stress headache Click To Tweet A significant amount of evidence has shown that the use of chiropractic care for certain conditions can be more effective than traditional medical care, or prescription medications, with many patients feeling improvement shortly after their first couple chiropractic visits. So if you or a family member is experiencing additional stress right now, hold off on the pills and come in and de-stress your body with a chiropractic adjustment. You’ll not only feel better, but it’s also a much healthier approach to your health. Have a great day and I’ll talk to you soon! Sincerely, Dr. Justin Trosclair,dc serving Breaux Bridge, Lafayette, Henderson, Parks, Cecilia 70517, 70506, 70592 BREAKING NEWS: I’ve started a podcast. The following is the description. If you are interested go ahead and click that link and check out the website and listen to an episode. If you would like to be notified of the latest episodes, as well as be the first to know when Justin’s book goes on sale then take 15 seconds, and fill out the form when it pops open. For doctors who want a thriving practice and abundant home life, listen as your host dr justin trosclair goes behind the curtain and interviews doctors and guests about real world triumphs, struggles, practical tips, marketing and entertainment on this episode of A Doctor’s Perspective Podcast...
read more5 Quick Steps To Mastering Food Label
evaluating food label ingredients in 15 seconds or less By checking off the trans fat, sugar, and sodium listed above, we’re assured there won’t be any MSG, high fructose corn syrup, or hydrogenated oils in this section. Today I want to share with you some quick tips on how you can evaluate a food label in 15 seconds or less and know if that food is healthy or not! It’s really important to know how to read the basics of a food label because sometimes that’s the only way you’re going to know what you’re really eating. Here’s a quick checklist you can use to evaluate the foods you are buying. —————————— Trans and saturated fats —————————— In the U.S., all packaged foods come with a nutrition facts label. The first place my eyes go is to the fat content. I draw my personal line in the sand at trans fat. We don’t need it, and there is always another food option without it. Trans fat is man-made fat that comes from dubious preparation processes. If an item has any, it goes back on the shelf. Next, I look at saturated fat. We don’t need much of it, and if we eat meat or dairy products, then we have probably met our requirements without it needing to be in our other foods. Next to the number of grams, you’ll see the percentage of your daily requirement that the food contains, eliminating the need for math. If that number is high, be wary. Of course, you must evaluate what you’re buying. Olive oil, for example, is a fat, so it’s going to have a high number. However, you don’t use much. Potato chips, on the other hand, would have a lower number, but you might eat the entire bag, so you should consider that. But that’s obvious stuff, right? ——– Sugar ——– Get instantly suspicious if this number is high. Sports foods are supposed to have sugar because you want to quickly replace blood glycogen lost during exercise. All other foods don’t need it. If you’re buying a dessert item, you’ll expect a high ratio of sugar, but for anything else, you’re probably getting a cheap product that’s poorly produced. Remember that many “low-fat” foods have a lot of sugar–it’s not technically fat. It just makes you fat. ———- Sodium ———- Prepared foods usually have high levels of sodium. Also, oftentimes, you can find an “organic, nonfat, low-carb,” purely healthy sounding food item that has over 1,000 milligrams of sodium, which is around half of your “recommended daily allowance” (RDA). What you’re generally looking for from these three “s” ingredients (saturated fat, sugar, and sodium) is a low number, and it only takes a few seconds to figure it out. #saturatedFat, #sugar, #sodium keep these numbers low in your diet Click To Tweet ———————————- Fat, Protein, and Carbs Ratio ———————————- When choosing a food, you probably already know a few things about it. If it’s butter, you’ll expect all fat; candy will be high in sugar; and things that sit on a shelf may have a lot of sodium. For meals, however, you’ll want to take a quick notation of the amount of fat, protein, and carbs. If you’re on a strict diet, this ratio is very important, but if...
read moreNew Research on Chiropractic Care and Colic
Anglo-European College of Chiropractic has shown that chiropractic care provides a lot of benefit for children who have colic. crying was significantly reduced by about 2 hours on average. Four weeks later, colic had disappeared in 82% of the children (infants) undergoing chiropractic care. I was doing some research online the other day and found some information that I thought worthy to share with you. I know that many of my patients are either parents or grandparents, and if you aren’t, this is still important information to know. A recent study done late last year at the Anglo-European College of Chiropractic has shown that chiropractic care provides a lot of benefit for children who have colic. If you’re not sure what colic is, it’s generally defined as persistent crying, not likely to be soothed by a caring parent, mainly occurring in the late afternoon and evening in infants who are well fed and healthy. Colic is a condition with no known treatment protocols that have been proven to be entirely effective, so having a study that shows positive results with chiropractic care makes chiropractic a reasonable option that parents may want to try. By the seventh day of the study, crying was significantly reduced by about 2 hours on average. Four weeks later, colic had disappeared in 82% of the infants undergoing chiropractic care. 82%infants with #colic disappeared in 4 weeks w #chiropractic Click To Tweet Pretty cool, huh? The bottom line is that a properly functioning nervous system is just as important in infants as it is in adults. Stress and other imbalances have a negative affect on our bodies. In children this can cause colic and other symptoms. And as you can see by the results of this study, chiropractic care is proven method of helping children get healthy safely and naturally. So if you know someone who has a child with colic and it’s not getting better, send them this article and have them give me a call and I’ll be happy to help them out. Have a great day! Dr. Justin Trosclair Source: www.mycentraljersey.com, March 16, 2009 BREAKING NEWS: I’ve started a podcast. The following is the description. If you are interested go ahead and click that link and check out the website and listen to an episode. If you would like to be notified of the latest episodes, as well as be the first to know when Justin’s 2 book go on sale then take 15 seconds, and fill out the form when it pops open. For doctors who want a thriving practice and abundant home life, listen as your host dr justin trosclair goes behind the curtain and interviews doctors and guests about real world triumphs, struggles, practical tips, and entertainment on this episode of A Doctor’s Perspective...
read more5 Ways To Eliminate Headaches Before They Start
Preventing Headaches is much easier than dealing with them We cover water, msg, adjustments and more With all the stress going on these days, I’ve noticed a lot of people complaining about headaches. So I wanted to send you a quick email to share with you 5 ways you can eliminate headaches before they even start…WITHOUT pills! —————————– 1. Obey Your Alarm Clock —————————– According to Dr. Lisa Mannix, a spokeswoman for the National Headache Foundation in Chicago, pressing your snooze button may turn you into a head case. As it turns out, snoozing in for more than an hour after the alarm clock goes off can disrupt your sleep-wake cycle and set you up for a tension headache later in the day. ————— 2. Eat Smart ————— The substances in processed food–such as nitrates in luncheon meat and monosodium glutamate (MSG) in some ready-to-eat food items–can trigger a migraine in certain people. To be certain that you don’t get “hit in the head” when you least expect it, grab an easy-to-eat fruit when you feel hungry. Better yet, make an effort to lessen your consumption of processed food. —————– 3. Get Adjusted —————— In her article, “Stop a Headache Before It Starts,” Jaydine Sayer explains: “The main sensory nerve in your forehead is rooted at the base of your neck–which is why experiencing muscle tension there or in your shoulders can lead to head pain.” When the spinal bones in the neck get locked up and subluxated, it will cause muscle tension and nerve irritation that can cause headaches. Getting chiropractic adjustments regularly easily solves this problem for most people. neck get locked up, it will cause muscle tension& nerve irritation= headache Click To Tweet —————– 4. Drink Water —————– Doctors reveal that dehydration is a common cause of headaches. When your body loses fluids, you also begin to “wilt” like a parched plant. All your body functions go haywire and pretty soon you’ll feel your head throbbing. ——————— 5. Take a Breather ——————— Tension headaches set in when you’re stressed out. This is when your cortisol and adrenaline levels surge. When this happens, your body is forced to pump out sugar. “The rapid change in glucose levels can set you up for pain. You have to give yourself a few minutes to decompress so stress won’t get to you,” states Sayer. Tension headaches set in when you’re stressed out Click To Tweet There you have it. You can avoid the agony of a mind-numbing headache by doing these simple things. There’s no need to pop pills when you can get rid of pain the natural and healthy way! Have a great day! Sincerely, Dr. Justin Trosclair BREAKING NEWS: I’ve started a podcast. The following is the description. If you are interested go ahead and click that link and check out the website and listen to an episode. If you would like to be notified of the latest episodes, as well as be the first to know when Justin’s 2 book go on sale then take 15 seconds, and fill out the form when it pops open. For doctors who want a thriving practice and abundant home life, listen as your host dr justin trosclair goes behind the curtain and interviews doctors and guests about real world triumphs, struggles, practical...
read moreThis fruit juice has amazing cardiovascular health benefits…
What juice gives you cardiovascular and blood pressure and cholesterol benefits? Pomegranate is the answer, spit the fruit don’t swallow it all. Have you ever eaten a pomegranate? They are the fruit with the little red seeds in them. Well, it turns out that pomegranate juice has some pretty powerful health benefits. Some research was done a few years a go and I want to share with you some of the findings because they are pretty interesting. Check out the benefits discovered in the research study: * After one year of pomegranate juice consumption (3 ounces per day), systolic blood pressure decreased by 21%. * After one year of consumption, the antioxidant health status increased by 130%. * Oxidative stress is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease. Consumption of pomegranate juice lowered the oxidative stress levels in the blood. * A significant decrease in the LDL cholesterol levels after 6 months of consumption. * Was shown to decrease atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries. So let’s recap the benefits really quick. By consuming only 3 ounces of pomegranate juice daily, over time there is a good chance you would obtain the following health benefits: #pomegranate juice is good for #heart health in lots of ways Click To Tweet * Lower blood pressure * Increased antioxidant health status * Decreases carotid artery atherosclerosis * Lower oxidative stress levels * Lower LDL levels Those are some good benefits, so I’d recommend you consider adding this juice to your diet. You can buy pomegranate juice in your local grocery store. I think the main brand is “POM.” Have a great day! Dr. Justin Trosclair Chiropractor Serving Arnaudville, Breaux Bridge, Cecilia, Lafayette, Parks, St. Martinville and Youngsville Source: Clinical Nutrition, June 2004, 23, 423-433 BREAKING NEWS: I’ve started a podcast. The following is the description. If you are interested go ahead and click that link and check out the website and listen to an episode. If you would like to be notified of the latest episodes, as well as be the first to know when Justin’s 2 book go on sale then take 15 seconds, and fill out the form when it pops open. For doctors who want a thriving practice and abundant home life, listen as your host dr justin trosclair goes behind the curtain and interviews doctors and guests about real world triumphs, struggles, practical tips, and entertainment on this episode of A Doctor’s Perspective...
read moreHere’s a really cool success story with chiropractic…
I came across a really cool chiropractic success story and I wanted to share it with you. If you guessed it involves an adjustment and nerve interference restoration… you might be on to something. 12 years ago, a man named Doug Harkey, had a problem with his left eye. One day it instantly stopped working and he became blind in that eye. Recently, Doug was making a routine visit to his chiropractor. But the results from this “normal” chiropractic adjustment were anything but normal. After the chiropractic adjustment, Doug was no longer blind in his left eye. Here’s how Doug describes what happened: “My blind eye started watering after I left my chiropractor’s office and it watered for 45 minutes straight. It started making my good eye water too. I went to wipe my right eye – and I could see out of my left eye again.” How cool is that? The chiropractor told Doug that the adjustments he’d been receiving removed the nerve interference that had prevented his spinal column from properly communicating messages from his brain. Once full communication was restored, so was Doug’s eyesight. It’s important to note that the chiropractor never once claimed that chiropractic care cured Doug’s blindness. What happened was the chiropractic adjustments eliminated the nerve interference that had prohibited his body from operating at peak efficiency. And when operating at peak efficiency, the body can do great things. #chiropractic never said it can cure #blindness but #nerves to eye then function better Click To Tweet Just remember, your chiropractic care is about much more than relieving aches and pains. It’s about making sure body is operating properly. Most people don’t realize that chiropractic care can make your overall body work better. It’s important that you keep your spine, joints, nerves, and muscles healthy since it affects all the other areas of your health. #chiropractic care can make your overall body work better. Click To Tweet Email me if you have any questions. Have a great day and I’ll talk to you soon! Sincerely, Dr. Justin Trosclair Chiropractor Serving Arnaudville, Breaux Bridge, Cecilia, Lafayette, Parks, St. Martinville and Youngsville BREAKING NEWS: I’ve started a podcast. The following is the description. If you are interested go ahead and click that link and check out the website and listen to an episode. If you would like to be notified of the latest episodes, as well as be the first to know when Justin’s 2 book go on sale then take 15 seconds, and fill out the form when it pops open. For doctors who want a thriving practice and abundant home life, listen as your host dr justin trosclair goes behind the curtain and interviews doctors and guests about real world triumphs, struggles, practical tips, and entertainment on this episode of A Doctor’s Perspective...
read moreAdjusting Instrument Research part 5: Impulse VS Activator
The forces and time profile of the electromechanical devices resulted in a more uniform and greater energy dynamic frequency response in comparison to the spring-loaded mechanical adjusting instruments. #electromechanical #impulse #adjusting #instrument has better force time #acceleration than the… Click To Tweet OBJECTIVE: To quantify the force-time and force-delivery characteristics of six commonly used handheld chiropractic adjusting devices. METHODS: Four spring-loaded instruments, the Activator Adjusting Instrument; Activator II Adjusting Instrument, Activator III Adjusting Instrument, and Activator IV Adjusting Instrument, and two electromechanical devices, the Harrison Handheld Adjusting Instrument and Neuromechanical Impulse Adjusting Instrument, were applied to a dynamic load cell. A total of 10 force-time histories were obtained at each of three force excursion settings (minimum to maximum) for each of the six adjusting instruments at preload of approximately 20 N. RESULTS: The minimum-to-maximum force excursion settings for the spring-loaded mechanical adjusting instruments produced similar minimum-to-maximum peak forces that were not appreciably different for most excursion settings. The electromechanical adjusting instruments produced short duration ( approximately 2-4 ms), with more linear minimum-to-maximum peak forces. The force-time profile of the electromechanical devices resulted in a more uniform and greater energy dynamic frequency response in comparison to the spring-loaded mechanical adjusting instruments. CONCLUSIONS: The handheld, electromechanical instruments produced substantially larger peak forces and ranges of forces in comparison to the handheld, spring-loaded mechanical devices. The electromechanical instruments produced greater dynamic frequency area ratios than their mechanical counterparts. Knowledge of the force-time history and force-frequency response characteristics of spinal manipulative instruments may provide basic benchmarks and may assist in understanding mechanical responses in the clinical setting. PMID: 16096041 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2005 Jul-Aug;28(6):414-22. Colloca CJ, Keller TS, Black P, Normand MC, Harrison DE, Harrison DD. Neuromechanical Innovations, L.L.C, USA BREAKING NEWS: I’ve started a podcast. The following is the description. If you are interested go ahead and click that link and check out the website and listen to an episode. If you would like to be notified of the latest episodes, as well as be the first to know when Justin’s 2 book go on sale then take 15 seconds, and fill out the form when it pops open. For doctors who want a thriving practice and abundant home life, listen as your host dr justin trosclair goes behind the curtain and interviews doctors and guests about real world triumphs, struggles, practical tips, and entertainment on this episode of A Doctor’s Perspective...
read moreAdjusting Instrument Research part 4: Multiple Thrusts, More Spinal Motion
Impulse brand adjusting instrument have found that multiple impulse thrusts create more intersegmental spinal motion. Increased multiaxial lumbar spinal motion responses during multiple-impulse mechanical force manually assisted spinal manipulation. multiple #thrusts by #impulse #adjusting #instruments create more #spinalMotion Click To Tweet BACKGROUND: Spinal manipulation has been found to create demonstrable segmental and intersegmental spinal motion thought to be biomechanically related to its mechanisms. In the case of impulsive-type instrument device comparisons, significant differences in the force-time characteristics and concomitant motion responses of spinal manipulative instruments have been reported, but studies investigating the response to multiple thrusts (multiple impulse trains) have not been conducted. The purpose of this study was to determine multi-axial segmental and intersegmental spinal motion responses of ovine lumbar vertebrae to single impulse and multiple impulse spinal manipulative thrusts (SMTs). METHODS: Fifteen adolescent Merino sheep were examined. Tri-axial accelerometers were attached to intraosseous pins rigidly fixed to the L1 and L2 lumbar spinous processes under fluoroscopic guidance while the animals were anesthetized. A hand-held electromechanical chiropractic adjusting instrument (Impulse) was used to apply single and repeated force impulses (13 total over a 2.5 second time interval) at three different force settings (low, medium, and high) along the posteroanterior axis of the T12 spinous process. Axial (AX), posteroanterior (PA), and medial-lateral (ML) acceleration responses in adjacent segments (L1, L2) were recorded at a rate of 5000 samples per second. Peak-peak segmental accelerations (L1, L2) and intersegmental spinal motion acceleration transfer (L1-L2) for each axis and each force setting were computed from the acceleration-time recordings. The initial acceleration response for a single thrust and the maximum acceleration response observed during the 12 multiple impulse trains were compared using a paired observations t-test (POTT, alpha = .05). RESULTS: Segmental and intersegmental spinal motion acceleration responses mirrored the peak force magnitude produced by the Impulse Adjusting Instrument. Accelerations were greatest for AX and PA measurement axes. Compared to the initial impulse acceleration response, subsequent multiple SMT impulses were found to produce significantly greater (3% to 25%, P < 0.005) AX, PA and ML segmental and intersegmental spinal motion acceleration responses. Increases in segmental motion responses were greatest for the low force setting (18%-26%), followed by the medium (5%-26%) and high (3%-26%) settings. Adjacent segment (L1) motion responses were maximized following the application of several multiple SMT impulses. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of the vertebral motion responses produced by impulse-type, instrument-based adjusting instruments provide biomechanical benchmarks that support the clinical rationale for patient treatment. Our results indicate that impulse-type adjusting instruments that deliver multiple impulse SMTs significantly increase multi-axial spinal motion. PMID: 16597343 [PubMed] Keller TS, Colloca CJ, Moore RJ, Gunzburg R, Harrison DE. Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, Florida, Chiropr Osteopat. 2006 Apr 6;14:6. BREAKING NEWS: I’ve started a podcast. The following is the description. If you are interested go ahead and click that link and check out the website and listen to an episode. If you would like to be notified of the latest episodes, as well as be the first to know when Justin’s 2 book go on sale then take 15 seconds, and fill out the form when it pops open. For doctors who want a thriving practice and abundant home life, listen as your host dr justin trosclair goes behind the curtain and interviews doctors and guests about real world triumphs, struggles,...
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