Chiropractic And The Elderly Part 2

Recent trends show that seniors that follow a low-cholesterol, low-fat, vegetarian diet, and stay mentally and physically active, increase their longevity. Remarkably these individuals visit a medical doctor only occasionally.

Here are some statistics from the World Health Organization regarding a study on adverse reactions to drugs:

88% of all people had at least one problem with a prescribed drug.

22% of these patients had a possibly life-threatening condition perhaps caused by medication.

59% were given drugs that were either ineffective or contra-indicated.

28% were given an incorrect high dosage.

48% were given drugs that had severe interaction effects when taken with other chemicals.

20% were given drugs that had the same effect of other drugs they were already taking.

Chiropractic and The Elderly Part I

People in the United States are now living a lot longer then they did in the past.

Seniors are now becoming more active, and have discovered that they can increase their fitness levels quite dramatically.

Mental and physical health are now being studied. Not only is physical health maintainable, but so is mental health. In his best-selling book, Quantum Healing, Deepak Chopra states that:

“Careful study of healthy elderly people… has revealed that 80 percent of healthy Americans, barring psychological distress (such as loneliness, depression or lack of outside stimulation), suffer no significant memory loss as they age. The ability to retain new information can decline… but the ability to remember past events, called long-term memory, actually improves.

“As long as a person stays mentally active, he/she will remain as intelligent as in youth and middle age.”