Holistic Health Tips from NYC Chiropractor Dr. Louis Granirer

Many thousands of years ago, humans realized that living alone wasn't the best option to survive in a harsh world. They were up against consistent threats, and forming a community increased their odds of survival. Communities consisted of hunters, gatherers, warriors etc., which allowed all the necessary jobs to be carried out. Humans came to realize our strength in numbers. We certainly don't have all the answers alone, and combining talents and diverse perspectives offers greater opportunity. In the microbial world many bacteria, parasites, fungus, yeast, protozoa, amoebas, etc. have to figure out ways to outwit and out last the human immune system. A vast majority of bacteria and microorganisms have evolved into communities called biofilms. A biofilm is a negatively charged group of cells that attach to each other and extracellular substances like toxins, minerals, heavy metals, microbes, polysaccharides, and fibrin. The biofilm acts like a protective force field shiel

Can you imagine waking up one day and your big toe feels like it's been set on fire, burning with excruciating, needle-like pain? So painful that you can barely walk-to the point that you may have to miss work and stay in bed all day.  If you've ever had a gout attack, you'll know that words can't do the severity of this pain any justice. Gout is a disorder resulting from a disfunction of uric acid metabolism. Somewhere between three and five million Americans suffer from gout. Generally thought of as a genetic disorder, people with gout have a decreased efficiency of excreting uric acid from the blood.  The result is a high level of serum uric acid, which causes the uric acid, or urate crystals, to precipitate out into a joint. The body will attack the urate crystals, and in doing so also attacks the joint, causing an autoimmune response. This causes the joint to become severely inflamed, red, hot, and swollen. About 50 percent of gout attacks occur at the