Vital Life | Wellness Center

Many people suffer from low back pain.  Whether you have chronic low back pain or acute low back pain, NUCCA has been shown to help tremendously. If your posture is less than ideal, your weight distribution is putting more pressure on one part of your low back (and hip and knee and foot) than the [...]

Stress is a part of life – and it’s VITAL that we have a stress response.  It allows us to make quick decisions.  It enables us to lift heavy equipment to save a loved one.  It stimulates our body to fight or to flee from a situation that is unwanted. Unfortunately, when it’s long-term, those [...]

Now that it’s April, and the first quarter of the year is past, what do your New Year’s Resolutions look like? Have you fulfilled them? Are you on track? If so, why? If not, why not? Have you forgotten them?  It’s not too late to start over. Don’t try to catch up; just start from [...]

Coconut is a wonderful, healing fruit.  The milk has a lot of protein in it and can be used for sustained energy.  Coconut oil can be used for weight loss, skin and hair moisturizing, increased kidney and thyroid function, and increased immune function. Coconut oil has fewer calories than other oils due to its composition of [...]

If you have difficulty remembering things, or being able to focus, understanding how the body works may be helpful. Your brain functions by utilizing the oxygen and nutrients in blood, so if your brain is not able to receive or release that blood properly, its function is not optimal. Increase blood flow to your brain [...]

NUCCA can dramatically improve sports performance in a variety of ways. Increasing Range Of Motion: When the body is out of alignment, many joints get stuck in a locked position, decreasing the range of motion of the individual.  The muscles tighten up and may spasm, also reducing the movement of the individual.  Sports (golf, bicycle-riding, [...]

The two main categories of fats are saturated and unsaturated.  Saturated fats are “saturated” with hydrogen atoms, meaning the carbon atoms are bonded to each other and to hydrogen, all with single bonds.  They are solid at room temperature. Unsaturated fatty acids have at least one double bond between carbon atoms. One double bond creates [...]

What sounds better? Sausage and cheese on an English muffin for $1.00 or Organic Eggs Benedict for $8.50 What is the “food” made out of for one dollar? I’ll admit, spending less money is appealing.  However, the flavor that fresh, organic, hormone-free food has and the way it fills me up and makes me feel [...]

Now that school is back in session, it may be time to think about your child’s attention span.  Is your child able to focus on his schoolwork, listen to the teacher when in class and remember where he puts his homework, and even what homework is due? If your child struggles with memory or attention [...]

My grandma died suddenly.  She had been in fairly good health, until she choked on a piece of meat, went into a coma and was gone in a week.  Many of you have a similar story of a loved one who was suddenly taken from you. We don’t usually know how much time we have [...]