Lincoln Daily News 2025-26 Health & Wellness Magazine Pg.7 bring down inflammation. It was slow but she recovered. Over the years, I have had to look for ways for family members to get well. Healing the gut is part of that. It is hard because modern chemicals hurt the gut, both the chemicals in food and antibiotics. Acid reflux, for example, is actually low acid, not high acid because the muscle is not closing well enough. Acid reducers cause problems with digesting protein; the body cannot get the B vitamins out of protein without acid. Then the body cannot build muscle and it also affects mental health. I had to be a detective and track back and build a plan to get better. If it took 20 years to get sick, the body will not heal overnight or get better without time and patience. Over the last 24 years, I have collected a lot of information, and I want to be able to help people, within my scope of practice, who are hitting dead ends and encourage them to keep seeking the right tools and doctors to improve quality of life and to get well. I became very resourceful. We are conditioned to not go outside of what insurance will pay for. Therefore, we do not go outside of conditioning. It can be costly to seek care outside of health insurance coverage, but having a health savings account can help. For example, an HSA can help to pay for chiropractors. Modern medicine all seems expensive because it IS expensive and we are not used to going outside of insurance, but a lot of what we can do is preventive, so it is an investment [in our health]. Pay attention to your body. If you feel like something is off, it probably is. Advocate for Continued --
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