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What Causes 75% of All Death in Western Nations?
The so-called ‘western’ or industrialised nations of the world have long struggled with high levels of preventable illness. According to …
Importance of DHA and EPA Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Human Health
Omega-3 is a class of fatty acids that are beyond ESSENTIAL for vibrant, extraordinary human health. They are essential because …
5 Critical Concepts Arising from the Wellness & Prevention Paradigm
These 5 ideas emerge from our Wellness and Prevention Paradigm. They each explore different aspects of the age-old idea of …
Subluxation Pandemic in Industrialized society
Why is subluxation pandemic in industrialised (‘western’) societies? “Sitting is to the spine, as sugar is to the teeth” – …
Is Healthcare Only Necessary when You Have Symptoms?
Why is it invalid to judge the merit of healthcare purely on symptoms alone? I argue that symptoms are a …
Levels of Health Psychology
Four Levels of Health Psychology: We’d like to credit our colleague Dr Martin Harvey for describing these four levels of …
Allopathic Nutritional Guidelines are INVALID
Nutritional guidelines, like any form of evidence are based on research. However the paradigm within which the research is undertaken …
All Non-Homeostatic Cell Function (Sickness) Must Result from Stressors…
What is sickness? What is disease? How do stressors lead to sickness? Every health profession agrees that ideal health or …
What are “Body Thoughts”?
The term ‘body thoughts’ has been coined to simplify somewhat complex neurological terminology and make these topics easier to understand. …
Another ‘take’ on Subluxation Dysregulation
Subluxation dysregulation is a state of that drives ‘mis-perception’ of your body and environment by your brain. Your cells and …
Is Chiropractic care
a Requirement for an Ideal Life?
Lifetime Chiropractic Care? Is Lifetime Chiropractic Care a requirement for an Ideal life? Yes…and No! We must re-affirm that the …
There are ONLY 2 Forms of Stress – Toxicity or Deficiency
While there are many different potentially stressful stimuli occuring in the external environment outside of us, or in our internal …
The ‘General Adaptive Potential’
One of our colleagues Patrick Gentempo coined the term ‘General Adaptive Potential’ (GAP) to explain how the flexibility of our …
What is Different about ‘Wellness’ Chiropractic Care?
Chiropractic is a broad profession There can be differences in the services and clinical interventions offered by different chiropractors. ‘Wellness’ …
Dr Ben’s Definition of Stress
At Dr Ben Phillips.com I focus on the impact of stress as a profound and inescapable factor in determining health …
Vibrant Life Key 1: Power & Control – the way it’s meant to be!
Vibrant Life Key #1 is about improving the function of your intelligent control and coordination mechanism – your brain and …
Vibrant Life Key 5: Social Connection – the way it’s meant to be!
Key #5 acknowledges the vital role social connection, tribe and support play in human health and wellbeing. It is about …
Dr Ben’s Definition of Healthcare
Once we understand my definitions of Health and Sickness, it follows that healthcare can be defined as ANY approach or …
Macronutrients & Micronutrients
Nutrition is an area filled with differing opinions and advice. As part of our Vibrant Life Key #2 where we …
What is a Chiropractic Adjustment?
The chiropractic adjustment is the skilled delivery by a Chiropractor of a specific (gentle) force in a precise direction, to …
Dr Ben’s Definition of ‘Sickness’
If you understand and accept my definition of Health based on the balanced function of all the body’s cells, then …
The Physiological ‘Rationale’ for Regular Chiropractic Care
Regular Chiropractic care is a healthcare choice MANY people add into their lives and then maintain for long periods of …
Cardiovascular Function & Movement
It is common sense that movement (exercise) is essential for maintaining good cardiovascular function – heart health, blood vessel health …
More about Dr Ben…
Usually doctors take all of your personal info, and yet, you learn little about who they are and why the …
