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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 …

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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 …

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Dr Ben’s Super Summary of Chiropractic

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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 …

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Subluxation Pandemic in Industrialized society

Why is subluxation pandemic in industrialised (‘western’) societies? “Sitting is to the spine, as sugar is to the teeth” – …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Body Thoughts - a novel way to describe incoming nerve messages

What are “Body Thoughts”?

The term ‘body thoughts’ has been coined to simplify somewhat complex neurological terminology and make these topics easier to understand. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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The ‘General Adaptive Potential’

One of our colleagues Patrick Gentempo coined the term ‘General Adaptive Potential’ (GAP) to explain how the flexibility of our …

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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’ …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Macronutrients & Micronutrients

Nutrition is an area filled with differing opinions and advice. As part of our Vibrant Life Key #2 where we …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Cardiovascular Function & Movement

It is common sense that movement (exercise) is essential for maintaining good cardiovascular function – heart health, blood vessel health …

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More about Dr Ben…

Usually doctors take all of your personal info, and yet, you learn little about who they are and why the …

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