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Missoula presenters outline prevention strategies: diet, exercise, chiropractic and mind-body practices
Summary
At a public presentation in Missoula, a chiropractor and a nutritionist urged small, sustainable lifestyle changes to reduce diet-related illness, offering specific dietary and exercise targets and describing complementary therapies such as chiropractic, acupuncture and meditation.
Dr. Jim Hellman, a chiropractor in Missoula, and Patricia Skergan, a nutritionist, gave a public presentation in Missoula on prevention through lifestyle changes, emphasizing diet, regular exercise, counseling and mind-body practices.
The presenters said prevention matters because many chronic illnesses are linked to diet and lifestyle. Skergan cited the 1974 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs dietary goals as a benchmark and said Americans still exceed recommended fat and sugar intake. "At the turn of the century, the average person was taking in about 5 pounds of sugar per year. Today, the average American is taking in 20 pounds of sugar per year," Skergan said.
Hellman framed prevention as counseling plus action: he differentiated "healing" as a process from "curing" as an event, and said…
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