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Dr. Jimenez Chiropractic Functional Medicine Clinic Health Team. The level of functional and metabolic efficiency of a living organism. In humans, it is the ability of individuals or communities to adapt and self-manage when facing physical, mental, psychological, and social changes in an environment. Dr.Alex Jimenez D.C., C.C.S.T, a clinical pain doctor who uses cutting-edge therapies and rehabilitation procedures focused on total health, strength training, and complete conditioning.
We take a global functional fitness treatment approach to regain complete functional health. Dr. Jimenez presents articles from his own experience and various sources on a healthy lifestyle or general health issues. I have spent over 30+ years researching and testing methods with thousands of patients and understand what truly works.
We strive to create fitness and better the body through researched methods and total health programs. These programs and methods are natural and use the body’s own ability to achieve improvement goals, rather than introducing harmful chemicals, controversial hormone replacement, surgery, or addictive drugs. As a result, we want you to live a fulfilled life with more energy, a positive attitude, better sleep, less pain, proper body weight, and education on maintaining this way of life.
Health & Wellness: Oxidative Stress
Oxidative stress represents an imbalance in the body. This imbalance is between reactive oxygen species (free…
What is Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD)?: An Overview
Degenerative Disc Disease is a general term for a condition in which the damaged intervertebral disc causes chronic…
Understanding HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections
Infections can happen to any individual given specific circumstances, however, infections occurring in HIV/AIDS…
Disc Bulge & Herniation Chiropractic Care Overview
Disc bulge and disc herniation are some of the most common conditions that can affect the spine of both young and…
Gluten Sensitivities & Our Genes
Many have heard of celiac disease, but non-celiac gluten sensitivity, not so much. However, this condition is…
What is Crohn’s Disease? An Overview
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBDs are health issues that affect the digestive tract by…
Health & Wellness: DNA Methylation
DNA Methylation
DNA methylation is a very important factor in our biochemical pathways. Methylation uses a process…
Osteoporosis & Gut Health
There are over one million osteoporosis-related fractures per year. In fact, with a hip fracture, the percentage of…
Health & Wellness: The Importance of Heart Health & Lipid Metabolism
Lipid metabolism is extremely important as heart disease remains the number one killer in America. In fact, over…
Health & Wellness: Our Genetic and Environmental Impact
Health & Wellness
Part of our mission is to take a central role to help change healthcare. Many patients…
Does the Brain Need Carbohydrates?
Our brain is constantly working to help us make decisions, speak, read, and perform many other important functions.…
LIVE PODCAST WITH LIZETTE ORTIZ: TIPS ON FITNESS DURING THIS TIME
Join us for a LIVE podcast with Lizette Ortiz to discuss nutrition tips during this time, suggested exercise types,…
CoQ10: An Essential Supplement
One of the most important nutrients in the body is Co-Enzyme Q10 (CoQ10). CoQ10 is involved in the electron…
The Importance of Folate and Folic Acid
Folate is a B vitamin naturally found in a variety of foods. The body can’t produce folate, that’s why…
Nutrigenetics: Bitter Taste
A chocolate bar tastes different to each of us. How sweet it is and the smaller aspects like subtle hints of nut…
Is Fructose Bad for Your Health?
Fructose is one of the main components of added sugar. It is a simple type of sugar that makes up about 50 percent…
Arthritis: A Functional View
There are currently 54 million adults who suffer from Arthritis. Additionally, about 9% of adults have some type of…
What is Folate Metabolism?
Folate, and its synthetic form folic acid, is a water-soluble B vitamin that plays a fundamental role in a variety…
Excess Sugar and Chronic Inflammation
Our diet can significantly affect inflammation in our bodies. Several foods can increase inflammation while other…
Nutrigenetics: Salt Sensitivity
Salt is in nearly every food consumed, but some may have a genetic variation causing them to have salt…
MTHFR Gene Mutation and Health
The MTHFR or methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene is well-known due to a genetic mutation that may cause high…
Functional Wellness: PCOS
The first Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) conference was held in 1990 and discussed what PCOS is and how they were…
Good Calories vs Bad Calories Overview
Calories are defined as a measurement of the energy our body produces from the foods we eat. However, not all…
Nutrigenetics: Lactose Intolerance and Genetic Expression
With current research, we are now understanding the complexity and awareness of gene variants and how they change…
The Connection Between Nutrition & the Epigenome
Nutrition is considered to be one of the most well-understood environmental factors associated with changes in the…
Natural Ways to Improve Insulin Resistance
Insulin is an essential hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. It is naturally produced in the pancreas and…
Depression: Integrative Approaches
Depression is a natural response of the body and brain when there are biochemical imbalances occurring. These…
Nutrigenetics, Nutrigenomics, & Chiropractic Care
Genes are complicated and have many varying impacts on potential consequences and protein production. However, one…
Nutrigenomics and Traits Between Generations
Researchers are trying to understand how nutrigenomics can affect a person’s health. Studies have shown that…
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Type 2 Diabetes: Nutrition & Environmental Factors
To start out, it should be noted that research has been constantly connecting all chronic health conditions with a…
Epigenetics: Stress In Relation To Chronic Disease
The term allostatic load refers to any type of stress occurring in the body for long periods of time. Types of…
How Epigenetics Affects Personalized Nutrition
Healthcare professionals commonly give nutritional recommendations based on an entire population, only sometimes!-->…
Homocysteine & Its Heavy Impact
It is without a doubt that any imbalance in the body has a direct relationship influencing other body systems.…
Functional Neurology: Inflammation, The Nervous System, and Oxidative Stress
We have found that approaching the body as a whole rather than treating it as compartments gives patients the most…
Nutrigenomics: Our Cellular Energy Production & Genetics
We have thousands of cells constantly performing tasks throughout our bodies. However, in order to properly…
The Importance Of Feeding Our Genes
Improving overall well-being goes further than eating vegetables and exercising regularly. It involves…
Functional Testing: Organic Acid Testing & It’s Importance
As humans we need ATP to sustain life. ATP is the energy our bodies use to perform cellular functions. To properly…
Neurotransmitters: What Are They & Why Are They Important?
What Is a Neurotransmitter?
A neurotransmitter is a chemical messenger that regulates physical processes.…
Nutrigenomics: The Impact of Non-Genetic Inheritance
There is no doubt or lack of research stating that genes impact our health. We realize now that genes are heavily…