There is a growing body of evidence that wellness care provided by doctors of chiropractic may reduce health care costs, improve health behaviors, and enhance quality-of-life. In a landmark study published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, chiropractors collaborating with researchers at the University of Lund found that chiropractic care could influence basic physiological processes affecting oxidative stress and DNA repair.
Long term chiropractic care of two or more years was shown to establish a more optimal physiological state independent of age, sex, or nutritional supplements. In addition, chiropractic care appears to improve the ability of the body to adapt to stress. The findings of the research offer yet another scientific explanation for the positive benefits reported by patients receiving long term chiropractic care.
Serum thiols are primary antioxidants and serve as a measure of human health status. Symptom-free wellness subjects under chiropractic care demonstrated higher mean serum thiol levels than patients with active disease and patients that are non-chiropractic subjects.
Oxidative stress, metabolically generating free radicals, is now a broadly accepted theory of how we age and develop disease. It also results in DNA damage and inhibits DNA repair, the mechanism which fixes damage caused by environmental impact. The test provides an estimate of DNA repair enzyme activity, which has been shown to correlate with lifespan and aging.
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