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Life’s Like an Hourglass, Glued to the Table… Print E-mail
Written by Susan McCreadie, MD   
During my morning workout listening to Pandora, Anna Nalick’s song Breathe came on – and her words “Life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table…” hit me for the very first time.  Isn’t it funny how you can hear something a thousand times and then something sticks and you can’t wipe it off?!?  It seems a bit doomsday to me – there’s no turning back in life, just moving forward – so get over it!  But my next thought was this: every time I make a change for the better, I turn that life hourglass over – a fresh start – renewed life!  Thank God!

Then a few thoughts later, I related those words to medicine (of course) . “Life’s like an hourglass, glued to the table…”. Old world medicine told us just that: you’re born with a fixed set of genes that will determine how your life is expressed. Then the field of epigenetics was born!  Now science tells us differently: you’re born with a dynamic set of genes that express themselves differently depending on what your external (non-genetic) environment is telling them to do. Translation: your life is not fixed – make a change and your life changes!
 
As a doctor, this revolutionized my thinking.  I can’t change that my patient was born with an extra chromosome, Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrome.  But I can help this child change her environment to optimize her genetic expression!  What a breathe of fresh air!  So many children who walk through my office door are stuck in a state of imbalance – an imbalanced digestive system (constipation or Celiac Disease) or an imbalanced nervous system (ADD or anxiety).  But with my renewed thinking, I now realize that it’s just a matter of finding enough of the “spot on” environmental changes for them that will light up their genes to express themselves differently.  Then, these beautiful children will get unstuck – they will move and re-balance themselves. They will heal.
 
One “spot on” change for a lot of children is optimizing their vitamin D level.  Research now links vitamin D deficiency to a host of diseases from cancer to asthma.  Did you know that research suggests vitamin D is protective against type 1 diabetes? That is truly amazing!  Again, our genes are not fixed (pre-determined to express a certain way).  Our genes are dynamic – they change their expression based on their environmental input.  

We give ourselves and our 3 children vitamin D everyday with Arctic-D Cod Liver Oil.  Supply these two nutrients – essential fatty acids and vitamin D – and optimize your child’s immune health today.  Check out The Vitamin D Cure and Omega-Research for supporting research.  The Vitamin D Cure also has a 5-Step easy to follow program for optimizing your vitamin D and health in general.  Good stuff!
 
Susan McCreadie, MD is a Holistic Pediatrician and co-founder of nourishMD. She shows parents how to find REAL health for their child, so they can stop treating their child's symptoms and instead find solutions that help their child heal from the inside out.