by Jen Doriott | Dec 6, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
Just like fingerprints, your tongue has a unique pattern to it. There are many things unique about you; no two humans are exactly the same. You are a unique expression of individuality, and your main job here on this earth is to be the best YOU that you can be. We...
by Jen Doriott | Nov 29, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
In a baby developing in the womb, neurons grow at the rate of 250,000 per minute. Neurons are what make up your nerve system, and are the first thing to develop in the body. Your nerve system (spine) is the foundation for everything else to come. Nothing in you works...
by Jen Doriott | Nov 22, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
Up to 2,500 signals can pass along nerve fibers in a single second! Just sit right now and pick out everything happening: what you see, smell, touch, feel… your heartbeat, lungs breathing, stomach digesting, muscle tone, temperature. All of this happening without your...
by Jen Doriott | Nov 15, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
The human spinal cord contains over 13.5 million neurons. These neurons, which are housed in and protected by your spine, are responsible for carrying life throughout your body. This is the core of your existence, and in order for you to fulfill your birthright, you...
by Jen Doriott | Nov 8, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
The nerve system (spine) has 2 main tasks: to process information from your environment, and to generate responses that will protect and maintain your body. Simply put its task is to keep you alive. Since your nerve system is the most important part...
by Jen Doriott | Nov 1, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
Germs don’t cause disease. There is no such thing as “flu season” or “cold season,” they do not exist. Illness and disease aren’t caused by outside things; they are caused by the body’s inability to adapt. We breath in cold and flu viruses all the time, all year...
by Jen Doriott | Oct 25, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
Your tongue has 3,000 taste buds. What would happen if you lost 300 of those? Food wouldn’t taste quite as good, and the experience would be diminished. You’ve interfered with your ability to fully experience and appreciate the food you eat. The same thing happens to...
by Jen Doriott | Oct 18, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
The average adult has a pulse rate of 70, blood pressure of 120/80, body temperature of 98.6 degrees, and breathing rate of 16 breaths per minute. Your normal may be higher, or lower, but these numbers are the average. The medical...
by Jen Doriott | Oct 11, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
Most people blink about 25x per minute. If you could save all the times your eyes blink in one lifetime, and use them all at once, you would see blackness for 1.2 years! Think of everything that you may have missed out on while you were blinking! I often wonder what...
by Jen Doriott | Oct 4, 2021 | Dr. Jen's Blog
In one square inch of our hand we have: 9 feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors, and 75 pressure sensors. That’s just one inch… imagine all of the sensory information your entire body is able to process and interpret. The primary...
