Organic Living Chiropractic

11/13/2025

Join us in Tulum Mexico for 5 days of luxurious healing and learning, powerful principles and practices, and chase away the winter gloom in paradise!
February 18-22 2026

11/12/2025

This is what we need more of in the world.
Thank you OLC community for BEing the sacredness.

11/04/2025

Last week of our old schedule!!!

This week will be the last week that we will be operating on the old schedule.

If you need to book a last minute appointment
for this week only,
you will need to call the office and talk to Marcia

That means that the next appointment you book will be on the new schedule

See below

You are invited!

Join us for OLC's first extended retreat!

This is for everyone and especially for those of us who want to be a healing influence on our family, friends, and society.

No previous training in necessary HOWEVER if you are a Colorado based healthcare practitioner you can earn 20 hours of Continued Education credits through Sherman College.

Again, THIS WEEK ONLY, call to schedule

For future appointments

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Check out our event on Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026.

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10/20/2025

3 types of hunger explained "simply"

This is from Dr William Wallace, a Ph.D. Not all hunger is the same. And different types of hunger need to be satisfied in diferent ways. At OLC we help address the Hedonic hunger the most.

“Hunger isn’t just about an empty stomach. Your brain receives signals from body composition, hormones, emotions, and even gut microbes. Here’s how the three major types work:

1️⃣ Homeostatic Hunger (Energy Balance Hunger)
This is your body’s “fuel gauge.” It rises and falls based on energy needs and metabolic signals.
What drives it: Ghrelin from the stomach stimulates hunger; leptin from fat cells and incretin hormones (GLP-1, PYY, CCK) reduce it.

What it does: Ensures your intake matches your energy needs for exercise, growth, and tissue repair.

🟢 Example: After a long run, homeostatic hunger pushes you to replace calories and glycogen.

2️⃣ Hedonic Hunger (Reward-Driven Hunger)
This is your “food pleasure” system. It’s triggered by sight, smell, habits, and emotions, not by actual energy needs.
What drives it: Brain reward circuits activated by highly palatable foods (sugar, fat, salt).

What it does: Encourages eating even when you’re not truly hungry. Weak satiety signals make it harder to stop.

🟢 Example: Craving dessert after dinner even though you’re full.

3️⃣ Microbiota-Driven Hunger (Gut Microbe Hunger)
Your gut bacteria also shape hunger signals by producing metabolites that influence hormones and the brain.

What drives it: Microbes generate compounds that mimic hunger or satiety signals, affect insulin, and modulate ghrelin, GLP-1, and PYY.

What it does: Links gut health to appetite regulation and metabolic control.

🟢 Example: Certain bacterial imbalances may increase cravings or weaken satiety, nudging overeating.”

10/20/2025

Micronutrients and cellular energy production

This diagram maps how vitamins and minerals act as cofactors through every major energy pathway, linking protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism into a single biochemical network that fuels life.

1️⃣ From food to fuel
Proteins, carbohydrates, and fats all converge at acetyl-CoA, the metabolic hub that feeds the mitochondria.
🟢 Example: Vitamin B1 (thiamine) converts glucose into pyruvate and then acetyl-CoA, while lipoic acid and magnesium enable that transition. Without these, energy stalls before reaching the mitochondria.

2️⃣ Beta oxidation and fatty acids
Fats enter through beta-oxidation, breaking into acetyl-CoA units with help from vitamins B2, B3, B5, and carnitine.
🟢 Example: Carnitine shuttles long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria—deficiency impairs fat burning and endurance.

3️⃣ Amino acids and the urea cycle
Amino acids feed into energy metabolism via the urea cycle, requiring vitamins B5, B6, magnesium, and potassium to detoxify ammonia while generating intermediates for the Krebs cycle.
🟢 Example: Low B6 limits amino acid breakdown and raises ammonia levels, causing fatigue and brain fog.

4️⃣ The Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle)
Once acetyl-CoA enters the mitochondria, it spins through the Krebs cycle, producing NADH and FADH₂ for ATP synthesis. Vitamins B1, B2, B3, and B5—plus iron, magnesium, and manganese—are essential for each enzymatic step.
🟢 Example: Niacin (B3) and riboflavin (B2) generate electron carriers that ultimately produce over 90% of the cell’s usable energy.

5️⃣ The electron transport chain
NADH and FADH₂ deliver electrons to the electron transport chain, where oxygen and coenzymes drive ATP synthesis.
🟢 Example: CoQ10, vitamin C, zinc, iron, and copper enable this redox cascade; deficiency reduces mitochondrial efficiency and increases oxidative stress.

6️⃣ Antioxidant protection and feedback
Iron, cysteine, and glutathione maintain redox balance, preventing electron leakage that can damage mitochondrial membranes.
🟢 Example: Magnesium stabilizes ATP and mitochondrial membranes, while glutathione—supported by B2 and cysteine—neutralizes free radicals produced during respiration.

Micronutrients are not optional—they are the gears of metabolism. Each B-vitamin, mineral, and cofactor serves as an enzyme’s ignition key, turning food into ATP and keeping the mitochondrial engine running clean and efficiently.
— Dr William Walliace

10/17/2025

Nigh impossible 🧐
I cannot recommend the books “Raising Secure Attached Kids” & “Raising Mentally Strong Kids” enough in this area!!!

10/14/2025

We are changing!

And the important stuff is only getting better!!!!

Our Hours are Changing

Tuesdays & Wednesdays -- Noon till 6pm

Fridays -- 9am till 3:30pm
Saturdays -- 9am till Noon

Closures coming up this month

-- Saturday October 18th

we will be closed for a seminar in Denver
-- Friday and Saturday October 24-25
we will be closed for another seminar in Denver

We will also be closed for the week of Thanksgiving next month

We are staying on Uintah!

Just incase you missed the last announcement, we will NOT BE MOVING anytime soon. As much as we are excited to bring you a better, bigger, and more peaceful location, we are currently at a standstill in selling our current building. Once we have another buyer lined up we will let you know the details of the move. Until then, we are enjoying the ability to continue to serve you at our current location.

Do you or someone you know want to learn and experience the

Somatic Integration
you experience at OLC in our
first full retreat in paradise?

"Trauma is not what happened to us.
It is the body's response to what happened."

This retreat is for everyone since trauma impacts all of us either directly or indirectly through someone you love who struggles. We will, for the first time, place a good bit of focus on how we can help others with these skills and principles.
So if you are interested in deepening
the healthy relationship with your own body,
improving the ability of your kids to self-regulate and enjoy life,
or sharing this with the people you serve as a healthcare practitioner to help their healing and empowerment,
this retreat is for you!
Plus you get to recharge at the beach in February so what are you waiting for?
Sign up and share this with everyone you think would benefit

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09/29/2025

Discover the key to hedonic resilience. It's about finding joy and well-being, even after tough times like injuries. Learn why pain is a signal for change and growth, helping us get back to feeling good. Have you ever bounced back stronger? Tag someone!

09/25/2025

Pain and pleasure are more connected than people think, especially in health. The body has no inherent substances or brain parts that create negative sensations. Instead, the brain's chemistry aims for positive experiences, so negative ones are a default lack reaction. Have you ever considered this connection?

09/23/2025

It's essential to focus on the positive aspects of life. Paying attention to anything good, pleasing, or enjoyable can trigger a healing response. Discover the power of savoring the simple things. Have you felt this?