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01/08/2026
The new food pyramid is a big step in the right direction. (Did it really take this long to officially recommend less processed food?)
But here’s the part almost nobody is talking about:
If you switch without a plan… you might feel worse at first.
Not because the pyramid is “bad.”
It’s because your microbiome has been living on the Standard American Diet for years—and gut bacteria don’t love sudden change. Healing takes time and the symptoms that come during the “adjustment period” are often confused with being “bad”.
If someone transitions from drive-thru and lots of refined sugars and carbohydrates to “real food” in 48 hours, they often experience:
• bloating / gas
• constipation (or the opposite)
• cravings + irritability
• “I tried eating healthy and it made me feel awful”
The danger is they blame the pyramid instead of the transition.
3 tips that helps most people make the transition and minimize the discomfort:
1. Ramp fiber slowly (your gut needs time to adapt. If you push too much too fast, you’re gut will let you know and it won’t feel great).
2. Prioritize hydration(fiber without fluids is a recipe for frustration).
3. Add gut-support foods strategically (cooked veggies first, then more raw; consider fermented foods if tolerated).
If you’ve ever said: “I eat better and feel worse”, you’re not crazy, and you’re not broken. You probably just need a smarter transition plan.
If you want help making the change without the backlash, message me and I’ll point you in the right direction.
01/04/2026
🎉 Happy New Year! Welcome to 2026! 🎉
I’m excited for what’s ahead! Especially for those starting our 2026 Reset in the upcoming week. Your program supplies are ordered and should be in by the end of this week. If you put down a deposit, your remaining balance will be due at pickup so you can get started right away. ✅
For those of you who made New Year’s resolutions related to your health but didn’t get into the Reset program: I’m genuinely rooting for you. Consistency is the name of the game. And if you find yourself struggling, needing accountability, or feeling like you’re in over your head...don’t give up. Let’s talk and see how I can support you in a way that fits your schedule and your budget so you can make changes that actually stick. 💪
📌 Quick reminder: New pricing goes into effect this month.
If you’re already enrolled in the Monthly Membership Plan, you’ll be upgraded to Premium at no charge for January.
Red Light Therapy (supports tissue repair, collagen production, cellular energy, and lymphatic drainage)
👉 Make sure to schedule your longevity services with Dr. Joe on your next visit.
All Monthly Memberships will automatically revert to the standard plan in February. If you’d like to stay on Premium, just let me know before the end of January.
And lastly, I put together a 1-page PDF of 5 lifestyle changes you can start TODAY to improve your health that won’t cost anything. Message me and I’ll send them over. 🙌
CLOSED:
• Dec 22–26 (week of Christmas, starting Monday the 22nd)
OPEN (normal hours):
• Dec 29 & Dec 30
CLOSED:
• Dec 31 (New Year’s Eve)
• Jan 1 (New Year’s Day)
Back to normal hours: Monday, Jan 5 ✅
If you want to sneak in an appointment before the holiday stretch, grab a spot now—those tend to go fast!
12/10/2025
2026 RESET (Existing Patients First Access)
If you want a fresh start without doing anything extreme, this is for you.
This Reset is built around simple habits that are easier to keep long-term:
✅ Eat real food (simple, repeatable meals)
✅ No severe calorie restriction
✅ No intense workout requirement (movement that fits your schedule)
✅ Sleep, hydration, and routine reset (the basics that actually move the needle)
✅ Weekly check-ins for structure + accountability
Starts Jan 12. Limited to 10 spots (Only 6 remain). Existing patients get first access until Dec 18.
Call to reserve: (386) 277-1550
12/06/2025
🎯 2026 RESET SPECIAL (Existing Patients Get First Dibs)
If the holidays have you feeling a little more… puffy, foggy, inflamed, tired, or “off your game,” I built something specifically for that.
I took what worked best from the Solutions4 reset programs (and removed the most frustrating parts) and rebuilt it into a streamlined 6-Week Reset that can be extended into a 12-Week Transformation.
✅ Simple framework (not confusing)
✅ Designed for real schedules (not extremes)
✅ Supports weight loss and inflammation/energy/gut comfort goals
✅ Great for the “I’m not ready to go all-in yet on functional testing and personalized programs” crowd who still wants meaningful change
Options:
🔹 6-Week Reset: Save $159 off standard program pricing
🔹 12-Week Transformation: includes 6 full body red light sessions at no extra cost (Save $537 off retail pricing)
🔹 12-Week Transformation + Red Light Every Check-In: includes 12 full body red light sessions (Save $657 off retail pricing)
🔹 Early-bird bonus savings available with a deposit by December 12th (details sent privately)
Couples/Families: If two or more people enroll together in the 12-Week Transformation, you each get an additional $55 off (works for either red light option).
⚠️ Limited to 10 spots (weekly check-in capacity) - Only 7 spots left!
This is available to existing patients only until Dec 18. Early Bird Special closes December 12th. If any spots remain, I’ll open it to the public after that.
If you want first dibs, comment “RESET” or message me and I’ll send details privately.
11/13/2025
Holidays are here again! If your normal adjustment falls on one of the dates the office will be closed, please reach out to reschedule ahead of time so you don't end up like Santa here.
We’ll be closed on the following dates:
Wed–Fri, Nov 26–28 (Thanksgiving Week)
Mon–Fri, Dec 22–26 (Christmas Week)
Wed–Fri, Dec 31–Jan 2 (New Year’s Week)
11/07/2025
Down in Boca this weekend to sharpen skills and learn some new ones. The link between balance and cognitive function is grossly understated in medical care today despite the overwhelming evidence that as you struggle with balance, cognitive decline accelerates proportionally to your loss of balance. Don't wait until you fall to look for help.
10/16/2025
👉 What if you quit right before your body was about to reward you for your consistency?
We live in a world that celebrates quick results — but when it comes to healing, the body doesn’t work on a 7-day timeline.
Every tissue in your body repairs at its own pace. Your gut lining might regenerate in a few days, while deeper structures like joints, tendons, or nerves can take months or years. Even your red blood cells need about 120 days to fully turn over.
That means when you start making changes — whether it’s improving your diet, reducing inflammation, or supporting your gut — your early wins are often happening under the surface long before you feel them.
Then, just as things start moving in the right direction, we often assume we’ve “hit a wall” or reached a plateau — that the gains have stopped. In reality, the deepest changes are still unfolding. The body may need several full cell-turnover cycles for those deeper layers of healing to show up. This is when consistency and belief in the process matter most.
Consistency is what turns short-term relief into lasting results.
Your body needs time, repetition, and the right environment to build healthy new cells that stay healthy.
So if you’re not seeing instant change — stay the course.
Each day of doing the right things adds up, cell by cell.
✨ Healing isn’t a moment; it’s a process. And consistency is what allows that process to finish what it started.
10/09/2025
👉 Your Brain Remembers Every Step You’ve Ever Taken — Even the Wrong Ones
Recently I worked with several patients who have been living with challenges like scoliosis, prior back surgeries, or joint replacements. Prior to meeting them, their bodies had learned to “protect” the painful areas by changing how they walk or move their body.
We want the body to identify threats and use its innate intelligence to adapt to the current situation. The adaptation is there to buy us time to fix the root cause of the pain. The problem is when we let those protective patterns become habitual. We form neural ruts — grooves in the brain that tell the body, “this is how we walk to avoid further damage,” even long after the original pain has improved.
A chiropractic adjustment helps realign the spine, but it doesn’t erase those ruts overnight. What it does is give the body a chance to start building new, healthier neural pathways — a process called neuroplasticity.
Younger patients or those who seek care as soon as they are injured often retrain these movement patterns faster. Those who wait until later in life can still make amazing progress, but it may take more time and consistency as the body rebuilds those pathways. This is one of the many reasons why maintenance care is so important. Long after the pain levels are gone, we are still working on reprogramming movement patterns.
The sooner you start teaching your body to move the right way again, the easier it is to hold your adjustments and stay balanced longer.
✨ Whether your goal is to walk without pain, stand taller, or simply move with more confidence, your body and brain can relearn. You just have to give them the opportunity.
10/02/2025
Why Your Hormone Lab Results Might Look “Normal” — But You Still Don’t Feel Like Yourself
When most women ask their doctor about hormones, they’re usually offered a basic hormone panel. These tests are designed for one purpose:
👉 To check for disease states that meet the criteria for a medical diagnosis like thyroid disorders, menopause status, or PCOS.
That means your labs can come back “normal” — even if you’re struggling with:
Fatigue that won’t lift
Mood swings or anxiety
Weight gain despite healthy habits
Hot Flashes
PMS or cycle irregularities
Sleep struggles
Here’s the problem: a standard panel only looks at a handful of hormones in isolation.
The Vibrant Wellness Hormone Zoomer that we use is a functional lab test that goes several steps deeper:
✅ Measures a much wider array of s*x hormones, metabolites, and binding proteins
✅ Shows how well your body is processing and clearing estrogen (important for women with family history of breast cancer or endometriosis)
✅ Identifies subtle imbalances in hormone ratios (like estrogen to progesterone) that drive symptoms long before a disease state exists
✅ Reveals adrenal and stress hormone patterns that can explain fatigue, brain fog, or stubborn weight
The Hormone Zoomer measures 20+ adrenal hormones, 30+ s*x hormones, 13 endocrine disruptors, and looks at markers tied to oxidative stress and bone turnover.
👉 In short: instead of just asking “Do you have a diagnosable disease?” the Hormone Zoomer helps us ask:
“Where is your hormone balance being thrown off — and how can we restore it so you feel like yourself again?”
Because sometimes the answer isn’t a diagnosis. It’s a framework that makes sense of your symptoms long before a disease label ever could. DM me if you want to learn more about the Hormone Zoomer.
09/30/2025
🧪 Tylenol, Glutathione, and Your Brain
You’ve probably seen the headlines about new warnings around Tylenol use in pregnancy and toddlers. While there are many reasons to avoid Tylenol use, it's not the singular issue in the complex make-up of autism causation. The important issue in the recent news is what Tylenol does to contribute to autism rates: it depletes glutathione — your body’s master antioxidant and detox molecule.
👉 In toddlers, this matters because their brains are still “under construction.” If glutathione runs out during that critical wiring phase, it can disrupt normal neurological development. That’s why the autism connection is being debated so heavily.
But here’s the part nobody’s talking about: glutathione depletion affects adults too. We may not rewire our brains anymore, but chronic low glutathione is linked to brain fog, depression, memory decline, and even neurodegenerative conditions.
It’s not just Tylenol. Glutathione also gets drained by:
🍷 Regular alcohol use
🦠 Chronic infections or mold exposure
☣️ Environmental toxins (pesticides, air pollution, heavy metals)
🥫 Poor diet and nutrient deficiencies
💊 Certain medications
The good news? You can protect your glutathione levels with a few simple steps:
✅ Cut back on alcohol and toxins where you can
✅ Eat sulfur-rich foods like garlic, onions, and broccoli to help your body make more
✅ Use therapies like sauna, red light, or even consistent exercise to boost your antioxidant defenses
Your glutathione is like your body’s cleanup crew — protect it, and it will protect you. 💪
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Send a message to Dunamis Family Health - Dr Joe Ramirez, DC:
Dr. Joe Ramirez, D.C. is the Clinic Director of the Elevation Health Debary office, an extension of one of the most successful practices in the world (Elevation Health Lake Mary). He has been in practice since 2011.
He decided to attend Chiropractic School based on his personal experience with the life-changing power of Chiropractic. He and his wife saw their health in steep decline and nothing the medical doctors recommended was fixing anything. His wife suffered from migraines, unexplained heart pain, anxiety, and diagnosed Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Doctors said she could not have children and needed to be on hormones for life. Dr. Joe suffered from a crippling autoimmune condition called Ankylosing Spondylitis since the age of 13. It’s an arthritic condition that attacks the spine and causes bones to fuse together, ultimately leading to disability. At 13 years old, he was told by one of his Rheumatologists that he would be completely disabled by the age of 40 based on the rate of his condition’s progression. He was told his only option was medication to slow that progression.
He had been to a Chiropractor in his early teens, but received only symptomatic relief care. That means he was only adjusted where he had pain. He would feel a little better for a while, but it wasn’t fixing anything. So he was very skeptical when his wife dragged him into Dr. Dan Yachter’s office. Dr. Dan took the time to evaluate his entire spine and showed Dr. Joe how the misalignments in his spine were shutting down the normal operation of his immune system. He put together a corrective plan that included Corrective Chiropractic Care, Nutrition Counseling, Detox, and Exercise. Within 2 weeks, Dr. Joe felt alive again for the first time in 17 years. It took every piece of the plan Dr. Dan recommended for him to overcome his autoimmune condition. These are the Core Principles that Dr. Joe utilizes at Elevation Health Debary today.
It was also only 2 weeks after starting his own healing journey that Dr. Joe took steps to leave the IT industry and become a Chiropractor. He attended Palmer College of Chiropractic in Port Orange, FL, graduating in 2011. He was awarded the prestigious Virgil Strang Philosophy Award, which recognizes the student who has the greatest impact in promoting the principles of Chiropractic throughout the community. Throughout his time at Palmer, Dr. Joe spent hundreds of hours learning corrective adjusting techniques (Pettibon, CBP, and the CLEAR Institute), Functional Nutrition, and Detoxification strategies not taught as part of the traditional Chiropractic curriculum. He knew through his own struggles what he would need to help his patients get truly well.
In his final year of Chiropractic School, Dr. Joe and his wife Laura added a son, Josiah, to their family. This was another Chiropractic miracle for them since medical doctors had said it would be impossible with her PCOS. With God, all things are possible.
Dr. Joe knows what it is like to suffer from poor health and watch loved ones suffer. He brings his passion to serve the sick and suffering of Volusia County with a mission to lead others to the same recovery he experienced and to help many more avoid having to experience it at all.
The vision of all Elevation Health offices is to “Ignite the healthcare revolution, one family at a time.” This company is building principled Chiropractic offices internationally as well as helping Chiropractors lead and teach the families of their communities wellness lifestyle strategies. They all share a passion to spread God’s laws of life, health, and healing throughout the planet, thereby freeing families to live life without fear, empowering and equipping them to live high-potential lives.
Dr. Joe grew up in Central Florida, earned his Bachelor’s degree at Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina in 1998 and his Doctor of Chiropractic degree at Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2011.
