Nutrition
Your health is in your hands. To get healthy and to stay healthy, you must be informed and proactive ... you must be your own advocate.
Shakespeare was correct when he wrote "One man's meat is another man's poison." For example, some of us are genetically suited for a vegetable based diet and others are not. Some persons can satisfy their nutritional needs by diet alone and others must have nutritional supplements to overcome genetic aberrations.
What is a healthy diet? The question should be – healthy for whom? What is good for one may be bad for someone else. …For example we all know that berries are very healthy food. Not so if you are allergic to them. Eating strawberry to which you have IgE allergy is not healthy for you. It can even kill you.
We have all been told that eating celery, leeks, okra, bell peppers, and beet greens are good for you. This is not so if you have kidney stones.
Here is one more example - same foods but different effect, depending on conditions that have been treated (and just keep in mind that these foods have even greater impact if they are organic):
GOOD For Osteoarthritis: |
BAD For Hypothyroidism: |
|---|---|
Brussels Sprouts |
Brussels Sprouts |
Broccoli |
Broccoli |
Bok Choy |
Bok Choy |
Cauliflower |
Cauliflower |
Kohlrabi |
Kohlrabi |
Barley |
Barley |
Spinach |
Spinach |
Kale |
Kale |
Oats |
Oats |
It is Proven They Can HEAL Disease |
It is Proven They Can CAUSE Disease |
As you can see, foods are just as problematic as the heavy metals, chemical contaminations, and man made toxins they contain. That's why responsible health care require individualized diet.
Specific activities, times in life, and health conditions may result in higher needs for certain nutrients. For example, protein and carbohydrate needs are greater for athletic competition; folic acid needs tend to be higher during pregnancy, while menopausal women may be vulnerable to calcium deficiencies. Many nutrients have been shown to prevent or aid in the treatment of certain health conditions (high cholesterol, arthritis, birth defects, cancer etc). But our bodies all have different requirements ... higher needs for certain nutrients, less for others. The possibilities are endless. It is very important to customize your nutritional regimen and avoid drug-nutrient interactions.
When was the last time a physician asked you: “Who are you biochemically? What is your nutritional makeup. You have such and such symptoms. Why? What is the root of the problem?"
In general, you either lack something that you need (called a nutrient) or have something that you do not need (called a toxin). Our job and your job is to figure this out. We work with you, not on you. We are a team. Remember - your body heals itself, we just have to provide the proper conditions.
New Age Medical is honored to assist you in one of life's greatest challenges: taking care of yourself.
Here is what we can do for you nutritionally
- Assess YOUR insufficiencies of certain essential fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.
- Check YOUR nutrients' breakdown and absorption which affects overall optimal health capacity.
- Run tests to determine YOUR food allergies or food sensitivities, lactose intolerance and gluten sensitivities.
- Find YOUR genetic predisposition - knowledge of inherited risks allow for nutritional changes to offset genotypic traits.
- We can determine YOUR metabolic type and create a diet accordingly, based on your metabolic type and your specific medical conditions. We can also use numerous other markers at your request to customize your own unique diet.
- Once your health problem is identified we can give you an answer to the question: What should I eat? We can build a customized therapeutic diet where we can adjust and fine tune the intake of nearly any food source nutrient according to YOUR needs and adjust macronutrient ratios. What does it mean - having the list with all your problems and diagnosis, we do research all foods, seasoning and herbs good for you, then add the beneficial vitamins, minerals, and amino acids as well, remove all toxic foods such as those with high mercury content, pesticide contamination, high glycemic load plus all of your food intolerances in order to create YOUR diet. Now you know exactly what foods to eat and what to avoid to reclaim your health.
- We offer very high quality vitamins and supplements, or at your request, provide you with pharmaceutical grade vitamins, mineral, amino acids, fats and other supplements specifically made to meet YOUR needs.
- We provide education regarding your nutritional problems. Education is a key to prevention.
Food is the best potent medicine. It is the "language of healing" that the body and mind understand. No matter how many pills you take, if the food is not nourishing, the potential energy for restoring natural function (healing) cannot be generated. That's why we at New Age Medical highly emphasized the importance of food education and practice.