Nutrition
Are You Sending Your Body Mixed Signals for Health?
You truly are what you eat…and that starts with how food and other natural substances that complement the diet affect your cells and influence your health.
With the further decline of the quality of our food: meats, fruits and vegetables; it is becoming even more important to supplement for our essential foundation of vitamins and minerals. As the mega farmers change their practices of not switching their crop fields, we genetically alter our produce to be larger and more beautiful yet reduce the dense nutrition. All of the herbicides and pesticides we use and the rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide interferes with plants’ ability to convert nitrate into protein and our food quality declines.
In the past, the main focus was on the nutrients we might be missing. That's still important. However, now scientists realize that there's a lot more to consider when planning our daily diets than just avoiding a deficiency. Healthy eating, nutrition, timing and other modifiable lifestyle factors can help you reverse the disease process and improve health.
With education on basic nutritional knowledge and consulting our health care providers, we can work together to develop the dietary and lifestyle prescription that's exactly right for you.
How Lifestyles Affect Your Body's Nutritional Intake
Despite a wide variety of foods, people today generally eat more but actually get fewer nutrients. Many common aspects of daily life can deplete the body of the nutrients it needs to function properly:
- Drinking–alcohol, coffee/sodas (caffeine)
- Smoking–nicotine
- Medications–statin drugs, corticosteroids, diuretics
- Eating–junk food, refined carbohydrates
- Stress–work, family
- State of Health–illness, injury, intestinal issues, pregnancy
These things can rob you of nutrients by:
- Increasing your need for certain nutrients
- Causing accelerated nutrient loss
- Impairing the absorption of nutrients from food
What You Eat Affects How You Feel
Processed foods and other unhealthy dietary habits interfere with the normal biochemistry of the cells throughout the body, which can lead to premature aging and disease. Addressing unhealthy eating patterns allows you to manage symptoms and even halt or reverse the progression of illness. Eating plans can also be tailored to specific conditions to maximize body functions –to help regulate blood sugar, reduce inflammation or weight loss, for example.
Are three balanced meals a day enough to keep you healthy? Food is the preferred source of nutrients to supply you with foundational nutrition needs for basic health maintenance. Knowing how to eat to maximize these nutrients will help you stay on a path of reduced disease risk.
As you probably know, the foods you eat can be broken down into three categories: fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. They are all essential to health–but not every food supplies them in a “good” way. And too much of anything–even a good thing–is still too much. We will work with you on daily calorie intake and serving size suggestions to match your individual needs and activity level.
Water helps to transport vital nutrients to, and export waste from, our cells. Water makes up 98% of our body cell mass. It’s essential for most cellular function. For example, it is necessary to moisten the lungs and respiratory tract, lubricate joint surfaces and internal organs, and ensure proper digestion. Like fiber, it can increase the feeling of fullness and aid in toxin removal. So it is important to make sure you are getting enough water every day.
The Basic Do’s and Don’ts of What We Eat- Nutrition 101 pdf
A Complete Guide to Fundamental Nutrition- Fundamental Nutrition pdf
Targeted Nutrients-Extra Help for Improving Health
The growing field of research in nutritional genomics–or nutrigenomics–has demonstrated the effects that nutrients and plant substances can have on modifying the expression of genes in favor of good health. This has led to the development of research-based nutraceuticals and medical foods that complement dietary approaches to address today's top health concerns.
Replenish with Nutritional Supplements
Even if you eat a nutritious diet, you will benefit from nutritional supplementation. Nutritional supplementation not only helps you maintain adequate nutrient levels. It also helps improve your health, lose weight, enhance sports and physical performance or manage chronic health conditions.
Be sure to discuss nutritional supplementation with your health care provider, especially if you have a health condition or are currently taking medication. Nutritional counseling and body composition analysis are always available and can be an important aspect in the success of any supplement plan.
Our Initial nutrition consultation is a one hour visit and requires a health evaluation and system review to be completed to better understand what your body might be depleted in $135 (non Members)
Follow-up consults in nutrition therapy can be scheduled for progressions and advancing therapy or on an as needed basis. Length of time may vary from fifteen minutes to one hour, depending on the needs and goals to discuss the plan to educate and implement.
- 15 minute consultation $50 (non Members)
- 30 minute consultation $90 (non Members)
- 1 hour consultation $125 (non Members)
Call to schedule your nutrition consult for an evaluation of your current diet status and health appraisal and discuss any lifestyle modifications with food, nutrients, supplements using a holistic approach to a better way of eating, exercise and life.