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Nutrition and Diet Analysis
Choosing the right nutritional plan for you
What is the best diet for me? That is what we all want to know. The truth is, the healthiest diet for you is constantly changing and evolving, based on what you know about you. On the journey towards health, you are learning more about the foods your body loves and foods that you are sensitive to. Learning how your blood type influences foods that seem to either agree or not agree with you. Also, how to treat conditions that are inflammatory such as allergies, asthma, skin conditions, arthritis and autoimmune conditions through a customized diet plan. Weight loss from fat and increases in muscle mass are natural side effects of a diet plan that is specific to your body’s needs. Whether you are wanting to treat existing health conditions or just optimize your health through diet, why not increase your power through knowledge by learning more about how to feed your body?
As Naturopathic Doctors, we are trained to use your symptoms as a guide to the true cause of the problem with your health. We support our patients health by using specific testing to identify the patient’s nutritional needs. We are often asked “Can I check my nutrient or nutritional status through a simple blood test?” Yes, there are numerous ways, both conventional and alternative medical labs offer such testing through different methods. These tests can be extremely useful in identifying nutritional deficiencies. Naturopathic Doctors may recommend diet changes and/or specific nutritional supplementation that are specific to your needs.
Naturopathic Doctors can customize your food and nutrition plan to:
- Remove Food sensitivities and intolerances.
- Improve BMI (body mass index) by Increasing lean muscle mass and losing fat mass.
- Provide a detailed food guide based on 8 different blood type factors unique to you.
- Use food as medicine to heal existing health conditions.
- Enhance the intake of nutrients the body is deficient in.
Herbal Medicine
Balancing your health with natural medicines
Plant remedies have been used for healing by all cultures since the beginning of time. Herbal medicines are typically prepared using the root, flower or leaf of the plant and can be made into a capsule, tablet, powder or liquid. Naturopathic Doctors study the traditional, eclectic and scientific medical uses of these plants.
What I think is amazing is how they represent nature! Just one example of the many benefits that plant medicines provide is that they are adaptogenic, which means they have the power to balance the body’s physiology. For example, a phytoestrogen will balance estrogen levels, by decreasing estrogen in an environment of estrogen dominance, and yet can support estrogen levels in an environment of estrogen deficiency. The body’s systems are an intricate web of interactions. It makes sense to me that to improve health, we need to support balance and adaptability of these symptoms, and why not use nature’s original medicine to achieve it!
What is Gemmotherapy? How is it different?
Gemmotherapy refers to a unique and powerful way of making plant medicines that has been used in European countries since 1965. This technique uses the buds and shoots of fresh plants, believed to be the most energetic aspect of the plant. Gemmotherapies are almost always made from trees, which due to their long history of being rooted into the earth are believed to have the ability to link the healing of the body with the mind. A special technique that uses water, alcohol and glycerite is used to extract medicinal ingredients, so you can be sure that all of the powerful healing properties of the plant are transferred to the medicine.
There are many herbs prepared as gemmotherapies. They can be combined to create a unique and customized blend specific to the patient’s needs. They can be conveniently taken together and often taste great in a little water! This makes it easy to give herbal medicines to children.
With the thousands of chemicals and pollutants that we live with in the modern age, it is becoming imperative to incorporate detoxification and drainage techniques to achieve optimal health. Drainage refers to the stimulation of excretory organs such as, the liver and digestive systems, kidneys, lungs and skin. These herbal medicines are homeopathically prepared to a 1X dilution, giving the herbs the ability to restore and regenerate elimination functions of certain organs. By taking gemmotherapies over time, not only will the body’s health be improved, but the body will have a much greater capacity to deal with and remove toxic compounds that it is exposed to.
What is Homeopathy? 
Homeopathy is a scientific method of cure, which follows laws based on far reaching holistic philosophy. It is a form of medicine established over 200 years ago by Dr Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician, who began to teach that the doctor should see your symptoms not as that which should be cured but rather as visible attempts by your body to heal itself. Homeopathy is conceived as a system to help your body cure itself.
The therapeutic use of homeopathic medicines is based on scientific experimentation and the principle of like cures like. That is, a medicine capable of producing certain effects when taken by a healthy person is capable of curing any illness, which manifests similar effects in a sick person.
From this foundation, it is clear to see that in homeopathy there are no treatments for disease but only medicines for people with diseases. For example, two people presenting to a homeopathic physician with arthritis will not get the same medicine because each person is individual in their symptoms. There are thousands of different medicines in homeopathy just as there are thousands of different kinds of people. In homeopathy, no two people are alike even if they have the same disease.
Homeopathy is a type of medicine, which respects the wisdom of your body and affects a cure from the inside out. Homeopathic medicines stimulate your body’s vitality to initiate the healing process. A homeopathic medicine does not “override” the body’s inherent attempts to heal itself, which makes it very safe. However, this is not to mean it is to be taken lightly or without proper prescription.
Homeopathy can be used to treat both acute and chronic disease. Chronic disease requires a more complete picture of the person and may take longer to affect a cure but both are effective. Homeopathy is especially effective for children as it is gentle and without dangerous side effects.
Homoeopathy believes in a holistic and individualistic approach to medicine. A homeopath does not give different medicines for different afflicted parts of body but rather gives remedies which will cover the disturbance of the whole person. It is an individualized approach, which takes into account the totality of your physical, mental and emotional symptoms.
Biotherapeutic Drainage
Drainage refers to proper elimination of toxins through the bodies elimination pathways. Primarily the liver, kidneys, intestines and lungs are used to excrete waste. When these routes are overwhelmed, or not functioning adequately, secondary routes are established because the body will do whatever it can to eliminate waste. These secondary routes are the skin, mucous membranes of the nasal sinuses and the vaginal tract for women. Imagine that every cell of the body is like a small manufacturing plant, it produces products from raw materials, creates a final product and accumulates waste as it functions. As wast accumulates you will see a natural decrease in the efficiency and functioning of the plant. In the same way, cells can accumulate waste which may result in a decrease of functioning. Biotherapeutic drainage enhances the elimination and detoxification pathways of the cells to not only clean them, but restore functioning.
What are Unda Numbers?
The Unda numbers where created over 50 years ago in France by a man named Georges Discri. They are made from plant and mineral substances that are homeopathically prepared. Homeopathic remedies are extremely safe and non-toxic but immensely potent medicines. As such, they have profound implications for virtually all states of disease, or imbalance, in the body. The Unda compounds are unique in that they combine diluted forms of plants and minerals, which give them a dual action. Each Unda number is formulated to have a specific action and affinity for a system of the body or organ (i.e. liver and digestive system). They facilitate biotherapeutic drainage, which means they support the cells of the body to eliminate toxins and improve the cell’s functions.
