Nutrition
Many diseases are caused by what is known as ‘toxic overload’ in more natural treatment clinics and practices. This is caused by poor nutrition and the use of dangerous chemicals in one form or another in our everyday environment.
Nutrition and health are indispensable in any programme designed to improve your overall performance and well being. Our food is not as it used to be because the soil we grow our food in has become deficient in so many vital nutrients. For example, some fifty or more years ago spinach contained approx 158 mgs of iron to every 100 grams of spinach. These days the average iron content is below one mg for the equivalent amount of spinach. Comparable statistics are found everywhere!
The inevitable result of this scarcity of minerals means that we are nutritionally deficient unless we supplement our diet with minerals. This is why I will often suggest supplementing the diets of clients who visit, where appropriate to the individual.
Because the quality of our food is an often debated and questionable issue, I suggest buying local and/ or organic where possible and if you have space to grow a few vegetables yourself, then even better. Exercise and fresh air also have benefits which can complement hours of work on a computer or factory or other debilitating environments. It must be made clear however, that these are not quick fix solutions, but lifestyle choices and changes which are suggested. For some, nothing short of a revolution in lifestyle may be necessary to address their health challenges, but all this is possible with a well-rounded, structured and supported approach, which I offer.
I won’t pull any punches. If you need to know, I will tell you and that includes coming off denatured junk food, cigarettes and any other potentially harmful substances.
This can also include personal care products like toothpaste and deodorant for example. These are often formulated with dubious chemicals, as they are cheaper to produce. At least some of these are written on the labels so do read them. Click here for a basic list of potentially harmful ingredients to avoid.
We all do have the freedom to choose and the intelligence to make the right choices.
Our first effort must be to obtain a reliable source of local and/or organically produced food. We then need to avoid the use of everyday products which contain potentially harmful chemicals, and supplement the diet with essential vitamins and minerals which are deficient in our current food.
Find information on the supplements and care products which I recommend in my practice here.
