The Major
Chronic Diseases of Americans May be Related to Poor Quality
Nutrition
Research conducted during the last three decades has made it
clear that many of the major chronic diseases of Americans may
be nutrition-related health problems. In deed, four of the ten
leading causes of death are associated with diet and nutrition:
heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes. Dietary imbalances
also contribute to other health problems such as atherosclerosis,
hypertension, osteoporosis and obesity.
Proper nutrition is essential in reducing our risk of disease.
But how do we know if we are meeting our nutrient needs? The
complete Nutritional Foundation For Promoting Optimal Health/
Nutritional care is now an integral part of the total care of
our patients. We recommend a high-quality multiple vitamin/mineral
supplement, which we consider to be fundamental for the optimal
nutrition of our patients. It should contain not just RDA levels
but optimum levels of essential nutrients in a scientifically
balanced formula. These nutrients should be supplied in highly
absorbable forms, in fast-release tablets. They should also
be free of preservatives and synthetic binders, lubricants,
fillers and coloring agents. You invest in insurance for your
car to protect yourself against financial loss, and wisely so.
But do you do the same for your health? A high-quality multiple
vitamin/mineral supplement, along with a good diet, is the lowest
cost health insurance you can buy.
Remember, good nutrition can positively affect your health:
· It may help reduce the risk of disease.
· It is one of the therapeutic measures employed to help
treat disease.
It is certainly true that no supplement can be used as a substitute
for a good diet. But the fact is, a good diet isn't always enough.
A high-quality multiple vitamin/mineral formula will help you
build a nutritional foundation for optimal health.
Can I
Stop Taking My Supplements When I Start to Feel Better?
Diet and nutritional supplements are important tools in our
effort to achieve optimal health. But if we stop our nutritional
program when our symptoms are improved, we risk starting the
nutrient deficiency cycle all over again and missing out on
the benefits that may be achieved. We will be happy to suggest
when to change your nutrient program, and what you will need
to help maintain your health.
Recommendations
for Promoting Optimal Health:
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Women's
Health
"Action
is the foundational key to all success." Pablo Picaso
Strength
Training
As we age,
the strength of our tissues tends to decline. Not just our muscles,
but our tendons, bones and other connective tissues also lose
strength. This can leave us frail, unstable on our feet, and
susceptible to fractures. Most physical activity helps to maintain
the strength of our tissues but strength training is a particularly
effective way of building our muscles, tendons, and bones so
our bodies remain strong for a lifetime.
Strength
Training and Fat Loss
Strength training can provide your body with a very good working-out
which can burn significant calories that can help you to lose
those excess pounds of fat. However, not only does strength
training burn fat while you are training but it also leads to
increased muscle tissue in your body that will allow you to
burn more calories even when you are sitting on the couch. This
is because the more muscle tissue that is in your body, the
more energy your body burns, even when you are not working out.
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is excessive loss of bone density. It causes 1.5
million fractures including 250,000 hip fractures per year.
Recovery from hip fracture is of particular concern with elderly
individuals as 15-20% of osteoporosis patients who sustain a
hip fracture die within one year. Maintaining a healthy bone
mass is integral to ensuring a healthy long life. Physical activity
appears to play an important role in the development of appropriate
bone mass during childhood and in the maintenance of the bone
mass throughout adulthood. Certain studies have shown strength
training to be particularly effective at stimulating new bone
development. Physical activity and muscle strengthening also
appear to reduce the risk of falling and fractures among the
elderly, probably by increasing muscle strength and balance.
What are you doing to maintain your strength?
The Midlife
Challenge
Menopause is normal and natural. It is your body changing and
maturing. But unfortunately, it is perceived by many women only
as an ominous midlife challenge. There is a common misconception
that "the change" begins a time of inevitable and
prolonged discomfort and declining quality of life.
The reality is that menopause only marks the end of your childbearing
years. You are entering a phase of life when you body's energy
shifts from a monthly preoccupation with possible childbirth
to maintaining a steady state of energy focused on supporting
you alone. In a healthy state there should be plenty of energy
available to support an active, productive, and inspired life.
We Are
Here To Help
Our goal is to help your body effectively manage a smooth and
natural hormone transition while it supports the function of
key organs. We want to assist you through the midlife challenge
by applying a clear understanding of the dynamic relationship
between nutrition, lifestyle, and female hormones. Our nutritional
program focus is uniquely feminine. It's scientific, yet natural.
It's rational. It's functional. And it's safe. The practical
application of this knowledge will help you look and feel your
best. Remember, we are here to help you, so please do not…….
How Are
You Affected?
Are you currently enjoying the kind of life you should be? Is
it as active, productive, and inspired as it should be? Is your
body managing this time of hormonal and functional transition
as well as it could be? If not, perhaps we can help.
Nutrition
and Menopause
Supporting the body in its ability to manage a smooth hormonal
transition and to replenish its energy reserves is important
to a continuously active lifestyle. In harmony with that goal,
there are select foods, vitamins, minerals, and special nutritional
factors concentrated from food that can be taken. Additionally,
nature provides profoundly nourishing herbs that support a woman's
health and hormone balance during this period of hormone decline.
These herbs fall into three categories
1. plants that possess phytoestrogens, sometimes referred to
as "weak estrogens"
2. herbs traditionally used to support liver function; and
3. plants traditionally used to support blood and its circulation
- the "road" that hormones must travel to reach the
reproductive tissues where they support moisture and lubrication.
A Unique
Feminine Nutrition Program Just For You
We would be happy to develop a program for you that combines
modern nutritional science and the wisdom of traditional herbalists
with proper dietary and lifestyle recommendations. The program
would provide nutritional components of excellent quality that
are intelligently combined, delicately prepared, and consistent
with a natural approach that focuses on supporting the whole
body and the way it naturally manages hormones. We are here
to help, so please do not hesitate to ask for more information.
