Nutrition Wellness Plan

A large volume of research which goes back for many decades is not included in the curriculum of most colleges, medical schools and universities. This research consistently demonstrates that methods based on naturopathic nutrition can be very successful in reversing a chronic (long-term) health condition.

In addition to diet and supplements, naturopathic nutritionists also use safe herbal products and are trained to guide individuals through procedures designed to find out whether any specific staple foods are aggravating their condition.

Conventional wisdom dictates this, but in fact, once symptoms develop people’s needs can be very different according to what is causing them. Analysing these symptoms can provide clues. The naturopathic nutritionist does this in great detail. Condition of skin, hair, eyes, digestion, bowel habits, energy, nerves and menstruation can all give clues.

If the client suffers from painful menstrual periods and also has very dry skin and flaking fingernails, we might suspect a magnesium and essential fatty acid deficiency. If this client even has, say, a heart condition, we would expect that by providing a magnesium-rich diet we could also begin to correct some of the abnormal body chemistry which may have made the client vulnerable to the heart problem.

Bloating accompanied by migraines or skin rashes might suggest a food intolerance (‘allergy’). If the client also has arthritis, we would expect that the inflammatory state produced by this allergy may be affecting his or her joints too.

Some people have problems digesting or handling certain foods. Sinusitis, for instance, can come and go at random if we are regularly eating one of these foods. Naturopathic nutritionists use a special diet to identify problem foods, which is very low in foods which are liable to cause symptoms. This diet is used just for diagnostic purposes for a few weeks and allows the therapist to monitor the effects of different foods on the body.

Naturopaths also use a variety of special diets, including rotation diets, diets to make the body more alkaline, diets to reduce bacterial or yeast infestations within the intestines, and so on.

Naturopathic medicine has excellent success rates for many problems for which your doctor has no cure: Irritable bowel syndrome, menstrual and premenstrual problems, migraine, children’s ailments like glue ear and ADHD, skin problems, low energy levels or digestive problems.

Some people have described their recovery as miraculous. Cures have also been achieved for more severe problems like arthritis, high blood pressure and asthma, although the response is more variable.

A man with angina so severe that he could not walk more than a few yards without pain was able to start climbing mountains in his spare time after less than a year of following a naturopathic health program.

Even if a problem cannot be entirely stopped, its progress can be slowed down by giving optimum nutritional support to functions like the immune system.

Naturopathic nutritionists are very different from dieticians. We usually say that naturopathic nutrition starts where dietetics stops. The dietician is trained to be primarily concerned with whether or not you are meeting the Government’s minimum guidelines. Some dieticians are trained in tube feeding and other hospital procedures, but naturopathic nutritionists are not.

Naturopaths hope that people will consult them before such drastic measures are required.