The Nutritional Medicine Clinic

Nutritional therapy exerts two roles. It assists in alleviating some common illnesses and is classed as a preventative medicine. 

Correct nourishment of the body assists in warding off the major degenerative diseases such has heart disease, obesity, arthritis and diabetes. It is the science that deals with food and nourishment including dietary guidelines, food composition and the roles that various nutrients have in maintaining health.

Nutrition is also concerned with the way food is produced with any changes that occur in it before it is eaten and with the way the body uses food until it is either built into body tissues or excreted.

Good nutrition will contribute towards a healthy heart, circulation and cholesterol levels, having a dramatic effect on the immune and digestive systems, as well as easily maintaining a healthy bodyweight. 

All these elements contribute and assist in creating or continuing to enjoy a long and healthy life for the people you work with towards their total wellness.

Nutritional therapy is not just about healthy eating.  It is a  form of complementary medicine in which a practising therapist will work directly with the patient helping his or her body rid itself of stressful substances, provide raw materials and generally improve assimilation of food in order to aid physical repair.

People in general become very confused about nutrition, which is not really surprising given all the conflicting advice that is around at present. 

Many people struggle on with self help techniques, often buying books and vitamin pills.

The trouble is, there are so many books and numerous theories. Without a proper understanding of how the body works, what has gone wrong and why, it is not possible to really know what is necessary to effect a healing response for the lay person.  This line of self treatment becomes very hit or miss and ultimately deprives them of an effective outcome. 

The fact is that we are all different.  The kind of diet and supplementation that keeps one person healthy could lead to arthritis or heart disease for another. One person with a digestive problem might feel better on a diet that does not agree at all with another person who has exactly the same type of problem.