About Nutritional Therapy
In the simplest terms, nutritional therapy is about designing the diet to ensure the maximum benefit is gained from what we eat; helping you find what is right for you. Many of us are overfed,but undernourished.
Many scientists and researchers believe that diseases such as arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, and the increasingly common digestive disorders such as IBS, may be triggered or aggravated by our diets. Studies have shown that problems such as weight control, PMS, the menopause, poor memory and concentration, lack of energy and depression are frequently associated with inappropriate eating habits; when we eat can be as important as what we eat.
Changes, even small ones, in diet and lifestyle can have significant impact on many common conditions, meaning they can often be controlled or managed effectively by diet, sometimes even reducing the need for drugs.
What Conditions Can it Help?
In theory, almost any condition may be helped by optimum nutrition. Nutritional therapy is not a 'cure', but it can help the body as it tries to heal itself. Health problems which respond well to therapy include chronic fatigue/MS; frequent infections; hyperactivity in children; food intolerances; weight problems; digestive disorders; depression; lack of energy; skin complaints; migraine/headaches; osteo and rheumatoid arthritis; hormonal and menopausal conditions including infertility, preconceptual and pregnancy care, and many more.
But often, many people have a collection of niggling little problems which don't add up to an "illness" but neither are they "well".Individually trivial symptoms which when added together, can prevent them from enjoying life to the full, whatever their age. That is when nutritional therapy can definitely help.
What Benefits can be Expected?
Obviously, benefits vary depending on the duration and nature of the disorder. For example, with arthritis, decreased pain and increased mobility are quite often achieved; with IBS, improved bowel patterns and wider food choices often occur; in menopausal problems, decrease of hot flushes and mood swings is the norm; and with migraine a decrease in the severity and frequency of attacks.
Everyone responds differently, and a lot depends on how much effort the individual is able to make: most of the time only small changes are needed, but occasionally, more drastic action is required in the form of a strict dietary regime, needing a bit more determination.
In the simplest terms, nutritional therapy is about designing the diet to ensure the maximum benefit is gained from what we eat; helping you find what is right for you. Many of us are overfed,but undernourished.
Many scientists and researchers believe that diseases such as arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, and the increasingly common digestive disorders such as IBS, may be triggered or aggravated by our diets. Studies have shown that problems such as weight control, PMS, the menopause, poor memory and concentration, lack of energy and depression are frequently associated with inappropriate eating habits; when we eat can be as important as what we eat.
Changes, even small ones, in diet and lifestyle can have significant impact on many common conditions, meaning they can often be controlled or managed effectively by diet, sometimes even reducing the need for drugs.
What Conditions Can it Help?
In theory, almost any condition may be helped by optimum nutrition. Nutritional therapy is not a 'cure', but it can help the body as it tries to heal itself. Health problems which respond well to therapy include chronic fatigue/MS; frequent infections; hyperactivity in children; food intolerances; weight problems; digestive disorders; depression; lack of energy; skin complaints; migraine/headaches; osteo and rheumatoid arthritis; hormonal and menopausal conditions including infertility, preconceptual and pregnancy care, and many more.
But often, many people have a collection of niggling little problems which don't add up to an "illness" but neither are they "well".Individually trivial symptoms which when added together, can prevent them from enjoying life to the full, whatever their age. That is when nutritional therapy can definitely help.
What Benefits can be Expected?
Obviously, benefits vary depending on the duration and nature of the disorder. For example, with arthritis, decreased pain and increased mobility are quite often achieved; with IBS, improved bowel patterns and wider food choices often occur; in menopausal problems, decrease of hot flushes and mood swings is the norm; and with migraine a decrease in the severity and frequency of attacks.
Everyone responds differently, and a lot depends on how much effort the individual is able to make: most of the time only small changes are needed, but occasionally, more drastic action is required in the form of a strict dietary regime, needing a bit more determination.
