Nutritional Therapy

You are what you eat, indeed! Think of yourself as a car – the food you eat is like the fuel that you pump into the car to make it run.  You may have a top-range engine, or employs many gadgets, but without fuel (food), no matter how good the engine is, or how advance your gadgets are, you can’t run.

Know Thyself,

Heal Thyself

Do you have

-          frequent headaches

-          cracks on your mouth

-          loose stools

-          dry skin

-          mood swings

-          poor concentration

-          sensitive / itching skin?

Are you often

-          constipated

-          bloated after a meal

-          craving for sweet foods

-          drowsy after eating

-          tired all the time?

Are these just ‘harmless’ symptoms or is your body trying to tell you something? 

Do you suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes or other chronic diseases and have been put on several medications and have been told that these are ‘normal’ consequences of ageing? 

If you are wondering what is going on in your body and what you can do about it, congratulations – you have just taken the most important first step on the road to better physical and mental health. 

Most people visit the doctor only when they fall sick. We think that it is the job of doctor to ‘cure’ us. However, illnesses do not develop overnight. YOU have a huge role in healing yourself and the good news is – YOU have the power to heal yourself!

Choosing to see a trained Nutritionist, qualified in Nutritional Medicine, is an investment that will benefit you tremendously in the long run.  You will learn how to take better care of yourself and understand the body that is unique to you. By taking this first step towards self-care, you are well on your way to optimizing your health and healing yourself. 

 Let food be thy medicine,

And let medicine be thy food           - Hippocrates

 What is Nutritional Medicine?

Nutritional medicine is based on the principles of natural medicine.  The body has the ability to heal itself if given the right conditions.  Providing your body with the optimum nourishment in the form of foods and nutrients is essential for healing and restoring health.

Nutritional medicine is a form of medicine that is both preventative and curative. It uses the many components in your food and drink, to treat, cure or prevent the conditions of virtually every illness or disease that we are susceptible to, the vast majority of which may have been caused by your diet in the first place!

Nutritional Medicine involves the study of nutrients and the biochemistry and interaction of those elements on human body, and applies this knowledge to healing the body.  It is not restricted to physical diseases (such as heart disease, skin conditions, obesity or cancer) but also to emotional and psychological problems (e.g. depression, anxiety).

The concept of redressing illness with food is at least as old as the ancient Greeks. Hippocrates, the founder of medicine, practiced and taught nutritional medicine in his time. Fundamentally, we are what we eat!  However, the "food as medicine" philosophy of Hippocrates has been largely neglected.

The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs,

but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.

-  Thomas Edison

Today, one of the most exciting scientific and medical fields is that of human nutrition.  People are convinced of the importance of food in optimizing health.  However, the media is cluttered with information that may be inaccurate, and most GPs’ knowledge of nutrition is rudimentary.  The thousands of supplements that flood the market make it even more overwhelming for the average person.

Nutritional Medicine is safe, gentle and natural, and builds your body, unlike pharmaceutical medication. However if you mess around with your diet and supplementation without the guidance of a qualified expert, you could be wasting your money and also adding to your health problems.  With guidance, you will be empowered to take better care of yourself, understand your body better, and optimise your physical and mental well-being.