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The path to health and wellness includes healthy nutrition and appropriate supplementation. To begin your journey to healthy nutrition, it is important to begin with the basic concepts. All nutrients that your body needs to sustain itself are available naturally on earth. Man made foods such as refined carbohydrates and trans-fats have no purpose in the human body and are likely to be at the root of most modern diseases, for example, Type II Diabetes. Restructuring your diet to include whole, unprocessed, naturally occurring foods and eliminating artificial foods that modern man has invented will change the way you look and feel.
Nutrients found in whole, unprocessed foods contain vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and antioxidants that are vital to the proper functioning of our bodies. Unfortunately most of us are unable to maintain adequate or healthy levels of all the necessary nutrients simply from the foods that we eat. Even if you have a “healthy” diet, you may be deficient in certain nutrients due to soil depletion, food preparation methods, environmental contaminants, and many other reasons.
Through appropriate testing and evaluation, Dr. Matez will design a program with nutritional protocols and counseling. Click here to schedule a consultation.
Supplements
Nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, co-factors and others are vital to the proper functioning of our bodies. Although you may be eating “healthy”, appropriate supplementation can overcome some deficiencies in most individuals. Everyone should take a multivitamin or multi-mineral. Additional supplements can be used as needed for treatment or prevention based on clinical evaluation and appropriate testing.
Issues such cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure abnormalities can frequently be addressed without drug therapy when appropriate diet and supplementation are used. There is a significant amount of fraud in the Neutraceutical industry. It is important to use only pharmaceutical grade supplements purchased through a physician. This is the best way to insure you obtain a safe and effective product.
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