Nutrition

We have the most advanced testing and the supplementation for food allergies and hormone imbalances. We test for testosterone, progesterone, cholesterol, and many other hormones.

In today’s world of fast foods and convenient microwave meals, understanding and promoting the science of proper nutrition can be a hard sell to most patients.

The Importance of Proper Nutrition

If your body is getting essential nutrients including carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals, it will help your body function, which includes digesting, absorbing, metabolizing and excreting which leads to homeostasis. Bad eating habits that include diets high in sugar and fats, may lead to fatigue and possible diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancers.

Nutrition goes along with the chiropractic philosophy which is to treat the patient by helping the body to naturally heal.

Chiropractic and Nutrition

Many chiropractors believe that proper nutrition is an essential part of preventive health care along with exercise, rest and spinal adjustments.

Nutrition can directly impact subluxations from the standpoint that improper nutrition can affect fluid levels on a cellular level which affects nerve transmissions. Proper nutrition may help patients hold an adjustment longer.

Integrative Approach

Many patients are looking to chiropractors who are helping them manage specific health problems through an integrative approach that encompasses nutrition. Integrative health care focuses on how biochemical individuality, metabolic balance, ecological context, genetic predisposition, lifestyle patterns and other factors have the potential to strongly influence human physiology and the push pull dynamics of health and disease.

Using patient samples of stool, urine, saliva, blood or hair, these integrative tests can provide focused and advanced insight into key areas of physiology, including gastrointestinal function, cardiovascular disease, nutrient metabolism, immune/antibody response and hormone secretion/activity.

As an example, some parents of autistic children have found that following a diet free of gluten (grains) and casein (dairy) products may improve the child’s behavior based on extensive testing of their digestive system which does not produce the necessary enzymes to break down these specific foods.

Chiropractors who include clinical nutrition or nutrition therapy/services in their practice start out by assessing the patients a case history, testing, physical examination, review of current diet and lifestyle.

After the evaluation and testing is completed, qualified chiropractors will be able to make recommendations on what foods to eat, what foods to eliminate, how to remove toxins, possible supplements for specific needs and exercise.

Chiropractors already have a background in science which should serve as a base of knowledge to understand how nutrition affects the body. The average person knows very little about nutrition. They know the basic facts that fatty foods are bad or to avoid too much sugar, chiropractors can do a great deal in educating and motivating their patients.