Food & Nutrition
We consider food and nutrition to be a cornerstone of our practice. Eating for health also means eating for enjoyment. We do not prescribe nutritional guidelines for our patients that are overly strenuous or restrictive, unless it is for short periods of time to resolve a health condition. We customize our dietary recommendations for each patient. There is no "one size fits all" approach to food in our clinic although we do believe in certain basic food principles.
Our general food philosophy is as follows:
1. Eat real food. We define real food as food that your grandparents would recognize as food. This means food that goes bad, spoils and does not have an indefinite shelf life. When you go to the grocery store, it's the food that's at the ends of the store (produce, meat and fish).
2. Eat organic. This also falls under the eat real food banner. Organic is food that's been raised the way it's been throughout history. We can't prove that every single pesticide, herbicide or GMO is dangerous. But can it be proven that all pesticides, herbicides and GMO products are safe for long term use? There is plenty of history which shows that certain products that were initially deemed to be safe were found to be unsafe, many years later (DDT as an example).
3. Food preparation is important. Certain foods become more digestible under certain organic processes such as soaking or fermenting. For instance, beans contain phytic which inhibit digestion. Soaking and sprouting beans remove phytic acid and helps digestion and absorption of vitamins and minerals.
4. Humans are omnivores and we are designed to eat vegetables, fruits, meat and seafood (people with allergies excluded). We are not fans of a pure vegetable based diet or a pure meat based diet but something in between.
5. You are not what you eat. You are what you digest and absorb. For people with impaired digestion and malabsorption, food is important but adding digestive enzymes are equally important.
For acupuncture appointments, please call (615) 260-6944 or click this link.
We consider food and nutrition to be a cornerstone of our practice. Eating for health also means eating for enjoyment. We do not prescribe nutritional guidelines for our patients that are overly strenuous or restrictive, unless it is for short periods of time to resolve a health condition. We customize our dietary recommendations for each patient. There is no "one size fits all" approach to food in our clinic although we do believe in certain basic food principles.
Our general food philosophy is as follows:
1. Eat real food. We define real food as food that your grandparents would recognize as food. This means food that goes bad, spoils and does not have an indefinite shelf life. When you go to the grocery store, it's the food that's at the ends of the store (produce, meat and fish).
2. Eat organic. This also falls under the eat real food banner. Organic is food that's been raised the way it's been throughout history. We can't prove that every single pesticide, herbicide or GMO is dangerous. But can it be proven that all pesticides, herbicides and GMO products are safe for long term use? There is plenty of history which shows that certain products that were initially deemed to be safe were found to be unsafe, many years later (DDT as an example).
3. Food preparation is important. Certain foods become more digestible under certain organic processes such as soaking or fermenting. For instance, beans contain phytic which inhibit digestion. Soaking and sprouting beans remove phytic acid and helps digestion and absorption of vitamins and minerals.
4. Humans are omnivores and we are designed to eat vegetables, fruits, meat and seafood (people with allergies excluded). We are not fans of a pure vegetable based diet or a pure meat based diet but something in between.
5. You are not what you eat. You are what you digest and absorb. For people with impaired digestion and malabsorption, food is important but adding digestive enzymes are equally important.
For acupuncture appointments, please call (615) 260-6944 or click this link.