Food as Medicine

“Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.”

- Hippocrates

Obtaining or maintaining good health begins from the ground up. We can only be as healthy as what we choose to water and feed our body.

The Ayurvedic approach to nutrition:

Ayurveda is an ancient medicine and considered to be the foundation of many other Complimentary treatment therapies. Ayurveda believes that each person is an individual, and that each individual has their own unique nutritional needs. Like Chinese medicine it works off the foundations of the five elements of nature, Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Connecting us with nature, believing that by living in harmony with nature and understanding our unique Dosha ( body type) we can experience better health. Digestion is the focus. In Ayurveda the focus is not only what we eat, but more important what we digest that contributes to the state of our health.

Supplements vs. Food

Do we really need to choose?

The USDA has discovered that at least 75% of the US population does not meet the Recommended Daily Allowances for vitamins and minerals on a daily basis. And the position of the American Medical Association is every person should be taking a Multivitamin daily.

We know that supplements alone will never meet our nutritional needs as whole foods have many nutrients which have not been discovered. We also know that during times of illness the need for certain nutrients increase. This is where it is important to discover your individual needs based on nutrition/medical history and genetics.

When diet, supplements and physical activity are partnered your personal best results can be achieved.