Unfortunately, this is a precarious process. It is not a simple process to get healthy quick. There are slight changes over a long period of time before one can see the effects of poor nutritional status. An innate intelligence is present in all of our bodies that allow us to adapt to other stressors. For example, a well-nourished person may feel tired (due to protein depletion), but only for a short time. The body "realizes" alternate fuel reserves until a regular balance is once again maintained. However, if nutritional status is not re-established continued compensatory mechanisms will mean further adaptation. Adaptation will continue, on a worse level.
There is an "organ hierarchy" in us all. We are designed to maintain our most vital organs at the expense of the other organs. Our body will continue to break down until dis-ease and then end of life occurs. Sounds terrible, but true and inevitable unless recognition and intervention is caught early enough to reverse the process. If you or someone you know someone who falls in the following groups, you may want to help them regain optimum health:
One of the largest of these categories is the elderly. South Florida has one of the highest concentrations of elderly compared to other regions of the USA. And unfortunately they are often not paid attention to as if getting old is a disease in itself! I think of it as another rite of passage and should be welcomed and celebrated! Yes, the body changes, but it should not deteriorate as some of us let it. I see patients who are 80 years old flying their private jet, or are out playing tennis: biological age unmatched by their chronological age. Why are other people not experiencing the same as with their same aged counterparts? They are suffering with depression (which may be due to an amino acid imbalance), lack of teeth (and therefore cannot chew their food), or medication (causing adverse side effects). As a result, anorexia may result and loss of nutrients is available, thus decreasing the availability of the body to do its proper work.
Obsessive dieters also are reaping the consequences of nutrient losses. Food fads that concentrate one kind of food that's predominant will offset the body's biochemistry. Some people have a greater food requirement for a particular type of food, such as athletes who exercise intensely. These people require more protein and complex carbohydrates, and supplements. They will find themselves subject to lowered immunity and resistance when their body composition is changed with accompanying chemical imbalances.
Chronic alcoholics can have impaired gastritis, impaired absorption of the gastrointestinal system, and therefore eat empty calories with no nutrient value. They suffer from a low thiamine status, necessary for the body's energy requirements.
Adolescents are victims of media marketing. Unrealistic expectations of ideal body proportions are template into their psyche. Normal weight girls think that they are fat. Well-developed boys think they are too thin or lacking in muscular development. Strange rituals and eating pattern then develop such as bulimia (throwing up food), diuretic use, anorexia, food fads, etc. This can result in lack of growth, impaired energy levels, moodiness, and irritability.
Infants of low birth-weight or those with birth abnormalities often have feeding difficulties and poor stores of nutrients. Decrease in vital nutrients will affect them later in life if not intervened.
Young children with rapid growth spurts have greater nutrient needs. Without the proper nutrition, poor growth and development will follow. This also will affect mental function and capacity.
Optimum health is hard work. It is not an inevitable right. We do have the ability to change and reverse the direction of our health. However, holistic changes take longer than drugs. However, my thought is such that natural is more advantageous when given a choice and if reasonably possible. For one, you do not suffer bad drug side effects. Another reason is that you are merely putting a temporary patch on the problem, rather than to find the cause. This thought is crucial however, for every week of a specific nutrient deficiency, it will require approximately four weeks for re-establishment of normal levels in the body
Dr. Gary Gendron
BS,DC,CCSP,CCN,DACBN
There is an "organ hierarchy" in us all. We are designed to maintain our most vital organs at the expense of the other organs. Our body will continue to break down until dis-ease and then end of life occurs. Sounds terrible, but true and inevitable unless recognition and intervention is caught early enough to reverse the process. If you or someone you know someone who falls in the following groups, you may want to help them regain optimum health:
One of the largest of these categories is the elderly. South Florida has one of the highest concentrations of elderly compared to other regions of the USA. And unfortunately they are often not paid attention to as if getting old is a disease in itself! I think of it as another rite of passage and should be welcomed and celebrated! Yes, the body changes, but it should not deteriorate as some of us let it. I see patients who are 80 years old flying their private jet, or are out playing tennis: biological age unmatched by their chronological age. Why are other people not experiencing the same as with their same aged counterparts? They are suffering with depression (which may be due to an amino acid imbalance), lack of teeth (and therefore cannot chew their food), or medication (causing adverse side effects). As a result, anorexia may result and loss of nutrients is available, thus decreasing the availability of the body to do its proper work.
Obsessive dieters also are reaping the consequences of nutrient losses. Food fads that concentrate one kind of food that's predominant will offset the body's biochemistry. Some people have a greater food requirement for a particular type of food, such as athletes who exercise intensely. These people require more protein and complex carbohydrates, and supplements. They will find themselves subject to lowered immunity and resistance when their body composition is changed with accompanying chemical imbalances.
Chronic alcoholics can have impaired gastritis, impaired absorption of the gastrointestinal system, and therefore eat empty calories with no nutrient value. They suffer from a low thiamine status, necessary for the body's energy requirements.
Adolescents are victims of media marketing. Unrealistic expectations of ideal body proportions are template into their psyche. Normal weight girls think that they are fat. Well-developed boys think they are too thin or lacking in muscular development. Strange rituals and eating pattern then develop such as bulimia (throwing up food), diuretic use, anorexia, food fads, etc. This can result in lack of growth, impaired energy levels, moodiness, and irritability.
Infants of low birth-weight or those with birth abnormalities often have feeding difficulties and poor stores of nutrients. Decrease in vital nutrients will affect them later in life if not intervened.
Young children with rapid growth spurts have greater nutrient needs. Without the proper nutrition, poor growth and development will follow. This also will affect mental function and capacity.
Optimum health is hard work. It is not an inevitable right. We do have the ability to change and reverse the direction of our health. However, holistic changes take longer than drugs. However, my thought is such that natural is more advantageous when given a choice and if reasonably possible. For one, you do not suffer bad drug side effects. Another reason is that you are merely putting a temporary patch on the problem, rather than to find the cause. This thought is crucial however, for every week of a specific nutrient deficiency, it will require approximately four weeks for re-establishment of normal levels in the body
Dr. Gary Gendron
BS,DC,CCSP,CCN,DACBN
About the Author:
This is the time to start feeling healthy quick. Check out this great site, http://www.docofthefuture.com, for cutting edge health news now!
0 comments:
Post a Comment