Nutrition therapy/treatment, health and wellness are interconnected. Food provides us with the energy and vital nutrients we need to stay healthy and help us recover in times of illness.
Achieving a healthy body weight (i.e. personalized for you In order to maintain your ideal weight, prevent and reduce the risk of disease, and improve your overall health, it is important to learn about the foods we eat and the different ways these foods affect our bodies.
In our modern world, mass food production and some Due to questionable agricultural practices, our soils have become deficient in many minerals. This means that many fruits and vegetables we consume are nutritionally deficient. As a result, even if we follow a healthy diet, our body may still be left without nutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients). This ultimately leads to deficiencies and disease.
Unfortunately, the food industry uses many preservatives, artificial colors, additives, and chemicals to enhance the appearance, taste, and shelf life of the foods we eat. These chemicals create toxicity and can cause food intolerances, allergies, autoimmune diseases, mental problems. Therefore, if a patient presents with malnutrition and digestive issues, it is always necessary to evaluate their diet and lifestyle in detail.
It is important to carefully analyze nutritional intake to identify possible deficiencies or excesses that may prevent you from achieving optimal health. Afterwards, the patient's blood tests and analysis results that will help diagnose the disease can be evaluated together and a personalized nutrition treatment program can be started.
Personal differences constitute the details. The program to be applied and their course are different for people with the same disease or disease risk. But let me share with you some of the "nutrition suggestions for a healthy life" that we usually pronounce to the majority;
**To be able to access products produced with good agriculture or organic agriculture in order to reach the right product
**Ensuring continuity of access to these
**Product without additives or preservatives Finding the right ones
**The main products we use as protein sources, such as eggs, red meat and chicken, should be purchased from organic or good producers
**The fish should not be farmed fish and preferably choose small fish
**The animal from which milk is taken must be free-range, exposed to the sun, and preferably a sheep or goat
**Consuming fermented foods rather than their original form is important for body microbiota, intestinal health, and proper functioning of digestion
**If there is gluten sensitivity, care should be taken to choose gluten-free grains such as buckwheat, chia, quinoa, teff seed...
**If there is an absorption problem in the intestine, even if they are gluten-free, these grains may still ferment due to their lectins. It is essential to consume it carefully
**For a healthy nutrition program that does not lack vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, we must take care to have colorful and diversified, correctly and naturally produced, stored and cooked foods.
* *Removing sugar and products made from sugar completely from your life is one of the first steps to a healthy diet.
**Salt consumption should be restricted and natural salts should be preferred, even if limited.
**Dark green leafy greens for bone health. Vegetables and fermented milk products should be in the healthy diet program
**Meal breaks should be increased (to get a better insulin response in our clients)
**Healthy animal fats (unpasteurized butter, goose and duck). oil…), extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, must be in daily consumption (** these personal differences are a detail that should be taken into consideration)
**Sunflower. Corn oil, palm oil and margarine are oil groups that should not be preferred
**Frying and roasting processes in cooking cause good oils to turn into carcinogenic oils.
**This is also the reason why nuts are preferred raw.
**The use of herbal teas and aromatic and fixed oils obtained from plants should be under the supervision of an expert.
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