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Our goal is to get you back doing the things you have been limited or
unable to do because of spinal or digestive issues. |
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Our
priorities lie in our ability to think clearly, walk at leisure and
remain free from pain. Most chronic degenerative illnesses have their
orgins in the body's inability to digest either protein, carbs, fat
or a combination of these. This document is designed to dispel common
misconceptions about the science of nutrition. |
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Some
useful definitions and facts: |
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Nutrition:
The science of food, and the process by which an organism
ingests, digests, absorbs, transports, and excretes food substances.
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Food:
Food is defined as a substance that has proteins, carbohydrates,
fats, enzymes, vitamins and minerals that are essential for the body
to sustain growth, repair and to furnish energy to the body. The body
is automatically set up to digest food and anything that does not
meet this definition is a drug. A 500 mg vitamin C tablet is considered
a drug. The body has to send this vitamin C to the liver for detoxification.
The end result of this process is that very little if any of this
form of vitamin C id useful to the body. This means that supplementing
your diet with traditional vitamin and mineral pills probable does
little to improve your health. |
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Drugs
masquerading as food: Drugs are anything that does
not meet the definition of food. The Vitamin C stated above is a great
example of a drug masquerading as a food. A drug by definition has
to be detoxified by the body. Much more energy has to be utilized
bt the body to detoxify drugs as opposed to digesting foods. |
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Pharmaceutical
drugs: These drugs are
highly concentrared, man made products that immediately increase or
decrease a response in the body. The mechanism by which most drugs
work is to inhibit enzymatic action at the cellular level. It is the
inhibition of enzymatic activity that leads the body to produce unwanted
side effects. Our office is not anti-drug; in fact
pharmaceuticals are necessary at times. We are against the
excessive utilization and over prescribing of pharmaceuticals. |
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Homeostasis:
a good definition of homeostasis is the body's ability to maintain
an equilibrium or status quo. Body temperature, acid base balance,
blood pressure and the constitruents of what is in the blood stream
are what the body is most interested in maintaining. |
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The
Hypothalamus: This is the only portion of the brain
that is outside the blood brain barrier. The hypothalamus maintains
homeostasis in the body by continually monitoring all homeostatic
functions listed above. If you cannot digest carbohydrates, thehypothalamus
will tell you to eat more carbs, also known as a craving. Cravings
are a product of the body's inability to digest whatever the craving
is for. Cravings cannot be turned off by will power. Cravings can
only be eradicated by digesting your food. If you are overweight digesting
food is the first step to weight loss. |
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Protein:
Proteins are very large molecules consisting of amino
acids, sulfur, iron and phosphorus. Protein is used by the body for
tissue growth and repair. Protein is also used for energy production.
Insulin, epinephrine and thyroxin are all made od protein. Between
carbs, and fat, protein is the only substance that is utilized
directly to maintain homeostasis. Protein digestion problems
and deficiencies lead to severe health consequences over time. Antibodiec
and white blood cell function are protein based. Protein deficiency
leads to immune system compromise; one of the most devastating results
of protein deficiency. A women's digestive pathway is not as strong
as a man's when digesting protein. In fact, the vast majority of women
we see are protein deficient. Protein also carries calcium in the
blood stream. Their relationship is directly proportional. If you
are protein deficient, you have to be calcium deficient. Supplementing
with calcium will do little to correct your problem. |
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Carbohydrate:
Carbs are named for their hydrates of carbon structure. There are
three types of Carbs: fibre, starches, and sugars. Carbohydrates are
used for energy. They do not take part in tissue growth and repair
and do not help maintain homeostasis. There are two classifications
of carbs, simple and complex. Complex carbs are found in fresh fruits
and vegetables, and are deficient in most people's diets. Simple carbs
are refined sugars found in junk foods. It is estimated that the average
person consumes well over 100 pounds of sugar per year.The brain functions
on glucose, which is the end result of carbohydrate metabolism. Carbohydrate
digestion deficiency problems lead to many symptoms, most notably
depression and psychological issues. |
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Fats/Lipids:
Lipids are molecules made of carbon and hydrogen. They are soluble
(capable of being dissolved) in either or chloroform, not water. Lipids
are used as a source of energy by the body for growth and repair.
They do not help to maintain homeostasis in the body. Since, lipids
are not soluble in water, the major constituent of blood; they must
be surrounded by protein to be transported in the blood. HDL stands
for high density lipoprotein, meaning a lot of protein is needed to
carry this type of lipid. LDL's or low density loioproteins are lipids
that need ledd protein to carry them in the blood stream. Cholesterol
is made of fat and is essential for the formation of sex hormones,
bile salts, and myelin sheaths that surround and protect nerve fibers. |
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Cholesterol
is so important to the body that it is made by every cell in the body.
A total cholesterol level on blood work is a number derived by adding
up HDL, LDL and VLDL. 95% of your cholesterol level
is what your body is producing. Less than 5% of your total cholesterol
is dietary. If your cholesterol is high dietary modification will
do little to lower your numbers. The answer to battiling Cholesterol
is in the delivery system of fats, namely protein. If your body is
protein deficient the hypothalamus will not give up the protein to
cover the lipids that transport cholesterol. Remember,
from the protein section above it is more important
for the hyporthalamus to produce insulin that it is to "protein
coat" the fat for transport in the body. The end result will
be that your HDL will go down, your LDL will go up and your total
cholesterol will go up. |
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Blood
Work: Please review the definition of homeostasis
above. Blood work is done to determine how well your hypothalamus
is maintaining homeostasis. In a chronic dietary deficient state the
body, specifically the hypothalamus, has to maintain homeostasis.
For example: if you are protein deficient or cannot digest protein
properly the hypothalamus has to direct the body to take protein out
of the body's tissues (self cannibalization) to maintain the protein
levels in the blood. You can be very protein deficient and still have
a total blood protein level that is within normal limits. It is not
until the body cannot rip any more protein out of the tissues that
the total protein starts to decrease on blood work. You may not see
your total protein decrease on your blood work for decades but your
body has been protein deficient all that time. Blood work
is very important and should be done on a consistent
basis, but it is not a sensitive indicator of your nutritional
status. |
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24
Hour Urinalysis: A Medical Urinalysis is primarily
used to detect kidney disease and diabetes. Urine is a water product
that is not being monitored by the hypothalamus, thus providing a
better test than blood work. A 24 hour nutrition based urinalysis
gives us the opportunity to see what the body is holding onto and
what it is dumping in abnormal quantities.Our lab first screens for
pathology and then gives us very important insight into the digestion
of foods, the absorption of those foods and the elimination of foods. |
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Bowel/body
Toxicity: Toxicity means the degree to which something
is poisonous. Toxicity in the body can come from many sources;
drugs,alcohol,smoking and the environment. The primary source of toxicity
in the body is the body's reabsorption of partially and undigested
protein, carbs and fat into the blood stream. Undigested food in the
bowel is eaten by bacteria, yeast and parasites. Thesr parasites eliminate
their waste into the bowel and the body reabsorbs this toxic waste
futher compounding the problem. |
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