Diet, Herbs and Nutrition
Most
people never consider their “nutritional shape”
because it
is not as visible as their physical shape. However, being in poor
nutritional shape will definitely affect your health.
The
basic building blocks for healthy eating provide good general
guidelines, but don’t provide for individual differences in
biochemistry. Following these building blocks is essential for good
nutrition, but advice from a nutrition healthcare provider is also
recommended since we are all biochemically unique.
Individuals
vary tremendously in what is the “right diet.” Only
a
doctor with advanced training in nutrition has access to the
specialized procedures and tests to determine the “right
diet” for you.
The
doctor with a Diplomate in Clinical Nutrition is a specialist in
developing custom nutritional programs and meeting your individual
biochemical requirements.
How Do You
Develop A Nutritional Plan?
There are two, and sometimes three, steps necessary
to develop a custom nutritional health plan.
The
first step begins with a complete history and a specialized physical
exam which uses techniques and tests to help us highlight any
nutritional imbalances.
The
second step consists of in-office laboratory tests. These in-office
tests use easily-obtainable samples, such as saliva or urine, and
provide instant answers to some of our nutritional questions.
In some
cases, Dr. Jenkins will order tests which must be performed by
laboratories specializing in nutritional testing. For more information
on the laboratory diagnostics used by Dr. Jenkins, click on Diagnostic
Services.
Are Herbs Safe
for Me?
There
is not a single herb available to you today which even approaches the
level of damage and danger to your health presented by most
over-the-counter medications. Most of them are even safer than aspirin.
All of
the herbs used by Dr. Jenkins have hundreds to thousands of years of
clinical experience behind them. Proper dosages are well-known, any
possible side effects have been investigated, and the health effects of
these herbs have been documented.
In
addition, most of the herbs prescribed by Dr. Jenkins have also been
researched by modern scientists, so that their chemical makeup is
understood and their active ingredients known.
Dr.
Jenkins is also well-equipped to determine if your prescription
medications are going to interfere with your herbal therapy, so that
you can instruct your medical doctor to make the necessary changes.
What’s
in it for Me?
Americans
are becoming the “fattest” people on hearth,
despite the
proliferation of diet books, diet pills, diet surgeries and other
medical scams.
The
problem is that we are sedentary, consume large amounts of saturated
fats, and eat processed foods. This has led to ever-increasing rates of
obesity and the world of health problems which obesity brings with it
— hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
It is time to get back to the basics of nutrition,
and learn what is good nutrition for you
as an individual — not what some diet book or mass-marketed
program tells you.
Dr.
Jenkins can help you return to the healthy basics of nutrition as you
need them.