Nutritional Support
Why Nutrition?​
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As Hippocrates, the father of Western Medicine said, “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food”. The food we eat can be a form of healing or a source of illness for us, as everything we eat affects our bodily .
systems either positively or negatively. Many foods found in the Standard American Diet (SAD) have been proven to be health-reducing, particularly processed foods and animal-based foods. The evidence is pointing towards a whole foods plant-based pattern of eating for optimal health at all ages and stages of life.
Nutrition For Fertility
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A whole foods plant-based diet, -which is naturally anti-inflammatory, hormone regulating, and packed with essential nutrients, can not only boost fertility but as a result can also positively affect the outcome of fertility treatments. While not one particular food or diet can guarantee pregnancy, there are proven ways in which a whole foods plant-based diet can improve one’s chances. For women, a healthy diet is associated with healthier oocyte (an immature egg cell) quality and maturation, as well as uterine lining. For men, it’s crucial to eat a healthy diet many months prior to conception, to assure proper intake of specific nutrients to improve sperm quality and motility. There is also emerging evidence that a whole foods plant-based diet can help treat PCOS, as well as achieve and maintain a healthy weight, which is important due to excess weight resulting in producing extra female and male hormones, which can upset the hormone balance and affect fertility.
Nutrition For Other Health Issues​
Whole foods plant-based diets have been confirmed through studies, and increasingly by organizations such as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to be be “healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide prevention and treatment of certain diseases”, including:
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Women’s health; including pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, endometriosis, and dysmenorrhea (painful periods)
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Healthy weight loss and management
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Diabetes management and reversal
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Heart disease prevention and reversal
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Autoimmune disease management
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Digestive disorders
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Neurological, mental conditions and brain health
