What is Clinical Nutrition?
Hippocrates said it best:
"Make food your medicine and medicine your food."
Clinical Nutrition is the scientific application of the old principle we heard as children; that "you are what you eat". Recognizing that the things we put into our systems on a daily basis " food, drink, medications, herbs, vitamins " effect our wellbeing, Clinical Nutrition can help lay the foundation for optimal physical and psycho-emotional health. Because Clinical Nutrition recognizes that we are all individuals with differences on many levels, a "cookbook" approach to health and healing is inappropriate: there is no "one-size-fits-all" answer. Clinical Nutrition recognizes that psycho-emotional, biochemical, environmental and lifestyle elements are all a parts of the unique puzzle of each individual. In the event of the development of disease or disability, Clinical Nutrition modifies the internal environment to facilitate the healing process. Through the use of everyday foods, supplements and lifestyle changes, Clinical Nutrition is an essential aspect of both disease prevention and wellness optimization.