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Did you know our office provides cutting edge nutrition? Most people who need help with their nutrition use a cookbook approach or just Google their complaint. But, those methods are the least accurate systems to evaluate someone for nutrition. The new future of nutrition is called Functional Medicine. No more guessing! We use a sophisticated computer technology to evaluate your nutritional status. We give you a laboratory script for blood work that will test over 55 areas! ...The computer will correlate your blood results. Traditionally, doctors only look at the clinical range, which is the rage that is used by the medical community. Anything out of range may be indicative of a disease process. What Functional Medicine looks at is the optimal range. This range is narrower. Those ranges allow us to see signs of any developing diseases and conditions. For example: if your glucose level is 100, that is considered normal. But, from a Functional medicine approach, that is considered high. Does it make sense for you to evaluate your blood optimally? Don’t wait until your blood is way off! Call us at 215-364-0364 for a consultation!

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Based on cutting-edge science, functional medicine offers a whole new way to understand and look at chronic illnesses from diabetes to depression; heart disease to hypertension; autoimmune disease to autism; allergies to anxiety and more. The core concept is that chronic illness is an outcome of imbalances in the key underlying physiological systems in your body. When inflammation, blood sugar imbalance, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, hormonal problems, and systemic up...set occur the body spirals out of balance. This in conjunction with poor diet, lack of essential nutrients, emotional stress, environmental toxins, lack of exercise, and other lifestyle issues set the stage for chronic disease to develop. Functional medicine provides a method for rebalancing the body’s underlying physiological systems & addressing lifestyle issues that contribute to these illnesses.

Leafy Greens Nutritional Facts Not many foods can compare to the high nutritional value of leafy greens. Researchers are finding that eating your greens may be even more important than previously imagined. We now know that these greens contain an array of antioxidants and other disease-fighting compounds. Researchers also believe that these vegetables play an important role in controlling food allergies, inflammatory diseases and obesity, and may even prevent the development ...of bowel cancers (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute). Here's a nutritional breakdown of the top readily available leafy greens: Kale Excellent source of vitamins A, C, and K High in Calcium (for a vegetable) Also supplies Folate and Potassium Collard Greens Excellent source of vitamins A, C, and K Good source of Folate, Manganese, and Calcium Cancer preventatvive glucosinolates Similar in nutrition to Kale but more chewy with a stronger taste Swiss Chard Excellent source of vitamins A, C, and K Good source of Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Iron and Vitamin E At least 13 different Polyphenol Antioxidants, Turnip Greens Excellent source of vitamins A, C, and K Good source of Folate, Manganese, Calcium, Copper, Vitamin E and Vitamin B6 Bitter taste linked to high Calcium (4x more than cabbage, 2x more than mustard greens) High glucosinolate content (phytonutrients with cancer-preventing properties) Spinach Excellent source of vitamins A, C, and K Good source of Manganese, Folate, Iron, Vitamins C, B2, B6 and E Showed evidence of significant protection against the occurrence of aggressive prostate cancer. Glycoglycerolipids help protect the lining of the digestive tract from damage especially damage related to unwanted inflammation. Beet Greens Excellent source of vitamins A, C, E and K Good source of Folate, Pantothenic Acid, Phosphorus, Zinc, Vitamins B6 From- eatingwell

From all of us we would like to wish you a happy and healthy holiday.

Sweet Potato: For a vitamin-A-packed snack, try slicing up bright orange sweet potatoes instead of the white ones. Brush them with olive oil, and top with minced garlic, minced rosemary, and a little sea salt for chips that rival the store bought kind. Directions Preheat oven to 400 Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until crispy.

What can acupuncture help with? Acupuncture is very effective for a wide variety of health issues. Even if you are not experiencing any health problem, acupuncture can help with increasing your energy, helping improve your quality of sleep and improving the way you handle stress. The World Health Organization and the National Institutes of Health compiled an extensive list of symptoms and diseases that acupuncture has been shown to effectively treat. low back pain... neck pain sciatica tennis elbow knee pain periarthritis of the shoulder sprains facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders) headache dental pain tempromandibular (TMJ) dysfunction ... See more

Fatigue: It’s become all too common. From debilitating fatigue (chronic fatigue syndrome) to waking tiredness, fatigue is contributing to significant inefficiencies at work, problems with concentration, personal performance, and relationships. Fatigue can touch almost all of life and can be caused by many varied circumstances. The Functional Medicine approach to fatigue looks at the whole person and sees the complex interrelationships among many diverse variables: In short, ...everything that has ever happened to you collectively brings you to the place of feeling fatigued. Usually, fatigue results from a complex set of interacting factors rather than a single cause. For each of us, the source of fatigue may be different because our specific genetics are different and our specific exposures are different. The good news is by looking at the whole person over the course of his or her lifetime, it is possible to not only alleviate fatigue, but to reverse it. See more

Chia seeds are a member of the mint family. These seeds are bursting with nutrients, fiber & very few calories. Antioxidants also abound in these tiny seeds. They help to fight off free radicals that contribute to aging & disease. Two tablespoons of Chia seeds contain: Fiber 11 grams... Protein 4 grams Fat 9 grams ( 5 of which are Omega 3/6 ) Calcium 18% recommended daily allowance ( rda ) manganese 30% rda magnesium 30% rda Phosphorus 27% rda Zinc, Vitamins B1, B2, B3, Niacin & Potassium Calories 137 See more

Do not think about what could go wrong instead think about what could go right.

Vegetable Juice Vegetable juices that are high in B vitamins and iron are healthy to drink if you have hypothyroidism. Fresh squeezed vegetables are the healthiest, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Make your own in a blender, but refrain from using vegetables that can interfere with thyroid production. Cabbage, soybeans, spinach, broccoli, turnips and cauliflower should be avoided. Read the label on prepared vegetable juice to avoid those vegetables.