What is Naturopathic Medicine?
The use and application of naturopathic nutrition must adhere to the tenets of naturopathic medicine:
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Do no harm
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Support the body’s innate ability to heal itself
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Address the root cause of disease
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Educate on how to achieve and maintain health
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Heal the whole person through individualized treatment
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Promote health and wellness, prevent disease
What is Naturopathic Nutrition?
Naturopathic Nutrition is the therapeutic use of nutrient-dense foods to enhance health and prevent disease.
The optimal diet is composed of nutrient-rich foods, should be as health promoting as possible, and should contain the following attributes: whole, alive, fresh, varied, non-toxic, scarce, endogenous, naturally-flavored and simple.
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Eating whole foods provides all the nutrition available in a plant or animal.
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Natural food is alive and fresh.
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A natural diet is varied, from meal to meal, from day to day, from season to season; this allows for some protection from developing food allergies.
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A natural diet is non-toxic.
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The food in a natural diet is scarce, and over-consumption is less likely with whole meat and fish, whole fruit and vegetables.
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Natural food is endogenous – locally grown or harvested; it is a better match between the content of essential fat of the foods in local plants and animals, and the fat needs of the consumer of those foods.
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Natural food is naturally flavored, not artificially over-processed.
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A natural diet is simple. Making and preparing food ourselves is the only guarantee to knowing the ingredients used.