NUTRITION AND DIET
Good nutrition and diet are
vital in the fight to help keep our bodies fit and healthy. What we are is
what we eat, so knowing what to eat and what not to eat are essential to a
healthy lifestyle. Many of us however lack a healthy diet, are deficient in
vitamins and minerals, and have allergies which we may know nothing about!
Fortunately we are now able to test for both food allergies and mineral
deficiencies. This helps us to devise with you a diet suitable for your body
and to provide you with vitamin and mineral supplements, thus giving you the
best chance of staying fit and healthy.
FOOD ALLERGIES
Do you suffer with any of the following:
If so, providing a serious diagnosis has been excluded, these symptoms may
be due to food allergy. We now
have the latest technology available for assessing food allergy and
excluding food intolerances as a cause for your symptoms.
Most food
allergies are hidden. The best
test for detecting which foods you are sensitive to is what is called a
quantitative IgG ELISA test which means that it not only shows whether you
are allergic but also how strong your allergic response is.
If you are unsure what IgG is, it is best explained as a tailor-made weapon
in your own body that latches onto specific substances to help escort them
out of your body. They are like
bouncers on the lookout for a substance that you may be allergic to.
The bouncers are called immunoglobulins or Ig for short.
They are of different types and the real heavies are IgE but most
food allergies are probably IgG.
If you have any questions about food allergies please speak to one of the
doctors or nurses.
HOMOCYSTEINE
There is one factor that can determine better than any other whether you
will live a long and healthy life.
It is called homocysteine and is possibly more predictive than your
blood pressure, cholesterol and even your weight.
Homocysteine is produced from the amino acid methionine which is
found in normal dietary protein.
It is also produced by the body and ideally should be present in very low
quantity. However, if you are
not optimally nourished, homocysteine can accumulate in the blood increasing
the risk for over 50 diseases including heart attack, strokes, certain
cancers, diabetes, depression and Alzheimers disease.
One in two people in
MICRONUTRIENTS AND MINERALS
We are what
we eat. The building blocks that
you consume will determine whether or not you have the right vitamins and
minerals at a cellular level for your body biochemistry to work normally.
We are now able to measure your micronutrient status and this
combined with food allergies and homocysteine levels is a very exciting new
development in the practice.
Please speak to one of our staff if you need further details.
MENTAL HEALTH, INCLUDING DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND PSYCHOSIS.
Our new nutritional service including testing for micronutrients, homocysteine levels and food allergies, are providing invaluable help for sufferers with mental health problems. Not only are we able the offer the services of our doctor in psychology, Nisha Karia, and our CBT therapist Lorraine Toll, but we also have the full nutritional service which will pick up deficiencies and help with optimal nutrition. There is much evidence showing that deficiencies in vitamin C, zinc, multivitamin B especially B3, and essential fatty acids, may contribute towards the huge spectrum of psychological stress that exits in all of us from time‑to‑time. Here, we do not just rely on antidepressants or other drugs to help our minds, we offer a full range of services extending to massage, art therapy, aromatherapy, acupuncture and hypnotherapy as well as the above. If you know somebody who is struggling in this area please tell them about our services.
SUPPLEMENTS
We are able to help you identify deficiencies in your diet and provide you with vitamin, mineral and other supplements to help your body get back on the right track.
DIET SHEETS
Dee Welch works for the practice as a nutritionalist and holistic massage therapist. She is able to advise on a very practical level with suitable diets and offers a 3 day diet sheet review and advice service by referral from the practice doctors.
REFERRALS
For a more in depth and analytical review of your daily diet we are able to refer you to a fully qualified nutritionalist who will analyse the tests undertaken by the practice and advise you about your diet. Again this service is by referral only.
If you have any queries about nutrition and diet please do not hesitate to contact us:
If you have a query or would like to email us please go to our
'Contact Us' page
If you would like to book an appointment please call us on 0116 2700373 or email
info@privategp.com.
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