WHAT IS NATUROPATHIC NUTRITION?
Naturopathic medicine is a distinct system of primary health care – an art, science, philosophy and practice of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of illness.
It is distinguished by the principles that underlie and determine it’s practice – recognising the healing power of nature, identifying and treating the causes of health problems, doing no harm to the patient, educating our patients, treating the whole person and emphasising prevention. These principles give rise to a practice that emphasises the individual and empowers them to greater responsibility in their own health care and maintenance.
Naturopathic nutrition is the practice of nutrition in the context of the principles of naturopathic medicine.
Naturopathic nutrition integrates both scientific nutrition and the principles of naturopathic medicine into a distinct approach to nutritional practice.
Philosophies of naturopathic nutrition include:
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• A respect for the traditional and empirical naturopathic approach to nutritional knowledge
• The value of food as medicine
• An understanding that whole foods are greater than the sum of their parts
• That individuals have a unique interaction with their nutritional environment.
The practice of Naturopathic Nutrition may include the appropriate use of:
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• Behavioural and lifestyle counselling
• Diet therapy
• Food preparation and medicinal cooking
• Therapeutic application of foods with specific functions
• Traditional approaches to detoxification
• Therapeutic fasting strategies
• Nutritional supplementation.
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