What does it take to rejuvenate the body, to give it vitality? Or, asked another way, what do your heart, liver, and brain need to do their work? On and even smaller scale, what do the cells of your thyroid glad need to produce thyroid hormones?
The answer is not esoteric potions or synthetic drugs.
Building-Blocks of Life
Cells, tissue, and organs all need vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, antioxidants, and other nutritional factors to grow, repair and function. It’s not rocket science, and not too different from keeping a car going. Without the right mixture of fuels, lubricants, and parts, you and your car won’t work as efficiently, may even die.
This simple concept becomes profound when you consider that the average “healthy” person in the US is statistically liable to be deficient in at least two nutrients. Anyone with chronic disease, smokers, heavy drinkers, prolonged use of prescription or over-the-counter medication, living in cities or with digestive problems is likely to have even more deficiencies. Low-calorie dieters are also prone to being low in nutrients.
The result of nutritional deficiencies
Deficiencies create situations in which millions of people function below their potential. Their blood doesn’t pump as efficiently, their digestion doesn’t break down food properly, their weight keeps increasing, they simply do not feel as well as they could. They’re sometimes referred to as the walking wounded.
As efficiency drops, more symptoms appear. Eventually the person is diagnosed with a chronic disease – obesity, arthritis, skin problems, headaches, cancer, heart disease, fatigue, to name a few.
This is why rejuvenation is so important.
Rejuvenation refers to supplying the body with the nutrients it needs to function at a higher level.
Why are so many people malnourished?
Four major reasons:
How do I know if I’m deficient?
We all wish we could place a hand on a scanner and have it read our biochemistry. Unfortunately, this is not available. Blood, urine, saliva, hair and other tissues can sometimes give us hard answers, but more often they only offer clues.
The blood, as an example, will “steal” calcium from bones to keep its levels within normal limits. Your hair may have enough magnesium, but not your brain. And so on.
Nutrients such as iron and vitamin D can be easily determined with blood samples. Levels of protein and most vitamins and minerals, on the other hand, require a combination of patient history, physical exam, laboratory testing, and clinical judgment (educated guessing).
Unfortunately most doctors are not trained to look for nutritional deficiencies. Their training is to give drugs or do surgery.
How is Pure Wellness Center different?
Nutrition-oriented doctors take special care to keep up on the latest research into nutrition, how to test for deficiencies and how to treat illness with nutrition.
At Pure Wellness Center, we specialize in diagnosing and treating malnutrition. Patients fill out an extensive intake questionnaire, undergo a 40-point BioMarker Exam, and are offered the latest in diagnostic testing.
It’s a tragedy to waste a life. The walking wounded now have a place where they can be tested and individually treated for deficiencies. Rejuvenation, in the form of targeted nutrition, is available.
Your chronic disease can be transformed into vitality by calling 425-255-8100 Ex6 (Renton) or 206-324-2225 (Seattle) today for an appointment.