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Why Whole Food Nutrition?
Most of our common health struggles, physical and psychological symptoms, immune dysfunction, and chronic diseases can be traced back to some type of nutritional deficit or excess, toxic chemical exposure, heavy metal exposure, and imbalance of our normal healthy flora (balance of good bacteria/fungus/yeast and other microbes). Rather than simply treat the resulting symptoms of "dis" ease, it is important to find the root cause, address the underlying factors, and provide the body what it needs nutritionally, so that it has the essential building blocks to enable it to function optimally.
Nutritional Supplementation
The quality of the supplements we ingest is crucial. Synthetic vitamins, supplements, and nutraceuticals are cheap to create in a lab but lack the necessary coenzymes, cofactors, and other minerals in order for the body to properly utilize the nutrients. The body instead has to utilize it's own resources in order to absorb and use the synthetic supplement which may eventually cause deficiencies over time. It's also important to know the quality of the ingredients in the supplements and where they are sourced from to make sure there aren't any chemical contaminates, additives, heavy metals, or hormones. A few reputable whole food supplement companies include:
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For additional brands not listed here, feel free to order through Fullscript
Healthy Product Options
Great additions to your shakes, smoothies, and yogurt could include greens powders, reds powders, healthy proteins, and collagen as an added boost to your diet. These nutritional additions should be free of common allergens, fillers, added sugars or artificial sweeteners, unhealthy oils, hormone disrupting ingredients, and protein isolates as those all can cause stress to the body.
Some healthy options include:
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Additional wholesome snacks include:
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Healthy low carb beverages include:
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Additional Resources
For more information on the benefits of whole food nutrition and ways to eliminate toxic and environmental stress to the body, check out the additional resources below:
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The Environmental Working Group
Nutritional Therapy Association
Local Farmer's Market Directory
Earth Runners grounding sandals
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