FAQ

Common Questions Regarding Food Supplements

How long will I need to take supplements?
Each client is different and supplementation varies with the individual. It is our goal to provide the body with the nutrients it needs with the least amount of supplementation over the shortest period of time possible. For the majority of clients, four to six months are needed to strengthen specific weaknesses. It may take six months to one year, or more, to truly rebuild the body at a cellular level. The goal is to get your body back to where it no longer requires therapeutic dosages. However, some on-going supplementation is usually needed for basic support and maintenance throughout our lives.

Can't I just eat the foods to get the nutrients I need for healing?
It would be difficult, if not impossible, for anyone to eat and absorb enough nutrition in one day to meet their immediate needs yet alone replenish their nutritional debt. You would have to eat an enormous amount of nutrient rich foods at one sitting. Your body's first priority regarding any nutrition coming in is to meet the needs of the body that day. Replenishing depleted reserves and healing is completed with what is left over.

It is unlikely that your diet is solely composed of organically grown produce and free range animal products. The quality of conventional fruits and vegetables is lacking nutritional content due to poor soil conditions. Add in the fact that conventional foods are laden with pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc. Our bodies not only have to deal with the lack of nutrients but also the toxic residue.

In addition, food often travels great distances before reaching our tables. This means that much of our food's original nutrients have been depleted before we consume them.

Also, the chronic stress of today's fast paced world routinely depletes our bodies of many essential nutrients.

Will the dosage of supplements I initially start out taking during the Fine Tuning Phase remain the same throughout the Healing and Observation Phase?
Your progress will be evaluated on a regular basis and as improvement is observed, the supplements and dosages will be altered accordingly.

What should I do with the supplements I was taking before starting this program?
Your body can only absorb so much per day. Typically we recommend that these be put aside until the Fine Tuning Phase in completed. Upon beginning the Healing and Observation Phase and after reviewing your supplements, it will be recommended that some or all of your original supplements be finished. We will be able to guide you on the best dosages.

If there is anything you would like to take beyond what we recommend, just ask and we will guide you accordingly.

Will I need to take any supplements beyond the Healing and Observation Phases?
It is likely that your diet, no matter how much you try, is not going to be perfect. Therefore, our goal with everyone is to eventually have them taking the minimal amount of supplementation to achieve the maximum results in conjunction with eating better quality foods. Remember, if the foods you eat are mostly those that promote health and you eat very little of the foods that break the body down, then a lot of supplementation is probably not needed unless we are trying to strengthen a specific weakness that needs on-going therapeutic doses.

What makes the food supplements you recommended so unique? Can't I just get my supplements from the health food store?
The supplements we use are from a food source, meaning they have the components that exist in nature. The current laws dictate no differentiation between a whole food based natural supplement versus a processed synthetic vitamin. Seeing the word "natural" on product labels means nothing. Many vitamin companies use laboratory produced ingredients. This is done because it is less expensive.

Example: The form of vitamin C sold in stores is ascorbic acid. The label on the bottle says, "Vitamin C", but on the back label it reads, "ascorbic acid." In nature, vitamin C exists as a complex of many substances, not just ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid is one of many components in the vitamin C complex. You do not go out and eat an ascorbic acid fruit or berry. The government says it can be called vitamin C because it was the first component of the complex to be discovered and noted as such. It is interesting to note that some of the newer texts are referring to vitamins as being "vitamers," because it is now known that vitamins exists in food as complexes. This is why you don't see new vitamins being named vitamin W, etc. There are not enough letters in the alphabet to keep up with all the new components being found in food.

Have you noticed that when you take ascorbic acid your urine turns yellow? This is because your body cannot absorb high amounts of a single nutrient. Now eat an orange or a red pepper and see what happens to your urine. What happens is nothing. This is because nature put the components of food together in a special way to ensure maximum absorption and utilization.

Additionally, we may never know all that exists in food so it's better to take the whole than bits and pieces.

When should I take my supplements?
Unless told otherwise, directly after or while eating is the best time. The reason is that the food supplements should enter the digestive system when it is in full gear.

Do the supplements need to be taken with a full meal?
Even though it is recommended that they be taken at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, should you miss a dosage, taking them with a snack should be fine.

What if my son/daughter can't swallow pills/capsules?
Grind the pills up with a spoon or open the capsules up and mix them with something such as applesauce.

What do I do with my prescription medications?
Continue taking them as prescribed by your M.D. Nothing we recommend will interfere with medications. These are food supplements, not synthetic vitamins. There is a big difference between feeding the body and forcing the body to do something.

What if I don't feel well taking the supplements?
It is rare that our clients experience any unpleasant side effects. Should you notice any unpleasant symptoms, call the office and speak to the practitioner.