There is a
revolution in health care which is based
on the scientific understanding that the
types of foods we eat may be intimately
linked to our state of health.
Nutrition/Diet Therapy is a practice of
evaluating an individual's nutritional
deficiencies and then replacing those
essential nutrients through diet
modification and nutritional
supplementation with vitamins and
minerals and other substances. Our main
focus with diet modification is based on
the work of Peter J. D'Adamo, who spells
out the effect foods have on our bodies
based on our
blood type. Dr. Johnson is a
Practitioners who is
IfHI Certified. This means Dr.
Johnson has attended an IfHI
certification conference, completed a
course of study and have passed a
certification exam. These individuals
who are IfHi certified have been
personally trained by Dr. D'Adamo and
are fully accredited practitioners and
educators.
Both
Nutrition Response Testing (NRT) and
Contact Reflex Analysis (CRA) are
utilized to find and correct underlying
nutritional inadequacies using whole
food and full spectrum herbal
supplements. In addition, dietary
guidance based on the blood type concept
developed by Peter J. D’Adamo, are
utilized in this part of our service to
our practice members. Dr. Johnson
studied and became a fellow of the
Institute for Human Individuality.
The
Institute for Human Individuality (IfHI),
a non-profit organization under the
auspices of Southwest College of
Naturopathic Medicine, has as its prime
goal the fostering of research in the
expanding area of human nutrigenomics
and epigenetics. These emerging sciences
seek to provide a molecular
understanding for how common dietary
chemicals affect health by altering the
expression or structure of an
individual’s genetic makeup.
The
five basic tenets of nutrigenomics are:
- Improper
diets are risk factors for disease.
- Dietary
chemicals alter gene expression
and/or change genome structure
- The degree to
which diet influences the balance
between healthy and disease states
may depend on an individual’s
genetic makeup.
- Some
diet-regulated genes (and their
normal, common variants) are likely
to play a role in the onset,
incidence, progression, and/or
severity of chronic diseases.
- "Intelligent
nutrition" - that is, diets based
upon genetics, nutritional
requirements and status - prevents
and mitigates chronic diseases
Read What Our
Nutrition Practice Members Have to Say
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