The holiday season can tempt us to stray from our thoughtful diet routines. However, we can change our mindset and view this time as an opportunity to build new and healthier traditions. As your physician, I encourage you to make smart food choices during this season. I also encourage you to avoid over-indulging as much as possible.

There are many new magazines and cookbooks, such as the Moosewood Cookbook Series, available to help you learn recipes that are healthy, fun and tasty. Healthy Digestion: When the digestive system is stressed, conditions such as abdominal pain, increased gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, reflux, and ulcers may occur. Long standing digestive problems can lead to nutritional deficiencies causing fatigue and a compromised immune system. The saying “you are what you eat”, has some truth worth noting here. We can learn to take a proactive approach and build a diet based on wholesome foods.

These choices can promote the healing of our digestive system and prevent many common ailments before they start. Our western diet consists of a fair amount of overly processed foods that are more difficult to digest. Choosing organic foods is my number one recommendation. I realize that this may not always be feasible, and if so, the digestive tract may still need help processing foods. To support your digestive tract I recommend using digestive enzymes. Digestive enzymes are catalysts which break down foods into absorbable nutrients and play a vital role in escorting them to cells and tissue for utilization. After consuming a meal about 50% of our body’s energy is used for digestion. This is why you feel fatigued after over indulging. Taking 1 Digest capsule with each meal will help facilitate the complete digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. This also helps the body free up energy for systems other than the digestive process.

A healthy digestive system executes two key functions. It breaks food down and expels waste. Maintaining healthy bowels is an essential part of a fit digestive system. I recommend taking three Probiotic capsules per week to help stabilize and build a healthy intestinal environment. I have seen many patients return to vitality by focusing on good nutritional habits and making the effort to rebuild digestive health. We have new diagnostic tools and therapies developed over the past year to help get you started.

New Therapies for Allergies & Pain
I have introduced new treatment options to address two common ailments I see in my practice. Allergy Elimination Technique: I have been trained to perform an allergy elimination technique called NAET. Allergens come in all different forms: seasonal, environmental, chemical, food, drug, etc. This technique completely eliminates your allergy so that it no longer causes a reaction in the body. Therefore, you no longer have to avoid the allergen.

NAET is based on the belief that allergies are caused by energy blockages. We can detect these blockages using a muscle response test administered by myself or my nurse. Low Level Laser Therapy For a few years I have been researching treatment options for patients suffering with pain. I have finally found a light energy source that is able to repair and restore cells back to their normal function; therefore, relieving pain. Low level laser therapy assists patients with chronic pain, sports injuries, repetitive stress injuries, arthritis, etc. The number of treatments vary with each individual, while some patients only need a few, others may need up to 30 or more. However, once the pain is relieved laser treatment is discontinued.

Say “Good-Bye” To Your Illness
For Good

Are you tired of using prescription drugs to control your symptoms? Do you have to routinely receive allergy shots? Did you ever think you could completely get rid of your allergies? At Preventive Medicine, we provide an allergy elimination technique called NAET (Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique).

NAET is a non-invasive, drugfree process, combining Kinesiology, Oriental Medicine, Allopathy, Chiropractic, Acupressure, and nutrition. NAET removes the allergy so you no longer suffer from the symptoms. NAET can be utilized by children, adults, and the elderly. What is an Allergy? “An individual can be allergic to anything: foods, drinks, pharmaceutical drugs, herbs, clothing, chemicals, paint, latex, plastics, pollen, etc. Allergy symptoms can range from mild to debilitating reactions to life-threatening illnesses. Medical scientists are still researching to find the exact cause and nature of allergies. From a Western medical point of view, an allergy is an over-reaction of the immune system.

In NAET, allergies are viewed from a holistic perspective based on Oriental Medical principles and defined in terms of the effect an allergic substance has on the energy flow in the body. When contact is made with an allergen, it causes blockages in the energy pathways called meridians, disrupting the normal flow of energy through the body’s electrical circuits. This energy blockage causes interference in communication between the brain and body via the nervous system which begins a chain of events that can develop into an allergic response.

Undiagnosed allergies are often the cause of common or chronic illnesses which when left untreated can become serious or critical. Through illness, pain, headaches, heart attacks, strokes, abnormal growths, tumors and other discomforts the brain signals the body about the possible dangers if the energy blockages remain within the body. The result of energy imbalances in the body leads to a diminished state of health in one or more organ system. By reprogramming the brain and removing the blockages from the energy pathways, NAET allows the body to re- gain perfect balance (homeostasis) and function normally to reach optimum health.” How Does NAET Work? Nambudripad’s Testing Techniques utilizes Muscle Response Testing (MRT) which indicates the kinetic imbalance in the body caused by allergens.

After the NAET treatment, a strong MRT indicates that the allergy has been removed. For best results, the substance must then be completely avoided for at least 25 hours following the treatment Allergens are treated and cleared one at a time in a specific sequence. Normally only one item is treated on a given day.” Prior to starting NAET, it is required patients read “Say Good-Bye To Illness.” After reading the book you can begin your journey to becoming
allergy-free.

Varsha Rathod, M.D.

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” Attributed to Thomas A. Edison.

Author Bio: About the Author: Dr. Varsha Rathod is a Board Certified Rheumatologist and Internist. Preventive Medicine has focused on a combination of traditional and holistic medicine since 1967. For more information about alternative solutions, visit http://www.preventivemedicinestl.com or call 314-997-5403.

Category: Medicines and Remedies
Keywords: NAET, Allergies, Digestive Wellness, Digestion, Alternative Therapy for Allergies and Pain