Path breaking efforts to look at treating the underlying causes of ailments, have thrown up interesting solutions for Treatment. The basic premise is that nutrition is the key to proper functioning of the processes in our body that maintains health. The cause of ailments are due to a host of reasons, including genetic, but other reasons which need to be focused on are nutritional and environmental.

Approach to treatment different from symptomatic treatment

Conventional methods of treatment include treating the symptoms through surgery or medicine. Nutritional and Environmental Medicine by Holistic GP Sydney seeks to treat in an integrated manner , which embraces both conventional and complementary methods. All humans are unique with a different set of genetics, and as a result respond differently to everyday processes of the body to absorb and assimilate nutrients. Added to this is the effect of the environment on the body’s mechanism, such as exposure to chemicals, fungal spores, bacteria, intake of preservatives and life style.

Nutrition – fundamental building blocks

Diet in the present era is more often than not comprised of food that is either processed, stored or enhanced. The methods employed for processing and storage usually rob the food of its nutritional value. Ideally, balanced nutrition implies consuming fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and drinking sufficient filtered water. It is a matter of record that around 60 to 70 percent of degenerative diseases trace their origin to oxidising as a result of pollution and chemical burden.

The way to regain health and remain healthy, longer

The positive impact of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine by Holistic GP Sydney on treatment is due to a multi-disciplinary approach to management. It takes into careful consideration the interaction between nutrition, health and the environment, and treatments are prescribed accordingly. The treatment is generally provided on the premises by first detoxifying the body and then treating it.