San Diego Natural Medicine
Nutraceuticals are nutritional supplements that are mostly of natural form and are developed to provide physiological effects. These substances are very powerful, substances that can be used to treat health complaints. Many of our patients come in with a bag full of supplements they are taking for certain complaints. This can be very harmful. The combination of certain supplements can definitely cause health problems and side effects. It is highly advisable that anyone taking supplements consult a knowledgeable health care practitioner that is trained in nutraceuticals.
Medical Foods
Medical foods are science based formulas that contain targeted nutrients to help maintain certain health conditions, such as: chlidren's food sensitivites, chronic fatigue syndrome, leaky gut syndrome, type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, premenstrual syndrome, hypercholesterolemia, and more.
Medical foods aren't ordinary nutritional formulas - and they're far from ordinary foods. A medical food contains therapeautic levels of nutrients that would be difficult if not impossible to achieve through tradtional dietary means.
Firstline Therapy Program
Our medical food are ideal for use in conjuction with FirstLine Therapy, part of a therapeutic lifestyle change program consisting of a tailored medical food program, a modified diet, regular exercise, and stress management. Metagenics medical foods and Firstline Therapy are only available through licensed health care professionals.
Leading health organizations and medical experts - including the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, and Arthritis Foundation - now recommend lifestyle interventions (lifestyle medicine) as the "first line therapy" for treating and reducing the risk of common conditions such as:
- High Cholesterol
- High Blood Pressure
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Cardovascular disease
- Overweight / Obesity
- Osteoperosis
- Osteoarthritis
- Conditions related to aging
Healthy lifestyle choices are also the key do addressing other health concerns and symptoms, such as:
- Fatigue
- Hormone Imbalance
- Menopausal symptoms
- Stress-related symptoms
- Poor memory or lack of mental clarity
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