“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”   

Hippocrates

 

We at The Care Group wholeheartedly agree with Hippocrates who made this comment some 2000 years ago. The problem is there is so much conflicting information and frank misinformation regarding proper diet that many of our patients don’t know which way to turn when trying to make healthy nutritional choices. Proper nutrition is at the foundation of optimal wellness and for that reason we have nutritionists on staff to help you navigate this process.  Although general guidelines are helpful, an individualized program developed for you and your family takes into account your specific concerns, health conditions, dietary preferences and goals.

Traditional medicine focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Once the diagnosis is established, the diagnosis is cross-checked with the list of medications used to treat that particular disorder. Often times, the medications chosen are merely treating symptoms, rather than the root cause of the problem. This is often referred to as the “disease-drug” model. 

The integrative or functional medicine approach focuses on prevention and, when problems present themselves, seeks to find the underlying cause. This approach is relatively simple and consists of identifying those things that might be making you sick and eliminating them, while at the same time replacing any identified deficiencies, be they hormonal or nutritional.