What is Holistic Nutrition?

Holistic means treating the body as a whole.  Holistic Nutrition takes physical, emotional and environmental factors into consideration when defining individual nutritional needs.

Holistic nutrition involves eating:

●        Natural, Live and Good Quality food

●        Natural foods are unprocessed, unrefined foods, such as whole grains and legumes.

●        Live foods still contain live enzymes, such as fruits, vegetables, and sprouts.

●        Good Quality foods are:

○        Organic Foods: grown in soil that is rich in essential nutrients without chemical pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and synthetic fertilizers.

○        Organic Meats: raised on organically grown feed and not subject to routine use of growth hormones, antibiotics or steroids

Holistic nutrition recognizes that:

●        Food affects how we feel and how we feel affects our nutrient absorption.

●        Everyone is uniquely different and has different nutritional requirements.

●        There is no diet that is right for everyone all of the time.

●        The only person in charge of you is you, and no one knows more about what’s good for you than you.

●        There is no miracle nutrient that will solve all your problems.

●        Good nutrition is not about counting calories, carbohydrates, proteins and fats; it is about feeding your individual physical, emotional and environmental needs.

●        Life is about balance. Most of us do not have a perfect diet and lifestyle 100% of the time and that’s OK.  The goal is to make the best choices for yourself at any given point in time in your life.