What is naturopathy? The 3 most important facts about diseases and nutritional supplements

What is naturopathy? The 3 most important facts about diseases and nutritional supplements

Supplements are there for a reason, to make you healthy and prevent disease. However, you should know that nutritional supplements alone cannot make you healthy or prevent disease. The word “healthy” is actually a byproduct of a powerful yet relaxed interaction between mind, body and, yes, soul. So before you giggle, remember these three facts about natural medicine and the role of vitamin supplements in maintaining good health.

* What is naturopathy? (Illness is a matter of habit)

Naturopathy is an alternative healing method that identifies (a) toxicity and (b) stress as the primary cause of disease. However, naturopathy does not fear the disease, it welcomes it. Naturopaths believe that illness is the body's natural response to accumulated stress and toxins, which is to eliminate toxins and stress.

In fact, when you don't eat a healthy diet or are constantly sleep-deprived, your body's toxin and stress hormone levels become so acute that the body reacts suddenly and radically to release the toxins and stress (that's when you get sick).

Naturopathy never uses allopathic (pharmaceutical) medications because it is believed that this type of medication only suppresses symptoms. If you continue to suppress the symptoms, thereby accumulating more toxins and stress, the body will respond with even greater repression. And a cold becomes the flu and then leads to asthma.

* Vitamin supplements do not replace a healthy diet

Note that the second word in “vitamin supplements” is actually the plural form of “supplement,” meaning they only serve as a supplement to your main nutritional source. As it is, the vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients in your vitamin supplements cannot be absorbed on an empty stomach.

* Synthetic vitamin supplements are just wasting your money

Synthetic vitamin and mineral supplements can be difficult for the body to absorb because they have a different chemical structure than the chemical structure of nutrients found in raw, unprocessed foods. Most of the nutrients compressed in a tablet of synthetic vitamin supplements are excreted from the body.

If you need to supplement your diet because vegetables and fruits are unavailable, purchase chelating supplements instead of OTC vitamins available at pharmacies. Chelated minerals easily pass through the intestines and are more easily absorbed into the bloodstream. When purchasing supplements, look for “chelated” on the label.