The number of convenience food products that the food industry continues to create is astonishing. From microwaveable food and one-skillet meals to crackers and cookies – many people enjoy the quick preparation involved, or lack thereof. However there is one problem with all of these products, they are not real food. Since they are not real food, they lack many nutrients and contain many harmful chemicals and ingredients. For someone who is looking to obtain/maintain a healthy weight, enjoy great energy, sleep well, have great looking skin, have healthy digestion, avoid illness, and prevent disease, convenience food should be far from their plates.
Healthy eating involves not only eating right for their Diet Type, but also consuming fresh food. Why? The added chemicals in most convenience and pre-packaged foods are not found on any of the Hauser Diet Food Pyramids. They offer little-to-no nutrition to the human body and do not help our patients with their goals. In fact, they can keep a person from certain health goals.
Alice, 28, chronic pain and fatigue
Take the case of Alice, a young 28-year-old woman who came to see us for chronic pain and fatigue. She battled pain in her low back, hips, neck, and feet after a long day of standing. She was a pharmacist and spent her whole day on her feet and her lack of energy made it hard to get through the day. She got plenty of sleep close to ten hours a night but never felt fully rested. The pharmacy she worked for had a multitude of convenience foods, which she received a discount on, so her diet consisted mainly of these foods and she grazed all day long. Alice was in need of a change. Her friend who had come to see us referred Alice to Dr. Hauser. After her first visit with the doctor, Alice was off to get Diet Typing and food allergy tests done in our lab.
Her Hauser Diet Typing results showed that she was a fast oxidizer with acidic blood pH – Alice needed protein! Unfortunately the convenience foods that she grazed on all day long were full of high fructose corn syrup and bleached wheat flour, both terrible food ingredients but even more terrible for someone with acidic blood and fast oxidation. Alice was placed on the Hauser Otter Diet and worked with the nutritionist to come up with meal ideas that could fit into her lifestyle.
Alice came back two months later to report she had much more energy, her sleep had improved and her pain was almost completely gone. She even said that she had enough energy at night to do some laundry that was out of the question before Hauser Diet Typing.
Alice gave up soda, fig newtons, bread, and chips and had added salads with avocado and organic lunchmeat, grilled meat and vegetables, and occasional whole-wheat rolls. Her second visit consisted of reviewing her food allergy results and discussing a few more changes that Alice needed to make. Seeing the dramatic difference that the Hauser Otter Diet had made, Alice was ready to see how avoiding her food allergies would help her even more – which is what she saw when she avoided dairy and wheat which were the two strongest sensitivities her tests revealed.
We see dramatic improvements such as Alice’s all the time, especially when people go from eating convenience foods to fresh, whole foods. Eating right for your Diet Type requires fresh food and what a difference you will feel! Give us a call today to set up your Diet Typing appointment!
Our nutritional program assists our patients with chronic joint pain who are taking Prolotherapy treatments. For more Prolotherapy information or to make an appointment with a Prolotherapy doctor, call us at 708-848-7789
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