Just tell me the truth…

Guidance from professionals.

Do you ever read all the clutter on the internet or in the newspaper and wonder who you can trust? Wonder no longer! The staff at Revive Health Center can offer guidance on issues that concern you. Maybe you want an opinion on something you just read. Maybe your friend just told you all about this new Paleo diet he/she just started. Lets face it… everybody has questions and we have answers. As our client you have access to one of our medical professionals and can ask questions to your hearts content. In fact, here is a freebie. Did you ever wonder about over the counter supplements?

“Health and Wellness? You mean taking a multi-vitamin right?”

Recently there has been a lot of coverage about vitamins and other supplements. It seems that more and more often researchers are coming to the conclusion that most people don’t need to take anything in order to maintain health.

At revive Health Center it’s obvious that a good part of our business is centered around optimization of the body. Obviously proper nutrition and supplementation is a big part of living an amazing quality of life. This brings us right to the point. “Do I really need a doctor to manage my supplements?”

Maybe we should make a few things clear, then you can decide for yourself.

Do We Need Vitamins or Not?

Believe it or not, I agree that you don’t need vitamins and that they are a waste of money.

But that is true ONLY if you eat wild, fresh, whole, organic, local, non-genetically modified food grown in virgin mineral and nutrient rich soils, and not transported across vast distances and stored for months before eaten.

It is true ONLY if you work and live outside, breathe only fresh unpolluted air, drink only pure, clean water, sleep nine hours a night, move your body every day, and are free from chronic stressors and exposures to environmental toxins. If all of those things are true, then you probably don’t need vitamins.

But, of course, this describes absolutely no one on the planet! Therefore, in reality, we ALL need vitamins. Most people don’t understand the role of vitamins and minerals in our bodies, including most doctors. Most people think that if they get enough of a nutrient to prevent some horrible deficiency state like scurvy (vitamin C deficiency), then they don’t have to worry about getting more than that. Most people also believe that if you eat "enriched food" like white flour with a few vitamins added back in, or milk with vitamin d added in, additional vitamin supplementation was a waste.

What most people don’t realize is: The real reason our food supply must be "enriched" is because it has been so processed that it is "impoverished" to start with. So why can’t you just eat "nutrient-rich" food, instead of eating "nutrient-poor" food? There are many reasons why the foods we eat no longer contain the nutrient levels we require for optimal health. Crops are raised in soil where nutrients have been depleted. Plants are treated with pesticides and other chemicals so they no longer have to fight to live, which further diminishes their nutrient levels and their phytonutrient content — not to mention the toxic exposure we receive from such chemicals.

Animals are cooped up in pens or giant feedlots instead of roaming free and eating the nutrient-rich wild grains and grasses they once consumed. Since cows’ stomachs are adapted to grass instead of corn, they must take antibiotics to prevent them from exploding. To complicate this further, all of us are exposed to hazardous toxins and chemicals that poison our bodies; we live with too much stress; we don’t sleep enough; we don’t exercise enough; and we are inflamed — making the nutritional demands on our bodies even greater.

The question is not how much of a certain nutrient or vitamin we need to not get sick, but how much we need to be optimally healthy! At Revive Health Center we don’t just tell you to run down to the store and grab a multi-vitamin. We look at the big picture. For instance did you know that taking some prescription drugs may cause you to be deficient in other areas? We look at everything you are taking, and then we factor in your diet and build a plan from there.

Obviously you don’t have to be optimized to feel ok. But if you want to feel like the best you possible, help us get your MOJO back!