Optional
Tofu- sliced and pan fried .
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients1Kg Chicken drumsticks or Thighs
1 carrot diced
1/4-1/2 Leek chopped
1 red Capsicum diced
1 1/2 Tablespoon chicken Stock
1 Beaten egg
1: Place chicken and all other ingredients into a saucepan and fill with filtered water and bring to boil and then simmer.
2: When ready take the drumsticks out and then shred or slice thigh. Add back to the soup and simmer.
3:Add beaten egg and stir through until egg is cooked.
Vitamin D is widely known for its role in calcium homeostasis and maintenance of skeletal health, and in addition is becoming increasingly known to be crucial to many areas of health and chronic disease prevention. Activated vitamin D functions more as a hormone than a vitamin, with roles in immune modulation, insulin and thyroid hormone secretion, cell cycle regulation, cardiovascular function and the control of inflammation. Due to its wide range of actions, and the high prevalence of vitamin D3 deficiency, supplementation with a stable form of vitamin D3 has the potential to benefit a large section of the population.
KEY ACTIONS
• Regulate calcium absorption and homeostasis
• Promotes bone mineralisation
• Supports immune defence
• Promotes immune regulation
• Regulates heart muscle function
• Regulates cell cycles
• Regulates endocrine function
o insulin secretion
o thyroid hormone secretion
KEY APPLICATIONS
• Individuals at risk of vitamin D deficiency
• Bone and muscle health
o Poor bone mineral density / osteoporosis
o To reduce risk of fracture
o To reduce risk of fall in elderly due to poor muscle strength
• Chronic disease
o Inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
o Multiple sclerosis
o Cardiovascular disease risk
o Hypertension
o Diabetes mellitus
o Cancer risk
o Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
Emphasizes the importance of high quality foods and phytonutrient
diversity to address clinical imbalances and move individuals toward the highest
expression of health. By addressing root cause, rather than symptoms, clinical functional
nutritional medicine practitioners become oriented to identifying the complexity of disease.
One condition has many different causes and, likewise, one cause may result in many
different conditions. Nutritional Medicine is an. It requires a detailed understanding of each
patient’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle to direct personalised treatment plan that leads to improved patient outcomes.
Advanced nutrition assessment and a thorough Functional Medicine based history leads to a personalized therapeutic intervention created to promote optimal health and prevent diet and lifestyle-related disease.
Nutrition is the core modality of Functional Nutritional Medicine, an integrative approach to health. “Functional Nutritional Medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patient-centered approach.
Functional Nutritional Medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional Medicine practitioners spend time with their patients, listening to their histories and evaluating the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. In this way, Functional Medicine supports the unique expression of health and vitality for each individual.”
Prevention is paramount. Virtually every complex, chronic disease is preceded by long-term disturbances in functionality that can be identified and effectively managed
Functional Medicine expands the clinician’s tool kit. Treatments may include combinations of drugs, botanical medicines, nutritional supplements, therapeutic diets, or detoxification programs. They may also include counseling on lifestyle, exercise, or stress-management techniques.
The patient becomes a partner. As a patient, you become an active partner with your Functional Medicine practitioner. Such a partnership allows you to be in charge of improving your own health and changing the outcome of disease.
Functional Medicine practitioner is able to understand how your body
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