The wonders of nutrition therapy.

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http://www.lifepositive.com/body/holistic-recipes/recipes/nutrition-therapy.aspBy Ajay Pratap SinghThe wonders of nutrition therapy and its preventive, curative andhealth-boosting aspectsDandruff on your collar, fur on your tongue, stiff joints, badcholesterol in your blood report? A simple examination of your dietcould show up the cause of trivial or more testing physical or mentalills. There is no getting away from this truth: you are what you eat.Pune-based nutrition therapist, Dr Vijaya Sathe, an MD in NaturalMedicine and founder of the Commonwealth Institute of Acupressure andNatural Medicine in London, has time and again demonstrated theefficacy of good nutrition."Give the body what it needs and the body heals itself," shecomments. Your food, as Hippocrates declared long ago, is

yourmedicine. "It is the hurry and worry of modern life, compounded byimproper eating habits, stress and pollution, which is telling onhuman health," Sathe says, "Nutrition therapy, which is safe, simple,cost-effective and yet scientific, can alleviate human suffering."This therapy is based on the principle that every illness has anutritional cause. When the body records a particularly low level ofone or more nutrients, it shows up in the form of some disease orgroup of symptoms. "When these deficiencies are taken care of byappropriate changes in the diet and a suitable vitamin mineralsupplement, the symptoms disappear," explains Sathe.In its preventive and health-boosting aspects, nutrition therapystrengthens the immunity system, enhances energy levels and upliftsindividual performance in any walk of life, athletic or creative.Nutrition therapy, observes Sathe, can be particularly useful fortreating

symptoms which are hard to diagnose, the so-called incurablediseases, and those which can be controlled only by a continuous useof drugs, such as allergies and arthritis.It also makes the side-effects of chemotherapy arid radiation therapyin cancer patients bearable. Eye problems such as fast-growingmyopia, constant watering or gritty-feeling eyes, and night blindnessrespond well to nutrition therapy, as do the degenerative diseases ofcivilization such as high blood pressure, diabetes and gall bladderstones.In treating coronary artery diseases, nutrition therapy addresses itsroot causes, such as why cholesterol deposits occur on the linings ofthe coronary arteries or why a thrombus forms and occludes thearteries. "Perhaps the greatest strength of nutrition therapy is thatit considers and treats the human organism as a whole. It takes intoconsideration the interrelationships of the various organs of

thebody. Thus, when eye problems are treated, it is necessary to correctthe liver functions, since the liver influences the eye," explainsSathe.For many, Sathe's clinic is a last desperate stop, for the cure ofdebilitating diseases. For every patient, she prescribes a diet-chart, a combination of various vitamins and minerals adjusted toindividual needs, and some supplementary powders. These often yieldmedical miracles. New York-based Neha Abhyankar, 11, who sufferedfrom dry eczema since infancy, would scratch her skin raw at night.Her bedsheet would be covered with dry flaking scales, fatigue andloss of appetite marking her days. A few months of Sathe's nutritiontherapy left her skin glowing.Hemlata Mistry, confined to a wheelchair for three years, thoughinvestigations revealed no structural abnormality, finally knocked atSathe's door. After 45 days of therapy, she walked unaided down

thecobbled passage that leads to Sathe's Dombivli clinic. Bhagalpur'sSourabh Kumar, 10, had undergone every possible medical treatment fora bleeding disorder with nephritis. Turned away by Mumbai and Punespecialists, his bloated body marked with bleeding spots, his urineblood streaked, he started on Sathe's treatment which includedbeetroot and wheatgrass juice. Now, in his early teens, Kumar hasregained near normal health.Possibly the most remarkable case cured by Sathe is that of mangotrader Swaroop Desai, 23. In April 1996, his tempo turned turtle.Trapped for over an hour before he was rescued, Desai suffered theagony of hot oil dripping from the tempo on to his crushed legs.After 14 months of unsuccessful treatment, one leg shortened and bentdue to muscle disuse, he met Sathe.Even Sathe was surprised by the pace of Desai's recovery. Within 34days of treatment he was walking with a stick, the wounds

completelyhealed. "Awareness about nutrition in the West is very high but inAsia it has yet to catch up," laments Sathe. "While traditionalIndian food has high nutritional value, changing lifestyles seem tofavor foods which undervalue health and well-being."Clearly, for a positive state of health, you need to take a hard lookat what's on your plate. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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