In my nutrition practice I see many people who have a hard time getting off sugar.  Sugar can suppress the immune system, sugar can cause tooth decay, sugar can decrease in insulin sensitivity, it can contribute to osteoporosis, can weaken eyesight, can cause copper deficiency, can cause hyperactivity, can cause anxiety, difficulty concentration, sugar can upset the mineral relationships in the body, sugar can decrease growth hormones, sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein, can cause food allergies, sugar can contribute to diabetes, sugar can cause atherosclerosis, sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function, sugar can damage the pancreas, it is the #1 enemy of bowel movement, sugar can cause depression, sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones, sugar feeds cancer, sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat and if you haven’t guessed;

SUGAR IS ADDICTIVE!

There are many other things sugar does, to many to write.  Get off refined sugar.  You will be better off.

Dr. Richard Aragon DC

Through the course of your program additional layers will show up.  For example, if you have a long term health problem, you may find that your body may (or may not) want to address this first.  Your body will dictate its priority each time you are tested.  When its priority problem is handled with correct nutrients, your next test may reveal another major issue (which may have been long hidden and unhandled).

As this happens, I will adjust your program.  our goal is to have you on as few supplements as possible.

Good dietary habits will always be encouraged.  if you continue poor habits, this will perpetuate ill health and inhibit your body’s natural ability to heal itself.

As you feel better and your health improves, you will likely find yourself wanting to maintain a well balanced and healthy diet as your normal routine.

Dr. Richard Aragon DC

There has been a drastic decline in the quality of food over the past 70 years, resulting in a nation of sick people who are dependent on pharmaceutical drugs.  Your body’s function is founded on nourishment from the environment  which until recently did not include heavy metals, toxic chemicals and pesticides.

Current food conditions make it next to impossible to get all of the nutritional components your body requires to heal and/or maintain resiliency.

Dr. Richard Aragon, DC

Although deficiencies may be due to illness, it is likely that other factors may be contributing to the problem also, some of which may be contained in the food you eat every day.

A few factors typical of the “food” comercially available in all grocery stores and restaurants:

*Microwaving

*Food Coloring

*Flash Freezing

*Hormones and Antibiotics (found in meat, chicken, etc.)

*Produce grown in soil that has been robbed of its nutrients

*Harmful chemicals and metals (such as pcb’s and mercury in some fish)

*Genetic engineering

*Synthetic additives

*Preservatives

If any of these are involved in the creation or processing of your food, then what you are eating is really just “disguised” as food.  Not only does this “food” have insufficient nutritional value, it may also contain toxins which work agaisnt your body and your health.  In contrast, whole foods that have not been altered or contaminated contain genuine replacement parts as part of Nature’s design.

Dr. Richard Aragon DC

“Whole Food” is defined as “food that has undergone very little processing and has been grown or produced without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers”.  A good example is carrots.  Carrots are rich in vitamin A complex.  A “complex” is something made up of different parts which work together.  Synthetic vitamins do not contain the whole complex ( as found in Nature).

If testing indicated a vitamin A deficiency, we would look for a whole food high in vitamin A complex ( and carrots would be a likely source).  A supplement rich in this complex would then be included in your program.  We pride ourselves on only using the highest quality whole food supplements available.

Whole food supplements are entirely derived from specific whole foods, organically grown and prepared in such a way that preserves their vital enzymes and vitamins, making them the optimum vitamin-mineral products.

Now in incredibly concentrated form, your body can get complete nutrition from this small tablet!  By restoring the nutrition on which your body was founded, it is possible to enable your body to heal itself…just as Nature inteded.

Dr. Richard Aragon, DC