Naturopathy Discussion

The terms, ‘Natural Therapies’, ‘Natural Medicine’ includes both a philosophical point of reference and refers to the employment of natural substances to treat illness.

These points of reference also allude and highlight the major differences between two opposing Health Care models.

In particular ‘Natural Therapies’ has always been seen to be in conflict with ‘Allopathic Medicine’ and its use of Pharmaceuticals.

It is interesting to observe the change of names that have represented ‘Natural Therapies’.

Alternative Medicine
Complimentary Medicine
Functional Medicine
Integrative Medicine

Integrative Medicine is the most recent collective term and it illustrates yet again a shift in the relationship between ‘Natural Therapies’ and ‘Allopathic Medicine’.

Integrative implies the need to approach modern day, illness complexities within a health care paradigm that is inclusive of a range of modalities and expertise. This opens the way for multi-disciplinary health care clinics to treat each person based on their unique needs at any given time. This is the opportunity to bring together practitioners with a tremendous range of expertise and experience.

Our clinic works from the following principles and philosophy:

Never judge a person’s ability to make positive change by first impression
That nutrition and the correction of the diet, is paramount to ensuring lasting and positive changes
That nutrients are what the body uses to sustain life
That nutrients given in correct form and dosage can positively influence disease processes
That nutrients provided in adequate form and dose can prevent disease
That lack of cell energy production is serious and in itself produces disease conditions
That energy must be restored before disease conditions can be reversed

At Vibrant Wellness we strongly recommend our clients use our Foundation Formulas.
We know from experience that our clients benefit from an overall approach to their health and well-being, and that treating individual symptoms is an inadequate approach.

Our three foundation formulas therefore provide a broad health cover, supplying a large range of synergistic nutrients that the whole body will benefit from.

Health
Our modern lifestyle is hard to manage; but what is at stake if you don’t use a little discipline:

Look at these statistics and ask yourself if you’re one of these Australian’s heading for disease and disability.

3.67 million Australians are affected by heart, stroke and vascular disease
7.42 million Australian adults are overweight
7.27 million are not physically active enough
51% Australians have high blood pressure
20% smoke daily
10% drink at harmful levels
8% have Type 2 Diabetes

There are no magic bullets out there, they don’t exist, and if they did their side effects would prevent us from using them.
History repeatably illustrates, that major health improvements come from positive lifestyle practises and improved living conditions.

Medical breakthroughs are over-rated and 90% of the world’s pharmaceutical research is devoted to diseases which affect only 10% of the world’s ‘elite’ population.

The most commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals issued, are for lifestyle issues:
- Laxatives
- Anti acids
- Anti inflammatories
- Analgesics                                         This descriptive summary must tell us something,
- Anti depressants                                hopefully it challenges us to think about what
- Anti anxiety                                       we’re doing and if this is the best approach!
- Anti Cholesterol
- Anti irritable bowel

Research and clinical evidence indicates that the modern illness paradigm can not be treated successfully with drugs, full stop.
Modern illness complexities don’t easily succumb to highly specialised and expensive drug medications.