John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz

The principle of nutritional therapy is simple. Our trillions of cells are powered by thousands of chemical reactions. If these are working well we will experience good health with good energy. The challenge though, is that these intricate and delicate processes are almost entirely nutrient-dependent.

Of course the macronutrients – the proteins, carbohydrates and fats in our diet, are the primary raw materials for life. However to work properly they need an army of micronutrient helpers to make our cells work properly.

Nutritional therapy is nothing more than adding the nutrients and nutrient co-factors needed to allow for normal cell function or in the case of disease, to build failed defence systems to allow the body to heal itself.

These helpers include a vast range of compounds. Many of them, such as enzymes, are made in our body by using minerals and vitamins. Others, such as some vitamins and antioxidants, are obtained and used basically unchanged from food. The vast majority of the health problems that plague us are nothing more than accumulations of failures in our basic cell chemistry. Pick any major disease and you will find that there has at some level been a breakdown of the chemistry that governs our cells.

I have just got off the phone from someone who has had real problems with fluid retention in her legs. Despite the best medical care the problem had worsened to the point she could hardly walk. After only three months of nutritional therapy the swelling in one leg has completely gone and the other greatly improved.

She is not only more mobile but has much more energy and feeling much better in herself. There was no magic silver bullet. We made some important diet changes to create a more anti-inflammatory diet and then in addition to a multi-mineral and multi-vitamin we added a powerful antioxidant and circulatory booster. As a result her body has moved from one of declining health to improving health.

The key to healing through nutritional therapy is to understand that the healing power is in your body. nutritional therapy simply provides the nutrients needed for these processes to kick into life and start the healing process. Over the past 15 years I have seen thousands of people make real improvements by adopting these principles.

John Arts is the founder of Abundant Health. For product information visit www.abundant.co.nz If you have questions or would like a free health plan you can contact John at john@johnarts.co.nz or phone 07 578 9051 or 0800 423 559. You can join his newsletter at www.johnarts.co.nz