Without minerals, vitamins and amino acids, a cell will not survive in culture.
Therefore, if we can assist the internal environment of the body to regulate itself better, cell function and therefore the whole system should function closer to its’ ideal. Many of the IV therapies are unique in their ability to assisting the body to better regulate the internal environment. Oxygen therapies improve the microcirculation to tissue. Haemoglobin can better deliver oxygen to tissue. They can induce the engines of energy production to function better. They can induce the inherent capacity of the body to produce anti-oxidants, which is important to cell function.
In other words, these therapies may improve the environment of the cell, which in any circumstance in whatever disease, may assist cell function to be more optimal, thus assisting the body in its efforts to heal itself.
Nourishing the body is about having nutrients supplied to the cell. In a perfect world, free of toxins and infections, the food we eat should supply us with all the substances we need to stay healthy.
Nutritional analysis suggests that in our modern world, we may not be getting the quality, healthy food in our mouth, let alone to the cell. Processed, mass-produced and fast food all make obtaining food easy, however there are few nutritional benefits in this type of food, and it can be argued that these foods in our diet are anti-nutritional.
Poor eating habits are the main cause of many common diseases such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, strokes and high blood pressure. In addition to this, environmental stresses to our body deplete us of minerals, vitamins and amino acids. caffeine, certain forms of medication are all thought to inhibit our body’s ability to absorb and utilise nutrients, causing mineral and vitamin depletion. This along with stress, environmental toxins, exposure to pathogens predisposes modern man to the chronic inflammatory and degenerative diseases that plague us. Included in the long list of these diseases are fatigue, auto-immune conditions, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.
Part of an integrative approach to health includes providing the full spectrum of micro-( vitamins and minerals) and macro-nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins and fat) to the body. Therefore, as a starting point, it is important to include a wide variety of vegetables, a small amount of fruit, and adequate protein in the diet. This process begins with education, with the aim of providing an understanding of which foods are beneficial and which foods are anti-nutritional to each individual. This can be achieved by reading, or better still with the assistance of a personal health professional who can explore these issues with you.
For their therapeutic effect, concentrated doses of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, trace elements can be administered intravenously. By using the IV route, we bypass the gastrointestinal tract, putting the nutrients directly into the blood stream. Researchers such as Dr John Myers and Linus Pauling (How to live longer and feel better 1986) have all discussed the health benefits of using this method. The theory being that by increasing the concentration of nutrients in the blood stream, the likelihood of cellular uptake is higher, with a more potent metabolic effect.
