Natural Healing: Getting Back to Roots.

"The body is a complex organism that has the ability to heal itself-if only you listen to it and respond with proper nourishment and care." (Prescription for Nutritional Healing) This is not only the opening line of the very popular nutritional reference book, The Prescription for Nutritional Healing, but also the underlying belief of anyone who is interested in Natural Healing. It is the belief that if the body has a perfect balance of the necessary fuel, nutrition, then it can heal itself. The first step of Natural Healing would be to make sure the body has the right amounts of nutrients like vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, phytochemicals, etc. To understand Natural Healing we must look back to 460 BC when Hippocrates, "The Father of Medicine, was born. Hippocrates said, "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food."

Natural Healing is an art, and not an easy feat in today's fast food society that has us eating foods that are over-cooked, over-processed, hormone injected, and loaded with antibiotics. In order to give the body what it needs we have to be very cautious of what we eat and follow extremely strict diets, which includes organically grown, raw vegetables. Getting back to our roots of food fresh from the earth is the key principle of Natural Healing. Unfortunately, that is easier said than done and supplementation is a necessity. There are some other art forms of Natural Healing such as, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Herbal Medicine, and Homeopathy. Again, all forms of Natural Healing are centered on restoring the body to its natural state.