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Symptomatic treatments are based on a false premise - that you do not have to stop and
change your symptom-producing lifestyle. You can relieve the pain and keep going. The
majority of treatments offered over the counter or by physician's prescription are
directed at relieving symptoms. Self medication with health-food store products, vitamins,
minerals, herbs and homeopathics are also attempts to reduce symptoms.
We see countless
patients who take several prescription drugs at once - up to 12 drugs simultaneously!
Other patients bring bags full of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, homeopathics, herbal
concoctions which they take everyday. Regular medicine and alternative therapies attempt
do the same thing.
The Alpha Nutrition Program has a very different
intention. We want you to remove the cause of symptoms by changing your diet. We also want
you learn how to self-regulate by recognizing recurring symptoms and solving the problem
at its source. These instructions are intended to guide you.
We have the experience of
several thousand patients in mind. Most had been investigated and treated for their
symptoms for long periods before they started diet revision. All discovered that they
could get better, and then learn to control their symptoms by regulating their food
intake.
Most often medical investigations had ruled out new, acute or life-threatening
causes of symptoms. Food-related symptoms can be severe and prolonged with little to show
on X-rays and lab tests.
Few of our patients understood how their symptoms were produced, and most had trouble
believing that food could make them so ill. They were often confused about the nature of
their symptoms and many had heard conflicting explanations. Some were convinced they had
chronic infections with viruses, yeast, or parasites; others thought they had a serious
but undiagnosed disease. The experience of improving on the Alpha Nutrition Program, then
getting worse after eating the wrong foods taught each person about the role of foods in
causing their symptoms. They tuned into the reactivity built into their body. They learned
to self-regulate by changing their food supply if symptoms appeared.
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