Registered Homeopathic Practitioner
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What is Functional Medicine?
Functional medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach of engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership.
It is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century.
By shifting the traditional disease-centered focus of medical practice to a more patientcentered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms.
MediShape
Obesity has become a global epidemic with about 1.3 billion of the world’s population being overweight or obese. According to the WHO obesity is defined as having a BMI of over 30KG/m2. In South Africa 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men are overweight and 20% of the population is obese. Childhood obesity is also fast becoming a significant problem with 17.1% of children between the ages of 1-10 years old are over-weight.
Obesity can be classed as a chronic disease similar to that of hypertension and insulin resistance.
Diseases associated with obesity include: osteoarthritis, sleep difficulties, psychological problems, coronary heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and even certain cancers.
An accumulation of abdominal fat is associated with an increased risk of insulin resistance, diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
Medi-Shape Weight Loss Program
Due to a high demand from my patients I have incorporated a weightloss program into my homeopathic practice. The program was designed about 17 years ago, by a Cape Town based G.P, Dr Harry Neveling. The program runs over an eight-week period, it is easy, very safe, supervised and is accompanied by natural weight-loss products. Individual support and assessment will be given to you once a week at my Sandton based naturopathic practice ensuring weight-loss and helping you through those plateau periods.
Dr Neveling has done extensive research on food intolerances and their effect on weightloss or gain. Using the blood group diet he has been able to circumvent many of the weightloss problems that food intolerances cause in the weight-loss process. With the help of ALCAT testing the above has been confirmed in his practice and therefore the blood group diet has been incorporated into the program.
Weight-loss to be expected over the eight-week period is on average 10-15kg’s depending on how strictly you adhere to the program and how much weight you need to lose.
This program is called MEDI-SHAPE, you can get more information from the website: medishape.com or you can call my practice to book a time to get started.