Food forms the very fabric of our body. Every organ, tissue and cell requires nutrients to simply exist.

While we may eat and remain biologically alive, to eat and be healthy is another matter. The term health has been banded around so much in the media its all to easy to forget what it actually means. Tracing the word back to its origins the term ‘health’ is derived from the Old English word ‘Hal’ which meant sound, intact, whole and well-omened or being of sound mind.

With this in mind it’s interesting to read the modern interpretation of health as defined by the World Health Organisation; ‘a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ In essence, this could be summed up simply as ‘Hal’. It looks like we may not have moved that far away from the earliest description of the term.

This brings us to the contentious issue of healing and cure. A ‘cure’ should be viewed as a rather passive process in which no real change has taken place. Take the ‘cure’ away and the ill health soon returns. Sadly, most pharmaceutical preparations fall into this trap. So, healing is quite far removed from a cure since healing is an active processes that requires change.

Naturopathic Process

Nutrition forms a corner stone to the naturopathic process and underpins all aspects of an integrative approach. Some may term this approach ‘Nutritional Medicine’, ‘Naturopathic Nutrition’ or even ‘Clinical Nutrition’ but with all definitions and titles aside, the basics of good nutrition is an essential factor for life and optimal wellness.

At Hadley Wood Healthcare our aim is to help you to feel well again; we want you to experience ‘Hal’. You may attend with a simple back strain or a more complex long term health issue but all can benefit from some basic lifestyle and diet advise.

This may simply involve a suggestion to take some extra zinc and vitamin C to help assist your short-term tissue healing through to a more in depth dietary review and ‘clean up’.