With an optimally healthy diet, in theory there should be no need for nutritional supplements. But in today's modern world, even the food itself can be lacking in all of the essential nutrients that your body needs to thrive. Sometimes the support of nutritional supplements can be of immense support in helping regain a state of more vibrant health.
Another important purpose of nutritional supplements is that when we use 'food as medicine', often a supplement becomes necessary to take a high enough dosage for that food to give you a therapeutic effect. For example, Curcumin is the essential therapeutic component of the spice turmeric (this is the yellow spice that turns curry yellow). In order to receive the many anti-inflammatory and immune protective benefits of turmeric, you would have to eat SO MUCH curry that your may never want to look at it again! Taking a therapeutic supplement of turmeric would be a more powerful and much more palatable way to get the benefits of this amazing spice.
Here at Open Circle we mainly use Thorne Research vitamin supplements because of their 30 years of experience in providing high-quality, research-based nutritional supplements.
Around your 7th or 8th visit to our clinic we will be doing a progress update where we may be recommending certain nutritional supplements if they seem relevant to your condition and may enhance your clinical results.
Of course we are always happy to talk about what supplements may benefit you and can special order products for you if they aren't something we carry on our shelves!
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