Orthomolecular Therapy Tips
- Difficulty Losing Weight
What's missing: essential fatty acids and vitamin A.
Where to get: flaxseed, carrot and salmon - plus specific supplements
2. Retention of Liquids
What's missing: actually an imbalance between potassium, phosphorus and sodium.
Where to get: coconut water, olives, peaches, plums, figs, almonds, walnuts, chard, coriander and supplements
3. Compulsion to Sweets
What's missing: chrome
Where to get: whole grains, nuts, rye, bananas, spinach, carrots + supplements.
4. Cramps and Headache
What's missing: potassium and magnesium. Where to Get: banana, barley, corn, mango, peach, acerola, orange
5. Intestinal Discomfort, Gases, Abdominal Bloating
What's missing: live lactobacilli.
Where to Get: curd, yogurt, miso, yakult and similar
6. Bad memory.
What's missing: acetyl choline, inositol.
Where to Get: soy lecithin, egg yolk + supplements
7. Hypothyroidism (causes weight gain without apparent cause)
What's missing: iodine. Where to Get: seaweed, carrot, oil, pear, pineapple, saltwater fish, and sea salt.
8. Brittle Hair and Weak Nails
What's missing: collagen.
Where to get: fish, eggs, lean meats, gelatin + supplements
9.Weakness, indisposition, malaise
What's missing: vitamins A, C, and E and iron.
Where to get: vegetables, fruits, lean meats and supplements
10. High cholesterol and triglycerides
What's missing: Omega 3 and 6
Where to Get: Sardines, Salmon, Avocado, Olive Oil
Cook to your advantage!
In orthomolecular medicine, the way of cooking and even the utensils used help to preserve nutrients.
Avoid eating cheese and fatty meats and fried foods. Fat accelerates the oxidation process of food.
Steam food up to 100º, as too much heat also oxidizes the food.
Avoid aluminum utensils, the residues of this metal are toxic and can remain in the food.
Prefer glass or non-stick cookware.
Under no circumstances do you heat your food in microwave packaging and plastic containers.
Source: Unknown author.
