Therapeutic Nutrition

Naturopathic physicians are the only health care professionals that meet and exceed the recommendations of ex-U.S. Surgeon General Koop for education in nutrition. Naturopathic physicians sometimes use nutritional supplements as part of a patient's treatment.

The dietary approach to prevention and treatment of chronic degenerative disease, championed for more than a century by naturopathic physicians, has recently gained the attention of orthodox medicine. Each of the seven dietary guidelines in the 1988 U.S. Surgeon General's report on nutrition and health is a traditional part of naturopathic practice. More than 40 scientific journals worldwide are devoted to clinical nutrition, and articles on the therapeutic use of diet or supplements also appear regularly in conventional medical journals.

Our dispensary features many unique, blood type specific formulations which have been designed by Dr. D'Adamo specifically for our patients.  Many of these formulas are produced by North American Pharmacal.

Botanical Medicines

Naturopathic physicians use plant material for food, medicine and health promotion. Formal training includes plant identification, preparation, storage, therapeutic indications, interactions with drugs, contraindications and dosing. There is extensive contemporary medical literature on medicinal and healing plants.

Most European countries recognize the effectiveness of medicinal plants, include them in their official pharmacopoeias and regulate them as drugs or over-the-counter remedies. At least 14 scientific journals worldwide are devoted to the study of botanical medicine.

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a system of medicine more than two hundred years old and there are more than one hundred homeopathic medical colleges worldwide. A recent review article in the British Medical Journal performed a meta-analysis of 107 controlled clinical trials of homeopathic substances, and found positive evidence supporting their effectiveness.

Homeopathic therapeutics use medicines made from natural substances. It utilizes medicines that stimulate the body's immune and defense system to initiate the healing process.