Nutrition Therapy
Nutrition Therapy
Nutrition is the foundation of life, related to how we look and how we live. It not only sustains life, but also treats disease, becoming a science called nutritional therapy. Historically in China, India, Malaya, and Persia, food was classified into ‘hot’ such as meats, blood, ginger and hot spices, ‘cold’ such as green vegetables and this information was included in traditional therapies. The discoveries of many vitamins between 1926 and 1936 and the related nutrient deficiency diseases such as scurvy (vitamin C), beriberi (vitamin B1), pellagra (niacin), and rickets (vitamin D) first linked the importance of diet to health. Today, medical nutrition therapy has even developed into a branch of medicine.
In Kao-Ho hospital, we use evidence-based medical approach to treating certain chronic or sub-health conditions. Through the use of an individually-tailored nutrition plan, we have succeeded help the people with digestive problems, weight problems, cardio-vascular health, Hormonal imbalances, skin conditions. mental health and general wellbeing, autoimmune conditions. This nutrition plan is ordered and approved by a primary care physician, aims to enhance the self-healing power of our body, gradually taper or even stop using the medication.
