Posts Tagged ‘health model’
GeneticTestingandMe: Should you ask your doctor for genetic testing?
Ever since the initial human tribe first appeared in Africa roughly 80,000 to 100,000 years ago, our ancestry has gone through 8,000 generations of trial and error. If you consider the many risks our ancestors must have faced, then you know getting here was something of a miracle. Huge numbers of people died in childhood.…
Read MoreGluten Sensitivity and the Body’s Winning Design
History indicates that humans have been eating grains throughout recorded time. The nutritional value of grains is high and unquestionable. Yet some people react in a somewhat non-allergic manner to a major protein component of grains known as gluten. A form of this condition, gluten intolerance, is due to an autoimmune condition called Celiac disease.…
Read MoreFDA Issues Fracture Warning for Osteoporosis Drugs
Another Reminder That We Need To Always Consider The Health Model Approach A new headline today ties in with our last post so closely that we thought we’d follow up with clarifying information, as well as a reminder that the Designed2Win approach improves the outcome of any health treatment plan. Osteoporosis drugs known as bisphosphonates…
Read MoreSupporting Bone Health
There’s a health question-and-answer column that appears in our local paper, that too many people, unfortunately, depend on for health answers. The problem is, the answers are given by medical doctors who – as knowledgeable as they are about medicine – don’t understand the concepts of our health model. So their answers often perpetuate the…
Read MoreVitamin D Remains in the News
I came across a new study that again shows how information about vitamin D can be misinterpreted. A group in Australia studied 7,000 women who were age 70 or older. Their hope was that they could help reduce the risk of fractures and falling in these women over time by supplementing their diets with extra…
Read MoreA Health Model vs. a Disease Model
Decades of research led to the development of the Health Model upon which much of our programs and products are based. This Model is markedly different from the Disease Model, which is currently the basis of traditional health practice. The Disease Model is based on the assumption that health is simply the absence of disease and established risk factors. When…
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