There are many opinions how the food and your food regimen could influence our general health, a particular health problem or disease. Probably there is not a synonymous answer to this question. It is also difficult to respond with sufficient accuracy when we try to solve a problem only with change of our regimen, when it is mandatory to look for medicaments, prescribed by a specialist, and when we should combine both of the approaches.
The problem is that each organism is individual, a concrete disease or health problem in each case is unique to its existence, even a common clod could develop in a different way, with a different reaction, phase and consequences for people with practically the same figure, weight, age and food regimen.
It would be enough for a person we to fortify his or her immune system and to provide sufficient quantities of vitamins and minerals, it would be enough some food supplements in order to his or her organism recover but there is a probability, though it would be small in some of the cases this is not enough, we have not found the right approach, we have not recognized any circumstance and the cold would turn out a bronchopneumonia with all the consequences of this. / There are other possible variants – the purpose of the example is illustrative./
Unfortunately, concepts like “small persentage” and “it is rare” and other similar concepts will not help you and will not “warm you up” or are able to remedy you if you were in this “small” percentage…
The symptoms of a physical, health problem are not always identical and obvious. It is difficult to make an accurate prognosis or diagnosis of what is happening and what are the real reasons, especially if you are not a doctor.
The factors which can influence in situation like this are many, most of them are not related to your food regimen.
Modern science still cannot predict and modify explicitness and accuracy the causal relationships between the consumption of a particular food or a combination of foods and the solution of a particular health problem is medical or surgery therapy.
We have not reached the level of knowledge that allows us to say categorically for example: you have to eat 10 g garlic, 2 red peppers, some sort of nuts and some sort of something else and after 10 hours your cold will be cured and there is no possibility for it to turn out bronchopneumonia.
The contemporary level of knowledge and the experience are enough for us to say that following to the balanced food regimens would better your health, your condition and tone and also your immune system.
If you follow the recommended for you things there is a minimal chance to develop a health problem related to the imbalance or deficiency of the biological active substance which you intake with the food. A balanced food regimen would not harm you unless you suffer from a rare disease or you have genetic differences…
The information that we have till now rather refers to the impact of a particular food regimen in a long term period, it is difficult, even not recommendatory because it can be dangerous to decide or to try to change acute crisis, life-threatening situations as you change for example your daily menu including or excluding food of it whatever the doze is.
Many diabetics sometimes on the base of their experience for example correct hypoglycemia as they consume carbohydrates and sweets. Although this is a solution, it is difficult to respond how much and what you have to consume, we think that it would be more correctly to follow the recommended by the specialist food regimen and if you need treatement with medicaments which can stop or minimize such kind of situations. We think such solutions are permissible rather exceptionally and it should not be turned into practice.
It would be also a wrong approach to make diagnosis to yourself and you to prescribe your own treatment even if it is based on scientific information.
In any case, the right approach for you is a consultation and following the recommendations of a specialist.
What can effect your food regimen?
We have listed and commented just some basic indicators, our food regimen influence directly or indirectly all the processes in a human body.
Your bodyweight
Practically there is any other durable solution for it. Even the surgical treatment / with few exceptions for a highly individual cases/ otherwise are temporary solutions. Even though you have your subcutaneous fat removed surgically, if you do not change your food regimen, it will be a question of time to put on the unwanted weight and subcutaneous fat again.
The use of food supplements and medicaments which can provide artificial deficiency of calories /as they block the assimilation part of the carbohydrates or the fats which you intake from the food or from any other way/ or a combination of both are also a temporary solution. Yes, they can help you in certain cases but if you do not change your food regimen you will have to use them for the rest of your life in order to protect the achieved. Not to mention the collateral damages which such solutions could cause.
Diabetes – the right food regimen for diabetes is important for the relieve of the symptoms and sometimes it is a solution for this disease. Diabetes type 2 and pre-diabetic condition could be largely modified by changing in your food regime, bodyweight and physical activity. Of course, the “cure” cannot be always achieved, the reasons for this condition are many and the prognosis for each person is different but following of a recommended food regimen by a specialist definitely would help you and relieve your condition. Following a recommended food regimen is also strongly recommended for people who suffer from diabetes type 1. There is no person who can tell you what doze of insulin is needed if you continuously change the quantity of the carbohydrates and sugars which you intake… Also it is not a good idea to change the doze of the insulin every day…
High blood pressure
Yes, there are food regimens I approaches which could help you in the combat with hypertension. There are some serious and scientifically proven food regimens. Probably the most popular of them is the DASH diet. This diet is created after clinical trials by a team of scientists, conducted control tests with large groups of people, conducted accompanying clinical trials. In a high percentage of the observed control groups with visible and measurable positive results and later among people who widely apply it.
At its heart is balancing and reaching of the minimal recommended intake of the chemical elements potassium, calcium, magnesium and maintenance of low levels of salt/ sodium in the intake. It is needed optimization of the intake vitamin D which regulates largely the cycle and
the assimilation of calcium. Measurable and stable reduction of the blood pressure is observed in high percentage of people, first result are accounted after about 2 weeks This is a classic example how important and helpful it would be to follow a balanced food regimen.
Of course, we cannot talk about a solution in 100 percent of the cases – the reasons for the high blood pressure would be different /including chance in some organs or arteries, genetic/ but it would achieve significant improvement.
Another approach to hypertension is a correction of bodyweight to recommendatory kilograms for the particular person and also an intake of food which can reduce the levels “the bad cholesterol” over time and also can reduce the deposit in the walls of blood arteries. The combination of the two approaches significant improve the results for a long term period.
Hormonal status
Yes, you can influence and modify – for a long term period part of your hormonal status.
The levels of testosterone/ total and free could be influenced by your food regimen. The regulation of your weight to the normal values can improve significantly the situation. The intake of the right proportion fats and also their ratio is very important.
Optimization of the levels of zinc also could help to the synthesis and prevent part of this major hormone to transform into an estrogen.
Of course, it would be difficult food regime itself to achieve a maximum effect, it should be combined with adequate for you exercises/training.
The testosterone is not the only one which can be influenced with foods. The abovementioned exaplme illustrates only part of the impacts which the food can have over your condition.
Anemia related to deficiency of vitamins and or minerals
Unless there is a life-threatening crisis or rare diseases which can detain assimilation of some substances, the change of food regimen would be largely a solution of these health problems.
Immune system response
Although the function of immune system is really complex matter which depends on many factors, the right food regimen would definitely help your organism to reduce the harms and recover faster from viral and bacterial infections. The recovering from such kind of diseases is tangible, faster for people who follow a balanced food regimen. They also get sick rarely, i.o. in most cases the immune system recovers it alone and there is no symptoms of a disease.
If there is a problem it is compulsory to visit a doctor who can make prognosis and draw a treatment plan. You should not refuse to take medications if they are prescribed by a specialist.
Constipation, diarrhea
Although these are condition which many people would call harmless or unimportant it turns out these conditions first sometimes could lead to health problems and second they affect many people frequently. If we exclude again the reasons related to a specific diseases, the change of your food regimen relatively quickly could solve these problems and you can forget about the medicaments by which you regulate them.
Osteoporosis
You can prevent yourself and largely reduce the harms caused by this disease. The balance, the recommended intake of calcium could ensure protection. The level of vitamin D should be monitored and also it would be helpful if you try to follow balance in the daily intake.
Slow down ageing process
There are not so many ways by which you can influence tangibly to this natural process. Your food regimen is one of the most powerful tolls available which we have in the combat with premature aging, reducing the harms caused by intake of toxins, weakening of our immune system, deterioration of our hormonal status. Food regimen balanced especially for you would reduce the harms caused by free radicals in the organism and the toxins intake by the environment. Following the recommended for you intake of vitamins and microelements / in general or if you have a recommendation prescribed by a doctor especially for you/ would help you for better and complex work of your organism and also prevent from deficiency or excess in the systems.
