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Whole Food Complexes vs. Isolated Vitamin/Mineral Fractions
Drugstore vitamins and minerals differ from farm-grown, whole food supplements. Many vitamin and mineral supplements are really "synthetic," i.e., factory-made from food fractions. Ascorbic acid, for example, can be extracted from a plant source or produced synthetically and marketed as vitamin C. Most whole foods which are high in vitamin C, however, include many other plant chemicals (now called "phytochemicals") including the bioflavonoids and phytonutrients. These natural chemical complexes work synergistically unlike their synthetic counterfeits or isolated vitamin/mineral extracts from a whole food source. Synthetic vitamin/mineral megadose therapy can often complicate a client's symptomatology. In many cases such treatment can result in systemic toxicity, suppression of the immune system and degradation of the client's condition.

Raw Whole Food Supplementation vs. Processed Food Diet
Nutritional supplementation per se will not substitute for a poor dietary. The underlying principle is the removal or reduction of stress from the digestive system. The client should strive to avoid all refined foods such as sugar, sodas, salt, alcohol and lattes. Most snack foods, including chips, cookies, candies, etc., are loaded with fat and sugar. Real foods should be consumed in proper combination to assure adequate digestion and assimilation. Fresh, whole foods are better than frozen foods, and frozen is better than canned. Raw whole foods should constitute at least 50% of the dietary. A variety of foods will yield a variety of nutrients. Each bite of food should be thoroughly chewed, preferably until it becomes liquid. Excessive supplementation can also cause digestive distress and, therefore, be counterproductive.

Long-term Nutritional Therapy vs. Short-term Drug Therapy
While some clients, especially those with acute conditions, experience remarkable turnarounds with clinical nutrition, most require weeks or even months for the restoration of normal body functions. Clients have been conditioned by conventional medicine to expect and realize immediate symptomatic relief with drug therapy. Drugs, however, suppress symptoms and produce a short-term pharmacological effect, while whole complex nutrients rebuild tissue and produce a long-term nutritional effect. Obviously, if it took many years to develop the symptoms, it may take many months to resolve them through whole foods nutritional medicine.

Reversal of Symptoms vs. Repression of Symptoms
"Retracing" is the reversal of symptoms on the road back to good health. Herring's Law, a medical principle, states " Retracing is the course of restoration from disease back to health. When a case retraces, it passes back through successive steps, in reverse order, that it passed though in getting worseŠ" While a worsening of symptoms can be expected temporarily in most cases, the good news is that it is an indication of getting better. For example, such nutritional therapy "side-effects" as fever, diarrhea, indigestion, nausea etc., indicate that the body is bringing itself to a so-called "healing crisis." It is important for the client to realize that such temporary worsening of symptoms can be controlled by reducing the dosage, modifying the protocol, drinking plenty of pure water, getting lots of rest, avoiding refined foods, thinking good things and conversing with one's Creator.

Active Holistic Lifestyle vs. Passive Sedentary Existence
Regular exercise benefits nutritional therapy in that it aids detoxification and regeneration. Exercise 1) increases blood flow to deliver more oxygen and nutrients to the cells, 2) stimulates lymphatic drainage to eliminate toxins, and 3) reduces stress. Regular exercise of the soul in right thinking and righteous praying is also absolutely vital and a certainty of well-being.