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Our Five Pillars of Care
A holistic approach to health, blending science, nature, nutrition, psychology, and physical care.
Our Five Pillar Our Five Pillar
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The Medical
Integrative Medicine is not a new invention; it is a return to timeless principles. While modern tools advance our capabilities, true healing blends evidence-based medicine with holistic care. Disciplines once central to healthcare are now reintroduced as permanent principles — for today, for tomorrow, for good.
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THE NUTRITIONAL
Food is medicine. Evidence-based nutrition tailors dietary choices to each person’s needs, aiding recovery and strengthening resilience. Choosing what and when we eat nourishes not only the body but also the mind. Needs evolve, and so do dietary requirements — choose right for your fight.
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THE BOTANICAL
In the natural world, solutions abound. Plants hold the chemistry of life — intelligence that man cannot replicate. Botanical medicine provides harmony and healing, reminding us that dismissing nature is dismissing ourselves. We honor it, we practice it.
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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
We live in an age where we can measure anything, yet the mysteries of the mind remain. Mental tools are indispensable in recovery. The inner dialogue of the mind can undermine or uplift — it is the dialogue that matters most.
05
THE PHYSICAL
No drug can replace the unique benefits of exercise done right. Clinical exercise interventions are targeted, calculated, and essential in chronic disease management. The body grows through challenge, and exercise guides it from where you are to where you should be.
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THE SUPPLEMENTAL
Micronutrients are the unseen agents of health. Quality supplementation bridges the gap between decent results and superior outcomes. By replenishing what is missing, supplements provide the foundation for energy, recovery, and resilience.
THE MEDICAL
“Traditional medicine is not the problem. It is part of the solution – the larger solution.”
Integrative Medicine is not the revolutionary concept that professionals left and right are making it out to be. The tech and tools may be innovative, yet in principle the practice of Integrative Medicine is as old as humanity. It is indeed what medical care was all about up to the 1800s, when the reductionist modern medical model was born, assigning problem to pill and symptom to syrup, doing away with all of which we originally knew to be true. Disciplines that were once central pillars of healthcare have now been relegated to “ancillary”, “supportive” and “complimentary” therapies, citing ideological arguments that do not hold up to scientific scrutiny. We are reintroducing the principles that were once permanent. For today, for tomorrow. For good.
mEDICAL
THE NUTRITIONAL
“Armies march on their stomach” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Food does not start and end with what we are traditionally told is “healthy.” Food can and should be used as medicine. With food, as with much else, when we fail to plan, we plan to fail. Armies march on their stomach. So does your body against all the challenges life throws at it from day to day. Evidence-based Treatment Plans must by default allow for nutritional interventions to aid and also speed up recovery. Our physical constitution absolutely depends on our choice of food. There is no one nutritional plan applicable to all and sundry. As with previous trends and wonder diets, modern dietary ideologies all make a grand arrival as final solutions, then leave by the backdoor as a dietary option to be revised according to individual requirements a few years later. Dietary requirements differ between people, between conditions, and between the same individual today and two years from now. Needs evolve, and so do dietary requirements. There are times to eat, times to fast. Times to feast the body into growth and expansion, and times to deplete the body’s reserves into repair and revision. Times to load up on the big building blocks of carbohydrates, protein, and fats, and times to focus on the smaller details that finish the job of building a structure that lasts. The minerals, the vitamins, the antioxidants, and all the other forgotten agents that catalyse the biochemistry of life. Choosing what we eat and do not eat nourishes the fabric of the body. Choosing when we eat and do not eat nourishes the fabric of the mind. Choose right for your fight
NUTRITIONAL
THE BOTANICAL
“Her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
In the natural world, solutions abound. Plants teach us the chemistry within, the chemistry we cannot do without. In dismissing nature, man dismisses himself. In destroying nature, man destroys himself, abstractly at first, and actually shortly thereafter. There is a natural order to life, and to go against natural principles is to go against oneself. The intelligence of phytochemicals and botanical medicine is the stuff of legend. Stuff that cannot ever be replicated with the same precision and harmony by man. Man remains the son and student of nature, whether one chooses to like it or not. We like it, we love it, and we practice it.
BOTANICAL
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
“Half the fight is in the mind, where the highest of conflicts are fought in ways and methods that can neither be seen nor calculated.”
We live in an age where we can measure pretty much anything in medical laboratories. Yet the mysteries of the mind remain as obscure as they have been since the inception of science. While we know what goes on in the brain, we cannot pin down consciousness far beyond the fact that we experience it. Therein do the most powerful tools reside. Tools that cannot be bought nor manufactured. Tools that can only be fostered through mentorship, experience, or preferably, both. Without the will to fight, the best of weapons are futile. Medical tools are vital. Mental tools are indispensable. The best tools in recovery must be spearheaded by the will to win. Learned ideas, thoughts, and behavioural patterns can undermine our will towards descents into old pitfalls at the best of times, or harness it towards rising to new heights at the worst of times. All depends on the inner dialogue being broadcast by the Mind. The dialogue that matters most.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
THE PHYSICAL
“Ships are built for Rough Waters; Humans for Feats of Strength”
Without necessity, there is no skill. Without challenge, no growth. There is a level of physical aptitude that one can only create through training the body through. No wonder drug, however celebrated or anticipated, will ever substitute the unique stimulus-response phenomenon of physical training done right. There are various breeds of training in today’s “fitness” scene, and most of it is anything but what it should be when it comes to using exercise as a treatment intervention in patients. Clinical Exercise Interventions are targeted interventions designed with the needs of the specific patient in mind, where the dose of Exercise is calculated, monitored, and adapted according to individual progress. Such Interventions are invaluable to the overall health outcomes of patients suffering from chronic disease. Exercise is not just getting some movement into your day. Exercise done right meets you where you’re at, builds you towards where you should be, and moves the systems of the body towards that outcome with every session and each set. Disciplines that were once central pillars of healthcare have now been relegated to “ancillary”, “supportive” and “complimentary” therapies, citing ideological arguments that do not hold up to scientific scrutiny. We are reintroducing the principles that were once permanent. For today, for tomorrow. For good.
PHYISICAL
THE SUPPLEMENTAL
“Without logistics, we have nothing.”
Energy balance goes beyond satiety and the counting of macros. The generation of clean energy, that is, energy with minimal bystander damage to organs and systems, requires the right complement of micronutrients. Vitamins, Minerals, and specific Fatty and Amino Acids are not always repleted by food alone, especially where either one is facing a process of recovery. This is where quality supplementation can bridge the difference between decent results and superior outcomes. Reactions in brain and body take place within an infrastructure of enzymes and cofactors that absolutely depend on micronutrients to stay afloat and functional. Many are the cases of chronic disease where micronutrient deficiencies play a major role in the disease process. Nutritional evaluation for deficiencies is not routine practice in modern medicine. Bar a couple of vitamins here and there, most micronutrients are never even thought of, let alone investigated in hospital and community medicine at large. A classic example is how the mechanics behind the “anaemia of chronic disease” can easily result in the deficiency of five to eight other minerals apart from iron. Despite this, regular lab panels taken routinely for such patients in mainstream medicine rarely ever check for other mineral deficiencies, despite such minerals being central to the biochemistry of health and disease. Your intake is not just about fuel to burn. Your intake is also about replenishing what is missing. In the right amounts, with the right regularity, for the right response. Right about now.
SUPPLEMENT