The current lifestyle causes a large amount of concern among people who care about health. There has been a dramatic increase in non-communicable diseases within the last decade, and that number is still rising. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), seven out of every ten deaths are attributed to chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (e.g., heart attack and stroke), all of which have a direct nutritional connection. Right now at least two paradigms of healing exist in our society.
One paradigm, which centers around diagnosing and treating disease, takes a mechanistic approach to illness in which the patient’s symptoms are combated with pharmaceuticals and/or surgery. This approach assumes that if the patient’s symptoms improve via painkillers, antibiotics, steroids, or other suppressive treatments, then the patient is cured. A second paradigm, the one embraced by naturopathic medicine, looks at a person as a whole and acts to stimulate his or her healing, even before disease is apparent. This paradigm, of which prevention is the cornerstone, strives to maintain homeostasis within the body, allowing it to function optimally and thereby promoting improved health.
The app contains rice and grains recipes that capitalizes on the second paradigm. The recipes are well equipped with nutritional servings, nutritional analysis, ingredients and directions.
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