Good Nutrition

It is important to furnish the body with the nutrients it needs to repair itself and to function optimally.

Unfortunately, our diets are often not complete and do not provide all the nutrients we need on a daily basis. This is compounded by stress and injury, which place additional demands on our body.

A nutritional supplementation program can be an effective way to facilitate healing - once your body has the proper building blocks it can repair damaged tissues which cause pain. 		 
You are what you eat!

This is not just a funny saying, it's literally true. Your body must extract from your diet the building blocks of life.

This is even more important after an injury when your body is trying to rebuild and repair itself.

Improper nutrition can be extremely harmful, affecting the quality and duration of life.

You body is like your car - if you don't keep your automobile supplied with the right oils and fuels, it will not operate at peak performance (if at all).
According to the CDC1, the second most common actual cause of death in the United States is poor diet / physical inactivity (tobacco use is the most common).

Some effects of poor nutrition are obvious: obesity, heart disease, and stroke to name a few. But what about joint pain, poor circulation, and cognitive ailments?

Dr. Livingston can assess your nutritional needs and develop a program that's right for you. 		 
The Doctor of the Future

will give no drugs, but will interest patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

-- Thomas Edison

1 www.cdc.gov/.../death_causes2000.htm [HTML] [PDF 85K]