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Dr. Jimenez Nutrition and Wellness Functional Medicine Team. Food provides people with the necessary energy and nutrients to be healthy. By eating various foods, including good quality vegetables, fruits, whole-grain products, and lean meats, the body can replenish itself with the essential proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals to function effectively. Nutrients include proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water.
Healthy eating does not have to be hard. The key is to eat various foods, including vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Eat lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, and low-fat dairy products and drink lots of water. Limit salt, sugar, alcohol, saturated fat, and trans fat. Saturated fats usually come from animals. Look for trans fat on the labels of processed foods, margarine, and shortenings.
Dr. Alex Jimenez offers nutritional examples as well as describes the importance of balanced nutrition throughout this series of articles, emphasizing how a proper diet combined with physical activity can help individuals reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce their risk of developing chronic diseases like heart disease, and ultimately promote overall health and wellness.
The information herein is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified healthcare professional or licensed physician and is not medical advice. We encourage you to make your own health care decisions based on your research and partnership with a qualified health care professional. Our information scope is limited to chiropractic, musculoskeletal, physical medicines, wellness, sensitive health issues, functional medicine articles, topics, and discussions. We provide and present clinical collaboration with specialists from a wide array of disciplines. Each specialist is governed by their professional scope of practice and their jurisdiction of licensure. We use functional health & wellness protocols to treat and support care for the injuries or disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Our videos, posts, topics, subjects, and insights cover clinical matters, issues, and topics that relate to and support, directly or indirectly, our clinical scope of practice.* Our office has made a reasonable attempt to provide supportive citations and has identified the relevant research study or studies supporting our posts. We provide copies of supporting research studies available to regulatory boards and the public upon request.
We understand that we cover matters that require an additional explanation of how it may assist in a particular care plan or treatment protocol; therefore, to further discuss the subject matter above, please feel free to ask Dr. Alex Jimenez or contact us at 915-850-0900.
Dr. Alex Jimenez DC, MSACP, CCST, IFMCP*, CIFM*, ATN*
email: coach@elpasofunctionalmedicine.com
phone: 915-850-0900
Licensed in: Texas & New Mexico*
The Gut-Brain Axis Affected By Somatovisceral Pain
Introduction
The gut-brain axis is fundamental to the body as it communicates bi-directional with the brain and…
How Diet and Nutritional Supplements Effect Chronic Pain
Nutrition is how the body utilizes consumed food. Nutrition plays a role in chronic pain; lifestyle behaviors can…
The Gallbladder & The Parasympathetic Nervous System Function
Introduction
The digestive system in the body helps with the process of digesting food that the host consumes. The…
Low Back Pain Issues Masking Different Issues In The Body
Introduction
Everyone around the world has dealt with pain that makes them feel uncomfortable and has them place…
Issues That Affect More Than The Heart
Introduction
In the body, the heart is a vital organ that pumps blood to all the muscles, organs, tissues, and…
Viscerosomatic Gut Bloating
Viscerosomatic Gut Bloating: Everybody has healthy bacteria in the gut, but it can get thrown off balance with…
Asthma Causing Issues In The Cardiovascular System
Introduction
The body requires the heart in the cardiovascular system to pump oxygen-riched blood to all the…
The Connection Between Pelvic Dysfunction & Lower Abdominals
Introduction
The lower half helps stabilize the body and provides movement from the legs and rotation in the hips.…
An Advance Look Into Gut Disorders & Sympathetic Nerves
Introduction
The body relies on the gut system to help regulate its homeostasis and metabolize the nutrients for…
The Aspects Of Visceral Hypersensitivity & Gastrointestinal Pain
Introduction
The gastrointestinal or gut system helps modulate the body's homeostasis and metabolize the immune…
An Advanced Look At Visceral Pain Associated To The Chest
Introduction
In the body's upper half, the cardiovascular system's heart helps pump nutrient-riched oxygenated…
Viscerosomatic Issues Causing Pelvic Pain & Gut Disorders
Introduction
The body is held up by skeletal joints that keep the body upright and provide everyday movements for…
Viscerosomatic Pain Affecting The Gut System
Introduction
The body works by ensuring that the brain in the central nervous system and the gut in the gut system…
An Advanced Understanding Of Inflammation Affecting The Gut-Brain Axis
Introduction
One of the unique features of the body is when the gut and nervous systems have this communication…
Asthma Coughing Back Pain
Asthma, coughing, and heavy breathing can contribute to back muscle strain, soreness, and pain. An asthma attack…
Metabolic Dysfunctions In The Body Caused By Stress
Introduction
Everybody deals with stress at some point in their lives. Whether it be a job interview, a huge…
How The Gut Microbiota Modulates With The Parasympathetic Nerves
Introduction
The body has many nerves that intertwine and branch out from the spinal cord in the central nervous…
Upper cross syndrome and Gastroesophageal reflux: When chiropractic and…
Gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD) is a prevalent condition associated with many factors. Indeed, being…
Traumatic Brain Injuries & Gut Issues
Introduction
The gut microbiome is "the second brain" in the body as it helps regulate homeostasis and metabolize…
Preventing Insulin Resistance With Magnesium
Introduction
The body requires energy to move around and get to places as fast as possible. The primary energy…
An Advanced Look In Diabetes And Stress
Introduction
As the world is in constant motion, many people have to endure stressful situations affecting their…
The Gut-Skin Connection: Psoriasis
Introduction
The skin and the gut have a unique connection. The gut system is home to trillions of microorganisms…
The Gut-Skin Connection: Atopic Dermatitis
Introduction
The skin is the largest organ in the body and encounters numerous factors that can either benefit or…
The Gut-Skin Connection: Acne
Introduction
The body is always going through many factors that constantly test the durability that can affect the…
The Gut & Skin Connection: Rosacea
Introduction
As everyone knows, the gut helps the body metabolize nutrients and vitamins that it needs to function…
The Effects Of Metainflammation In The Gut
Introduction
The gut system is home to trillions of beneficial bacteria that helps biotransformed food into…
Alleviating Gut Metainflammation With Nutraceuticals
Introduction
The gut system is a massive ecosystem that helps modulate the body's immune system and metabolic…
Healthy Nutrients Keeping The Gut Microbiota Functional
Introduction
When it comes to the gut system, its main priority is to ensure that the body is supplied with…
Dietary Modulation Of The Gut Microbiome
Introduction
The human body requires nutritional healthy foods to provide energy for each component, like the…
Nutrients, Metabolism, and Disk degeneration
Spinal disease, disk degeneration, and herniated disk are leading causes of pain radiation affecting movement and…
Healthy Cheat Meals
Maintaining a healthy weight is challenging, especially Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and extended weekends,…
The Importance Of A Diverse Gut Microbial
Introduction
The gut system is home to many beneficial bacteria that ensure that everything is working correctly.…
Stomach Issues – Herniated Disc
The central nervous system - CNS controls body and mind functions, voluntary movements, including walking, and…
Try Glutamine For Relieving Gut Issues
Introduction
Inside the body lies the internal organs that provide the nutrients and energy for the body to stay…
Your Weight Could Affect Your Back: Try Decompression
Introduction
As the world moves, so does the body. When the body does everyday movements like running, jumping,…
Spinal Decompression and Digestion
Spinal decompression and Digestion. No one wants to worry about stomach issues. A rich and unhealthy diet can cause…
Spinal Decompression Nutrition
Non-surgical spinal decompression relieves pain related to spinal conditions, injuries, and disorders that provides…
Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression For Chronic Low Back Pain
Introduction
The body makes sure that the spine is keeping it upright as the body allows the spine to twist, bend,…
The Effects Of Spinal Decompression For Lumbar Disc Herniation
Introduction
The spine is encompassed by soft tissues, the spinal cord, ligaments, and cartilage in an S-shaped…
How To Manage Low Back Pain With Spinal Decompression
Introduction
As a support structure connected to the musculoskeletal system, the spine makes sure that the body…