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Nutrition:

The science of food, the nutrients and other substances contained therein, their action, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease. The taking in and use of food and other nourishing material by the body. Nutrition is a 3-part process. First, food or drink is consumed. Second, the body breaks down the food or drink into nutrients. Third, the nutrients travel through the bloodstream to different parts of the body where they are used as "fuel" and for many other purposes. To give the body proper nutrition, a person has to eat and drink enough of a variety of foods that contain key nutrients, including micro-nutrients.

Eating the right kinds of foods before, during, and after treatment can help the patient feel better and stay stronger. For many patients, however, some side effects of a disease or disease treatments make it difficult to eat well. Appetite, taste, and the ability to eat enough food or absorb the nutrients from food may be affected.

When a body becomes ill, nutritional medicine calls for higher, therapeutic doses of basic nutrients to address illnesses and disorders. It is effective in addressing diseases of deficiency that may be caused by poor diet or extreme environmental factors. Because this method uses substances vital to a body's well being, nutritional medicine is well received by the body.

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