Patients often ask, "What is clinical nutrition?"  That's a good question!

 

My definition is the prescription of foods and nutrients in order to effectively target a specific clinical condition.

 

This is achieved by using a three day food diary, an in depth health questionaire, and lab testing of saliva and urine if needed.

 

Based upon the results it is possible to prescribe nutrients even to the precise time of day that will alter and enhance physiological function.

 

Research in nutrition has exploded in the last decade. 

 

The body is like a house that is constantly under construction. In order to build a house you need building materials such as nails, wood, plaster, and bricks. The body is always renewing itself. You get new red blood cells every 120 days and you get completely new internal organs and even skin every several years. How does the body do this? With a constant supply of proper and specific nutrients. If the body's building blocks are depleted then it can't renew itself and this is part of the beginning of the disease process. When we give the body what it needs it knows what do.

Dr. Rosenberg is a member of the American Academy of Integrative Medicine and the Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition.  He is a Board Certified Chiropractor and Clinical Nutritionist.