There is a misconception about the dietary lifestyle I use for my patients. I DO NOT stick to or am I ‘ stuck’ on a particularly dietary lifestyle. I say this as I worked for the late Robert Atkins MD of Atkins Diet fame. I am not advocating any particular dietary lifestyle as the Atkins Diet to a patient. I utilize a number of tests including blood typing to determine the affinity of the right dietary plan. I want a dietary lifestyle change NOT a diet . I utilize blood typing ( per my friend/colleague Peter D’adamo - Eat Right for Your Blood Type ), Ig G allergy testing from various companies, autoimmune testing, metal testing and general blood panels. From all of these I determine a patient’s dietary lifestyle plan. I do know that I do advocate a decrease or elimination of simple sugars as in simple carbohydrates.
Let’s talk about plant based dietary lifestyle changes. While a plant-based diet contains a plethora of vitamins and minerals, there are some nutrients missing or hard-to-get in the right dosages. This also be said of patient’s following an Atkins Diet or a Keto Diet ( which are basically meat eaters )
Vitamins such as B12 and D aren’t abundantly available from plant sources, while other nutrients, like zinc, magnesium, and selenium, are found in plant foods, but in increasingly less reliable quantities This doesn’t have to be so, yet we must then talk to the agricultural farmers in using better soil to grow plants
And nutrients like iodine, vitamin K2, and DHA/EPA omega-3s, are not commonly consumed by everyone who eats plant-based. (Those who eat lots of seaweed might get iodine there, for example, but many people don't eat any seaweed at all So what am I saying?
I am saying that whatever dietary lifestyle you are following you might be missing key essential nutrients. At our practice we offer personalized nutritional supplements using a unique lab. We use Integrated Genetic Solutions to determine what you need by conventional testing and genetic swab testing ( for certain genes) Call 212 421 3202 to schedule your visit to get IGS/Kashi Genetics to determine what vitamins/nutrients you need