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AAPI’S NUTRITION GUIDE TO OPTIMAL HEALTH: USING PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS<br />
Introduction<br />
Rita Kashi Batheja,<br />
MS, RD, CDN<br />
Om Shanti.<br />
Shanti means peace in the Indian language.<br />
‚Let thy food be thy <strong>medicine</strong> <strong>and</strong> thy <strong>medicine</strong> thy food‛<br />
– Hippocrates – The founder of Western Medicine.<br />
Nutrition will become the primary treatment modality in the 21 st century. The term <strong>functional</strong> <strong>medicine</strong> is a<br />
new approach to healing. It is a revolutionary way to treat illness by prevention <strong>and</strong> looking at the root<br />
cause rather than putting a b<strong>and</strong> -aid® on symptoms. ‚Integrative <strong>and</strong> Functional Medical Nutrition Therapy<br />
(IFMNT) Radial: An Emerging Tool for Practice‛, written by Kathie Madonna Swift, is the brainchild of<br />
Kathie Madonna Swift, Diana Nol<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Elizabeth Redmond. Kathie covers personalized <strong>nutritional</strong> care by<br />
going over signs <strong>and</strong> symptoms; environmental exposures with biomarkers like digestion / absorption, toxins<br />
etc.; metabolic pathways / networks like nutrient cofactors; core imbalances like digestion, energy metabolism,<br />
<strong>and</strong> inflammation; <strong>nutritional</strong> status; <strong>and</strong> overall lifestyle choice.<br />
‚Your genes load the gun, but your lifestyle pulls the trigger‛.<br />
The word obesity is all over the media. ‚Lose weight without dieting‛, ‚The Miracle Plan to boost your<br />
metabolism <strong>and</strong> lose weight‛, so on <strong>and</strong> so forth. In today’s world we want everything instantly, but there<br />
are no short cuts! Nationally <strong>and</strong> internationally recognized colleagues, Registered Dietitians (RDs),<br />
Functional Medicine, Mind Body Medicine <strong>and</strong> Nutritional Genomic practitioners who are members of The<br />
Academy of Nutrition <strong>and</strong> Dietetics (www.eatright.org) <strong>and</strong> its Dietetic Practice Group of the Dietitians in<br />
Integrative <strong>and</strong> Functional Medicine (www.integrativeRD.org) have contributed to AAPI’s indispensable nutrition<br />
guide, along with the finest conventional medical doctors (MDs) who are currently practicing <strong>functional</strong><br />
<strong>medicine</strong> <strong>and</strong> preventive care specialists who are prominent in their field <strong>and</strong> support scientific evidence.<br />
AAPI’s E book, ‚AAPI’s nutrition guide to Optimal Health: Using Principles of Functional Medicine <strong>and</strong><br />
Nutritional Genomics‛, has been dedicated as a service to the global community. I encourage every<br />
healthcare practitioner <strong>and</strong> individual worldwide to utilize AAPI’s invaluable nutrition guide which does not<br />
have a price attached to it. Read about the contributing authors <strong>and</strong> get to know them. Their contact<br />
information is mentioned at the end of their respective chapter. Kindly contact them directly to use any<br />
information from their article.<br />
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