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Prevention

Ultraprevention is a term we use to describe a system of health promotion that surpasses commonly held concepts of prevention in traditional medicine.

The current model of healthcare relies on the presence of a disease. Without a disease, there can be no diagnosis. Without a diagnosis there can be no treatment. "Prevention" is felt to be detection when there are no symptoms. Common examples of traditional preventive measures include mammography, PAP smears, PSA tests, colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy, stress test, etc. Although these are important and essential measures, they are not truly preventive, but rather methods of screening and detection.

Often, years before any disease can be detected, biochemical imbalances exist that trigger and eventually lead to illness. These imbalances are chemical and energetic in origin and are affected by nutrients, genetics, energy, environment and the mind. By identifying and correcting these imbalances early, then nutritional and lifestyle changes can be successful in restoring balance and truly preventing the development of disease. This is what we call ultraprevention.

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