I’m always a fan of food first as medicine, but there are some times when we become deficient in vitamins or mineral from increased utilization during certain seasons or situations in our our life or from prolonged dietary insufficiency, our genetic make up, and how we process certain nutrients. In any of these scenarios it can be hard to catch up through diet alone. It is therefore useful to have therapeutic doses of nutrients to replenish and protect our body from internal and external oxidative stress and dis-eased states. I prescribe specific supplements and nutraceuticals to my patients based on their history, symptomatology, or laboratory testing results.
