HEALTH AND WELLNESS
The modern approach to health is to stay healthy, rather than treat illness. Modern men and women are more informed and more interested in their health and wellbeing.
We all want to live longer, and well. We want to enjoy our family, our careers, our accomplishments. At Chronos Apollo, we help you take charge of staying healthy – protect the health you have.
This does not mean that conventional medicine and medical therapies are ignored. On the contrary, you now have the benefit of having a complete wellness team who work together. Conventional and complementary medicine combined to give you superior health care.
You have an opportunity to have all your needs assessed. Our medical staff will take a complete medical history and evaluation. You can spend ample time with a physician to have all your medical concerns addressed; and any medical problems treated.
The basic principles of health are nutrition, fitness, stress reduction and natural balance of your body.
Good nutrition begins with a sound understanding of what is essential in your diet to promote good health and achieve your ideal body weight. Our nutritionist provides education so you are prepared for a lifetime of eating well for your body’s requirements. If it is weight loss you need, your eating plan is designed specifically for your medical circumstances and lifestyle. More importantly, your hormonal profile is taken into account to help you achieve lasting weight loss.
Natural balance of the body requires optimal function of every organ system. (eg. Good digestion, healthy liver for detoxifying), and the right proportion of vitamins and mineral. Naturopathic medicine is devoted to maintaining health, and finding the root cause of any symptom. This is where the most health benefit is found, as simply treating symptoms is no longer acceptable to the modern man and woman.
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine contributes to wellness by providing improved energy, circulation and balance within the body. Deep muscle tension and spasm, chronic pain and joint pains are the most common reasons people seek acupuncture. Acupuncture is also used to promote sleep, reduce anxiety and stress, and help with sexual dysfunction. The ancient practice of Chinese Medicine and acupuncture precede modern medicine as we know it and can solve many health problems when conventional medicine is unable to provide a solution. In fact, patients are referred to acupuncture for headaches and chronic pain from medical clinics.
In order to truly ‘Defy Time’, we need to understand the process of aging.
Advances in medical science have identified many processes that accelerate aging; and the onset of the diseases of aging. “Anti-aging medicine” is devoted to improving the quality and quantity of the human lifespan.
This area in medicine has shown that aging of the body occurs because levels of hormones decline. The body becomes inflamed and develops many of the diseases that we dread: eg. cancer, Alzheimer's disease, heart attacks/ heart disease, and arthritis. Our body needs good vitamin and mineral levels, healthy and wholesome food to nourish our cells . This promotes good hormone balance and a low level of inflammation.
We can help you avoid the pain of growing older. You will be able to live your life to the fullest and enjoy every part of it. You can do all the things you ever wanted to without a second thought - hiking, climbing a mountain, an adventure trip or just playing sport with your children or grandchildren.
NOT SURE IF WE CAN HELP YOU?
Here are some of the conditions/ situations a wellness team may be able to help:
- Stress and burnout
- Trouble with weight loss
- Diabetes
- Concerned about staying healthy as you get older
- Concerned about not feeling as well as you should/ feeling older than you are
- Concerned about heart disease or your risk for heart attacks(family members with heart attacks/ obesity)
- Concerned about cancer
- Planning a pregnancy and needing guidance on staying staying healthy and feeling wonderful.
HAVE YOU SEEN DR. IYER ON TV?
The controversial topic 'ADRENAL FATIGUE' has attracted media attention. Dr. Iyer was featured on CTV and BTV about this syndrome.
What is 'Adrenal Fatigue'?
It is a naturopathic diagnosis that explains symptoms that have no conventional medical diagnosis:
- Tired, especially for 'no reason'. You sleep, and need more! There is no medical diagnosis like low iron (anemia), low thyroid function, or any infection. And all serious medical conditions have been excluded.
- Worn out/ burned out... feeling run down and 'stressed'.
- Trouble losing weight
- Cravings
- Mood problems that do not meet the criteria for depression. Anxiety, feeling overwhelmed, decreased coping with stress/ being rushed/ extra tasks or a different routine.
- Low interest and enjoyment
- Low sex drive (or NO sex drive)
- Poor recovery from illness; or more frequent illnesses. (Coughs and colds linger)
- Struggling to keep up with life like you used to
What are these adrenal glands and what do they do?
They produce chemical messengers that are critical to our survival, and coping with stress. These hormones regulate our blood sugar and energy, affect our metabolism of fat and carbohydrates (sugars), regulate our blood pressure, and our digestive system. After the midlife, the adrenal glands become a secondary source of sex hormones in men and women. So, if they are not working as well as they should, we suffer additional symptoms related to low sex hormones like low sex drive, lower muscle mass and strength, worse symptoms of the menopause; and many other symptoms that we jot down to getting older, like the weight gain around our middle, being more prone to illness and lower energy, vitality and vigor.
What causes this syndrome?
Stress! Good stress and stress. Having jobs, a divorce, a major illness/ accident, death of a loved one; even being in highly demanding yet rewarding job.
Living a modern lifestyle and facing challenges that we have not had to face a hundred years ago.
Why have I not heard about it before? Why has my doctor not diagnosed me?
Dr. James Wilson, who wrote the book on Adrenal Fatigue, and calls it the '21st century stress syndrome' is a doctor of naturopathy and chiropractics. He also has a Ph.D. in nutrition and has studied immunology, pharmacology, toxicology and microbiology.
This syndrome is commonly diagnosed by Naturopathic Doctors, and alternative health care providers. It was diagnosed in the 1800's, even by conventional medical doctors, who had only symptoms and no formal tests by which to diagnose conditions.
Medical Doctors are taught the art of treating illness and disease. ABNORMAL findings. This falls into a subtle range of 'low normal'. Which, in medical terms, means yu are still in a normal range.... but it may not be what is normal for YOU. You feel unwell and out of sorts because you felt better when you were HIGHER in the normal range.
What can you do?
Look after yourself!
Eat nutritious wholesome foods.
Take good vitamins and supplements.
Herbs like Holy Basil, Ashwaghanda, Ginger and Ginseng are all known to help. Make sure you take as directed by a health care provider AND HAVE YOUR DOCTOR EXCLUDE ANY TREATABLE MEDICAL CONDITION; and monitor for any side effects from herbal products. Just because they are herbs and natural does not mean they are without adverse effects when taken incorrectly.
Lower your stress and keep your mind strong.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON AGING AND HORMONE BALANCE, AND BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES