Title : Food nutrition and diet in traditional medicine and integrative health
Abstract:
Have you had the experience of having a lot of questions that need answers, but others think they are trivial and silly questions? What do you do then? Would it be a waste of time to pursue and get answers for these questions, or would you wait for someone to do it? I was motivated from one of my own lived experiences to find the interrelationships on Food, Nutrition and Diet in Traditional Medicine and Integrative Health. The topics on food, nutrition and diet are very dear to my heart from the moment I can remember working with my mother in our kitchen and preparing our meals, on all feast days. and holidays. We know what traditional medicine is – it is the sum of knowledge, skills, and practices based on theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to various cultures. Traditional medicine is used to maintain health, as well as to prevent, diagnose, improve, and treat physical and mental conditions. Some traditional systems are backed by massive amounts of literature and others are passed down verbally from generation to generation. In the last few decades and presently, traditional medicine is still used by the majority of the globe population. But what about integrative health? Integrative health Is a holistic approach to healthcare that combines conventional medicine with complementary and alternative therapies to promote optimal health and well-being. Would the partnership between traditional medicine and integrative health be complete as it is.? Would we be missing something, if we ignore any gaps or miss any link to complete the equation? My theory is to combine food, nutrition, and diet with a precise, personalized, participatory, accessible, sustainable and diverse traditional medicine and integrative health. with a full comprehensive package for a cost effective, health care delivery for people of all ages, regardless of gender, income, educational, religious, and political affiliations, Through metaphors, storytelling, lived experiences with questions and answers, participants will experience hands-on examples in this presentation, Redefining traditional medicine and integrative heath – would this be a perfect union? Blended, cemented, and refined with the integration of food, nutrition, and diet – achieving health for all using these traditional methods in today’s healthcare. We possibly label the method “food as/is medicine”..
