Often Overlooked Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies
Many of us experience symptoms that are a result of vitamin and mineral deficiencies such as; fatigue, slow healing, hypothyroidism, decreased stamina, low libido, cardiac arrhythmia’s, hair loss, skin diseases, and the list goes on and on.
Some athletes feel IV nutrient therapy allow them a quicker recovery and enhanced stamina. A nutrient is defined as a substance that provides nourishment for growth and metabolism.
Living in an industrialized, technologically advanced, the wealthy country makes us susceptible to nutrient deficiencies. The vast majority of people over consume processed, nutrient-poor, calorie-rich diets that are relatively low in raw vegetables and fruits this contributes to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. At the same time, most people in modern society work too hard and endure a daily level of stress and chronic sleep deprivation -a level not experienced in any other country on Earth – EVER.
Added to this unnatural lifestyle never endured by any other humans in the history of humankind; farmers don’t rotate crops as they once did, rather they inadequately fertilize/replenish the soil. Not to mention the explosion of “created plants” that are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). This possibly produces a world where there are more and more food allergies/ intolerances and autoimmune diseases such as: Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Scleroderma, Lupus, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), GI Cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
This simmering brew of malfeasance creates a gastrointestinal (GI) tract inflammatory environment that does not absorb nutrients as effectively. Simply taking oral vitamins is many times, not enough. One must fix the gut!
That is why I believe that the land of plenty, has become the land of the malnourished. The vast majority of new patients that we perform a nutritional comprehensive evaluation reveal not one but several nutrient deficiencies in most new patients. Of course, Dr. Li’s patient population is skewed because patients who come to Aesthetic Anti-Aging Clinic of Chicago(3AC) have usually seen other physicians for significant fatigue and other constitutional symptoms.
Interestingly most of the time when we meet patients for the first time, they are on oral nutrient supplementation such as multivitamins, yet their initial tests reveal that they have vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Dr. Li’s philosophy is to correct this quickly and permanently by starting intravenous (IV) nutrient supplementation which delivers nutrients directly to the bloodstream instead of having to pass through the damaged gut. At the same time, Dr. Li encourages a healthy and healing diet for a permanently healthy gut.
