Quintessence of Foods that Heal after Surgery

Abstract

In my work with individualised foods, I recognised that some patients improved more rapidly than others, when they consumed foods that were nourishing and that addressed their nutritional deficiencies and dispositional deficiencies. This article is about foods that aid in healing after surgery. Surgeons say: ‘your body needs good food to rebuild and recover. I have done my part. Now your immune system and good food will take care!’ Examining the phenomenon around surgical intervention I saw a dynamic link between foods, popularly prescribed by nutritionists for healing after surgery and those prescribed on the Law of Similar.

Keywords

Surgery - Destabilise - Depletion - Proteins - Vitamin C - Vitamin A - Zinc - Bromelain - Catabolic foods

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