Diet therapy uses food and vitamins to treat and prevent illness. It is based on 'you are what you eat', with the belief that disease is often due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, which can lower the immune system.
Some health problems treated with diet therapy include
infertility,
miscarriage, unborn babies growing
small for dates,
diabetes,
postnatal depression, stress and viral illnesses.
The practitioner usually assesses the person's diet, food allergies and any deficiencies. They may prescribe
vitamin and
mineral supplements, which should be closely supervised to avoid toxic high doses. A trained professional should always supervise any major dietary treatments during pregnancy.
The practitioner for diet therapy is usually a clinical nutritionist (doctors specialised in nutrition) or a dietician. Some natural therapists, for example
naturopaths also have extensive training in diet therapy. Ideally the practitioner should be suitably qualified and recognised by a professional association.
Healers - Reiki
Healers and those who perform Reiki are people who believe they have a gift that allows them to lay hands on a person to transfer energy or power from the world / universe around them or from God (or a form of spirituality) via their body to another person's body to heal. Reiki healing or energy balancing tends to focus on balancing and strengthening chakras (energy centres in the body located at major branchings of the human nervous system) and possibly aligning or supporting a person's aura.
It is not really understood how healing or Reiki works. It is thought that the client's brain waves may be stimulated during treatment, therefore speeding up the body's ability to heal itself. Imbalances are thought to be rectified through promoting a feeling of relaxation and well-being. People being treated describe various feelings including tingling sensations, emotional upheaval and mental clarity.