What is Integrative Oncology?
Oncology patients face a great challenge, due to both their illness and the demanding treatments they have to undergo throughout the process. Therefore, it is essential to provide good support to their physical, psychological and emotional condition. The care of their nutritional and energetic condition is a key factor to strengthen their organism and immunity, and allow them to achieve more and better quality of life and well-being.
A personalized clinical nutrition that includes approaches from other disciplines such as Chinese Diet Therapy, Supplementation and Orthomolecular Nutrition or Chinese Phytotherapy, as well as a psycho-emotional support, as a tool for stress management for both the patient and their families, can help to improve and minimize the adverse effects and stressors of the disease; being fundamental tools for Integrative Oncology.
What is holistic medicine?
Integrative and holistic medicine is that which integrates the knowledge of allopathic medicine (conventional medicine) with that of biological, naturopathic or complementary medicine.
In this way it benefits from a more respectful therapeutic approach with the organism whenever possible, without losing the valuable contributions of allopathic or conventional medicine, such as surgeries, cancer treatment with antineoplastic or the use of antibiotics and other drugs, when they are really necessary.
