Do you need to lose weight? Are you an athlete wanting to improve your performance? Maybe you just want to eat a little better and don't know where to start. Whatever your nutritional needs, Zen Health Center can provide you with the information and support that get results.

How are we different?

The Western approach to health tends to emphasize purging  the body of harmful elements and the traditional Chinese approach tend to focus on adding nutrients. Dr. Zen's unique background in both cultures allows him to integrate both approaches into his practice. In our office, you truly get the best of both worlds.

Dr. Zen has found that patients respond much more quickly when their nutrition comes from the food they eat. However, it is often not practical or possible to eat the recommended amounts of these foods. To solve this problem, Dr. Zen provides supplements to his patients which are made from food. These supplements are produced by Standard Process, a company with a long history of providing high quality supplements which are not artificially or synthetically created. Because of the potency of these products, they are only supplied to heath care professionals and should not be used without first consulting a professional like Dr. Zen.

The First Step

Don't know where to start? Hit a plateau in your weight loss or athletic goals? There's an easy first step we recommend; a 21day purification using whole food, supplements, and monitoring by Dr. Zen. The purification products are produced by Standard Process and are available in our office. To learn more about the purification program, visit the Standard Process information page.

The Purification Program addresses many of the complaints patients often voice regarding their health and so it is usually the best place to start. After completing the purification, or if it's not for you, Dr. Zen can provide specific nutritional support for your specific health needs. If you have questions about nutrition, the Purification Program, or would like to schedule a consultation, please call our office at (808) 599-2700.

如何讀懂維他命成份標籤

大量的營養補充品充斥着消費市場, 人們在選擇中猶豫不決. 哪一個才是最好的? 有些營養品生產公司為了提高利潤, 在營養品的質量和貨架期限上做換算, 他們寧可降低質量, 提高含量來打入市場. 這使消費者退而求其次, 只通過比較市場的佔有率, 從而給營養品的質量定位. 反而忽略了營養品對身體的實際作用.

讀成份標籤

首先將你的維他命營養品拿出來, 新的營樣品標示標籤讓人更加難以確定什麼是健康的成分, 什麼不是. 早期的標籤(現在市場上仍然存在)告知你更加正確的信息. 在成分欄 (ingredient), 會注明是合成加工的, 分次的提煉的, 或者是食物提取的. 現在, 在新版的標籤上, 你就要找營養成分欄 (Nutrition Facts). 那裡列出了營養成分, 看它所附帶的標示, 例如: Vitamin A (as beta carotene), “as” 之後的如果不是食物名稱, 那麼就往往是合成的化學營養成分. 我們購買天然的營養品就應該找標籤上顯示食物的營養補充品. 所以, 舉例來說, 我們不應該選購顯示”Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid)”, 而應該選擇標籤顯示”Vitamin C (from acerola cherries)”.

不用理會”Nature”(天然)

‘天然’不表示任何意義. 大多數的營養品都說是純天然, 其實廠家只不過在玩文字遊戲, 他們用”not synthetic (非合成)/ fractionated(分次的)”來誤导消費者.

不要輕信廣告宣傳

沒有一家廠商會告訴消費者他們的產品不好. 廣告會誘導你相信他們的產品是你用到現在最好的, 所以在購買營養品的時候不能單方面相信廣告. 越夸夸奇談產品的好處, 越有質疑的可能性.

了解分次的營養品(fractionated nutrition)

分次的維他命(fractionated vitamin)表示加工過的”天然”維他命, 通常是為了讓成份更加穩定. 舉例來說, 大多數的維他命E以”d-alph tocopherol”形式出售. D-alph tocopherol和摻雜物並不是真正的維他命E, 它只是複合維他命E的一個分次. 維他命E含有alpha, beta, gamma, delta tocopherol, ‘E-factors’, ‘F-factors’, selenium, xanthine 和 lipositols. D-Alph tocopherol僅僅是維他命E的一個成份而已, 所提供的作用完全不足以代替