Because Food IS Medicine
Restoring health with plant-focused food choices
Good health and well-being go beyond merely counting calories and losing weight. It's more about nourishing your body with essential nutrients that can ward off various diseases and promote optimal functioning. This is the "food as medicine" concept.
At Bayani Health & Wellness, this "food as medicine" concept involves viewing food as an early line of defense against diseases. Our program helps you learn to shift from the traditional Western diet (which is the leading cause of chronic disease, as well as the source of many of our most pressing global sustainability issues) to focusing on incorporating minimally processed, plant-based meals. Making these types of food choices is akin to providing our bodies with the right kind of medicine to keep chronic disease at bay - or even reverse chronic disease when it’s already been diagnosed.
What's more, we combine this concept of “food as medicine” with health principles derived from Ayurveda and macrobiotics. A common denominator between these ancient systems of health is the idea that disease is a manifestation of a disruption in your body’s unique inner equilibrium - so at Bayani the emphasis is on preserving or restoring balance in order to maintain health and prevent chronic disease.
Although we'll give general information on what your ideal body weight range and daily caloric intake might be, overall health can’t be measured by body weight alone. The Bayani nutrition program is not a rigid diet plan to help you get that "summer body" or fit into a smaller pair of jeans. Rather, we provide you with a weekly guideline of how you can nourish your body with fresh, wholesome plant-focused foods and restore harmony of the mind, body, and spirit.
