Chronic Pain and Diet
Patients: Getting Started on the Hauser Diet
The Hauser Diet is a scientifically determined approach to a practical, livable, and individualized lifestyle plan that can optimize your health, increase your energy, and help you maintain your ideal weight and youthful figure!

Each and every one of us has a unique individual physiology requiring different types of food—we each have our own Diet Type!

Did you ever wonder why some people appear to have really fast metabolisms, enabling them to eat everything and never gain weight, where others' metabolisms are so slow that they eat like birds and never lose weight? The answer lies in the manner in which each person extracts energy from his or her food. Lion for instance, will get more energy out of protein and fat sources of food than vegetarian sources. Giraffes are the opposite. In other words, a lion will eat meat because the lion is able to obtain more energy from protein (meat) than carbohydrates (fruits, for example).

Thus the lion naturally eats more meat and is what we call a "carnivore" or meat-eater. These and other interesting facts occur because of Individual Diet Type. After years of testing patients' diet types at Caring Medical we determined that people fit into five categories. Kerri Slivka a nutritionist at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois, helped us determine where these diet breakdowns fit into the animal kingdom:

What Can I Expect from the Hauser Diet?
When most people think “diet” they automatically think weight loss. What most people don’t realize is that diet actually means “a food or drink regularly provided or consumed” or “habitual nourishment”. The Hauser Diet is designed to do just that – figure out exactly what food and drink to regularly consume so that you are constantly nourished. Here are just a few results you can expect when eating right for your Diet Type:

Healthy Weight
For people who need to lose weight, weight loss is typically achieved with far less frustration than previous attempts. For others who are underweight and need to gain weight, that can also be achieved by following the right Diet Type.

More Energy
Most people don’t realize that the purpose of food is to create energy for the body to function well. If you are not following your Diet Type your metabolism may not be working efficiently and you may find yourself dozing off in the middle of the day.

Better Digestion
There are many different causes to improper digestion, but the very first step should be changing your diet to support your physiology. Sometimes it’s just that simple and we see improvements in many of our patients.

Better Sleep
Eating the wrong types of food puts stress on your body, and sleep is one thing that can be affected by the wrong food. Not only can patients fall asleep better, but they stay asleep through the night and wake up feeling more rested.

Improved Mental Function
Mental clarity is another improvement seen with the Hauser Diet. Patients have told us that they feel more alert, feel less foggy-headed and can concentrate more. By eating right for your diet type you can be sure that your brain is receiving the right nutrients to function at its best.

Regulated Body Temperature
Diet affects blood pH, and blood pH can affect the temperature of your body. Diet could be the solution to those uncomfortable and embarrassing situations where you start sweating while everyone else around you is fine or when you are reaching for an extra sweater in the middle of summer

Less Anxiety
We have many cases of people who struggle with anxiety, yet after a diet change and possibly some other natural medicine remedies are able to control their anxiety.

The next step in the Hauser Diet