Hidden Root Causes

The article rejects the idea that chiropractic success across complaints comes from many separate disease treatments. Addressing a root cause or crucial limiting factor may restore the body's natural healing ability. A practitioner may appear to help many complaints by addressing one important barrier to healing. Hypothyroidism is identified as a factor that can blunt the effect of dietary and fasting interventions. Heavy metals such as mercury, lead, and cadmium are said to impair mitochondrial and hormonal function. Underlying factors may limit metabolic improvement when diet, fasting, and exercise produce little or no progress. Nutritional deficiencies may prevent metabolic recovery because adequate micronutrients are needed. The central aim described is to address underlying conditions and trace problems to their root cause. Root causes should be identified and addressed when standard interventions produce slow results.