Our Philosophy
Thank you for your interest in The Balanced Approach! We have
put together what we hope to be an exciting, comprehensive approach
to health, nutrition, weight management, and food. We believe
food should be life-giving, immune system enhancing, nurturing,
nourishing, sensual, and fun! Americans have become very neurotic
about food. Food is supposed to enhance your life and help you
achieve your goals, not be one more thing to worry about.
 At the Balanced
Approach we believe that food should help you manage stress, not
create more. Americans are shown to be over 60% overweight to
obese and more frustrated than ever after 30 years of low fat
dieting. Weight problems in America are partially due to what
is missing in the diet. We are eating too many fast, processed,
chemically enhanced diet foods.
A few keys to The Balanced Approach program are:
- Learn how to manage stress and cravings with food, herbs
and spices. Helping you get into the best health and shape for
your goals whether it's general fitness, competitive sports,
or health and weight management problems. We can help to
create better relationships with food and teach you how to use
food and spices to improve taste, satisfaction and compliance
and still reach your goals. Use food to manage health problems
ranging from allergies, ADD, food sensitivities, IBS, cancer,
auto-immune diseases, digestive problems, PMS, menopause, etc.
and individualize your program to meet your specific needs.
- Digestion is the key to optimal health. It is important
to think about your body the same way to think about your car.
If the car starts to run a little sluggish you take it in right
away to avoid creating bigger problems. Efficiency of the digestive
system is the first thing Ayurveda and Chinese medicine look
at, whether it's health problems or competitive sports. Understand
how to add variety, flavor, spices, and new ideas to your daily
eating that will make your body run smoothly and efficiently.
Digestion is the key to optimal health. Understand how the six
tastes "sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent"
can help you manage stress and enhance digestion (see "Your
Cravings").
- Eat Real Food. Learn how to incorporate organic, environmentally
friendly, cruelty free products into your daily eating.
It is absolutely better for your body. Studies have shown that
all the chemicals, pesticides, and bovine growth hormone added
to our staple foods like meat, poultry, dairy, nuts, and other
foods we consume daily are beginning to have negative effects
on our health. It is better for your body as well as the animals
and land that our food comes from.
- Understand the bottom line and the bigger picture. Tie
your eating into the bigger picture. Americans are spending
over $50 billion per year on weight loss while 2/3 of the world
is going to bed without enough to eat. Ayurveda can teach
you about the sensuality of food so you don't need to over-consume
and perpetually diet. By working with The Balanced Approach
and helping yourself, you will be making a contribution to a
number of children's feeding and education programs.
 Jennifer Workman,
M.S., R.D. is a graduate of New York University with a Masters
Degree in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology. She is a consultant
to the complementary medical industry, the whole/organic foods
industry, and the spa and fitness industry. She has worked in
the health and fitness field for 15 years, specializing in sports
nutrition and Ayurveda.
Ms. Workman has been rated one of the top 10 experts to help
you revamp your diet (Harper's Bazaar, 9/98). She is a registered
dietician working with the Ayurvedic principles of health and
balance. She has a Masters of Science in Nutrition and Exercise
Physiology from NYU and she is an adjunct professor of Sports
Nutrition for the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Jennifer is certified by The International Sports Sciences Association
(ISSA) in Performance Nutrition and Fitness training. She is a
Continuing Education Provider for The American Dietetic Association
(ADA), ISSA, and the American Council on Exercise (ACE), The National
Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) to teach the basic
principles of complementary and Ayurvedic nutrition to Western
clinical dietitians/nutritionists and fitness professionals. Jennifer
is also in the process of being certified by the Rocky Mountain
Institute of Yoga and Ayurveda in Ayurvedic Medicine. She is a
member of the American Dietetic Association, the Sports and Cardiovascular
Nutritionists Dietetic Practice Group (DPG), Vegetarian Nutrition
group, and Environmental and World Hunger and DPG.
Our Commitment
The Balanced Approach is dedicated to educating people about how
our eating habits, farming system, and lifestyles are affecting
our health as well as the animals and the land from where our
food comes. It is getting pretty serious, we are seeing so many
illnesses from ADD to cancer to osteoporosis and many of these
are connected to our lifestyle and food system. We would like
to help you to reconnect with whole, fresh, organic foods, free
from pesticides, chemicals, antibiotics, and hormones. We would
also like to support a system that is more humane and compassionate
to the animals and the land. We hope to increase awareness for
a healthier, more gentle system. If everyone demanded organic,
cruelty free products, the incentive would increase, prices could
come down and it would be better for our health, our children,
and our environment.
Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions, we now
have packages available as well as gift certificates and will
donate a portion of your investment to the Save The Children Feeding
Program, Feed The Children, Children's International, and a number
of other related programs.
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