"Let thy food be thy medicine and
they medicine be food"
Welcome to AliRx, formerly known as the Cognitive Health and Wellness Institute. At AliRx, we aim to revolutionize your well-being by reducing inflammation in your body, enabling it to function optimally. We firmly believe in the power of food as medicine and offer an approach that equips you with the right foods to kickstart a transformative health journey.
Our Focal Point
We focus on the
inflammatory system.
The Inflammatory System Explained
The gut microbiome is an intricate community composed of millions of bacteria, including both beneficial and harmful types. When the balance of these bacteria is disrupted, it can result in the condition known as leaky gut syndrome, where harmful bacteria penetrate the gut lining and enter the body
In response to these harmful bacteria, the body initiates a defensive reaction which manifests as inflammation. While acute inflammation is a normal response that helps to protect the body, a persistent leaky gut can lead to chronic inflammation, forcing the body into a state of perpetual defense, effectively making it work against itself.
Over an extended period, chronic inflammation can erode the blood-brain barrier, permitting inflammation to reach the brain. This neuroinflammation may lead to protein aggregation and plaque buildup, often associated with the early stages of mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to Alzheimer's disease.
Moreover, even if the blood-brain barrier remains intact, the chronic inflammation brought about by an imbalanced gut microbiome can still inflict significant harm. It has the potential to cause chronic pain and is associated with nearly all autoimmune diseases. Consequently, maintaining a healthy and balanced gut microbiome is essential for overall health.
The AliRx Dietary Philosphy
Heal your gut, thus,
heal your body.
Our Dietary Philosophy Explained
Your health starts with your diet. But you cannot just adopt a general diet and achieve optimal results. A challenge with most diets is, they are not sustainable. While most diet programs work for a period of time, the ability to sustain them is often limited. We believe in personalizing your diet based upon your gut health, genetic makeup, and current inflammatory markers. This allows you to have a program that you know works for you, and eventually this dietary change becomes a way of life, not a strict practice.
We believe that a diet should be sustainable over time. In order for it to be sustainable, you must enjoy it. That means that if you want to enjoy certain foods or drinks that may not be directly helpful to your health, we understand that and will incorporate those foods. That may mean family traditions, social gatherings, or just your favorite foods. But we are here to help you limit those practices in a manner that is simple and sustainable for you.
When we consume too many carbohydrates from grains, beans, fruits, dairy products, and many other foods and drinks that have added sugar, our body spends all its energy burning the sugar from these foods as opposed to burning fat. When we rely on sugar for fuel, and we then do not burn those calories, our body stores excess sugar as fat. This process then starts a process where when you store fat, you are unable to properly digest the toxins in your body, thus resulting in an inflammatory response to fight off these toxins, which of course leads to increased inflammation.
The goal of AliRx is to reduce inflammation in your body by training it to become what we call "fat adapted" and use fat as its primary fuel source. By following our AliRx plan, you will thrive on eating a variety of nutritious, and delicious foods, and will achieve the transformative health and cognitive function goals that you have. Whether it is weight loss, cognitive function, recovery, or reduced pain, our program is proven to achieve these goals.
Instead of gaining weight and adding fat to your body by eating fat, your body will learn to use fat for lasting energy, boosted mood and brain function and reduced inflammation. The result of using fat as fuel is reduced inflammation which leads to systemic improvements, including improved cognitive function.
When your body becomes fat-adapted, it begins to produce ketones as its main energy source. Ketones come from the breakdown of fat and have natural anti-inflammatory properties. Unlike the typical highs and lows of using sugar for fuel, using fat as fuel creates stable and consistent energy, all while your body is simultaneously reducing inflammation.
Ketones also act as an anti-inflammatory agent by helping your body get rid of the toxins we encounter every day that come from the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the things we touch or put on our skin. Most of the foods available today are loaded with unhealthy additives like artificial sweeteners and chemical preservatives. In addition, ketones have a natural ability to permeate your blood brain barrier, thus reducing inflammation that leads to neurodegenerative disease. This makes sense because the ketogenic diet was originally tested to assist children who suffer from epilepsy.
Eating too much sugar and carbohydrates can be toxic to our systems too. Our bodies typically do a great job of protecting us from these toxins, but when the amount of toxins become too difficult for our body to manage, we experience inflammation. Your body is a system. The reason that we often see people with a poor diet gain weight is not because they are eating fatty foods. It is because they are storing fatty foods. The reason our body stores fatty foods is because our body first processes the most toxic things first. Our liver will process simple sugars first, then proteins, and then fat. If we tire our digestive system out, or if we are unable to get to the point that we are utilizing fat as fuel, our body simply stores the fat for a later day, hence weight gain, and even worse, a poor functioning liver
Inflammation, as discussed, can also be triggered by a bacterial imbalance in our gut, which is our first line of defense from the outside world. When this happens, foreign materials pass through our gut and enter our blood. Our body naturally responds to this foreign material by attacking it.
Unfortunately, this attack leads to increased inflammation. When in the brain, this increased inflammation makes it difficult to think and can even lead to long term health risks.
By following this guide and becoming fat-adapted, you will drastically reduce your inflammation by replacing high-carbohydrate, highly processed foods with healthy, high-fat, nutrient dense foods. You will enjoy eating a variety of meats and seafoods, nuts and seeds, vegetables and berries, and healthy fats like avocados and olives.
Now that we have had the opportunity to explain our scientific philosophy, we will go into our solution for this problem. Thank you for your time today. Our next post will be in two short days!
OUR
SOLUTION
A personalized food prescription that delivers a
custom meal plan based on your food sensitivities.
Here's how it works...
Complete your at-home test kit for our lab to process and curate your customized results.
We'll upload your personalized test results to your member portal for you to conveniently view.
Watch AliRx go to work for you. Our recipe software takes your results and personalized a meal plan.
Watch your health transform. Re-test every 6 months to ensure the program continues to work for you.
The Process Further Explains
Additionally, as a member, you will receive constant updates to your recipe guide. As we understand the types of foods you like, and don't like, your guide will be updated. In addition, we are adding hundreds of new recipes weekly, and those that are a fit for you will be added accordingly.
Thank you for joining the AliRx community! We are happy to be your partner on your health transformation.